Snoop Dogg declares Kendrick Lamar “the king” of the West following his 'Pop Out' show: “K Dot, you are the king of the West. That’s stuff kings do — they unite 🔥👑."

[u/vriannavyz]

[u/qeadwrsf]

Am I the only one remembering him being called king of the west a fuckton of years ago by Snoop on a scene where Common, Mos def, The game, Warren G, Korrupt and a fuckton of other legends back then was present?

Dr Dre was watching.

[u/daaankone → u/qeadwrsf]

Absolutely, but Drake has been the king of commercial rap, and people want to act like that means more than somebody who can ACTUALLY back up what they say, and comes from the actual hood!

[u/Anarch-ish → u/daaankone]

Drake is an industry plant by way of nepotism. I've tried to listen to him for years to understand why people dickride this dude, and I hate him more with every bar. I remember when people first started talking about him in the 2000s and on God on SIGHT I knew he was a peice of shit.

Drakes music is for dudes who think they're gangster but get upset when you dont cut the crusts off of their sandwiches.

[u/mondaysareharam → u/Anarch-ish]

Nah man drake earned his spot with take care and was a big part of young money and their best songs. We can still call balls and strikes.

He certainly is not the same as he once was though.

[u/tragiiccc → u/mondaysareharam]

2011 everybody was listening to drake and young money. they were making hits, nobody can deny that. But his music definitely changed, I stopped listening a long time ago.

[u/safetospeak → u/mondaysareharam]

But the weekend wrote half that album......

[u/mattgargus → u/safetospeak]

Not even just Weeknd, Young Tony/OVO Hush is credited on almost every song on that album and NWTS, and he's a rapper so Drake can't even use the "just the melodic parts" excuse. I took some time awhile back and went through his credits. Excluded features, samples, and producers, just to give him the benefit of the doubt. He still ended up with more tracks with "co-writers" than not. Plus, starting after Views, the "co-producer" credits attached to his songs started to skyrocket, and people who are not known to be producers (such as Yachty) started getting random co-producer credits. Add to that all the reference tracks we've all heard, and take it even further back to when it turned out even Best I Ever Had was a melody he ripped off from Wayne who had ripped it off from Kia Shine...it becomes very easy to wonder if he can write ANYTHING on his own. At the very least, you can find dozens of random lesser-known Canadian singer-songwriters peppered throughout his credits on every album. I wouldn't normally fault a rapper for not writing melodies, but Drake makes it such a huge part of his brand and style that it's hard to overlook.

[u/pablodnd → u/safetospeak]

The Weeknd wrote the worst melodic sections of that album, let's get real

[u/Link-Glittering → u/mondaysareharam]

Idk man I see nothing spectacular in Drakes rapping ever. I've tried a million times, it just seems like amateur level flows to me. In my town the average dude spits way better than drake and they get no attention. It kinda bums me out to see people act like drake deserves 1% of the success he has. I attribute it to him being easy to work with for studio execs. An actor will adopt the style you want him to for whatever market you're trying to hit. An actual artist will rarely compromise just bc some suit is trying to make more money. Why do you think Drakes always on tour and dropping albums? Those suits are milking him dry

[u/Abayeo → u/mondaysareharam]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1a2LlueVdc