This looks like the same as last year

I mean me too if its an album i really like but as the primary music source? Buggin

Still top 5 most listened to in the world

Hell be the next Elvis

You will own nothing and you will be happy

I use Spotify to dabble but my real music library (23 thousand songs) is still on iTunes lol. I have one 256gb iPod for work and one in my car. uploading cds in lossless quality and organizing everything exactly how I like it without needing an internet signal

I agree with most of what you said

But on that last part, how really concerning is it that Drake and Kendrick still draw the most attention after all these years? Maybe it’s less about how underwhelming the new acts are, and more about how special Drake and Kendrick are. They are both once in a lifetime artist imo

Both things can be true, and given that we already lost a generation of talent that could actually galvanize the youth (pop, xxx, juice) it's putting mainstream hip hop in an interesting position

Now this is stress free living

That's a fascinating way to look at that

I just use Spotify and type in whatever I wanna listen to with my phone

I'm just concerned about ownership across all media. Also, if these DSPs weren't so notoriously s***ty to the artist, then I'd be less skeptical of the model, even though I get why it's more convenient to just hit search on Spotify than manually sorting through ripped audio from CDs

Yeah it's not worth the hassle to me

Downloading and organizing a bunch of music takes forever

I used to download music and organize stuff in music bee

But then I realized I was such a perfectionist about it that I was spending like as much time tagging and organizing music as I was listening to it

So I stopped

I was the same way about comics too lol

I would be like a perfectionist about having and organizing everything together and I would even download a bunch of stuff I didn't even plan on reading because I became a perfectionist about it

It was a massive waste of time and id rather just pay the yearly subscriptions

tech worship devaluing physical forms of media

I thought y’all was supposed to Ja Rule him?
Look at complex sneaking kdot 🤣

he was a casual drinker/user from the start, but it materialized in the music around view/more life era and became a serious, identifiable concern after CLB imo

The drinking is definitely a lot now, I damn near consider Drake a functioning alcoholic lol. But idk if his pill usage has reached concerning levels yet

a ton of cool s*** isn't on Spotify so Im keeping my method

I don't think there's anything not on Spotify that I would listen to enough to make it worth the hassle

For people who do listen to a lot like that it makes more sense

idk he’s rapidly approaching that 2016 ye vibe for me where im thinking “yeah maybe we should course-correct before this goes off the rails”

i liked FATD but that viagra cocktail line on What Would Pluto Do had me like

Won’t be surprised if Drake next album sells more than Kendrick’s so for his fans that will be a win and redemption for Drake and them. The ones that only care about sales and popularity.

Just won’t change that he lost to a better rapper.

Yeah.

Eminem is an alien when it comes to rap sales.

Dude legit is one of the best selling artists in any genre when it comes to straight CD sales.

Drake has him beat in the singles and streaming department but technology played a major role in assisting in that. Lose Yourself, for instance, is 13 times Platinum despite not even coming out in the streaming age.

Forget Drake being "cooked."

Based on these Spotify stats, new rap is cooked cause the OG's keep outstream, outselling, and outcharting them while dominating the music/rap conversations.

The same rappers that were hot when I was in high school still running the game rn.😭😭

Until the new guard can usher us out of the 2010's era of rap, it's going to be a while before niggas just stop listening to Drake full stop.