none of this is important at all but i just felt like talking about drake and what i think he is trying to do right now
i told this girl at my job i just thought drake had a "ghostwriter" because he was trying to go for a more southern feel i put ghostwriter in quotation marks because i don't think its a full on ghostwriter 1. because drake can obviously write based on his previous work and 2. because drake edits the work he receives from this ghostwriter.. he doesn't just get it and recite it and again 3. because TO ME it looks like he is just trying to project "southern" or "trap" for street cred now i don't condone this ghostwriting thing even if it is just editing- however at the same time its like.. drake is a jewish guy from canada.. but his dad always lived in memphis.. i have noticed a lot of outside countries seem to think the u.s. is where its at as far as "cool" or "swag".. and with southern rap being so big ever since no limit, cash money, outkast, and beyond.. i feel like a lot of people who want to be seen as "cool" or "with it" or as having some street cred will want to reflect the american southern rap or "trap" style of music.. because right now those are what is poppin outside of edm i think drake is tired of being seen as this emotional guy and he wants to build up his southern side... we have seen him do this ever since his affiliation with lil wayne but i think now drake wants to implement a southern feel into his own music as well.. so this way the image is not just through association i think this is what caused him to reach out to quentin miller (btw, please note, i am not really a drake fan.. i just wanted to throw my 2 cents in on this subject) so one day at work i told this girl i just felt that drake was going for a more southern feel and i felt that was the primary reason he wanted to write with quentin miller.. that also explains reference tracks because you can say a lyric like a canadian or you can say a lyric like you're in the trap house she said to me- "i don't think drake is going for a southern feel" i didn't know how to react to that statement because it was odd to me.. there is a distinct difference between drake on previous albums and his newer material.. if you don't hear it then i don't know what to tell you so i didn't respond then like a week or two later drake came out with the joint album between himself and future this (imo) solidified my theory and debunked her stupid comment drake wants an authentic southern feel and image right now.. this imo is why he started working with quentin as well as why he would do an entire album with future.. i believe he thinks these things should help him to shed the crybaby image he has had where everyone says "you're an emotional light skinned man-child from canada" now.. back to ghostwriting i don't really condone or respect it, but if a person is honest about it you can't really knock them for it and honestly it is apparently widely known that diddy didn't write for a long time but his 1997 album 'no way out' is a classic imo so i don't really respect it- but sometimes its like.. hey how many hats can a person wear? if you're diddy and you're a producer, dancer, entertainer, business man, manager, a&r, etc can you really be mad if he had lines written for him? so there are diff reasons for a ghostwriter.. u might wear too many hats to sit and write hot bars, u might want a diff feel in your music, u might just want some ideas that u can parse down and edit and build on.. i personally wouldn't use a ghostwriter but drake's "ghostwriter" imo isn't really exactly a ghostwriter because drake can already write if you have made like 5 albums by yourself then you have another writer- then at that point (at least in theory) i'd say you have a co-writer if you however haven't really developed your talent and u use writers then those are ghostwriters
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