# What do you think about Drake? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 6, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112 "2016-05-06T22:37:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Memnon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Memnon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Memnon)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/1 "2016-05-06T22:37:21Z")
So it turns out I’ve been living under a rock for about five years because I’d barely heard of this guy until he released his latest album last week. Now, full disclosure, I’ve not listened to the album. However, since a bunch of my friends were going loopy about it on Facebook, I decided to check out some of his earlier stuff on YouTube and…what the fuck? How is this even music? Listening to Hotline Bling made me feel like a drum machine had just taken a shit on my face. And that was the best one! So yeah. I’m baffled by Drake. Then again, I’m an old fart and have been since I was about twelve, so what do I know? What do _you_ think about him? If you like him, what’s his appeal? Enquiring minds must know. Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/2 "2016-05-06T22:55:07Z")
I don’t know how to answer this. I kind of have mixed feeling about Drake. See, back when Hotline Bling was first released, I was dog/house sitting for a woman. She left very specific instructions that the radio was to be on at all times for the dogs. The station she left it on had Hotline Bling on very heavy rotation. As a result of visiting her house 3 times a day for 10 days, I must have heard that song at at least 20 times, maybe more. I grew to hate Drake over that period of time. I’d never even heard of him, but I hated him nonetheless. Ironically, by the end of the time, I knew all the words to the song. I still do, but I’m the only middle aged, white person I know who does and I have impressed some young people by knowing all the words. So that kind of gave me some street cred. So like I said, mixed feelings. (Plus, the video and all the spoofs for that song are hilarious!) ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/3 "2016-05-06T23:00:43Z")
It’s all production – no actual music present, just like 95% of modern radio hits. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/4 "2016-05-06T23:02:21Z")
Thread relocated from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/5 "2016-05-06T23:10:15Z")
I liked his character on Degrassi: The Next Generation back when I watched the early seasons. I’m not sure I’ve ever heard any of his songs. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/6 "2016-05-06T23:11:02Z")
Don’t worry about Drake, his stuff isn’t aimed at you (or me). There’s no need to make a thing about it - just makes you sound like someone’s grandad objecting to, I dunno, that Bill Haley fella. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/7 "2016-05-06T23:13:41Z")
He’ll always be Jimmy Brooks to me. I like his music. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/8 "2016-05-06T23:28:38Z")
I go through music stages in my life in which I stick to one genre of music for several years. I had a hip hop period for many years and I “discovered” Drake very early on. I recognized that he had a unique style, significant talent and was a very clever lyricist. Anyway, I chose the first option, but that just may because I predicted early on that he would explode, and he did. If I discovered him later when he became mainstream, I might have chosen the 2nd. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/9 "2016-05-07T00:33:11Z")
Drake blew up my news feed, too, and I was confused. Must have been a slow news day. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/10 "2016-05-07T00:39:01Z")
He was pretty good on SNL, as I recall. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/11 "2016-05-07T00:46:36Z")
On his worst day, he has at least two Canadian artists who are more terrible. ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/12 "2016-05-07T01:20:17Z")
I opened the thread out of curiosity why someone would start a poll about Sir Francis Drake. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/13 "2016-05-07T01:41:37Z")
All I know about **Drake** is that he is in _everything_ that qualifies as pop music. Seriously, he’s either featured or is the main artist in everything heard on the radio. Him and a few others. ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/14 "2016-05-07T01:45:21Z")
I mostly know him as a staple at Toronto Raptors games. I know that he’s a rapper but, while I enjoy rap, I don’t generally listen to the sort of stations that would play him. He killed Meek Mill on “Back to Back,” though, so he’s got that going for him. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/15 "2016-05-07T01:51:51Z")
I enjoyed his deception, but haven’t tried the new one. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/16 "2016-05-07T04:00:22Z")
A bit too bland for me, but I don’t hate his music or anything. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/17 "2016-05-07T04:19:05Z")
I like his video that takes place in a Shoppers Drug Mart. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RubBzkZzpUA) ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/18 "2016-05-07T06:39:58Z")
Since he grew his beard, many think he’s hot now. So, there’s that. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/19 "2016-05-07T06:45:33Z")
Never heard of him before. Having listened to one of his songs…not my style. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/20 "2016-05-07T06:48:06Z")
[quote=“hogarth, post:17, topic:754112”] I like his video that takes place in a Shoppers Drug Mart. [/QUOTE] I’m really uncomfortable with him using the N word, frankly. He’s not from “The Hood”. He’s from a middle class family from Ontario. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112.md?page=2)