With the release of Thank Me Later just around the corner, Toronto rapper Drake spoke to Billboard Magazine about the pressures of meeting high expectations on his debut album.
Finding major success last year with his mixtape So Far Gone and a subsequent release of an EP by the same name, Drake explained, “I know I have a lot of growing up to do, but I guess unfortunately, people won’t judge me as if this is my first album or my first year in the game.” He continued, “This is a crucial moment for me. It actually feels like my last album, not my first. I’ll be working hard to make sure you remember it. I’ll be in your city, performing all the songs, and hopefully looking at you in your eyes and letting you know it’s real out here, man. I’m ready.”
Thank Me Later will be released June 15 on Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown.
In other news, N.E.R.D. has pushed back the release of their fourth studio album Nothing.
Previously scheduled for a July 6 release, their new album will now come out on September 7. The first single, “Hot N’ Fun” featuring Nelly Furtado is currently out. Other features on Nothing include Yelawolf, Kenna and indie producers/artists Ben & Ted.
its gona suck drake is pretty wack and his monotone autotune high pitched voice is annoying as a bitch
Not as bad as lil Wayne on auto tune.
Drake created this pressure for himself. Every song he makes is about how hot his music is and how everyone wants to sign him. He hyped himself up and now he can’t live up to everything he said he is. His album will be full of guest appearences, and will be hot for about a week, then Recovery will drop and Drake will be forgotton by everyone but high school girls.
that is the most accurate thing said all month
Agreed
he is fabricated pop music for 10 year olds.
lol, he def pop. but’s what yo reason for saying he’s fabricated?
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Look I’m tired of people saying drake is pop for kids when it pretty clear he’s not. Drake maybe pop but he’s still a rapper at the end of the day. Besides I listen to a lot of japanese music so I know what pop for kids sounds like and drake is no where near that level lol
drake is a fake ass wigga who mimmic lil wayne! in everything..this wigga found some success thanks to lil wayne! he would’ve been nothing if it wasn’t for trying to be like lil wayne!…
every $ drake make should go to lil wayne! this white bitch is ruining that real gangsta shit which’s suitable only for lil wayne! no1 else..
N.E.R.D niggaz pushing their album back game pushing it back this pushing it back that pushing it back…
y’all know what im saying,with lil wayne! serving time none of these niggaz dare to put their shit out…they all need their daddy to promote it and publish it for them…that gives us an idea that:
lil wayne! is da greatest of all da time fuck haters
Handy….. Go fuck yourself:)
i dont understand why all of you drake haters be reading up on his articles, listening to his music, following every rappers step, that u supposably dont liek just to hate on them. deep down inside i think u truely like these rappers and want to see them succeed? cuz if not why arent u on ur favorite rappers site commenting on how good theyre doing and actually showing support for someone u truely like and appreciate, before u judge anyone else, judge urself
Drake average at best. Lyrically Jay Electronica, jCole, and Wale all out do Drake, but its all about the hustle. Look at Jay-Z, can you really say he’s a great lyricist? No, but he has great hustle. Drake to me is too much “cat in the hat” rhymes, “race for your love, shake and bake ricky bobby”. Currensy was better than drake. As far as reading the article and hating. lol I wanted to read about NERD, to me drake is “IN OTHER NEWS…”
This dude just said Jay-Z is not a good lyricist…SMH…Hip Hop U Are Not! Jay has broken records that rappers could only dream about…he is the most respected in the game…he’s on a majority of peoples “Top 5 Dead Or Alive” list…And he says Drake is next. Drake is dope, despite what these wack hip hop purists people say. He has the lyrics, the flow, the rhymes, the hooks, and even more than all of that, he has the fanbase. Look at Eminem, he had all of those things, but his career didn’t really take off until he found the market that he is currently in. His music wouldn’t be almost certified diamond if he didn’t find his market and make music toward his fanbase…That’s exactly what “Heartbreak Drake” is doing…Haters, hate on while you clock in at your nine to five and wonder why you never made it as a rapper lol
wale is highly overrated. you can tell him i said it.. drake is waaaayyyy better than wale. and j cole murdered wale on beautiful bliss.
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this Nigga â˜up here must be trippen if he think drake better than wale smh!!! Look I like drake I think that nigga will change the game but drakes shit is nothing compared to wale have you even heard his mixtape about nothing?!! Look drake good but better than wale HELL NO!!!
lol WOW. TONE DEF THA KILLA
What did i just say? Jay has great hustle, look brother, if i could hightlight this shit for you or make it bolder i would, but i cant.
“Jay has broken records that rappers could only dream about”
“following every rappers step, that u supposably dont liek just to hate on them.”
It’s bad enough that stupid people mangle the word “supposedly” in actual conversations.
But if you think that’s how it’s spelled as well, then you’re full-on retarded.
Crack a book, dumb cunt.
NERD always comes proper with all their albums….
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I wasn’t a huge Drake fan at first, I could listen to him but I think he got a little too much buzz a little too quickly. Really only Jay Electronica deserves instant buzz like that. But I was impressed with the first single from the Drake album, “Over”. The production is good, the chorus is great and really details what he is going through right now…Yes I think the verses fell short, but I hardly think it will be a “pop hip-hop” album like some of you are suggesting…though I have been wrong before, let’s see.
over is one of my least favorite tracks from drake, especially after eminem straight murdered that shit.. lol
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The high school girls are the ones that help u get rich. At the end of the day it is show BUSINESS. Hard rap doesn’t go multi-platinum anymore. But I like Drake, dude is out here doing his thing and he has respect for what came before him. As long as the popular rappers of today show that respect the real can never die.
hell yeah. high school girls and white people.. lol.
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ben and ted is that deal..
drizzy might not do the numbers that some other big debut albums have done, but he’ll do his thang. keep it moving my nigga… keep it moving..
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Jay is all hustle, no lyrics. Thats the truth. He will never be on no one’s “Top 5 Dead or Alive”
Q-Tip
Benjamin Andre
Shady
Nas
Lupe
MosDef
Kweli
Rakim…list can go on and on
lol and those are just the LIVE ones. Get off Jays Dick.
“R O C, get gunned up and clapped quick…”
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Jay isn’t lyrical? wow u must not have heard any of his old albums. BP3 wasnt bad but he couldve done better, but for u 2 say he has no lyrics is jus crazy. Listen 2 reasonable doubt all da way 2 black album n count da number of dope puchlines if u know how 2 recognize punchlines
U should take Nasir Jones dick out your ear and go back and listen. Any of those niggas you mention will put Jay on their top 5. Come on son get the fuck outta here with that bullshit. Like Va said from RD to Black Album the punchlines are crazy. You prolly just skim through music.Sad shit is niggas just hate to hate cause they behind computers. I respect your list but Jay punchlines on RD alone put most niggas on YOUR list to shame. Envy is a motherfucker. Your name should be hiphopimnot.
Nigga, Q Tip and Rakim nothing rappers, they wuld both say jigga the best rapper 2 step on this stage. Granted BP3 wasnt his best, but if thats wot he can do when he’s not peakin, then he’s star quality. Reasonable Doubt and Kingdom Come are two of the greatest albums of all time