"Drake Brought Lyricism Back" - DJ Premier

[Asdfhhklpiyrewss]

implying Drake doesn't use em either


Nickelus F On Working With Drake « ILLROOTS

Complex: Drake has said he bounces ideas off of people. He names you as one of the people he used to do that with a lot. How would that whole process work creatively?

Nickelus F: He would send me a record and ask me what I would do on it. If say like, a hook was needed or something, I might throw an idea and he might switch it up a little bit. And go back and forth like that.

Complex: Have you ever helped him with a verse?

Nickelus F: Yeah, I've contributed. I'm a team player. I won't say I wrote a verse that he spit verbatim, but I've contributed. I helped out with the hook on "City Is Mine" the hook on "Overdose On Life." I didn't do anything on the verse at all.

Complex: Oh, so it's like sometimes you might help write a hook, or if it's part of the verse you might help start off a verse, or write some of the verse?

Nickelus F: Yeah, I've done that. I know the rumor going around. I don't want anything I say to be misconstrued. I helped out, you know. [Laughs].

Complex: So anyone who says, "Nickelus F writes for Drake" would be mistaken?

Nickelus F: Yes. Have I done work here and there? Yes I have. Do I write for him on a regular basis? No. Have I written for him on a regular basis? No.

Complex: But you have written for him before?

Nickelus F: Verses?

Complex: Yeah.

Nickelus F: Yes, I have done a verse. Not a bunch of verses. I have helped out with hooks and one verse in particular. But I don't write no verses for him.

I'd bet more than half of Kanye's songs have been written by someone else

 

[Asdfhhklpiyrewss]

50 was more like a gangster version of 2 Pac or whatever, not the verse killer type of dude. But he could drop dope ass songs.

But when you say this shyt, the only one I could think of was

Eminem ft Obie Trice & 50 Cent - Love Me Lyrics 720p - YouTube

And he's not lyrically killing it, it's just the swag and the smugness

I agree he could kill it with the swag/flow on occasion. But lyrically? never

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Its true though.

 

[Ronnie Lott]

smh @ you discrediting a legendary producer

let me be clear. drake is dope. but answer this question honestly: if premiere made a vlog saying how drake was wack and how drake was not a lyricist, would u be callin premiere old & be honest bruh

 

[Billy Ocean]

Can't really hate on Drake. Dudes a very talented on the mic.

 

[Sierra Mist]

Drake had no album or singles all of 2012 and he was still the best rapper last year. GOAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Real talk he is the best thing that ever happened to hiphop.

 

[thernbroom]

let me be clear. drake is dope. but answer this question honestly: if premiere made a vlog saying how drake was wack and how drake was not a lyricist, would u be callin premiere old & be honest bruh

nikka will always be a legend in my books for the contribution 2 illmatic

 

[Griffith]

I'd bet more than half of Kanye's songs have been written by someone else

Okay, you can 'bet' all want. Nickelus F isn't Drake's only homie with bars, he's just the only one they interviewed on that very situation... so I could 'bet' as well. If you're going to bring down Yeezy for getting bars from others you can't be doing the opposite for Drake.

& don't take this the wrong way, I'm a big fan of Drake.

 

[blackslash]

:stfu: :stfu:

50 Cent - God Gave Me Style (HD) - YouTube
shiittsss on any drake song

Love that song but lets not act like that song is lyrical in anyways

Drake isnt bringin lyricism back per say but he is bringing brilliant writing back

I mean look at these lyrics

"Young ass nikka, lifeExplainlong dreams
They take the greats from the past and compare us
I wonder if they'd ever survive in this era
In a time where it's recreation
or pull all your skeletons out the closet like Halloween decorations
I know of all the things that I hear they be poking fun at
Never the flow though, they know I run that
fukk you all, I claim that whenever
I change rap forever, the game back together, yeah
YM, I remain that forever
In the same place my brother Wayne at forever
I'm a descendent of either Marley or Hendrix
I haven't figured it out cause my story is far from finished
I'm hearing all of the jokes, I know that they tryna push me
I know that showin' emotion don't ever mean I'm a p*ssy
Know that I don't make music for nikkas who don't get p*ssy
So those are the ones I count on to diss me or overlook me
Lord knows, Lord knows, I'm heavy, I got my weight up
Roberson boost your rate up, it's time that somebody paid up
A lot of nikkas came up off of a style that I made up
But if all I hear is me, then who should I be afraid of?
Bought a white Ghost, now shyt is gettin' spooky
Very, very scary, like shyt you see in the movies
In this bytch all drinks on the house like Snoopy
That's why all the real soldiers salute me
Trill nikka, for real"

 

[Asdfhhklpiyrewss]

Okay, you can 'bet' all want. Nickelus F isn't Drake's only homie with bars, he's just the only one they interviewed on that very situation... so I could 'bet' as well. If you're going to bring down Yeezy for getting bars from others you can't be doing the opposite for Drake.

& don't take this the wrong way, I'm a big fan of Drake.

That's only 1 that has been associated with Drake and he said he only wrote a hook & a verse


do you know how many ghostwriters Kanye has been associated with?

Rhymefest, Consequence, Big Sean, Kid Cudi, Pusha T, and the list goes on

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

People CANT say Drake can't rap.

They'll NEVER say that.

Its about time people started recognizing this. Dude wrecked EVERY feature last year and still had some of the best verses of the year on top of that.

 

[thernbroom]

People CANT say Drake can't rap.

They'll NEVER say that.

Its about time people started recognizing this. Dude wrecked EVERY feature last year and still had some of the best verses of the year on top of that.

Some of these clowns will never give Drizzy his props......how do you listen to him and come to the conclusion that dude is wack and has no talent? I don't get it... his wordplay has been nice going back to Room For Improvement and he can actually write well crafted songs, a skill that isn't too prevalent these days he is a complete artist. Successful and good albums, while murdering rappers on their own shyt

 

[Griffith]

That's only 1 that has been associated with Drake and he said he only wrote a hook & a verse


do you know how many ghostwriters Kanye has been associated with?

Rhymefest, Consequence, Big Sean, Kid Cudi, Pusha T, and the list goes on

Drake's associated with A LOT of Toronto emcees, jus cus they ain't in the limelight like Kanye's crew doesn't mean they don't exist.



Who you think all these dudes are?

Not to mention random ass rappers claiming they wrote for him



Not even saying it's true, just that he knows a lot of dudes with bars that you have no idea exist. Kanye didn't get outed on using writers til 2010-2011, that's like 6 years into his career.. Drake's only 3 years in so chill cus ya'll gon look stupid if someone outs him like that.

 

[FRIED MASON]

yall know damn well he's tryna produce drakes next single. im sure his pockets could use it

Premier is multi millionaire, son.

 

[blackslash]

Some of these clowns will never give Drizzy his props......how do you listen to him and come to the conclusion that dude is wack and has no talent? I don't get it... his wordplay has been nice going back to Room For Improvement and he can actually write well crafted songs, a skill that isn't too prevalent these days he is a complete artist. Successful and good albums, while murdering rappers on their own shyt

I dnt get it either
I listen to this nikka and when I hear the lyrics this nikka spits I cant fathom how people can go around sayin the nikka is anything less that above average
Even worse they'll say he sucks

I mean By gawd this guys has literally killed every feature he's been in in 2012 and there were alooooooooooooooooooooooot of em

This guy has been givin us a bunch of quotables but nikkaz still dont wanna give dude his props

I jus dnt get it