Specter Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 19 minutes ago, Virgos Groove said: Also, I know Drake is the Teflon rapper, but surely this is gonna affect his commercial success, right? He just took the biggest L of his career, picked the absolute worst angle to address pedophilia allegations, and is getting clowned on by everybody. Surely he can't In My Feelings his way out of this one... right? As @Wicked rightfully pointed out, the optics around him are going to be pretty cursed for a while. But what I see less discourse around is that even within the industry, his image has taken a giant ******* L. One of the ingenious things Kendrick did on NLU is he put the artists that /do/ rely on core hip-hop audience validation on passive blast for allowing Drake to hijack their reputation/cred like Future, 21S, and so on. So though Drake's career is going to be fine, like it always was, his ability to get straight up hip hop hits w/ features is going to be severely limited. If you are someone respected in hip hop you don't want to platform Drake for now and you DEFINITELY don't wanna risk him shading Kendrick on your record ddd; 5 mins after that track is finished in the studio K will have your family info laid out 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Luke Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 22 minutes ago, Virgos Groove said: Also, I know Drake is the Teflon rapper, but surely this is gonna affect his commercial success, right? He just took the biggest L of his career, picked the absolute worst angle to address pedophilia allegations, and is getting clowned on by everybody. Surely he can't In My Feelings his way out of this one... right? Oh it definitely will affect his image and it spread awareness about his behavior. But like, his ways were known and these clips been there on the web forever. None of these allegations are brand new. So the people who knew and listened to his music regardless will keep tuning in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicked Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 4 minutes ago, Specter said: As @Wicked rightfully pointed out, the optics around him are going to be pretty cursed for a while. But what I see less discourse around is that even within the industry, his image has taken a giant ******* L. One of the ingenious things Kendrick did on NLU is he put the artists that /do/ rely on core hip-hop audience validation on passive blast for allowing Drake to hijack their reputation/cred like Future, 21S, and so on. So though Drake's career is going to be fine, like it always was, his ability to get straight up hip hop hits w/ features is going to be severely limited. If you are someone respected in hip hop you don't want to platform Drake for now and you DEFINITELY don't wanna risk him shading Kendrick on your record ddd; 5 mins after that track is finished in the studio K will have your family info laid out I don't think this is over, perhaps Kendrick dropping diss tracks is over but this Drake thing isn't. These are very important figures in current Hip Hop saying it's **** Drake for whatever reason that is. They don't want anything to do with him. I think Hip-Hop looks different from this point. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gesamtkunstwerk Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 8 minutes ago, Virgos Groove said: Also, I know Drake is the Teflon rapper, but surely this is gonna affect his commercial success, right? He just took the biggest L of his career, picked the absolute worst angle to address pedophilia allegations, and is getting clowned on by everybody. Surely he can't In My Feelings his way out of this one... right? Hard to say ? If Drake now on just goes full on *** it all and starts to fully cartering to pop audiences who wants watered down rap, then I think he'll be fine because they won't gaf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacardo Royale Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 It's over for real when Kendrick samples Millie on his next diss track 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel is Desire Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 I let out the nastiest laugh after I heard the b sharp d flat d major line 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burn Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 2 hours ago, Blue Rose said: it's giving 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgos Groove Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Drake saying he's big in Japan has another ring to it when you remember that country's age of consent used to be 13. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgos Groove Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 (edited) Wait, @Machete got perma'd? Future was right, life IS good Edited May 6 by Virgos Groove Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexrex Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 All that Young Money crew getting brave and attacking real artists like Kendrick is laughable. They're bunch of clowns and enablers of predators. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacardo Royale Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgos Groove Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 3 minutes ago, Burn said: I hate to defend this loser, but this is a fake screenshot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicked Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 (edited) Kendrick Lamar charts four songs in the top 10 on US Spotify: #1: Not Like Us (4.453M) #2: euphoria (3.638M) #7: Like That (1.995M) #9: meet the grahams (1.767M) 'Not Like Us' by Kendrick Lamar debuts at #2 on Global Spotify with 7.8 million streams. 'Meet The Grahams' by Kendrick Lamar debuts at #19 on Global Spotify with 3.32 million streams. Edited May 6 by Wicked 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaia Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 8 minutes ago, Burn said: Girl there ain't no way that's real. It would have thousands of comments under it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specter Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Rick Ross literally saying "Oh that's not..." on tape has me crying actual tears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marla Singer Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Drake doesn't trust any of his ghostwriters after Meet The Grahams and it shows. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Aurora Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicked Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 he claims he's too famous to be a pedo? he has lost it This one is his "Big Foot". The ghostwriters didn't do a good job with this one 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 6 hours ago, Rep2000 said: The Tortured Drizzy Department, an Anthology. NOOOO 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesus del rey Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 When Drake said started from the bottom he meant his BBL LMAOOOO I am happy to see his basic vanilla as* is finally getting the drags and lashings it deserves 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braz Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 58 minutes ago, Wicked said: The one thing Drake had over Kendrick... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brraap Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Drake's ghostwriters good at those hooks though Will be using his stuff for the gym even though it's team *** drizzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TryMe Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 (edited) I like The Heart Part 6, but I feel like Kendrick delivers more, Kendrick is angryyy, like someone stole his child. Drake is too mellow. Go for the white meat luv... Edited May 6 by TryMe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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