This is it. The mixtape we’ve been waiting for since we found out about it last week. A piece of work that features the combined efforts of Drake and Future, two of the biggest names in the game right now. Unfortunately, “What A Time To Be Alive” fails to live up to the hype

Drake and Future came together and hashed out WATTBA over the span of six days. That would be impressive if it didn’t sound like it came together in that amount of time. WATTBA feels rushed and lazy and suffers lackluster lyricism. “Big Rings” is the biggest culprit of this. We get it, Aubrey. Your have a really big team and they need really nice things.

On top of that, WATTBA is produced almost entirely by Metro Boomin. Future sounds right at home while Drake struggles to adapt to the new and different sound. As a result, the mixtape sounds as if Future has a heavier presence in comparison to Drake, even though they actually have similar time featured.

Criticisms aside, WATTBA is still a mixtape by Drake and Future, which means this release is going to get played at every club from now until the end of the year. You can definitely expect to hear “Big Rings” and “Jumpman” on repeat. That’s exactly where this mixtape will shine. Not in your stereo at home or in the car but at a club where a crowd of people will be dancing and rapping along.

It’s worth backtracking to say that Metro Boomin’s beats are one of the few aspects that redeems WATTBA. They have an alluring quality to them that almost warrants a remake of the entire mixtape with Future and Drake’s verses removed.

There you have it. WATTBA proves that you can’t just have two popular artists work together and have it be an album of the year.