Balmain Wayne

Minding my own business | Views are my own

[Balmain Wayne @FreshDamier]

@reignofglitter

[Balmain Wayne @FreshDamier]

@NerdAtCoolTable I will never forgive such a nefarious action that Don Toliver - Octane is not on this list lol

[Balmain Wayne @FreshDamier]

I know exactly what it means. You trying to spin it as if it don’t and i’m saying it does have a factor. Downplaying the sheer volume of streams/sales to discredit cultural impact is unjust. I’ll even normalize the conversation remove drake and insert someone like Lupe, Camron or Future, the same categories apply, now how does Pac compare to those not named drake

[Balmain Wayne @FreshDamier]

@OfficiallyIce Go Knicks is wild son

[Balmain Wayne @FreshDamier]

Taylor Swift is the most listened to artist today currently across all genres, Drake is the most currently listened to artists today across Hip Hop / Rap. to say the most listened to artists does not have as many good songs or is not meaningful to the culture is being willfully obtuse.

[Balmain Wayne @FreshDamier]

@ELLIS_410 Yes unfortunately that does not negate who has more, longevity matters,

[Balmain Wayne @FreshDamier]

@ELLIS_410 Am i’m saying Drake has More songs with substance not judging who has the better songs but who has more,

[Balmain Wayne @FreshDamier]

this does not strengthen your argument it reinforces mine as it exists today. Pirating in the past = multiple streaming accounts under one user, the difference is 1. limited people had access to software to burn cds, and even own computers to pirate music 2. technology has advanced so far where any artist signed or unsigned can release there music next to the a popular artists dropping on the same day. in the past to get your music out you had to have a deal by this the sheer magnitude of availability it’s much harder today. would you rather compete with 5 people dropping the same day as you or 5000 people dropping the same day as you

[Balmain Wayne @FreshDamier]

@ELLIS_410 Are you forgetting the content he wrote for others? cause i’m including that as his content as a writer, i don’t think we have ever said that about Pac, but that’s not to say he couldn’t he probably would have done more if he was alive but still Drake edges Pac on content.

[Balmain Wayne @FreshDamier]

you have the same scenario where the people who didn’t buy a cd and had it burned for your dual scenario regarding multiple users on a subscription we have to remove that to normalize the conversation, more people have access to music then ever before in the history of music right now

[Balmain Wayne @FreshDamier]

That’s not the argument here does he rap better, these are great songs the question is how long is this level sustainable! Pac has never been able to sustain high level rapping at the highest level you pointed out across his albums, he has a lot of not very good songs but when he hits he hits, all this would give the edge to Drake unfortunately Pac died so we can only judge what he has put out . Pac might have did it for 3/4 years at elite rapping on some songs, Drake is at 15 years of elite song writing and rapping

[Balmain Wayne @FreshDamier]

Long post: but it’s not available for free users are paying some sort of subscription service to access the music in its current form just as prior they needed to physically buy the cd and after limewire that kinda changed everything,

secondly here is what people keep missing its ease-ability, scalability, and availability. Prior to streaming it was harder to create a cd, get it out to all regions and have it available to the markets you wanted, so at $19.99 you ain’t have that many people to compete with and your limitations was to what physical copies you had, now today literally ANYONE can release a project and to ANY Market and scale and the only limitation is how many times people listen to your song. It’s much harder to get a fan to listen you your song 1500 times to count as 1 album sold verses buying 1 album. For argument sake lets saying streaming forces everyone that you need to buy music on streaming to even listen to it like we do on itunes today we would see ridiculousness numbers. Because more people have access to put their music out it makes it harder to obtain and for those who do well (Drake, Taylor etc) you see a big difference

[Balmain Wayne @FreshDamier]

@ELLIS_410 Rhyme Scheme / Wordplay, Cadence, Structure, Content I can’t think of one area where Pac is better than Drake at and i’m being generous when I say that.

[Balmain Wayne @FreshDamier]

@JBTVCommunity somebody mentioned this is what we expected to get from M Ford. I think she would be a good piece to add WITH Mona cause that back and forth is needed.

[Balmain Wayne @FreshDamier]

@ELLIS_410 @CapitollJonez dawg 😭😭😭 this is indeed a fact

[Balmain Wayne @FreshDamier]

@waymoflydenu @TeannaTrump AND I wouldn’t care lol We gone be happy together lol

[Balmain Wayne @FreshDamier]

@waymoflydenu @TeannaTrump cause I’d love her TODAY

[Balmain Wayne @FreshDamier]

@reignofglitter yes WE do want a Porsche and I added the SPECIFIC one in case you need a reference