Second Blog: Drake, "Fancy"

 

"Oh you Fancy huh", is many lines from the famous rapper Drake song, "Fancy" ft. T.I . Drake is one of the few rappers that actually talks about women in a lot of ways, but most of them being "lovely dovey". Drake is definitely a rapper that is into his feelings and looks into his past relationships to write his music. He has rapped about women stripping, breaking up with him, him breaking up with them, trying to get them back, loving them mentally and physically, and everything else. In my opinion Drakes music makes people think and look at their love life in a different view. But in this song "Fancy" Drakes talks about a woman or women doing high-lifestyle things on their own and not needing a man for anything. The song definitely portrayed women in a positive image and made women feel good about their life and what they were doing. In the line,"You say you dropping 10 pounds, preparing for summer, And you don't it for the man, men never notice, You just do it for yourself, you're the f*cking coldest". Drake states that women does things to their body for themselves because men never pay attention enough to notice, also meaning they don't care if men notice it or not they still are going to good. Because of the way Drake raps other rappers in the industry have tried to call him names, like a punk, sensitive, whack and many other things, but that doesn't stop Drake from making hits. Another part in the song rapped by T.I. does talk about some women doing things for expensive gifts and rich men stating,"You aint needy, greedy or easy as these other breezy's, Who f*ck for bottles of Riesling and bowls of baked ziti". T.I takes a dig at some women saying that they have sex for men for fancy things, but he also stated that you don't have to do that, because women can get those things without men. One last lyric in the song rapped by Drake states, "Yeah but shout out to the homeowners, The girls that got diplomas and enough money to loan us, A little something extra should we ever need it". Drake is giving a shout-out to the women that own their own homes, have their own cars, have their own money, and go to school! Drake is definitely showing love and empowering women that having your own things and not needing a man is sexy. Drake shows his masculinity in his music by loving women, saying that men don't need to degrade women and make them feel lesser than what they are. Drake is a male and he is strong, but he also likes a strong woman, and to me that is the strongest man of all. 

-Tayler Thornton