the zone

too versatile

Lol never heard rapping and singing applied so smoothly

Dreams money can buy dropped. I was on wiz heavy and thought he was gonna take over the year but that one song changed my mind and My opinion hasn’t changed since

2 on

Stay schemin

Legend. Actually, the entirety of If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late. That whole mixtape turned me into a stan.

It happened in waves:
First i was very impressed with his "im going in" verse on Wayne song.

Then i was blown away by his mainstream capabilities on Paris Morton music.

Next, as a high schooler i was traveling to Penn state for a college visit. I was playing Club Paradise right after it was released. i was amazed beyond belief.

Then there was quiet for awhile, other players started to rise that i was more interested in (Cole & Sean specifically circa 2011-early 2013)

Then i heard 0-100 while live-streaming Summer jam early in my college tenure. I knew immediately that this guy was THE GUY. I've been calling him the future GOAT ever since. Happily, Drake has only continued to progress since then. (note: in 2008/2009 i was calling him "the future" with my friends and family, but almost jokingly because i knew about his degrassi days and loved the music coming out, but didn't think he would have the longevity).

Stick it

Club Paradise the GOAT

The resistance, realized it was everything I’ve ever wanted from a song, plus I thought I heard all of tml on YouTube but then got the actual cd and was blindsided by it. I still remember playing it off the PlayStation 3 just staring at their minimalist music player like

Whew what a post!

Tuscan Leather

Club paradise
Still get a feeling of good times and nostalgia when listening to it

Yeah somewhere around here for me too. He was always one of my favorite rappers since SFG dropped, but this era cemented his GOAT status.

Best I Ever Had confirmed that he was THE guy. It was the perfect blend between rapping and singing. It seems like during every rollout, I say to myself “he’s officially the goat”

Pound Cake

Always been die hard drake early on and thought he was great. The tipping point for me as the greatest rapper was after nothing was the same, ended with pound cake and it was over. Greatest artist of all time was after scorpion and he had 3 songs just explode, Gods plan, nice for what and then when my Egyptian cousins on a farm in the middle of Egypt singing in my feelings .. he became 🐐artist .. broke every freaking record at that point

Big fan from time, Drizzy really the first rapper who's career I can say I was fully invested in, remember Best I've ever had, Over was full stan song for me, but I think Back to Back was the moment he really transcended into GOAT level status, the way he handled that whole situation was just GOAT, performing @ OVO fest and on tour it in Philly was just ridiculous

I'm on one. This is because it really showed me that drake could run the hook and have the best verse

Been a stan since 08 and always knew he was destined for greatness, but the second half of Days In The East was when I truly realised no one can do what he does how good he does it. A true master of his craft.

When he said “I don’t need love, I’m the goat.”

toosie slide

For real, DITE in my top 5 Drake songs!!! The second verse is your better verse, no cap!!!

Frinnnnnnng...

Hold on, We're Going Home.

Ransom in 2009