I know its a major what if situation but in his case Drake is really an artist meant for streaming and who helped streaming boom

A LOT of the other major artist bad bunny, beyonce etc all drop physical cds and vinyls each drop

Big as the wh????

Post your certified lover boy vinyl or cd take your time

Or you could look at it as he’s not siphoning off resources to fake streams/ or buy manufactured plays

Dave got DRIZZY getting his his wings COOKED

He did bring a lot of terrible bars to this thread

Ah, you must be looking for the G & G sxn. Head south, make two lefts and then a right

Drake can have all the success he wants. Hear his music no problem but don’t talk him up like he is some kind of god mc

Someone mentioned Carter 3 earlier and that might be a good example. Most people aren’t listening to that front to back anymore because of streaming. The impact that album had at the time was CRAZY and might seem like a classic to someone like me. I was a freshman in HS so that album moved mountains. Ask most people now and they’re only running select songs. That’s a pro and con of streaming.

The Cool is a top 3 album OAT to me. Personal classic for sure no debate. universal classic maybe not

me not having one doesn't negate them being sold. you not this stupid are you right?

Y’all really make niggas have to turn into Quadra 2.0 like this is blatantly false, the reason Drake’s sales are impressive at all is cause he did huge numbers before streaming too

Bro was going head up against JAY-Z and Kanye as a rookie and nearing them in first week sales when you had to buy music. Man had 4 #1 albums and did over 500k first week three times before niggas knew what a stream was

by who

Drakes shmeat top 5 OAT

I mean made officially.....

'Thank Me Later' - 447,000 Units Sold

'Take Care' - 631,000 Units Sold

'Nothing Was The Same' - 658,000 Units Sold

This was all in the physical era and during leaks.

Also even without streaming, social media would still exist.

highsnobiety.com/p/kendrick-lamar-to-pimp-a-butterfly-analysis
Boosted the popularity of collaborators like Kamasi Washington, Thundercat, Rapsody and Terrace Martin

Influenced older legendary artists like David Bowie

Of course Alright being chanted during BLM protests

Might not feel like a big deal to outsiders, but as a South African that album meant a lot. Felt like it did a lot to put us on the map. Alright even got quoted by our (corrupt, idiotic) former Minister of Finance during his budget speech

before streaming he had more concept albums and less albums composed of singles gathered together

my guy all his albums are on cd and vinyl. Any why we arguing over what format music was distributed

Put the lotion down brother

But what does that have to do with your argument that he wouldn’t sell a lot if it weren’t for streaming.

Drake could still tour after he broke his leg because he has 3 of them

I kinda like you guys

You’ve been doing this for almost 48 hours brother

Why Drake gotta big d***