Roosh has said he is a fan of Drake. I'm also a pretty big fan.

I'm really digging Marvin's Room at the moment.

Anyone else a fan? Favourite track?

Quote: (08-04-2011 07:39 PM)peterthephoenix Wrote:  

Roosh has said he is a fan of Drake. I'm also a pretty big fan.

I'm really digging Marvin's Room at the moment.

Anyone else a fan? Favourite track?

What do you think of "Headlines"?

http://nahright.com/news/2011/07/31/drake-headlines/

I got Headlines on repeat. Marvin's Room is great too.

I read a lot of hate on Drake. I don't really get why.

Quote: (08-04-2011 08:35 PM)Roosh Wrote:  

I got Headlines on repeat. Marvin's Room is great too.

I read a lot of hate on Drake. I don't really get why.

The most common complaint I hear is that he's "too soft", and some will go as far as to call him "kind of gay" (a typical insult hurled at those considered "soft").

It might have to do with him not really being stereotypical for hip-hop. He stands next to guys like Wayne, Rick Ross and the other guys in Young Money or working alongside it and clearly has a different image (cleaner cut, less street) so maybe that's where it really comes from.
Alternatively, it could just be because he's Canadian.

I'm definitely a big Drake fan, for the record.

His tunes are very catchy and move the crowd in a club

However, I've heard countless times he is a disappointment live.

He looked like he had stage fright next to eminem and lil Wayne at the grammys[/align]

Lame music for the masses. I got some respect for him though because he shows so much love to the Houston underground

Not a big fan of Headlines at the moment, but it's growing on me (it's the only track produced by 40 and Noah)

Seriously looking forward to the new album. Thank Me Later was so good.

Have you guys listened to the Weeknd? This guy wrote/produced a bunch of stuff for drake early on.

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Have you guys listened to the Weeknd?

Downloaded it in april I think it was... fucked many girls with it playing in the background. I even got his new stuff... The Birds, Rolling Stone, Trust Issues remix. Great mood music.

I like Frank Ocean too.

Yeah, it's good stuff. Really enjoying this new wave of codeine influenced music.

Quote: (08-04-2011 08:35 PM)Roosh Wrote:  

I got Headlines on repeat. Marvin's Room is great too.

I read a lot of hate on Drake. I don't really get why.

Cuz he wastes his potential. He makes good songs but his rapping leaves something to be desired. If you listen to Forever, he easily has the worst verse on the song (kanye, weezy and eminem really dominate him).

He is a good songwriter and his commentary on women and relationships is pretty darn good, though. I like him from that perspective.

Quote: (08-04-2011 08:35 PM)Roosh Wrote:  

I got Headlines on repeat. Marvin's Room is great too.

I read a lot of hate on Drake. I don't really get why.

Because Drake needs to listen to this for lyrics:

"Ayo, I shatter dreams like Jordan, assault and batter your team/Your squadron'll be barred from rap like Adam & Eve from the garden/I'm carvin my initials on your forehead/So every night before bed you see the "BP" shine off the board head."






And this:

"I rap for listeners, blunt heads, fly ladies and prisoners
Hennessey holders and old school niggas, then I be dissin a unofficial that smoke woolie thai
I dropped out of Cooley High, gassed up by a cokehead cutie pie"

And:

"It's real, grew up in trife life, did times for white lines
The hype vice, murderous nighttimes, and knife fights invite crimes"






And the message here:

"Pump ya fists like this
Holla if ya hear me - PUMP PUMP if you're pissed
To the sell-outs, livin it up
One way or another you'll be givin it up, huh"






And the second verse here:






And most importantly the third verse here:

Drake is nice.

Him, eminem & lil wayne are def at the top of game right now.

Ive been listening to mainly spanish music for the last 2 years. I need to get caught up on all the new hip hop stuff

Quote: (08-05-2011 11:14 AM)Roosh Wrote:  

I like Frank Ocean too.

He's on a track off Jay-Z and Kanye's "Watch The Throne".

Not into mainstream rap but he is a great rapper.

Watch The Throne got released today. I don't think it has been leaked yet... kind of strange.

To me, Drake is no more of a rapper than Ashton Kutcher or Christina Aguilera. How you gonna be a rapper when you don't have the slightest street cred or experience? That guy is clearly middle class all the way.

Now, there is nothing wrong with being middle class and I know rap is largely an act but there is something about Drake that makes me cringe..I've tried listening to his shyt but I practically grind my teeth at his extra weak swag..no disrespect but yea..let him make his money sure...

My problem is, I grew up on real hip hop and it's hard for me to be weaned off of the good shyt...

Roosh, I just got Throne off demonoid.. It is out there. It was given free to people who bought presale tix last week.

[edit: the torrent quality wasn't good]

really digging it so far... i loved blue print 3 and dark fantasy, i am betting on a pitchfork 10.0

Drake grew up as a rich kid. Thats why he doesn't have everyones respect. Some of the stuff he raps about he hasn't actually experienced. People can tell just by the way he walks and talks. In alot of ways he is faking it. But, alot of rappers are guilty of that, not just him.

That being said, he is a good rapper and pro entertainer, he started as an actor.

Its hard to win the respect of the rap world when you are rich and from the suburbs.

Paul Wall and Eminem were accepted easier because they grew up poor in bad neighborhoods.

Paul wall didn't grow up poor. He's from Jersey Village, a suburb outside Houston.

Giovonny -

"Its hard to win the respect of the rap world when you are rich and from the suburbs."

Should be:

"Its was nearly impossible to win the respect of the rap world when you are rich and from the suburbs."

Hip-Hop is a shell of what it once was.

In reality, Hip-Hop is more real now in foreign countries.

G-manifesto -

To add to what you are saying, hip hop is EXACTLY the same as pop music. Rnb singers and hip hop artists are totally interchangeable. Drake could take Chris Brown's place or vice versa and no one would be the wiser.

Quote: (08-09-2011 09:22 AM)Moma Wrote:  

G-manifesto -

To add to what you are saying, hip hop is EXACTLY the same as pop music. Rnb singers and hip hop artists are totally interchangeable. Drake could take Chris Brown's place or vice versa and no one would be the wiser.

Good point.

I have no doubt that if Vanilla Ice came out this this day and age for the first time he would have a long and prosperous career.