![]() ![]() From the concrete, who knew that a flower would grow.” The rhyme is weak it sounds like poetry an eighth-grader would write in his composition book. The album kicks off with “Fireworks”, which Drake begins with the unfortunate lines: “Money just changed everything. No track on Drake’s new album is as good as “Best I Ever Had”, the breakout mixtape single that brought him mega fame and two 2010 Grammy nominations (he didn’t win, but at the ceremony he tore the stage apart in a passionate live performance of “Forever” with Eminem and Wayne). That remains to be seen, because all in all, the album is a mixed bag. ![]() That label was clearly wrong, but The New York Times, in a recent feature on Drake, goes too far in the other direction, calling him “the most important and innovative new figure in hip-hop”. The former Canadian TV star has been called a “C-list rapper” by The Washington Post. On Thank Me Later, easily one of the most anticipated releases of the summer, the identity crisis is in full swing. ![]() But he’s bucking what seem to be his truer colors as a slower, R&B-type singer in the style of Usher or Ne-Yo. Groomed by Lil Wayne, taken out partying with big boys like Jay-Z and Diddy, the kid seems to view himself as a member of that company - a hard rapper. It is unclear exactly what kind of artist Aubrey Drake Graham wants to be. ![]()
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