drake ain’t influential he just rides influential waves after they’ve started
oh brother are we in 2016 again
Taylor, and I think she also looks to have more upward potential between the two, both in terms of audience listenership and artistic interests. Not saying Drake won’t follow up his Views —> Scorpion —> CLB style that the mainstream loves, but with his last two albums he’s kinda seemed to just say f*** it I want to record some music oriented less to a mainstream/global audience and more to my personal interests.
How the f*** is xxxtenacion still up there
I think people listen to his music
I’m aware it’s not a very high bar but he’s done way more to cross genre barriers than Taylor fs
the bar for experimentation in hip hop compared to other genres is very, very low