Whether you love Drake's music or hate it, one thing is for sure: you have an opinion on it. Thus is the case with anyone who has had Drake's billboard success, critical acclaim, and unheard of hype. I mean, we're talking about a guy who got CONSISTENT radio play last year BEFORE his DEBUT ALBUM was anywhere near close to coming out.
So with all the heated debates with both sides firmly believing their right, what does a person who's opinion on hip hop matters holds a bit more weight than ours think?
Enter Joe Budden, considered by most hip hop buffs to be one of, if not THE BEST, MCs on the planet. What does he think about Drake?
“The funny thing is that I heard So Far Gone way before it became popular,” Joe Budden recalls of the first time he heard Drake. ”I actually reached out to him and introduced myself when it dropped.”
“At the time he had just come off a tour, but he definitely wasn’t a star yet; he was going to fly out to New York and get in the studio with me. He didn’t end up making it though, and when he did actually make it to New York, he had to do a Jay-Z session,” Budden recalls. “I know how the game goes, and that obviously takes precedence over a Joe Budden session. But it’s all good.”
“Next thing I know Drake blew up, and I wasn’t sure if I wanted to work with him anymore just because it wouldn’t have been as organic,” says Joe. “But once he cools down, maybe I’ll get at him. I still think he’s extremely talented as a rapper.”
Very interesting. How do you feel about arguably the biggest hip hop star in the world right now?
Drake is legit
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