Drake XXL interview
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good honest interview 
this nikka trying to pucker his lips like a fakkit?
Dope read.
nikka, he didn't even have to do this. Show some appreciation
thernbroom
Superstar
Like I keep a scanner on me 24/7
Future GOAT.
Interview was on point. Dude understands the game better than most vets out here.
Bring on NWTS.
Interview was on point. Dude understands the game better than most vets out here.
Bring on NWTS.
Courtesy of Jeffler
One of the biggest rappers in the world lives on a busy street in Yorkville, an upscale neighbourhood in Toronto filled with designer boutiques, European tourists and gelato shops. Aubrey Drake Graham, 26, is the half-Jewish, half-African-American former child star from T Dot, who has dominated hip-hop culture since his landmark mixtape So Far Gone heralded his arrival in early 2009. Since then, Drake, who signed to Cash Money/Universal that same year after being scooped up by Lil Wayne, has released two albums (Thank Me Later in 2010 and Take Care in 2011), collected an impressive 10 No. 1 records on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, coined a generational slogan (YOLO: You Only Live Once from his record “The Motto”) and maintained a ubiquitous presence through his guest appearances; four of the six nominees—“fukkin’ Problems,” “Poetic Justice,” “No Lie” and “Pop That” – for Best Collaboration at this June’s BET Awards featured Drake.
It’s an exciting time for Drake, who releases his third solo album, Nothing Was The Same, on September 17. This summer was hyped as a showdown of sorts between himself, Kanye West and Jay Z, but after Yeezus polarized listeners and Magna Carta… Holy Grail revealed itself as more marketing coup than artistic statement, it’s clear the throne is here for the taking.
On a steamy July evening, the newly health-conscience Drake sits in his living room drinking a vodka, seltzer and grapefruit cocktail and picks at a veggies and hummus spread. There’s an obscenely large flat-screen above his fireplace; his recent GQ cover and a book on the 100 best-selling album of all time decorate his coffee tables; one of Andy Warhol’s famous Marilyn Munroe prints hangs in the hallway. Taller and sturdier than he appears on TV, Drake wears a black OVO T-shirt (October’s Very Own is the name of his crew, and OVO Sound is his new label on Warner Bros. Records), black gym shorts and Oregon University Jordan IIIs. Over the next two hours, he’ll address his completion with Kanye West, his battle with Common (the two have thrown disses at one another since Com first dissed the emo rap specialist last November on “Sweet”), how Drizzy deals with hate from other rappers, hot mess Amanda Bynes’ love tweets to him, the drama over recklessly alluding to Kobe Bryan’s wife in a flagrant lyric and his acting comeback. Drake frequently takes control of the interview, hurtling into subjects most rappers avoid. But more often than not, the conversation returns to his status in the industry as one of the greats.
Touring seems much more grueling for you than for the average rapper. You have to rap, sing, engage the crowd..
When I don’t have to just walk into the room and start talking, I think, “What’s the stance I’m going to take in this interview? What do I really want to get across?” And you kind of touched on it right away, which is kind of funny and weird. But I guess my biggest thing is, I don’t want people looking at me like I’m a rapper. I want to be looked at as an artist, a musician. I don’t want it to be a shock when you hear singing on my album. I’m going to do that for the rest of my life. It’s just something I do. I sing slow jams and then I rap songs like “5 AM in Toronto.” This body of work is the most concise, best example of the marriage between, I guess, one style and the other.
You always rap more about the present than the past.
Because I don’t overdo it with social media or the press, the songs become updates in themselves. They become the answers to all the questions you have. If I were an irrational individual, I’d probably be just saying all these things online. But I try to save these moments and put them in music.
On Migos’ “Versace” remix, you rapped, “I’m at the top and ain’t no one on top of me.” When did you realize you were the top guy?
I would say in the last four to six months things really changed for me. I think another big shift was when we dropped those four records—the Migos, “The Motion,” “Jodeci Freestyle”, [and “Over Here”]. I remember coming into this year thinking, “How am I going to cut through all these people and shine?” I’ve never been part of a year when so many legends are dropping projects. How am I going to be seen? I’m going to be like the kid waving in the background in the photo with all his tall relatives. And, I guess, those were my initial thoughts, and not to say that I haven’t enjoyed some of the stuff that has come out this year, but it didn’t pan out the way I thought it was going to. I think I am going for it, to really establish what are murmurs or things being said quietly, ”Um, I think that Drake might actually…” On September 17th I want people to be like, “Oh, we were right.”
One of the biggest rappers in the world lives on a busy street in Yorkville, an upscale neighbourhood in Toronto filled with designer boutiques, European tourists and gelato shops. Aubrey Drake Graham, 26, is the half-Jewish, half-African-American former child star from T Dot, who has dominated hip-hop culture since his landmark mixtape So Far Gone heralded his arrival in early 2009. Since then, Drake, who signed to Cash Money/Universal that same year after being scooped up by Lil Wayne, has released two albums (Thank Me Later in 2010 and Take Care in 2011), collected an impressive 10 No. 1 records on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, coined a generational slogan (YOLO: You Only Live Once from his record “The Motto”) and maintained a ubiquitous presence through his guest appearances; four of the six nominees—“fukkin’ Problems,” “Poetic Justice,” “No Lie” and “Pop That” – for Best Collaboration at this June’s BET Awards featured Drake.
It’s an exciting time for Drake, who releases his third solo album, Nothing Was The Same, on September 17. This summer was hyped as a showdown of sorts between himself, Kanye West and Jay Z, but after Yeezus polarized listeners and Magna Carta… Holy Grail revealed itself as more marketing coup than artistic statement, it’s clear the throne is here for the taking.
On a steamy July evening, the newly health-conscience Drake sits in his living room drinking a vodka, seltzer and grapefruit cocktail and picks at a veggies and hummus spread. There’s an obscenely large flat-screen above his fireplace; his recent GQ cover and a book on the 100 best-selling album of all time decorate his coffee tables; one of Andy Warhol’s famous Marilyn Munroe prints hangs in the hallway. Taller and sturdier than he appears on TV, Drake wears a black OVO T-shirt (October’s Very Own is the name of his crew, and OVO Sound is his new label on Warner Bros. Records), black gym shorts and Oregon University Jordan IIIs. Over the next two hours, he’ll address his completion with Kanye West, his battle with Common (the two have thrown disses at one another since Com first dissed the emo rap specialist last November on “Sweet”), how Drizzy deals with hate from other rappers, hot mess Amanda Bynes’ love tweets to him, the drama over recklessly alluding to Kobe Bryan’s wife in a flagrant lyric and his acting comeback. Drake frequently takes control of the interview, hurtling into subjects most rappers avoid. But more often than not, the conversation returns to his status in the industry as one of the greats.
Touring seems much more grueling for you than for the average rapper. You have to rap, sing, engage the crowd..
When I don’t have to just walk into the room and start talking, I think, “What’s the stance I’m going to take in this interview? What do I really want to get across?” And you kind of touched on it right away, which is kind of funny and weird. But I guess my biggest thing is, I don’t want people looking at me like I’m a rapper. I want to be looked at as an artist, a musician. I don’t want it to be a shock when you hear singing on my album. I’m going to do that for the rest of my life. It’s just something I do. I sing slow jams and then I rap songs like “5 AM in Toronto.” This body of work is the most concise, best example of the marriage between, I guess, one style and the other.
You always rap more about the present than the past.
Because I don’t overdo it with social media or the press, the songs become updates in themselves. They become the answers to all the questions you have. If I were an irrational individual, I’d probably be just saying all these things online. But I try to save these moments and put them in music.
On Migos’ “Versace” remix, you rapped, “I’m at the top and ain’t no one on top of me.” When did you realize you were the top guy?
I would say in the last four to six months things really changed for me. I think another big shift was when we dropped those four records—the Migos, “The Motion,” “Jodeci Freestyle”, [and “Over Here”]. I remember coming into this year thinking, “How am I going to cut through all these people and shine?” I’ve never been part of a year when so many legends are dropping projects. How am I going to be seen? I’m going to be like the kid waving in the background in the photo with all his tall relatives. And, I guess, those were my initial thoughts, and not to say that I haven’t enjoyed some of the stuff that has come out this year, but it didn’t pan out the way I thought it was going to. I think I am going for it, to really establish what are murmurs or things being said quietly, ”Um, I think that Drake might actually…” On September 17th I want people to be like, “Oh, we were right.”
Did you even cop or did you get the photos in while the clerk in 7/11 wasn't watchingLike I keep a scanner on me 24/7
