Sean Paul just feels like Drake has taken the sound of Dancehall music, and he’s accusing him of appropriation.
He tells The Guardian:
“It is a sore point when people like Drake or Bieber or other artists come and do dancehall-orientated music but don’t credit where dancehall came from and they don’t necessarily understand it. And I know artists back in Jamaica that don’t like Major Lazer because they think they do the same thing that Drake and Kanye did – they take and take and don’t credit.”
Drake appropriates everybody. Hell he’s an actor. People gotta accept that and move on.
This is true. LOL.
He’s made a career out of appropriation. His fans don’t care. As long as he keeps making catchy music, he’s going to stay successful.
Well this can be said about a lot of artists honestly.
What rock has this n-gga been up under for the last 15 years? He used to be hot and had so many damn hits. Damn I miss those times. Life was so simple back then.
He has a song with Sia out right now. No where near his old sound but very catchy 🙂
Everybody is mad at Drake. Well that comes with being on top I guess.
Not sure why he has to give credit to a genre of music that’s been out there.
Drake likes to have new sounds each new album. One minute he raps like he’s from the south, now he’s doing dancehall. He will have a new sound by the next album because it works for him.
I agree with his statement. Hes not the only reggae artist to say that, I believe Mr Vegas made a similar statement as well a few months ago. All facts though. Honestly it really isn’t new, and it reminds me people that have alot of Jamaican/Caribbean friends and feel the need to put on that fake accent when they feel its needed (it’s NEVER needed, btw)or funny. You barely know the culture but want to imitate it? Nah. You can be a fan of something without pretending you’re a part of it when you really aren’t. Be you.
And dating a Caribbean person doesn’t give you a pass either. LOL. I wish people would stop.
Drake keeps getting called out because he takes a snake approach to doing things. He has a lot of commercial success, but he will never get the respect of his peers and Hip Hop heads. But I don’t get the sense that he cares about that. It is what it is.