also,this is a post from 2-15-10 from the ghost town we used to hang out at:
Something's going on,this is brainwashing
As far as the people in this forum that don't see what's so special about drake,i'm with you. I'm not saying he has zero talent. However his whole career is a result of behind the scenes connections,in my opinion. He's the only rapper i've seen in my life that blew up without a trail of heat behind him. Even rappers i don't care for,i can clearly see how they blew like wayne for example. I remember him dropping the squad up series and *****s thought it was hot.I remember noticing him on a lot of guest (low level) spots. Not because the media told us so,not because some fancy mtv coverage or celebrity cosign,i really remember him simmering before **** started to boil. DMX (one of my favs) I remember him killing guest spots (24 hours to live/money,power,respect etc) and me being very impressed on the edge of my seat waiting to hear more. Snoop, we all heard deep cover (in my age bracket,i'm 30) and we heard these masterful performances on the chronic album, which clearly created the build up for doggystyle. 2pac, I remember the emotinal impact of brendas got a baby and how people felt off that, i remember pac getting his 1st "hits" with keep ya head up and i get around. I remember almost any dude i passed that had a walkman was bumpin thuglife in 1994. I remember all the controversy and the news coverage it got. The movies,the jail time, hearing dear mama on the radio for the 1st time and how he had white boys talkin bout "even as a crack fiend mama,you always was a black queen mama". I remember hearing suge was gonna bail him out and the whole world was waiting for the next move. I could go on forever,but the bottom line is what i'm about to say. Right now the media is treating drake like Dmx, AFTER he dropped "it's dark and hell is hot". They're treating him like 2pac, after 2pacalypse now,strictly 4 my *****z,thuglife,me against the world and signing to deathrow. They're treating him like snoop AFTER the chronic. They're treating him like wayne, after, two hot boy albums, Block is hot,lights out,500 degreez,carter 1, carter 2, all them mixtapes and guest appearances. So basically it takes wayne 9 years as a mainstream (doing everything i previously named) artist to be considered a frontrunner in this game. Meanwhile drake walks in with a luke warm mixtape and is billed as the next one and has instant collabos with back to back legends (mary j blige,jaimee foxx,eminem,jay z),mixtape singles in REGULAR radio rotation across the country. Name me any artist that's been giving these type of favors. Even if you like drake,you know he hasn't done anything as impressive as the accomplishments i've named for the above mentioned artists. Something IS going on. The days of us falling in love with an artist, and that arist bubbling up are gone. If they pull this off,we'll be told who's hot from now on.
causing campus-wide commotion about it instead of the bone marrow charity organization he came there to speak about.
yall trippin in here
name the last jew to make it in hip hop business
nobody was watching the super bowl thinking "i like the rams. i wonder what the rappers are like out there in st louis".
lol. the point is, nobody outside of missouri checked for him because he was from st louis.
