You might find 1 out of thousands?

Not saying it’s not a thing but that’s why some artists fail

Biggest take away from this thread is that:

1) y’all don’t know how marketing works
2) y’all blame others and never yourself
3) You stunt your own growth due to implementing the idea that “s/he has better conditions than me therefore I won’t be able to do it”

That’s horrible lol that’s why she in the position she’s in. You got to put in work, niggas in here acting like all you need is a contract

Both Mac and Chance blew up before the streaming age

I'm talking about today, boomer

What difference do it make? You making a big argument but only focusing on a playlist lol
Not my fault niggas these days get trapped in a contract, you are arguing against “move smarter, work harder” with a playlist

If they can do it then why can’t you?

And thanks for admitting that it’s possible

People listen to music via streaming

What’s your argument? I’m tryna understand

Wasn’t Nipsey an Independent artist too? He been poppin makin bank til he died

All I said was artists need playlist support and some other guy threw a fit

Nope

These days it do play a part in being recognized but that’s not the only way to make it but I get what you mean

He was until 2017 and was poppin every year before that since 08

I hope you’re not talking about me

And dropped his biggest album after

I get what M2 was sayin tho, the rat 6ix9ine made me realize how that s*** works with the way they black balled him from playlists and he flopped
But playlists aren’t as important as he claims

Tory's career went poof after he disappeared off playlists

Idk bout that bro, it was big because it was his debut but he was poppin way before that and had his debut anticipation since 2010.
All his mixtapes were just as big

People be making trash arguments then try to change subjects mid way

Once Pusha said he could sit in on all his mixing and mastering while others couldn’t let me know everything I needed to know

More focus on Drake than PUSHING their artists couple years ago

pun intended

Bruh how many people get signed to a label, don't put out anything decent and then blame the label for their declining career lmao like BRUH you still have more of a platform to put stuff out than anyone else putting out stuff independently.... use that s***

Frank Ocean put out the Nostalgia Ultra project for free and won over everyone's hearts before he even put out a proper album.... now he can do anything he wants