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CommentsInfrequently should I go out and do this, but I felt like sparking some discussion. Given his latest, and even tho, electrifying mixtape drop So Far Gone, Drake has already established himself under the wing of hip hop’s largest star, Weezy, and has received the co-sign from many legends and current hip hop studs. For a man who started on Degrassi, the look and the appeal was already there.
He threw in a rap voice and some great lyrical talent to pretty much complete his threat. Is it fair to say that he has the potential to be, not just the largest selling Canadian Hip Hop Artist, but simply, the most known Canadian hiphop artist ever?
The reality is this ; I have heard more about Drake from the States than I have from Canada’s own. To claim that any other artist north of the boarder has received as much buzz and anticipation for a debut album may be unsound compared to Drake. If you glance at the most successful Canadian artist, you will find some great emcees : Maestro Fresh Wes ( The Godfather of Canadian hip hop ), Saukrates ( Multi-dimensional musical genius ), Kardinal Offishall ( ambassador of Canadian hip-hop ), K-os ( easily one of Canada’s premier emcees ). With all of this talent, it might be hard to figure out how or what Drake has that should shoot him to the top.
The answer is straightforward. Lil’Wayne. Drake has not only hip hop’s biggest star at his disposal, but music’s largest star. Whether he makes a decision to ride the coat-tails of Weezy’s success is up to Drake, but it seems like he already has enough of a buzz going with him under Interscope without even putting out an album. With over eighty thousand mixtape downloads of So Far Gone ( with a selection of download links the number might be higher ), I find it terribly difficult to say that any of the previously mentioned Canadian artists, not to mention an artist of any area code, could pull that off. I still remember when he put out two joints alongside younger brother ; he was hardly a final thought notwithstanding his huge amount of potential and talent. Now, the problem is not talking about him and fitting him into that Weezy style of always being a subject of conversation.
Sure, while those formerly discussed artists have had tremendous success across the boarder, some fizzed out too soon ( Maestro ) and some took some time to get there ( Kardinal ). Drake seems to have once been as loud as ever without ever making any noise. I don’t want to come across like I am riding this fellow ( or take anything away from those Canadian hop hop legends ), I’m sure the ego is maybe boosting on the daily, but I think like notwithstanding the quality of his music he is going to be on top or at least round the top for a while for reasons that may or may not have anything to do with music.
Canada is stuffed with talent, and if you have noticed, KevinNottingham.com has been hard at work promoting some hip hop from America Junior, as Homer Simpson calls it. Unfortunately , I will say that Drake probably won’t have that Canadian Artist- Drake label attached to him for too much time, like how K’naan has been developing in Europe and Asia and even in parts of the US. The small bit of it all is that if and when Drake does release an album, we are able to potentially expect BET’s countless countdown lists to feature him, for all of the girlies to go nuts, and for all of the dominating male hiphop heads to give him his daps. He’s a ton of appeal and will certainly develop among even the tiniest hip hop fans, just like his clear partner in crime, Weezy, has.
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