"after reading this article & the comments that followed, all i wanna say is recognize & respect talent before image. i mean cmon did sports fans hate on Bo Jackson when he went from baseball to football? or vice versa. being that i have been listening to drake since about 2007, i think its unfair to base his position in this game on one song. anyone that can jump from one talent to the next & become even greater outside of his/her comfort zone deserves an applause. everybody has a story to tell & if this author payed attention to the true meaning of the "so far gone" mixtape, he would understand that it has been a journey. & he has so much more on his agenda than fame fortune. i guess you never get a chance to celebrate success. & not only is he being supported, but he's supporting as well. he's carrying his own record label, put various ppl on his tracks that arent regular names, just blatantly puttin people on. i dont wanna really wanna get into how people percieve him as marketable 7 about his female fanbase but i think its a patriarchal society when we as a collective decide that having a huge female fanbase is wrong. but to say the least, im just sick of how talent is measured by image & reputation rather than skill this day & age. just embrace good music. have a nice day."

" So go make R&B. By dominating the outlets traditionally reserved for Hip Hop audiences, you’re now decreasing the number of opportunities available for other Hip Hop artists to be heard and you’re proliferating R&B outside its lane. "

Since when is music suppose to be one dimensional? So when u make hip hop it's suppose to strictly be made for just men? and r&b is suppose to be made for just women?

I'll admit, I like a few songs by Drake and I also recognize that there's a lot better artists out there. This article really just seems to be attacking his image rather than his music.

oh come on why nobody knocked on Erykah Badu for example and why nobody knocks on Neo Soul artists in general ?? cause most Neo Soul artists switch from Neo Soul to hip hop every second in fact there is a tradition involving neo soul and hip hop the problem is this dude really sucks at both R&B and hip hop and because of that he annoys people TQ for example he used to rap and he didn't really rap that good but when TQ started to sing you know you sang whit him people accepted his minor rapping because people knew the dude had talent unlike Drake that tries to suck that Thug Love money from everywhere

people are being pissed seen wannabe thugs in wannabe love singing R&B it becomes annoying i think Jay-z said these rappers need to stop singing and start REALLY rapping because i want my R&B artists that know to sing man hit that high pitch make me have goosebumps and i want my rappers to know how to rap it's not one dimensional it's do what your qualified to do and as for those lines yeah they were uncalled for but COME ON MAN entire hip hop albums rapping about women is really dull an album must have everything that love song that hardcore song everything be complete for fucks sake

I got a car recently and the cd player doesn't work so Im forced to listen to the radio when Im driving. Let me tell you, it's refreshing to hear Drake on the radio when im used to hear shit like Plies and all them. He's definately not a great rapper but he's decent.

well that's what annoys people he's not a great rapper and he's not a great singer either so he swings too much and he annoys people

He's just overrated

BUT than again I agree with Menace that he switches from singing to rapping too much, kinda pisses me off personally too, but I dont complain if the chicks is digging it tho lol

the only songs of his I really been "somewhat mind-blown" by are Ransom and his verse on Forever
but other than that hes just average both with the singing and rapping, thats just my opinion tho