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Post by Lump on Nov 14, 2011 16:55:06 GMT -8
Awesome! Thanks.
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Post by know ID yuh on Nov 22, 2011 15:58:50 GMT -8
When did Drake start sounding like Lil Wayne? Did he switch up his style for his sophmore album?
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Post by Cbats on Nov 22, 2011 18:01:40 GMT -8
When did Drake start sounding like Lil Wayne? Did he switch up his style for his sophmore album? Oh he was definitely ripping Lil Wayne on the last album too. This time he just learned to rap semi-competently so the Wayne comparison is slightly more prominent. This album has him ripping off Kendrick Lamar a lot more than Wayne though. It's also leagues better than Thank Me Later.
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Post by Cysquatch on Nov 22, 2011 18:16:45 GMT -8
When did Drake start sounding like Lil Wayne? Did he switch up his style for his sophmore album? The first couple times I heard him rap I thought it might be Lil Wayne. I'm On One is the only song that stands out, and I was even further confused because Lil Wayne also raps on that song. I just thought it was Lil Wayne the whole time.
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Post by Drew on Nov 23, 2011 9:40:07 GMT -8
I think Drake is the most boring rapper alive. The new album is such horrible shit I can't even deal with it. I don't usually feel this strongly negative about music but man I fucking hate Drake.
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Post by Pea on Nov 23, 2011 10:08:29 GMT -8
What the fuck does he rap about anyway? His struggles growing up as a child actor?
I really enjoyed his character on Degrassi and respect him as an actor, but his voice and flow always made me cringe when he rapped on the show.
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Post by Cbats on Nov 23, 2011 10:14:18 GMT -8
What the fuck does he rap about anyway? His struggles growing up as a child actor? I really enjoyed his character on Degrassi and respect him as an actor, but his voice and flow always made me cringe when he rapped on the show. I only watched the first 4 seasons or so but I don't remember Jimmy rapping on the show? I remember him getting shot, but I don't remember him being a rapper
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Post by wompwomp on Nov 23, 2011 10:15:46 GMT -8
he's come so far since wheelchair Jimmy
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Post by Pea on Nov 23, 2011 10:16:18 GMT -8
Ya he rapped in some talent shows or whatever after he ended up in the wheelchair.
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Post by Cbats on Nov 23, 2011 10:20:27 GMT -8
was this when he started hanging out with that cutter chick who taught him to love painting much to the chagrin of his father?
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Post by Pea on Nov 23, 2011 10:23:37 GMT -8
Haha I have no idea. I never followed the show in order. Always just caught random re-runs.
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Post by davers on Nov 23, 2011 10:31:16 GMT -8
I had no idea people my age or older actually watched Degrassi. Americans no less.
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Post by Cbats on Nov 23, 2011 10:37:34 GMT -8
I watched the first couple seasons back when I was in high school. It was a pretty serious guilty pleasure
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Post by Pea on Nov 23, 2011 10:51:37 GMT -8
I have no idea how the hell I got into that show, but I can't bring myself to stop watching. I feel like a total creep for watching it nowadays considering I'm 25 and it's a show about teenage drama.
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Post by know ID yuh on Nov 23, 2011 11:13:21 GMT -8
I think Drake is the most boring rapper alive. The new album is such horrible shit I can't even deal with it. I don't usually feel this strongly negative about music but man I fucking hate Drake. It is actually his hairline causing you so much hate. Admit it.
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Post by Rusty on Nov 23, 2011 11:45:35 GMT -8
What station in the states picked up Degrassi? I think that's hilarious.
I don't understand the Drake hate. I do hear what you are hearing (lil' wayne-esqueness), but on the few songs I've heard off of this new album sounded way better than anything off his debut.
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Post by wompwomp on Nov 23, 2011 11:48:40 GMT -8
I think Drake is great. Loved his first album, and I'm really digging this new album. He is pretty terrible live though.
Yeah I had no idea Americans knew what Degrassi was
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Post by Cbats on Nov 23, 2011 11:59:51 GMT -8
I think degrassi may air on Nickelodeon or something these days. I used to watch it on Noggin though.
It's easy for me to see the hate against drake because he gives people a lot of reasons to hate him. Hell, I'm embarrassed to tell people how much I've been listening to Take Care as much as I have. That said, Take Care is such a solid album with so many parts that work well. Drake's rapping is still lackluster and some of his lyrics are really questionable ("she said you're such a dog, I said you're such a bone") but the production is stellar and I really like what he's trying to do. I'm a huge supporter of 808's and Heartbreaks and this album is the best attempt to emulate that formula I've heard yet. Marvin's Room is top 10 songs of the year for me too
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Post by Pea on Nov 23, 2011 12:02:43 GMT -8
My neighbors had 235432523 channels back in the day before it became the norm to have 235432523 channels and I remember first catching onto that show on The N, or Noggin, or whatever it was while spending time at their house. Then Nickelodeon picked up the show and it now runs on their "Teen Nick" network.\
Derp. What cbats said.
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Post by Drew on Nov 23, 2011 13:50:31 GMT -8
It's really just a raw emotional thing, but I feel like he's an actor rapper. I mean, the dude was on a teenage soap opera. He's a child of privilege - for those of you who have been to Toronto, he grew up in Forest Hill and went to Forest Hill Collegiate Institute (via Wikipedia). But he sounds and acts like he's a real black southern rapper, like Lil Wayne, and he's just not.
I'm not saying you have to be a former drug-dealer to make hip-hop. And to be honest, the production on some of his songs is cool. I also think it's mostly recycled, boring bullshit beats, but sometimes that can sound cool. But the second you step in front of the microphone and start rapping about your problems, you invite the spotlight. He doesn't rap about not being given as many lines as he wanted in Degrassi, and he doesn't rap about being cut from his college prep high school's basketball team, he wants you to think he's got problems, and he just doesn't. Fuck your problems, Drake. If he had decided that music was his passion and became a great producer, maybe I'd think he was cool. But frankly he's just another actor-turned-artist like, I don't know, fucking Bruce Willis and Scarlett Johannson and Hugh Laurie and Jennifer Lopez and every other fucking actor who's made horrible music.
Plus, his name is Aubrey.
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