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First impressions, not as impressive as it was hyped to be . . .this was supposed to change hiphop.
But Drake has a few nice lines on the song.

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eldee:

First impressions, not as impressive as it was hyped to be . . .this was supposed to change hiphop.
But Drake has a few nice lines on the song.

I quite disagree with the bolded. I think the lyrics is really tight.

In Jay-Z news. . . .
IMO,Drake's anticipated debut may turn out to be a dud.Let him enjoy the buzz for now.

aieromon:

In Jay-Z news. . . .
IMO,Drake's anticipated debut may turn out to be a dud.Let him enjoy the buzz for now.

It's going to be like everything he's ever done. Boring flow, boring singing, boring album.

But he'll still sell though. Thank God for the little white girls. lol

hax:

It's going to be like everything he's ever done. Boring flow, boring singing, boring album.

But he'll still sell though. Thank God for the little white girls. lol

Yeah lil white girls like Nas and LL Cool J and all the other stamps he's got on his CV.

Yeah, props from stars means you'll sell.

Look at Asher Roth's 'Asleep in the Bread Aisle'. Didn't Hov praise him?

I'm glad the whole album's leaked, now everyone will know it's cr-ap and won't buy it. lol

Apart from the little white girls though.

Why are you happy that an album leaked . . . you nairaland guys are just funny.
He's making undeniably good music, all your hiphop fathers have called him the future of hiphop music, what else does he have to do to avoid this cheap hate??

'Thanks to all the haters, I know G4 pilots on a first name basis'

eldee:

Why are you happy that an album leaked . . . you nairaland guys are just funny.

Just hating. lol
And umm, if it's done, drop it already, abi?

He's making undeniably good music, all your hiphop fathers have called him the future of hiphop music, what else does he have to do to avoid this cheap hate??

All he has to do is make 'undeniably good hip-hop music'. Like someone like T.I. does.

Few nice lines from Drake, indeed.
Jay Z flavoured the track with his tight verse mehn!
What da heck i'mma get the album.

hax:

Just hating. lol
And umm, if it's done, drop it already, abi?
All he has to do is make 'undeniably good hip-hop music'. Like someone like T.I. does.

Yeah right . . . saying Drake does not make good hiphop music is like saying sand is expensive in the Sahara.
But what can I say, some people don't still agree that MJ made good music till this day.

eldee:

What you did was a pre-judgement, you made that statement without even listening to the album, forgive me for working with facts.

Your opinion is now fact? lol

Drake built a CV of great music way before TML . . . his mixtapes were critically signed and stamped.

Now Forever and his songs with Weezy were great, that's what got him the fame.

*Drake voice* We know.

Now scrap this whole punchline after punchline thing, it's wack. . . how can you say nothing on you was not good hiphop music because he was singing?? Go back to 1983 homie

Maybe you're the one in 2023. A time where Alicia Keys, Beyonce and Rihanna are regarded as old school hip-hop.
B.o.B barely rapped on the song, Bruno Mars took over the whole song with chorus since the verses were forgettable, and B.o.B did his share of singing too. lol
Same with Drake these days. It seems to be a successful rapper these days, you need to rap LESS. More singing and auto-tune! That's GOOD HIP HOP!

Good music has little to do with punchlines negro . . .

True, good jazz music has little to do with punchlines.

Good HIP HOP music on the other hand?

Where would J. Cole be if he couldn't brag that he's 'heating up like may weather' and Shad couldn't say 'his life got more issues than a magazine'?

You disappoint me.

And I've said it a few times that I prefer stories, content and multi's to punchlines.

hax:

Your opinion is now fact? lol

Nah . . . fact is listening to the album before making any comments regarding the topic.
Which you didn't.

hax:

Maybe you're the one in 2023. A time where Alicia Keys, Beyonce and Rihanna are regarded as old school hip-hop.
B.o.B barely rapped on the song, Bruno Mars took over the whole song with chorus since the verses were forgettable, and B.o.B did his share of singing too. lol
Same with Drake these days. It seems to be a successful rapper these days, you need to rap LESS. More singing and auto-tune! That's GOOD HIP HOP!

Hooks have always been more popular than verses since the days of Moses, stop saying it like it's sumn new.
They still rap more than they sing . . . time stamps will prove that to you.
They just concentrate more on the way their rap verses sound.

hax:

True, good jazz music has little to do with punchlines.

Good HIP HOP music on the other hand?

Where would J. Cole be if he couldn't brag that he's 'heating up like may weather' and Shad couldn't say 'his life got more issues than a magazine'?

You disappoint me.

And I've said it a few times that I prefer stories, content and multi's to punchlines.

Multies and rhyme schemes and overall delivery are the parts that make hiphop music . . . the rest is poetry, punchlines, wordplay, that's all poetry.
There have been countless rappers that didn't need to brag or drop punchlines to be recognised as gifted rappers.

eldee:

Nah . . . fact is listening to the album before making any comments regarding the topic.
Which you didn't.

Wrong on so many levels. lmao
- When you listen to an album, your comments become 'fact'?
- How do you know I haven't listened to the sh-!t? Did you hack into my iTunes?
Now why would I give my verdict on something I've not listened to? I keep an open mind. I'm NOT a fan of Drake. But I download his stuff and listen to it to find out if it is nice or not. I wasn't a big fan of B.o.B's, but I thought under T.I.'s management, he would do something good. He sang a sick hook on T.I.'s 'On Top Of The World'. And he had his buzz. That was enough for me. But I listened to it and thought it was poppy crap and used Nothin On You as an example because it shows the problems of the whole album clearly.

Think what you want.

Hooks have always been more popular than verses since the days of Moses, stop saying it like it's sumn new.

Yup. That's why Illmatic and Ready To Die and other Wu-Tang classics are known for their sick hooks.

They still rap more than they sing . . . time stamps will prove that to you.

On 'Nothin' on You'? Want to prove it?
Verse 1- 0:43 - 1:00
Verse 2- 1:55 - 2:15
Verse 3- 3:10 - 3:30
Less than a minute of sub-par rapping in a 4 and half minute song.
Shame.

They just concentrate more on the way their rap verses sound.

And concentrate even more on how their hooks sound.

Multies and rhyme schemes and overall delivery are the parts that make hiphop music . . . the rest is poetry, punchlines, wordplay, that's all poetry.
There have been countless rappers that didn't need to brag or drop punchlines to be recognised as gifted rappers.

Yes, Capt. Obvious.

Una nor dey tire? Another endless batch of epistles. Rolling Stone dey find columnist

Jigga's verse was defo hotter but that ain't about nothing

@Hax
B.O.B's album was fantastic 'Nothing On You' was just for the pop charts i would not even rank it in his top 5 songs on his album. While i would not call him a lyricist or the best thing since shawarma he does make really good music

@Eldee
Drake the future of hiphop music?? I laugh in Father-U-Turn thats stretching it

Too many blurred lines between HipHop and Pop music nowadays. . . Eldee say na good HIPHOP music, me I say na good HIP POP music. . . . when Drake puts his mind to rapping, he is actually a good rapper. . . . oya, make una allow issue rest. . .

@ Hax,
You cant judge BOB's whole album based on Nothing On you, besides he is doing what Andre 3 Stacks has been doing for years and everyone calls it Hip Hop.

I love me some B.o.B. Sorry, hax. Yea, he did some singing in "Nothing on you", doesn't make the song less hip hop.

50 cent has been singing as far back as the days of "Many men", his fans still consider him a "G". Same with Eminem. I like rappers sticking to rap too, didn't like Kanye's 808's and heartbreak at first. But then my problem was with autotune not singing per se.

B.o.B didn't use any autotune. . . or did he?
What do you have to say about Airplanes I & II?

@TOPIC, it's iight, nothing special. I think I like Drake more as a singer. loool

hax:

Wrong on so many levels. lmao
- When you listen to an album, your comments become 'fact'?
- How do you know I haven't listened to the sh-!t? Did you hack into my iTunes?
Now why would I give my verdict on something I've not listened to? I keep an open mind. I'm NOT a fan of Drake. But I download his stuff and listen to it to find out if it is nice or not. I wasn't a big fan of B.o.B's, but I thought under T.I.'s management, he would do something good. He sang a sick hook on T.I.'s 'On Top Of The World'. And he had his buzz. That was enough for me. But I listened to it and thought it was poppy crap and used Nothin On You as an example because it shows the problems of the whole album clearly.

1. I made factual statements about the endorsement he already had and his last songs. I didn't say anything about Thank Me Later till today.

2. Dude . . . what did you say on the Eminem thread just this afternoon??
You said you were yet to listen to it . . . 'I've heard only Nicki's verse on the whole Thank Me Later'

And your time thingy is B.S, doesn't even fit with the song at all, check Youtube.
I don't know what you're dragging this for, rappers do more rapping than singing.

A-40:

@Eldee
Drake the future of hiphop music?? I laugh in Father-U-Turn thats stretching it

Don't take that up with me, take it up with Jay-Z (the same person that predicted that Kanye would change the rap scene five years ago).

Ibime:

Too many blurred lines between HipHop and Pop music nowadays. . . Eldee say na good HIPHOP music, me I say na good HIP POP music. . . . when Drake puts his mind to rapping, he is actually a good rapper. . . . oya, make una allow issue rest. . .

I think As We Enter is good music too . . . will you call that hip-reggae??

Notorious BIG sang. He even sang a whole song (Playa hater  ). he sang hooks . .  Tupac sang, and so on and so forth.

Hip Hop is huge, and definitely not monolithic. I don't get why some people try to put it into a box and define it by what their own personal preferences are. WHo remembers domino . .  some west coast guy from way back that had a hip hop hit that was a sing song. Nate Dawg is a hip hop singer. . I think I can even go as far as calling TLC a hip hop group. SOuljah boy is hip hop (If u no like go jump inside river  ), Nelly too. If those guys fit the bill, so does Drake IMO. Most of them no fit rap half wetin drake dey rap sef.

Drake get skills anyhow. Girls love his singing and he catered his album to them. Doesn't make him any less of a talented rapper IMO . . . although judging from what people are saying it may not be unreasonable to call his album an R&B album as well. Don't hate the playa, hate the game.

What is with all the Drake hate sef? After all the peace and love wey Canada dey promote all over the world why una dey hate us nah?

Krayola:

What is with all the Drake hate sef? After all the peace and love wey Canada dey promote all over the world why una dey hate us nah?

No be so-so cow full Canada??

ahhahhn. We get chicken and fish too nah. We also brought a great sumtin called the blackberry to the world.  From world peace, to blackberry to "the future of hip hop'. We try small nah. Wetin UK get pass that useless EPL, and a bunch of people with bad teeth? 

chiogo:

I love me some B.o.B. Sorry, hax.

I know. The mofo almost broke us up. lol

Yea, he did some singing in "Nothing on you", doesn't make the song less hip hop.

Some singing? Since you're not deaf like eldee, maybe you should try listening to it and tell me how long the verses were. I broke them down in my previous post.

50 cent has been singing as far back as the days of "Many men", his fans still consider him a "G". Same with Eminem. I like rappers sticking to rap too, didn't like Kanye's 808's and heartbreak at first. But then my problem was with autotune not singing per se.

Singing is part of hip hop. Making a pop album is not. Both B.o.B and Kanye committed that offence. At least Kanye didn't try to call 808s hip-hop.

B.o.B didn't use any autotune. . . or did he?
What do you have to say about Airplanes I & II?

No, he's a good singer naturally.
Nothin On You is nice. Airplanes 1 and 2 are nice. Very nice. And 5th dimension. And Past My Shades. Sadly, the rest of the album is crap.

eldee:

1. I made factual statements about the endorsement he already had and his last songs. I didn't say anything about Thank Me Later till today.

That did not make any sense at all, neither did it answer my question, but. . . okay, i guess.

2. Dude . . . what did you say on the Eminem thread just this afternoon??
You said you were yet to listen to it . . . 'I've heard only Nicki's verse on the whole Thank Me Later'

I posted that a whole day earlier. How long do you take to listen to albums? lol
Heard of this kewl thingamajiggy called an iPod?

And your time thingy is B.S, doesn't even fit with the song at all, check Youtube.
I don't know what you're dragging this for, rappers do more rapping than singing.

Maybe YOU should provide your own time thingy and prove me wrong? I'm not going to argue with you anymore since all you do is dodge my points.

A-40:

Una nor dey tire? Another endless batch of epistles. Rolling Stone dey find columnist

Jigga's verse was defo hotter but that ain't about nothing

@Hax
B.O.B's album was fantastic 'Nothing On You' was just for the pop charts i would not even rank it in his top 5 songs on his album. While i would not call him a lyricist or the best thing since shawarma he does make really good music

No.

shotster50:

@ Hax,
You cant judge BOB's whole album based on Nothing On you, besides he is doing what Andre 3 Stacks has been doing for years and everyone calls it Hip Hop.

No, this isn't what Andre has been doing. Andre is a sick lyricist. Umm, B.o.B sounds like something you'll hear on Disney channel or HSM rap edition.

Andre 3000 is one of the best emcees to ever tough the mic. . . . abeg make una no call in name in relation to these new guys. . . .

hax:

I know. The mofo almost broke us up. lol

No, I don't love him in that way. lol

hax:

Some singing? Since you're not deaf like eldee, maybe you should try listening to it and tell me how long the verses were. I broke them down in my previous post.

You're being so technical about it. Calculating how many minutes/seconds he spent singing as opposed to rapping lol. I think you just don't like rappers singing in general, regardless of how long they spend singing on the track. But hey, "it's 2010 not 1864"  Honestly, I don't like it either but with B.o.B, it's so different. Like, he's creating new sub-genres within rap music - good kinda change.

hax:

Singing is part of hip hop. Making a pop album is not. Both B.o.B and Kanye committed that offence. At least Kanye didn't try to call 808s hip-hop.

It doesn't matter what Kanye called his album, is he a rapper or an R&B artiste? There you go.

hax:

Nothin On You is nice. Airplanes 1 and 2 are nice. Very nice. And 5th dimension. And Past My Shades. Sadly, the rest of the album is crap.

Oh, so "nothing on you" is nice now? You just called it a disaster, elementary rhymes, etc 
He did do a lotta singing but I don't believe the rest are crap.
I think he did some "rapping" in Higher, Don't let me fall, Bet I, and Fame.

Drake ft. Jay-Z - Light Up (Album: Thank Me Later)

The track was just OK! Its not as awesome as I thought it would be.

chiogo:

No, I don't love him in that way. lol

I know. I think. lol

You're being so technical about it. Calculating how many minutes/seconds he spent singing as opposed to rapping lol. I think you just don't like rappers singing in general, regardless of how long they spend singing on the track.

Not really. I never complained about Lupe's singing. Paris, Tokyo is probably my best song of all time. Seriously. I like Forever, I like Over. I even liked Nas' terrible singing on AZ's 'Gimme Yours'.
What annoys me is when a rapper sings so much instead of rapping, and when he raps, it becomes obvious why he spends so much time singing.

But hey, "it's 2010 not 1864"  Honestly, I don't like it either but with B.o.B, it's so different. Like, he's creating new sub-genres within rap music - good kinda change.

I think he needs a new genre. One for people who aren't really good at rapping, so they sing alot. Make it nice and catchy, let everyone buy it.

It doesn't matter what Kanye called his album, is he a rapper or an R&B artiste? There you go.
Oh, so "nothing on you" is nice now? You just called it a disaster, elementary rhymes, etc 
He did do a lotta singing but I don't believe the rest are crap.

I can't deny the fact that Nothin' on you is a very catchy song. But I like it less every time I hear it. Because of the short, wack verses. And nothing else on the album comes close to it in terms of such wide appeal apart from Airplanes. And since he needs his songs to be catchy to succeed since he can't rap, I see the album as one big failure.

I think he did some "rapping" in Higher, Don't let me fall, Bet I, and Fame.

Higher isn't on mine. I have only 12 tracks. And no I'm not going to download more B.o.B. lol

hax:

I can't deny the fact that Nothin' on you is a very catchy song. But I like it less every time I hear it. Because of the short, wack verses. And nothing else on the album comes close to it in terms of such wide appeal apart from Airplanes. And since he needs his songs to be catchy to succeed since he can't rap, I see the album as one big failure.

I really don't understand your logic on him needing his songs to be catchy to succeed. Don't all artistes do that? They just use different methods, like the 50 cent analogy I gave you; dude makes his songs catchy with his beats and his "singy" rap style. It's his style - I would know a song by him just by hearing his beat/voice. Same sh[i]i[/i]t. I agree the verses on Nothing on you were short. . . .but he really didn't sing that much if at all he did, Bruno Mars did most of the singing and sometimes B.o.B just repeated after him. And how come you're focused on this one song? What about Bet I, did he sing on that one too?

hax:

Higher isn't on mine. I have only 12 tracks. And no I'm not going to download more B.o.B. lol

It's a bonus track, "Satellite" too. But umm, you couldn't download it if you wanted to anyway lol. Just listen to it though.

He didn't sing so much in "Not lost(with T.I.). Well, the song isn't on the album but it should have been.

drake is the shit , thats all i gotta say