Time Will Tell Episode 3: āIntentionā is out now, closing the first chapter and my 2025 story.
Signed Lonely At The Top vinyl is up for pre-order with EVEN, featuring the unreleased āGround Zero.ā
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Performing live at the Blue Note LA & NYC
6 nights, 6 albums, 12 intimate shows for my core fans
Los Angeles - Aug 29th, 30th &
31st
New York City - Sept 5th, 6th, & 7th
Night 1: 1999 - Summer Knights
Night 2: B4.DA.$$ - ALL AMERIKKKAN BADA$$
Night 3: 2000 - Lonely At The Top
Tix available tmrw!
Joey Badass' āAll-Amerikkkan Badassā has now surpassed 1 BILLION streams on Spotify š„šæ
It becomes his first ever album to reach this milestone.
an artist knows their own work best. canāt argue with that. but I have to tell youā¦
this album right here is criminally underrated, CLEARLY.
āPiece Of Mindā āHazeus Viewā āLike Meā āBelly Of The Beastā āChrist Consciousā āOn & Onā āBlack Beetlesā š„
from the first to the last song, in fact. top tier lyricism & production. this album for me isnāt just music itās a state of mind bro itās that good. this man was in a different dimension. in an alternate universe this is low key ā2000ā lol.
letās stay focused on the sentiment of lyrical rap as a subgenre and friendly sparring. Itās the most scarcity mindset lane of rap. Thereās a lot of brand protection going on which is understandable lol.
If my example was bad, cool I wonāt die on that hill. Iām not here to single anyone out. I hate for it to come off that way. But the sentiment as a whole about niggas being afraid to feature other top emcees on their own records remains at the very least, speculative.
@gothamhiphop Thatās fair bro. Thereās more examples I could use but they already saying Iām hating and clout chasing so Iām gon digress. I could be wrong about the example I used Iām open to that, but my sentiment is the focus here.
My sentiment is this type of thing happens all the time. This is just a recent example that I think is clear. Btw the topic was about sparring in hip hop re: the Hov interview.
This is not just about J Cole this is about lyrical rap as a subgenre period. My sentiment is that thereās a scarcity mindset in the subgenre and usually the top guys donāt invite other hungry spitters onto their own tracks. Let me give Cole his flowers real quick just to be clear because i loved the album and Ive always loved him as an emcee (and person). But I stand on what Iām saying. The evidence is there. Thereās a difference between doing features for niggas and featuring niggas on your own work. And for the record, if niggas wholeheartedly thought JID didnāt fit on TFO, thatās your opinion. But heās also not featured on any other j Cole album.
Didnāt J Cole just say āif hip hop was dead JID would be platinum?ā (On a throwaway mixtape btw) But then not feature him at all on the mixtape or the album when either or wouldāve made sense.
All Iām saying is notice the trend in this specific sub genre.
- sincerely a lover of the art form of lyrical rap.
WOW: Joey Bada$$ implies that he thinks JID wasnāt on āThe Fall-Offā bc Cole didnāt want to get bodied on his own record š
āTruth is dudes donāt be wanting to collab out of fear of getting bodied on they own recordā¦This is exactly why you didnāt see JID on āThe Fall-Offāā¦I loved the album but letās be fr.ā
I wanted JID on the album too but damn I wasnāt expecting this sentiment from Joey
I have a real love for the game man. Iāve been a real player in the sport for a while everything Iāve ever said Iāve stood on and I could back up all my talk. I got genuine love for niggas, thereās a million other examples I could use to back up what Iām saying but that was most recent. I keep seeing yall say Iām hating on Cole and that really grinds my gears lol. Literally love everybody on that side, Dreamville is family. Iāve even expressed this sentiment to JID directly. You know why? Because I can do that.
Itās funny when people say Iām clout chasing or attention seeking when Iām generally just speaking my mind. Only reason yall heard from me today is because that Hov interview. Peace tho!
You mustāve not read the first tweet go read again. When was JID ever featured on a Cole album? Thereās a different light you get from a nigga featuring you on HIs song than from a nigga being a feature on your song.
Cole literally said āif hip hop wasnāt dead JID would be platinumā. Then why not let bro eat at the main table with you?
One thing about JID he gon do what he do regardless, and thats why he was Grammy nominated. But you gotta feel me on that. JID for sure benefits from being featured on Coleās ālast albumā. He doesnāt lose anything but he does gain.
Think about it, if somebody at the ātopā gave somebody coming up an opportunity to come after them on a record , you know what would happen?! LOL NIIGGAS IS EATING THEY FOOD! OFF TOP. RENT IS DUE, BILLS PAID EXPEDITIOUSLY.
Public perception of whoās the best would be drastically different if this were a regular occurrence.
This is exactly why you didnāt see JID on The Fall Off. He wouldāve OVERSTOOD the assignment. To me personally, it made no sense he wasnāt on there but hey maybe thatās just me. š¤·š¾āāļø btw I loved the album but letās be fr.