But honestly, Marley Marl wrote hooks for Kane. Swizz, Timbaland and Omillio Sparks wrote hooks for Hov. Trackmasters wrote hooks for Nas. These are actual Top 10 MC's, and they got help. That's what music is. You bring people in to help or to catch vibes from. The very best to ever do it, have done this. So if someone like Drake does it, it shouldn't be seen any differently just because he's wildly successful. We don't like to admit this, but this has been going on forever, but without people being credited. Dude is giving people their credit for helping. A lot of the greats didn't say shyt about getting help. Haha. And we would've never known, if the people didn't come out and say something.
Like I said, I get that people don't like the dude. I'm not really into his music either. But he's not doing anything that basically everyone's done in Hip Hop. Since basically day one. If he didn't credit QM, I'd have an issue with it. But credibility takes a hit, usually when someone is frontin' and not being honest. He's listing his contributors. That's not exactly fraudulent.
Bro, getting hooks from dudes does not disqualify you from being considered a GREAT MC. Getting full verses and songs from n!ggas does. If Kane was getting full verses from n!ggas, he wouldn't be looked at as an all time great MC. Neither would Hov, or any of the other dudes who usually get mentioned in ALL TIME GREAT MC talks.
And it's not about hating Drake, at least not with me. I actually enjoyed most of his music. Do your research breh. I never knocked dude's music and several times I've been in threads giving him props for being witty and a dope rapper when he wants to be. I was chastised for saying I like If You're Reading This It's Too Late more than Tetsuo and Youth. But once actual evidence was presented...tangible evidence...I can't consider him a credible MC anymore. And he wasn't being honest. He was fronting. He was going around calling himself the greatest. you don't do that when you have a team of ghostwriters. He's a fraud.