he's selling out shows, i wouldn't call that forgettable

keem and kendrick need to drop that collab album now tbh

I need another collab from them tbh

Ghostwriting aside this mentality has done so much to take actual rap out of rap lol

Be An Iconic Rapper With No More Than 10-15% of your vocals being melodic challenge (Difficulty: Impossible)

BIG Jay Pac Em X

This mentality also f***s up rap. Success and quality aren’t mutually exclusive

When you build a strong brand you have certain artists who can announce a show and fans buy the tickets just because

Kendrick or Tyler could announce a tour right now and it would sell well without niggas even hearing their next album. It wouldn’t matter if that s*** was harmonica jersey club hyperpop scat jazz in a foreign language lol

Rod Wave has 3 #1 albums an arena tour in 2024. only him and Taylor have a top 10 album 2019-2024. when he decides to pop out, is what it is lmfao. Don just got to Rod Wave level

so what is a metric of quality? vibes?

100% true and nobody calls Rod Wave a rapper either

that conversation thread is about being bigger than people on the XXL cover

Everyone’s individual opinion which leads to anecdotal subjective consensus that eventually becomes acknowledged as all but true

Michael, Pac, Wayne, Jeezy runs/peak hotness’ were solidified without sales it was just the moment in the culture

Alternatively people will say Jay Z never was the top hottest rapper despite him selling out many tours and big first weeks

Ironically this was easier to gauge before social media

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That's all good and well, I just meant that he is also bigger because he's fat too

Better than Action Bronson?

I like Keem but hell no

Bait post didnt even get 10 likes 💔

oh my fault, I’m Kanye to the fatness. carry on
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Osama: "I'm having troubles with my 9/11"

he isnt even passing tyler let alone ken, travis, drake

That Taylor stat is true but very misleading

All it means is that Rod Wave and Taylor Swift were the only two mainstream artists to drop a new project every single year from 2019 to 2024, which is an oddly specific stretch of years. It's not taking into account other major artists that didn't drop every single year during that stretch, or artists who accomplished that same feat during a different span of time (Youngboy 2018-2023)

All of Don's albums so far have been Top 10, he just hasn't released one every single consecutive year

He's not better but good for him

Not bait