May 13, 2024yea cause he’s not really a singer singer
May 13, 2024·6 replies
PersonalityMans could have avoided so much trouble if he just stayed in his melodic Canadian lover boy bag I mean he would still have the character problems of being weird about girls but main point is his opps would have had less ammunition to gun him down
Drake's level of street connection is the same as Kenny's from a public stand point, they both connected to "the homies" neither of them are in a gang. Kenny's fam being in (Bloods & Crips/ Chi Town Gangs) just makes him associated the same way Drake is associated with Wassas and Hell's Angel. Hip Hop not ready for the convo of how Hip Hop has been selling blackness, artists like Kenny biggest propagandists of "Blackness" which is political term used to divide white from black full f***ing stop. But yeah the guy saying "To be real, man, I never did one crime. But none of my brothers could caption that line." Not anti Kenny just being honest about a convo Hip Hop is not politically aware enough to have. To worried about Blackness. Just my thoughts.
May 13, 2024·edited·1 replyLongLiveHipHopDrake's level of street connection is the same as Kenny's from a public stand point, they both connected to "the homies" neither of them are in a gang. Kenny's fam being in (Bloods & Crips/ Chi Town Gangs) just makes him associated the same way Drake is associated with Wassas and Hell's Angel. Hip Hop not ready for the convo of how Hip Hop has been selling blackness, artists like Kenny biggest propagandists of "Blackness" which is political term used to divide white from black full f***ing stop. But yeah the guy saying "To be real, man, I never did one crime. But none of my brothers could caption that line." Not anti Kenny just being honest about a convo Hip Hop is not politically aware enough to have. To worried about Blackness. Just my thoughts.
They are not similar even from a public standpoint.
Kendrick has familial ties he was raised in the middle of Compton
Drake is only associated to whatever’s in Toronto through professional lineage
The only way you can spin this is if you think the public viewpoint of gang relations is the black/whire “is in a gang” vs “isn’t in a gang” which no one in the public actually thinks
- May 13, 2024
Also saying the cultural phenomenon of “blackness” is what divides black people from white people and not the laundry list of inhuman oppressions placed upon black people regardless of their behavioral “blackness” is CRAZYYYYY
May 13, 2024
_ _that's true but we wouldn't have gotten images like
Yes we could’ve but Drake is so corny he couldn’t have pulled it off.
- May 13, 2024·3 repliesLongLiveHipHop
Drake's level of street connection is the same as Kenny's from a public stand point, they both connected to "the homies" neither of them are in a gang. Kenny's fam being in (Bloods & Crips/ Chi Town Gangs) just makes him associated the same way Drake is associated with Wassas and Hell's Angel. Hip Hop not ready for the convo of how Hip Hop has been selling blackness, artists like Kenny biggest propagandists of "Blackness" which is political term used to divide white from black full f***ing stop. But yeah the guy saying "To be real, man, I never did one crime. But none of my brothers could caption that line." Not anti Kenny just being honest about a convo Hip Hop is not politically aware enough to have. To worried about Blackness. Just my thoughts.
I need a hand pic after a dumbass post like this
May 13, 2024·edited·2 repliesLongLiveHipHopDrake's level of street connection is the same as Kenny's from a public stand point, they both connected to "the homies" neither of them are in a gang. Kenny's fam being in (Bloods & Crips/ Chi Town Gangs) just makes him associated the same way Drake is associated with Wassas and Hell's Angel. Hip Hop not ready for the convo of how Hip Hop has been selling blackness, artists like Kenny biggest propagandists of "Blackness" which is political term used to divide white from black full f***ing stop. But yeah the guy saying "To be real, man, I never did one crime. But none of my brothers could caption that line." Not anti Kenny just being honest about a convo Hip Hop is not politically aware enough to have. To worried about Blackness. Just my thoughts.
white ppl didn't care about this convo before rap become such a commercially viable genre
politicians actively campaigned against rap music bc they said it was 'corrupting the youth'
and tbh maybe you view Hip-Hop as 'selling blackness' because it's a historically Black genre
- May 13, 2024·1 replyinternet buddy
I need a hand pic after a dumbass post like this
Hip Hop not ready for the convo of how Hip Hop has been selling blackness, artists like Kenny biggest propagandists of "Blackness" which is political term used to divide white from black full f***ing stop
This is so crazy
- May 13, 2024internet buddy
I need a hand pic after a dumbass post like this
veins gonna be visible af
SABMAN TURNT 🧔🏻May 13, 2024_ _that's true but we wouldn't have gotten images like
just turned this into a sticker on my phone thanks
May 13, 2024I like Drake when he sing, I hate Drake when he act tough
- May 13, 2024eye contact
Hip Hop not ready for the convo of how Hip Hop has been selling blackness, artists like Kenny biggest propagandists of "Blackness" which is political term used to divide white from black full f***ing stop
This is so crazy
It’s easy to tell who grew up around black people based on how they talk about Kendrick
- May 13, 2024·1 replywhippet volverse· edited
white ppl didn't care about this convo before rap become such a commercially viable genre
politicians actively campaigned against rap music bc they said it was 'corrupting the youth'
and tbh maybe you view Hip-Hop as 'selling blackness' because it's a historically Black genre
“Banned rap from TV” is a bit much
- May 13, 2024·1 replyLongLiveHipHop
Drake's level of street connection is the same as Kenny's from a public stand point, they both connected to "the homies" neither of them are in a gang. Kenny's fam being in (Bloods & Crips/ Chi Town Gangs) just makes him associated the same way Drake is associated with Wassas and Hell's Angel. Hip Hop not ready for the convo of how Hip Hop has been selling blackness, artists like Kenny biggest propagandists of "Blackness" which is political term used to divide white from black full f***ing stop. But yeah the guy saying "To be real, man, I never did one crime. But none of my brothers could caption that line." Not anti Kenny just being honest about a convo Hip Hop is not politically aware enough to have. To worried about Blackness. Just my thoughts.
dumbass post. Hip hop has always been about blackness. It's music for the black struggle. Perhaps an argument can be made that now that it has become so globalized that there is a component of being try hard to prove your blackness as a top rapper but this applies more to the hitmakers appealing to the casual audience than the ones who actually are rapping. It is stupid as f*** to say Kendrick and Drake are the same when Kendrick has always made hip hop that honors the inception of its roots while Drake makes the most shamelessly teenage white girl dance bops using the genre.
May 13, 2024·1 replyIt was IYRTITL where I peeped the shift.
I feel like he’d be where Big Sean is maybe slightly more successful if he stayed in that braggadocio/love song range.
But that street persona definitely propped him into the “Big 3” convo and maybe he needed to do that.
- May 13, 2024internet buddy
“Banned rap from TV” is a bit much
I mean there was the whole ordeal abt black ppl getting boycotted from s*** like MTV right
May 13, 2024It was not. Drake was so fun when he took making music seriously and didn't cosplay as malibu most wanted.
like, i dont know what the hell he was thinking when he covered that country song "these days" but that is one of my favorite drake moments. I dont think i'll ever enjoy that kind of moment from him again.
- May 13, 2024·1 replyLongLiveHipHop
Drake's level of street connection is the same as Kenny's from a public stand point, they both connected to "the homies" neither of them are in a gang. Kenny's fam being in (Bloods & Crips/ Chi Town Gangs) just makes him associated the same way Drake is associated with Wassas and Hell's Angel. Hip Hop not ready for the convo of how Hip Hop has been selling blackness, artists like Kenny biggest propagandists of "Blackness" which is political term used to divide white from black full f***ing stop. But yeah the guy saying "To be real, man, I never did one crime. But none of my brothers could caption that line." Not anti Kenny just being honest about a convo Hip Hop is not politically aware enough to have. To worried about Blackness. Just my thoughts.
I think even the most casual/non hip hop listener knows that Kendrick comes from and makes music from genuine black American experience and Drake is somewhat privileged and removed from black experiences.
- May 13, 2024whippet volverse
white ppl didn't care about this convo before rap become such a commercially viable genre
politicians actively campaigned against rap music bc they said it was 'corrupting the youth'
and tbh maybe you view Hip-Hop as 'selling blackness' because it's a historically Black genre
it's the same but i see why you think it's diff
- May 13, 2024·1 replyinternet buddy
I need a hand pic after a dumbass post like this
im mixed, weird to think streets is black only. but go off. Mom black Dad white.
May 13, 2024·1 replyNJTransit2000Mob Ties Out Now
Nonstop Out Now
Yes Indeed Out Now
Never Recover Out Now
Going Bad Out Now
Literally yes it was necessary. Are you stupid? Are you dumb?
His legacy would be exactly the same or better if he never dropped these songs
- May 13, 2024·1 replyPersonality
Mans could have avoided so much trouble if he just stayed in his melodic Canadian lover boy bag I mean he would still have the character problems of being weird about girls but main point is his opps would have had less ammunition to gun him down
nah
I think when Drake started really making music with the intent of appearing tough, he became less connected to the process of making music, and started adopting a range of characters / modes to make music through
that's why some of Drake's songs over the past few yrs feel so lifeless
he started to lose himself and abandon the things that made him such a gem when he first popped
May 13, 2024PersonalityMans could have avoided so much trouble if he just stayed in his melodic Canadian lover boy bag I mean he would still have the character problems of being weird about girls but main point is his opps would have had less ammunition to gun him down
Not necessarily. There are tons of soft or regular rappers who talk tough on tape* because it’s fun. Drake never said nothing crazy. He was just talking through the POV of someone feeling themselves cause of connections.
If he was speaking on dead’s, talking about actually getting it on in real life, etc, than it would be bad. But most of his direct street raps were rap coded (like when a rapper say I’m killing all the other MCs but they don’t mean literally).
Not to mention someone of his biggest features and hits were street tracks.
May 13, 2024
HullstarWhy does this look Ai generated
- May 13, 2024·1 replyOsage_
It was IYRTITL where I peeped the shift.
I feel like he’d be where Big Sean is maybe slightly more successful if he stayed in that braggadocio/love song range.
But that street persona definitely propped him into the “Big 3” convo and maybe he needed to do that.
Lmao no. Drake was already beyond Big Sean status by the time NWTS hit, which is the album that put him in the big 3 lol, not anything after it