Rap About Nothing: Hip Hop Chat Thread

[mangudai954]

Watched a Lil Baby interview. That dude is full of ****.

 

[illphillip]

 

[tomdiginson]

Ralo is locked up ?

 

[tay1]

My understanding of the allure of a deal(360) is that it takes a lot of the work(interviews, setting up shows, advertising, studio time etc) out of it. But couldn't building your own team do the same thing?

A lot of these dudes dont have the mindset of doing all that work. It can be done but it rarely is. Why you think all these ****** do is create labels and never any publishing or distribution companies?

 

[kingfoamnyc]

New dudes really ain't learn **** from no limit or cash money.

 

[Proposition Joe]

New dudes really ain't learn **** from no limit or cash money.

Master P and Birdmans deals in the 90's were also anomalies.

 

[lamekilla]

Came in to say peak Wale was More about Nothing, Baby and Gunna are clones and Hoodrich PJ is that *****

 

[delete1234]

Why y’all keep saying “wale doing fine” isn’t that up to him? If fam see himself On a bigger level than what he is then so be it.

I **** w bro goals, like always strive for more and to be on a bigger level it’s just the way he goin about it. Just gotta shut up and put up and he hasn’t done that yet...pay whoever u need to pay...do whatever u need to do but don’t cry about it.


Goes to show not every artist wants to be a guy that just gets paid and that’s it...some ppl really wanna be at the top. They want their music heard by everyone....I can understand it.

 

[OTG]

Ralo is locked up ?

where else he gon be?

 

[tay1]

Why y’all keep saying “wale doing fine” isn’t that up to him? If fam see himself On a bigger level than what he is then so be it.

I **** w bro goals, like always strive for more and to be on a bigger level it’s just the way he goin about it. Just gotta shut up and put up and he hasn’t done that yet...pay whoever u need to pay...do whatever u need to do but don’t cry about it.


Goes to show not every artist wants to be a guy that just gets paid and that’s it...some ppl really wanna be at the top. They want their music heard by everyone....I can understand it.

you complaining about not being on the top wont put you on top

 

[VARNELL HILL]

you complaining about not being on the top wont put you on top

Not only that...but I'm sure Wale of ALL people knows that talent alone won't get you there. There's a whole HEAP of other **** that goes into being one of the top earners.

 

[Hoodrich Laflare]

Came in to say peak Wale was More about Nothing, Baby and Gunna are clones and Hoodrich PJ is that *****

Sex kinda lost as a solo artist in terms of what lane he wants to be in. So while I agree Gunna favors him heavy on the voice, current day, their music is completely different word to...




Run thru this cash like family don’t matter
I got yo back, feel the same pain together

 

[Magic33]

you complaining about not being on the top wont put you on top

I'm done with complaining about it, because for some people their failures, adversity or how they feel like the underdog fuels them.

That's just Wale's personality to me. If he needs that to make good music, so be it. I don't really care otherwise.

Not only that...but I'm sure Wale of ALL people knows that talent alone won't get you there. There's a whole HEAP of other **** that goes into being one of the top earners.

I think this is his criticism

 

[Hoodrich Laflare]

I loved Mixtape About Nothing and wanted to like him, especially being a young NTer at the time... but his ego/emo episodes were too much even back then.

 

[Magic33]

I don't care about liking an artist.

Too often you'll be disappointed(i.e. Nas or Fab). Because in real life you might like Wale and dislike someone you "like".

As long as it's not extreme where I can't rock with you period, I just care about your music.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Dolph stay putting effort in his videos

 

[str8drop]

I guess somebody on the inside of Tidal leaked their internal data and it appears that they faked hundreds of millions of streams for Kanye and Beyoncé

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide....ms-to-bulk-up-kanye-west-and-beyonce-numbers/

 

[delete1234]

Everyone prolly juicing.

No different than labels buying hella albums

 

[delete1234]

It’s A smart investment tho, look at Beyonce now. She MJ status.

 

[Proposition Joe]

I don't think anyone trust streaming or the numbers that come out for any artist.

What's interesting though is tidal is the only streaming service that's constantly slandered and constantly having negative articles wrtitten about it. It's been that way for 3 years now.

 

[VARNELL HILL]

It's not interesting at all. It's called PR.

If Tidal had the resources to launch a negative PR campaign against the Apple's and the Spotify's...they would.

 

[Proposition Joe]

That was prolly done for Kanye and Beyoncé due to them sacrificing billions of first week streams by not being on Spotify or Apple Music. They're like 20 times bigger than tidal.

 

[Proposition Joe]

It's not interesting at all. It's called PR.

If Tidal had the resources to launch a negative PR campaign against the Apple's and the Spotify's...they would.

True. It's just business trying to bury its competitors.

 

[illphillip]

"Men lie, women lie, numbers don't"

 

[VARNELL HILL]

There is ALOT to unpack in this article but it's a pretty good window into how these things get manipulated

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