All tagged Lil Durk

Content Carries Lil Durk’s ‘7220’

Content Carries Lil Durk’s ‘7220’

Nate Spurlin

Many people would credit Lil Durk’s new trajectory to the Drake effect: a phenomenon where rappers who appear on tracks with Drake see an instant rise in their popularity. A Drake feature can be a stimulus package of sorts allowing rappers to get a taste of the attention that comes with being a part of one of the biggest tracks of the year statistically. However, the hype that comes a rapper’s way because of this Drake stimulus package isn’t the easiest to maintain as we’ve seen artists like BlocBoy JB fade away after his smash hit ‘Look Alive’ featuring Drake peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2018. On the flip side, we’ve seen artists take the influx of eyes that come from making a track with Drake and run with it, solidifying their spot in Hip-Hop. Lil Baby is the most prominent example of this with his track ‘Yes Indeed’ featuring Drake peaking at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 catalyzing his quick rise to the top.

Expectations For a Lil Durk & Lil Baby Collab Album

Expectations For a Lil Durk & Lil Baby Collab Album

Nate Spurlin

In my view there a collab project can go one of two ways, the first being artists finding common ground with their contrasting styles and the second being artists with similar skillsets attempting to compliment each other on each track. There are multiple examples of successful collab projects using both techniques in recent history. Of course, there are examples of artists with limitless skillsets coming together to create great projects like Future’s collab discography with Young Thug, Juice WRLD, and Lil Uzi Vert. However, I don’t see Lil Baby and Lil Durk as artists with limitless skillsets to this point so, I’ll digress from that and focus on the two methods I previously illustrated.