# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/21 "2016-05-07T07:41:37Z")
> [@Twoflower](#): > > I opened the thread out of curiosity why someone would start a poll about Sir Francis Drake. That was my reaction too. We have a major thoroughfare and a bay in Marin County named after him. I visited that area just recently (Point Reyes), so that was the first thing that came to my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/22 "2016-05-07T13:32:26Z")
What do I know about Drake? I think Amanda Bynes had a thing for him when she was going through her mental illness phase? I saw his picture once and mistaked him for David Blaine. Never heard any of his music. And that’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/23 "2016-05-07T13:59:05Z")
> [@Tithonus](#): > > 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. Do you generally like hip hop or R&B? If not, don’t worry about it. This isn’t for you. It’s like when classical music enthusiasts complained about Jazz in the 20, when Jazz enthusiasts complained about Rock and Roll in the 50s, etc etc. If yes, what do you like? Can you be more specific about what it is about his music that doesn’t work for you? If it’s just drum machines, well, that’s modern music for you. I like Drake ok. He isn’t the best (right now that’s Kendrick Lamar. [Like seriously](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtxmnBQmfZs)), but I like him. I like his R&B less, it’s sort of boring. Hotline Bling bored me to tears. But that’s the way modern R&B is going. You didn’t have an option that covered my feelings, so I voted that I quite liked him. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/24 "2016-05-07T14:01:05Z")
I’m a fan of his equations. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/25 "2016-05-07T14:29:37Z")
I thought you meant this Drake [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363328/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363328/) I think my son watched it a few times. ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/26 "2016-05-07T15:40:44Z")
No matter how insulated from pop culture you THINK you are…you’ve heard of “[the motto](https://youtu.be/BYDKK95cpfM?t=90)” …It took me awhile to not see him as “that wheelchair Degrassi kid” but I’ve always liked Drake’s stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/27 "2016-05-07T15:46:12Z")
> [@orcenio](#): > > No matter how insulated from pop culture you THINK you are…you’ve heard of “[the motto](https://youtu.be/BYDKK95cpfM?t=90)” Nope ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/28 "2016-05-07T15:59:05Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > 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. Yes, he didn’t grow up poor, but he **is** a light skinned black/Jewish Torontonian. A multicultural reflexion of today’s society, which gives him the “right” to draw (even racial slurs) from this heritage. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/29 "2016-05-07T16:09:01Z")
> [@orcenio](#): > > No matter how insulated from pop culture you THINK you are…you’ve heard of “[the motto](https://youtu.be/BYDKK95cpfM?t=90)” > > …It took me awhile to not see him as “that wheelchair Degrassi kid” but I’ve always liked Drake’s stuff. I’m not very insulated from pop culture and I have never heard that song. Started from the Bottom, Hotline Bling, and being featured on other artists songs are more pervasive in culture than it. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/30 "2016-05-07T16:17:53Z")
Drake doesn’t even try to carry a tune. It’s excruciating to listen to. ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/31 "2016-05-07T16:20:05Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Nope > [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > I’m not very insulated from pop culture and I have never heard that song. > > Started from the Bottom, Hotline Bling, and being featured on other artists songs > are more pervasive in culture than it. I guess I’m wrong, but as ‘the motto’ says: _memento mori_ (MEMO!) [🙂](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YOLO_(motto)) ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/32 "2016-05-07T16:25:12Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > I enjoyed his deception, but haven’t tried the new one. Yeah, I think the movie got put on hold too. Waiting to see what number 4 is all about as well. Declan ---
**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, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/33 "2016-05-07T17:42:38Z")
> [@orcenio](#): > > Yes, he didn’t grow up poor, but he **is** a light skinned black/Jewish Torontonian. A multicultural reflexion of today’s society, which gives him the “right” to draw (even racial slurs) from this heritage. It’s not about his money or his race, but his cultural upbringing what baffles me- I mean that he didn’t grow up in a world where the use of that particular racial slur was commonplace, so it feels like an ugly affectation coming from him. ---
**Author:** ![Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4af34b/32.png) [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/34 "2016-05-07T19:06:59Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > On his worst day, he has at least two Canadian artists who are more terrible. Celine Dion and who? I can think of a few but I’m wondering who is on your list. As far as Drake goes I’m fucking sick of him. I don’t especially like his music and he is constantly being talked about in Canadian radio and news services. I don’t like his stuff regardless of whether he is Drake, Drizzle, D. Izzle or any other iteration of his adopted name. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/35 "2016-05-07T19:14:03Z")
He impresses me as the latest “big name” of whom I wouldn’t be able to think of a single song he/she does. Big name everywhere from The Daily Show to the comics. ---
**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, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/36 "2016-05-07T19:30:57Z")
> [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](#): > > Celine Dion and who? > > I can think of a few but I’m wondering who is on your list. I would assume the Biebs, but that’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/37 "2016-05-07T20:01:16Z")
Probably [the weeknd](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzTuBuRdAyA)’s on that list too (another great singr). ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/38 "2016-05-07T20:02:08Z")
> [@orcenio](#): > > No matter how insulated from pop culture you THINK you are…you’ve heard of “[the motto](https://youtu.be/BYDKK95cpfM?t=90)” > > …It took me awhile to not see him as “that wheelchair Degrassi kid” but I’ve always liked Drake’s stuff. > [@Procrustus](#): > > Nope > [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > I’m not very insulated from pop culture and I have never heard that song. I’ve never heard of Drake or ‘the motto’. I’ve heard of Adele and ‘Skyfall’. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/39 "2016-05-07T20:04:41Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > It’s not about his money or his race, but his cultural upbringing what baffles me- I mean that **he didn’t grow up in a world where the use of that particular racial slur was commonplace** , so it feels like an ugly affectation coming from him. That’s a bit presumptuous, no? [emphasis’ mine] ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112/40 "2016-05-07T21:56:55Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > (Plus, the video and all the spoofs for that song are hilarious!) My favorite line from a parody I just watched: _This music sounds like when you’re on hold Waiting til some one picks up_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drake/754112.md?page=3)