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I see. That's a convenient stance to fall back on. I think you just might be a bit of a jerk, man.

If we're gonna go "this is how the community is" route, how come my comments have more upvotes than yours?

Yo, thanks for reminding me of that. The Weeknd had babies!

You're the one forwarding racial arguments and I'm the worse one?

I feel like a dummy that I didn't know that name. Gonna up my XO game.

I don't mind the commentariat around here really is not a fan, I get it in alot of ways, but it's just nice to find a port of fans in a storm.

Oh, I hate this argument. My taste must be invalid because of "x" thing. Get out of here with that, dude. How condescending.

At first I thought you were playing a character, but, now I have to assume you mean this seriously. Is it really outside of your worldview that someone might have a different set of aesthetic criterion?

Because he tends to be the sort of artist who generates trends rather than riding him. "Forever" was the progenitor of many excellent R&B acts(Miguel, Frank Ocean, The Weeknd). Every time he puts so much as a single, you know the career of an artist is either gonna be restarted, elevated or reexamined. He creates

OK, I gotta give it to Heat too. So smooth I slipped off my couch.

I've never heard of boi-1da but that is a HOT beat.

Is being old as the same thing as out of touch? I know plenty of teenagers and young adults that know about as much about pop culture as my 65 year old dad.

Or it could be. That's possible too.

Dude, boo on that. He's a fun, exciting artist that tends to have his thumb on the zeitgeist as far as producers/collaborators go. If you think Drake sucks, do you have any love in your heart at all for modern mainstream R&B/Hip hop?

Are all the "Drake sucks" posts done? Really excited to listen to this, Same was one of my favorite releases of the year.

WHOOPS! Big Jay Oakerson was the strip club DJ, as well, and he's a funny dude. Dammit.

WHOOPS! Big Jay Oakerson was the strip club DJ, as well, and he's a funny dude. Dammit.