In their latest episode, NFR Podcast hosts Luca and Anthony gave their raw, unfiltered reaction to Drake and PARTYNEXTDOOR’s newly released collaborative album, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U. The duo didn’t hold back, calling it “Drake’s worst album yet” and expressing deep disappointment with its lack of effort, uninspired production, and repetitive songwriting.
Despite the excitement surrounding the project—especially among Canadian fans who grew up on the classic OVO sound—the hosts felt the album failed to live up to expectations. Anthony admitted he went into it with low hopes, fearing it might be a rehash of their nostalgic dark R&B sound from a decade ago. However, he was shocked to find it even worse than expected.
A major issue, they argued, was the album’s monotonous sound. Across its 21 tracks and 74-minute runtime, they noted a glaring lack of variety, with similar BPMs, moody vocal samples, and overextended melodies that dragged on without any dynamic shifts. “It feels like the same tempo, same style of production, and the same sleepy delivery from both artists for the first 13–14 tracks,” they remarked.
Lyrically, the project also failed to impress. They pointed out how uninspired writing and repetitive themes made the songs feel redundant. One of the most cringeworthy moments, according to them, came from the song Spider-Man Superman, where Drake sings about a woman expecting him to save her “like he was a superhero.” They found the concept laughable and emblematic of the album’s lack of depth.
Even the album’s one standout track, Give Me a Hug, which featured a more serious rap performance, ultimately fell flat. They noted that while Drake briefly touched on his recent rap beefs—mentioning 21 Savage as the only person checking in on him—the song quickly returned to the same tired strip-club references that have dominated his lyrics for years. “We’ve heard Drake say he knows the strippers by their first names a million times. There’s nothing fresh here,” they said.
A particularly strange decision was the tracklist’s sequencing. They criticized how three back-to-back Drake solo songs made it feel as if PARTYNEXTDOOR had disappeared from his own collaboration album. When he did appear, they felt his contributions were underwhelming—long, drawn-out melodies about stealing someone’s girl, which lacked the charm and impact of his earlier work.
By the end of the discussion, Luca and Anthony concluded that $ome $exy $ongs 4 U felt like a project thrown together for the sake of capitalizing on hype rather than an album with real artistic intent. They recommended fans revisit P4 or classic collaborations like Recognize instead of wasting time on what they called a lifeless and uninspired effort.
