J A M B U Z Z !!!!

Barely do i go out and do this, but I felt like sparking some debate. Given his latest, and even though, electrifying mixtape drop So Far Gone, Drake has already established himself under the wing of hip hop’s largest star, Weezy, and has received the co-sign from numerous legends and current hip hop studs. For a man who commenced on Degrassi, the look and the appeal was already there. He threw in a rap voice and some great lyrical talent to just about complete his threat. Is it fair to say that he has the potential to be, not just the biggest selling Canadian Hip Hop Artist, but simply, the most known Canadian hip-hop artist ever?

The fact is this ; I have heard more about Drake from the usa than I have from Canada’s own. To assert that any other artist north of the boarder has garnered as much buzz and anticipation for a debut album may be incorrect compared to Drake. If you look at the most successful Canadian artist, you’ll find some great emcees : Maestro Fresh Wes ( The Godfather of Canadian hip-hop ), Saukrates ( Multi-dimensional musical genius ), Kardinal Offishall ( ambassador of Canadian hip-hop ), K-os ( simply one of Canada’s premier emcees ). With all of this talent, it could be hard to work out how or what Drake has that should shoot him to the top.

The answer’s simple. Lil’Wayne. Drake hasn’t only hip hop’s largest star at his disposal, but music’s biggest star. Whether he makes a decision to ride the coat-tails of Weezy’s success is up to Drake, but it seems like he already has enough of a stir going with him under Interscope without even putting out an album. With over eighty thousand mixtape downloads of So Far Gone ( with a selection of download links the number might be higher ), I find it terribly hard to say that any of the aforementioned Canadian artists, let alone an artist of any area code, could pull that off. I continue to remember when he put out two joints alongside little brother ; he was barely a final thought notwithstanding his massive amount of potential and talent. Now, the issue is not talking about him and fitting him into that Weezy method of always being a topic of conversation.

Sure, while those previously mentioned artists have had incredible success across the boarder, some fizzed out too soon ( Maestro ) and some took a while to get there ( Kardinal ). Drake seems to have been as loud as ever without ever making any noise. I do not wish to come across like I am riding this guy ( or take anything away from those Canadian hop hop legends ), I am sure the ego is probably boosting on the daily, but i do feel like despite the quality of his music he is going to be on top or at a minimum around the top for some time for reasons that might or might not have anything to do with music.

Canada is piled high with talent, and if you have spotted, KevinNottingham.com has been hard at work promoting some hiphop from America Junior, as Homer Simpson calls it. Sadly , I can say that Drake probably won’t have that Canadian Artist- Drake label attached to him for too much time, like how K’naan has been developing in Europe and Pacific Rim and even in parts of the US. The small bit of it all is that if and when Drake does release an album, we will be able to possibly expect BET’s countless countdown lists to feature him, for all the girlies to go nuts, and for all the dominating male hiphop heads to give him his daps. He’s a ton of appeal and will actually develop among even the smallest hip-hop fans, just like his apparent partner in crime, Weezy, has.

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