I'm unsure of anyone else who so frequently creates magical and accurate reflections of the real world in his music that pretty much everyone can connect to and hit the nail on the head literally every time.

For example...
"Are we still good, are we still good?" - Drake, Jungle.

This line is, in my opinion, Drake's most biting and poignant representation of obsession and simp-attitude. The fact it's so simple yet manages to decisively and cleanly explain everything you experience in a confused and directionless relationship shows his power as a lyricist.

Despite it's simplicity, merely the delivery and repetition is enough for Drake to portray the toxicity he's fallen into toward a woman. It's easily one of the best summations of my experience in love and how I've treated women throughout my years.

Is there anyone as consistently truthful as Drake? I'm starting to think that this line alone could tell my story, and the idea that he has so many exactly like this just shows how poetic he truly is. This is music's best lyricist, ever.

this goes beyond music

i think he might be the greatest English wordsmith tbh. cant speak for other languages though

No

Of course

Although he does have some really amazing lyrics and is definitely up in the top 50 when he's not making club singles

The brevity in that line alone is breathtaking give him a Pulitzer!

Nah no Pulitzer for Drake, he's not the white people favorite!

Cmon I love Drake but nah

Y’all saying he’s better than Lupe, Jay, Doom, Aesop Rock, and Wayne?

It’s raining OKC thunder

You could’ve a couple of Jays and I would’ve agreed

Nigga in the thread said Aesop Rock someone get this nerd outta here

#powder

yes lol

That line really delves into not only drakes relationship with his girl but also signifies drakes continuing struggle with his faith and in a lot of ways is a broader representation of the everymans relation to America as a whole

Idk about all that but he's definitely gifted when it comes to writing lyrics people can relate to by using common lingo

Most deluded user on this page

I mean it gets to a point where it's just trolling

by a mile

To be fair, look at the points that my OP emphasizes. I appreciate brevity and the ability to say a lot with the absolute bare minimum. If someone writes a line that I think "Fuck, I could have wrote that!" yet I didn't because I wasn't clever enough, it'll probably blow my f***ing mind. I find that to take more talent than any of the MCs listed.

He’s one of the best in terms of lyrical ability, just stop it b

nah but fr hes great idk bout greatest

not even so much a question of quality just that theres so many great lyricists to choose from

With that being said, I still think he’s more of a lyricist than people give him credit for

Every hit songwriter's goal tbh. There has to be a math to achieving this