Thetruthis just dropped a vid about The Weeknd selling his soul. Does the coli think its bs?
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What do you think nikka that still listens to c00n & Buffoon aka Fresh & fakkit
Devilinurear
Veteran
Yep
I mean...dude started with melodramatic druggie music. Its crazy how magically he became an instant star to the comparison of MJ
. Lets just say a lost soul will do the most to gain the world, but will lose himself in the process.
Low End Derrick
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Piff Perkins
Veteran
Just wild that people can't discuss shyt like this intelligently without bringing superstition bullshyt and hatred in. Yes hatred because if you assume every super successful black man sold his soul what are you really saying.
Pretty simple what happened to Abel. He jumped on the synth pop wave, got Dr. Luke involved, and is now a boring yet extremely successful pop superstar. Whereas previously he was an entertaining pop superstar.
Pretty simple what happened to Abel. He jumped on the synth pop wave, got Dr. Luke involved, and is now a boring yet extremely successful pop superstar. Whereas previously he was an entertaining pop superstar.
Okay nevermind...Mason/sacrifice babble.Its like this. Folks who do these "spiritual" soul selling videos miss the concept of what "selling the soul" truly is. No a artist is not going to knock 3 times, do the woogy woogy and a cartwheel into the fountain of rebirth. However, they will fukk, suck, setup, sellout, attend parties and do initiations, and other sorts of uncanny shyt that's equivalent to the YouTube tinfoil hat nonsense.
Not that dude is wrong, but there are layers to selling a soul. Hell, I almost went down the path as well, working at Best Buy. I didn't do the knock on the door shyt, but I did sacrifice my own happiness just to try to get more than just acknowledge.
Only to almost lose my family in the process. There are layers to this shyt that goes beyond Hollyweird and the entertainment industry. It's the world and everything in it.
Blackrogue
Superstar
I was gonna listen to this until i saw a brain in a hood talking 
MBwithadream
All Star
Were you a manager or something?
Its like this. Folks who do these "spiritual" soul selling videos miss the concept of what "selling the soul" truly is. No a artist is not going to knock 3 times, do the woogy woogy and a cartwheel into the fountain of rebirth. However, they will fukk, suck, setup, sellout, attend parties and do initiations, and other sorts of uncanny shyt that's equivalent to the YouTube tinfoil hat nonsense.
Not that dude is wrong, but there are layers to selling a soul. Hell, I almost went down the path as well, working at Best Buy. I didn't do the knock on the door shyt, but I did sacrifice my own happiness just to try to get more than just acknowledge.
Only to almost lose my family in the process. There are layers to this shyt that goes beyond Hollyweird and the entertainment industry. It's the world and everything in it.
Yeahh that's where I was like
. I remember seeing a whole entire documentary on Hove and Bey's "mason" babble, but it became a clout chasing misguided form of drivel. Hov is "successful", but he did sell his soul by losing his overall message of prosperity. We went from blessings of a young black boy making it out of Marcy, to his fukking obsession with vacations and art work.Yes he's in a different state of mind, but his actions speak otherwise as he's focus on building wealth with the oppressors that shytted on him, when he was holding the diamond sign.
In abel's case, dude was telling a grim tale of mental health issues, but allowed the focus on his new-found sound to change the simple fact that there was a bigger purpose for dude.
Most of these artists are crying out loud for a revelation, but end up backsliding into "success".
Nah but was trying to go for supervisor or head of a certain area in the department. I remember the pressure of getting people to sign up for BPs and Total Techs (IYKYK), but in my heart I just wanted to help folks get what they desire and couldn't care less about my rev.
Eventually, I ended up falling in line and selling folks an idea that a credit card was going to open doors, but in reality its behind crippling debt.
One time, I got this lady to sign up for a BP, and she realized that it was just a credit card. She said in such a concerning tone that this was going to hit my credit, and she did not want to do it. I remember feeling this eerie dark side of me that I will never ever embrace again.
Anyway, the assistant manager suggested I should get a promotion in the computer department (we usually have like different PC areas like Lenovo and etc). The day came, and I ended up getting looked over for those that were damn near being deceptive to the public. Because I did not force a poor customer's hand in getting them BPs and doing all sorts of soul crushing nonsense, I was stuck in the part-time position.
After a while, I realized that I was wasting time and my soul on a company that treated me like a number.
All and all, this goes beyond the entertainment industry. Its everywhere. Eyes on the prize and yadda.