Lauryn Hill
Andre 3K
Nate Dogg
Bone Thugs
Ja Rule
T Pain
Kanye
50

many more

Having a beautiful family with a grown women named Ashanti

That’s not what you asked. You said how many did it before him.

Drake changed r&b, some would argue for the worse, but there’s way more influential rappers that came after him

We need less Toronto rap more Toronto Dancehall and Soca

Naw u was moving the goalposts so i returned the favor u just won’t give credit where credits due

I didn’t move the goalposts.

You asked me how many rappers sang and incorporated r&b elements into their s*** and I said “so many of them did”

That’s not a goalpost move. That’s answering your question

You playing obtuse games
Drake is still the one who carried for a decade +
The innovator but stay reaching for ur gotchas lol

Acting like Drake invented that as if it wasn’t common af is crazy. Drake even lists many of those people as influences himself

You say he did all this but when we look back at the 10s it’s more in the image of Future, Thug, Keef, etc than it is him

Even Wayne influenced more rappers in the 10s than Drake did

I knew the conversation wasn’t serious when dude acted like Toronto was hip-hop culture more so then The East and The West.

Might genuinely be one of the worst posts I’ve seen on this site.

But he knew that was some BS so he tried to slip in ATL

How does Ab Soul track get a 14 page thread in 2025

and Phonte

We can give Drake props for being extremely good at networking and figuring out how to integrate himself into ATL rap when it was really popping in the mid to late 2010s.

But there was definitely some truth to the 3rd verse to NLU and that’s why the responses from them were either silent or “Well Drake is my friend so…”

Stan war took over after like 4 pages lol

Soul Burger had some good songs but it really was a step down from Herbert tbh

Both albums had skips but the highs on Herbert were his best since Control System easily

Do Better is a 10/10 track to me. One of the best rap songs in years.

2nd half way better but I didn't care for the Saturday morning cartoon villain voice in the beginning

All this is a million percent factual

Jay Rock the only one from Black Hippy who is not doing it at all rn.

Kenny running the game rn, Q dropped one of the best rap albums last year and Soulo is really putting himself out there and trying build up some momentum again after taking a 6 year hiatus for his mental issues.

Bruh in the thread trolling, no idea why yall entertaining that

Yea it's more of a response/warning shots but there's enough there if joey really wants to keep pushing it, whether playfully or not

Joey my lil homie, hold on don't enter the void

Bro answered your question and then you tell him he’s being obtuse? Drake did not invent rapping with r&b nuances.

Facts.

At this point if i see "unforgivable" or "free young boy" i know its not a serious post and should be treated like a special kid is on the other end of the keyboard

You could never get me to listen to an Ass Soul song about Joey Fartass even if you had my entire family at gun point

He’s talking about y’all goofys, not either of them