Yeah LL is more of a pioneer than Drake, mainly because he put out his first album a year before Drake was even born.

Drake's long term impact in rap/music isn't going to be felt/recognized for years to come, but he's been highly influential to younger rappers already.

LL invented the "Rap songs for Girls" shit but Drake took it to a whole nother level and KEPT producing hits in that lane. Which is even more of a feat since the Ladies seemed to love Cool James WAY more than they do Drake. Maybe I'm just too old to be around the women who are attracted to Drake

Drake started off as an actor but has pretty much focused on Music
LL started off rapping but now mainly is an Actor who raps as a hobby

Drake's period of being viewed as one of the TOP rap artists in the game has been longer than LL's Prime and doesn't show any signs of slowing down anytime soon