At one point I was a true fan of the kid known as Drake, he was something new and fresh so naturally I was more for him than against him. Since the release of So Far Gone, I have stopped sipping from the kool-aid that I have began calling "Dranke" (get it? lol mad corny, I know) and really started digesting his product and evaluating his lyrical game. I'm not convinced that he is hip hop's savior, as a new friend on twitter said to me, he is actually adding to the problem more so than offering a solution.

Drake's sudden overnight success is rushing his growth as an artist, I mean how much thought does he put into what he says since he is on this tidal wave now? You can usually tell how much thought was used on the artist behalf by how much the audience can recite off the top of their head without needing the song to play. The only line I remember from Drake is the play on the word Lesbian + Honest. That's it. I am not saying that Drake is horrible but the rush on his lyrical development and professional career is shredding his talent because the market wants quantity and not quality.

On the flip side of this "savior of hip hop" argument, this new lyricist J-Cole is BEYOND nice. Notice I said LYRICIST and not rapper? it's not too many lyricist on the cusp of hip hop right now so I feel compelled to label J-Cole as a lyricist. His lyrical game and word play is silly, Jay-Z knew what he was doing when he signed this cat to RocNation. I downloaded "The Warm-Up" yesterday and have played it 25 times so far on iTunes and I already have faves off his mixtape. The difference in Drake and J-Cole is that Jay is not rushing J. Time is growth and growth is necessary to stay relevant in hip hop. Being stagnant as an artist keeps you local and in time you will burn out.

Maybe it's just this new generation. I'm from the era of warming my dinner up in the oven , IF we even had a microwave, using it was considered lazy.