May 17, 2009

Not for my Southern Readers

The rapper's name is Drake and he's out of all places Toronto. I just heard him in rotation today (Midwest). Apparently it's been in heavy rotation in the Northeast for a month now and he's well known on the college circuit up there.

The beat is banging I like the hook and the auto-tuned chorus. He needs a little work on his lyrics and it's got just a touch of old Kanye but other than that it's banging, especially for when you're with your lady. It's a mixtape so no music video yet, but you can check the track below. For my southern readers who like their raps simple, replete with an inordinate amount of "uhhhsss" and overdone baselines with little to no actual rapping you probably want to take a pass.