onelastdeath
Banned
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Let's Do Our Job As Hip-Hop fans to never let this become the new normal
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The_King_of_Everything
Yeah.
yea I dunno who that is........
The_King_of_Everything
Yeah.
Drake is still the best who cares if he can't write his own songs. Look at all of his hits
Knicksman20
Superstar
Chick has such a smug look on her face too
Mandarin Duck
Majestic and Highfalutin
Broke Wave
The GOAT
What qualifies this cac bytch to press enter on anything related to hip hop? Does she even proport to know anything about it? Why is hip hop the only genre where all it takes for you to have a valid opinion is white skin and a platform?
You think Metalheads would take her opinion seriously? How about Reggae fans? Punk rock fans?
You think Metalheads would take her opinion seriously? How about Reggae fans? Punk rock fans?
Kwéyòl
Moon walking seeing moon people
Hip Hop is already there, guys like ASAP Rocky and the likes are talentless dudes with money behind them.not supporting Young Thug, the last true talent to grace our presence.
I miss my bae Thugger Thugger
onelastdeath
Banned
I honestly prefer this,to,ghostwriting becoming accepted.
MikeyC
The Coli Royal Rumble Champion 2019
I Don’t Care That Meek Mill Claims Drake Doesn’t Write His Own Raps
I Don’t Care That Meek Mill Claims Drake Doesn’t Write His Own Raps | NOISEY
In a series of tweets sent earlier today, Meek Mill has claimed Drake doesn’t write his own music. Referring to Drake’s appearance on “R.I.C.O” which features on Meek's new album Dreams Worth More Than Money, he tweeted: “He ain’t even write that verse on my album and if I knew I woulda took it off my album… I don’t trick my fans! Lol”.
The tweet, although clearly directed at Drake, seemed like an attack on the wider use of ghostwriters in hip-hop. “If Hov gave me a verse somebody wrote I would do the same thing”, he explained. “Don’t compare me to none of the cats that don’t write they own raps”.
Meek Mill – seeing as his opinion on ghostwriters is now out – presumably writes his own raps. When other artists don’t and they’re more successful, it’s understandably perceived as a threat. A slight on all the artists who keep it real, write their own verses, and more often than not, don’t receive the props they deserve. I understand that. But part of me feels ambivalent to the claim Drake isn’t writing every line of his music.
From “Mo Money, Mo Problems” to “Still D.R.E”, ghostwriters have written some of the best hip-hop songs of the last thirty years. Kendrick Lamar and Freddie Gibbs – who confessed in an interview with Sway to lending his talent to five big name artists – are both notable ghostwriters. Rumors have circulated that Kanye’s best raps were written by Consequence, and Ice Cube and MC Ren were the two that made almost all of N.W.A’s verses bite.
Meek’s claim that Drake doesn’t write his own raps isn’t the first time Drizzy’s been accused of using ghostwriters. Last year it was suggested that Toronto artist Shi Wisdom was the songwriter suing Drake for not getting paid for her uncredited contributions. Despite her alleged issue with payment, Shi stated that often, the ghostwriter claims can be blown out of proportion. She told Noisey in a subsequent interview: “to be a songwriter on a song all you have to do is contribute one word. By the time the ‘R.I.P.’ record I did with Drake was finished, six writers including myself and him touched that song. That wasn’t the plan, but that's what happens: Somebody comes in and says, ‘instead of saying 'boy' say ‘you.’’ Now they’re a writer on the song.”
One particular “long time lurker, first time commenter” on the rampant KanyeToThe forum found a name in the Take Care linear notes which is listed as a co-writer on 12 different tracks but not mentioned elsewhere – sampling, production, mixing – suggesting that an “A. Palman” helped Drake write most of that record, too.
To me, none of that matters. Whether Drake's raps are entirely ghostwritten, or they’ve been tinkered with by a team of people, subtly adding a word here and there, I don’t care. The point is that his music bangs. It may be wrong, a punch-to-the-stomach of the artists who are capable of delivering the entire artistic package, but the collaboration is powerful. And when it’s resulting in records as good as Take Care or Nothing Was the Same, I’m down.
If the ghostwriter claims were leveraged at someone whose known more for the dexterity of their lyrics - someone like Kendrick Lamar - I wouldn't be as supportive. Kendrick's songs are brilliant because they're centered on dense verses; packed with ripping metaphors and personal stories. Drake's music is different - it's more about the overall feeling. If someone else can help Drake to help me achieve the powerful understanding I get when I hear his music, then so be it. That's cool. I'm just happy that "Marvins Room" exists to remind me I'm not alone in those 3am drunk-dials.
I guess all Meek wants is for people to recognize the prevalence of ghostwriting – which is fair enough. But I’m not about to shrug off Drizzy’s post-emo drinking-wine-on-a-tuesday-night opus because of it.
I Don’t Care That Meek Mill Claims Drake Doesn’t Write His Own Raps | NOISEY
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Funny enough, this is exactly what heads should be doing.
Go and troll some other genres of music so they can feel our pain. Post on their message boards become an expert fan in one day. Tell them their opinions and standards are wrong.
Broke Wave
The GOAT
White people are just theives and devils...
Look at KTT using smilies me and @ikbm came up with 4 years ago
I see @charmander and @ikbm gifs on twitter all the time
They are terrible
Look at KTT using smilies me and @ikbm came up with 4 years ago
I see @charmander and @ikbm gifs on twitter all the time
They are terrible
