Elric

2y

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At least I wasn't bumping I'm In It before my nutz dropped

krishna bound

2y

oh, i only came in halfway through the convo, i thought it was about if drake was influential at all, which he obviously was

SegaDreamFlash

2y

Idk cuz usually when I hear people refer to the “Toronto sound” they’re referring to that underwater R&B s*** that Drake and Weeknd and them came up doing that you hear in artists like Tory and Bryson Tiller

deleteduser579

2y

@midzy

Nah nah nah, not this time nigga you following through

SegaDreamFlash

2y

I love you too brudda

But I kinda agree in that WLR not only influenced sounds but aesthetics

When people refer to the opium aesthetic they’re not just talking the rage beats but the niggas dressing all black and mad belts and zippers like they’re in a Final Fantasy game

CRACKASTEPPAVEGAN

2y

The Toronto sound is just niggas saying "6 6 6 6! "

Elric

2y

This that Toronto sound

CRACKASTEPPAVEGAN

2y

All you need on your pizza is fresh basil and some cheese

krishna bound

2y

not saying Drake was solely responsible for it, but there was 100% a period of like roughly the mid-2010s when every rapper was trying to also be a singer and also the whole like "toronto sound" was becoming a material sub-category of rap. It may not be as pronounced now as the opium stuff but Drake has definitely had some influence one way or another on hip hop/pop crossover

thriftstorepradas

2y

That’s a fact Carti honed in on a whole new like ethos for his/opiums sound in 2020

Which is funny bc Uzi was on that wave in like 2017, at least fashion wise

Human Hunnid Emoji

2y

the toronto sound:

Free YoungBoy

2y

Yep. There was nothing quite like it at the time. What made it even crazier to me was the fact that he was gonna have Post Malone, Pharrell, Drake, Travis etc features and then scrapped all of that

deleteduser579

2y

Drake was definitely influential on the rap&b crossover scene that gave rise to artists like Tiller, Summer Walker, and Kehlani etc. but strictly rap and hip-hop? No, he was never that influential or someone that people looked to model like that. That's a conversation that we're gonna have to have one day

He was never as influential or impactful on rap as a genre in the vein of a Keef, Thug, Carti, or even a 50 Cent lmao, he doesn't embody an ethos for rap musically that people seek to emulate

Mark Moschino

2y

good honestly

carti’s real asset is he can carry without an abundance of features

im personally hoping for none on i am music

krishna bound

2y

Yeah fair enough, I would agree Drake's influence is more on crossover acts and on the pop side of the industry. I misunderstood what the argument was

CRACKASTEPPAVEGAN

2y

All you need on your pizza is fresh basil and some cheese

CRACKASTEPPAVEGAN

2y

All you need on your pizza is fresh basil and some cheese

SegaDreamFlash

2y

Me: young adults and younger audiences in general are listening to artist closer to them in age, it’s common sense and I hear the songs played outside

Your remedial ass for some reason: So you’re hanging around minors??

deleteduser579

2y

Drake was definitely influential on the rap&b crossover scene that gave rise to artists like Tiller, Summer Walker, and Kehlani etc. but strictly rap and hip-hop? No, he was never that influential or someone that people looked to model like that. That's a conversation that we're gonna have to have one day

He was never as influential or impactful on rap as a genre in the vein of a Keef, Thug, Carti, or even a 50 Cent lmao, he doesn't embody an ethos for rap musically that people seek to emulate

Free YoungBoy

2y

Yep. There was nothing quite like it at the time. What made it even crazier to me was the fact that he was gonna have Post Malone, Pharrell, Drake, Travis etc features and then scrapped all of that

TheFader

2y

Do people think that niggas in high school are listening to 38 year old Drake everyday?