But I've never thought much of Drake's icky fantasies and neuroses about women, fortune and fame - more on that shortly - and I've never been able to understand why critics and fans choose to parse every other one-liner or rhyming couplet that comes out of his mouth as it if it was a lost aphorism from Confucius. He's a genuine wordsmith who's meticulous and studied about his word choices and his syntax. His monotone flow sometimes grates, but he can sound cocksure and confrontational ("Started From the Bottom," "The Language"), pensive and introspective ("From Time") and libinidal and furious ("Tuscan Leather"). And he has no problem blurting out loud that the artist with whom he most wants to collaborate is sensual Nigerian-British chanteuse Sade ( she's not interested).Īfter listening to his hotly anticipated and seriously dour third studio album, Nothing Was the Same, I continue to admire Drake's technical skills as a rapper. He and producing partner Noah "40" Shebib were scheduled to executive produce a posthumous Aaliyah album he samples her on " Unforgettable" from 2010's Thank Me Later he even has multiple tattoos relating to her on his body, including her famous face on his back.
Toronto hip-hop/R&B superstar Drake feels no shame in admitting that his chief inspiration, next to Marvin Gaye, is felled pop-soul vixen Aaliyah.
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