Rap/R'n'B Artists

Using google I researched on a couple of the successful Rap/R'n'B/HipHop artists to get a good understanding of an Rap/R'n'B/HipHop artist.

Drake whose full name is 'AUBREY DRAKE GRAHAM' was born on the 24th October 1986. He grew up in Canada and was discovered from a very early age playing the character Jimmy Brooks on a television series - Degrassi: The Next Generation. Around June 2009 the known rapper Lil Wanye signed Drake to his record label (Young Money Entertainment). The following year (June 15) Drake released his 'THANK ME LATER' album and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, the album has since gone platinum. 

Review of two songs from Drake's latest album

We start with ‘Over My Dead Body‘ immediately entering the world of Drake, with soft piano chords cushioned by a steady filtered beat where a female sampled vocal leads the hook. Drake immediately touches on ‘Find Your Love’ model Maliah Michel claiming he thought she was the girl of his dreams, but we know that never worked. Instrumentally ’40′ has provided Drake with a door of honesty and humbleness to spit his verses over, which adds to his meaningful words. This track really delivers to listeners where Drake believes he is now is, telling us a story of his thoughts, from the joy of being taxed six figures to the feeling of ‘killing everybody in the game last year’ the most iconic line being “I think maybe I was numb to it last year, but you know I feel it now more than ever” highlighting the chronic effect of fame and fortune.

‘Shot For Me‘, for the first time we get to see the fruits of Drake’s vocal talent, immediately entering the song with a more high pitched approached, most likely influenced by Abel Tesfaye, better know as ‘The Weeknd’. Drake juxtaposes our views by arrogantly yet softly telling the girls in question ‘Alicia’ and ‘Catya’ that nobody will ever give them what he did. He enforces regret on them, and definitely shows his dominance expressing his bravado by stating that he is ‘the man’ “B***h I’m the man, yeah i said it, I’m the man”. Telling them that he is written all over the girls, and reminding them that they are listening to him because he knows they are going to hear this. The hook relates to Drake demanding they take a ‘shot’ for him, for the simple reason that he’s made it and they let him go. Drake’s retro style singing is a charming and modest approach to express his vocal talent, as he has stated many times that he is not the greatest of singers, however he overpowers the listener with outstanding melodies that will stick in their minds and are likely to be sung or repeated by the individual, music is easier to relate to if one can regurgitate what is being said, and Drake utilizes this in all of his songs. He is just simply a relative artist.

Rick Ross whose full name is 'WILLIAM LEONARD ROBERT' was born on the 28th January 1976. He derived his stage name from a drug trafficker 'Freeway Ricky Ross' (although there are no connections between him and the man). Ross founded his own record label (Maybach Music Group) on which he released his studio albums Deeper than Rap and Teflon Don. In early 2012, MTV named Rick Ross as the 'HOTTEST MC IN THE GAME'

Inside look at Rick Ross latest mixtape
(a few strong words)