Drake Defends His Singing, Wants to be Marvin Gaye

Photo Credit: MTV News
Photo Credit: MTV News

By: Amanda Anderson-Niles

Drake is without a doubt one of the biggest names in Hip Hop right now, but platinum records and major first week sales haven’t managed to keep him from being the constant target of criticism. In fact, Drake seems to be used to being slammed for singing in a good majority of his songs, but he thinks his skills as a rapper are so top-notch that he doesn’t even think Kendrick Lamar can ever be on his level. Regardless, the rapper has a new album on the way and as he prepares to drop “Nothing was the Same,” he’s giving a lot of interviews on what to expect and making it clear why he feels he deserves respect for his craft, even if he does sing.

In a recent interview with MTV News, Drake defended his choice to sing on quite a bit of his songs. In fact, Drake says his critics should just accept his singing because he will never make a “straight rap” album:

“My biggest thing is…if you wanna listen to Drake music for the rest of your life — I welcome it, I want you to listen to it, I want you to be a part of it. Just don’t ever be surprised when I’m singing or using melody. I’m doing that on this album. This album is not some straight rap album, I’ll never do a straight rap album. That’s not how I came into this and that’s never what I’ll do. I make songs for the people.”

 

Drake also goes on to say that musically he really wants to be Marvin Gaye and touch people with his music:

“I have aspirations to be Marvin Gaye in the back of my head. So I just want to sing the world’s triumphs and problems on one record and hopefully ‘Nothing Was The Same’ [can be] the soundtrack to their life.”

 

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14 comments

  1. I honestly don’t mind him singing. He knows how to come up with catchy hooks and hit songs. I also like that he’s not trying to be a thug. I don’t see why people complain about his music so much. Some of it is actually good.

  2. I like when he sings on alot of his songs. I’m trying to understand what he’s saying about Marvin Gaye, but I do think he’s reaching a little.

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