If it was legit it would be on the album in writing. Just saying it in interviews makes it seem closer to the Thug “exec producers” which was just lip service for hype

it was hyped for like 2+ years

Yea superstars exec producing just means the artist played them the album a couple months prior to release

I dont think you know what executive producer means lol

I think the drake x kanye concert was a bigger moment than wlr dropping

I feel like we’re slowly damaging carti legacy with these hyperboles

Genuine question what separates carti from trav in terms of integrity

Did it even do s*** from a sales perspective? It seemed bigger because all the kids on this site hype it up and blow smoke up each other’s asses

Lmao Carti fans continue to post stuff like this, almost like they’re trying to convince themselves it’s true

KTT thread did numbers

Carti fanbase puts so much effort into their bs on internet that Carti doesn’t even need marketing like that lol

Depends on cartis next album

An album like WLR can’t just be “ok” that’s a word you can use to describe Drake’s entire discography

I’m speaking generally tho what does his next album have to do with validating the question?

Simply put the polarization was what made it bigger than CLB and Donda

Donda wasn't a "big" moment because LP1 was mediocre, LP2 and LP3 rocked, but the final release seemed to have little to no creative direction, and by that point we had already livestreamed/attended listening parties. So there were very few surprises.

CLB wasn't "big" because Drake rushed it in response to Donda. I have no idea why the creative direction of CLB did a 180 at the last minute but the final release didn't include anything from the 2 years leading up to it. How many potential covers did we see with the CLB logo on it, how many leaked songs did we think would make the cut, how many DLDT songs should've just been held off for CLB?

Back to WLR. Kanye produced. Kanye and Carti truly clicking in the Atlanta warehouse studio. Carti had a clear vision based on punk rock a la Kanye in 2013 with Yeezus. WLR had an enormous amount of leaks e.g. Pissy Pamper and I think most people expected like, an enhanced version of DIE LIT with a bit of s/t mixed in. instead what we got was one of the most revolutionary hip hop albums of all time. Much like Yeezus, it's hard to even call WLR a hip hop album. It transcends genres. Oh yeah and it came out on f***ing Christmas, and nothing else was dropping, and the Carti fans were all making that priority #1 on the holiday.

Y'all forget or were too young but these "extended rollouts" that Ye and Drake have adopted didn't exist pre-internet or pre-hip hop becoming mainstream music. WLR proved that if you just focus on the album, without worrying about major promo and s***, and just drop absolute fire, your work with outstand that of even the greats.

Can't believe I just typed all that about WLR but as the kids on twitter say I was fighting for our lives in the trenches on Christmas 2020.

Delusions for 1000 Alex

😂

Killing that man

Why do y’all like hyping up trash so much

quite the opposite

oh nah they bringing out the sales chart

lock it up