Drake & PartyNextDoor "$$$ 4 U" Out Feb 14th.

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did you make this yourself :picard: terrible
 

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All that streaming numbers and promo is all bullshyt label marketing. Why people care about this, I have no idea.

The labels collude with the streaming services, so everyone wins, and no one looks bad.

And because the whole streaming thing is so slippery you can re qualify them anyway you want. No one knows anything anymore, and people aren't paying for streams, so none of it matters anyway, Apple Music is 10.99 a month.
 
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All that streaming numbers and promo is all bullshyt label marketing. Why people care about this, I have no idea.

The labels collude with the streaming services, so everyone wins, and no one looks bar.

And because the whole streaming thing is so slippery you can re qualify them anyway you want. No one knows anything anymore, and people aren't paying for streams, so none of it matters anyway, Apple Music is 10.99 a month.
The weekend is washed my boy
 

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Even those stats are such nonsense. They are making that shyt up. These are streaming service created metrics, they can move the goal anywhere they want.

Drake is the no #1 global artist Spotify Top Artists Chart for the first time in 2025

total nonsense LOL, what does that mean?

this isn't some weirdo stan wars shyt, it's just lame social media shyt. I am playing both albums. Been playing both music since they came out 15 years or so back.
 

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Honestly that Weeknd album is weird as fukk. Half of it feels like a never ending interlude that doesn't lead to any climax. Just a bunch of emotionless noise that feels like something you play while he changes costumes backstage before performing a hit. It's a 10-11 track album that got doubled for no logical reason. Couple standouts but he sounds done, creatively. That synth shyt has broken his brain, musically.

In terms of the Drake album...it's not good. Everyone agrees Gimme A Hug is a standout but that's about it. Similar to Weeknd, it's a lot of tracks that don't go anywhere. Both need better songwriters in the room. For someone who clearly loves r&b I'm amazed Drake doesn't get more serious about making these songs. He rarely has bridges and the beats lend themselves to the same melody/key over and over again. Take a page out of SZA's playbook: invite Babyface to the studio. Someone, anyone. And it's not even about "haha he doesn't write." I'm saying his approach is off and having singers/writers in the studio who aren't just Weekend (or Party) clones would help him a lot.
 

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Even those stats are such nonsense. They are making that shyt up. These are streaming service created metrics, they can move the goal anywhere they want.

Drake is the no #1 global artist Spotify Top Artists Chart for the first time in 2025

total nonsense LOL, what does that mean?

this isn't some weirdo stan wars shyt, it's just lame social media shyt. I am playing both albums. Been playing both music since they came out 15 years or so back.
$$$4U = "money for the label and streaming services "

Drake knows what hes doing, thats why they're letting him get his numbers again.
 

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drake fans on ktt lowering sales projections as it only did 50m first 24 hours :dead:


Thats way less than Kanye and ty
Damn thats what Kendrick did in 7 hours, Drake is lucky kendrick released last year :ehh:


With that being said, many expect Kendrick to still have the biggest week sales in 2025 even though it would be his 13th week :ehh:
 
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