This Vince record is also reinforcing what we continue to see with not only rap but with how people view black people and blackness in general.
Crackas will listen to niggas but do not be listening to niggas. Like at all.
White execs at the label was tellin Vince he “gotta get back to gangsta music for his audience” and yall on here yelling cuz the beats different lmaoo they grabbing yall by the peter and yall don’t care
white people really kill me with the hair color-ism lmfao
"he's never dated a blonde before"
and what does that mean? how does that affect your situation practically?
“I never thought I’d see the day in America where reality show participation wins out over being a police officer.” baby that’s quite possibly the most American thing to ever happen
There was a time where people would get signed based off of their talent before there was a fanbase … and the team + label would develop the artist and build the fanbase from the start.
A&R used to actually mean something
Drake celebrates with a new post on Instagram after breaking Michael Jackson’s record
“Neck broke from carrying the chain
Back broke from carrying the game
Records broken carry on my name
Carry on carry on”
Spotify and Universal Music Group have announced a licensing deal that will let Spotify Premium users create AI-generated covers and remixes of songs from participating artists and songwriters.
The upcoming tool will launch as a paid add-on and is designed to let artists and songwriters earn money from licensed fan-made AI covers and remixes.
Spotify says the model is built around “consent, credit, and compensation.”
Fans believe “ICEMAN” Drake is mocking Kendrick Lamar’s dancing from “Rich Spirit” music video in his latest visual for song “High Fives” from “HABIBTI” album
tricks like that don’t work in the book anymore, and it certainly didn’t work 10-20 years ago.
Also this isn’t even the case for Drake and CB, I’m talking about a majority of artists rn.
this era of “quantity over quality” and choosing formula over growth is a serious problem for music today. I want to be able to look forward to something exciting and fresh you’ve made, not something that I can expect from you that you’ve done over the last 5-10+ years.
The internet made it so that u can’t like or dislike sumn without being associated with whatever drama is floating around the creator’s orbit, or being roped into annoying Stan discourse. At the height of their beef, people were listening to BOTH Pac and B.I.G., Nas and Jay, etc.