Drake for Complex Magazine

Drake is on the cover of Complex Magazine's Feb/March 2010 issue. He talks about the "Best I Ever Had" video debacle, his writing style, and the fact people can't get over that he is on Young Money Records.

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Intervier: As smooth as your entry to the rap world was, you only stumbled when people questioned your choices, like the video for "Best I Ever Had."

Drake: You can do something you believe in and people will still say, "This shit is terrible!" But I still believe in Kanye's vision. Maybe we didn't do a great job with getting the point across—it was supposed to be a humorous video. When I read the comments, I was like, Man, I guess no one wants to laugh anymore. Everybody wants the fairy tale, you know?

Interviewer: For an artist who's perceived to be so multifaceted, it was interesting to see people try to put you in a box: "How could he do this? This is degrading to women!"

Drake: If you listen to the lyrics, it's really not a romantic song. It's humorous. Yes, it's great to tell a woman, "You're the best I ever had." But the hook was so lovey-dovey that I just wanted to make the verses some fun shit. And that's how I viewed that song. Like a good time, like a laugh

Interviewer: I think it's just that you were so far from what people expected when they thought "Young Money."

Drake: Everyone seems to have a comment for me about Young Money, "Fuck Young Money" or "Why are you with them?" But what people have to understand is maybe there was a way for me to be successful without Young Money. But we'll never know. My loyalty is to Wayne, and that goes for anybody who genuinely believes in me. We don't have the most personal relationship where we hang out every day or we talk that much, but Wayne's admiration and respect goes without being verbally said. He put his neck out there for me at a very early stage, and those actions tell me everything I need to know about how he feels about me as an artist.

Interviewer: Take me through your songwriting process.

Drake: With R&B, I know my sound. I know I make records to fuck to.

[Laughs.]

Drake: The way Jay and Wayne write rap, I write R&B. I don't write lyrics down on paper. The other day, I was in the studio with Alicia Keys, and I wrote two songs just speaking to her. I wish I could write that way for rap. With my rap songs, there's so much of me I have to give that I don't know if I could ever just flow. The thing is, I'm a great rapper. There's two elements to rap: having the thoughts, and then being a great rapper. I can really rap the shit that I write. My tone, my inflection. When I listen to myself on records, I don't feel like I don't belong there. When I listen to "Forever," with three of my heroes, I fit right in.

Interviewer: Our very first interview, which was just about a year ago, I remember you saying that when you did an album, it would keep the mixtape feel. What's changed?

Drake: Just because I had a winner, it doesn't mean I'm gonna be like, "OK, I need a new ‘Successful.'" That's silly. I just don't want anything to sound like anything else, which I hope is everybody's vision.

FOR MORE OF THE INTERVIEW GO HERE

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