Breaking Down Drake's 3 New Albums LIVE!
5/18/20261 hr 28 min
On this special live episode, Joe and Jon react to Drake's new albums – "Iceman," "Habibti" and "Maid of Honour."
They unpack the rapper’s decision to release 43 tracks at once, the bars aimed at Kendrick Lamar and other adversaries, and the strongest moments of sonic experimentation across the three projects.
- Watch the episode here.
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Jon Caramanica· Host0:35
Welcome to the New York Times podcast, your swollen knuckles of weekly culture chat. I'm Jon Caramanica, and I'm the critic.
Joe Coscarelli· Host0:42
I'm Joe Coscarelli. I am the reporter.
Jon Caramanica· Host0:45
It's Iceman weekend, which is to say, it's bigger than Iceman, it's bigger than just a weekend. We're here for the next 90 minutes talking about everything Drake that's happened in the last 48 hours. We're talking Iceman, we're talking Made of Honor, we're talking Habibti, we're talking conspiracy theories about multinational corporations, talking legal battles, we're talking, uh, what happens when your friends stop liking you.
Joe Coscarelli· Host1:12
Fake friends.
Jon Caramanica· Host1:13
Right. They were never your friends to start with. Uh, we have a lot of touch points to go off of. Uh, Joe, at the top, should we very simply say, one, two, three, we got three albums that we're reckoning with. Should we just get it out of the way? I don't wanna bury the lead. I'm also- Uh- I'm