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Undefeatable
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I get the impression that people are still dissing Drake as a "soft ? ."*
What I want to say is: who cares? Everybody doesn't have to be hard. Not even all rappers.
In fact, it's worse than that. Criticizing people as soft encourages them to be hard, and it should be clear from where that got us in the 90s and 2000s that this is counterproductive. The tough-guy persona that you dudes venerate has not, and will not, get blacks anywhere. What we need is mental toughness, intelligence and unwearying determination. As black men, the whole world often seems against us. There is something to that perception. But we will not succeed by being hard. Being hard is not going to make you graduate summa ? laude, become a doctor, tell you what you need to run a successful legal business or become a stockbroker, for example. This should be obvious by now.
So quit it with this "he soft" nonsense. I thought we were off that. We should be.
*Note: I'm not a fan of Drake. I'm just using him to make my point.
What I want to say is: who cares? Everybody doesn't have to be hard. Not even all rappers.
In fact, it's worse than that. Criticizing people as soft encourages them to be hard, and it should be clear from where that got us in the 90s and 2000s that this is counterproductive. The tough-guy persona that you dudes venerate has not, and will not, get blacks anywhere. What we need is mental toughness, intelligence and unwearying determination. As black men, the whole world often seems against us. There is something to that perception. But we will not succeed by being hard. Being hard is not going to make you graduate summa ? laude, become a doctor, tell you what you need to run a successful legal business or become a stockbroker, for example. This should be obvious by now.
So quit it with this "he soft" nonsense. I thought we were off that. We should be.
*Note: I'm not a fan of Drake. I'm just using him to make my point.
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who cares? ? ? .
this man is an actor turned rapper who just so happens to be good. sounds like hate to me.
my theory is that 'Drake' is just another character for him to play. so, yea, he sounds all mushy n ? , but that's just to get YO ? . i don't see how no one else has thought of that. -
I don't listen to him, so his sexual orientation is irrelevant to me.nh
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Great thread! FOF! Drake is a great rapper and actor. He is the next Will Smith.
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People are not reading.
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when people say drake is soft they mean he is not masculine enough
men should be men and men are meant to be masculine in all areas.
Drake cries and begs for ? in his music, he is the hip-hop equivalent of a cockhold a better term for him would be the jamaican word gyal-clown.
There are levels of manhood we need them all, BUT TOO MANY of us are stuck in teenage-hood the tuff ruff beat your chest stage of life all boys should pass through.
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Girls Love Beyonce sounds like a menstrual cycle anthem..
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I try to ? ? , not hang out with them. SO would I wanna listen to a ? ?
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@undefeatable what is it about my comments that you disagree with.
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Drake's current output is mushy soft. I'd give him a pass if he came with skills and wordplay on some "battle the unnamed MC" ? like we used to get with hip hop, but all we get outta dude is mush, like... take LL's joints from the last 15 years or so and put 'em in a blender, add tears, snot, and valentines day cards and you got Drake.
'can't ? with it. -
Who cares if Drake is soft?
Hating ass dudes that are mad that someone so 'soft' is making hella cash, unlike their broke ? .
I like Drake. -
DMTxCannabis wrote: »Comeback Season > any Drake album..
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Title should have 'pause' in it
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I think more ppl are put off with his soft (pause) persona when he turns around and says ? like, 'U gon ? around and make me catch a body like that....'
I really can't tell if he a black girl lost or an independent woman -
LOL @ the predictable female posts in this thread
nobody is really thinking about Drake like that -
@undefeatable what is it about my comments that you disagree with.
I don't think that's primarily what they mean. They mean he's too far from 50 cent or whoever the latest popular tough guy rapper is.
I see nothing about Drake's masculinity that is incompatible with the kind of characteristics that we as black men need in order to succeed in a hostile world. On the other hand these "hard ? " do have characteristics which will not get us anywhere.
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MzGrahamBitches wrote: »Who cares if Drake is soft?
Hating ass dudes that are mad that someone so 'soft' is making hella cash, unlike their broke ? .
I like Drake.
I'd call dude soft to his face. ? his money. I'd rather have my dignity. -
young drake doesn't care what u say
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calling a weak ? weak is not hating
It's stating the obvious -
Smh @ people giving me feelings.
If it's not clear, this thread is about race progress, about what kind of characteristics we as black men need in order to succeed and so be able to help take the race where it needs to be. -
Undefeatable wrote: »@undefeatable what is it about my comments that you disagree with.
I don't think that's primarily what they mean. They mean he's too far from 50 cent or whoever the latest popular tough guy rapper is.
I see nothing about Drake's masculinity that is incompatible with the kind of characteristics that we as black men need in order to succeed in a hostile world. On the other hand these "hard ? " do have characteristics which will not get us anywhere.
^^^ Has never been a "hard rapper", yet no one ever questions his masculinity.
Drake makes soft ass music. Ergo, Drake is a soft rapper. -
We all know simp niggahs and trick niggahs from our hometown's... Drake reminds me of them...how is that hate? He just that weak ? ... But now he a weak ? with money so vision is obscured to most
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This is the key point fellas:Undefeatable wrote: »
I see nothing about Drake's masculinity that is incompatible with the kind of characteristics that we as black men need in order to succeed in a hostile world. On the other hand these "hard ? " do have characteristics which will not get us anywhere.
