Drake's Midlife Crisis

[@hiphopmadness]

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[@PalatialSlumlord5183]

Drake doesn't make Hip Hop music, that shyt is pop rap lyke MC Hammer and the likes of.

[@Redneckryker]

U ARE BAD

[@SergoBermuda]

This aged like fine wine

[@SergoBermuda]

Something Drake wouldn’t know about . He likes em tender

[@jonahblock]

@@SergoBermuda drake only eats veil

[@enzorocha2977]

Took the words out of my mouth. This video along with other 6-7 months old videos on the topic are looking pretty prophetic right about now, and I'm effing here for it.

[@CUSSLIKEASAILOR]

2:13 😂

[@alexlopes557]

On me everything is beautifully coming together

[@reidwithoutacause]

There’s an awful lot video essays about how weird drake is from 6 months to 5 years ago

[@Charles-pf7zy]

yea cause he's been on an L streak for the last few years

[@hardlyhome314]

Drake the rapper always been a l. Drake the singer was a w

[@wildfire9280]

@@hardlyhome314 Drake the person 💀

[@myoak108]

from 6 months to 5 years ago? Bro you only said 6 months because that's this videos date, and 5 years is such a long span lmao are you a stan or what

[@jse_illustrations]

​@@wildfire9280don't even wanna speak on that☠️

[@KingstonTV334]

Bruh i am a firm believer that most celebrities are forever stuck at the age that they became famous and wealthy.

[@LOSTGPS]

Kanye West

[@axe7adrian]

mental change stems from adversity, something famous rappers don’t deal with better income also comes with healthier products so technically they stay younger longer

[@Hydra2k12]

​@@LOSTGPShe do be acting like how a 20 year old would act if they had mad money

[@LembeckIsStaying]

​@@Hydra2k12 So basically Drake has the mentality of KZbinr/Twitch streamer? I can see it. 😂😂😂

[@Mr0l0v]

You got a point.

[@VinnieDangerous]

Its crazy how even Tyler The Creator matured before Drake did

[@odysseus8403]

This

[@kobe_won_shinobi]

This need 2k likes at least

[@stivenetienne4228]

Factssssssss

[@Freakthesorceress]

4 1/2 years younger too. but I think that happened because Tyler is a producer, drake is not. he has never produced a song ever. with this in mind I def feel Tyler is much more passionate about music than someone like drake.

[@javierlandaverde4108]

We are clowning these celebrities but this legit 100%. Everyone goes through Midlife crisis and I can see celebrities takes more time / sometimes never because the money is there to blow it up.

[@doierry772]

“Crave entitlement but wanna be liked so bad that it’s puzzling” “37 but you’re showing up as a 7 year old” “Identity’s on the fence, don’t know which family will love ya” “Fuck a rap battle, this a long life battle with yourself” - Kendrick Lamar

[@Charles-pf7zy]

everyone's biggest battle is the battle within themselves. kendrick made that clear in mr. morale. so that line doesnt hold that much weight cause it's already true for everyone

[@JeatBunkie]

@@Charles-pf7zyhits pretty hard to give the guy you’re beefing a life lesson and some real shit to think about

[@david_king_music]

@@Charles-pf7zy Mr. Morale's content gives Kendrick the credibility to say that, b/c we've seen him try to work through it on that sprawling album

[@rawbrenaissance.]

​@david_king_music yeah Kendrick Lamar was a bad battle match up for Drake... hes not good against real lyricists

[@kiddcap1234]

“You ain’t been thru nothin” “No dominance”

[@FireBurnLeSupa]

Here after "Not Like Us"

[@BarracudaT.V.]

Say ov-Ho!!!

[@kamoheloiannk617]

@@BarracudaT.V.now step this way…

[@BarracudaT.V.]

Now step that way...

[@cancerouscorndog6425]

Ok chat-gpt

[@deceiver444]

Here after Kdot caged the owl

[@ajtaylor8750]

When you get this comfortable because you know anything you put out will do numbers, complacency and loss of focus happens. There's this line from "Too Much" off NWTS where Drake says "Moment I stop having fun with it, I'll be done with it." Definitely seems as if he isn't having fun anymore.

[@Fluer-de-Lis]

The problem with Drake is that he just won’t accept the numbers and wants to continue to prove himself that he is considered a goat. Well he’s a goat in sales like Eminem but not in lyrical ability and the people that grew up with him want to actually grow up with him. I used to love Eminem in high school when he was at his peak and I listened to it every day to make sure I got pumped for school , but then when he did that lean back remix , I knew he jumped the shark in my head. Drake is a pop artist who doesn’t want accept that he is a pop artist. He wants to be accepted by the black community even more know as he gets older and many of us just ain’t feeling it and can’t relate to it. So then he swings his fists blindly at critics and acts like a spoiled brat

[@lich8103]

@@Fluer-de-Lis He literally says he is the king of pop in rico with meek wtf you on about¿

[@bizor22]

​@@Fluer-de-Lisnaw he is in lyrical ability y'all sleep Fr on that tell me I'm lying even if the album isn't what y'all thought the lyrics are crazy

[@felixpettaway613]

Guess what? Too bad because that contract says on page 6,659 we own you therefore get back to work!

[@themusicplug2033]

Or maybe he’s trying to have fun with it but fans are taking his career more seriously than he is

[@shanelamar8857]

Aged incredibly well

[@LOSTGPS]

Drake is what happens when you hang around your Highschool years after you graduated.

[@thecunninlynguist]

that's more Rkelly

[@dwaynejpeterkin]

Or when u leave your high school friend and when you come back for a reunion they are still the same

[@gokublack3107]

​@@dwaynejpeterkinso ...it's sucks to be a boring stank old rusty adult life is too short to be old and miserable 😂

[@dwaynejpeterkin]

@@gokublack3107 yes you got to have a purpose in life then ti do the same shit and stay stagnant life gets better after high school

[@gokublack3107]

@@dwaynejpeterkin shit not really.....I'm like peter pan I rather stay young forever... being adult is boring... stress,pay bills.... kissing government ass being a slave to the system... waking up looking in the mirror receding hairline etc lol ...yea life is a shit show! especially todays world being a average mortal 😒🍵.....

[@LokiHigh]

I’ve always saw the severe anxiety within Drake. He definitely has identity issues. I hope he doesn’t crash out for not being himself.

[@cactusjack659]

Dawg u dotn even know Drake personally 🤡🫵🫵

[@jeririce4928]

he needs to come out the closet and live his life

[@gidellelenovelcinematograp8748]

Yeah, he’ll prolly crash out after year 11 of running the charts.

[@TSims873]

His identity issues come from being a vulture that assimilated into Hip Hop culture and it wasn't organic. He's been a plant for a long time and it's showing now.

[@lisalove6327]

Too late

[@Isaac-ul8yz]

wow this video aged like wine

[@jayp1716]

Drake is truly hip hops vampire, sucking the energy from the youth to keep himself youthful.

[@fggw2]

😂😂😂😂

[@jamalrooibees4559]

Dracula's nickname is drake duuuhh

[@interloc1290]

@@jamalrooibees4559this is underrated observation.

[@callmehplus]

I thought this was p Diddy

[@Kaydee_threekills]

shawn blazington said this almost 10 years ago nobody wanted to listen

[@RobbDepp]

Peter Pan syndrome

[@thecoach11]

Excellent analysis

[@adamlodge8093]

The money doesn’t change who you are it just amplifies.

[@nicholaserickson4851]

Literally what happened with Kanye.

[@fullmetal1766]

Facts

[@dekuvisuals9847]

Bro the fact that Drake has still managed to stay relevant to this day and still breaking records. Is wild

[@thecunninlynguist]

cause streaming is a joke. The numbers are fugazi. easy to stay relevant and clock in #1's when it's all faked

[@mentazmic]

More of a "right time right place" situation

[@spaceintuity9194]

@@mentazmicnah

[@bisqueybusiness2339]

But you gotta ask is he still gifting something to the industry or is he just a placeholder at this point.

[@mentazmic]

@@spaceintuity9194 this teen chaser hasn't been musically relevant since Take Care. Imagine Michael Jackson with social networks and streaming. His records ain't worth shii

[@sneakykamon]

10:37 Cole & Kendrick are basically family men at this point in their lives while Drake is still just a baby daddy.

[@SergoBermuda]

and the war for the future of our children has begun

[@erh3476]

This aged well.

[@hmm3041]

I sometimes forget he has a child.

[@wildfire9280]

@@SergoBermuda you saying something like “control the music and you control the youth”?

[@navonmyhand7999]

Really they says everything about how he has grown up but never matured like his contemporaries

[@chris.t.389]

I dnt think serious hiphop fans ever took drake serious. Drake is more of a pop star

[@Cutthroat__]

After nothing was the same thats when drake went to that pop shit..

[@mokodo813]

@@Cutthroat__my thoughts exactly.

[@mompvti2408]

​@@Cutthroat__ if you're reading this it's too late ain't a pop record, and it came after NWTS fym

[@daleycarter]

​@@mompvti2408my thoughts exactly

[@horoom1930]

@@mompvti2408yea nothing was the same was definitely not pop and amazing but after that drake slowly went pop which was a shame

[@impactovernumbers5157]

Shoutout to you for being one of the only channels to covers joes critique but also acknowledging that he said he liked the album overall for an hour straight before that. His few critiques got drake emotional.

[@earlthehoodedsweater]

His pettiness just increased, he used to rap “I could loose it all if I react to the petty things” now he comments paragraphs on peope who diss him on insta

[@BonesDMS4life]

They explained it perfectly he has gotten pettier

[@helsinki]

Drake is gonna beef with HipHopMadness for just the thumbnail of this video alone.

[@Grind2Excellence]

What’s wrong with a paragraph when they make hours of content dissing you?

[@brandonburns5365]

​@@Grind2Excellenceexactly I don't think some of these people listen to themselves when they speak

[@GenuineRSA]

​@@Grind2ExcellenceDoes the CEO of Apple respond to his critiques or he just stfu and continues to work like a grown man

[@simbalesliechoto8663]

In my opinion, Drakes fear is irrelevance.

[@deceiver444]

And his fears have become real. Kendrick has now fully exposed how irrelevant and shallow Drake is

[@EBNetwork_00]

Joe Budden said what most of us were thinking, which I think hit Drake even more coming from one his favorite rappers at one point in time

[@brandonburns5365]

Joe just can't relate 😅

[@EpicRandomUno]

who gives a f*** as long as the music slaps thats all that matters quit hating 😂

[@undacuvabrotha]

@@EpicRandomUnohate to break it to you, its ass

[@ScarredCore1]

@@EpicRandomUnothat’s the problem. His “music” is shit and you kids try to defend it

[@ml5923]

@@EpicRandomUnoexcept it does when everything you make sounds the same and you still want acceptance from your peers 😭 drake cares what everyone thinks and that’s why we care

[@adrianaross6032]

I've listened to drake since I was 15 years old I'm 31 now. I grew up with him and feel for him...he needs to deff take a break from it all. go back home, enjoy the life he's made, spend time with his kid, his mom the fam out in Memphis and grow. he's in this weird place where he needs to stop and look around... but I mean really look around. hopefully after this well deserved break he comes back stronger.

[@darrylramsey6232]

What makes you think he is not he living the good life fucks whoever fly wherever

[@MOTV583]

You may have a point. He's been on go since "Best I Ever Had." I don't think he's ever taken time off. There was always an album or a tour or something going on. The work ethic is amazing, but that has to wear you out.

[@SergoBermuda]

RIP DRAKE

[@jassminyoung2605]

wow, it's like I wrote this myself. I was JUST saying this earlier, like, I really feel for him. Even after all the shit and the insecurity he clearly still has (and we all have insecurities!!!) I just want him to take a breath and chill out for a while. Just cool down, let the other players play for a while and go back to the drawing board. Any artist has to figure out how to make that transition and I imagine it's not easy! But I think drake's teenage wound of being the nerd on the outside still has him in a chokehold and it's become very apparent to everyone, including those of us who grew up with him and are still rooting for him and are on his side to a degree. I wanna give him a hug forreal! But he has to let that shit go and recognize that he has mad love now and shit to live for, a family for one, a son that looks up to him. Popularity isn't everything and neither is money. "Make that money, don't let it make you."

[@nophilter]

Lmao Memphis is not safe for Drake.

[@jasonhood3833]

You can not make 14 albums in 14 years without having a gang of writers!

[@LeLinda-rh7rx]

Facts!

[@myra-yves]

drake the cod, madden, 2k, mcdonalds of the rap world

[@rouge939]

Yeah you can. Look up E-40 or Too $hort discographies. They been dropping albums consistently since the 80’s

[@jasonhood3833]

@@rouge939 I know it can be done..they are and still highly capable..Drake will have ghost writers cause it comes with being part of the high end machine!

[@jasonhood3833]

@@rouge939 Drake comes from a different era..

[@martinking27]

“The only problem is that, deep down… he still cares.”

[@chiefxvi403]

No he doesn't

[@zommyj_]

@@chiefxvi403yes he does lmfao

[@benjiusofficial]

​​@@zommyj_He cares about money and clout. He has never cared about hip-hop or artistry in his whole career.

[@CTFazio24]

Drake has transcended the music industry, where anything he drops is bound to get reception and accolades regardless of how good it is. What made Drake, Drake was the ultimate versatility. He could rap with the best of them, but he could also sing and make very deep-cutting records that were not really prevalent in hip hop. Now he's rapping like he's Tony Soprano and collaborating with only the newer generation of artists. He's straying away from what made Drake, Drake.

[@stoptrackingourdata8158]

Same thing happened with Eminem. People still think he is the GOAT because his albums still top the charts even though he hasn't put out a banger in over a decade.

[@thecunninlynguist]

@@stoptrackingourdata8158 aubrey stans = em stans. Both are insufferable. I remember I got in it in comments when Snoop "dissed" em a few years ago...you had delusional em stans crapping on snoop saying he had no classics, but eminem had 5 😂...and they basically use the same arguments stans use for Aubrey. He sells a lot abnd has a lot of money.

[@ArmLegLegArmHead47]

@@thecunninlynguistAubrey stans like Em stans actually don’t care about HipHop or Rap as a culture. They care about Aubrey and Em, that’s it. They lack the knowledge of the history and by that are unable to contextualise. Like Em Aubrey also makes non-challenging music for his White casual stans. 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@thecunninlynguist]

@@ArmLegLegArmHead47 no disagreements

[@stokkejanraggio9091]

nah. he has a whole machine behind him being his creativity. they are using an old mold for a new situation. his time just is running out

[@NoirNameless]

My problem with Drake isn’t that I believe he needs to be “deeper” with his music. It’s that I believe he doesn’t challenge himself enough to make the better music we know he can make. One of the biggest artists on the planet, he can do what he wants. But it’s annoying that his earlier music is more mature than his last 4 projects. It’s evolving backwards it seems, and can be so much better. Him suddenly turning gangster at 36 is so strange to me. He’s the Benjamin button of rap basically lol. And it’s odd to see him take things (aesthetic, persona, etc) from people he knows or has been around, and factor them into his personality (although it doesn’t fit him) instead of just being himself. He’s like a corny, less cooler version of Cell 😂😂. I’ve been a Kendrick fan since 2011, and have always been proud of how Kendrick has the luxury of access to the ears of a mainstream fanbase, and an underground one. He can make bangers like humble, DNA, etc. But can make a Father Time and it’s still revered. Drake doesn’t have this, and I’d argue this is why it’s hard for him to evolve. Even if he made a deeper, introspective record, his fanbase would probably reject it or it wouldn’t captivate the audience nearly as much as it did in 2011, and it wouldn’t get listened to as much as a FATD. I just think he doesn’t know what to do, so he’s just doing the same things. Oddly enough though, it’s working for him.

[@ratimes8k]

Trying always played the soft gangsta rapper 😂😂 this isn’t just me he started doing this…ever since the T.I homie pissing on him and Diddy slapping him…he been ok this dark knight acting like he untouchable

[@305backup]

​@@ratimes8kim tellin you the sixth grade girl hair clips are the last straw Ill give him his first two albums maybe beyond that dude is 🌽

[@Grind2Excellence]

People love deep drake on Take care , NWTS & even thank me later

[@Caseyisforeverr]

"Turning gangster at 36" 💀

[@bub5842]

This. This is it. I feel like some of what is said in this vid is reaching. When Drake drops an album people sit and listen…more so than they do other artists. Thats a HUGE blessing especially now in the tiktok age. I want this guy to do a cohesive incredible album just with 40. Not some singles that sounds like yeat

[@cyberworld9000]

Drake isn't an artist, he's an instrument for the industry. He always has been. He was designed to sell hip hop to white girls, and I'm shocked it took people this long to realize this. Even after Meek called out the ghost writers.

[@superdupeninja8149]

Most rappers are instruments of the industry…most rappers cater to whites people. He just fell off musically (for a while)

[@wjk215]

Most stupid thing I have heard how did you come to that conclusion 😂

[@watsyourdestiny2086]

🎯🎯🎯

[@Nine5Vader]

Talking bs

[@rubenlozano377]

Bad take

[@juliananthony1226]

As someone who has only paid attn to drake to see him get eviscerated by Kendrick…it has been shocking to see how much actual stock ppl put in drake. It’s kinda scary. Drake is exactly the type of person who should be easy to spot as a fraud…and instead he was the “top” guy in rap for 15 yrs.

[@seskafuzen4616]

That is the power of the establishment and the media

[@Ocelotonatiuh]

Blame Lil' Wayne.

[@TalentedTenth]

Kendrick’s diss is gonna have all of this on there.

[@isaacramsay7889]

Had this and about 1000 other things

[@DD_MENEN]

Are you a fortune 🥠 🔮 teller???

[@jeremytitus9519]

@@DD_MENENTalentedTenth’s talent is apparently fortune telling

[@jonahblock]

bro called it

[@louisinese]

I realize there is a video that came out a month before this one about the same thing with nearly identical titles

[@Icecreamaaa]

Drakes the guy who comes around and you want to hide your kids. Makes sense he produced Ephoria

[@SergoBermuda]

Millie Bobby brown , 17 year old on stage , bakaNotNice was celebrated by Drake

[@justaghostinthesea]

This aged well

[@anthonyshannon6744]

I'm 40. Drake is of my generation. The idea that he was rejected by people his age, is absolutely crazy. Yes he's not someone my age grew up to, we were already out of school living. So there's that, I guess.

[@insideroutside]

Im 33 and i liked drake early on mostly cause i watched him on degrassi so i was rooting for him early on but i stopped liking him around his second or 3rd project because he seemed fake and i thought he stole jhene aikos song along with others. Nothing seemed authentic with him and i was listening to cole and kdot before they popped which was the same time frame and they seemed so real i just couldnt look beyond drake seeming like he is playing a role. Sensitive drake from canada to flashy guy and now acting like a mafia man. Like bro was hella dusty then and you can tell he has no real personality. The mans a goofy.

[@ice8erg]

@@insideroutsideI’m 32 Drake was for our generation. Not 40 or 20 year olds today. Foh but dude sucks now because of it.

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

Nah bruh 40 isn’t QUITE what’s talked about here. You’re a millennial. He’s talking young-mid gen X ers, like the age range where all the GOATs of rap come from. They never embraced him because they’re used to far better rappers.

[@toadwine7654]

Im 35 . I dont know a single person who is a drake fan. I dont think he is so big in europe maybe?

[@KingGogh]

​@@ice8erghow tf can Drake be for YOUR generation...when he's 37 years old? 😂 37 closer to 40, than 32. You was BARELY allowed to listen to rap when he came out

[@eastsider85]

Man is 2 yrs younger than me and he’s definitely either reaching hard or hitting mid life EARLY ( mid life doesnt hit until 40 apparently).Joe was right,he’s rapping for the young kids,at his age he just needs to focus on the MUSIC itself,its about growth and maturity

[@magicvampirelver1321]

​@@zogwort1522 LOL

[@Blackhaze3000]

@@zogwort1522 You have 60+ year old metal heads and punk rockers out there so why not? Nice try with that goofy comment though

[@rickyaguilar7572]

When they day mature, they mean for him to rap about some real shit. Some shit we live type shit. Which is what hip hop was. We don't like it bc it's immature hip hop. Nonsense. Tf is slime you out.

[@amanSpawn00]

@@zogwort1522i feel like you trolling real well😂 If Drake talked more like he did on From Time? He would have more fans on his side. Cuz you giving them the entertainment AND something real to leave with

[@ThoughtOuter]

Been feeling this way about Drake since Certified Loverboy I really thought it was going to be an acclaimed album when i heard Champagne Poetry some deep and mature music and then it just turned into nonsense. Drake isn't giving it his all anymore and is just serving fast food music and knows hes going to always chart. He's working with the same producers over and over and instead of just branching out and trying new things he's sticking to the same thing over and over

[@arseeoliveira6934]

that's funny cuz that's the album that made me give up on him lol. When Drake's dropping an album it's inescapable to not know about it, but me personally it doesn't move me at the slightest and doesn't provoke the little curiosity I would have.He's been in poor form since 2016, but yet I gave him a few chances because I didn't realize that he had a new goal: pander to audiences and make numbers, instead of expressing himself and crafting great bodies of work. I let Views slide, I kinda messed with More Life, I let Scorpion slide, I messed a little bit with Dark Lemo Tapes, but CLB was the last straw, I was like "Ohh I'm seeing a pattern here, and its been ongoing. It's clear by now that you just don't care. 22 songs and only 7 with effort? yea man, good riddance". The only mainstream rappers that get me excited and I feel slightly obligated to listen to them are Kendrick, Tyler, Cole and Travis. The rest are just a bunch of panderers and burned out rappers that only rely on trends, waves and the machine for relevance

[@DaOldSchoolRapLova96]

After Scorpion he started going down hill. Certified Lover Boy was definitely his first project dedicated to deep "gen z." Definitely makes music for kids.

[@christheclamper6614]

He barely works with 40 anymore and he was the one producing his best music

[@NaZtRdAmUs]

I haven't listened to Drake in years and I can't see a reason to change that.

[@RashadMoncrief]

I've never seen Drake lash out at critics about his music to this nature. It's kind of telling Drake may feel what there're saying could be true on where he is in music.

[@samusfr_]

0:03 rapping for the children 😭

[@i_am_gohan9232]

I been saying he started to over saturate himself and hit a mid life crisis, but nobody wanted to listen, and dudes my favorite rapper. I hope he gets it together and grows up on his future projects.

[@HonestyOverEverything]

It's pretty much over for him. Hip hop is dying and it'll be at least 2 years before another album. By then nobody will be looking for him.

[@i_am_gohan9232]

@@HonestyOverEverything you’re getting ahead of yourself. Kendrick took 5 plus years off, came back, sold 300,000 first week, and did a sold out world tour. If he can do that, then surely a 2 year to 3 yr gap for Drake won’t diminish his light that much.

[@HonestyOverEverything]

@@i_am_gohan9232 Kendrick wasn't coming off an album that flopped and hip hop still had some gas in the tank when he dropped his album.

[@Blackbeard914]

@@HonestyOverEverything people been saying hiphop is dying since a loooooong time. it ain't dying relax

[@ManjDog]

“My mums basement” being an entire floor that most people would die for lmaoo

[@j.t2310]

you are asking a suburban priveleged kid to rap about hard topics when that's never been his real life. He is a pretty boy actor turned rapper riding off his dad being in prison once upon a time and the hard lives of real rappers like wayne and people who actually lived in the hood. Women made his career. and you all forgot this is Aubrey Graham from CANADA, practically a disney kid actor. When he was younger he was basically an R&B act. He is trying to rap about co-parenting now and it's probably just not enough anger and drama to be exciting because at the end of the day, he's a nice person not a grimey bad boy that rap is typically associated with. He is probably not about to shoot his baby mommas in the foot anytime soon. idk what people are really expecting from this guy. He can only really rap about his expensive stuff and about how many women want him or how much people want to be near him because he is famous. OH so difficult. so many people want to hang out with me and i dont even know who they are. sooo sad. lol it's not as entertaining after 14 years.

[@MJ-lz4ds]

Very well said. That’s exactly what I’ve been saying for years now.

[@benjiusofficial]

No, we have been asking for Drake to rap about his authentic experiences or about some shit that isn't worthless posturing and flexing (especially since he's a paper tiger and folds at any serious topic or challenge). Like, the number of bars he has had throughout his career that dunk on women, poor people, blacks, etc is astonishing disregarding the actual content. Like, if this dude was from the south, people would call him an Uncle Tom and he would be collabing with Tom MacDolan (who supported him the in KDot beef btw) right now with how his messaging is close to 'conservative' positions.

[@j.t2310]

@@benjiusofficial yeah, I see what you mean. you don’t have to be from the south to be an Uncle Tom. I think now with the Kdot thing it’s all in one place so it’s undeniable. It’s a lot to process lol

[@j.t2310]

I think what I understand and you mean is that’s how people from the south would call it. So yeah Uncle Tom 😂 what’s more concerning is the allegations about minors hopefully in light of other people Kelly, Diddy. It just seems like nothing is going to happen in that regard or maybe not publicly. I don’t even care for Drakes music to follow so closely besides his radio singles….

[@juanmartinez4506]

In 'Thank Me Later' he said he's 23 going through a midlife crises so technically this is his 2nd

[@BrooksOrlando]

I’m 34. I honestly love being this age..You hit a sweetspot physically and mentally. A lot of things that used to bother me don’t anymore. There is no reason to pretend to be 18. Drake is just stuck in that mentality and his music isn’t maturing. His music really should be geared towards my age demographic. I remember “best I ever had” and “over” were his first 2 songs to pop off when I was around a sophomore in college. That was 14 yrs ago now haha. Learn to evolve..fans will stick by. Especially someone at that level of fame.

[@Joelthedon22]

The problem with Drake is that he made emo rap cool, along with 808s Kanye and MOTM Kid Cudi. Unfortunately, we're in the red pilled misogynistic Era. Drake has tried to get on that wave but crashes and burns. No one wants to hear a near 40 year old rap about failed relationships. At least not in the way he raps about it.

[@bisqueybusiness2339]

He initially got a lot of love for his honest emotional nice guy energy, and it could have aged well but it tbh went the opposite direction instead. Like it's just petty and vain and fronting now.

[@sisilessthan3]

The fact that this predated everything recently.....u hit the nail on the head

[@kalishajnz]

I think it was easier for Drake to get the admiration of these younger rappers because they got elevated Drake. They didn't get the Drake the older crowd got in the beginning, so the question is, would they have passed on him as some of his peers did had all of them been around at that time.

[@benceze]

Is this why he is envious of Kendrick Lamar? Because Kendrick got the recognition of the people that matters to him, and at least one classic album.

[@benjiusofficial]

idk why he would be envious. At no part of Drake's career has he occupied the same lane as Kendrick.

[@Hains22]

Hip Hop Madness doesn’t post much. But, when they do, it’s incredible

[@velioskay3924]

Quality over Quantity

[@hiphopmadness]

Appreciate that ❤️ Got alot more videos on the way!

[@n3wt]

i wanna see a funny humor one about island boys or liver king 😂😂 i love his narration and flow and the clips he shows

[@johnmuselmann7886]

Drake could learn something about that

[@ginrummy426]

"..diss me, and you'll never hear a reply for it." He stood by that for a long time

[@InfiniteCoreXD]

Cap he was going at a lot of people

[@florencembah2626]

He's human so a response isn't a big surprise for me

[@benjiusofficial]

​@@InfiniteCoreXDpunching down

[@SBAsheAsAbove]

Drake's success cannot protect Aubrey Graham from his demons.

[@peachy-4u]

this hit the spot right on

[@deleayoola]

Well, this aged a little too well 😂

[@dionneayanna5215]

This has aged so well

[@MichaelJrCortes]

Three sexual orientation “Gay straight and Drake!” That shit had me weak

[@LexBanksBeats]

Instead of commenting to relevant posts I’m going to make one big here: There’s a few ppl here talking about how Drake has yet to evolve mentally/emotionally/whatever to the level someone of his age and experience in the game should be at. I think a lot of this issue is rooted in a problem shared with Eminem; Both men blew up at a certain age and never had to mature in any way so the content remained the same, good or bad. Being rich like that allows you to lock yourself away from the world instead of having to spend more time in the world, spend more time gaining different perspectives and different experiences. When I was in the game I had all that young Eminem rage and wrote similarly to him because that’s where I was at that time and that’s how I was feelin about life and the world around me. But when my rap career failed to make me into a gazzillionaire like it did Drake and Em, I eventually was forced to get over whatever my issues were and move on, as is the case for most of us who don’t live in an isolated world. The second thing I wanted to touch on is how Drake is lacking creatively. Drake doesn’t really pen anything, we need to let go of this idea that Drake is locked in the studio when he’s not on stage and he’s always writing. Someone else is writing, either they write entire songs for him or structure the basic idea and he fills in the blanks. Drake isn’t a writer, he’s a performer; His job is to deliver the lines just like an actor. I can say for me, creatively I’ve struggled for the last few years, trying to get back to the fire I had (much like Eminem in his early days) but I don’t have it anymore to be that guy and it hurts me to admit that. I had to grow up. I couldn’t live like that past a certain point because it’ll mess up some many other things in life whether it be your spouse, kids, job, whatever. Drake will either need to take time away from the entertainment business and focus on personal and creative development or he will continue to flop until he’s done. It took me a while to embrace that a man needs to grow up and put forth a different image - I haven’t been the 15 year old kid living in the hood and trailer park and being homeless for a long ass time. Now that I’m older and have reflected on the damage this gangster cosplaying stuff has done to hiphop and the black community, I’ve realized a rapper like Will Smith ain’t such a bad thing; Even Run DMC were college educated dudes but few really care about that. Drake needs to grow up and move to the next chapter of his life but I doubt he ever will and until he does he’ll never mature creatively - the closest he’s gotten is putting his son in his video which I think was a huge no no, leave the kids out of it. Stop trying to convince us you’re dad of the year and go be dad of the year, you’ve got enough paper to walk away. Thanks for joining my TedTalk.

[@mohamedfahad2364]

well said. and this aged well with the mob ties reference track surfacing on the web and showing how drake is nothing but a karaoke performer

[@OneStopShop.]

Its okay to grow up and become mature

[@revolutionarybroom5222]

Vague words.

[@Bdavis2475]

Not just ok, it's necessary. Everyone ages, but if you're not getting wiser as you age then you're wasting your life

[@benjiusofficial]

Yeah, too bad Drake don' know nuthin bout dat

[@AJONEZ602]

Wow this actually clears things up

[@fluffytalguw5883]

If he was having a midlife crisis when you made this 7 months ago, I wonder what he’s going through now post-beef with KDot 🧐

[@bobpritham2660]

Drake is the coco melon of rap. Lol. Kendrick cooked him.

[@RakelDaNell]

😂😂😂😂😂 that's so funny!! Cocomelon 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@benjiusofficial]

I can see the children bouncing in their car seats to Drake.

[@skxlter5747]

Bros trying hard to be a 23 year old baby daddy

[@angel_of_rust]

he really puts the MID in midlife

[@benjiusofficial]

Hmmmm, liking this comment is tough cause it really fumbled the landing

[@Zygomatic_Bolt]

The beef with Kendrick's gonna boost this video, trust 🗿

[@idesel]

Drake's core fanbase don't analyse his music, they just in for the vibes, it's mostly people who don't like him in the first place who do analyze his artistic work. Music for him now seems to be purely about business and staying relevant for the long run. He doesn't need to impress Joe Bidden and Charlemagne now that he is 37, the likes of them have long rejected him. He found a way to circumvent the lack of respect he has on Hip Hop by appealing to the youth and women and that made him rich and relevant for this long. It's just too itcher for some people to see him topping the charts besides him not being a "respectable" artist in Hip Hop like kendrick and Cole.

[@benjiusofficial]

Look at the difference in quality of critique between Kendrick and Drake's disses. People are out here writing college essays about each of Kendrick's lines whereas people barely bother to analyze Drake's bars half the time. The difference is scrutiny is clear and Kenny still killed him. Now, seeing that, dude puts out Wah Gwan Delilah and that shitty Sexyy Redd feature... It's clear that Drake is a commodity for consumption.

[@JReece3000]

Don’t nobody who was around pre-streaming era give af about that man “tying” Michael Jackson. And I’m a Drake fan saying this.

[@KENflosion]

this aged badly and well at the same time

[@iliketofart2945]

Fry me like a chicken

[@arseeoliveira6934]

When Drake's dropping an album it's inescapable to not know about it, but me personally it doesn't move me at the slightest and doesn't provoke the little curiosity I would have.He's been in poor form since 2016, but yet I gave him a few chances because I didn't realize that he had a new goal: pander to audiences and make numbers, instead of expressing himself and crafting great bodies of work. I let Views slide, I kinda messed with More Life, I let Scorpion slide, I messed a little bit with Dark Lemo Tapes, but CLB was the last straw, I was like "Ohh I'm seeing a pattern here, and its been ongoing. It's clear by now that you just don't care. 22 songs and only 7 with effort? yea man, good riddance". It's always the samo samo: rapping about how wealthy he is, places and things he would never go or buy/wear respectively because of his tax bracket, nba references (often shouting out the current champions, mvp's and rookies), pillow talking, sending shots to his exes, sending coward subliminal shots to his opposition, shouting out hot rappers, influencers and personalities alike, and the funniest of them all, TOUGH TALK (like bruh, that mafioso rap from you ain't menacing, impressive and let alone believable, we saw you before you got into the rap game and your early days in the rap game, having money, hanging around with street dudes and having a few in your payroll doesn't make you that guy💀💀you're just a rich guy with lot a wolves surrounding yoy, like King Joffrey) The only mainstream rappers that get me excited and I feel slightly obligated to listen to them are Kendrick, Tyler, Cole and Travis. The rest are just a bunch of panderers and burned out rappers that only rely on trends, waves and the machine for relevance.

[@isaacdebeila8085]

This is the one

[@randomdudewholikesmusic1640]

Bro cooked TOO MUCH. 🔥🔥🔥

[@thefrog4990]

The only modern day rappers I like are Denzel curry and J cole.

[@benjiusofficial]

I didn't know he had albums come out after Honestly, Nevermind. The only reason I knew about that one is because people dragged it mercilessly. Same with Scorpion. The last album I remember hearing about was Views.

[@ryuman757]

I've still never heard a SINGLE Drake song and went "yeah this was hard." He's always been mid as hell, with maybe nice bars every now and then. It just never made sense how he gets so gassed up. But I'm glad he's really being held to the flame nowadays. Been a long time coming 🤣🤣

[@benjiusofficial]

*queue 50 cent meme about Nick Cannon*

[@mannymengs]

I get liking some drake songs here and there, but how any adult can be a drake fan is beyond me

[@chrisville004]

Joe Budden is wrong about a lot of shit but it’s crazy how spot on he is about Drake

[@mwood341]

“It felt like he was chasing, not leading” EXACTLY what I’ve said since the day the album dropped. It has grown on me though.

[@MoneyOverEmotions]

My feed this morning of July 6th 2024 is SPECTACULAR! 🔥🔥🔥

[@Mrnovanova]

When are people gonna realize Drake ain't Hip Hop, he's pop.

[@insideroutside]

He is hip pop

[@Grind2Excellence]

He was hip hop that’s the thing… after 2016 he changed & started to fall off musically

[@Cutthroat__]

@@Grind2Excellencethat nothing was the same album was legendary

[@london8615]

after Views he switched. That album even feels like a finale

[@Mrnovanova]

@london8615 Facts. He should have just changed his name to Champaign papi after that!

[@DanBuxton-o5y]

Drake, they're gonna turn on you one day too and the more you win, the sooner they do they'll be calling you a trash bin sayin' that your new one isn't better than your last and Even if it is, once they start to turn their backs they ain't never comin' back- Eminem, 2020

[@darrickbrown88]

Damn. I just typed those same lyrics 😄

[@MichelangeloParker]

Theres no age limit on actions, vibes, or personality. I’d hate to feel like my art had an age limit.

[@shadywiskerz]

Yeah I think it’s stupid to shit on him for trying to appeal to the largest demographic especially when it’s people under 32 who really invest into their favorite artist. You gonna lose your bag tryna appeal to these old heads

[@breaktide251]

If you're 40 rapping about fucking with 18 yo or paying nighas to kill nighas I feel your art is more of a drawing the class didn't need to see

[@mateuszm2529]

🍆🚴 is crazy

[@thecunninlynguist]

@@shadywiskerz not necessarily. Nas, 50 Wu, etc. doing great tours for us old heads. Nas done made 6 albums for the old heads that were met with acclaim. Drake gon look fooolish when he's 40 plus still trying to cater to the teen to 30's crowd. That was clowned back then when old head rappers tried it, gonna get clowned now when old ass drake does it.

[@angierodriguez7776]

Drake is startin to look like Madonna lol

[@MrJove89]

I haven’t listened to the last 2 albums and now I realize why. Thank you for this video

[@Itsjoelnotjoel]

Her loss is still a classic

[@MrJove89]

@@Itsjoelnotjoel haven’t heard the entire album so I guess it’s……’My Loss’ lol sorry for the dad joke 😅

[@JTMoodie2]

I also feel like you're just passing up on very solid music/vibes even if it isn't the classic "legacy defining" presentation that we would expect from Kendrick or Cole.. but that being said, we still do get glimpses of that even on his most recent album

[@Itsjoelnotjoel]

@@MrJove89 trust me, her loss is worth a listen

[@nicocharvet6187]

Not being taken seriously in your youth will lead to more drastic attempts to be taken seriously even if it’s to your detriment. It’s a cruel feedback loop.

[@mohamedfahad2364]

You’re right

[@hesmlurh2467]

Facts

[@joebrat6809]

This aged like fine wine lol...but even before the Kendrick beef, there was a lot of public resentment against Drizzy. So when it kicked off i just knew he would lose no matter what, because the public opinion of him is very different now than it was in 2015 (defeating Meek Mill) where he was pretty much acknowledged as the King of Hip Hop or at least the crown prince (Jay-Z being King). I think part of the reason for this is that Drake (similar to gangster rappers Jim Jones and Giggs), refuses to grow and evolve as an artist. He got famous at the age of 21 in the music industry and he seems like he wants to forever be the age he was when he was famous. Giggs is 42 and Jim Jones 47 and to hear them rapping about gang banging and drugs now is just laughable to be honest - sure, being a member of the most violent street gang in south London Giggs has probably never known anything else growing up, neither has Jim being a blood from Harlem but still, they are family people now (this may be the reason 50 Cent barely exists as an artist any more, because he cannot evolve and he knows it). And the same applies to Drake being a petty 17-year old boy trapped in a 37-year old mans body. Thing with all these artists is that they don't know how to evolve or move on because they're scared of losing their fan base. People like Jay-Z and Nas know how to age gracefully and mature.

[@benjiusofficial]

Drake has never EVER been close to the title of King of Hip Hop. He has sold well cause he managed to wrangle the ears of white kids and lonely housewives. Everyone has known Kendrick was picking that crown up after Control and Drake's terrible response to it.

[@IsaacDolo619]

I always have been and always will be a fan of Drake. I honestly knew he was falling off when scorpion dropped. But he knows how to play the mainstream game. He knows how to stay relevant and make money off of his music and name. In rap you are judged by your lyrics, but you cannot forget that there is a business side and he has played it better than anyone else besides Jayz and Kanye.

[@ron357]

Serious rap fans have never taken him serious hes a pop star good for him

[@MrLASLAF]

The nail polish finished him

[@bushysowavvey]

Fax

[@deceiver444]

Then Kendrick put the nails in his coffin

[@RonaldJames-eo2hc]

Im surprised that Hiphop accepted Drake for this long

[@krystalmarie5637]

He essentially out works his competition. He drops music at a greater pace than everyone else, so there is large quantity factor there. He’s familiar. He’s a successful artist and people recognize his voice instantly. He also uses familiarity in his music, often times having interpolations of older popularized songs in his music(this captures the ears of older generations). He pays attention and studies music consistently enough to recognize certain trends, shifts in his chosen field. He adjusts to fit what is currently popular, then shifts with the flow of music. He makes radio friendly music. Definitely knows how to write hooks to songs that people will play. Finally, yes he makes music that seems to be out of touch for his age. But that also helps him to stay relevant because he makes music the younger generation can/will listen to. Ultimately he tries to appeal to a broad audience. With that recipe, you don’t need to display continuous talent. You just need to be present. You gotta give him credit for being relevant for this long though. He is taking a year off. That could either make or break his future standing as the highest selling artist.

[@GaryTornado-zy2mz]

Ay Mustard on the beat yo 😂 They Not Like Us They Not Like Us

[@galarthenry1450]

Honestly Drake hasn’t been the same since Views. Views was the beginning of his mid life crisis

[@Cutthroat__]

Facts

[@mazvitaselemani]

How can you have a mid life crisis in your 20s lol

[@Godssoldier.]

​@@mazvitaselemani20 and up is old lol 😂

[@alvarezgamers]

Here is my take on Drake. First off I think he is talented dude. The ID crisis comes from this. I grew up a street dude in the castle hill projects Bronx NY. It was a tough upbringing and we all did what we could to get the f outta there. The hood aint not life for no one. Its dangerous and hard. Drake, I always seen as a dude who loved music and hip hop so he wanted to be part of it. So he played down his childhood and made it sound like he " started from the bottom" but he really didn't. No I don't personally have a problem with a rapper just being himself and not coming from the projects etc. But what peeps picked up on Drake especially the dudes that came from the bottom was that he was trying to play a role. So people are less accepting of you when they feel like you not coming from a genuine place. And I think because he doesn't know how to genuinely relate from the ghetto mentality dudes he tries to hard and now that he is top dog he isolates people with how he acts.

[@javianjohnson8746]

I tried to tell one of my friends who is a MASSIVE Drake Stan about this change in him, but ofc he wasn’t hearing it 😭 maybe I should just send him this video

[@briv2403]

“He”?!?! I side eye dudes who worship celebs. That’s sis behavior 😂

[@hi-ls6lt]

@@briv2403I side eye ANYONE that worships celebs. So glad none of my family or friends are like that.

[@knightingirl]

He still won't hear it.

[@ericthawin6900]

​@briv2403 me personally i never got why people worship celebrities and Stan culture it's the most weirdest shit

[@briv2403]

@@ericthawin6900 I’m not going to lie, I used to idolize celebs and Drake was definitely one of those celebrities I idolized at one point. But as you get older and reach the age of 25, it’s time to grow up. Celebrities are to adults that never grew up are what Santa is to kids. And trust me, I know plenty of adults that never grew up. Some happen to be boomers smh 😂

[@MJ-lz4ds]

Very well said. What a great video this is exactly what I’ve always thought about Drake

[@LeLinda-rh7rx]

Me too

[@PJC0007]

Its been a long 3 months but its good to see an upload on this channel again. And joe be on point frfr💯

[@joeyAPB]

Here after the pop out just to say i was a drake fan until 2018 scorpion was his last good album imo but ive been a kendrick fan since i was 11 and he was always inspiring

[@kingmani9553]

THEY NOT LIKE US

[@DiegoMartinezCoria]

Reminds me of the old saying, "pride comes before the fall", and holy shit is he gonna have a hard landing if our suspicions are anywhere near the truth.

[@puddincup9879]

This applies to Nicki as well. They need to grow up and evolve.

[@goochmcduck4285]

How so? Not rudely just curious to what you mean, I’m interested .

[@nd8490]

When Drake said this about his age one time "I just left 35" refering to being 36 I knew he was trying to sound a year younger and in denial about aging😂😂

[@johndamario2546]

W for Drake. They rejected him and hated on him when he was dropping his best music. Now he’s doing whatever he wants, doesn’t even promote his albums or sell physicals.

[@alcoholically4280]

Nahhh I needa find the video or comment of Charlemagne saying “there’s 3 sexual orientations: gay, straight, and Drake”😭😂😂

[@sentientwinter]

Drake hinted to Yachty some time ago about his future "graceful exit" retirement. If he really wants to be remembered as one of the greatest he needs to step up his game ASAP

[@J-pn1dt]

Too late

[@Python-xs2iv]

He'll never be one of the greatest

[@jimmynomadd9405]

Bullshit. Drake Was a Legend when he went toe to toe w/ lil Wayne in His infancy. Drake don’t owe Shit to hiphop.

[@benjiusofficial]

​@@Python-xs2ivHe would have to have a PHENOMENAL late career resurgence the likes of which we have never seen before in order to even be considered top 100. I'm not saying it's impossible but it is very improbable.

[@capitalcharmxl]

i think drake hasn't realized that he's literally drake

[@Will-bn9km]

Lowkey lol he keep tryna appeal to folks and do what people want him to do but he’s literally Drake. I feel like FATD was the most natural or most “Drake” Drake has sounded in a while

[@memuno6281]

Drake will be a single co parenting father reaching his 40’s now. He had his chance of anything to settle down with Rhianna but he messed that up. Now he’s stuck in the top of the hip hip game with awards and child. This is him now.

[@Ultimaso6]

Imo the people hating are the new fans who probably hated drake before they clocked people actually liked him. It’s definitely not his best album but it’s not the worst either

[@bjalex9426]

I love y’all (pause) and this channel and the video essays you guys put out is 💎 being a 90’s kids and growing up in the 2000’s this channel just represents everything that used to be right in hip hop to me. Plz keep uploading more bros!

[@unyieldingrage1389]

“Pause” 😂

[@puddincup9879]

Be original, the “pause” was unnecessary… super cringy.

[@jay2neak]

Didn't have to add "pause" it ruined the comment

[@JJ1NE]

@@TheBrizardMirandas Resume!

[@ianlulu]

aint nothing wrong with love the hell

[@jaywood5831]

Drake is the McDonald's of rap. They sell the most burgers but they definitely aren't the best quality

[@sideeyed7682]

Exactly, Drake is under this impression if he gets the most streams or album sales that’ll certify him as the greatest artist, but that’s not how Music works, it’s not a sport.