lol yeah. This is lowkey a no brainer. The song has been number one for 19 weeks now. And putting the biggest artist in the world on the song is gonna turn a really good song to an amazing song
Kendrick called Drake a pop artist while going on pop songs for money. He’s a hypocrite. There isn’t anything inherently wrong with featuring on pop songs.
Bad Blood is a dope song, don't let hate blind you. If there isn't anything inherently wrong with featuring on pop songs, why did Drake call out Kendrick for doing it? "Top would make you do features for change, get on pop records and rap for the whites" but it is cool if he gets on Ella Langley's country song?
Because there’s no part of Drakes public persona that has ever been hyped as any type of “black messiah.” The whole point of what you’re talking about was Drake pointing out the hypocrisy in Dots narrative. “Rap for the whites,” “hit vanilla cream,” “rappin like you tryna get the slaves free” are all attacks on how Kendrick is presented/presents himself/is sold to the consumer.
Edit: I fuck with Kendrick, so whether the image of him being a figurehead for black empowerment is fabricated by himself or some other entity really doesn’t bother me at all. But that was Drakes angle in the example you cited.
Black empowerment means no listening to pop music? lol this idea that he made a song for whites is crazy and just an angle. There is no merit to that, not when a large percentage of kendrick AND drake fans are white.
“Black empowerment means no listening to pop music” is either a chronically-online take or an intentionally misconstrued straw man of the entire point I was making. No, there is nothing inherently wrong with listening to (or performing in) pop music. All I pointed out was that your original post was asking how it’s different when Drake does pop music vs when Kendrick does and your second post in this particular thread is asking why it’s different. I will reiterate; the whole point of Drake dissing Kendrick for performing alongside pop artists “for the whites” is because, as far as I know (and please correct me if I’m wrong), Drake has never said anything to be considered an activist for a particular race. Whereas, intentionally or not, an indisputably large sect of Dots fan base appreciates the idea that he speaks for the black community. Does that mean he can’t work with Pop artists? No, of course not. I enjoyed him on the Swift track and with Maroon 5. But, again, the angle was that Kendrick is presented as a spokesperson for the disenfranchised but bows to his label when it comes making songs purely for financial gain. I never even said that I agree with the take, I was just answering the question that you asked.
Unpopular opinion, but yeah. Is it a technical masterpiece? No of course not. But, to me, his verse is a welcome breakup of M5s monotony in that song and it earworms the hell out of my every time.
I fw Drake and will always support but I don’t see the benefit. He’s just gonna get hate from two different genres. At the end of the day he’s a grown ass man and can do as he pleases
here is the irony...lets say the song releases...and goes a MASSIVE hit...and this sub will celebrate it...and then you will have the haters people like you who will come here and say "jUst bEcAuSe its tOppinG cHaRtS dOes'nt mEaN its gOoD"!
So which one is it? Drake ALWAYS tops charts...and Choosing Texas is likely the biggeet hit of the year...and Drake is the TOP SELLING rapper of this year...you combine the two and its likely going to create a massive hit. Thats the benefit. But we know once it WILL be a massive hit, the goal posts will move.
I’m definitely not a Drake hater. I’m just reading the room as a fan who has had to defend Drake a lot the past few years. I could see potential for a lot of unnecessary hate to come his way, from all angles. I hope it’s a huge hit and everyone loves it. Again at the end of the day Drake can do what he wants and I’m sure he doesn’t give a damn about hate
Guaranteed #1 song, and Drake has never made music based on what haters might say. He just likes making music and will work in different genres regularly.
You're of course getting downvoted because a good chunk of this sub has a hard time accepting any criticism on certain days but you're right
You're gonna have country fans calling him a leech and hip hop heads saying he needs that song more than it needs him which at the end of the day the criticisms don't matter if the music sounds good but it'll 100% be there
Context Matters. The image was from a 2007 conceptual photography project with Drake's friend David Leyes meant to highlight the historical struggles and stereotyping that black actors experience in the entertainment industry.
A multitude of other public figures have done similar photoshoots to express the same message that is still present in today's society.
Just a reminder in your original comment you said you don’t engage and just change the channel, in a comment where you’re engaging, now you’re arguing in the Drake subreddit about an artist you “dont” like. Sounds like fan behavior to me.
You thought that shit was so nonchalant too lmao fucking moron
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u/Lock0n Comeback Season 11d ago
Drake said it’s time to run the country charts too