Something that often gets forgotten is that Brent Faiyaz is one of the most successful indie artists out right now, but how did he do it?
Brent and his manger decided to "trade more work for more control" when it comes to not signing with a major label
They invested 30k out of
I can’t take people tryna take Cole out of a convo for apologizing about a diss that happened under 48 hours ago. Let’s take a step back and take a deep breath.
He’s been top 3 of a generation for 15 years. An apology doesn’t take away influence, classic albums and mixtapes, a
@JIDsv
dropped the very successful track "Surround Sound" in January of 2022. It has amassed over 37 million views on YouTube and nearly 220 million Spotify streams, but who would have thought the song would have a second life?
TikTok trends are unpredictable and there's no "one
MY TOP 5 VERSES OF THE YEAR
5.
@JIDsv
- Mamas PrimeTime
4.????
3.
@Santandave1
- Stop Giving Me Advice
2.
@JColeNC
- The Secret Recipe
1. ??????
Tune in!
“I want the artist to feel like, ‘yah, she’s actually a fan of the music.’”
How do the best interviewers in the game prepare for their biggest interviews?
@ElsienotElisee
talked to me about her process of preparing for interviews with acts like ScHoolboy Q and Ravyn Lenae.
“But rappers aren’t afraid of him anymore” so who the hell is scared of Future, Travis, Carti, or anyone else you’re gonna try to fit in this convo for the sake of hating
@raptalksk
Not that they go hard, but I think a lotta big Sean bars he gets flamed for sound a lot worse out of context when you just read them versus when you hear it in the song
This will be discussed on the pod tomorrow at greater length, but we have not seen an artist balance being a hip-hop artist and a heart throb like this since Drakes come up.
Dude does all of the classic hip-hop interviews with Rap Radar, Sway, Funk Flex, BigBoy, Bootleg Kev,
THE BIGGEST MOMENT IN HIP-HOP TWITTER HISTORY
@raptalksk
tells the story of his reaction to finding out Kendrick Lamar used his tweet to announce his return to rap to rollout his album “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers.”
Where does this album rank for you in Kendrick’s
🚨OUT NOW🚨
@raptalksk
x
@Adamdash_
Adam and SK talk about…
• The story behind Kendrick using SK’s tweet to rollout MM&TBS
• Meeting Kendrick and Baby Keem backstage
• Talks with JID on tour
• Their dream album collabs
• Their favorite discographies
• Albums they
@HipHopNumbers
Idg the point of comparing Futures second week sales with Jack
Futures second week sales also sold more than Vince Staples, Denzel Curry, and Pusha T combined
Jack doing over 100k sales in this era where artists can barely crack over 50k is something to be proud of
@MARCTHEPROPHET_
100%. I love preaching this. I think cole has done such a great job throughout his career documenting his steps so it’s cool to see him pressing send on announcing the 2014 album date or him and drake in Best Buy buying the album and stuff like that
@MattZeitlin
He literally makes fun of his dad for his right wing views in the special about the wall. They must’ve heard one joke and wrote a think piece
Tyler has cemented himself as one of, if not THE, top performer in rap.
Is it because he raps with no backing vocals? Yes, but also no.
Is it because he makes very catchy melodies and his fan base knows literally every word to every song and goes wild? Yes again, but also no
There have been MANY bad deluxe albums over the last 5 years. Most of the time they were released within weeks of the original release, giving fans not enough to fully digest the first body of work.
Also, let’s be real, it sounds like a bunch of songs that didn’t make the
@SHREKRAP
People heard “The Cut Off” “Brackets” “Once An Addict” “Friends” “Window Pane” ,and lemme stop there cause I’m bouta write the whole tracklist, and think this isn’t an amazing album?
🚨If you’re an independent artist and have dropped a single or album in the last couple weeks put me on!🚨
Looking for artists to review on our next addition of the Rising Radar. Send links below ⬇️
“Not Like Us” is a fire bop but it’s also about a dude being a pedophile it’s crazy to me it’s being played on live tv and at sporting events
I guess good for Kendrick? This is a wild battle
@mosthiphop
Yachty dropped a non rap album that is labeled as “alternative” on Apple Music and got severely out rapped by Cole and JID on the songs he rapped. So no, he didn’t deserve it more than cole. He wasn’t even an honorable mention on the list
Introducing…
🚨LET THEM COOK🚨
A new series I’m starting to have another avenue to highlight amazing artists who just dropped new projects.
So if you’re dropping a project soon or recently dropped, put me on!
Edition 001: “Sludge” by
@andrewkelly747
@Keegan59992745
Debatably my favorite ever. Even cooler doing a first watch now as we watch tiktok parents kinda do the same thing to their kids that Truman went through
The 🐐
@tommyrichmann
is number one in the world!!!
But he’s also a genius for releasing his new song like this…
The fans were begging with each new viral VHS snippet that the loud booming bass would make the final version.
So what did Tommy do?
He dropped a VHS version too!
@raptalksk
First part of starting to make music or any art is accepting you’re gonna suck for a while. And even when your 5 years in you’ll think you improved so much from the 4th year. Just gotta get over the barrier
This is one of the dopest ways I’ve seen an artist release multiple versions of their song…
Fans on tiktok were begging
@tommyrichmann
to include the heavy bass that was in his VHS snippets of “Million Dollar Baby” and so he delivered
The era of having global icons is finished, but this isn’t a bad thing
We are now in the era of artists cultivating niche fan bases
The constant 24/7 news cycle that we’ve grown accustomed to has removed the mystique behind some of our favorite artists
Although this may lead
It was so cool finding out in “The Book of Mac” that Swimming and Circles were made together.
Mac and his team constantly changed up the sequencing, moving songs back and forth between the two projects to see which sequencing sounded best.
Vic Wainstein, one of Mac’s
🚨OUT NOW ON YOUTUBE🚨
@DonnaCWrites
and
@Adamdash_
talk about how “Swimming” and “Circles” were made at the same time and how some famous tracks were almost scrapped completely.
They also touch on Donna’s experience at the exclusive “Circles” listening party and discuss the
@SmartBrutus
Drake hasn’t even responded. Is he out of the big 3 too if he doesn’t? Is being a top 3 most influential artist of a generation just about who wins in a rap battle?
@big_business_
Idk what id do if handed hundreds of millions, but you only got around 10 years to maximize your potential of leaving a basketball legacy. Just gotta eat healthy for a decade then you can get fat Lmao
🚨TOMORROW🚨
I am joined by the man behind one of the best projects I’ve heard in a while,
@KayoSouthside
Below is me doing my best
@nardwuar
impression. Hope I made him proud
This was such a dope and funny convo. We talked about…
• His mixtape “Until His Burial”
•
Kendrick making an album knowing fans will skip through it looking for a drake diss and knowing all people will talk about following its drop is the Drake diss doesn’t sound like a very Kendrick move
🚨🚨EMERGENCY KENDRICK LAMAR PRESS CONFERENCE🚨🚨
No debate now about who’s up.
Here are my thoughts on “6:16 in LA”
What’s your favorite line? Can Drake top these last two tracks. Lmk 👇🏻
@nfr_podcast
It’s an extremely topable verse. I didn’t think it was that crazy. Just more crazy who said it and who it was directed to. Felt more like competitive jabs than any real diss
@Maha_Sattva
@ElliottWilson
I’m a Cole stan and also a Kendrick stan, but I’ll say it’s a lot easier to not miss when you don’t drop lol. Cole is at the top rn because he’s so active mixed with high quality raps
@mfdoomstan1
Thank you sir for spreading this gospel. Got in too many arguments about this. Big 3 isn’t your favorite 3 it’s the way we classify the leaders of a time period