Perhaps
not since DMX, has a rapper been so emotional (Eminem was mostly just angry) and
made his success off it. In the case of DMX it was over abandonment issues,
family drama and a hard upbringing. In the case of one Aubrey Graham, better
known as Drake it’s over ex-girlfriends, missed opportunities (with girls…
again) and could-have-beens (yes, with girls). That’s why DMX get respected and
Drake gets memes made about him over the internet that start with the phrase,
“Drake the type of nigga to…”, e.g. Drake the type of nigga to pick up a
bruised apple and ask, “Who did this to you?” or Drake the type of the nigga to
read this review and ask, “Abdulnasir, who criticized your writing?... Tell me!
Don’t let anyone ever tell you you can’t write!”
That
said, this is the best Drake album EVER… not that I listen to Drake albums,
‘cause you know he the type of nigga to… Anyway, like I was saying, if you can
sit through half the songs and possibly some of their topics where he calls out
exes like Courtney from Peach Street or whoever he's pining after and so on,
it’s a great album. Adele had the common sense not to mention her ex when she
did a whole album about him, Drake is not too common with common sense, which
is funny ‘cause he had beef with Common… and that didn’t make sense!
Even
on his “Worst Behaviour”, where he blatantly rips off a quarter verse from
Ma$e, Drake still delivers, even on the emotional songs you sometimes want to
wipe away! Started from the bottom he sure didn’t, but most of his records seem
to start from the bottom of his heart and for some reason they “Connect”… I
suppose that’s “The Language” of staying relevant! (You see what I did there
with the song titles?)
P.S. Does anyone like me wonder how
come it wasn’t DMX who recorded “Started From The Bottom”?
Rating: 3/5.
LINDSEY’S NIGHT OUT AT EDEN
The singer recently got nominated for the Prix Decouvertes RFI 2013 tour. The French sponsored tour picks an African artist to tour the continent. Here’s wishing her good luck and if you haven’t heard her EP, download it here.
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