Drake's Midlife Crisis 

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This aged like fine wine

There’s an awful lot video essays about how weird drake is from 6 months to 5 years ago

Bruh i am a firm believer that most celebrities are forever stuck at the age that they became famous and wealthy.

Its crazy how even Tyler The Creator matured before Drake did

“Crave entitlement but wanna be liked so bad that it’s puzzling” “37 but you’re showing up as a 7 year old” “Identity’s on the fence, don’t know which family will love ya” “Fuck a rap battle, this a long life battle with yourself” - Kendrick Lamar

Here after "Not Like Us"

Drake is what happens when you hang around your Highschool years after you graduated.

10:37 Cole & Kendrick are basically family men at this point in their lives while Drake is still just a baby daddy.

Aged incredibly well

Drake is truly hip hops vampire, sucking the energy from the youth to keep himself youthful.

wow this video aged like wine

I’ve always saw the severe anxiety within Drake. He definitely has identity issues. I hope he doesn’t crash out for not being himself.

When you get this comfortable because you know anything you put out will do numbers, complacency and loss of focus happens. There's this line from "Too Much" off NWTS where Drake says "Moment I stop having fun with it, I'll be done with it." Definitely seems as if he isn't having fun anymore.

In my opinion, Drakes fear is irrelevance.

Peter Pan syndrome

“The only problem is that, deep down… he still cares.”

Bro the fact that Drake has still managed to stay relevant to this day and still breaking records. Is wild

The money doesn’t change who you are it just amplifies.

I dnt think serious hiphop fans ever took drake serious. Drake is more of a pop star

bro called it

His pettiness just increased, he used to rap “I could loose it all if I react to the petty things” now he comments paragraphs on peope who diss him on insta

As someone who has only paid attn to drake to see him get eviscerated by Kendrick…it has been shocking to see how much actual stock ppl put in drake. It’s kinda scary. Drake is exactly the type of person who should be easy to spot as a fraud…and instead he was the “top” guy in rap for 15 yrs.

I've listened to drake since I was 15 years old I'm 31 now. I grew up with him and feel for him...he needs to deff take a break from it all. go back home, enjoy the life he's made, spend time with his kid, his mom the fam out in Memphis and grow. he's in this weird place where he needs to stop and look around... but I mean really look around. hopefully after this well deserved break he comes back stronger.

Kendrick’s diss is gonna have all of this on there.

Joe Budden said what most of us were thinking, which I think hit Drake even more coming from one his favorite rappers at one point in time

Drakes the guy who comes around and you want to hide your kids. Makes sense he produced Ephoria

I haven't listened to Drake in years and I can't see a reason to change that.

My problem with Drake isn’t that I believe he needs to be “deeper” with his music. It’s that I believe he doesn’t challenge himself enough to make the better music we know he can make. One of the biggest artists on the planet, he can do what he wants. But it’s annoying that his earlier music is more mature than his last 4 projects. It’s evolving backwards it seems, and can be so much better. Him suddenly turning gangster at 36 is so strange to me. He’s the Benjamin button of rap basically lol. And it’s odd to see him take things (aesthetic, persona, etc) from people he knows or has been around, and factor them into his personality (although it doesn’t fit him) instead of just being himself. He’s like a corny, less cooler version of Cell 😂😂. I’ve been a Kendrick fan since 2011, and have always been proud of how Kendrick has the luxury of access to the ears of a mainstream fanbase, and an underground one. He can make bangers like humble, DNA, etc. But can make a Father Time and it’s still revered. Drake doesn’t have this, and I’d argue this is why it’s hard for him to evolve. Even if he made a deeper, introspective record, his fanbase would probably reject it or it wouldn’t captivate the audience nearly as much as it did in 2011, and it wouldn’t get listened to as much as a FATD. I just think he doesn’t know what to do, so he’s just doing the same things. Oddly enough though, it’s working for him.

Shoutout to you for being one of the only channels to covers joes critique but also acknowledging that he said he liked the album overall for an hour straight before that. His few critiques got drake emotional.

Drake has transcended the music industry, where anything he drops is bound to get reception and accolades regardless of how good it is. What made Drake, Drake was the ultimate versatility. He could rap with the best of them, but he could also sing and make very deep-cutting records that were not really prevalent in hip hop. Now he's rapping like he's Tony Soprano and collaborating with only the newer generation of artists. He's straying away from what made Drake, Drake.

Drake is the coco melon of rap. Lol. Kendrick cooked him.

Drake isn't an artist, he's an instrument for the industry. He always has been. He was designed to sell hip hop to white girls, and I'm shocked it took people this long to realize this. Even after Meek called out the ghost writers.

Been feeling this way about Drake since Certified Loverboy I really thought it was going to be an acclaimed album when i heard Champagne Poetry some deep and mature music and then it just turned into nonsense. Drake isn't giving it his all anymore and is just serving fast food music and knows hes going to always chart. He's working with the same producers over and over and instead of just branching out and trying new things he's sticking to the same thing over and over

“My mums basement” being an entire floor that most people would die for lmaoo

This has aged so well

I'm 40. Drake is of my generation. The idea that he was rejected by people his age, is absolutely crazy. Yes he's not someone my age grew up to, we were already out of school living. So there's that, I guess.

Hip Hop Madness doesn’t post much. But, when they do, it’s incredible

Man is 2 yrs younger than me and he’s definitely either reaching hard or hitting mid life EARLY ( mid life doesnt hit until 40 apparently).Joe was right,he’s rapping for the young kids,at his age he just needs to focus on the MUSIC itself,its about growth and maturity

Ay Mustard on the beat yo 😂 They Not Like Us They Not Like Us

Is this why he is envious of Kendrick Lamar? Because Kendrick got the recognition of the people that matters to him, and at least one classic album.

Joe Budden is wrong about a lot of shit but it’s crazy how spot on he is about Drake

Drake's success cannot protect Aubrey Graham from his demons.

I been saying he started to over saturate himself and hit a mid life crisis, but nobody wanted to listen, and dudes my favorite rapper. I hope he gets it together and grows up on his future projects.

I've never seen Drake lash out at critics about his music to this nature. It's kind of telling Drake may feel what there're saying could be true on where he is in music.

this aged badly and well at the same time

In 'Thank Me Later' he said he's 23 going through a midlife crises so technically this is his 2nd

Wow this actually clears things up

you are asking a suburban priveleged kid to rap about hard topics when that's never been his real life. He is a pretty boy actor turned rapper riding off his dad being in prison once upon a time and the hard lives of real rappers like wayne and people who actually lived in the hood. Women made his career. and you all forgot this is Aubrey Graham from CANADA, practically a disney kid actor. When he was younger he was basically an R&B act. He is trying to rap about co-parenting now and it's probably just not enough anger and drama to be exciting because at the end of the day, he's a nice person not a grimey bad boy that rap is typically associated with. He is probably not about to shoot his baby mommas in the foot anytime soon. idk what people are really expecting from this guy. He can only really rap about his expensive stuff and about how many women want him or how much people want to be near him because he is famous. OH so difficult. so many people want to hang out with me and i dont even know who they are. sooo sad. lol it's not as entertaining after 14 years.

"..diss me, and you'll never hear a reply for it." He stood by that for a long time

Three sexual orientation “Gay straight and Drake!” That shit had me weak

"He rappin' for the children" is an insane quote to start a video about Aubrey Graham. 🤣

The problem with Drake is that he made emo rap cool, along with 808s Kanye and MOTM Kid Cudi. Unfortunately, we're in the red pilled misogynistic Era. Drake has tried to get on that wave but crashes and burns. No one wants to hear a near 40 year old rap about failed relationships. At least not in the way he raps about it.

Bros trying hard to be a 23 year old baby daddy

When are people gonna realize Drake ain't Hip Hop, he's pop.

Its okay to grow up and become mature

The beef with Kendrick's gonna boost this video, trust 🗿

I think it was easier for Drake to get the admiration of these younger rappers because they got elevated Drake. They didn't get the Drake the older crowd got in the beginning, so the question is, would they have passed on him as some of his peers did had all of them been around at that time.

I love y’all (pause) and this channel and the video essays you guys put out is 💎 being a 90’s kids and growing up in the 2000’s this channel just represents everything that used to be right in hip hop to me. Plz keep uploading more bros!

You can not make 14 albums in 14 years without having a gang of writers!

Drake will be a single co parenting father reaching his 40’s now. He had his chance of anything to settle down with Rhianna but he messed that up. Now he’s stuck in the top of the hip hip game with awards and child. This is him now.

Its been a long 3 months but its good to see an upload on this channel again. And joe be on point frfr💯

I get liking some drake songs here and there, but how any adult can be a drake fan is beyond me

I haven’t listened to the last 2 albums and now I realize why. Thank you for this video

You summed up everything perfectly 🔥fire video

THEY NOT LIKE US

Very well said. What a great video this is exactly what I’ve always thought about Drake

I like that you've got respect in your craft. Thank you for the video!!

Serious rap fans have never taken him serious hes a pop star good for him

Don’t nobody who was around pre-streaming era give af about that man “tying” Michael Jackson. And I’m a Drake fan saying this.

The thing is, Drake has always been Corny .We're just older now so we see through the facade

When Drake's dropping an album it's inescapable to not know about it, but me personally it doesn't move me at the slightest and doesn't provoke the little curiosity I would have.He's been in poor form since 2016, but yet I gave him a few chances because I didn't realize that he had a new goal: pander to audiences and make numbers, instead of expressing himself and crafting great bodies of work. I let Views slide, I kinda messed with More Life, I let Scorpion slide, I messed a little bit with Dark Lemo Tapes, but CLB was the last straw, I was like "Ohh I'm seeing a pattern here, and its been ongoing. It's clear by now that you just don't care. 22 songs and only 7 with effort? yea man, good riddance". It's always the samo samo: rapping about how wealthy he is, places and things he would never go or buy/wear respectively because of his tax bracket, nba references (often shouting out the current champions, mvp's and rookies), pillow talking, sending shots to his exes, sending coward subliminal shots to his opposition, shouting out hot rappers, influencers and personalities alike, and the funniest of them all, TOUGH TALK (like bruh, that mafioso rap from you ain't menacing, impressive and let alone believable, we saw you before you got into the rap game and your early days in the rap game, having money, hanging around with street dudes and having a few in your payroll doesn't make you that guy💀💀you're just a rich guy with lot a wolves surrounding yoy, like King Joffrey) The only mainstream rappers that get me excited and I feel slightly obligated to listen to them are Kendrick, Tyler, Cole and Travis. The rest are just a bunch of panderers and burned out rappers that only rely on trends, waves and the machine for relevance.

Drake, they're gonna turn on you one day too and the more you win, the sooner they do they'll be calling you a trash bin sayin' that your new one isn't better than your last and Even if it is, once they start to turn their backs they ain't never comin' back- Eminem, 2020

When Hov was reaching 40 he came out with “change clothes”

Drake's core fanbase don't analyse his music, they just in for the vibes, it's mostly people who don't like him in the first place who do analyze his artistic work. Music for him now seems to be purely about business and staying relevant for the long run. He doesn't need to impress Joe Bidden and Charlemagne now that he is 37, the likes of them have long rejected him. He found a way to circumvent the lack of respect he has on Hip Hop by appealing to the youth and women and that made him rich and relevant for this long. It's just too itcher for some people to see him topping the charts besides him not being a "respectable" artist in Hip Hop like kendrick and Cole.

The nail polish finished him

I tried to tell one of my friends who is a MASSIVE Drake Stan about this change in him, but ofc he wasn’t hearing it 😭 maybe I should just send him this video

this aged like fine wine

I’ve missed you dearly, HHM

Honestly Drake hasn’t been the same since Views. Views was the beginning of his mid life crisis

This applies to Nicki as well. They need to grow up and evolve.

he really puts the MID in miflife

*Good to hear from HHM after such a while* ♡

T.I. passed on Drake but signed and pushed Iggy Azelea 🙄 bruh

Watching this in May 2024 like🫣🫢

Thought I was the only person who noticed dude going through an identity crisis.. mans 37 years old and still trying to find his self 💀

Drakes always done a lot for UK hip hop, so despite everything I’ll always have respect for him

I've still never heard a SINGLE Drake song and went "yeah this was hard." He's always been mid as hell, with maybe nice bars every now and then. It just never made sense how he gets so gassed up. But I'm glad he's really being held to the flame nowadays. Been a long time coming 🤣🤣

“It felt like he was chasing, not leading” EXACTLY what I’ve said since the day the album dropped. It has grown on me though.

Drake hinted to Yachty some time ago about his future "graceful exit" retirement. If he really wants to be remembered as one of the greatest he needs to step up his game ASAP

Great, great analysis bro

Here is my take on Drake. First off I think he is talented dude. The ID crisis comes from this. I grew up a street dude in the castle hill projects Bronx NY. It was a tough upbringing and we all did what we could to get the f outta there. The hood aint not life for no one. Its dangerous and hard. Drake, I always seen as a dude who loved music and hip hop so he wanted to be part of it. So he played down his childhood and made it sound like he " started from the bottom" but he really didn't. No I don't personally have a problem with a rapper just being himself and not coming from the projects etc. But what peeps picked up on Drake especially the dudes that came from the bottom was that he was trying to play a role. So people are less accepting of you when they feel like you not coming from a genuine place. And I think because he doesn't know how to genuinely relate from the ghetto mentality dudes he tries to hard and now that he is top dog he isolates people with how he acts.

Here after the beef😂 L

This is my first time (I think) listening to a video from a channel and I just want to say y’all’s in-video ad was wholesome. Simply because it helps serve a practical need for the everyday person. That’s all lol Jesus bless you

I couldn’t agree more with all the points presented in this video

Instead of commenting to relevant posts I’m going to make one big here: There’s a few ppl here talking about how Drake has yet to evolve mentally/emotionally/whatever to the level someone of his age and experience in the game should be at. I think a lot of this issue is rooted in a problem shared with Eminem; Both men blew up at a certain age and never had to mature in any way so the content remained the same, good or bad. Being rich like that allows you to lock yourself away from the world instead of having to spend more time in the world, spend more time gaining different perspectives and different experiences. When I was in the game I had all that young Eminem rage and wrote similarly to him because that’s where I was at that time and that’s how I was feelin about life and the world around me. But when my rap career failed to make me into a gazzillionaire like it did Drake and Em, I eventually was forced to get over whatever my issues were and move on, as is the case for most of us who don’t live in an isolated world. The second thing I wanted to touch on is how Drake is lacking creatively. Drake doesn’t really pen anything, we need to let go of this idea that Drake is locked in the studio when he’s not on stage and he’s always writing. Someone else is writing, either they write entire songs for him or structure the basic idea and he fills in the blanks. Drake isn’t a writer, he’s a performer; His job is to deliver the lines just like an actor. I can say for me, creatively I’ve struggled for the last few years, trying to get back to the fire I had (much like Eminem in his early days) but I don’t have it anymore to be that guy and it hurts me to admit that. I had to grow up. I couldn’t live like that past a certain point because it’ll mess up some many other things in life whether it be your spouse, kids, job, whatever. Drake will either need to take time away from the entertainment business and focus on personal and creative development or he will continue to flop until he’s done. It took me a while to embrace that a man needs to grow up and put forth a different image - I haven’t been the 15 year old kid living in the hood and trailer park and being homeless for a long ass time. Now that I’m older and have reflected on the damage this gangster cosplaying stuff has done to hiphop and the black community, I’ve realized a rapper like Will Smith ain’t such a bad thing; Even Run DMC were college educated dudes but few really care about that. Drake needs to grow up and move to the next chapter of his life but I doubt he ever will and until he does he’ll never mature creatively - the closest he’s gotten is putting his son in his video which I think was a huge no no, leave the kids out of it. Stop trying to convince us you’re dad of the year and go be dad of the year, you’ve got enough paper to walk away. Thanks for joining my TedTalk.

Theres no age limit on actions, vibes, or personality. I’d hate to feel like my art had an age limit.

Great Video. You made points, that cant be argued. 🔥💯

A mid life crisis is not what drake is... You know the feeling you get when you 100% completion on a game. That is what drake is.... There's nothing he hasn't done.. nothing to prove. He can drop ass and you will spend months debating 😂😂

I love how society thinks once you hit 30 you’re supposed to put on some loafers and tuck your shirt 👕 in and go to sleep by 9.