"And if, as weโre hearing, this troika of albums fulfills Drakeโs contract with UMG, it sure feels like a win-win for both parties. The artistโs fabulously successful catalog is said to be remaining with Universal."
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Like honestly... they both love music and rap. they both have goofy sense of humors. both respect eachothers pens. its kinda lame that they're beefing
drake quite literally invented the streaming era though
he IS the game lol
Views wasn't even the first streaming-exclusive dog what
Drake just helped usher in streaming by being the most popular artist to co-sign it early on
Nuance definitely doesn't exist guys
Marvel movie soundtrack albums multiple Superbowl halftime show performances maroon 5 and Taylor Swift features but he's really just above the whole game thing
They either skim through the music or choose to ignore these contradictions
Yes, Kendrick Lamar is a walking contradiction, he says that on almost every album lmao
Damn did 250k with streaming and sold 350k+ bundles with merch and or signed cdโs/vinyl bundles as well. People always forget that. Its still impressive fans bought the bundles but 35$ for a shirt and a vinyl is a no brainer lol. Thats why the rules changed bc it was unfair. No one was buying the music they were buying shirts/hoodies. Back then no one understood bundles like we do now so it tricked a lot of people into believing it was a natural 600k like a 600k today would be
khaled was packing in his albums with $1 energy drinks
Album cover will be iconic in retrospective regarding all the sales, records and overall impact
Lot of MJ parallels too. Itโs such beautiful symbolism
khaled was packing in his albums with $1 energy drinks
And no one batted an eye at bundles back then we all just accepted the illusion it was telling lol
It was in an era where an exclusive streaming deal ended up helping pure sales. Most people bought it instead of subscribing to Apple Music
it's not even just that though, the momentum of that album would've been enormous
and Drake himself was doing pop ups and showing up there
I think that's probably the last album from Drake that got a traditional rollout + promo run
nowadays Drake is just bigger than a program, I think he does stuff like the episodes & the ice sculpture, CN Tower promo, etc because it's more fun for him and just shows his impact in real time, not really to increase sales
Lot of MJ parallels too. Itโs such beautiful symbolism
i don't think anyone is MJ status but both put up the biggest numbers, have iconic music, have impersonators he's the closest thing we got rn
i don't think anyone is MJ status but both put up the biggest numbers, have iconic music, have impersonators he's the closest thing we got rn
No doubt there is only one but just like MJ there will only be one Drake and his name and impact will live on forever
Damn did 250k with streaming and sold 350k+ bundles with merch and or signed cdโs/vinyl bundles as well. People always forget that. Its still impressive fans bought the bundles but 35$ for a shirt and a vinyl is a no brainer lol. Thats why the rules changed bc it was unfair. No one was buying the music they were buying shirts/hoodies. Back then no one understood bundles like we do now so it tricked a lot of people into believing it was a natural 600k like a 600k today would be
Attributing all of that to shirts is extremely disingenuous though, Kendrick is arguably the most successful 2010s rapper when it comes to physical albums, his fans love buying physicals
Drake is baiting Kendrick with all these shots. The boy has one in the chamber for when midget man finally responds
he is prepared for hov and dot
new Majid Jordan, Naomi Sharon and Party album later this year as well
Views wasn't even the first streaming-exclusive dog what
Drake just helped usher in streaming by being the most popular artist to co-sign it early on
so, he did in fact play the game for years lol which is the point im making
i don't think anyone is MJ status but both put up the biggest numbers, have iconic music, have impersonators he's the closest thing we got rn
I might get smacked but only ones close to that are Drake and Bad Bunny
Marvel movie soundtrack albums multiple Superbowl halftime show performances maroon 5 and Taylor Swift features but he's really just above the whole game thing
I didn't say he was above the game, please learn what nuance means
y'all still talking about kendrick in here cause deep down y'all know he will always be more respected
it's not even just that though, the momentum of that album would've been enormous
and Drake himself was doing pop ups and showing up there
I think that's probably the last album from Drake that got a traditional rollout + promo run
nowadays Drake is just bigger than a program, I think he does stuff like the episodes & the ice sculpture, CN Tower promo, etc because it's more fun for him and just shows his impact in real time, not really to increase sales
drake loves this s*** and wants to do great things if he wanted to chase numbers he could sell an unreal amount of physicals