Jan 13, 2024And Mos Def music is dust, so it balances out.
Jan 13, 2024·2 repliesDrake is a pop artist not simply because of his hit singles but because of how he approaches his career & music
He moves like Taylor swift or any other pop artist moves
He goes in the booth for a hit & constantly floods the market to put it simple
Jan 13, 2024X7JQ9L2MF4A8Zkeep in mind that’s a UKer
So is 21 Savage
Jan 13, 2024·1 replyExperiment626Drake is a pop artist not simply because of his hit singles but because of how he approaches his career & music
He moves like Taylor swift or any other pop artist moves
He goes in the booth for a hit & constantly floods the market to put it simple
in drake's case this hasn't really been the case for a good few years now
Jan 13, 2024
Cole2KTT loves a hot take on Drake
S***s like the bat signal on this site
Gonna be 30 pages by tonight
And they'll hate on a legend for having an opinion because they can't think for themselves
Like the post at the top of this page lol
- Jan 13, 2024
Mr MotionThe end remarks made me think. He’s right on some level, what do we get from Drake/his music? Like from Kanye, I got some “socially conscious” stuff mixed in with your typical rap, but I think a main theme people get from Ye and his music is confidence & belief in self.
Idk what I get from Drake. I consume his music a lot but outside of “Drake n Drive” type memes earlier on, what am I really getting out his music?
I gotta reflect on thatAn escape? An outlet to experience joy or a celebration? Maybe how to reflect on interpersonal relationships?
Jan 13, 2024
BRAVEGlad you said this cause I’ve broken this down in percentages with Take Care and got him straight rapping at 68% of the runtime
Meh I respect the evidence, but that’s not doing it for me. Rapping also doesn’t necessarily make something hip hop.
Let’s look from another angle: what percentage of songs are hip hop songs? It’s looking like it’s almost half and half to me. About 11 you could consider hip hop, at least 9 that are r&b tracks, with a few of them hovering in the middle ground
Jan 13, 2024Mr MotionThe end remarks made me think. He’s right on some level, what do we get from Drake/his music? Like from Kanye, I got some “socially conscious” stuff mixed in with your typical rap, but I think a main theme people get from Ye and his music is confidence & belief in self.
Idk what I get from Drake. I consume his music a lot but outside of “Drake n Drive” type memes earlier on, what am I really getting out his music?
I gotta reflect on thatIt’s just great sounding music. His earlier stuff was relatable but his newer stuff like post Views is just a power fantasy.
- Jan 13, 2024·2 repliesMr Motion
The end remarks made me think. He’s right on some level, what do we get from Drake/his music? Like from Kanye, I got some “socially conscious” stuff mixed in with your typical rap, but I think a main theme people get from Ye and his music is confidence & belief in self.
Idk what I get from Drake. I consume his music a lot but outside of “Drake n Drive” type memes earlier on, what am I really getting out his music?
I gotta reflect on thatDrake's story is an underdog story. You would never look back at his Degrassi days and think that he would be the juggernaut that he is. I mean, he was killing it with Best I Ever Had and Replacement Girl, but who saw the run he's had coming? That's the theme
- Jan 13, 2024·1 reply
Oblivion XPeople consider Lauryn hip hop tho and her one solo album is pretty much a rnb album
I think they’re wrong too. Lauryn is grossly overrated as an MC/rapper
- Jan 13, 2024·1 replyNoir
I love how mad the pop label still makes people in 2024
As if many of the most acclaimed, influential and successful artists in the world aren't making pop music
Real, it’s not really an insult
- Jan 13, 2024Cole2
KTT loves a hot take on Drake
S***s like the bat signal on this site
Gonna be 30 pages by tonight
It's like @KingOfPop and shutting down MJ allegations
- Jan 13, 2024·2 repliesCRACKASTEPPAVEGAN
Drake's story is an underdog story. You would never look back at his Degrassi days and think that he would be the juggernaut that he is. I mean, he was killing it with Best I Ever Had and Replacement Girl, but who saw the run he's had coming? That's the theme
He hasn’t been an underdog for close to a decade
Jan 13, 2024·1 reply- Jan 13, 2024
Zack From The SixIs he stupid? Being so versatile that you can kill it in any genre and that you therefore release some pop songs doesnt mean u are a pop artist (which is what he said, cuz the interviewer asked him if Drake was hip-hop)?
If you think Drake is a pop artist then you don't know and don't understand hip-hop. F*** outta here, idiot
You as a white British man think you understand hip hop more than Mos Def? Have some self awareness you dumb f***
Tomorrow 🪄Jan 13, 2024Mr MotionHe hasn’t been an underdog for close to a decade
Not true some people on twitter don’t like him
- Jan 13, 2024Mr Motion
The end remarks made me think. He’s right on some level, what do we get from Drake/his music? Like from Kanye, I got some “socially conscious” stuff mixed in with your typical rap, but I think a main theme people get from Ye and his music is confidence & belief in self.
Idk what I get from Drake. I consume his music a lot but outside of “Drake n Drive” type memes earlier on, what am I really getting out his music?
I gotta reflect on thata sense of being outside
- Jan 13, 2024Zack From The Six
Is he stupid? Being so versatile that you can kill it in any genre and that you therefore release some pop songs doesnt mean u are a pop artist (which is what he said, cuz the interviewer asked him if Drake was hip-hop)?
If you think Drake is a pop artist then you don't know and don't understand hip-hop. F*** outta here, idiot
You as a white British man think you understand hip hop more than Mos Def? Have some self awareness you dumb f***
- Jan 13, 2024
PALESTINE DATTEN@Brave This is why lmao
Shortly after the article was published, Drake hopped in ComplexMusic's Instagram DMs and left a suggestion: "Can you do an article now where the baddest Instagram girls in the world review my poetry book, not the head of the Mos Def fan club... Thanks 😂."
Nah that’s not what this is. Mos ain’t like that and he wasn’t even disrespectful
Jan 13, 2024Black on Both Sides s***s on Drakes whole catalog but yeah two different styles lol
- Jan 13, 2024Mr Motion
He hasn’t been an underdog for close to a decade
He's been fighting soft allegations his whole career, even during Her Loss with the fruity memes centered around the "21, can you do sum for meee" part.
- Jan 13, 2024·1 reply2words
I think they’re wrong too. Lauryn is grossly overrated as an MC/rapper
I mean maybe but that's a minority opinion. Atp drake probably has more pure rap songs than 3k but people are more likely to classify 3k or Lauryn as hip hop compared to drake and I don't think the reasoning is just the rnb thing
- Jan 13, 2024·1 replyCRACKASTEPPAVEGAN
Mos Def is a purist so it makes sense that he wouldn't exactly see what Drake does as hop hop. That being said, that's his opinion. Drake came up on that purist hip hop.
It can be argued he strayed a little too far if he wanted to still get love from purists but drake made it clear he doesn’t care about that
- Jan 13, 2024·1 replyhttps://twitter.com/nujerzeytwork/status/1746237986981728622SinceKumbaya
He was literally asked a question and was annoyed about being asked it
He ain't write a thinkpiece about Drake and the legitimacy of hip hop
- Jan 13, 2024
Drake obviously hip hop but Even the catchy melodic music Drake makes is at its core black music.
Calling him “pop” is just out of hate most times. He’s popular, makes hits but that’s where it stops.
All the influences in his music are hip hop / rnb / soul.