Awwwww. Hipsters are breaking up with Drake :(

[Listencloser]

There was a distinct moment during the OVO Fest set where things immediately flipped from corny but ultimately harmless to legitimately toxic: an unfunny, badly-edited image of a bride and groom, with Nicki’s head edited onto the man and Meek’s onto the woman. (#DrakeHive could stand to take a few notes from #FutureHive in terms of quality meme production.) It was gross, but not out of place with the general thrust of Drake’s disses: "Is that a world tour, or your girl’s tour?", he sneered on "Back to Back", before hitting Nicki with some patronizing advice. The hilarious joke, you see, is that Nicki is more successful than Meek, and thus is like the dude in the relationship. That’s a new one! Never mind the delusional mental gymnastics required for a guy who built an empire off projections of sensitivity and simpering anecdotes refusing to let go of a single hook-up of the past decade to declare "No woman ever had me star-struck." Never mind the years of lyrical and visual receipts of Drake’s shameless, performative thirst for the woman who gets dragged for everything he gets dapped for. (Or the fact that Nicki will probably never be a serious factor in the "best rapper alive" conversation, despite being on the opposite end of the ghostwriting conversation.) On a strictly human level, I don’t even know how to rationally approach the subject of throwing a longtime friend under the bus on this scale, underhanded misogyny aside.

Drake is the chilling logical extreme of the beta male’s triumph over the last decade: the ultimate evolution of the nerd turned jock, forever working every angle of his underdog status that may or may not have ever been merited but certainly isn’t anymore. At first, the rise of the Sensitive Bro felt like a corrective to the stifling macho-ness of traditional masculinity. But it has failed spectacularly, and we are left with Gamergate, Ariel Pink, and the Voice of a Generation, who goes through women’s phones when they’re in the bathroom, firmly believes in the concept of the "friend zone" at almost 30 years old, and surrounds himself with powerful women to sniff their hair until they become a legitimate threat to his own ego. Even "Hotline Bling", an admittedly dope "Cha Cha" flip that sees Drake returning to his sultrier side, reeks of the jealous, slut-shamey entitlement and boring "good girl vs. bad girl" compartmentalizing that’s colored his supposedly vulnerable ballads for years. None of this is new, and I probably should have picked up on it circa "Marvin’s Room". (Remember when Drake’s ex, featured on the track’s intro, tried to sue him?) That’s the thing about charged-up "nice guys," though: their manipulative strategy is surprisingly effective, because you don’t want to see it coming. I’ve fallen for enough scheming, overcompensating nerds who’ve used hoarded knowledge and projected empathy to distract from their terrible personalities to say this with authority.

 

[KamPushMe]

Toooooooo manyyyyyy wordsssssss

 

[KamPushMe]

My brain can't take thissssss

 

[Melanin_Enriched]

I had a Skrillex haircut, an enthusiastic Blogspot, and made minimum wage at a Chinese fast food chain

Literally a faggot breaking up with drake. Stopped reading there.

 

[Listencloser]

I summed it up in one sentence. He's acting too black, bullying that Meek Mill. And something about corporate sponsors, misogyny and ghostwriting.

 

[bununs alias]

the beauty of the internet is everyone is given a platform and anyone can write an article on a somewhat relevant blog and people think that opinion holds some type of weight.

 

[achewon87]

"But it has failed spectacularly, and we are left with Gamergate, Ariel Pink, and the Voice of a Generation, who goes through women’s phones when they’re in the bathroom, firmly believes in the concept of the "friend zone" at almost 30 years old, and surrounds himself with powerful women to sniff their hair until they become a legitimate threat to his own ego."

Rofl...

 

[IgboNegro]

Nigga got a tattoo of "Take Care" after a breakup, smh

 

[_Goldie_]

He been told yall "hipsters" what he was gonna do when he blows up back on Comeback Season..

"My apologies to my fans that be super conscious , wait till I get my money right and I am going to ball"

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

Man I will never read that ball of text

 

[Listencloser]

It's a woman that wrote the article

 

[TayGettem]

Neva gave two fcks abt a hipsters opinion on rap why start now?

 

[Listencloser]

Neva gave two fcks abt a hipsters opinion on rap why start now?

Because the main response to criticism of Drake is that white people and women don't care about his inauthenticity. This article is an example of them in fact doing just that.

 

[D0wn]

Post a Fucking summary man.... i tried to read it but nigga started talking about his life.

 

[StillFaggyAF]

#thebacklash

 

[crownedwise]

It's a woman that wrote the article

No offense to anybody, but Drake music from like 2008-2011 was aimed at women and closet homosexuals. Thats why ppl defend him like he was their btch. I enjoy his recent sht tho. Everything from "going home" on. Which is when alot say he fell off. If you didn't know, you are gay. Imo.

 

[TayGettem]

Neva gave two fcks abt a hipsters opinion on rap why start now?

Because the main response to criticism of Drake is that white people and women don't care about his inauthenticity. This article is an example of them in fact doing just that.

Never cared abt white peoples opinion on hip hop before why start now

 

[ChillaDaGawd]

Tl; DR

 

[texas409]

We need that WTF reaction man

 

[metal face terrorist]

Thread starter is fuckin clown. Let it go. Its over. Dre dropped some shit, Sean Price just died, the megadon Ice Cube just told you the only thing that matters is what comes out the speaker. Hip-hop is moving on. Stop being a fuck nigga.