I've listened to "Everlasting...." numerous times since "Like That" dropped.....mfkrs can't act like Metro straight sampled that.....he didn't he cut here, toned some sounds down, added a sick ass bass line.....he really snipped and flipped that beat into a monster!
Maybe phenomenal was a bit excessive, however it's the bar Aubrey himself set with b2b....a diss record, that had production and lyrics that is a certified hit song..... that's "Like That." 3 weeks at #1 and in its 4th week still #2 on the Hot 100!!
But Neither of Drake's songs are HITS. "Push-ups" is not on the hot100 and he had to remove that other AI song from platforms. But even still that was lyrical miracle 8 mile-esque type shit.....not a hit. Was it creative? Sure, but the beat sounded like some shit Dre made while comatose in his hospital bed..... and Aubrey can only blame himself. He set a certain bar with b2b, (and truthfully, Duppy Freestyle didn't meet it, but he needed bars against Pusha)....
I hear you.
I honestly don't have a side.
But I ain't a hater of either. I can appreciate both.
But like I said it's subjective and not as one sided as you keep saying
listen to them...