Drake Says He Has No Interest In Making Dance Music

    Many artists including Nicki Minaj and Usher have collaborated with electronic dance music musicians to expand their reach worldwide, but Drake says he won’t follow the trend.

    During an interview with NME (via MixMag), the Young Money rapper said that he has no interest in making “David Guetta stuff” because it isn’t true to his artistry.

    “For me, the David Guetta stuff just doesn’t work. I don’t really wanna go there,” he said. “There’s other artists, that’s their sound. They feel in order to thrive internationally that they gotta do straightforward, four to the floor, David Guetta, Pitbull music.”

    He says that he’d rather collaborate with someone like Jamie xx, who worked on the title track for Take Care. “For me, I’d rather go to somebody like Jamie xx and tell him, ‘Look, I really wanna turn the club upside down, but I wanna do it with integrity, with soul.”

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    186 thoughts on “Drake Says He Has No Interest In Making Dance Music

    1. DRAKE A REAL NIGGA ALWAYS KEEPING IT 100. STAYING TRUE TO THE ESSENCE. DRAKE WILL NEVER SELL OUT BUT HE WILL SELL OUT.

      16 LETTERS YMCMB OVOXO MMG WTB

    2. respect to Drake for this…he can be pop but hes not gonna feed into the death of hip hop like so many other artists

      1. a bit of it is, like I hear The Motto play in clubs all the time, but I guess he meant no David Guetta slash Flo-Rida slash Black Eyed Peas shit.

      2. THE MOTTO IS TIGHT AND NOT SELLING OUT JUST SHOWING THE WEST A REAL NIGGA CAN DO THEIR MUSIC BETTER THAN THEM

      1. honestly if i had to choose between listening to Drake or Pitbull/Flo-Rida/David Guetta shit, I would definitely pick Drake over them.

      2. Nothing wrong with Hip Pop songs for the radio to keep Hip Hop’s presence there.

        Biggie started that trend, then Ja Rule and LL Cool J took it to another level, before 50 Cent dissed Ja for that style and then started doing that kind of music himself. The problem happened when 50’s heat died off. He left a huge gap in the radio which was filled with shitty rap songs which had their roots in dance music rather than Hip Hop. So now, we have ended with dance music rather than radio friendly Hip Hop (aka Hip Pop). What should we do? Support artists who make good Hip Pop!

        I doubt there are people who listen exclusively to deep Hip Hop music. I listen to a variety and hate the fact that right now, there are barely any decent Hip Pop and RnB tracks on the radio.

      3. If I had to choose between listening to Drake, Pitbull, Flo-rida, or david guetta I would shoot myself in the face.

    3. I respect what he’s saying, that Take Care shit is not really my thing but at least its RnB rhythmic and not dance floor crap.

    4. this queer is the biggest sellout there is, talking about its not true to his artistry as a so called hip hop artist but really rnb. where is his artistry when someone disses him all he ever says they just wanna be relevant, want me to shout their name out. come on battling is apart of the culture you cant just pick and choose the parts you like. he just wont work with david guetta because although guetta makes bitch music its not bitch enough for some slow ass singing

      1. I agree i think he should have responded to Common. Though your wrong about Drake being a sellout. Dude is genuine when it comes to music.

        Also man you sound real personal, stop embarrassing yourself.

    5. nicki made a bad decisionout of desperation and it backfired. the ironic thing is if she just stayed true she would hhave sold more. but she became a follower and thats what happens to followers

    6. I am not a huge Drake fan (but occasionally I do listen to some of his music.) However, after hearing this, my respect for him has grown DRASTICALLY!

      Dance music has been ruining Hip Hop on the radio a lot! Nowadays, all we hear is silly raps and that’s it. I am not pretending to hear some deep music on the radio, but at least, there should be some Hip Pop songs rather than Dance songs with a rap.

      Respect your choice Drake! Now if only more Hip Hop and RnB artists did like you… If only..

    7. Drake’s just saying that because he can’t make a club hit. check out my new website goodmusicradar.com for the best new music. upcoming artist profiles will be released soon on a few artists that everyone should check out. Also best new music of the week with download links is up right now.
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    8. What the FUCK?? What the hell has this fuck been doing for the last 5 years? What do you call that then you cunt?

    9. So what do you call that song he has with Rihanna? You know, the title track? “Take Care”? Thats not dance music? That song is SNARE-LESS!! lol Just the dance kick.

    10. All you motherfuckers on here acting like you don’t like Drake GTFOH! Drake is dope straight up.

      And I can’t wait for the next album

    11. As much as this dude is wack juice I do have to respect his angle on this one. It’s actually ether set forth to Nicki Minaj when you look at it.

      That Take Care song and LP is hot garbage though.

    12. Why do people just come on her to hammer drake its quite sad if you dont like him dont listen to him

      1. if you dont like what we say don’t read the comments! where does it say that you have to read OUR comments before you make your own? Same thing, right? AHA!!!!!!!!

    13. LET ME EXPLAIN FOR THE SLOW PEOPLE I SEE WHY SOME OF YOU FUCK WITH WACK RAPPERS YOU DONT UNDERSTAND BARS.

      “DRAKE WILL NEVER SELL OUT BUT HE WILL SELL OUT” BY YESSIR

      MEANS DRAKE WONT GO AND SELL OUT HIS IDENTITY FOR A HIT, BUT HE GOING TO SELL OUT SHOWS ANYWAYS. I SEE THAT WENT OVER YALL SIMPLE KIDS HEADS I AM TOO COLD WITH THE BARS.

      16 LETTERS YMCMB OVOXO MMG WTB

      1. That whole thing you just said is one big contradiction. You said that niggas who don’t understand you like wack rappers, yet your favorite rappers are wack themselves. Its obvious you have a mental disorder.

    14. I understand what he is saying here, and respect him for not wanting to sell out just to get a stupid radio single. But in no way does he represent real hip hop, or make music with soul. He really isn’t bringing anything new to the rap game, but I don’t think he understands this. Whatever, no disrespect, he knows his genre and does put out some good music.

      1. In part of the interview did he say anything about real hip hop? What is real hip hop and who determines what is real and what isn’t? The consumer, the artist or the producer? There isn’t a definition of real hip hop because my defintion of real comes from my experience with the music. If I grew up listening to Big and Tribe and you grew up listening to Soldier Boy and L’iL B, who is right and who is wrong?

      2. there are well-defined parameters for “real hip-hop” now? who promulgated the criteria? isn’t music inherently transient, so how can you even define what “real hip-hop” is, wouldn’t that just hinge on your own subjective biases?

      3. Nobody determines anything u robot! “Real hip hop” is about being devoted to the actual CULTURE and PROGRESSION of the culture 1st…”real hip hop” is the music the message and the feeling and the love for all that shit…no “gimmick” could ever be “real”…any nigga you wanna stereotype as “real hip hop” progresses the music of the culture and raises the bar MUSICALLY & SOCIALLY…none of that has ANYTHING to do with 1st week sales, soundscan, twitter, marketing or any of the corporate bullshit that you young dudes have been brainwashed to believe in matters the most…”REAL HIP HOP” is touring in your 40s with undeniable classic ANTHEMS that fill STADIUMS WORLDWIDE while the young rapper dude is strugglin to fill regular clubs and are easily forgettable artist with forgettable songs that dont mean shit…REAL HIP HOP changes lives and inspires all…this generation acts & supports the notion that lyrics are dead, going pop is ok, rap is strictly business, you dont sell records so u dont matter, swag, who made the beat, whose featured, how old is he, he gettin money etc etc etc deny it till your blue in the face, FACTS are NONE of you new cats take the shit serious thats why NONE of you sell records and if you do its almost like a fuckin fluke, NOBODY respects what you stand for cause you dont stand for shit,your disrespectful and your a disgrace to everything hip hop USED TO BE. its like your so smart your fuckin stupid…

      4. wall of text that says nothing, just some idealistic notion of some transcendent ethos of hip-hop that exists independent of the music at large, which really isn’t falsifiable, so it’s not fact, just an opinion, but people tend to romanticize the past, in fifteen years people from this generation will talk about how great the artists of today were

      5. nah not really ^, he’s on some preacher shit like there’s only one correct answer to this hip-hop shit when art, by its very nature, isn’t meant to be objective

      6. music is a form of art but can’t be defined by that alone. art and especially music is subjective.

        Y!KES needs to quit speaking for everybody

    15. Drake would fit in well with the dance crowd considering that fact that noone in hip hop respects or wants him around..

    16. “But in no way does he represent real hip hop”

      I laugh when people say “real hip hop”. There isn’t a section at Best Buy called real hip hop. Rap is rap, even if it isn’t by your definition. Now to what Drake said, Pitbull got alot more popular after he went the dance/club route. That song w/Neyo had to of been played a hundred times a day on radio. Point being, never say never.

      1. Ok “real hip-hop” probably wasn’t the right phrase, but you obviously get what I mean. I’m just saying that Drake is acting like he is above dance music, for no reason whatsoever. Also “rap is rap” is probably the worst reasoning you could use here because half of Drake’s songs he isn’t even rapping.

    17. @Nick

      I think some of Drake’s music does have soul. He’s made songs that I can definitely feel. (Marvin’s Room, The Calm, Look What You’ve Done, Take Care, etc.) Just because it doesnt come in the regular “sound” of soul does not mean that it isnt. Soul isnt a genre its something that you feel.

    18. I’m sure he has interest in working with DJ Premier and 9th Wonder, but why would Cash Money allow that?

    19. drake is right. guetta music is bullsh** to be honest. ppl like it but its not good music, jamie xx is MUCH MUCH better than most dj’s out there so im happy to see drake stick with good music. take care was a great album, not necessarily a hip hop album but overall, its a great album. dont hate on him haha

    20. I think Drake is a talented R&B artist that makes great music for women.

      I am trying to stay positive with all my comments

    21. Who gives a fuck about drake not wanting to do club music? He’s a pussy rapper who moans on tracks. Girls all adore him and guys who are “comfortable with their manhood” listen to him. Such a phony ass rapper who tries to act like he is reviving hip hop when really he is pushing it six feet deeper

      1. drake is club music cos only gay sounding clean lyric soft bitch hop like that gets played at gay clubs faggots listen to drake

      1. Dear AP: please stop telling everyone they are ignorant and don’t know how dumb they sound if you wont back it up with an actual argument. i know you are a drake fan cause in your mind he’s the greatest rapper of all time but don’t for one second get it mistaken that drake is real hip hop or even rap music for that matter. you love a RNB/pop artist that is helping to ruin modern day music. so support that artist with an actual stance rather than simple “your an idiot” statements

      2. how’s drake ruining modern music? and what if people as a whole enjoy his material? just because it’s a departure from an ideal, people shouldn’t like it? and why did you frame your entire paragraph like your opinion’s incontrovertible fact? ’cause, like, that’s just your opinion man; who do you like, by the way?

    22. lls Drake is so full of shit, he doesnt wanna make dance music now…*gasp* Noooo lol!! why drake? for what reason exactly? enlighten me is it for the GOOD of the genre…OUR genre? good for the culture of hip hop? neither!! drake says sappy shit like this to make you feel sorry for him…and it actually works on followers who trend hop no matter what the trend is for the moment, gay dudes and little girls…you already do dance music drake get real…you not about to push HIP HOP forward or stand up for the sulture your apart of your gonna run from what you are just like every other coward ass rapper in this generation…who the fuck is jamie xx? is that some techno trance bullshit? sounds just as bad as this david whoever guy… Nigga scared to put that “last name ever 1st name greatest” bullshit to the test with common so instead youd rather trick people into buying into you being the best…be honest u scared to do “dance music” cause he just watched nikki play herself…why even announce what your not gonna do anyway? He sound about as dumb as you “define what is real hip hop” chumps…your NOT for the culture whatsoever, your apart of a generation allowed to argue what you want everybody to think instead of showing & proving. thats why NONE of you new cats get respect. NOBODY respect the online point of view or take you or your kind serious anyway. Your a LOL joke nationwide to everybody! I brought his 1st CD while u downloaded yours, I paid to have an opinion u fuckin wimp it cant ALWASY be about hating. I think dude is an overrated coward thats so soft he cant even speak up for real niggas… yet Im supposed to believe u got goons and u gone catch a body like that etc etc. maaan GTFOH. u keep defending these niggas like you down with their team if u want too…watch drake in 5 yrs see how proud you are of this nigga “getting money” then…

      1. thats what i wanna here the hip hop nation needs to stick together cos theres to much shitty music thats classed as hip hop out there today for real i bought a fuck load of hip hop albums and continue to buy albums evan tho i can download because i support real hip hop ppl dunno what the fuck rap is anymore the lyrics now go as deep as a fukin puddle these faggots can go listen to this bitch im gunna play my dj quik and big pun shit till the day i fukin die real talk man respect to you for stayin true

      2. first of you wouldn’t say shit to drakes face pussy…don’t talk tough on the internet. secondly casp.. if u think Big Pun and DJ quick are deep you are an idiot.

      3. you and your hip-hop nation needs to be redubbed closeminded faggot nation. keep bumping your 1996 music and going on bout how old timers who haven’t done shit in 10 years or new cats who do half the shit they rap about is “REAL” rap

        putting all the new music out there in a “shit” pile is wack. lighten up.

      4. wow….you sound angry. But im gonna play devils advocate.
        From Room for Improvement, to Comeback Season, to So Far Gone, to Thank Me Later, to Take Care… how many songs off of those projects had songs that people like david guetta/pitbull/flo rida make?
        Also you called him a joke and that no one respects him nationwide, im sorry but the only Vet in the game that has voiced any displeasure with Drake is DMX and even his statements which, if you treated them the same way most haters treat drakes statements, wouldve been interpreted as gay. DMX talked about not like Drakes face, his clothes, the way he walks… what grown ass straight man says shit like that about another man?!
        But as far as other vets, he has cosigns from J. Prince, E-40, Jay, Bone Thugz, Nas, Busta, Qtip, etc etc. guys that earned their respect back in the 90s also known as the “the best era hip hop music was made in”. So if those guys and more all cosign him and you dont, what does that mean?

        But once again, just playin devils advocate.

        Also id like to point out the problem with this generation of hip hop listeners is that they care more about who is making the statement than they do about the actual statement. That is some real shit to no follow in the footsteps of a lot of other artists who have completely went pop but since its drake that said that it makes you angry because you wish one of your favorite artists wouldve said the SAME EXACT THING instead of an artist you hate right?

        and also, if you dont know who Jaime xx is, look them up. its 2012. go to youtube and take a look lol

      5. OUT LOOOOOUD! hit a nerve in ETK lol! I especially love that part about those punk ass “define real hip hop” heads. Just goes to show how ignorant people are about stuff they claim to be into. Give this pussy 5 years, he will age! and there will be another Drake. No longevity period!

      6. I especially love too when ignorant people talk out their asses and try to be slick

        oh, you think Drake can be replaced? not disputing that, I’m not even against that, but here’s the kicker: half the rappers in the game can be too. if you think only Drake and other pop hoes are into that 15-minutes-of-fame shit, you’re retarded

        rappers all over the place done fell off harder than Drake probably will. we don’t even need to look at rappers who fell off – Lupe Fiasco was in the same spot in 2006 as to where Kendrick Lamar is now. the underground internet hero everyone’s bigging up and thinks he’s gonna break off into greatness with his music.

        give Kendrick Lamar and your other lyrical heroes 5 years, and THEY will age too nigga! either they gon fall off, be replaced or you guys are gonna turn on them and call them sellouts like the insatiable fanbase you are.

        actin like Drake & YMCMB are the only ones with no longetivity – well even if that were right, you guys are keepin them relevant with all your bitch-ass hatin, at least on this site.. why do you think they go crazy with Drake/Nicki headlines, fuck

      1. idiot, if you actually cared to look up how many rap verses there were compared to R&B verses, you’d see that the album was disproportionately “hip-hop,” although it definitely should be characterized as a mixture of the two genres; nothing wrong with that, there’s a huge difference between R&B and contemporary, run-of-the-mill dance records

      2. You can see Take Care like the miseducation of lauryn hill, singing/rapping, but lauryn’s album was a classic and take care was only 3.5/5 imo

      3. “You can see Take Care like the miseducation of lauryn hill, singing/rapping, but lauryn’s album was a classic and take care was only 3.5/5 imo”

        I agree with you about Lauryn, but Take Care is a 1.5/5

      4. in your opinion ^; aggregate rating of 78, better than cole world tbh, 80% ratings from XXL, rapreviews and other “urban” critic sites, so yeah …

    23. off all the rappers to say it its fukin drake come on man i think hip hop artist that do dance music to me suck cock for money cos thats wat it is bitch shit but drake a soft cat to begin with so this is some bullshit right here hip hop dx fuck nikki minaj her music is terrible she truly doesnt understand lyricism and to me if ur a rapper with weak lyrics then ur useless fuk young money all those cats r soft tyga sucks wayne defo sucks birdman cant rhyme at all and most those kids do watever 4 money bitch shit right there

      1. The words Drake and real should never be in the same sentence. Drake is as fake as a lot of rappers out there.

      2. your favorite rapper’s probably fake too though, they all create these personas that are a departure from who they actually are in the real world

      3. Real or fake, my favorite rappers at least made good music. However, the same thing can’t be said about Drake.

    24. “If I grew up listening to Big and Tribe and you grew up listening to Soldier Boy and L’iL B, who is right and who is wrong?”

      If hip hop fans are being honest, they’ll find flaws with whoever they listened to growing up. Tribe had some really good songs, but it’s not like they were totally accepted. Critics loved them, but you never heard kids bumpin their music on a summer night. I think personal taste is why you see so many rappers crowding the shelves nowadays. There’s something out there for everyone, so if Lil B speaks to somebody like maybe Rakim or G Rap did to you, then in reality, it’s all good. That’s the beauty of music. It doesn’t have to sound good to anyone but you.

      1. PREACH!!!!!! but i still think ppl who listen to someone who you think is wack is retarded but i accept it

    25. It’s funny that he said that……didn’t his friend Nicki Minaj collaborate with David Guetta? Or am I wrong? Does that mean he realises that his friend is a sellout too or does he make an exception for her?………..#I’LLWAIT

      1. you’re an idiot. he never said it was selling out. He just said that it’s not his style. not his type of music. Do you fools read articles, or do you just skim through it?

    26. This nigga bugging. He has made dance music and didn’t even know it. Drake is a fake nigga that runs out like a bitch and made excuses every time he gets called out. He sold out the moment he signed to YM.

    27. Lmfao hes trying to push himself away from every other whack popstar..sorry bro ur right in their crowd.

      1. Yeh, he is, cuz he’s the consumer? Every listener has the right to say its either bad or good. it’s called an opinion.

        your statement is not an opinion, it’s a question without thought. don’t hate him cuz he don’t like your fav rapper. da fuck is you to say he can’t place drake in a category?

      2. come on, don’t be an elitist now, turthurts; of course he can voice his opinion as a consumer, but this isn’t arbitration, his voice doesn’t count any more than the 700 K who bought drake’s record when it was released … dude was actually agreeing with you conceptually, you just took it somewhere else.

      3. also, where’s the actual proof that birdman bought those records? lol, trusting gossip sites and shit

      4. Well, Drake fans support their artist at least. What did the last Freddie Foxx/Premier album sell? 3000?

      5. wtf does Freddie Foxx/Premier album sales have to do with this article of drake saying “no” to dance music and a hip hop fan saying drake already is in that category….

        stop wasting my webspace. smh

    28. WOW you really need drake to give you pussy? Half of american population’s kids were made to songs by Marvin Gaye and Barry White. Pussy ass bitch Drake crying all over my stereo.

    29. why this faggot make nothing but pop music since he got his ass out that wheel chair then?

      1. pop music =/= dance music

        pop can be several things, just whatever tops the charts.. and that includes Drake(sadly)

    30. I dont get it cause I thought his shit was already poppy dance type shit but i guess I was wrong. Anyway if he is trying to stay true to the type of music he does, whatever that is, I can respect that.

    31. Fucking fake heads on here commenting on Drake articles like they obsessed, go see how many comments a real artist like Wordsworth got. Fucking bitches.

      1. I know nigga! they too busy hatin’. foaming at the mouth whenever Drake’s name shows up. fuckin ridiculous. but a real nigga like Tech n9ne, everybody biggin that guy but when it comes to hits… 50 comments max, 1000 views max. Drake, Nicki, Ross, all those “hated” emcees get all the views and all the attention, just so niggas can hate & throw homo jokes out their ass.

      1. you don’t really get the term of ‘dance music’ then. just another universal pop hater I’m guessing

    32. These cash money cats live in a bubble

      Your music is just as disposable and trendy as anything David Guetta is doing, your no better

      1. dude, it’s just an artist being ingenuous in terms of how he feels, it’s actually exactly what you’re doing when you characterize his music as “disposable” as well, you’re both appealing to your subjective preferences

    33. “Look, I really wanna turn the club upside down, but I wanna do it with integrity, with soul”

      Lol im pretty sure gil scott heron will be turning in his grave if he heard your piece of shit of a record. Its a shame because it degrades a timeless classic.

    34. I respect the fact that this young man makes the kind of music that he wants to. Too many artist try to be something that they really aren’t, which is shameful. Nicki Minaj made that same mistake with her new album and it cost her some black fans.

    35. Still, you are making mainstream music which you call rap disgracin the hiphop culture and without saying that you are the only one, to me it doesnt make no difference if you make dance music or “rap”

    36. Drake you’s a faggot. You already makes dance, pussy, bitch, gay ass music. Seriously nigga, you’s a bitch for saying you don’t have interest in dance music, when all of your bullshit is pure club shit. The fuck outta here, bitch.

      1. Insightful and analytical commentary on your part. You even threw in some homophobic slurs to underscore your maturity! But really, I highly doubt that you’ve ever been to a club if you’re categorizing Drake’s music as “dance;” his conflation of hip-hop, R&B and pop may not be your cup of tea and that’s absolutely fair, but don’t miscast an artist ’cause he doesn’t operate within the parameters of what YOU deem to be hip-hop.

    37. I don’t advocate hating on Drake. I don’t like what he and others from his generation are doing with Hip Hop but that started with my generation. The record industry is about pimping artists which by definition makes them hoes. Right now his numbers are good so he may not need to x-over into that genre of music but don’t get it f’ed up hoes sell what daddy tells them to.

    38. Anonymous:

      Pending tracklist:

      Orange Sorbet Music (but I’ll nibble on a chicken strip if you’re buying)-feat Mary J Blige

      Why Am I Here-feat Birdman
      No Dickholes In My Drawers-feat Nicki Minaj
      Dandelion Fields-feat The Weekend
      Strap It Up-feat Nicki Minaj
      I Saw Your Facebook Update-feat Lil Wayne
      Cucumber Slices
      Parfait
      Tax Write Off-feat Lil Twist
      What’s Your Secret?-feat Jennifer Hudson
      Obliques-feat HoloPac
      You Hurt Me (ode to Common)

      ^ loL

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