It's called passing the torch. How many years you think Jay-Z's got left in him? He's passing the torch, and there sure as hell aren't many other young popular hip hop artist to pass the torch to that would help him sell some more records in the process. Jay-Z didn't get to where he is by being a dumby, dumby. His co-signing of Drake does him just as much good as it does Drake.
Why does it always have to be "passing the torch" and doing it because it "helps him sell more records"? How about, he actually feels that way? You actually think for two seconds he might feel the way he says? You think Jay is going to be saying the same thing about Kardinal, or K'naan? Or Charles Hamilton? Why isn't Jay-z passing the torch to J. Cole? why Drake Instead? Why not Wale? These guys are Roc Nation, yet he's bigging up Drake more than two dudes who are apart of his record label. Jay co-signing Drake does Drake much more good than it does him. Jay-z is already going Plat every album, he's already the biggest artist out, he's arguably the
biggest celebrity out you can honestly tell me he gains that much by co-signing Drake? ...please
I'm sorry, what? How is GZA not relevant? Dude does movie scores. He's branched out more than any imagined and he's no longer relevant? His last album under preformed in terms of sales, but that's a non factor according to you anyway.
LOL reading comprehension fail? I said GZA...as in GZA the Genius...not RZA, as in RZA the Razor.
RZA is still relevant, GZA isn't. RZA knew how to stay relevant.
It's not a real album. It's a mixtape. I wouldn't say G Unit Radio Vol Whatever is a better album than Get Rich Or Die Tryin' for the same reason.
And no, there are rarely real albums anyway, and that's one of the reasons record sales are down and music quality is lacking: Nothing has to be heard in full anymore. Pop artists don't work on albums, they work on singles and quality suffers because of that.
So Far Gone was worked on as a project. Drake had no clue how people would even receive the album and was worried after dropping it the first couple weeks that it would go over people's heads. Best I ever Had wasn't even supposed to be on the mixtape. This was a body of work, no one approached SFG as "we gotta make a hit for this to pop off"...that's just not how it happened.
Link or it didn't happen. Find me all these people saying Drake is making GOOD music and not just that he's SMART for what he's doing. There's a difference. I've yet to hear a journalist or a critic say Drake is as good as the hype, and hear quite a bit more about how he handled his record deal and promotion smart and that he's the new "thing" in music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKfpG1oUQhY&feature=player_embedded"…the kid Drake is amazing. I love what they are singing about. They are bigging up women again. They are making women feel special. The song you the best…Drake, you the best for even thinking about that…
When I heard that song, I was like…this is a savior right now" - Mary J Blige
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"I've had the chance to meet Drake and listen to his music. The volumes of music he's producing makes him a strong force that'll be around for a very long time""usually, when you see an artist of today, they do one thing — maybe they perform a song or do a great hook — but you seldom see a guy who can walk a song, all from the R&B end, and then to be on a track with Bun B ... and Bun B, he doesn't get on tracks with people unless it's really legit ..." - Jamie Foxx
That's funny, he seems to be echoing the exact same sentiments I have. I guess we're just on the same page?
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/162815 ... rake.jhtmlThat kid is..honestly..almost to the respect of talking about one of the greatest..I mean like how we talk about BIG and we talk about... he's almost there. And he ain't drop, he ain't have an album - Lil Wayne
I think it's well deserved I think he put together this incredible mixtape that spawned two smash record..with successful and best i ever had...I think it's a breath of fresh air - Jay - Z
Now do I really need to link all the video's of Joe Budden Co-signing Drake, when he hadn't even dropped So Far Gone yet? Do I need to link every top producer in the game talking about Drake's talent? Every other artist that says he's making good music? These people are all talking about how Drake make's GOOD music, not just how he's doing something innovative. Jamie Foxx was spot on. That is what you call versatility. Funny how all these successful people all share the same sentiments, which are totally opposite of your average real gm poster.
The percentage of people who don't understand are higher than the percentage that do my friend.