Yes, this is a huge reason he's successful. LOL He is milquetoast mainstream. His looks, light skin and Canadian-ness, allows him to sell well in the burbs and his father's lineage, and his affiliation with Cash Money, gives him access to the urban audience which he needed to build his career. He also sounded ALOT like Wayne when he dropped. That helped, too. Drake and his ghost writers are good. They've become less inspired in recent years but his lyrics are never complete trash. There are worse. And, while he can put out a club bop, no one puts him in the Nas, Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole category. But production wise (last album excluded) Drake and his team have an ear for what will get the club jumpin. As long as his and his team's ears stay fine tuned to what the clubs want, he will continue sell and stream and piss off his haters.
Hahaha and his ghost writers. Kendrick said it best - “Oh no, I swore I wouldn't tell, but most of y'all share bars like you got the bottom bunk in a two man cell”
“Drake is hip-hop for people scared of hip-hop.” 👩🍳🤌
Yes, this is a huge reason he's successful. LOL He is milquetoast mainstream. His looks, light skin and Canadian-ness, allows him to sell well in the burbs and his father's lineage, and his affiliation with Cash Money, gives him access to the urban audience which he needed to build his career. He also sounded ALOT like Wayne when he dropped. That helped, too. Drake and his ghost writers are good. They've become less inspired in recent years but his lyrics are never complete trash. There are worse. And, while he can put out a club bop, no one puts him in the Nas, Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole category. But production wise (last album excluded) Drake and his team have an ear for what will get the club jumpin. As long as his and his team's ears stay fine tuned to what the clubs want, he will continue sell and stream and piss off his haters.
Hahaha and his ghost writers. Kendrick said it best - “Oh no, I swore I wouldn't tell, but most of y'all share bars like you got the bottom bunk in a two man cell”
Used to be so shameful, now it’s just ordinary.
ROFL. To Pimp a Butterfly is my favorite Kendrick album and I think of Drake every time on that lyric.