Go ahead and further your explanation.
Drake may not be forging completely new lanes, but he is one of the better pop artists around now and that's a certainty.
So Far Gone was the first proper 'mixtape sounded like an album' and we can have Drake responsible for that. His So Far Gone and subsequent signing were like Lebron joining Miami. Mixtapes did drop and did get artists noticed(A Kid Named Cudi, some of 50 Cent's if you qualify that as mixtape and not quasi-album) but Drake sent it into the stratosphere.
Take Care was the first huge "emo rap" success. 808s came before, but with Drake it set new boundaries and was accepted. To most 808s was seen as a flop or as bad quality(I disagree, it's incredibly influential and far better than most make out) but Take Care just hit home and ran away with it.
Now with this he's going even more experimental. More personal, more atmospheric and synthy beats. Just overall more impressive. His Kid A, if you will(not that it's anywhere near as good).
Without SFG(and post) Drake and MoTM Cudi, we wouldn't have Chance, Gambino, J Cole, ASAP Rocky and a lot of other artists doing what they're currently doing. Some released stuff before(even critically acclaimed stuff, like Cole did) but the two are just far too influential within the current confines of pop and hip hop music.
More like worst decision in music business of the decade. Later Macklemore(!) showed how it should've been done.
