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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls
Because talking about how amazing you are because of your cool rich people toys is not posturing. They make club music about fucking bitches and material objects, there's no posturing. That's not semantics.
Drake interview, "I make music for people to drive to at night".
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wait you don't think drake does any posturing, going on about how great he is? you must agree with him then and think he's just being informative. i never pegged you for a drake dickrider, vwls.
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Originally Posted by James
Drake brags an insane amount, especially on his new release. I'd just rather hear a rapper brag about how successful and talented they are, rather than the fact they are tough and straight.
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why is bragging about being rich less vain/fake than bragging about being tough? what's wrong with asserting masculinity as a virtue these days?
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I like it. Dudes go hard.
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but you say you don't like macho posturing
do you see any macho posturing in this song?
and if so then why do you like it when they go hard?
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It's still everywhere yeah, but not as much. I was kind of speaking specifically about the macho bull****, while modern hip hop is still competitive in nature I think rappers have found other ways in which they are better than everyone else.
It's not like I don't love some of these artists either, I try to keep art and politics seperate, but it's still nice seeing some change.
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see, as an approach to life in general i think it is better to rise above the instinctual obsession with trying to be alpha and all that ****. not necessarily squash it entirely cause it still serves a sort of function but don't dwell on it or let it
become some sort of identity issue. but in terms of art, i like to see the gladiators boast and clash. that is the true spirit of hip hop to me. trying to remove it just leaves you with an empty shell of the original idea where gladiators still compete but in imo less interesting ways. like they're playing with toy swords instead or something.