HarleyWin Posted November 26 Posted November 26 3 hours ago, SmittenCake said: I hope he comes out as gay and debuts a drag/fem/sissy era. Shawn Mendes just tried that and still flopped. It's a Canadian thing.
Uncatena Posted November 26 Posted November 26 never seen a person put the final nail into their own coffin this hard before
Popular Post HarleyWin Posted November 26 Popular Post Posted November 26 No artist has been pampered by UMG and streaming services as much as Drake has in the last 8 or so years. He was literally the poster child of the whole streaming era. I guess payola was okay when it was helping him, but as soon as it started to benefit his enemy too, he called the feds. Can't wait for this to backfire on him and his delusional fans as I'm sure it will. Never bite the hands that feeds you. 16 1 2
punisher Posted November 26 Posted November 26 8 minutes ago, Junlin said: he better show us some receipts this is him asking for the reciepts
FOCK Posted November 26 Posted November 26 (edited) Drake's end goal here is to renegotiate his deal with UMG. The suit even outlines that they told him if he tried to sue them, that they'd shift blame onto Kendrick directly. It has very little to do with the song itself, though the suit happens to leverage payola tactics (that he himself has previously benefited from). He's essentially telling UMG I'll blow the whole thing up unless you gimme more coin & they have to be quite calculated with their response to him, as it could serve to help his claim that his own label "conspired" against his benefit, which is the critical component of the case, everything else is fluff, albeit, necessary fluff. Kendrick's song here is just a tool he's relying on to get to his end goal, which is more money for retaining him as an artist & a better deal - or an early end to his contract. Drake has 1 album left to fulfil under his current contract with UMG, to my understanding. He's trying to either get out or renegotiate, based on a breach of contract clause. Idc what the outcome is for either of these overhyped clowns in the end, but I'm ultimately not mad he's suing higher ups. Edited November 26 by FOCK 1 4
Popular Post Cbreezy Posted November 26 Popular Post Posted November 26 14 minutes ago, FOCK said: Drake's end goal here is to renegotiate his deal with UMG. The suit even outlines that they told him if he tried to sue them, that they'd shift blame onto Kendrick directly. It has very little to do with the song itself, though the suit happens to leverage payola tactics (that he himself has previously benefited from). He's essentially telling UMG I'll blow the whole thing up unless you gimme more coin & they have to be quite calculated with their response to him, as it could serve to help his claim that his own label "conspired" against his benefit, which is the critical component of the case, everything else is fluff, albeit, necessary fluff. Kendrick's song here is just a tool he's relying on to get to his end goal, which is more money for retaining him as an artist & a better deal - or an early end to his contract. Drake has 1 album left to fulfil under his current contract with UMG, to my understanding. He's trying to either get out or renegotiate, based on a breach of contract clause. Idc what the outcome is for either of these overhyped clowns in the end, but I'm ultimately not mad he's suing higher ups. As someone who really strives to dive beneath the shock of an initial headline, I gauged that there was more to it. Like it's more a manoeuvre than anything. The problem is: the optics are horrendous. Joe Public does not give a damn about a contract reneg or filing to get out of deal. Most people dabble in the topline of it all and it's unavoidably giving: Karen, snitch, and corny. To make it worse, no one gives a damn whether it's true or not. If anything, they've done the same FOR him too. Many times. It doesn't help that the song is undeniably a bop too. I''m really into music industry history overall. This never ever ends well for the artist. Ever. Drake is trying to reveal behind the scenes antics of the industry at large. What he is describing is probably standard practice for all labels, publishing companies, streamers etc. The issue for him is that he is not bigger than the industry and has factually benefitted from it himself. So, he factually won't win the war even if he scores a few surface wins in the battle. Like, UMG could actually just cut their losses and let him go to whichever label will shell out big coins for him. The issue is the Hip-Hop mass will forever look at him as a complaining Karen and the industry will hit back in ways both subtle and direct. Expect his streaming support, radio play, etc to all look…different. Not saying he's "done" per se, but Not Like Us already made his next move hard. He's just made it 10x harder…himself. All as he nears 40 (which isn't as much of a thing for men in the biz or in general anymore), but is still food for thought). At best, he'll need to hope to have a Kanye-like trajectory, where the numbers don't look the same anymore but he's upheld by a cult following who support his every move - guaranteeing a base level of organic success Eg opening week but not much beyond that. But as a main main main player with the type of automated success he's enjoyed for over a decade, he's going out sad. Doing this all during GNX's success makes it even dumber and more embarrassing for him. Granted there are probably legal timelines etc at play, if he wanted to be a proper troll, he ought to have done it Super Bowl week for the drama of it all. 10 8
C_Colstead Posted November 26 Posted November 26 (edited) So it's OK for Drake to engage in exactly the same practices he's suing Spotify/UMG for, but not OK for them to do the same for Kendrick because it hurts his feelings. This is such Karen behaviour. Edited November 30 by C_Colstead
Green Posted November 26 Posted November 26 He's such a loser Imagine his meltdowns when NOT LIKE US wins a televised GRAMMY next February Not even Nicki Minaj was this petty against Cardi when she was smashing 1
Green Posted November 26 Posted November 26 I mean is he serious? He sounds like those ATRL delusional stans who try to minimize the success of other pop girls saying it was because of streaming fams or autoplay 6
BnPac Posted November 26 Posted November 26 (edited) This is such an awful move for various reasons but the most important ones : - His whole career is dependent on streams and Spotify has always pushed his music very hard. - This brings so much attention to the song, and that's saying something because the song is already big. - It makes him appear like a total loser, it's an admission of defeat. - It makes him look pathetic because instead of filing to refute the allegations, he is filing for popularity and how big the song was. - It's not Hip-Hop beef like. 2024 was absolutely wild, I've never seen such a quick fall from grace. I just don't see how Drake can go from here. Edited November 26 by BnPac 13 1
Green Posted November 26 Posted November 26 12 hours ago, qurl said: not even over the allegations of him being a PDF he chose to sue for the most sore b!tch ass loser of all reasons When I saw the thread title I thought it would be because of those allegations But when I opened the thread and I saw it's because "inflating the popularity of the song" I couldn't believe it
mons†er Posted November 26 Posted November 26 I love that Aubrey's true colors are being seen now. He has cosplayed as a rapper from the hood for over 2 decades when in fact he's a Canadian Karen who could never survive a day in the hood. He's going out so sad and honestly it's what he deserves. 12
Archetype Posted November 26 Posted November 26 Inflated? More like accurate, that song was everywhere and not because of playlisting.
Seeyuh Posted November 26 Posted November 26 he trying to pull a kanye and get himself dropped him the label. UMG will never let u go. unless ur antisemitic. and drake is jewish so he cant use that angle 2
Bey'Knight Posted November 26 Posted November 26 This is giving stan energy ok fess up, which one of yall is the devil on his shoulder?
HarleyWin Posted November 26 Posted November 26 38 minutes ago, Bey'Knight said: This is giving stan energy ok fess up, which one of yall is the devil on his shoulder? Probably some girl not older than 20 that he is screwing. She is giving him all the "stan tea" 3
imabadkid Posted November 26 Posted November 26 2 hours ago, Seeyuh said: he trying to pull a kanye and get himself dropped him the label. UMG will never let u go. Yeah... he has their largest market share (even larger than Taylor, yes). If they lose him... it won't be good, his massive popularity and numbers fundddddddd so many other people. Despite the dRaKe IzZ 0o0oV333R stan twitter narrative, he's still v popular and without him the label would be in trouble. 1 1
Raspberries Posted November 26 Posted November 26 Drake is the biggest loser of 2024 UMG should bury him
Brikenbur Posted November 26 Posted November 26 3 minutes ago, imabadkid said: Yeah... he has their largest market share (even larger than Taylor, yes). If they lose him... it won't be good, his massive popularity and numbers fundddddddd so many other people. Despite the dRaKe IzZ 0o0oV333R stan twitter narrative, he's still v popular and without him the label would be in trouble. True. Also, (not) shocked to see that he has over 73 million monthly listeners on Spotify; mostly from feats and surely from his older material and not from all of the terrible newer music he's been releasing. Poor gi. 1
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