7pade ⑬

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[7pade ⑬ @iamjohnivory]

Winning isn’t the point.

Making sure the left never gets the chance to unfuck the mess is the point

[STLMODems @stlmodems]

"Wesley Bell may just be the post-‘Squad’ progressive that Democrats need right now"
https://t.co/8Mf5RK2pqS

[7pade ⑬ @iamjohnivory]

@PrinceGoldenR_ @reesespieces079 @chartdata @Drake "Flooding the market" doesn't guarantee demand. If it's trash it doesn't get repated listens. The volume argument against Drake doesn't work since we know artists w more songs.

Hence why GNX's album cuts couldn't chart beyond the initial release. Yall don't understand data.

[7pade ⑬ @iamjohnivory]

@PrinceGoldenR_ @reesespieces079 @chartdata @Drake Singling out pure sales is just what you call cherrypicking. Nobody said the album wasn't top 5. I said the volume it pushed was carried by singles: a point you're still scrambling away from. That's why only the singles had staying power beyond week 2.

[7pade ⑬ @iamjohnivory]

@PrinceGoldenR_ @reesespieces079 @chartdata @Drake I hate the character limit.

You're still glossing over what the data clearly shows: that GNX was only able to stay charting due to singles. Iceman got ppl playing every song.

That and the fact that Drake has a deeper catalog w old albums living on billboard since release

[7pade ⑬ @iamjohnivory]

@Bshey__ Whisper only cuz I can't do sign language

[7pade ⑬ @iamjohnivory]

@PrinceGoldenR_ @reesespieces079 @chartdata @Drake You don't know how to interpret data.

Kendrick dropped a 12 song album with no other major releases competing. It had headwind from winning the most publicized rap beef.
Only the 3 singles were charting by week 4.

Drake dropped 43 songs and 23 charting still. Deep cuts.

[7pade ⑬ @iamjohnivory]

@PrinceGoldenR_ @reesespieces079 @chartdata @Drake How did GNX have "better replay value" if the 12 song album could only stay charting for 3 weeks?

Ppl were mainly playing the singles compared to Drake who released 2 other charting albums diluting his own streams at the sane time but still had all 18 songs charting at week 3.

[7pade ⑬ @iamjohnivory]

@theastrofiend_ I'm expecting The Let Out to clear that whole Vince album but imma listen to make sure

[7pade ⑬ @iamjohnivory]

This part of the video be fryiiiiing me

[7pade ⑬ @iamjohnivory]

@malikstr8shoots @AngrymanChannel Run to Atlanta & Too Hard for the Radio easily
and nobody can say apples to oranges

[7pade ⑬ @iamjohnivory]

@ParkerIrwi23150 @Earmerican @SondayNotSunday In a beef all you need is a viable angle of attack. And Drake's interpretation of what happened to Kendrick is viable.

You're not asking why he would lie. You're asking why traumatized ppl misremember their own pasts.

You can't be serious

[7pade ⑬ @iamjohnivory]

They say Chris Smalls has been disappeared...

[7pade ⑬ @iamjohnivory]

@kittysoqueen I need 20 flavors of "What Did I Miss" on these niggas headtops

[7pade ⑬ @iamjohnivory]

@mfd00mbr Lost me at mediocre bars good gawd

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Michael Jackson had to cut a deal with a drug lord to film this video. The Brazilian government tried to block the shoot. A judge banned the filming. The police refused to enter the area.

Rio was bidding to host the 2004 Olympics and didn't want the world seeing footage of its poorest neighborhoods. So Spike Lee walked into the favela (Rio's version of a hillside slum) and found the local crime boss. His name was Marcinho VP. He ran one of the city's biggest gangs, Comando Vermelho. He also happened to be a huge Jackson fan, and he provided the whole production with security for free.

A higher court eventually overturned the ban. The police still wouldn't go in. So 1,500 police officers and 50 residents acting as security guards sealed off the favela. Jackson arrived by helicopter. He walked the streets handing out candy to the kids. The people who lived there had woken up early that morning to sweep the streets and take out the trash before he got there.

Mid-shoot, two women burst through security. One knocked Jackson flat. Spike Lee helped him up and he kept dancing. That exact take is in the final video.

For the Salvador half of the shoot, he worked with 200 drummers from a local group called Olodum. The media coverage put them on the map in 140 countries. They'd been a regional act before the shoot. They became a global one after.

Over 200 million people watched the premiere around the world. The song itself peaked at #30 in America. In Germany it went to #1 and stayed on the chart for 30 weeks, the longest run of any Jackson song there. The video crossed 1 billion views on YouTube in 2023. Only one other Jackson video has done that: Billie Jean. He's the first solo male singer from the 1900s with two videos over a billion.

The day after Jackson died in 2009, Rio's mayor announced they'd put a statue of him in the same favela where the video was shot. Locals said the turnaround of their neighborhood started with his visit.

[7pade ⑬ @iamjohnivory]

@goatnextdoor1 The funny thing is that Lamarists hate this album the most for whatever reason when it's clearly his best album next to GKMC

[7pade ⑬ @iamjohnivory]

@ryangrim @ggreenwald @stanveuger 💀💀💀

[7pade ⑬ @iamjohnivory]

@Whats_the_dirt It's about damn time

[7pade ⑬ @iamjohnivory]

@holidorknight @Timcast The Dems didn't upend the normal US hegemony. The damage Trump has done is generational. Must be nice to think head-in-sand is a way to proceed w life.

[7pade ⑬ @iamjohnivory]

@LexLexandro @JJacqueline29 @Lit_max007 @Whats_the_dirt He didn't say nigga 37 times to "prove he was black" Drake said nigga 37 times because Kendrick told him he couldn't say it and Drake has been a black man for 37 years

You're being disingenuous af but go off