His triumphal miserablism, which many critics find innovative, reads to me as familiar Canadian passive-aggression, at least when Nicki Minaj or Rihanna isn’t around to snap him out of it. Kanye did it first and better. It was such a relief to see the mopey meanness of “Marvin’s Room” get its comeuppance from answer songs like JoJo’s.
Best Music 2011: Drake’s just a classic passive-aggressive Canadian. - Slate Magazine
Carl Wilson on Drake. mootpoint.tumblr.com is a pro-Drake blog, but there’s some truth in this. This is a flaw I understand.
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Note that, while unmentioned in the article, Friday appears in the best-of list. Commenter accuses writer of (passive aggressive?) baiting.
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