Is Drake a genuine artist or fabricated...hmm good read

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generic artist, generic rhymes

hit the commercial world with str8 up commercial songs (baby you're my everything, you're all i ever wanted, we can do it real big bigger than you've ever done it....ugh)
hit the underground world with str8 up generic underground lyrics (bragging about how u can flow, how ur flow kills, how everyone fears your flow....etc. etc..)

to me in all honesty (not hating) he's just the flavor of the month....

you know why people always put up who is the next tupac, cuz the genuineness is not found in the music anymore (duh), but at the same time its also the listeners fault as well, we should demand better but we dont so the radio plays nothing but static....i mean i think album sales do reflect the distaste in the music as of today...am i wrong....

and as i type this....i am watching rising icons (wale is on) he got more potential but less marketing value....its big business...drake is good for business...well at least for now....once he runs out of ways to say nothing
 
Red Scare said:
wait, isnt Drake that kid from Degrassi???
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This is ya favorite show huh?
 
Every artist is manufactured in some way. Look at everything that comes out of Bad Boy. Doesn't make them better or worse.
 
With the emergence of Drake, the industry is trying to compromise the Hip Hop market and bring us closer to the mainstream because it increases their margins
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wow...well put...
 
The interview seems to take rap and Drake for the same thing. The man is more of musician if you ask me, and what is wrong with that. Just because a rapper can sing doesnt mean he sucks. On the contrary...
 
admbmb said:
Hip hop is all about acceptance and gaining/earning respect.
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it used to be about that...

nowadays, "it's about "likeability", "friendliness", and "mainstream / commercial" "success"...

there is a new ultimatum in place today: if it ain't "watered down, it ain't goin' nowhere"

$.02
 
F00T said:
I understand what you're asking....so in short yes....there are few creative people/leaders in this world...the rest are followers and need those distinct few to show them what should come next...think Aristotle, MLK, Michael Jackson, Hitler (sad but true), and yes even Jesus....the music world is no different....I gurantee you other labels not affiliated with Drake are searching desperately right now as we speak for someone that has the look, style, and history of Drake for them to release a few months after they see what Drake's numbers are. I also gurantee that person will be one of two things

A) More traditionally acceptable as "hip-hop" but with Drake aesthetics
B) More cookie-cutter, manufactured, and watered down than Drake

I lean towards B just based on the demographics that buys the most music....we can only see though....for all we know Drake could flop horribly but if he comes with another single besides "Best I Ever" that is universally appealing then I predict atleast 500k first week....because I know alot of different people with different tastes and I haven't met one that doesn't like that song.
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We think alike. But there's another important aspect you left out: what if they find another Drake, a BETTER "Drake"?
You got to be satisfied with either the crumbs falling off the table or you got to improve the design and get better materials.
See JT. He could've been the White Hope Usher, instead he took all possible styles (from pop, funk, middle eastern rnb to house/trance music) mixed them up and came with his falsetto gimmick. :cheers:

Usher had "Love in the club". LOL

There were 20 JTs ready to jump into that role around the time NSync and the Backstreet Boys started to lose momentum, but he had the experience, the talent and the credentials to show.
Everything else was centered around promotion/persona/image.

So it is possible to create not only a niche, but a whole culture (maybe too strong of a word) or distinct style, or even create it by using brute-force.

And then you have the exceptions to the rule: can you market a second Eminem?

I don't think Drake is different enough to be considered a "trademark"; half of the time I think it's Kanye imitating a college professor's son's voice, rapping for him. He will be the marketable Common, with a touch of Lil Wayne.

But unless he switches the style and works on being versatile, he will be the "Cute Rapper" for 5 years and after that the girls will grow out of his music.
 
JeanLukPigheart said:
But unless he switches the style and works on being versatile, he will be the "Cute Rapper" for 5 years and after that the girls will grow out of his music.
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if he's versatile enough he can be just like fabolous and spit girl songs mixed with bangers aka a long career
 
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