Was Drake really signed before "So Far Gone"
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the only new generation mainstream rapper to "blow up" that had a real authentic buzz before people put money behind him is meek millz. the rest of these dudes are frauds.
i think his uncle was in graham central station. hell, his uncle might be larry graham himself. i forget.
his pops was in a major group as well.
i think his uncle was in graham central station. hell, his uncle might be larry graham himself. i forget.
his pops was in a major group as well.
How you feel about Mac Miller...
i dont know anything about mac miller at all. i see clips of his little shows on mtv jams. aside from that, i only hear about him on this board. as far as i know, hes geared soley towards white folks. not even machine gun kelly status.
He's bigger then MGK... that's all I really know about him... not my cup of tea so I've never cared to know dude...
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I first heard about Drake via "Comeback Season." People seem to forget Drake had a little bit of a cult following from that tape.
he aint have chit. dude couldnt even pop in his hometown.Blackmamba24
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Didnt read all the pages but this is what It always sounded like happened to me from Interviews and Articles
1. Drake Catches the Attention of JPrince's Son
2. JPrince's son plays music for wayne, he likes, flies Drake to Houston
3. At this point Drake becomes part of "Young Money" which at this Point is not technically even a real Label
4. The Wayne Co-Sign and going on Tour with him Gives Drake alot of Buzz... So Far Gone increases this..
5. Drake wants to Sign to Interscope with YM in a joint venture, with wayne as executive producer but then Finds out Nothing can have the YM Stamp without Cash Money and more importantly Universal Has first Dibbs
6. Universal decides they want Drake, which upsets Drake
7. Rather than cut wayne out and Sign to Either Interscope or Atlantic who were offering him some serious money, he Remains Loyal and Plays ball
8. Signs to Young Money/CashMoney/Universal
Dont know if all that had been said already
1. Drake Catches the Attention of JPrince's Son
2. JPrince's son plays music for wayne, he likes, flies Drake to Houston
3. At this point Drake becomes part of "Young Money" which at this Point is not technically even a real Label
4. The Wayne Co-Sign and going on Tour with him Gives Drake alot of Buzz... So Far Gone increases this..
5. Drake wants to Sign to Interscope with YM in a joint venture, with wayne as executive producer but then Finds out Nothing can have the YM Stamp without Cash Money and more importantly Universal Has first Dibbs
6. Universal decides they want Drake, which upsets Drake
7. Rather than cut wayne out and Sign to Either Interscope or Atlantic who were offering him some serious money, he Remains Loyal and Plays ball
8. Signs to Young Money/CashMoney/Universal
Dont know if all that had been said already
you must be an a&r because i call bullsh!t. drake had a deal before so far gone.
it's common sense. you just can't have some big names on your mixtape if you're unsigned. don't care how you look at it. you're not going to have kanye or 50 cent on your sh!t if you're not signed and to top it off, the record label has to sign off on the collabo too.
but this is in itself is some a&r type sh!t where they create stories about things that didn't happen to cover up things that did happen so it makes things look like how they're not.
you know, don't know what everybody's beef with drake is but what i don't like is how you got these so called "unsigned" mixtape rappers and the labels basically selling dreams to people that are trying to get signed and etc. you know, it's almost like you got people out here that are trying to get put on and they use people like wiz khalifa, drake, kid cudi and etc as inspiration to put out mixtapes hoping to get noticed when all of that sh!t is just a lie. that's my issue. don't try to tell the world that drake was some unsigned rapper that put out a bunch of songs and worked his way to the top when he didn't even do that. you know, quit frauding. it's like they basically are forcibly trying to change the sound of the hip hop sh!t. that's what i don't like. you basically are shoving drake, mac miller, kid cudi and all these spacetron, futuristic, little whatevers down our throat and having these kids dressing all silly and the hip hop sound poppy to the point where you're going to basically make it into the new pop.
that's not right. it's like they're programming us to like the music they want us to like. they did it with hot 97 with the payola, now they're forcing these jokes down our throats with fake stories about how so and so is unsigned and accidently stumbled onto a record deal. TERRIBLE.
when are people going to pull these marks cards and take em to the cleaners. this is why you'll never catch me supporting these new rappers at all.
he is
Dude had a song called Replacement Girls on 106nPark...declaring him and Trey Songz wuz Jay and R Kellys replacements...not saying u have to be huge to have ya video on 106 as the joint of the day but u gotta know sumbody,payola changing hands sumwhere....but they coulda just pushed him then if y'all believe they can push anybody....dude dropped that song and I ain't hear shyt from em or about him for the next 2 or 3 yrs if my memory right....liked that song btw
