Drake: I Can’t Rap about Cash $$$ and Taking Women Shopping

With all the buzz surrounding Drake and his brilliant mic skills,  I have never posted anything about him. Maybe it’s because I heard some of his early music. While impressive, I also caught a few light references to drugs and guns, and instantly slotted him in the young rappers talking about crap they know nothing about and have never done file. In other words: rapping for dollars. In true words: the biggest life sucking force of artistry.

So it’s a real good look to see Drake cutting through the easy, cheesy route, and, going forward, choosing to rap about what’s true to his life.
Drake revealed this in a recent interview with MTV Raw. In this clip he talks about his lyrical evolution, capping it with an example of how he will never have a woman just throw it in the bag.

“I was listening the other day to a really old song I did — well, old to me. I really didn’t have anything back then, so I wanted to speak like I had everything. That’s just being young and being influenced by other people. Like all these rappers are talking about being rich so I gotta talke about being rich too.. but now it’s at the point where I can only rap about what’s going on around me.”

“Like if you told me we’re going to do a song about cars. I don’t know if I could do it. Like you take Fab’s “Throw it in the Bag.” On a song like that Fab is talking about something very specific. He’s talking about taking girls to the store and buying them things. I’ve never done that before.. I’ve bought something for a female, but I can’t walk into a store with her and buy her something that she asks for or buy her something in front of her face.”

This one comment has peaked my interest in what his album will sound like, whenever that holy moment occurs.