Drake's New Album "Take Care"

[Jhyler12]

Drake is unlistenable.

This

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

my favorite rappers are:

kid cudi, wiz khalifa, and lupe fiasco

Lupe, BOB, and Cudi are still my favorites, but I really like Take Care. Could boost Drake in my rankings.

[HoFBound90]

its alright, in no way a top cd of the year or some legendary type work. Drake used to be a joke to me by now i will listen to him. He knows he's not hard and doesn't try to act it really. Like him more than wayne. Drake is in no way one of the best rapping today though.

[bleys]

hell, that CD better be a touch above the rest.. 1 was a mix tape and the 2nd was an R&B album..

if I download that poo and he went the route of Kanye and Wayne where they don't say jack poo but try to sound clever, then you all sound feel sorry for yourselves..

J Cole, Lupe, and B.O.B. are likely the only 2 really worth talking about in the mainstream..

Jay, Ye, and Wayne are clowning the industry..

[bleys]

with that said, Outlawz dropped an album last month... :lol:

I'm downloading that Ish right now..... I'm sure many have no clue who they are...

[GreatPanther]

Big fan. He's SO MUCH better than Lil' Wayne. People who think he isn't are completely insane!

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

I think Drake has improved. I've always liked him, but most of his songs were stupid compared to the likes of Lupe, Cudi, BOB, Eminem, etc.

But Drake's becoming smarter. As someone said earlier, he knows he's not hard, so he doesn't try to act it. I respect that, and I'm glad he noticed.

[bleys]

Hip-Hop > Rap

[frash.exe]

hip-hop is hitting that waning era and you could probably conclude it's already in the thick of it today. Anything that is produced that makes money is watered down simple rhythmic looping tracks laced with cheap, uncreative hooks and melodies and milquetoast lyrics like

We know they won't get you like I will

My only wish is I die real

Cause that truth hurts and those lies heal

And you can't sleep thinking that he lies still

So you cry still - tears all over the pillowcase

Big girls all get a little taste

Pushing me away so I give her space

no, you can't rhyme a word with the SAME fuging WORD, DRAKE.

...so rap is pretty much done with talking about the real issues associated with the black community. In the 90s, rappers like (i know you're expecting him) Tupac and Common were pioneers of conscious hip-hop. Earlier than that, you had NWA attracting the spotlight to gangsta rap. Mobb Deep carried that tradition well throughout the mid-to-late 90s. In the 80s Jam Master Jay produced beats for Run-DMC. Not the same guy producing beats for Drake that produced beats for Katy Perry and Lil' Wayne. There's no identity in hip-pop. Every song sounds like it could've been written by the same person. Every song is geared to sophomore high school couples in tumultuous relationships in general (Jess, dis b our song cuz we white kids livin in suburbia have a hard time bein' faithful). When a lot of rich white people can relate to a rap song, you automatically know it's poo.

It's all hooks and poo lyrics. So basically it's like hair metal in the late 80s.

I used to like hip-hop as late as 50 Cent and the Game were at the height of their popularity. Recently I've been listening to more progressive house, dubstep and dirty dutch more than anything else. Deadmau5, Wolfgang Gartner, that kind of poo.