In the light of a recent thread being locked, let’s have this conversation. Please don’t move to Drake sxn cuz I want the opinions of all rap fans not just Drake fans.

Niggas was arguing that Drake being a mob boss now is totally natural and could have been predicted since the earliest days of his career because of some lyrical sprinkles referencing his mob ties in Take Care.

Niggas laughing at me for saying that Drake’s changed so much by ironically replying “yeah I expect Drake to never change his personality at all in the span of 10 years”.

No. I would just like to know how someone like Jay Z who grew up in Marcy surrounded by crime is able to progressively decrease the relation to d**** violence and crime in his lyrics as he grows older. That, to me, is a sign of growth. But on the other hand, Drake, who grew up in Toronto surrounded by picket fences is able to progressively INCREASE the relation to violence and crime in his music, and his fans see THIS as growth.

Is Drake growing? Or is he regressing to something he was trying to be before he found his unique style that made him so different from everyone else?

Discuss.

Progression easily

Elaborate my brother

progression because he’s richer now.

Keep

Lock it up boys

I’m talking more so his personality and his security with himself, and those aspects that he decides to let his fans see.

popularity = progression

quality of music = regression

Why?

100thousandmillion percent PROGRESSION

Nice I agree with this

Hes waaaaaay better now

Music is infinitely better than his first two albums

He found the formula & he's just coasting now his past two albums.

Ascension

What’s your fav Drake album/project?

You dont think dldt is different from his last albums?

Regression by a lot

Interesting. What’s your favorite Drake project?

Mine’s NWTS but I see that much closer to SFG and Take Care than Views/modern stuff

I think its different in the best way possible lmaoo

i mean idk about the music in itself but his vocals progressed like crazy

hearing him rap in 2010-13 shows me how trash his voice was

TML f***ing stinks definitely progression

Drakes the GOAT

he definitely raps better than he used to

Black leather gloves no sequins!

he needs to go back to rapping over fake burial beats