Her Loss is a collaboration album between Canadian-born rapper Drake and London-born rapper 21 Savage. Going into this album, I was worried that this album would suffer from the repetitive nature and low energy of Drake’s recent music. While the album is too long, this is a much more quality listen than other recent Drake albums, mainly due to 21 Savage’s contributions to the album.

21 Savage’s recent output has had great, unique production and tons of personality. The energy that 21 Savage and Drake bring to each other has created many good songs on this album. Being said, Her Loss is still somewhat of a mixed bag.

The album opens with “Rich Flex,” a braggadocious song about Drake and 21 Savage’s expensive and similar lifestyles. The refrain by Drake’s “21, can you do something for me?” and “Do your thing 21” have been the subject of many recent memes and criticized for being silly. However, I find the lyrics to be catchy and fun. I would rather hear Drake sound like he’s having fun on a song than sing like some AI for four minutes. The beat change from a choir to a low-octave piano loop is tasteful. The vocal choir in the background builds up suspense, and then later, the beat switches into a more melodic section with Drake singing, and then finally switches into a piano loop to set the tone for Drake’s fiery verse. “Rich Flex” is one of the catchiest and hardest-hitting songs on the album and a great intro for the album.

A complaint for almost all of the songs on this album is the lack of variation throughout the album. Given its length, this quality makes the album hard to listen to the whole way through and makes an album that isn’t essential to Drake’s discography, like If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late. There are a lot of songs on this album that don’t establish any new sound for Drake, feel pointless, and make the album longer than it needs to be.

The next song I want to mention is the solo Drake song, “BackOutsideBoyz.” Drake reflects on his relationships and flexes about his money. Drake has to autotune a heavy melodic flow on the album with a more psychedelic and layered instrumental. This song takes influences from rappers such as Travis Scott and J. Cole, so if you are a fan of these rappers, then you may like these songs.

Her Loss, at its best, sounds like Take Care or If You’re Reading this, it’s Too Late and at its worst, it sounds like the bland regurgitations of Drake’s previous output. Still, this album could’ve been cornier. I could say that this is one of the best Drake albums in years, but this doesn’t say much, considering his output in the past few years. Drake fans should enjoy this, but it’s not a necessary listen for hip-hop fans.

Favorite Tracks: “Rich Flex”, ‘Major Distribution”, “On BS”, “BackOutsideBoyz”, “More M’s”

Score: 6/10