Music Thread #1 For 6/3/10: The Important Point & Counterpoint On Drake
If you like Drake, you will like the second half of this post. If you hate drake you will definitely like the beginning of this post. If you respect both sides of the argument on Drake, you will love this post. For the argument in defense of man who's CD leaked yesterday and drops next Tuesday is provided by one of the more competent and underrated voices in all of the Internet in Davey D. Now this based on a post from the esteemed Marc Lamount Hill basically freely Drake hating and hating constantly , representing those who are tired of the Toronto rapper every 15 minutes they see or hear him (or about him.) I hate him. There I said it. To be clear, I don’t have any personal beef with Drake. While I’ve never met him, I don’t doubt that he’s a decent and well-intentioned person. Still, I hate him. And you can’t stop me. Why? Because he represents several things that I find troublesome about the current mainstream hip-hop scene. First, there’s the music. While there’s n...