shaleirose

4y

The street / coke rappers comparison in regards to Drake speaking ignorantly in his music doesn’t exactly equate for a few reasons:

First point: Yes, those guys are in their late 30s / 40s still rapping about those types of things, but that’s what they were raised around, that whole lifestyle was ingrained in them from a very young age. It’s what they know and they probably still have many friends and family still involved with that lifestyle. Like Snoop said on Institutionalized, you can take the boy out the hood but you can’t take the hood out the homie.

Drake isn’t from that type of life, these are all topics he only recently started adopting and talking about in his music (the violence, the gang/mob ties s***, etc.), so it’s weird to see as his career progresses he gets increasingly ignorant and way less mature/introspective than he sounded on projects he released 10 years ago.

And the second point: Those older street rappers are speaking directly towards people either still living that life or who are around people who live that life. That’s their core audience. Drake’s core audience is very far removed from anyone involved in street s***, so again, it’s odd to see him roleplay as such as a 36 year old man.

Album is still good, but this is why I understand the critique for his content lately and why the street/coke rapper argument is flawed

Dealers In Paris

4y

Middle Of The Ocean could've used a Rick Ross or Spitta feature

SinceKumbaya

4y

21 savage on Akademiks podcast. I wonder if this was filmed after the album came out and how messy it gets if Ak asks about the Meg bars lol

K DOG 99

4y

You sure it’s real?

Dealers In Paris

4y

Middle Of The Ocean could've used a Rick Ross or Spitta feature

shaleirose

4y

The street / coke rappers comparison in regards to Drake speaking ignorantly in his music doesn’t exactly equate for a few reasons:

First point: Yes, those guys are in their late 30s / 40s still rapping about those types of things, but that’s what they were raised around, that whole lifestyle was ingrained in them from a very young age. It’s what they know and they probably still have many friends and family still involved with that lifestyle. Like Snoop said on Institutionalized, you can take the boy out the hood but you can’t take the hood out the homie.

Drake isn’t from that type of life, these are all topics he only recently started adopting and talking about in his music (the violence, the gang/mob ties s***, etc.), so it’s weird to see as his career progresses he gets increasingly ignorant and way less mature/introspective than he sounded on projects he released 10 years ago.

And the second point: Those older street rappers are speaking directly towards people either still living that life or who are around people who live that life. That’s their core audience. Drake’s core audience is very far removed from anyone involved in street s***, so again, it’s odd to see him roleplay as such as a 36 year old man.

Album is still good, but this is why I understand the critique for his content lately and why the street/coke rapper argument is flawed

Ideekay

4y

I DONT F*** WITH D**** POPPIN X FOR THE FIRST TIME

THAT S*** KICKED IN LIKE A TWO TIME WORLD CHAMP

Ideekay

4y

I DONT F*** WITH D**** POPPIN X FOR THE FIRST TIME

THAT S*** KICKED IN LIKE A TWO TIME WORLD CHAMP

ruckus

4y

burning cash like its lit on fire

shaleirose

4y

The street / coke rappers comparison in regards to Drake speaking ignorantly in his music doesn’t exactly equate for a few reasons:

First point: Yes, those guys are in their late 30s / 40s still rapping about those types of things, but that’s what they were raised around, that whole lifestyle was ingrained in them from a very young age. It’s what they know and they probably still have many friends and family still involved with that lifestyle. Like Snoop said on Institutionalized, you can take the boy out the hood but you can’t take the hood out the homie.

Drake isn’t from that type of life, these are all topics he only recently started adopting and talking about in his music (the violence, the gang/mob ties s***, etc.), so it’s weird to see as his career progresses he gets increasingly ignorant and way less mature/introspective than he sounded on projects he released 10 years ago.

And the second point: Those older street rappers are speaking directly towards people either still living that life or who are around people who live that life. That’s their core audience. Drake’s core audience is very far removed from anyone involved in street s***, so again, it’s odd to see him roleplay as such as a 36 year old man.

Album is still good, but this is why I understand the critique for his content lately and why the street/coke rapper argument is flawed

shaleirose

4y

The street / coke rappers comparison in regards to Drake speaking ignorantly in his music doesn’t exactly equate for a few reasons:

First point: Yes, those guys are in their late 30s / 40s still rapping about those types of things, but that’s what they were raised around, that whole lifestyle was ingrained in them from a very young age. It’s what they know and they probably still have many friends and family still involved with that lifestyle. Like Snoop said on Institutionalized, you can take the boy out the hood but you can’t take the hood out the homie.

Drake isn’t from that type of life, these are all topics he only recently started adopting and talking about in his music (the violence, the gang/mob ties s***, etc.), so it’s weird to see as his career progresses he gets increasingly ignorant and way less mature/introspective than he sounded on projects he released 10 years ago.

And the second point: Those older street rappers are speaking directly towards people either still living that life or who are around people who live that life. That’s their core audience. Drake’s core audience is very far removed from anyone involved in street s***, so again, it’s odd to see him roleplay as such as a 36 year old man.

Album is still good, but this is why I understand the critique for his content lately and why the street/coke rapper argument is flawed

quadra

4y

If what you are saying is the case rappers like Jay Z and Pusha should be more expected to push out mature content since being removed from the street s*** and never doing it again since they've done a lot of separation

Jay has, can't say the same for Push

deleteduser579

4y

not only that, i find it strange that he's pointing out that they might've not sold coke or did any "street s***" within their advanced age(s) and yet they did that's kind of the whole point so that gives them more of a "right" to do that type of talk anyways

the issue that people are taking is that drake clearly doesn't really come from a gang/street background so it's just LARPing (as you said) and it's a s***ty critique + a reach at that too

regardless, personally i dont really care much about artists' changing their lyrical content to more introspective s***, growth and all that other flower-y s*** provided the music is good artists' exaggerate and put on a show for their music, its a part of art

666

4y

linking with the opps b**** i did that s*** for TML

Miltdawg

4y

Imagine future dropping a 4:44 album 🤣😆😂

deleteduser579

4y

not only that, i find it strange that he's pointing out that they might've not sold coke or did any "street s***" within their advanced age(s) and yet they did that's kind of the whole point so that gives them more of a "right" to do that type of talk anyways

the issue that people are taking is that drake clearly doesn't really come from a gang/street background so it's just LARPing (as you said) and it's a s***ty critique + a reach at that too

regardless, personally i dont really care much about artists' changing their lyrical content to more introspective s***, growth and all that other flower-y s*** provided the music is good artists' exaggerate and put on a show for their music, its a part of art

ICEMAN40

4y

Drake drops got mfs writing dissertations

ICEMAN40

4y

Drake drops got mfs writing dissertations

shaleirose

4y

This type of response is so lame on here.

This is a music discussion site. The point of this site is to discuss music, which sometimes can get in-depth.

So sick of seeing this response any time someone types up more than a sentence or two