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Drake made boutique mall music

This was actually a dope vibe.

Gotta start somewhere

Slum Village/ Little Brother vibe

Early records like this is why Drake will always be criticized.

Because he started out as borderline backpack and is just judged by those standards

Also, he did continue

This is an early incarnation of what would later turn into records like Fancy, From Time and Nice For What

GetYaCoinsKing said This was actually a dope vibe.

It is I never said it was ijs he wasn’t gonna be able to sustain it

Started from the bottom and now we are here. That song was never my vibe when it came to music.

Chill lil bop

I mess with it

Dawg early sh*t was cold

He’s directly inspired by Phonte
That’s all this shows

Weirdly enough Drake was on same wave as the backpackers like Wale Wiz Sean Cole Kendrick

Fully transformed himself to wannabe MOB Boss out of nowhere

April Babii said Dawg early sh*t was cold

100% it was.
I liked his music before he really got on much more than when he actually made it.His 1st mixtapes was fire and then I aint really peep his project until If you reading this.I later went back to peep them

Beat fire

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Talking about would've like it matters

I miss backpack Drizzy

This was when he was really in his BAG.

He looked up to Little Brother back then.

You can hear how he blatantly bit Phontes flow.

ThatNigg22 said Slum Village/ Little Brother vibe Early records like this is why Drake will always be criticized. Because he started out as borderline backpack and is just judged by those standards Also, he did continue This is an early incarnation of what would later turn into records like Fancy, From Time and Nice For What

Yes. But those tracks u listed were after he already had his foot in the door. It’s like how emimem dropped SSLP, MMLP and TES….. as bad as encore was, he was established enough to drop that sh*t. If encore was his first album, he wouldn’t be a GOAT, and he would be another Asher Roth

PackerTrelli3 said Yes. But those tracks u listed were after he already had his foot in the door. It’s like how emimem dropped SSLP, MMLP and TES….. as bad as encore was, he was established enough to drop that sh*t. If encore was his first album, he wouldn’t be a GOAT, and he would be another Asher Roth

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PackerTrelli3 said Yes. But those tracks u listed were after he already had his foot in the door. It’s like how emimem dropped SSLP, MMLP and TES….. as bad as encore was, he was established enough to drop that sh*t. If encore was his first album, he wouldn’t be a GOAT, and he would be another Asher Roth

Fancy was on his first album

In fact Best I Ever Had, which blew him up, is right out of the same play book

This style of rap usually generates a lot of success when done right

GetYaCoinsKing said This was actually a dope vibe.

when drake was trying to be Phonte Jr.

Phonte dont get enough credit for the early parts of drakes career. he used to credit him alot until he changed his style

the song posted in op sounds like prime phonte/ little brother/ foreign exchange

that time was real unique

If this, if that.. theres an old quote “If grandma has balls she’d be grandpa”

ThatNigg22 said Slum Village/ Little Brother vibe Early records like this is why Drake will always be criticized. Because he started out as borderline backpack and is just judged by those standards Also, he did continue This is an early incarnation of what would later turn into records like Fancy, From Time and Nice For What

this sh*t was lowkey the theme song in high school

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Naw dude been nice from start. Where you think dudes in the USA discovered his from? It was that tape

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sweetermanz said Naw dude been nice from start. Where you think dudes in the USA discovered his from? It was that tape view image

07 sh*t. Plus it’s good that he was making music like that because it’s proof that he’s a hip hop fan. A lot of dudes that get on nowadays never studied the craft. Drake knows hip hop from mid 80s til now and studied that game. Same with Cole, Cole was on hip hop forums downloading mad gems and listening to music for years before he even started taking music serious.

That’s why the greats are where they are, they true to the game. The others fizzle out.

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Shows that Phonte and Big Brother was a strong influence on Drake