Drake’s long anticipated fourth album “Views” was released on April 29 to a ravenous crowd of fans, and honestly, it was a letdown. It was a monumental letdown. And I’m not the only one who feels this way. In fact, the majority of listeners believe this was an overhyped project that basically sounded like a collaboration of artists rather than a full-fledged Drake album. Bottom line is, “Views” wasn’t a project worth waiting for three years.

I’m going to start off by saying this: I don’t get why “Views” was even so anticipated in the first place. It’s not like Drake hasn’t put out any new music or stopped touring since his last album, “Nothing Was The Same.” He’s been touring every year since, putting out both “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late” and “What A Time To Be Alive” with Future last year. Yeah, sure, he’s been working on “Views” since 2013, but we probably got every track that was cut from it in the form of these mixtapes. The entire hype surrounding “Views” would make sense if Drake was quiet before releasing it, but he hasn’t been. And because of this, I have to think one of the reasons this album was such a disappointment to fans was because of their own raised expectations.

Not to mention, this album was way too long. There aren’t a lot of artists that can pull off a 20 song album, and Drake isn’t one of them. “Grammys” was clearly just an attempt to bring about some more buzz around his “controversy,” (if you can even call it that,) and “Hype” was probably the main song that made me dislike this album. It was probably on its way to being a very good record before the fifth song, and it all feels like it went downhill from there. Drake sounds breathless for the whole three minutes as he raps bland, overdone lyrics. In his words, after this one I was, “Done, done, done, done.”

Overall, “Views” deserves a C+ at best. Despite Drake’s declarations, it’s not an instant classic. It’s clear he was too overwhelmed with trying to make this album everything he said it would be, and ended up with a list of songs with tired formula and average-at-best lyrics. Drake, while you started at the bottom, if this work keeps up, you might eventually find yourself back there.