I'm sure everyone has heard "Right Above It" by now, and like a lot of you guys, I think it's a true pump up song. Beat is sick, Wayne doesn't overdo his little whiny voice, and Drake absolutely destroys his verse.
The choice to release this specific track as Wayne's "comeback from jail" hiatus was a good one, but there's only one issue I have with this song, and it doesn't have anything to do with Weezy. I was surfing Youtube at work the other day (let's hope my manager doesn't read this), and stumbled across this video that was uploaded over two months ago.
Sound familiar? Don't get me wrong, I'm a big Drizzy fan but really? You took a prewritten verse (who knows if he has a ghostwriter) and played it off as a "freestyle".. and still messed up? I'm pretty disappointed actually -- this coupled with his BlackBerry incident has knocked him down a few notches in my books. Nobody doubts Drake's talent, but I'm just skeptical of his integrity.
I think what makes a good rapper is a consistent flow and the ability to address real issues in a clever way. Nowhere does it say you have to be adept at freestyling, so the way I see it, if you can't do it well, just admit you can't. Don't go around selling yourself beyond your capabilities. Over the years, many industry legends like Em and Nas have been heralded for that gift, but it does not mean every other rapper has to pretend they can match up similarly -- they can't.
Maybe it's the crappy mood from my ankle talking, but I guess I just didn't appreciate the fact that Drake really thought nobody would notice. So yes, we may live in the same building, but we really do have different views.
The choice to release this specific track as Wayne's "comeback from jail" hiatus was a good one, but there's only one issue I have with this song, and it doesn't have anything to do with Weezy. I was surfing Youtube at work the other day (let's hope my manager doesn't read this), and stumbled across this video that was uploaded over two months ago.
Sound familiar? Don't get me wrong, I'm a big Drizzy fan but really? You took a prewritten verse (who knows if he has a ghostwriter) and played it off as a "freestyle".. and still messed up? I'm pretty disappointed actually -- this coupled with his BlackBerry incident has knocked him down a few notches in my books. Nobody doubts Drake's talent, but I'm just skeptical of his integrity.
I think what makes a good rapper is a consistent flow and the ability to address real issues in a clever way. Nowhere does it say you have to be adept at freestyling, so the way I see it, if you can't do it well, just admit you can't. Don't go around selling yourself beyond your capabilities. Over the years, many industry legends like Em and Nas have been heralded for that gift, but it does not mean every other rapper has to pretend they can match up similarly -- they can't.
Maybe it's the crappy mood from my ankle talking, but I guess I just didn't appreciate the fact that Drake really thought nobody would notice. So yes, we may live in the same building, but we really do have different views.
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