What humors me and even mystifies me the most is that the stuff Drake is getting cancelled for now is things we (our generation… the millennials) already knew about him back then. For instance, when he came out we knew he was an actor on Degrassi. We knew that he rapped with a blaccent but spoke proper like a well mannered, upper class suburbanite but later went on to adopt hood dialects and mannerisms. We knew he was quite the culture vulture and we gave him a pass all this time. He was beloved all this time and naysayers were just broke, salty haters. Then Kendrick comes along and articulates why Drake isn’t really that guy and everybody is like “oh yeah huh? 🤔”… but there were already so many reasons to discount Drake since the beginning, right in front of our faces. I think millennials need to take accountability for our “Y.O.L.O” and “anything and everything goes” attitudes that was prominent in the culture from the late 2000s until now. In a way Gen-Z is cleaning house but don’t get me wrong now, I ain’t saying Gen-Z doesn’t have their own issues but they’re tackling some of the issues that our generation ignored and kudos to them for that. The rest of this decade ought to be interesting concerning music and more specifically hip-hop.
That's a brilliant observation that really speaks to the negative effect of Hip-Hop both losing gatekeepers and the power of the internet. There was a time in Hip-Hop where you'd immediately get dismissed if your style was too similar to someone else's. When Drake first began to gain some popularity, he sounded like a Lil' Wayne clone but also had the past that you articulated previously. What I've noticed is that as I stated in the video, as long as the music is right, an artist can do no wrong, no matter how bad they actually are. Someone at the corporate music level figured this out and now we have a bunch of names in the music game who are clearly problematic in numerous ways, but find themselves ascending the ladder of success nonetheless, even when you can't think of a single person that you know that is a fan of theirs. And this isn't a generational thing either - this has been an issue since before Ike and Tina Turner in the 50's. There's several handfuls of artists that should have seen their careers plummet due to their debauchery but didn't see that effect until their musical prowess began to wane. But to your point, people should have long dismissed Drake. When I saw his terrible Hot 97 freestyle with Funk Flex, I was done with him forever. All my faves either had amazing freestyles or written rhymes under their belt, so I had no need for someone that couldn't seem muster either. But I seemingly was on a very lonely island from 2009-2024 because the same culture that made fun of Drake for being light-skinned and soft also was bumping the hell out of all his hits, knowing he was a cornball. Kendrick basically gave voice to 15 years of observations in a way that only he could pull off. Plus, his strength is Drake's weakness - he is beloved by the culture for his pro-Blackness and artistry as an MC. I truly appreciate a well-thought-out comment like yours, it was a pleasure to read and respond to!
@@mrAPchem Hey no prob! and yes, absolutely 💯 Well stated and sorry for the delayed reply. I’m not getting notifications like I should be. I love discussions like these and I’m currently binging on all the Drake tea rn 😭
@@koreangirlgroup. It's all good! I just got my router replaced, so I haven't even been online at all in like 2 days; if anyone gets it I get it! But yes, the discussion around Drake and Kendrick is very interesting because it seems as though people are just now airing out long-held grievances against Drake. This of course begs the question of why they were bumping Drake's music to begin with! It also begs the question of what will happen when Drake has another album in the future. Will people forgive and forget? Will they decide that they won't stream his stuff anymore, thus signaling the end of his rap career? That's what I'd like to know!
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What humors me and even mystifies me the most is that the stuff Drake is getting cancelled for now is things we (our generation… the millennials) already knew about him back then. For instance, when he came out we knew he was an actor on Degrassi. We knew that he rapped with a blaccent but spoke proper like a well mannered, upper class suburbanite but later went on to adopt hood dialects and mannerisms. We knew he was quite the culture vulture and we gave him a pass all this time. He was beloved all this time and naysayers were just broke, salty haters. Then Kendrick comes along and articulates why Drake isn’t really that guy and everybody is like “oh yeah huh? 🤔”… but there were already so many reasons to discount Drake since the beginning, right in front of our faces. I think millennials need to take accountability for our “Y.O.L.O” and “anything and everything goes” attitudes that was prominent in the culture from the late 2000s until now. In a way Gen-Z is cleaning house but don’t get me wrong now, I ain’t saying Gen-Z doesn’t have their own issues but they’re tackling some of the issues that our generation ignored and kudos to them for that. The rest of this decade ought to be interesting concerning music and more specifically hip-hop.
That's a brilliant observation that really speaks to the negative effect of Hip-Hop both losing gatekeepers and the power of the internet.
There was a time in Hip-Hop where you'd immediately get dismissed if your style was too similar to someone else's. When Drake first began to gain some popularity, he sounded like a Lil' Wayne clone but also had the past that you articulated previously.
What I've noticed is that as I stated in the video, as long as the music is right, an artist can do no wrong, no matter how bad they actually are. Someone at the corporate music level figured this out and now we have a bunch of names in the music game who are clearly problematic in numerous ways, but find themselves ascending the ladder of success nonetheless, even when you can't think of a single person that you know that is a fan of theirs.
And this isn't a generational thing either - this has been an issue since before Ike and Tina Turner in the 50's. There's several handfuls of artists that should have seen their careers plummet due to their debauchery but didn't see that effect until their musical prowess began to wane.
But to your point, people should have long dismissed Drake. When I saw his terrible Hot 97 freestyle with Funk Flex, I was done with him forever. All my faves either had amazing freestyles or written rhymes under their belt, so I had no need for someone that couldn't seem muster either. But I seemingly was on a very lonely island from 2009-2024 because the same culture that made fun of Drake for being light-skinned and soft also was bumping the hell out of all his hits, knowing he was a cornball.
Kendrick basically gave voice to 15 years of observations in a way that only he could pull off. Plus, his strength is Drake's weakness - he is beloved by the culture for his pro-Blackness and artistry as an MC.
I truly appreciate a well-thought-out comment like yours, it was a pleasure to read and respond to!
@@mrAPchem Hey no prob! and yes, absolutely 💯 Well stated and sorry for the delayed reply. I’m not getting notifications like I should be. I love discussions like these and I’m currently binging on all the Drake tea rn 😭
@@koreangirlgroup. It's all good! I just got my router replaced, so I haven't even been online at all in like 2 days; if anyone gets it I get it!
But yes, the discussion around Drake and Kendrick is very interesting because it seems as though people are just now airing out long-held grievances against Drake.
This of course begs the question of why they were bumping Drake's music to begin with! It also begs the question of what will happen when Drake has another album in the future. Will people forgive and forget? Will they decide that they won't stream his stuff anymore, thus signaling the end of his rap career?
That's what I'd like to know!