Was Drake really signed before "So Far Gone"
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bangedher_wholesquad
carlos danger
Ya and have my momma on tv cryin 'but he was a good kid he didn't deserve that'.
Do it breh. I know you can cuz u already have. City still talkin bout it.
bangedher_wholesquad
carlos danger
I'm defending him because I respect the struggle the nikka had to go through to end up being one of the biggest artists in the game when nikkaz like you try to downplay someones hard work.
Dude was damn near broke in 2007... he spent all his Degrassi money on his mom & his music career & nobody wanted to fukk with him. Every label said there was no market for a Canadian rapper who has been exposed on TV. So when damn near every label in the game closes their door in your face you know what that feels like? You know what that would do mentally to a person? Dude could've said fukk it & quit but instead he took it on his on shoulders & have proved the haters wrong...
It's the same reason I don't like Kanye as a person but dude gets all my respect because nobody believed in dude at all, not even Jay who has even admitted that all he wanted was some beats. When people doubt you & tell you you're not good enough and try to knock you down time & time again & pass u up the average nikka would quit.
Drake didn't, he overcame being the first suburban bred canadian rapper to work in the american market & is now on top. I respect dudes grind because unlike what you believe he wasn't a plant & even Baby wasn't fukking with dude when Wayne picked him up cuz he thought he was soft...
Dude was on TV yeah but the nikka went broke & faced a lot of odds & haters to get where he's at through his hard work...
I respect anybody who works hard to get where they're going so yeah it does suck when nikkaz like you try to downplay someones success because they can't accept the fact that maybe dude actually deserves his success...
But like I said... if it was so easy...
So u respect his hustle cuz he didn't give up. cool.
I don't. I don't agree with anything u say.
I know more ppl agree with me here on this, so i'll leave it at that.
up in here
Superstar
You just showed your ignorance to how the music industry works...
Just because an artist is on Young Money doesn't mean they're on Cash Money or Universal...
Young Money has artists that don't have record deals yet like Jae Mills...
G.O.O.D. Music could never find a home for GLC or Really Doe...
Iggy just inked a deal with Grand Hustle & guess what? Now they have to shop her to a Major to get some backing for her project...
If you're going to speak on something at least know what you're talking before making yourself look like an idiot...
Signed is signed. If he was signed to Young Money he was signed (ie not independant).
Young Money is not an independent label, they are an imprint of Cash Money Records. They get money from Cash Money Records to promote and market their artists and Cash Money Records has major label backing. If he was not signed to Young Money then he would have had no legal ties binding him to Universal, but you have already in this same thread stated that Universal had first dibbs on him since he was a Young Money artists.
Im not even saying I have an issue with him being signed, most artists that have not dropped an album but have appeared on other artists albums are signed to someone. And yes there was a time when he actually was unsigned, but when So Far Gone dropped he was signed. He wasn't truly independant at that point in time. I dont even see why you are arguing since you also keep saying he was signed to Young Money.
Also, Jae Millz is on Cash Money Records
Please name one Young Money artist who is actually putting out albums but isn't signed to Cash Money Records.
bangedher_wholesquad
carlos danger
ur right, all i know is gettin high and f*ckin b!tches.
and workin to pay for my own place and car.
no million dollar push here.
these maf*ckaz give u reason to hate on a n1gga and then ask u why u hatin on a n1gga.
make up ur damn mind.
and workin to pay for my own place and car.
no million dollar push here.
these maf*ckaz give u reason to hate on a n1gga and then ask u why u hatin on a n1gga.
make up ur damn mind.
Signed is signed. If he was signed to Young Money he was signed (ie not independant).
Young Money is not an independent label, they are an imprint of Cash Money Records. They get money from Cash Money Records to promote and market their artists and Cash Money Records has major label backing. If he was not signed to Young Money then he would have had no legal ties binding him to Universal, but you have already in this same thread stated that Universal had first dibbs on him since he was a Young Money artists.
Im not even saying I have an issue with him being signed, most artists that have not dropped an album but have appeared on other artists albums are signed to someone. And yes there was a time when he actually was unsigned, but when So Far Gone dropped he was signed. He wasn't truly independant at that point in time. I dont even see why you are arguing since you also keep saying he was signed to Young Money.
Also, Jae Millz is on Cash Money Records
Please name one Young Money artist who is actually putting out albums but isn't signed to Cash Money Records.
Because people don't understand the different levels of being signed.
Yes, he was with Young Money...
No, Cash Money was not backing him & neither was Universal...
Being on YM doesn't mean you're on CM... just like being on G.O.O.D. Music doesn't mean shyt... Big Sean & Cyhi are both on G.O.O.D. but Sean is on Def Jam & Cyhi is on Atlantic... being solely on G.O.O.D. doesn't mean shyt, ask GLC, Really Doe, Farnsworth, etc...
Pusha T signed to GOOD in March 2011 & but didn't sign to a Major until Aug. 2011...
Drake records a mixtape using his own money & some of Wayne's resources...
Drake goes on tour with Wayne promoting the mixtape & in every city Wayne stops through he brings Drake on stage & tells crowds of 10,000+ that Drake is the future...
Thousands run home to Google Drake & find songs on him...
They run & tell their friends about Drake...
Footage of Drake with Wayne on stage is seen by hundreds of thousands on Youtube...
Drake's name is being brought up on forums, etc & people are downloading his former mixtapes to create opinions on him...
Girls notice he raps about women a lot & sings & thus tell more girls about him...
The buzz for Drake gets to an insane scale & now all of a sudden Interscope & Atlantic are interested in Drake...
Universal learns of other label interests & informs YMCM that they are going to sign Drake...
Drake doesn't like Sylvia Rhone so rejects but doesn't realize he has no choice since he's YM affiliated & signed to HHS1987 Management which is Wayne, Kanye & Nicki Minaj management...
"So Far Gone" is released & Wayne uses his street team (and Hip Hop & Gee) & connects to get Drakes mixtape in as many DJ's, Radio Hosts hands as possible...
Drakes mixtape gets downloaded by the thousands...
Drake performs everywhere, songs being requested on radio...
"Best I Ever Had" starts gaining a buzz from Major artists such as Kanye & Jay mentioning it...
Drake is officially the next big thing...
Drake signs with Universal 3 months after "So Far Gone" is released...
bangedher_wholesquad
carlos danger
so he was signed then.
how u callin me dumb then saying he isnt signed, but there is different levels of signed?
if u kinda gay u still gay.
how u callin me dumb then saying he isnt signed, but there is different levels of signed?
if u kinda gay u still gay.
bangedher_wholesquad
carlos danger
so GLC and them other dudes were on the same boat but didn't pan out.
they still 'signed' and u just said he was with YM.
I read ur sh!t to know u do have points but u lost the argument when u said he was with YM. OP posted was he signed.
You: Yes but.......
they still 'signed' and u just said he was with YM.
I read ur sh!t to know u do have points but u lost the argument when u said he was with YM. OP posted was he signed.
You: Yes but.......
Breh Obama
First Breh President. Coli Prophet.
these conspiracy theory ass nikkas need to stop hatin
Michael Knight
Pro
This is one of the dumbest fukking threads I've seen on this forum.
Thread derailed when nikkaz thought being signed to YM meant he had Major backing... if that were the case cats wouldn't sign outside of imprints... my first reply was that he was signed to YM when "So Far Gone" dropped & signed to a Major later... then some ignorant nikkaz ran up in the thread talking about how they knew he had a major deal when he came out which is totally false...
bangedher_wholesquad
carlos danger
being under the wing of the biggest rapper is prolly better than being signed. i mean weezy a huge success and all but i don't think he gonna be taken seriously when alls said and done. and he is the best of all of em.
Just my opinion.
Just my opinion.
BAMBINO
100% pure uncut fukkery
I'm defending him because I respect the struggle the nikka had to go through to end up being one of the biggest artists in the game when nikkaz like you try to downplay someones hard work.
Dude was damn near broke in 2007... he spent all his Degrassi money on his mom & his music career & nobody wanted to fukk with him. Every label said there was no market for a Canadian rapper who has been exposed on TV. So when damn near every label in the game closes their door in your face you know what that feels like? You know what that would do mentally to a person? Dude could've said fukk it & quit but instead he took it on his on shoulders & have proved the haters wrong...
It's the same reason I don't like Kanye as a person but dude gets all my respect because nobody believed in dude at all, not even Jay who has even admitted that all he wanted was some beats. When people doubt you & tell you you're not good enough and try to knock you down time & time again & pass u up the average nikka would quit.
Drake didn't, he overcame being the first suburban bred canadian rapper to work in the american market & is now on top. I respect dudes grind because unlike what you believe he wasn't a plant & even Baby wasn't fukking with dude when Wayne picked him up cuz he thought he was soft...
Dude was on TV yeah but the nikka went broke & faced a lot of odds & haters to get where he's at through his hard work...
I respect anybody who works hard to get where they're going so yeah it does suck when nikkaz like you try to downplay someones success because they can't accept the fact that maybe dude actually deserves his success...
But like I said... if it was so easy...
That nikka writing essays and shyt.
No doubt, your work for some major record labels getting your ass penetrated by gay jewish men.