id argue that a large majority of artists who consistently outsell everyone else in the game, have something "special" about them

sure theres one hit wonders but thats not what i was talking about in my post and you know it

Fuego posting straight up flames 🔥

Oh well yeah Control started it but I feel it ignited after all the subs on NWTS and also rumors of the ESPN interview too which came out to be true recently. And the bet cypher 2013 from kendrick

introspection and vulnerability is what makes Drake special

not these bloated ass commercial albums that will sprinkle some of that on it.

Drake the typa guy you find in hide and seek and say he wasn’t playing

right, and i agree with you honestly

but what happened in 2013 that triggered kendrick to hop on like that in 2024?

agreed 1000000% and you can find me posting the same beliefs in the drake sxn

Unable to determine any sort of quality in these artists other than their sale value yet again

man you reply as if i didnt just quote someone that said "introspection and vulnerability is what makes Drake special"

The language
S*** remix
radio interviews
magazine interviews
subs throughout the years
subs all throughout FATD Scary hours
F***ing up the state of hip hop in general

There’s just something about selling a lot that makes an artist special…. But I don’t see artistry in terms of commercial ability btw

Probably the Drake subs he was doing about “it takes some of yall 5 years to drop, I always drop” or some s*** like that. Also the feature request that was mentioned in the beef which could be speculation

expand on "fucking up the state of hip hop in general"

Couldn’t come up with it urself huh

reddit.com/r/Drizzy/s/FTQQQNqzuq

Success doesn't mean skill or greatness though lol

In 1994 the highest charting HIP HOP single was "Regulate" by Warren G .

Not only that.. Warren G had higher first week sales than Biggie, Nas, Method Man, Outkast, Gang Starr, Redman, UGK, MC Eiht, Scarface and Public Enemy.

No disrespect to him but nobody would put him on a top 10 list over ANY of those guys

what does that have to do with anything ive said? you attacking me now instead of arguing the point you believe in, stick to the theme man

What’s at the top and what sales is due to the sound he has pushed. The fast food music.

The topics.

All of it.

He kinda proved that he knows what he’s doing with the Scary Hours edition.

or better yet when he said it himself

“i would have all of your fans if i didn’t go pop and i stayed on some conscious s***”

Jacky Harlow wouldn’t be here man

sure and with regards to the top 10, thats your opinion and thats totally fine, id agree in some specific cases. but did regulate by warran g run the charts for 15 years? did he break the beatles records with that song? did he almost match michael jackson with his albums? did he compete with one of the biggest pop artists in history for artist of the decade while releasing primarly rap and rnb?

Don’t forget, LA Reid had an issue with Lucian and his career was never the same again after

okay so by drake leaning more pop than rap 100% of the time, he ruined rap to you?

Ruined is extreme. Making hip hop more Pop watered down the genre and allowed for superficial music to be at the top.

What was the last real rap song to go #1?