While there has been plenty of confusion as to what's going on with Aaliyah's posthumous album release, one person who is not biting his tongue in regards to his opinion on the new album is DMX. The rapper, who starred with Aaliyah in Romeo Must Die and collaborated with the songbird on hits such as Come Back in One Piece let his feelings be known to Sway during an interview with MTV's RapFix
“He has talent, but it’s kinda redundant, it’s kinda the same all the time to me personally. It’s an annoying sound,” barked the New York veteran, who compared Drake’s sound to a washing machine.
The shade didn't stop there. Here's what he said about Drake whoring out Aaliyah's legacy for ca$h: “I’m kinda feelin’ some kinda a way about the fact that you been commissioned, that you been blessed, you’ve been given the opportunity to do the Aaliyah album yet you don’t include anybody that she worked with personally,” said X, who had a close relationship with the late singer.
“How do you disregard what this woman did? What this beautiful angel did and say, ‘Oh OK, I’m gonna take it for myself because I’m hot right now and I’m feelin’ myself,’” said DMX. “How do you just go there with it? Your balls ain’t that big, son.”
This is not the first person to come at Drake about his blatant disrespect for those who have come before him (something it seems these Young Money members tend to do alot of, if you know what I'm saying and I think you do). Missy and Timbaland have also come out and stated that they were never contacted about working on the Aaliyah album. Blackground Records ( a label run by her uncle Barry Henkerson owns the rights to all of Aaliyah's music) asked Drake and Noah "40" Shebib to work on the record, so DMX needs to take his beef not only with those working on the project but the label as well. In my personal opinion I still feel iffy about the whole scenario and I felt Enough Said was ruined with all the unnecessary profanity of his verse.
As a Aaliyah fan she did not have dudes saying nigga and fuck all over her songs, so why couldn't Drake be creative enough to come up with something clever to say on the song?. I think if a singer is not alive to approve of a song then their demos should not be rebooted for a new audience.
Check out the interview below...
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