In April I wrote a blog post titled is it Snoop Dog? No...Its Just Nipsey Hussle...and basically I express my distaste for the West Coast's newest answer to gangster rap. So the two most unoriginal rappers of 2009, Drake (the most over hyped of the two) and Nipsey (the Snoop Dog impersonator) collaborate for a yawntastic track about how they are getting paid and then laid...oh! and then paid some more. You don't even have to listen to the track I just summarized it for you.
I really don't get it. I keep listening to his stuff because I feel like I'm missing something. This guy has so much hype surrounding him, and so many devoted fans I feel bad even hating on him...but I must. Everything he does sounds so generic, its about girls, money and "swag." The hooks disguise the boring rap dialogue, at this point I just think Drake is filling the public void for Weezy (since he's working on "Rebirth" which I am not waiting in anticipation for). I almost get upset every time I log on to Facebook and see someone with a status update using a quote from a Drake song. The line "You the best" has become quite popular, and it annoys me to no end, how the hell is "You the best" profound rap dialogue? How is it creative? How is it pushing the rap game further in terms of innovation and edginess? Please explain this to me. I just don't get it. I actually heard Drake before he became a phenom in the US, I heard him three years ago when he was still on Degrassi and I wasn't impressed, and I'm not jumping on the band wagon now. However, I feel like I'm banging my head against a wall trying to figure this kid out. All I honestly see is a white collar version of Plies, same shit, different guy spitting rhymes about screwing girls and buying them stuff in a more articulate manner. Gentlemen please, we know you want to get laid but it wouldn't hurt to write some better material first, this stuff gets old real fast. So, if you are a Drake fan, please, enlighten me, what makes his music so special to you?
I don't get why everyone is so excited about this guy...there are plenty of better young rappers out there, he's a pretty face and he is a decent rapper, but there is nothing really unique or memorable about his music. In other music news that people could care even less about, the oldest Jonas brother is getting married! Really dude? You must want to take off that purity ring as soon as possible huh?
