It's different era guys. I was listening to French Montana on XM last night and it drove the point home:
They asked him can you be in the top 5 if you got ghost writers and his response was you gotta give what the people want. And if the people love ya music, thing a "little" thing like writing ya own music shouldn't effect it.
So basically, it's about how the fan perceive you. And the dollars. Back in the era of Pacs, Biggies, Nas, Jay-z and DMX and Cubes, it was about how real you were. And we policed ourselves meaning if you were trash, nikkas checked you. Yea you had pop acts and corny rappers but still there was a level of respect for the art. People call Mc Hammer corny or a sell out but there was art and care into his craft. He respected the art form. These new nikkas don't have that in em. They bytch made.
So in conclusion, the money machine is gonna keep on going. It's about relationships and if you wanna stay viable, Drake got the juice. He the cash cow. And people are gonna have a blind eye to his lack of authencity because working with Drake brings in revenue. I applaud Joe for trying to bring back the era where you couldn't leave the house until the rhymes were polished. Until you had the flow right. Where you wrote from your own soul. You took ya life and displayed it over thumping bass lines and hard drums and snares. But in today's world of digital sales, image branding, memes, and all around suck ass bullshyt, that realness don't matter.