Grantland: Generation Drake The Canadian MC becomes the defining millennial hip-hop superstar

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Drakes been running the new school for a minute now. Dont be mad at Drake. Be mad at the rappers who slurp him, beg for features, make worse music and are too scared to diss him.

He's got everybody on safety.

Raps the only genre of music that allows you to elbow somebody out the way and take their spot. The fact that nobodies done it should tell you that his softness has redefined the rap game.

thing is...drake CAN seriously outrap a lot of the dudes who would go at him.

 

[JerseyBoy23]

Let's not act like Drake doesn't basically run the youth culture at the moment. For most Generation Y/Millennial generation people he speaks to them and is relatable to the 15-25 crowd.

If you were in college when "The Motto" came out you would understand how much power (whether good or bad) Drake has at the moment.

 

[USSInsiders]

Even the Grantland cacs recognize the greatness of the Liteskin Messiah

 

[bangedher_wholesquad]

Millennial?

In what way?

Will he even be the highest selling this year?

 

[Ken Piffey Jr.]

This is such a bullsht, "in the moment" opinion. So Drake is the "defining millennial superstar", and not cats like Kanye, Nelly, Wayne, Jay, Em who have experienced higher peaks as artists since 2000, and have sustained their run for longer (and except for Nelly much longer).

Couldnt we have crowned 50 as the 'defining millennial superstar" in 2006, when he had been dominant for 3 years to that point? Where is he now?

I like Drake's music, but this article is as corny, and inaccurate, as it gets. If they said he was the safest millennial superstar, I'd agree with that.

He's definitely talking about millennials as Gen Y, not as the "millennium"... Which in that case, the sweet spot of the generation is coming of age as we speak...

 

[Cynic]

I'm a little weary at his choice of words here. Seems to be an underhanded way to berate the way black rappers act/present their music. I don't see any mention of Born Sinner & The Gifted as comparisons anywhere.


The album is very safe ie 'mass consumption' even though Kanye has had far greater success and whose relationship with Kim K keep him more relevant ...


It's whatever really. Critics will critique and I don't respect his opinion

 

[intilectual recipricol]

 

[MikeBrownsJob]

Black people lost

 

[Plexxx]

this cac is not hip hop tho

 

[Yecht]

I'm a little weary at his choice of words here. Seems to be an underhanded way to berate the way black rappers act/present their music. I don't see any mention of Born Sinner & The Gifted as comparisons anywhere.

Regardless of if you like these two albums, do you or any other people actually put the likes of Nap King Cole and Wa-L-e in the same echelon of rappers as Drake (for anything other than age bracket)?

The writer had one great point at least. Drake is spoken about and compared to the big names in rap....Jay, Yeezus, Wayne, Ross. Only the Coli groups him with the gang of clown nukkas he put on HIS TOUR OPENING FOR HIM this year

 

[Clark Wayne]

I read the whole article and pretty much agree. Drake is the go to rapper right now. He basically speaks for Generation Y.

 

[blackslash]

DRIZZY THE KANG THE YUNG ANGEL THE GOTM

 

[OG Talk]

"But Take Care was more varied in its sonic approach and imbued with a seductive musical sophistication that drew in neophytes turned off by Drake's relatively pedestrian radio hits. While Same is similarly constructed as a self-contained, multi-track statement — thoughts left hanging at the end of one song are picked up and expounded upon on the next song"

^^^^^^^^^^^^



This paragraph right here is an example why I sometimes hate the white nerd contribution to hip hop culture...

 

[Miggs]

Look at that writers pic....10 years ago he was rockin the hell out of Nickelback albums and wearing black nail polish,fukk do i care what he thinks about hip hop....

 

[Cynic]

Regardless of if you like these two albums, do you or any other people actually put the likes of Nap King Cole and Wa-L-e in the same echelon of rappers as Drake (for anything other than age bracket)?

The writer had one great point atii least. Drake is spoken about and compared to the big names in rap....Jay, Yeezus, Wayne, Ross. Only the Coli groups him with the gang of clown nukkas he put on HIS TOUR OPENING FOR HIM this year

The writer omitted Wayne* as well, what's your point ? Cole just did better numbers than Yeezus as well and Kendrick is plat. Drake has influence/'it' right now.but let's not act like he's leaps and bounds ahead of his peers.


*So Jay passed the torch where was Tunechi ? Smh.