Ebro says Drake doesn't have a regional sound and identity and is out of touch ; UPDATE : BOI-1DA Puts His Cape on & Responds

[Long Live The Kane]

wtf are you talking about, Kendrick has regional sound on multiple songs...you thought the west was only known for bop or what

TPAB is FULL of them
Thats where Ebro and others are right, Drake AND his fans lack musical knowledge and cultural awareness

I’ve forgotten more about hip hop or the “culture” than whatever it is they pay you spam on this board Kenny-bot ….you’ll disappear from the board when Kenny takes his next sabbatical after this album rollout…soak up your O.T. while you can and shut the fukk

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

Ebro is kinda right. The cynics and the Drake stans wanna dismiss it as some pro-black hotep nonsense. But when you look at it from a musical and heritage stadnpoint, its true. Drake can flow his ass off(pause) over a Trap beat or a Drill beat or maybe even a Westcoast beat. But we all know, he's from Toronto. So it's not gonna seem authentic, even if he technically did it right. Kendrick flowing on a Westcoast beat, off rip tapped into everyone's nostalgia receptors, and we saw it as a throwback regional anthem. Which in term, had ripples outside of just CA as we tapped into that CA nostalgia as well, without actually being from CA. You saw the predominantly/exclusively eastcoast Budden podcast doing them westcoast dances to They Not Like Us. It's like if A$AP hopped on a classic NY beat to throw shots. Or when Pastor Troy made No Play In GA, or when Lil Keke made Southside, or when Jeru made The East Is In The House. Drake doesn't have that "root" to tap into that makes the ppl say "Aw shyt!! He went back to Toronto with that shyt!!!!!"

Ebro is in no position to say that because he literally has done it and doing it now himself… it’s a reason he lost his job as program director at hot97

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

This is a dumb argument. Lets compare this to somebody like say Beyonce. Different genre but still. Ebro argument is what the racists would like to use against Beyonce. "Country music is ours. Dont sing OUR music."

Every great artist has reinvented themselves on new records and yes, moved into different sounds and identities.

Michael Jackson had the motown song. Then he moved into disco rnb. Then into rnb. Then into pop. Then into New Jack swing.

Drake actually is a genius for doing what folks are mad at him for. Using different sounds and reinventing himself is what kept him on top longer than any other rap artist.

 

[987654321]

Dumb fukk Americans lol
He owns Toronto
He does that for Toronto

People who usually “own”a city and get love like that don’t usually have their people shooting at their house/security guard. Maybe that’s just an American thing.

 

[BlackXCL]

Much like Toronto

My Black brothers and sisters live in peace and unity over here Jamaicans, Somalis, Trini’s etc.

 

[SoSoSlick]

The dude didnt learn any type of slang until he jumped into rap. Of course this nikka dont have an authentic identity as it pertains to hip hop. Even mocked slang where hes from. shyt is all manufactured.

 

[Spade281]

This is a fact.

Nipsey was buzzing way more than Kendrick in LA before he passed away. Kendrick wasn’t making west coast sounding music, and he was forced into a corner to make the one has out now

Nah Nipsey always had a big buzz in LA but Kendrick was poppin super hard after DAMN came out. Nipsey didn't reach that level until he passed.

 

[Raquinotj]

Because he’s a fukking colonizer.

You nikkaz just be saying anything. Drake done put on for a lot of rappers and got them on the map. Features are free too…

 

[Nigerianwonder]

You don't become an international superstar and dominate for a decade by sticking to a regional sound. Every big artist including Jay z, kanye etc. has hopped on waves and leaned on youth to stay relevant.

 

[987654321]

This is a dumb argument. Lets compare this to somebody like say Beyonce. Different genre but still. Ebro argument is what the racists would like to use against Beyonce. "Country music is ours. Dont sing OUR music."

Every great artist has reinvented themselves on new records and yes, moved into different sounds and identities.

Michael Jackson had the motown song. Then he moved into disco rnb. Then into rnb. Then into pop. Then into New Jack swing.

Drake actually is a genius for doing what folks are mad at him for. Using different sounds and reinventing himself is what kept him on top longer than any other rap artist.

I don’t think he’s arguing that. Artists change and evolve. But usually our rap artists, at least, start with their own thing.

Beyoncé is a pop artist, is she really expected to sing over southern funk and screwed tracks? Of course not. This seems like more of the Drake is a pop artist than a hip hop artist.

Motwown IS r&b, everything else is a subgenre of black pop. Cac’s just label anybody black and harmonizing as r&b, especially today.

Drake never seemed to start on or even bother with the Toronto thing. He just started using Toronto slang in his 30’s. He’s never really “reinvented” himself as he hasn’t been himself since the old recording of him using the hard r.





And I know black artists started country, among other genres, but those trailer park mutants can have that shyt. I don’t want them rapping either. I had a co-worker who would play “trap country” on his phone sometimes. Everyone despised that bullshyt lol.

 

[J-MIL]

All them Toronto nikkas steal sauce

Tory bit nikkas as well

 

[Spade281]

I don’t think he’s arguing that. Artists change and evolve. But usually our rap artists, at least, start with their own thing.

Beyoncé is a pop artist, is she really expected to sing over southern funk and screwed tracks? Of course not. This seems like more of the Drake is a pop artist than a hip hop artist.

Motwown IS r&b, everything else is a subgenre of black pop. Cac’s just label anybody black and harmonizing as r&b, especially today.

Drake never seemed to start on or even bother with the Toronto thing. He just started using Toronto slang in his 30’s. He’s never really “reinvented” himself as he hasn’t been himself since the old recording of him using the hard r.





And I know black artists started country, among other genres, but those trailer park mutants can have that shyt. I don’t want them rapping either. I had a co-worker who would play “trap country” on his phone sometimes. Everyone despised that bullshyt lol.

younger millennials and zoomers love that trap country stuff. it's the new pop

 

[CoolinInTheCut]

So when Drake sounded jamacian or like he was from London that was normal?

You sound stupid. The reason why Toronto and London have a similar accent is because we have a similar history with people from the Caribbean.

 

[CoolinInTheCut]

This is a stupid argument from Ebro because Drake is responsible for popularizing a lot of different sounds in hip hop that other artists benefitted from.

 

[Reptile]

This is what we wanna hear Kenny

No the fukk it aint nikka who the fukk is "we" nobody wanna hear Kendrick rap over them fukkboy flannel and Vans beats.