Was this the most astroturfed song in history? Literally nobody talks about it anymore and Drake still tops the charts.
>>131978419Family Matters was objectively better and yet it has only a fraction of the views.
>>131978419>and Drake still tops the chartsfall asleep in a coma in 2014 and wake up now?
>>131978471iceman and habibti went #1. janice stfu went #1. r u asleep?
>>131978520charts are kind of irrelevant when to this day I have still not heard an Olivia Rodrigo or Sabrina Carpenter song
>>131978534>drake hasn't charted since 2014>yes he has>WHO CARES ABOUT CHARTS ANYWAYS
>>131978419>Was this the most astroturfed song in history?No, that would be literally any Drake or Taylor Swift song, take your pick.
>>131978590Pat Boone was the granddaddy of astroturfed hits.
>>131978419Damage control the song
>>131978534damn you moved that goalpost quick
>>131978419People don't like pedos
>>131978419>Drake still tops the chartsName one without looking it up. I’ll wait.
Drake vs Kendrick was Hip-Hop's hair metal moment. But Drake is like the Bon Jovi of this situation. "Drake is still on the charts" isn't really the win you think it is when you realize all the people he used to collab with go nowhere when they drop their albums now. Bro is a 40 year old pop star. Legacy act.I get that you are still hurt on his behalf. But it's okay Drake didn't go away. You don't need to screech about Kendrick on his behalf. Your man crush is doing fine.
>>131978948janice stfu, jimmy cooks, way 2 sexy, first person shooter, slime you out, god's plan, toosie slide, in my feelings, one dance, nice for what
>>131979064Did you think Toosie Slide was a good song? Did you get into One Dance when that shit came out? All that other shit sucks dick and balls too but I bet you stan so hard you even love tracks like those. When he drops his R&B tracks where he's serenading the bitches do you imagine he's singing to you?
>>131979064nobody's ever heard any of these
>>131979076toosie slide is ridiculously good wtf smoking weed driving into the sunset are u serious? >one dancei was 13 when it came out i only recently discovered the genius of drizzy >imagine he's singing to you the lyrics don't matter he just creates an atmospheric vibe to space out to like no else can
Drake....................................143,624,823,955Kendrick Lamar.......................58,555,046,374
>>131979089I heard a few but only because I am a masochist who turns on bad music on purpose sometimes. Don't worry I didn't actually stream them. I grabbed pirated copies.>>131979100You gay bro.
I hate all this predictable conceptual Easter egg bullshit.
>>131979076Based ally! You're truly on the right side of history, Ma'am!
>>131978576Lmao
https://youtu.be/dGYxT1QReQsyou're LYING if you think this is a bad song
>>131979106Numbers matter. The Backstreet Boys went diamond multiple times. Drake could never. I am now going to exclusively listen to The Backstreet Boys.>>131979123Don't worry I'll make a heel turn, put on a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey and start bumping the 6ix GOD. I need to project that old man in the club trying to chat up the young bitches energy as I age.
Drake won
>>131979151He didn't win the one thing that counts. He still doesn't own his masters.
>>131979148>Numbers matterKenny's numbers are all the super-important awards he gets from a tiny group of people, who all know each other. His most popular song is from a Marvel Movie.Drake's numbers are just people listening to his music.>Backstreet Boys audience: white teenage girlsKendrick's audience: white women 30+Drake's audience: anybody
>>131979158Lmao @ this copeDrake won
>>131979064Literally none of those songs would have even been top 1000 without massive bot farms. Hate to break it to you.
>>131979239>Drake's audienceJeets, pakis, arabs, and Chinese bot farms.
>>131979239Who said anything about Kendrick? Nah Drake's audience is aging zoomers and zoomer millennial cuspers who don't have sex. Say what you want about The Backstreet Boys but you put that shit on and it drops the panties like little else can. I'll never break your heart. I'll never make you cry. Honey that's no lie. Drake could never write such timeless and heartfelt lyrics. He might have a club banger or two but none of them shits get the place jumping like Everybody Rock Your Body Now Backstreets Back Alright. True industry legends. Their music hasn't aged a day since it came out.
>koondrick fans seething rnKWAB
>>131979290you just know those nerds are punching air right now
Reminder that Drizzy needs to make the OVO sweatshop work day and night pumping out hundreds of shitty tracks with the shelf life of milk and run a bot farm so large it contributes more to global warming than all the fossil fuel consumed in a single year to even touch a fraction of this iconic album's success.
Now I know what you're thinking. "But anon, nobody does numbers like that in the streaming era!" Of course not, because nobody made an album as good as Thriller or the Backstreet Boys US debut. Real fans know this album is actually compiled from two albums. The 1996 internationally released self titled album and the 1997 follow up "Backstreet's Back." This was one of the most brilliant moves in the history of recorded music. The strongest of their material that had been tried and tested in less discerning markets was paired with brand new cutting edge earth shattering R&B flavored pop anthems.The rest is history. They took over the world and had teenage girls screaming so loud they wouldn't recover their voices for weeks. Not even during the height of Beatlemania had one group of men slayed so much pussy. The numbers don't lie either. It's easy to dismiss Drake as just a streaming era babby but let's not forget that at one point he was also in the physical media business. Let's compare his numbers to these legends.Thank Me Later - 1,830,000Take Care - 2,338,000Nothing Was The Same - 1,783,000Views - 1,739,000The rest of the numbers are too sad to even post. Let's cut Drizzy some slack and keep it flattering.Backstreet Boys - 13,407,000Case closed.
>>131979089I'm a shut-in who only listens to eurobeat and metal and even I've heard of first person shooter, god's plan, and one dance.
>>131979793I've never heard any of those songs. I wasn't actively trying to avoid them either. I've heard of them but so what. It's not like they have a reputation of being certified bangers that would make me want to seek them out.
>>131979563what do you gain from lying on an anonymous internet forum?
>>131979399>>131979563This but unironically.
>>131979838"Equivalent units" is industry speak for "we changed how we count things because instead of giving us $18 for a CD Daniel Ek gives us a fraction of a penny every time you play a song and we need to pretend you doing that a lot of times is just as impressive."
>>131978419idk but it did 0 damage to my boy drizzy the goat drakeso i guess we won.
i wasn't thinking about it until you posted it. are you astroturfing it?
Yes
>>131978419>Literally nobody talks about it anymore There are a million trends like this every year. It has nothing to do with astroturfing
>>131978419people liked the instrumental>>131979106Drake has his numbers botted
>>131978419Kendrick won
>>131979281>Drake could never write such timeless and heartfelt lyricsDrake doesn't even write his own lyrics kek
>>131978534Lucky you
>>131979151Without a doubt, kbots are running on outdated scripts.
>>131979281You can't pin Drake on us. Drake is a Millennial and he had Millennial fans back in the day.
>>131978419it kinda got played out after the superbowl
>>131978419I don't follow rap shit but was one guy trying to dox the other guy with that picture?
I LIKE DRAKE WIT DA MELODIESI DON LIKE DRAKE WHEN HE ACT TOUGH
>>131978419not like us has to have the worst beat in history
>>131979563holy based
What is it about Drake that makes people want to make shit up? He's an easy target but people will make asses of themselves just to hate on him.
>>131997374he is the male taylor swift
>>131979399not fair comparison. that was back when physical album sales were still a thing.
>>131997374He's the Millenial version of Andy Williams or something.
>>131997374Fantano told them to hate.
>>131978419Honestly, yes. One of the most jewish things to ever happen
>>131986204he has Grok write them for him
>>131997403Not even he was able to do >>131979399 because he was still somewhat limited by physical media.
>>131979023I would argue hip hop's hair metal moment was Graduation vs Curtis. At any rate Kendrick is also about 40, but the gist of what you're saying is still correct. The beef didn't kill Drake's sales but it permanently killed his credibility.
>>131994944trvke
>>131997374He's the Nickleback of hip hop
>>131997577>credibilityNo one above the age of 18 ever bought Drake's fake gangsta act
>>131997577Kendrick isn't trying to be the fonz or some shit though. That doesn't mean he can never be cringe. But sincere cringe is different than aging pop star pretending to be a teenager cringe.
It seems like Drake stans still don't understand what really happened. Let me educate you about the Cash Money versus Roc Nation cold war. Remember Russia didn't just go away because the USSR broke up. Keep that in mind.So Jay-Z hates these fuckers. I couldn't tell you why. Everyone in the industry knows but the only person who ever said anything is Nicki Minaj. Her posts about it are basically the Pepe Silva meme so it won't help you understand much. But the beat choice on The Story Of Adidon was a clear message to Drake. People thought that was just about what the Jay-Z song represented. That's not everything. It was a clear threat that signaled Jay-Z's approval and backing of this. Kanye was trying to manage the situation and calm it all down so he could maintain his relationship with Drake. He already burned bridges with Jay-Z. He's a casualty. We can say he did it all to himself but in his moment of weakness he couldn't call on Jay-Z to bail his ass out. Also what was Drake going to do for him? Lmao.You already know what the Roc Nation produced Kendrick Lamar Superbowl halftime performance meant. I don't need to spell that out for you.
>>131997374the guy's such a fucking posuer dork. it's funny.
>>131997440I don't need /ourguy/ to tell me to go around picking fights with Aubrey's male groupies.
Imagine Drake's cock buffers and prick riders going one whole day without pumping out more glaze than a Krispy Kreme donut shop. I think it's impossible.
Kbots always got a gay little story they like to push on others.
>>132000249I'm not that big of a Kendrick fan. Drake makes worse music though. These dudes aren't actively beefing. You can stop fighting for your fav's honor now. His album is doing alright. He doesn't need you to cape for him.
I did a lot of research these past few days trying to understand why the music industry is in the state it is. The last of Gen Z is coming of age. Alpha cuspers. They are more private about their music listening habits according to studies. They don't like to discuss music with their friends at all and are worried about being judged for their tastes. Why do you think that is? You absolute fucking faggots treat your favorite artist like it's a political affiliation then when you argue about artists you don't like you treat it like it's a moral issue.Get a life.
>>131985671>Drake has his numbers bottedyou know Spotify audits for that all the time? Taylor Swift had nearly 20 BILLION streams suddenly added this summer. Then her streams were audited and those stream disappeared from her total.you can't just say Artist I Don't Like has botted streams and think you've got wizard knowledge over the rest of us. people know. spotify knows. it gets dealt with.drake has been the world's #1 artist forever, he gets audited all the time, so does Kendrick and everyone else.
>>132000459>it gets dealt with.Not with Drake, where his numbers remain botted
>>132000459>spotify is the only streaming serviceHi my name is Stan I am an expert on chart data let me talk to you about numbers and statistics related to shit that has literally no effect on my life and well being because I want drizzy drake's cock in my mouthGLUG GLUG GLUG
he a fan he a fan he a fan
>>132000459Ella Langley outsold
My favorite artist is very important. You can tell he is very important because he is commercially successful. I am also very important because I like commercially successful artists. If I talk about how commercially successful my favorite artist is you will think I am rich and cool and well liked. Just like my favorite artist. Here is some streaming data. This shows you that I am an expert on the industry. I am so confident in my industry knowledge that I am going to bet that my favorite artist will have a record breaking hit on Kalshi. Numba wan baby!
I think this "beef" was the last hurrah for Kendrick because I haven't heard anything about him since this "beef" happened.
>>132000730You're right. An artist's career is over once a single album cycle is over. In the modern music industry you must foster a parasocial relationship with your audience. Like an OnlyFans girl hiring Filipino men to flirt with their simps. If the artist is not constantly dropping new projects and cultivating this kind of relationship with their fanbase they might as well not exist.
Excellent takedown of the Drake Schizo ITT. your efforts aren't in vain anon
>>132000762He made me do it
I aged out of being a cynical bitch who hates everything popular because he's a giga-contrarian. But I'll be real honest with you. I don't care for melodic rap or trap music. I haven't heard a Drake song I like since Started From The Bottom. Kendrick is more my style but he's not even on my top 10 list of my favorite rappers.
>>131978419Drake ruined his career by losing a battle to him. Lmfao
2pac - I Don’t Give F*ck https://youtu.be/8KhQ1ut6cV4?is=J5VfU5GO5CSzesAW
>>132000918>I aged out of being a cynical bitch who hates everything popular because he's a giga-contrarianChristgau never did lol.
>>131997979Drake is this guy
>>132000730didn't he go radio silent for five years when he was making Mr. Morale and The Big Steppers?he'll be fine, nigga
https://youtu.be/zBz-ZU6k8yQ
