I'm not being facetious, I am genuinely a bigger Cole fan. I've bought every single Cole album and I've never paid for a Drake album. I relate more to Cole and I like the fact that he doesn't sing as much as Drake (obviously he lacks singing ability), but there's just something missing with this kid. It's more than just charisma, it seems to be a lack of maturity/ability to present a universal worldview. Like, what the fukk was "Wet Dreams" doing on FHD? Why the fukk would I care about how Cole lost his virginity? Same goes for "Hello". Like, I've listened to the song a couple of times and I can't figure out why he thinks his audience would care. Drake just seems to have a more universal appeal, the ability to see beyond himself and speak in a general/abstract manner.
Apologies if I haven't articulated this right, but I remember reading an article talking about Cole a couple of months back, about his lack of an ability to speak beyond himself. Like, I hear 2Pac or Biggie rapping about their troubles, but I feel it. Same with Nas (not really a big fan) and the other legends. Does anyone know what I'm talking about?
The nikka from Degrassi?? This is around the time of So Far Gone first came out. I was like you gotta listen to Max B and shyt. She was into that up top shyt when I first met her. Fast forward a few months after actually listening to his music objectively, Drake is that dude. He has some misses but mostly hits, bangers, slept on shyt, lounge shyt, deep shyt. I apologized about it next time I saw her few years later.
