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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2018 18:11:01 GMT -5
Relevant (and hilarious even if a little scary):
IDK what J Prince's investment in Drake is that it benefits him more to publicly cuckold the guy than let him stand on his own two feet...but fuck it, even with some padding in the story I believe him. Prince is an OG himself; he knows better than to play this 'don't respond' foolishness when it comes to rap beef. There's got to be a deeper reason he would come out of the woodwork to try to spin it like that is acceptable. Trying to protect Drake from taking an L on weak bars is not that reason, given that not responding ensures he holds that L anyway.
Just knowing the rumors I've heard about both Drake and Kanye over the years, my half-logical, half-conspiracy-theory guess is that Pusha was being used as a pawn to give Drake and Kanye an excuse to go at each other indirectly, and whatever response Drake was planning was going to match fire with fire - just not with fire on Push. But Prince, knowing exactly where all of Drake's skeletons are buried and realizing that 'surgical summer' Push knows too, told Drake 'if you say a, b, or c, Pusha is gonna expose you for x, y, and z, and both you and Kanye will end up cancelled. So you cannot do this.' And there's a good chance Drake feels more threatened by J than Push. So if J Prince says shut the fuck up and sit down, then you shut the fuck up and sit down. Sucks for Drake tho.
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Post by think pink. on Jun 4, 2018 19:29:59 GMT -5
J.Prince was okay and silent when it was Drake dragging Meek for months on record and at shows. Uncle Push got them all shook with what else he can expose about Drake and are trying to protect their meal ticket. If Drake were to release that supposed diss track that could end Kanye's career, he would still take the L bc this is between him and Push, not Kanye on wax. I think it's best for Drake to not poke the bear any further and focus on your album roll out bc boy oh boy, did Pusha Tea ruin that for him.
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Jun 4, 2018 20:47:26 GMT -5
I would love to hear the track🤷🏽♂️
In the same realm, I'm also ready for Scorpion.
J. Prince will also be on The Breakfast Club tomorrow so maybe we will hear a little bit more.
"Im Upset" debuts at #19 on the Hot 100.
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Post by Fat Ass Kelly Price on Jun 4, 2018 21:08:56 GMT -5
All Pusha did was put LipstickAlley posts to a beat.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2018 22:34:35 GMT -5
J.Prince was okay and silent when it was Drake dragging Meek for months on record and at shows. Uncle Push got them all shook with what else he can expose about Drake and are trying to protect their meal ticket. If Drake were to release that supposed diss track that could end Kanye's career, he would still take the L bc this is between him and Push, not Kanye on wax. I think it's best for Drake to not poke the bear any further and focus on your album roll out bc boy oh boy, did Pusha Tea ruin that for him. I don't know why, but I get the feeling Drake not only would not have cared about this, but wouldn't have even felt it was an L. If the dis was as severe as J Prince is playing it up to be - maybe that $100k Drake was floating around wasn't about Pusha. In which case Drake was clearly aiming for a social media uproar which would have probably pushed (heh) Push out of the picture entirely as it became all about Drake vs. 'Ye. You'd have ten old heads in the corner waving their canes around and bitching 'it's supposed to be about the bars! Hip-hop is about BARS!' while everyone else said 'fuck that shit, where's the popcorn?'. As it was, Duppy Freestyle was half about Ye; nothing to stop him from continuing with that even if Pusha did attempt to cut him off with 'I want all of the disses.' So on that note, I find it intriguing that it's the 'bosses' in this situation (Prince/Ye) who mutually decided the beef between their underlings was dunzo, and that they conveniently did it in the middle of a 'round.' This makes the dynamics of Drake/Ye's frenemy-ship more interesting. How you have ol' boy at your Wyoming sessions writing you hooks but turn around and produce Infrared? Then, only AFTER Pusha blows up Drake's spot in round 2, does Kanye suddenly want to kill shit and say it's dead, and have Drake's camp shook about what is coming next if they let Pusha keep going. B/c Kanye is in a 'boss' position he has the ability to direct and redirect the narrative in a way (without having to do any of the dirty work himself) that Drake cannot. Now, the real power move is in Drake properly clocking Kanye's insecurity and envy about his place in the fashion world, and Kanye (via Pusha) immediately responding by saying HYFR and screwing up his Adidon announcement. Drizzy must be fuming rn at the chess moves that went into this. But I've made up my mind that this is basically the testosterone version of Taylor vs. Katy so Drake will find a way to get his blow in somehow. We can't hold sales over Pusha's head; that's not what he's about. But someone like Kanye, I can see being pressed.
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Post by when the pawn... on Jun 4, 2018 23:23:10 GMT -5
I don't even understand lol...was Drake's unheard response going to kill Pusha's career or Kanye's? At this point, what could hurt Kanye's, if the last month+ didn't? Or was it that a Drake response would fuel another Pusha response that would hurt Drake? I don't think the potential jabs about Kanye would be about ghostwriting, Prince makes it seem more personal/familial than dumb blurred songwriting lines - Kanye has a billion people credited on each song since MBDTF anyway, I don't understand the concept of ghostwriting in relation to him since he's been all about massive collaboration post-808s & Heartbreak/Graduation. My mind jumps to conclusions about what it could be but I obviously am not in the actual "know."
Regardless, I'm curious af.
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Post by magik on Jun 5, 2018 5:31:14 GMT -5
All Pusha did was put LipstickAlley posts to a beat. But I would the word of Pusha T over any of those 40-something stay at home nobodies over there.
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Post by Linnethia Monique on Jun 5, 2018 9:53:38 GMT -5
All Pusha did was put LipstickAlley posts to a beat. The grimiest dirt comes from the gutter and Pusha put it out for the world to know. This is no different than Jay-Z putting up Prodigy in his ballet outfit from when he was a child on the Summer Jam screen. The only difference is that the Internet has grown immensely since those days and now information spreads like wildfire when brought into light. I would rather take mudslinging than gun slinging when it comes to beef now. Plus everybody loves a good exposé because it keeps the conversation going.
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Post by Mayman on Jun 13, 2018 22:30:55 GMT -5
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Jun 13, 2018 22:30:59 GMT -5
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Post by Glove Slap on Jun 13, 2018 22:31:44 GMT -5
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Post by Mayman on Jun 13, 2018 22:43:30 GMT -5
"I'm Upset" video out now.
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Post by think pink. on Jun 13, 2018 22:48:20 GMT -5
RIP the Hot 100 in July.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2018 23:06:08 GMT -5
Cute album cover
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Post by Glove Slap on Jun 13, 2018 23:07:08 GMT -5
I think this edges out the Views cover as my second favorite of his behind Take Care.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2018 23:10:11 GMT -5
I'm surprised he decided to release a video for "I'm Upset", that song didn't click for me at all. The video is really good though.
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Post by It's me, bitch. on Jun 14, 2018 1:30:35 GMT -5
Is he african american or middle eastern?
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Post by SHOOTER on Jun 14, 2018 2:17:10 GMT -5
The song still sucks but the video made my teenage heart explode with joy!!
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Post by Keelzit on Jun 14, 2018 8:41:20 GMT -5
Is he african american or middle eastern? He's a mixed race canadian. His dad is african american and his mom is white. I don't like the cover. A black background with AUBREY SCORPION in tacky huge letters would be much more effective than a portrait that has nothing to do with the name of the album. At least take that damn hoodie off and serve us shoulders and neck.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Jun 14, 2018 8:48:12 GMT -5
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Post by wicked on Jun 15, 2018 5:42:31 GMT -5
Drake dropping the week of streaming rule change. For those who don’t know, BB is reducing the power of free streams, such as YouTube and Spotify free. As a result, album bombs are gonna be much stronger because most of their streaming comes from paid Spotify/AM, as no music video is out.
This will be a bloodbath.
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Post by Mylo13 💜 on Jun 15, 2018 5:51:27 GMT -5
Drake dropping the week of streaming rule change. For those who don’t know, BB is reducing the power of free streams, such as YouTube and Spotify free. As a result, album bombs are gonna be much stronger because most of their streaming comes from paid Spotify/AM, as no music video is out. This will be a bloodbath. Wouldn't a lot of the streams from Spotify come from Spotify free users though?
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Post by wicked on Jun 15, 2018 6:09:39 GMT -5
Drake dropping the week of streaming rule change. For those who don’t know, BB is reducing the power of free streams, such as YouTube and Spotify free. As a result, album bombs are gonna be much stronger because most of their streaming comes from paid Spotify/AM, as no music video is out. This will be a bloodbath. Wouldn't a lot of the streams from Spotify come from Spotify free users though? In theory, the proportion of paid Spotify to free Spotify stays the same, while YouTube is basically nonexistent. Thus, paid streams have a larger effect. In reality, the effect is even more profound. Remember that in the US, AM has basically as many subscribers as Spotify. All AM streams are paid, and drake has deals with apple that make his AM numbers absurd. Finally, a user who is interested enough in the album to stream it many times is more likely to be someone paying for a subscription. Overall, many factors will be working in Drake’s favor for having a stupendous album bomb.
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Jun 16, 2018 12:28:59 GMT -5
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Post by hot100predictions on Jun 17, 2018 17:34:43 GMT -5
MY DREAM SCORPION TRACKLIST 1. Would Rather Have You 2. All We Do Is Fight (feat Kanye/Pusha) 3. I’m Upset 4. More Life (feat Camila & Khalid) 5. Summer’s In Toronto 6. Propofol (feat Conrad Murray & Michael Jackson) 7. Nice For What 8. Westbrook 9. Tilted Towers (feat. Tyler Blevins “Ninja”) 10. God’s Plan 11. Not A Sinner, I’m A Winner (feat Post Malone & A Boogie wit da Hoodie) 12. Chris Is A Dick (feat Rihanna) 13. Make America Love Drake Again 14. Scorpion (feat Migos) 15. Need Some Gloves (feat Nicki Minaj) 16. Porn Stars 17. Unknown Son
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Post by Active Aggressive on Jun 17, 2018 20:16:45 GMT -5
Ultimate fail.
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Jun 17, 2018 20:24:05 GMT -5
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Post by think pink. on Jun 18, 2018 0:17:38 GMT -5
Wouldn't a lot of the streams from Spotify come from Spotify free users though? In theory, the proportion of paid Spotify to free Spotify stays the same, while YouTube is basically nonexistent. Thus, paid streams have a larger effect. In reality, the effect is even more profound. Remember that in the US, AM has basically as many subscribers as Spotify. All AM streams are paid, and drake has deals with apple that make his AM numbers absurd. Finally, a user who is interested enough in the album to stream it many times is more likely to be someone paying for a subscription. Overall, many factors will be working in Drake’s favor for having a stupendous album bomb. I'm so confused by this post. Are you saying Drake's album is going to bomb or not? Lol.
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Post by wicked on Jun 18, 2018 2:00:38 GMT -5
In theory, the proportion of paid Spotify to free Spotify stays the same, while YouTube is basically nonexistent. Thus, paid streams have a larger effect. In reality, the effect is even more profound. Remember that in the US, AM has basically as many subscribers as Spotify. All AM streams are paid, and drake has deals with apple that make his AM numbers absurd. Finally, a user who is interested enough in the album to stream it many times is more likely to be someone paying for a subscription. Overall, many factors will be working in Drake’s favor for having a stupendous album bomb. I'm so confused by this post. Are you saying Drake's album is going to bomb or not? Lol. “Album bombs” are when albums completely disrupt the charts by debuting tons of songs high on the chart. So album bombs occur when the album is very successful and streamed a ton.
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Post by kanfad on Jun 21, 2018 17:50:10 GMT -5
New promo billboards hinting at this being a double sided album.
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