Definition:

Pop music is an abbreviation of the word 'popular. ' It's a contemporary form of music that appeals to a very wide audience. It often includes a danceable tempo, easy to remember lyrics, and simple notation. Pop music is commonly found on mainstream radio stations and across a range of countries and cultures.

If rap music can be Pop this song meets the criteria of pop rap. It’s all Hip Hop to me but just by the lazy logic people been spewing

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this post predicted the future. drake stans coping hard itt

Too bad this interview needs Drake’s name attached to it for anyone to care.

i’m on mos def side but just wanna throw out there Talib had him in a spin cycle on that last blackstar album so he might need to chill out if Drake take it to wax

It doesn’t fit the definition you provided.

It was not trying to appeal to a very wide audience. It was trying to appeal to a strictly hip hop audience. Especially when you consider it’s from the Rawkus Records Lyricist Lounge 2 compilation album.

Not only that but it only peaked at 83 on Billboard 200 (aka the pop charts) while it reached #1 on the rap charts. Probably because it’s not a pop song and is a flat out hip hop song.

The lyrics are definitely not supposed to be easy to remember like a pop song considering it’s prime Mos Def and Pharoahe Monch spitting some of the most complex rhyme schemes you’ll ever hear.

You have simple notation on there and I don’t think you even know what that means. If you do can you explain it please.

You can say the beat is danceable but that’s a lot of rap beats that aren’t pop music lbr

Let’s put it this way, if this is a pop song then 99% of rap songs period are pop songs which is just stupid lmao

Really this entire post of yours is just proving that Mos Def has you butthurt because you’re in love with Drake at an unhealthy level and is also another reason why European people such as yourself shouldn’t speak on American rap music cause y’all don’t know what the hell is going on lmao

Damn this nigga Mos just gave podcasts a topic

chiefs dolphins live rn

they bout to go crazy

That’s just his style

Stopped reading at

“It was not trying to appeal to a very wide audience. It was trying to appeal to a strictly hip hop audience. ”

You’re actually being an idiot wow 😂. Monch literally has an interview saying he thinks THE LABEL told Mos to call him to get a catchy book from Nate. At this point Nate hooks known for making bangers

F*** outta here.

Classic pop rap song you can throw on for the white folks. Stop crying about it

Mos Def says Drake's not HipHop and his supporters bring up his bars as a counter-argument. There is actual proof of him using a ghostwriter. Is there actual proof of him writing his own lyrics?

factual.

On everything that interview doesn’t get posted on KTT at all without the drake mention. Mos a dope legacy act but Y’all so phoney

😂

Je ne sais pas c’est qui cette personne 💀 mais il a tord

I'm not saying this is true, but Mos Def's babymama is from/lived in Toronto.. You do the math

“At this point Nate hooks known for making bangers.” So now you think bangers are synonymous with pop songs??

Also catchy hook =/= pop song. I mean look at God Save the Queen or really most iconic punk rock songs. They’re not pop music yet they’ll have catchy hooks.

It seems you don’t know much about music period outside of Drake which is sad tbh

lmao