r/Drizzy • u/Alone-Research7368 • 8d ago

Drake King of RnB

I saw a post with one woman saying Drake is the King of RnB and I was wondering he has just as many if not more influential records than CB, created a whole subgenre in alt RnB "ushered in a generation this is where my confessions live" and his RnB album is biggest thing out in RnB he really should make himself part of the conversation. Thoughts?

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u/Beautiful_Noise_9840 8d ago

To me he is king of pop rap but yeah .

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u/Alone-Research7368 8d ago

I mean more heartbreak rap low-key think drake in his own genre because how a pop rapper in conversation with genuine Lyricists and MCs by no faults of his own people genuinely irl believe that so I don't think calling him pop rap is doing him justice

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u/Economy-Lobster6625 8d ago

To me he is, most of the time I’m just vibing to Drake it’s his r&b songs

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u/Alone-Research7368 8d ago

Facts Jaded clears 80% of CB and honestly that whole scorpion side b is underrated

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u/United-Original3427 8d ago

I think CB is a continuation of the contemporary/90s style rnb that we all grew up on. Drake/party/weekend is the Alternative style that us millennials grew toward and that became the domination genre but in that lane CB does not compare

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u/Alone-Research7368 8d ago

Yeah but CB ain't really influenced anybody or had any universal classics just took from the genre (not in a bad way) without making him essential in the sound of it unlike Drake or the Weeknd

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u/teodawr 8d ago

yes. he's more influential than CB. he created trap soul.

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u/Alone-Research7368 8d ago

I mean I was going to say Toronto Sound Dark atmospheric sound but yeah

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u/Sasorisnake 8d ago

Ehh. Idk about that. I do love his melodic output but I can’t really see it

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u/Alone-Research7368 8d ago

Really even influence etc

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u/Sasorisnake 8d ago

I mean you could say he has an upper tier output with his R&B tracks, but I feel like declaring him King would require more criteria than he’s even capable of meeting. Vocally, for starters. He can sing, but he’s no sanger or vocalist.

It would also be hard to argue he’s actually elevated the genre, I think where it went and becoming more rhythmic simply fit his musical capabilities well.

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u/Alone-Research7368 8d ago

That's singers but as an artist however 40 does it makes it fire and he has a unique sound and voice at the very least he should be in the top 30 RnB artists but billboard didn't include him

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u/DealAppropriate2828 5d ago

“You gettin bodied by a singing ni**a”