Be honest. Outside of Kanye, Drake is the only one pushing the limit of rap these days

[ThaRealness]

I didn't say he was. Phonte deserves as much credit too...but we're talking on a mainstream level. Drake's album, if it makes it to the radio, brings an element that will not have been on the radio before.

A few of the beats are cutting edge.. tahts all that really can be said about this album.

 

[Larry]

I can tell ya'll only listen to super duper popular shyt, because it's muhfukkas like Shabazz Palaces, Death Grips, etc. out here actually doing the shyt ya'll claim basic nikkas like Drake is doing.


singing r&b over beats that drown in and out is pushing the limit now?

 

[blackslash]

Nah he's not

 

[Grew_Up_Hella_Early]

Why his producer ain't in higher demand?I keep feeling like id rather hear other nikkas over some of these fire azz beats.

 

[West Coast Avenger]

I can tell ya'll only listen to super duper popular shyt, because it's muhfukkas like Shabazz Palaces, Death Grips out here actually doing the shyt ya'll claim basic nikkas like Drake is doing.


singing r&b over beats that drown in and out is pushing the limit now?

I chopped it up with Ishmael a few weeks back.......they are definitely pushing limits with their sound and their message.......

 

[Larry]

I chopped it up with Ishmael a few weeks back.......they are definitely pushing limits with their sound and their message.......

Nah man, you got it wrong.


singing about women issues over a 90's R&B sample is pushing the limits of rap. its so cutting edge and provocative..

edit: I'm not hating on Drake by the way, he's one of the best new artists in Hip Hop... but pushing the limits of rap? Kanye is doing some left shyt, so I'm with you even though it's not exactly something we haven't heard before, but Drake?

 

[Grew_Up_Hella_Early]

I can tell ya'll only listen to super duper popular shyt, because it's muhfukkas like Shabazz Palaces, Death Grips, etc. out here actually doing the shyt ya'll claim basic nikkas like Drake is doing.


singing r&b over beats that drown in and out is pushing the limit now?

to u for remindin about Shabaz Palaces I gotta c if he got sum new shyt out,I was getting into dudes music and just forgot to keep checkin for em...but dude was dope but also told me what I already knew which is ,I don't like my damn hiphop boundaries pushed...I like my shyt in a nice familiar box as far as sound but the rapper themselves being original or dope spitters..Shabaz shyt got a little weird for me as I wuz listenin but folks who claim to like envelopes pushed,should check em out

 

[Panther]

NWTS isn't even a rap album

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

"Pushing the limit!?" How!?
Please explain

pushing what limit? the simping one?

Yes, please explain how he's pushing the limit of rap, esp since a 3rd of the album is singing

this thread is platypus shyt. the only shyt getting pushed is his by the fakkit that fukks him in the ass.
fukk drake

please go into further detail how this nikka is "pushing the limit of rap".....just heard his new album and he sticks to the same formula that he has used in prior releases........

Is he the first nikka to try and rap and sing and be mediocre at both? And even if he was...what does that really have to do with these imaginary limits of rap? What's the end game for artists trying to emulate this so they can be praised as genius too? To just not rap at all while getting the credit for pushing the limits of an artform that you barely participate in?

dradle drake is the biggest industry plant ever
he's bred to sell records w/his music geared towards females and teenagers, and....homo's
having his feet planted solidly in the industry via degrassi and being jewish he's already had a leg up.
i hope you drake fans aren't the same ones who hate on macklemore. macklemore has a lot more invested and if you've ever seen him live you know he's earned every damn bit of shine he's gotten.
drake is one song away from losing the mic altogether and using a headset like beyonce or brittney and doing dance routines

What are you talking about mayne... you're saying Drake is pushing the limits of rap, but by how? Including a different genre of music in RnB on his album? He's done that before

I can tell ya'll only listen to super duper popular shyt, because it's muhfukkas like Shabazz Palaces, Death Grips, etc. out here actually doing the shyt ya'll claim basic nikkas like Drake is doing.


singing r&b over beats that drown in and out is pushing the limit now?

Nah he's not

Nah man, you got it wrong.


singing about women issues over a 90's R&B sample is pushing the limits of rap. its so cutting edge and provocative..

edit: I'm not hating on Drake by the way, he's one of the best new artists in Hip Hop... but pushing the limits of rap? Kanye is doing some left shyt, so I'm with you even though it's not exactly something we haven't heard before, but Drake?

to u for remindin about Shabaz Palaces I gotta c if he got sum new shyt out,I was getting into dudes music and just forgot to keep checkin for em...but dude was dope but also told me what I already knew which is ,I don't like my damn hiphop boundaries pushed...I like my shyt in a nice familiar box as far as sound but the rapper themselves being original or dope spitters..Shabaz shyt got a little weird for me as I wuz listenin but folks who claim to like envelopes pushed,should check em out

I just gave the city life, it ain't about who did it first
It's 'bout who did it right, nikkas lookin' like "Preach"

 

[dunkman6]

Thank Me Later is still his best album.

Take Care and NTWS was nothing but simp and commercial garbage.