Nicknault

6y

I think its getting to the point where he has to address it.

What else is there to talk about. Drake will look really patetic dropping this CLB album and its nothing but more gloating about himself.

His market is America. Alot is going on right now. Unfortunately he hasn’t addressed many things on a non-musical, general scale, so part of me thinks this album is being reformed to be slightly more aware.

He’s not gonna retain black peoples attention like in the past, including non- black people who dealing with additional s***, maybe he’ll keep the tik-tokers attention. So what will he really talk about? Himself? If so hes gonna flop.

DonutHole

6y

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I don't remember any biggie song being political so that's right but keep in mind he passed away at 24 with 2 albums (of course you have tupac who passed away at 25 but tupac was raised by a black panther...)

MJ had

• a controversial dance intro for the black and white music video (the black panther dance) in which he smashes a "kkk rules" tag on a window and references the black panther party

(+ the lyrics of the song black and white)

• they don't really care about us (just look up the lyrics)
• we are the world (he co wrote it)
• The fact he put only black people in his remember the time music video (about ancient Egypt) was also astonishing for a major artist like that
  That's just of the top
  The mj argument falls flat...

Nicknault

6y

I think its getting to the point where he has to address it.

What else is there to talk about. Drake will look really patetic dropping this CLB album and its nothing but more gloating about himself.

His market is America. Alot is going on right now. Unfortunately he hasn’t addressed many things on a non-musical, general scale, so part of me thinks this album is being reformed to be slightly more aware.

He’s not gonna retain black peoples attention like in the past, including non- black people who dealing with additional s***, maybe he’ll keep the tik-tokers attention. So what will he really talk about? Himself? If so hes gonna flop.

Nicknault

6y

I think its getting to the point where he has to address it.

What else is there to talk about. Drake will look really patetic dropping this CLB album and its nothing but more gloating about himself.

His market is America. Alot is going on right now. Unfortunately he hasn’t addressed many things on a non-musical, general scale, so part of me thinks this album is being reformed to be slightly more aware.

He’s not gonna retain black peoples attention like in the past, including non- black people who dealing with additional s***, maybe he’ll keep the tik-tokers attention. So what will he really talk about? Himself? If so hes gonna flop.

Marble

6y

Makes him even greater, most of the social politic tracks are indeed as you call them ‘easy lay-ups’.

BonelessWings

6y

He speaks on canadian issues a lot but yall dont care.

Niggas would hate on him crazy if he as a canadian inserts himself into american issues too much.

Biggie = GOAT no overt sociopolitical content

Mike = GOAT no overt sociopolitical content

Jay Z turned woke later in his career btw.

Nicknault

6y

I think its getting to the point where he has to address it.

What else is there to talk about. Drake will look really patetic dropping this CLB album and its nothing but more gloating about himself.

His market is America. Alot is going on right now. Unfortunately he hasn’t addressed many things on a non-musical, general scale, so part of me thinks this album is being reformed to be slightly more aware.

He’s not gonna retain black peoples attention like in the past, including non- black people who dealing with additional s***, maybe he’ll keep the tik-tokers attention. So what will he really talk about? Himself? If so hes gonna flop.

Ryuka

6y

his market is uk and europe now

yall american listen to dababy ffs

coltrup

6y

remember when he posted a poem during the george floyd protests

SinceKumbaya

6y

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Y’all dummies really gobble up artists using black plight as their selling point. Drake has done a crazy amount relating to social issues in real life but you want a song to make it feel real

Nicknault

6y

I can agree to disagree with most of you guys here.

It just stands to me that regardless of him being jewish biracial or in an affluent neighborhood hes still

• Black
• Capitalizes off of Non - Biracial BLACK American artists for Features
• Needs the image of black approval for white audiences. Lets be clear, if Drake did not connect to the black audience even in the slightest he would have flopped. Thats how it works here in America, black people really do determine your relevance in entertainment.
• Has a Black American Father
• Tried to FRONT like he had single parent issues with an absent father when his father said that was a LIE
• Copies every carrbiean/afro accent/dialect and vibe. But has yet to tap into his own VIBE of being black and jewish. Very Odd, and he won’t be able to keep that up much longer.

I think people are getting to the point where they know that Drake is going to hone in on himself for another album and i dont think people want that with everything going on. I do think people want to relate to whatever is on this album, but he will flatline if he thinks hes going to ignore everything in 2020 for another album about his achievements and success.

When some of you on here try so hard to push away drakes need to be more introspective about his blackness, his own culture and who he really is/his own issues, it just shows me and other black people that alot of yall on here are just racist white boys who listen to drake to be cool and say the n word lol. I swear white americans specifically love playing around with cultures/tourisim and whitewashing black people as much as possible. Just the fact that most of yall on here openly disrespect Kanye over Drake for no reason is evidence of that. If Drake never popped yall would still be ye fans who couldnt say that to your racist white Parents. Now you got drake and he can be more appropriate to talk about in the house. I digress lol.

oppyeahyouknowme

6y

gotta understand that in 2020, that does not mean S*** when right now your banking on people to buy into you and support you when theres other issues at hand. Even without social issues he won't even bring up COVID, The President, the need to VOTE. Keep in mind, at the very least artists have had the freedom to say certain keywords in their lyrics as of recent ( Nicki Minaj "Black Lives Matter / Riot) (6ixnine/Cardi B "Coronavirus")

There is a constant issue brought up about Drakes authenticity and here it is, we're at the point where this album will bring it into full light.

Because to avoid the most basic pressing issues of the time because you still want to be seen as cool or what have you is weird and inauthentic for someone of his accolades. Like you spent all year holed up in your mansion in canada, avoiding all the protests, social unrests, riots, lockdowns, presidential drama, shootings, for you to talk about none of it? You can't prop up this thug/gangster image now and hide in your house braiding your sons curly blonde hair because its not safe outside, half the rappers he tries to emulate already in atl and la turning up like aint s*** change.

Even with the SZA situation he couldnt be a man about it, had to make a trash line with a lie so it could rhyme, only to have the woman speak to the public and clarify his lie to save his face.

You won't find Jay, Diddy or Ye in any of these situations and for every to be comparing him to them, he needs to grow up and put some substance to his art. I really feel like being biracial is a tremendous struggle for him, it seems like hes genuinely torn between two ways of being himself.

Too Dark

6y

Ok coltrup

oppyeahyouknowme

6y

gotta understand that in 2020, that does not mean S*** when right now your banking on people to buy into you and support you when theres other issues at hand. Even without social issues he won't even bring up COVID, The President, the need to VOTE. Keep in mind, at the very least artists have had the freedom to say certain keywords in their lyrics as of recent ( Nicki Minaj "Black Lives Matter / Riot) (6ixnine/Cardi B "Coronavirus")

There is a constant issue brought up about Drakes authenticity and here it is, we're at the point where this album will bring it into full light.

Because to avoid the most basic pressing issues of the time because you still want to be seen as cool or what have you is weird and inauthentic for someone of his accolades. Like you spent all year holed up in your mansion in canada, avoiding all the protests, social unrests, riots, lockdowns, presidential drama, shootings, for you to talk about none of it? You can't prop up this thug/gangster image now and hide in your house braiding your sons curly blonde hair because its not safe outside, half the rappers he tries to emulate already in atl and la turning up like aint s*** change.

Even with the SZA situation he couldnt be a man about it, had to make a trash line with a lie so it could rhyme, only to have the woman speak to the public and clarify his lie to save his face.

You won't find Jay, Diddy or Ye in any of these situations and for every to be comparing him to them, he needs to grow up and put some substance to his art. I really feel like being biracial is a tremendous struggle for him, it seems like hes genuinely torn between two ways of being himself.