T-Pain was a rapper before he found auto-tune. Kid Cudi & B.o.B have been doing it for years. But a new wave of hip hop/R&B acts are hitting the shelves. How does Plies, with two Gold selling albums and three Top 5 singles, get more credibility than Drake? That can get annoying but it worked for Lil' Wayne, Plies & DMX. But he has clever rhymes and that 'I'm-going-to-ride-this-train-til-the-wheels-fall off' mentality. He's not the best singer or the strongest rapper. And as a music fan I cant knock Drake's hustle. I'm a a music fan first, not just a hip hop fan. But how many rappers today would like to sell Hammer records? How many rappers want to have top selling albums? If these rappers truly talk about making money why wouldn't they. Its easy to dis mainstream hip hop like we did back in 1990 when MC Hammer was flying across the stage. And when he gets a chance to shine on his own, he's at his best on 'The Resistance' As far as the R&B side of the album, Drake falls short in a lot of ways with the only ones any good being 'Find Your Love' & 'Shut It Down' ft The-Dream (Even though I had trouble figuring out who was singing which verse)Īll the hype around Drake has destroyed his credibility. 'Up All Night' shows Drake's true rapping potential over the albums hardest beat. Young Jeezy shows up on the Aaliyah-sampled 'Unforgetable', but Drake is singing most of that song.

When Lil' Wayne shows up on 'Miss Me', Drake feels like he has to compete. He seems motivated on the Jay-Z-assisted track 'Light Up'. His raps shine the most when he has a veteran hip hop artist on the track with him. And if you can get past all the hype, he did a pretty good job. This is Drake's official introduction to the music world. Now its time for Drake to hold his own with his major label debut, the highly anticipated 'Thank Me Later'. Since then he has been everywhere singing or rapping on your favorite rapper or R&B artists' song. Now in 2010 we have Drake,who has been everywhere since his mixtape 'So Far Gone' dropped last year.

And he brought a new energy that had everybody hyped about his debut album. Back in 1997, a young, up and coming rapper seemed like he was on everybody's remix, collabo & posse cut all before his first album dropped.

Thank me later album list