kttmz

4y

Worst song the f***

You are welcome

4y

Eminem came onto the scene a protégé under the infamous legend Dr. Dre. He had a decent big name debut (sorry Infinite fans) and then catapulted to stardom with his sophomore album which many fans of the genre consider to be a classic album.

Then he drops a third follow up which, once again, breaks tons of records and is regarded as an excellent record in the world of hip-hop.

Then begins the turn from widely regarded superstar, potential top 5 MC of all time, into sort of a weird amalgamation and debauchery of all that made him appreciable for his fans to begin with. Eminem started experimenting with different styles, trying a Jamaican reggae style patois flow on Recovery and moving into pure pop stardom from then on out with album after album headlined with ANOTHER Rihanna induced radio friendly hit. At this point you could say that most of the music Eminem was dropping could fall into the "safe" category. It wasn't ground breaking or interesting like his earlier work, but it was guaranteed to be a smash hit due to the style of music being dropped.

Now you have Drizzy Drake. Drizzy Drake blew up on the scene after getting put on by his protégé, then greatest rapper alive, Lil Wayne. He was featured on a variety of cuts and like Eminem dropped a lesser known but still appreciated mixtape series (Infinite being like So Far Gone) and then dropped a decent debut followed by one that all fans consider to be his true classic. After climbing to the top Drake sort of cemented himself as a top 5 rapper and continued to collaborate on excellence before dropping another classic album to follow up his Sophomore.

Now here is where things get a little awry. Drizzy Drake drops what many consider to be his best work, a throwaway mixtape released "Beyoncé" style. Not quite the same move as Eminem but still showing much greatness. Now here is where the Drake and Eminem Show meet and merge as one. As soon as Drake release What a Time to Be Alive with Future he began his movement into Eminem category.

You see the key reason why Drizzy Drake and Eminem are the same person today is because they both opted to make safe music for the rest of their career. Drizzy Drake also showed a preference for Jamaican influenced patois in his music and moved down the path of reggaetón and dance hall, once again pulling from other parts of the world. Finally, today, we've entered the modern Drake era which is similar to Eminem during his Recovery and MMLP2 days. The days of when Drake is content dropping "safe" singles following a generic formula for another overbloated album released to mediocre fanfare.

Once again, this is Drake in radio mode, much like how Marshall had one as well. Both rappers are in the zone making music that they KNOW will make them money and gather them fame while then proceeding to mail it in on their albums

The parallel's are there, it's up to you to unravel the puzzle that Marshall and Aubrey have weaved for the greater world to understand

Nightcrawler

4y

Why are threads so s*** these days ...

SomeRandomNob

4y

yea because "you da you da best" was risk taking and "gods plan" is safe, great essay OP.

CKL TML

4y

Hate the 808s on it

rwina sawayama

4y

he not wrong tho

Marble

4y

It still baffles me how people think Scorpion is safe. I can see how one wouldn’t like them, but songs like I’m Upset, Can’t take a Joke, Peak, Summer Games, Ratchet happy Birthday, Thats how You Feel and Final Fantasy are faaaar from safe.

Rihanna Stan

4y

I'm Upset is one of his safest in the catalog

jynth

4y

if i only revisit 5 tracks out of 25 then the album failed at it's purpose

unless it was made for that reason, which is fine but if that's the case then we shouldn't have to pretend it's great music

CKL TML

4y

Well that depends on the person. I like it all the way thru. I could do without ratchet happy birthday, summer games and talk up though

CKL TML

4y

Wouldnt be his most hated sing if it was safe

Rihanna Stan

4y

I'm Upset is one of his safest in the catalog

KazuyaMishima

4y

"Drake and Eminem are the same person today is because they both opted to make safe music for the rest of their career. Drizzy Drake also showed a preference for Jamaican influenced patois in his music and moved down the path of reggaetón and dance hall, once again pulling from other parts of the world."

Pulling from other parts of the world is considered safe? Did you or did you not see how much hate he got for doing this?

Marble

4y

Its not, I think it’s one of his worst songs tbh, but I couldn’t name a song that sounds the same.

Rihanna Stan

4y

Sounds the same of his or in general?

Marble

4y

Both I guess

Rihanna Stan

4y

It sound's like the average Zaytoven type beats everyone started copying around 2015. Drake's first time, but sound was def played out by the time he did it