 The album 's first @-@ half generally discusses fame directly with confessional songs about unrequited love , money , and women , followed by club @-@ oriented and sexual songs . Drake 's lyrics explore feelings of doubt , insecurity , and heartbreak , while exhibiting both emotional and grammatical malapropisms . <unk> <unk> @-@ <unk> of The Harvard Crimson characterizes Drake as " self @-@ deprecating , privileged , [ and ] lovesick " . He raps in a nasal voice and sings subtly , with a flow generally in A @-@ B @-@ AB form . Music journalist Jody Rosen observes " emotionally transparent " rapping that eschews the " <unk> " style previously popular in hip hop , finding Drake 's style to be " subtle and rueful rather than loud and lively " . 
