Is Drake Still Considered A Rapper Anymore? Or Is He An R&B Singer That Happens To Rap? [Poll]
Poll After The Jump
Drake is always nominated in the category of hip hop at award shows, but is he still a rapper? On his latest album he seems to be doing a lot more singing than rapping. Singersroom recently published an article making a compelling argument that the Toronto native should be classified as a singer. Read what they had to say below.
Toronto native Drake doesn't belong in an American Hip-Hop/Rap genre. Although his debut album and mixtapes are categorized as hip-hop, he shouldn't be placed there. Not anymore at least.
Drake can flow and rip a track with hip-hop's biggest contenders but his albums are void of the brash rhyme scheme and delivery of rap artists. He settles for honest and expressive bars for majority of his new album Take Care, which shifts more towards contemporary R&B than Hip-Hop.
Drake's right-hand man and producer, Noah "40" Shebib said R&B was their first musical connection. He's produced the "soft" tracks such as "Successful," "Shut It Down," and "Marvin's Room" which is featured on Take Care.
Heartbreak Drake is only two studio albums in but his mixtapes, Room for Improvement, Comeback Season and So Far Gone created a wild buzz for him. Many laughed because he was the kid in the wheelchair on the teen television series, Degrassi: The Next Generation turned rapper.
Drake, the rapper sung too much and Drake, the singer was corny. Then he signed with Lil Wayne's label Young Money. This move cued hip hop lovers to give him a chance while pop listeners were already nodding.
So Far Gone was well received and his debut album, Thank Me Later was thought to follow behind its footsteps.
While selling the most of any artist at the time of Thank Me Later release, Drake still received negative reviews. Hip-hop critics called the album sensitive. But Drake's delivery is not what critics are accustomed to.
He put his experiences in each verse. He croons over tracks in masculine, wronged voice. It's not that he's being soft; he's bringing a gentle Canadian touch to meet an abrasive American hip-hop scene.
It's not that Drake doesn't stand up to the hip-hop credentials; he just doesn't belong in their brackets.
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Comment by Sid Martinez on November 28, 2011 at 10:58am -
drake aint either lmao
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Comment by Anthony Okafor on November 23, 2011 at 11:50am -
LMAO this nigga is soft as a muthafucka. How dudes gonna say it's "hating" when IT'S THE TRUTH!!!!!
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Comment by tè_((_ on November 22, 2011 at 7:07pm -
I think he always considered himself as a singer but he knew that it would be hard for him to come out as a singer because he would have been judged on his voice so to me used rap to get his way through rnb
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Comment by SMP on November 22, 2011 at 6:51pm -
also, to all u real muthafuc kaz out there, check out my website, u won't see any of these soft ass puss y boys there, much respect
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Comment by SMP on November 22, 2011 at 6:50pm
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columbus, amen to what u said about the soft pop boy drake, these lil bitching kids always overuse the word hater without a logical idea
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Comment by d-bo on November 22, 2011 at 6:13pm
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BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Columbus J killin em. Fcuk it man. I'm a hater. I happen to hate soft azz fa99ot music. Nothing's wrong with hating sh!t that you hate. Why everybody gotta be so concerned with all the hate, and why Rickus defending "Cum Drizzler"? You a dude man... only b!tches and fa99ots supposed to like his sh!t.
Drake's a b!tch. Straight up.
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Comment by Columbus J on November 22, 2011 at 3:27pm -
@top 3 = Ross/banks/kiss
Thanks Judge Mathis
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Comment by top 3 = Ross/Banks/Kiss on November 22, 2011 at 2:41pm -
@ rickus and Columbus J ya both haters !!!
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Comment by Columbus J on November 22, 2011 at 1:51pm
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@ rickus
First off, define "hating". You lil niggas are marvelous. You find a word you like and run it like the dirty Polo draws you repeat every other day tryna look like Lil' Wayne. And I love how when you lil guys ain't got nowhere to go wit your dick ridin, you say somebody jealous of the mans paper as if you can relate to that man??? I don't hate Drake, he's just sweet and pink...kinda like you. Just because Aubrey is YOUR idol doesn't mean everybody else is hatin. If he was dope, I'd say he was dope..
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Comment by bsarge on November 22, 2011 at 12:09pm -
he raps like once a year www.djalizaypresents.com
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