"Thank Me Later" is like Valentine's Day...

Thank Me Later leaked earlier this week, and of course people are hating on it already, saying that they expected so much better.  Which is what Drake foreshadowed in the beginning, thus titling his album "Thank Me Later." I view "Thank Me Later" to be like Valentine's.  I hate to make generalizations, but most females have unrealistic expectations of Valentine's Day.  They dream about and anticipate Valentine's day for so long that their visions become bigger than the actual day and NOTHING can meet the impossible expectations.  Therefore not matter what your significant other does, it will never be good enough.  I think that's how a lot of people view this album.  The anticipation for it has been building for over a year and people expecting it to be a classic, that people forget that this is a 23-year-old just putting out an album about his life.  Just one album, his first album nonetheless.  It can't be perfect, and it can't meet everyone's expectations.  And hopefully its not the only thing he does.  Just like Valentine's Day is just another 24 hours in February, Thank Me Later is just one album that could be good or bad.  But that's all it is, just an album.
Even though I have the link, I personally don't want to listen to it until I can buy it.  Not because I feel like I owe "hip hop taxes" and should buy the album, but mostly because if I really want to listen to something, I hate having random tags and not clean versions, so I rather buy it so I know I have the most quality I can get.  I also don't really want anyone's opinion on the album until I listen to it for a little while.  I think with blogs, twitter, and what not, you get so bogged down with other people's opinion you never give yourself a fair chance to enjoy that music.  I rather just talk to the few people opinions I value when it comes to music.
Drake is already working on his second album, which is great. Some people are expecting it to come out next year, which would make sense because in a lot of his interviews he emphasizes that "Thank Me Later" should be the soundtrack to your summer, fall, and winter (notice that he doesn't mention Spring.)  He's freestyle "9AM in Dallas" is also being mastered to be the bonus iTunes track.  I typically don't buy music on iTunes because I like hard copies, so I might just have to download the mastered link off somewhere and buy the physical copy also.  
Here's some articles and artwork that I missed while on my unintentional blog break.

Article talking about the listening party for "Thank Me Later"
“I represent a bunch of kids that live life thinking every day is Woodstock—peace, love, and happiness,” Drizzy explains after describing his influences, including Nas, Jimi Hendrix, family, women, and money, or as he retorts, “The things that at 23 years old control my life.”

                                                              9AM in Dallas Artwork
Speaking About Wayne

Drake - MTV Shows

Drake - MTV Shows

Drake - MTV Shows

Somewhat talking about 2nd album:


Lebron as Drake's hype man:


Article talking about how "Thank Me Later" is just about this particle time in his life.

And the official "Miss Me" single artwork.  I know, super late, but I told you its been a while and also there was a fake single cover going around for a while that they now use on itunes O_o