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Busta Rhymes
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"help me understand something about this drake/meek situation..."
Sun Aug-02-15 10:20 AM by Busta Rhymes

          

1) meek has a record with drake, it is a 'hit' on the hot 100. meek subsequently has #1 album in the country two weeks in a row.

2) at some point in the last week and a half, meek denounces drake because it came to his attention that many of his most popular songs/appearances over the last 8 months have been 'ghostwritten' by an unknown rapper named, quentin miller.

3) one of many 'reference tracks' for notable drake songs of the last 8 months is leaked to funkmaster flex by someone in OVO, fully corroborating meek mill's accusations.

4) drake promptly releases two diss tracks aimed at meek mill, his personal life, etc.

---STOP---

this is the point in this encounter where i'm left scratching my head:

what did drake personally diss meek for again, exactly?

the 'reference tracks' leaked.
everything meek mill said was proven and backed with evidence.

drake then responded by going on a rap tirade toward meek, yet not addressing the (now proven) allegation that he didn't write xyz songs.

so again, what exactly did drake diss meek mill for?

...for exposing him?

and somehow he's the winner out of all of this? sheesh.

  

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THAAAAAAAAAAAANK YOUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!
Aug 02nd 2015
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Well, on here, Drake won OBVIOUSLY...
Aug 02nd 2015
2
it reminds me of jay-z/mobb deep...
Aug 02nd 2015
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not a big fan of either but did anyone actually listen to the
Aug 02nd 2015
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the 'heavy lifting' in a rap verse is the cadence/rhyme scheme/etc.
Aug 02nd 2015
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and Drake does all of that on other songs
Aug 03rd 2015
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      proof?
Aug 03rd 2015
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RE: not a big fan of either but did anyone actually listen to the
Aug 03rd 2015
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yeah, I had the same reply to Drake stans on that...
Aug 02nd 2015
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You realize Drake fans don't care about actual skill right?
Aug 02nd 2015
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RE: You realize Drake fans don't care about actual skill right?
Aug 02nd 2015
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Two different things
Aug 02nd 2015
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      RE: Two different things
Aug 02nd 2015
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           agreed
Aug 02nd 2015
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           We're still not talking about crafting a song though
Aug 02nd 2015
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                he's far removed from that 1st KITH album, he's an industry guy now
Aug 02nd 2015
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                     RE: he's far removed from that 1st KITH album, he's an industry guy now
Aug 02nd 2015
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                          LOL
Aug 04th 2015
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                          RE: Hip Hop is 40 years old.. its far removed from its roots
Aug 05th 2015
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^^^ALL OF THIS
Aug 02nd 2015
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RE: help me understand something about this drake/meek situation...
Aug 02nd 2015
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you got one thing wrong.
Aug 02nd 2015
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      true.
Aug 02nd 2015
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      RE: you got one thing wrong.
Aug 02nd 2015
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           so again...
Aug 02nd 2015
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                RE: so again...
Aug 02nd 2015
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                     i don't agree with the way you're framing the situation.
Aug 02nd 2015
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                          RE: i don't agree with the way you're framing the situation.
Aug 02nd 2015
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meek tried to fuck up his career. wtf is hard to understand abt that?
Aug 02nd 2015
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what did drake respond to?
Aug 02nd 2015
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      the exposal attempt. don't be dense.
Aug 02nd 2015
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           wasn't the 'exposal attempt' perpetrated by someone with-in OVO?
Aug 02nd 2015
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                it was coordinated by DJ Drama, Flex and Meek.
Aug 02nd 2015
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                     how was it coordinated?
Aug 02nd 2015
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                          RE: how was it coordinated?
Aug 02nd 2015
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                          tea? lipstick alley? like... really, my g?
Aug 02nd 2015
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                               RE: tea? lipstick alley? like... really, my g?
Aug 02nd 2015
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                                    for me it's all female-esque and silly.
Aug 02nd 2015
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                          RE: how was it coordinated?
Aug 02nd 2015
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                               so he's not allowed to opine on drake using ghostwriters?
Aug 02nd 2015
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                                    Oh he can opine away but not without repercussion
Aug 02nd 2015
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                                    ok, but this isn't hear-say allegation...
Aug 02nd 2015
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                                    RE: so he's not allowed to opine on drake using ghostwriters?
Aug 02nd 2015
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WRITING CREDITS for Jay-Z's and Nas' last two albums:
Aug 02nd 2015
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nobody is questioning the need nor use of ghostwriters here.
Aug 02nd 2015
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You do realize that
Aug 02nd 2015
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Nah man, Isaac Hayes ghostwrote reach out. I heard the reference track.
Aug 02nd 2015
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Who else would rhyme "campaign dinners" and "gang members"
Aug 02nd 2015
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      Now that you mention it...
Aug 02nd 2015
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I was gonna say that SAME thing...
Aug 02nd 2015
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yea i do know that, but why do we forget things like Fade to Black
Aug 03rd 2015
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      Artists often use other peoples hooks
Aug 03rd 2015
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ether. here's the writing credits for meeks album just for reference
Aug 02nd 2015
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Lemme find out Makaveli is ghostwriting
Aug 02nd 2015
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      TUPAC BACK!!!!1
Aug 02nd 2015
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Your asshole will burn slowly for this one, I'm sure
Aug 02nd 2015
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      not really but thanks for your concern about my asshole
Aug 03rd 2015
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drake dissed meek mill to take the spotlight off himself
Aug 02nd 2015
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no, meek just completely played himself...
Aug 02nd 2015
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      so we said the same exact thing, cool
Aug 02nd 2015
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           no, yeah.
Aug 02nd 2015
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how do you expose someone when no one cares about the released
Aug 02nd 2015
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ok, so if nobody cares... what is drake catching feelings over?
Aug 02nd 2015
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      did drake even catch feelings ?
Aug 02nd 2015
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           how you record not one but two songs in a week...
Aug 02nd 2015
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                That's rap shit. It's not feelings. Geez.
Aug 02nd 2015
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                     RE: That's rap shit. It's not feelings. Geez.
Aug 02nd 2015
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                     Exactly. "Yo L, is that a mic on your arm? Let me borrow that" led to...
Aug 02nd 2015
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                     do you really not see the numerous differences in these situations?
Aug 02nd 2015
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                          Yeah. If anything, Drake was more justified in responding than L was lol...
Aug 03rd 2015
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                     RE: That's rap shit. It's not feelings. Geez.
Aug 02nd 2015
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                     RE: That's rap shit. It's not feelings. Geez.
Aug 04th 2015
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RE: help me understand something about this drake/meek situation...
Aug 02nd 2015
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RE: help me understand something about this drake/meek situation...
Aug 02nd 2015
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really, Meek won
Aug 02nd 2015
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uh no, he majorly, majorly lost in this encounter.
Aug 02nd 2015
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more importantly his image is damaged going forward
Aug 02nd 2015
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      i've always been really curious who is buying these meek albums.
Aug 02nd 2015
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In most cases, maybe. Not at ALLLLLL this time.
Aug 04th 2015
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3rd silent party in this scenario aint talking for a reason
Aug 02nd 2015
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lol @ the idea of a nicki reference track complete with goofy voices
Aug 02nd 2015
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??
Aug 02nd 2015
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she worked with her ex safaree on ...some aspect of her music
Aug 03rd 2015
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LOL! damn.
Aug 03rd 2015
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I wonder what that situation is like
Aug 03rd 2015
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Drake is too big to fail
Aug 02nd 2015
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Which one of these coons has an album coming soon?
Aug 03rd 2015
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Without naming names, how prevelant has ghostwriting been
Aug 03rd 2015
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I think if it really was as prevalant as we are now suppose to believe
Aug 03rd 2015
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i think there's not been more outing b/c the practice IS so prevalent.
Aug 03rd 2015
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      Great point.
Aug 03rd 2015
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more than you can ever imagine
Aug 03rd 2015
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      Yep, I saw that one and also Cassidy's interview w/ Vlad.
Aug 03rd 2015
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      I mean its known that the wu was helping each other with lyrics and whol...
Aug 03rd 2015
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      so he bought Hold On We're Going Home?
Aug 03rd 2015
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      Now as far as R and B goes this isn't only prevalant
Aug 03rd 2015
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      thanks for the insight, you wanna address any of the issues in my reply?
Aug 03rd 2015
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           RE: thanks for the insight, you wanna address any of the issues in my re...
Aug 03rd 2015
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                cool, appreciate the honesty. I respect that more than folks trying to
Aug 03rd 2015
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                     it's all good as long as it's disclosed.
Aug 03rd 2015
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                     right, I get your references, I'm trying to gauge how far folks are will...
Aug 03rd 2015
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                          none of those would happen today
Aug 03rd 2015
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                               RE: BO$$
Aug 03rd 2015
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                                    Rick Ross was a c.o. and most of his fans don't care.
Aug 03rd 2015
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                                         RE: what's the line in the sand? to you and Ron
Aug 04th 2015
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                                              I would still draw the line at Milli Vanilli level shit.
Aug 04th 2015
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                                              if an act claims to have written certain material
Aug 04th 2015
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                     No alias, I'm 36.
Aug 03rd 2015
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      Yeah he bought that
Aug 03rd 2015
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           people who reference the Ye/Jay video are missing the point, IMO
Aug 03rd 2015
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      yeah i watched the slaughterhouse / ebro jawnt when it first went up.
Aug 03rd 2015
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I wanna side w/ Meek, but his roll out here has been awful
Aug 03rd 2015
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all i kno
Aug 03rd 2015
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It's So Sad To Debate Over These Two Clowns
Aug 03rd 2015
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RE: help me understand something about this drake/meek situation...
Aug 03rd 2015
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Cornball shit...would t expect anything less
Aug 03rd 2015
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Drake makes good songs that are fun to listen to. Chill out.
Aug 03rd 2015
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that was excellent n/m
Aug 04th 2015
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You speak for the majority, good sir.
Aug 04th 2015
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LOL
Aug 04th 2015
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^^^
Aug 06th 2015
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You like fastfood so do a lot of people
Aug 06th 2015
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      ^^^ making posts that have no point with your woes ^^^
Aug 06th 2015
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this thread was entertaining to read
Aug 06th 2015
121
Another Question: Who Wrote Both Of Drake's Meek Diss Songs?
Sep 16th 2015
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1. "THAAAAAAAAAAAANK YOUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!"
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2. "Well, on here, Drake won OBVIOUSLY..."
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Sun Aug-02-15 10:34 AM by Remedial

  

          

I got torched something serious for suggesting the same points that you mentioned, so I bow out, because it's obvious cats live in a different universe than I do.

Even got called a Meek stan for saying Meek's "technically" the better rapper ALTHOUGH I said that I didn't like EITHER of their diss tracks...

Let's see where this one goes...

This whole situation reminds me of when Canibus battled LL. I won't front that it was great to hear LL regain his verve with Ripper Strikes Back, but cats was acting like Canibus didn't have some hot lines or rip LL a new one in his tracks. And, I think it SIMPLY had to do with LL having a larger fanbase to overpower the voice of Canibus' fans.

If 'Bus didn't make all the bad career decisions and had maintained a decent presence above the underground, the "supposed" victor of that one might have been revisited with a different outcome later on.

But, with Canibus basically self-imploding shortly thereafter, that's just something else for cats to use when saying LL won that one.

Come to grips with the fact that most OKP's are of the Nut Hugger lineage, so, if you' re not part of the little cliques that exist 'round here, your posts will probably tank like Souljaboy's album sales.

  

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3. "it reminds me of jay-z/mobb deep..."
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Sun Aug-02-15 10:57 AM by Busta Rhymes

          

remember mobb deep - clap?

ok, imagine if jay HADN'T dissed prodigy on 'the takeover' and mobb deep just released 'clap' in response to the summer jam picture being flashed on screen.

i can't imagine anybody 'winning' any sort of engagement by catching feelings and desperately trying to save face via ad-hominem after being exposed in such fashion.

imo, drake's best move would have been saying something to the effect of:

"i'm an entertainer, first and foremost. i often collaborate with many producers, rappers to generate the best output i possibly can for my fans. i can understand if some people are disappointed that i don't dictate every creative aspect of my art solely by myself, but i like to think the end result justifies the means. p.s. congratulations to meek mill on his recent accomplishments"

something like that would have completely defused the situation.

and imo, meek shouldn't even have responded in light of the 'reference tracks' leaking to the public.

  

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4. "not a big fan of either but did anyone actually listen to the "
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references
specifically RICO
there were a couple lines that made it to drakes verse but the rest was more than likely written by aubrey
the problem is meek jumped out the window and said drake doesnt write
drake does write
thats like telling everyone someone snitched and got someone locked up because they were in a police station

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5. "the 'heavy lifting' in a rap verse is the cadence/rhyme scheme/etc."
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Sun Aug-02-15 11:13 AM by Busta Rhymes

          

and quentin miller was providing exactly that for a fee to drake.

changing a few words from the reference track is really a moot point.

  

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78. "and Drake does all of that on other songs"
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That's the thing; Meek made it seem like Drake was Lil Kim. He wasn't written ALL of his songs, but he writes.

  

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82. "proof? "
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quentin didn't get a credit on 'know yourself'.

  

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110. "RE: not a big fan of either but did anyone actually listen to the "
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Meek Mill uses that same cadence on that song too. Maybe Meek sent the track to Drake with his verse already on it and QM wrote a verse to it, and Drake kept the lines he liked and re-wrote other shit.

The one that has me a little uneasy is "Know Yourself." Cuz that's such a big song, like probably top 10 of his catalog and its main parts are written by another dude.

I wanna know why these refence tracks are only 30-45 seconds long. If you can get that much of a song, why can't you get the whole reference track.

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6. "yeah, I had the same reply to Drake stans on that..."
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everybody does it

it's not a big deal

etc...

then why try to deny it

QM replied and tried to distance himself from the accusations

and Drake never directly addressed it

i.e. if it's not that big of a deal, if everybody's doing it

the reply shoulda been, yeah so.

why's Drake mad?

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7. "You realize Drake fans don't care about actual skill right?"
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People like Drake because he's popular and they feel they are supposed to like what's hot.

The reasons for their liking him end there.

Honestly, take it another step...not only does he suck, he doesn't even write the shit that sucks.

  

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9. "RE: You realize Drake fans don't care about actual skill right?"
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Thats false..

Drake makes songs people like

A Lot...

they don't care how the bread was made though..

you can maybe blame it on Kanye... but most ppl are purists and have grown up.

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11. "Two different things"
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Yes...people like his songs a lot...even though they suck.

But that is separate from MCing skill, which he doesn't have regardless of what you've made yourself believe.

Faulting an MC for using ghostwriters is attacking their skill as an MC and is unrelated to the "hit songs" they put out.

Many of you industry cats think they're the same thing.

  

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39. "RE: Two different things"
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The industry is built on songs... Not virtuoso musicians.. Its awesome when someone can play piano REALLY REALLY well and it shows in their live performance...

But if you cannot craft a song... Shit dont matter how well that piano is played.. The skill of MCing is a component not the totality

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61. "We're still not talking about crafting a song though"
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So what's your point

  

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63. "he's far removed from that 1st KITH album, he's an industry guy now"
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Every post he makes or answers to is about Industry 101 for the most part. That's probably where the disconnect is between these posts.

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71. "RE: he's far removed from that 1st KITH album, he's an industry guy now"
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Sun Aug-02-15 10:33 PM by double 0

          

I am quite far.... 100%

but in terms of okp I try to play level headed "industry" talk... cuz im not gonna gossip..

in the end... I want hip hop to be great... I want that shit to be in the pantheon of all other american artforms.. I want my old heads like Jeff Barry and Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil to respect it from a songwriting perspective and content perspective..

Like we should WANT Jay & Em & Run DMC etc.. in the Songwriting Hall Of Fame...

Hip Hop is 40 years old.. its far removed from its roots just like Rock/Blues, Country and every other genre before it.. We cant put the genie back in the bottle..

So I say all that to say.... all greats.. are made up of a massive team effort... be it co-writers, co-producers etc.... sometimes these arbitrary rules keep some of our heroes from continuing to make a great living.. whereas classic rockers out here still caking..

Pop star is not a bad term to me.. if you can make it I want all the rappers I enjoy to become pop stars..

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116. "LOL"
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120. "RE: Hip Hop is 40 years old.. its far removed from its roots"
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"just like Rock/Blues, Country and every other genre before it.. We cant put the genie back in the bottle..

So I say all that to say.... all greats.. are made up of a massive team effort... be it co-writers, co-producers etc.... sometimes these arbitrary rules keep some of our heroes from continuing to make a great living.. whereas classic rockers out here still caking..

Pop star is not a bad term to me.. if you can make it I want all the rappers I enjoy to become pop stars.."

IRT the parallels of rock n roll vs hip-hop

I initally noticed it when our parents were quick to jump up and discredit it, turn that noise off, etc...

strange they couldn't see that's exactly what their parents did when rock n roll broke

anyway, I'm not sure if you've played out your analogy

but I've often thought to myself, in the context of those parallels, if I had to compare a moment in rock n roll to where we are now in hip-hop

I'd say we're in the glam rock/hair band phase

that is to say, most of the music that's being commercialized is shyte

and there won't be those nostalgia opportunities in the future for the majority of the artists that have been so prevalent the last decade or so

it's disposable, zero impact, and I'd expect there to be alot of 1 hit wonders that disappear

of course there are some bands that had staying power like motley crue

and some good rock music like metallica during that same period

but I think you get my point

which has me very hyped for whatever it is that may be coming that we can't see, i.e. Nirvana

that will get us back to some real music

I appreciate your insider perspective

but I don't think anything you've offered to this point has resolved any of the issues

or absolved anybody on the inside for some responsibility in manufacturing this shyte

in fact, you may be compounding the issue by co-signing it and testifying to how prevalent the fraud shyte is

I wish you luck in your future endeavors and hope you keep pushing for that next level sound

don't get stuck on fraud.

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50. "^^^ALL OF THIS"
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8. "RE: help me understand something about this drake/meek situation..."
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lets start...

Meek was mad drake didn't tweet his album...

He had what he thought was a trump card with QM reference tracks...

Dropped the twitter bombshell... then 1st reference..

No one cared..

Drake lightly touched him with charged up (invite to spar) while dropping another smash (hotline bling)

Charged Up was bait but the people felt it was too light... Be clear Drake cares about the people respecting his bars so Drake gave em Back 2 Back to up the ante...

Meek didn't deliver..

Fact is.. Drake coaxed him into a battle... he forced him back into the rap realm and dude lost

Meeks trump card was ghostwriting allegations.. no one cared.. he has nowhere else to go.. His sister spit better

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10. "you got one thing wrong."
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>No one cared..

drake cared.
he cared so much he made not one but two diss tracks towards meek.

  

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29. "true."
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fuck you.

  

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38. "RE: you got one thing wrong."
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>>No one cared..
>
>drake cared.
>he cared so much he made not one but two diss tracks towards
>meek.

I said Drake cared about the people respecting his bars... The "battle" was a Drake move not a meek one..

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41. "so again..."
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Sun Aug-02-15 03:40 PM by Busta Rhymes

          

dude catches feelings, releases two attack records in a week aimed personally at meek mill over him doing what?
telling the truth about you?

'diss records' and 'rap beefs' traditionally stem around somebody disrespecting, disagreeing, and/or slighting somebody else.

not around somebody airing out the facts with irrefutable evidence and then you getting emotional like a broad and storming in the booth to 'vent'.

if you did the shit, you did the shit.
and if it's such a 'non-issue' then wtf are you making 'diss records' for?

  

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45. "RE: so again..."
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The issue isnt about ghost-writing/co-writing per say..

The issue was you were mad that dude didn't tweet your album (there was a precedence with Wale as well) so you try and air him out and question his skill level..

So Drake turned the tables and made him step up to the plate with some raps... and in the court of public opinion he lost..

but these are all warning shots imo.. neither one of them wants to really go for the juglular and lose money/relationships over this

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62. "i don't agree with the way you're framing the situation."
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>The issue isnt about ghost-writing/co-writing per say..
>
>The issue was you were mad that dude didn't tweet your album
>(there was a precedence with Wale as well) so you try and air
>him out and question his skill level..
>
>So Drake turned the tables and made him step up to the plate
>with some raps... and in the court of public opinion he
>lost..
>
>but these are all warning shots imo.. neither one of them
>wants to really go for the juglular and lose
>money/relationships over this

  

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70. "RE: i don't agree with the way you're framing the situation."
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thats cool...

but thats the way it is...

for some ppl the reference tracks are the end all be all... Drakes steroid scandal.. but what he did was shift the conversation...

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12. "meek tried to fuck up his career. wtf is hard to understand abt that?"
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yall really hate drake that much lol.

why the fuck would he not respond?

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13. "what did drake respond to?"
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like what exactly did meek do or say to warrant drake "charging up" on him?

  

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14. "the exposal attempt. don't be dense."
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15. "wasn't the 'exposal attempt' perpetrated by someone with-in OVO?"
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nm.

  

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16. "it was coordinated by DJ Drama, Flex and Meek."
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17. "how was it coordinated?"
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it wasn't an attack - it was a track leak.

-someone in OVO sent an email to somebody with tracks cc'd.
-meek finds out.
-meek denounces drake as a result of new evidence of wide-spread ghostwriting coming to his attention.
-'reference tracks' publicly leak.
-drake personally attacks meek, while not addressing the actual issue that meek spoke on that was proven with evidence.

for me, drake dissing anybody as a result of this 'leak' is an admission that he severely felt threatened by meek merely commenting on something that was ultimately proven 100% true.

but if the use of ghostwriters is a 'non-issue' -- what are you responding to? why are you catching feelings and personally dissing someone who didn't even personally diss you for?

maybe you have to have been born in the 1990's for any of this to logically add up.

  

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18. "RE: how was it coordinated?"
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http://slumz.boxden.com/f87/well-damn-potent-dj-drama-meek-drake-tea-via-lipstickalley-2242227/

just a lot of idiots overplaying their hands and expecting that it was going to catch drake slipping.

drake doesnt have to address the ghostwriter issue because there is no issue. QM is credited. if he isn't on RICO then that's meek/MMG fault. at this point the attempt itself merited the response because it threatened to take money off drake plate. what's so hard to understand

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20. "tea? lipstick alley? like... really, my g?"
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anyway, again... drake should have just sat this one out imo.
and meek definitely should have.

  

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21. "RE: tea? lipstick alley? like... really, my g?"
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you dont have to believe it but there are many things in there that we know to be true

a few of them cause im too lazy to go thru it all.
- Drake mixtape was supposed to be a Gangsta Grillz tape until he decided to do it on his own. Drama been pissed about this
- Drama being pissed at Meek now for blowing this all up in his face (go check his twitter. it may still be up).
- AR-Ab/Drake association. Drake got loads of material on Meek now.
- all the shit with flex trying to get the tracks causing him to pumpfake on a few nights of shows.

also there's the matter of Meek trying to get QM to write for him but being turned down. so that threw another log on the fire.

it's all true.

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23. "for me it's all female-esque and silly."
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all parties look foolish and over-emotional.

meek should have never responded on record.

same as benzino should have never responded when he leaked the eminem n-word tapes.

they both had winning hands and both somehow managed to play themselves.

  

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19. "RE: how was it coordinated?"
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>
>
>-
>-meek denounces drake as a result of new evidence of
>

What is Drake responding too? You said it yourself

dude

  

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22. "so he's not allowed to opine on drake using ghostwriters?"
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what is the thought process of personally dissing someone for criticizing you for using ghostwriters (that you are, in fact, 100% guilty of using)?

'that motherfucker - how dare he tell everyone i'm using ghostwriters!? fuck him!!'

yeah, i can't co-sign that reaction... at all.

and i'm a strong proponent of ghostwriting in rap.

  

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43. "Oh he can opine away but not without repercussion"
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57. "ok, but this isn't hear-say allegation..."
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i could understand drake's position if he was just speculating without proof -- but when those tapes leaked, there really was no 'back and forth'.

imo, you own up to the shit and KIM or don't acknowledge it at all and KIM (a la kanye).

you don't not acknowledge it and also catch feelings and reach out and attack people who questioned your integrity for something that was proven you actually did.

lol.

i guess the position i'm arguing just doesn't make sense to the way people think and process things nowadays.

i don't have anything else to add beyond my op and replies.

  

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44. "RE: so he's not allowed to opine on drake using ghostwriters?"
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If it feels like a shot, it's a shot

dude

  

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24. "WRITING CREDITS for Jay-Z's and Nas' last two albums:"
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This shit is frustrating bc Drake CAN actually write. His mixtape game since Room For Improvement (released 2006) proves that.

But here are the writing credits for Jay-Z - Magna Carta/Holy Grail:

http://i.imgur.com/cJqFgGF.png

And here they are for Nas - Life Is Good:

http://i.imgur.com/q8MKN96.png

I'm just putting these up because it's clear that when you are a MAINSTREAM rapper (ubiquitously known across the world, i.e. pop star status), you inevitably collaborate with writers to make HITS. it's how the song-making process works. yes, I agree that in hiphop it is essential to create your own material and if someone else is writing entire songs for you (without receiving any credit at that) then you need to get called out. but when you elevate yourself into the mainstream, it takes a lot more than just pure lyrical ability to make a hit.

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25. "nobody is questioning the need nor use of ghostwriters here."
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26. "You do realize that"
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Producers and writers of sampled songs get writing credits right?

  

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27. "Nah man, Isaac Hayes ghostwrote reach out. I heard the reference track."
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28. "Who else would rhyme "campaign dinners" and "gang members""
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I should've know something was up. It was all Isaac.

  

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30. "Now that you mention it..."
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I can hear it in the delivery

  

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59. "I was gonna say that SAME thing..."
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>Producers and writers of sampled songs get writing credits
>right?

From those credits, it looks to me like there were a lot of co-producers, copyright owners and co-writers on the R&B hooks.

When you're more familiar with who some of those people actually are and what they're known for, you'll see that there aren't any ghostwriters credited on there.

Come to grips with the fact that most OKP's are of the Nut Hugger lineage, so, if you' re not part of the little cliques that exist 'round here, your posts will probably tank like Souljaboy's album sales.

  

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73. "yea i do know that, but why do we forget things like Fade to Black"
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when we clearly SEE that Kanye thought up the hook/bridge well in advance of playing that beat for Jay and SPITS the damn lyrics that Jay ends up using to him:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdyyNJcNavw

why is it ok in this instance but not if someone like Drake or any other star rapper has guys on his team assisting in the song writing process?

that's all I'm trying to question here. if we're gonna criticize someone for something, shouldn't that rule be applied universally?

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92. "Artists often use other peoples hooks"
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apparently its only an issue when other people write verses

  

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34. "ether. here's the writing credits for meeks album just for reference"
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreams_Worth_More_Than_Money#Track_listing

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40. "Lemme find out Makaveli is ghostwriting"
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Faked his death, releasing albums, and getting checks from other artists?

How could he not be the realest?

  

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58. "TUPAC BACK!!!!1"
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64. "Your asshole will burn slowly for this one, I'm sure"
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84. "not really but thanks for your concern about my asshole"
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31. "drake dissed meek mill to take the spotlight off himself"
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and quite obviously it worked

meek misjudged how the public would respond to everything
drake pretty expertly steered the ship of public opinion

so now, nobody is talking about meek's allegations, but are instead talking about how weak his diss track was

maybe this is an improper comparison, but look at bill cosby
you can have pretty damning evidence on someone, but it'll take longer than overnight for the general public to accept it

if meek just leaked the reference tracks and let it be, then MAYBE popular opinion would turn on drake with time

instead drake put him in a corner and made him record a diss track. at that point it was over b/c meek didn't have the songwriting ability or additional ammo to get the public on his side

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35. "no, meek just completely played himself..."
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a smarter person wouldn't have made a weak rap song responding they would have merely raised the point i raised in the OP and not even responded beyond that.

check mate.

  

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42. "so we said the same exact thing, cool"
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54. "no, yeah."
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32. "how do you expose someone when no one cares about the released"
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information?
lol
double 0 basically broke it down above
meek got in his feelings over some petty shit
tried to "exposed" drake with information 90% of raps fans apparently don't care about
then got destroyed with bars and gobbled the worst rap L in the modern social media era

iono why ppl are aligning themselves with this meek L in the name of some unsubstantiated hip hop edict
it's already been proved that plenty of golden era respected MCs did what drake does
on top of that NO.ONE.CARES

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33. "ok, so if nobody cares... what is drake catching feelings over?"
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drake over here proverbially screaming 'fuck you!!'

...like fuck me for what exactly, my dude?

no doubt meek caught an L but that's beside the point i'm trying to make.

  

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36. "did drake even catch feelings ?"
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like u said he never even denied any of the "exposure"
clearly meek was *trying* to disrespect or discredit drake
whether the public agreed with meek is irrelevant because only the intention matters at that point
drake peeped and made quick work of meek

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37. "how you record not one but two songs in a week..."
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talking about dude's girl, his money, his status, etc.

going in on him like he claimed he fucked your wife and called you a fat motherfucka.

...and what exactly did meek do to you again?

oh yeah, he said he didn't respect that you use ghostwriters, which you do and were proven with irrefutable evidence leaked to the general public.

so why are you catching feelings and recording these diss records, again?

think about it.

i guess "diss me and you'll never hear a response to it" went out the window and meek didn't even really 'diss' him like that. lol.

  

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46. "That's rap shit. It's not feelings. Geez. "
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A rapper raps.

Reeling off a few tracks like that is nothing to a talented
rapper.

And someone challenging your skills, in any way, is reason
enough to do it


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48. "RE: That's rap shit. It's not feelings. Geez. "
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There you go....

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51. "Exactly. "Yo L, is that a mic on your arm? Let me borrow that" led to..."
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LL dissing Canibus on a song he reached out to him to feature on. A pretty innocuous, non-malicious bar. But LL felt a way about it, and instantly wrote a response to it. That's rap. An artform predominantly consisting of proud, boastful, war ready individuals. In many cases, you shoot first, ask questions/clear the mess later.

  

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56. "do you really not see the numerous differences in these situations?"
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76. "Yeah. If anything, Drake was more justified in responding than L was lol..."
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The general public didn't know about these "ghostwriter" allegations until Meek's tweet(s). He essentially attempted to "out" Drake, and in association with Flex, intentionally or not, gave the impression that his entire catalog could be the product of collaborative writing. Which ultimately calls Drake's creative and writing prowess into question. And you don't think a rapper would/should take offense to that, and respond in kind?

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53. "RE: That's rap shit. It's not feelings. Geez. "
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>A rapper raps.
>
>Reeling off a few tracks like that is nothing to a talented
>rapper.
>
>And someone challenging your skills, in any way, is reason
>enough to do it

he didn't 'challenge his skills' like "yo i think i'm better than you!!".

he just said he had heard he used ghostwriters, he didn't respect that -- a couple days later the tracks leak which proved meek right.

  

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118. "RE: That's rap shit. It's not feelings. Geez. "
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He should battle it out live, once your pen game is questioned and people hear a reference track, what do you prove by releasing more songs?

  

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47. "RE: help me understand something about this drake/meek situation..."
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This is an easy one..if you try to get at somebody by saying 'hey..this guy doesn't write his own stuff' and you don't have another punch to throw after, you're taking a risk that may not pay off.

'You didn't write some of your songs, a guy who is basically your stan fan who raps just like you did and you paid him for his work and used the songs' <> a death sentence. Meek doesn't know his history, so thought it was and didn't have a follow-up once Drake came back at him.

Sure, I too would love it if every lyric spit was concocted by the spitter, but that's Santa Claus stuff. And it has been for a looooong time.

I JUST listened to All Eyez On Me...all 27 songs. 2Pac is my dude, but tell me Daz didn't write at least some lines on those songs...some other time.

Jimaveli

>1) meek has a record with drake, it is a 'hit' on the hot
>100. meek subsequently has #1 album in the country two weeks
>in a row.
>
>2) at some point in the last week and a half, meek denounces
>drake because it came to his attention that many of his most
>popular songs/appearances over the last 8 months have been
>'ghostwritten' by an unknown rapper named, quentin miller.
>
>3) one of many 'reference tracks' for notable drake songs of
>the last 8 months is leaked to funkmaster flex by someone in
>OVO, fully corroborating meek mill's accusations.
>
>4) drake promptly releases two diss tracks aimed at meek mill,
>his personal life, etc.
>
>---STOP---
>
>this is the point in this encounter where i'm left scratching
>my head:
>
>what did drake personally diss meek for again, exactly?
>
>the 'reference tracks' leaked.
>everything meek mill said was proven and backed with
>evidence.
>
>drake then responded by going on a rap tirade toward meek, yet
>not addressing the (now proven) allegation that he didn't
>write xyz songs.
>
>so again, what exactly did drake diss meek mill for?
>
>...for exposing him?
>
>and somehow he's the winner out of all of this? sheesh.

  

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60. "RE: help me understand something about this drake/meek situation..."
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>I JUST listened to All Eyez On Me...all 27 songs. 2Pac is my
>dude, but tell me Daz didn't write at least some lines on
>those songs...some other time.

Why Daz though? Why not Kurupt, who I would say is actually a better rapper than Pac, unlike Daz. Now, don't get me wrong, Daz ain't no slouch, but definitely not better than Pac.

I feel like, yeah, it's possible, but when you hear the stories of Pac's work ethic, it makes this theory kind of suspect.

Also, I kind of feel like SOMEONE in the camp would have said something about Pac using ghostwriters by now...

Come to grips with the fact that most OKP's are of the Nut Hugger lineage, so, if you' re not part of the little cliques that exist 'round here, your posts will probably tank like Souljaboy's album sales.

  

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49. "really, Meek won"
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he getting pub and sales he wouldnt have gotten otherwise.. any publicity is good publicity

  

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55. "uh no, he majorly, majorly lost in this encounter."
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the drop-off on next week sales is gonna be free fall status.

  

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65. "more importantly his image is damaged going forward"
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how do you think puma feels about his endorsement right now?
lol
he's signed to a rappers imprint, he probably barely getting 10 cent an album on sales
he needs all that show/endorsement money. if his image is shot with the pop/white demo and he needs to rely on hood niggas or "real hip hop heads" it's a wrap

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66. "i've always been really curious who is buying these meek albums."
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meek always scanning like 250-500k from what i've seen.

i'm so old that i don't even get exposed to the type of people who would be big enough fans of his to actually part with their money for his material.

he always sounds like he's one or two semitones above rapping in the right key of the beat.

i like high-octave voiced rappers, but he doesn't do it right.
he seems tone-deaf or something.

-shrugs-

  

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117. "In most cases, maybe. Not at ALLLLLL this time."
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67. "3rd silent party in this scenario aint talking for a reason"
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NO! LIST
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68. "lol @ the idea of a nicki reference track complete with goofy voices"
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https://www.youtube.com/v/Agro8r4nyGQ

  

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69. "??"
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74. "she worked with her ex safaree on ...some aspect of her music"
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he has songwriting credits on many songs of hers. i think he has writing credits on the entirety of roman reloaded. conventional wisdom is that he helped write her raps

  

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83. "LOL! damn."
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that's true though.

fuck you.

  

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85. "I wonder what that situation is like"
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He has to know about the Safaree situation. How could he not question those credits? And that's yo BOO.

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72. "Drake is too big to fail"
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For fans and the industry alike

  

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75. "Which one of these coons has an album coming soon?"
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I have no faith in anything that claims this is a real beef.

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77. "Without naming names, how prevelant has ghostwriting been"
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in the history of hip hop?

I'm not just talking Will Smith, Puff, Dre, Timbaland, and Kanye, but real, skilled emcees who made their name off their pen.

I'm of the opinion that the average rapper lifestyle (tons of liquor, weed, coke, pills, girls, roadlife) has to lead to occasional instances of severe writer's block, fatigue, lack of motivation, lack of inspiration, depression, etc. at some point.

However, contractual obligations have to be met, and bills have to be paid, so from time to time a writer is bought in to give the emcee a crutch.

I'm not an insider so I don't know for sure, but I would think this scenario happens quite often. Am I wrong?

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79. "I think if it really was as prevalant as we are now suppose to believe"
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we would have more receipts

it's always been rumored

but the difference here, is we have the receipts

with all the bull$hit beef, crews fallin' out, contract disputes, etc...

if it really was THAT prevalant

I think somebody would have already outed folk

maybe that's still to come

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81. "i think there's not been more outing b/c the practice IS so prevalent."
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fuck you.

  

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87. "Great point."
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80. "more than you can ever imagine"
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thats why other rappers are trying to keep their opinions to themselves on this.
check out the slaughterhouse interview w/ ebro on it.

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86. "Yep, I saw that one and also Cassidy's interview w/ Vlad."
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Slaughterhouse didn't want to touch that one with a 10 foot pole. They looked like that was the last place they wanted to be and the last thing they wanted to talk about.

Cassidy pretty much spilled the beans on just how prevalent it is, and made sure to make a point that it's not just the names we automatically think of when the topic of ghostwriting comes up, but some of the legendary emcees.

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93. "I mean its known that the wu was helping each other with lyrics and whol..."
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And thats from xxl

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88. "so he bought Hold On We're Going Home?"
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https://youtu.be/TEBvxCEYS38?t=13m

is this the right interview because I was waiting for the aha moment

they didn't really drop a gang of names

am I missing something

they actually had a great convo on it

and you can even see the line they try to draw

in regards to how you are held in regards to an mc

FTR, nobody is talking about reference tracks

I think everybody knows that happens

we're talking about lyrics

he's spitting somebody else's lyrics

not just the hook

not just the cadence

all of it

is somebody else

but word, I think Rosenberg said he bought Going Home

and said that track was completed, and he just bought it.

nah, I didn't know that

around 13 minutes, that's where I'm at with it

there's a difference with the Drake situation

he's not just getting reference tracks

he's got writers on his payroll

IMO, it doesn't feel like the creative process that Joel is describing

I'm where Joe is at 13:40

nobody's addressing THIS issue in the context that is was exposed

he brought a verse to somebody else and passed it off as his own.

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89. "Now as far as R and B goes this isn't only prevalant"
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but a lot of times it's expected. Everyone isn't singer-songwriters. Majid Jordan had the track. Drake found them, sang their record giving it waaaaaaaaaaaaaay more exposure then it would've gotten had they done it alone, and gave them a record deal. Sounds like a fair trade to me.

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91. "thanks for the insight, you wanna address any of the issues in my reply?"
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https://fraternalpresidentsblog.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/captain-obvious.jpg?w=468

all I said was that I didn't know that.

we're talking about the context of mcs in hip-hop

congrats to the homie on the singing thing

definitely not the issue though

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96. "RE: thanks for the insight, you wanna address any of the issues in my re..."
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TBH, didn't bother to read all that. As far as my opinion of ghostwriting, I let go of my belief in hip hop lore, and realized it is show business, not a way of life, a long time ago. I'm beyond jaded. As long as the music sounds good, I'm straight.

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97. "cool, appreciate the honesty. I respect that more than folks trying to"
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argue around the actual issue itself

alot of these convos devolve into straight deflection

I'm not sure how old you are

and your handle feels like an alias

anyway

I wonder what the older heads think of past grievances like MiLLi VaniLLi or BO$$

are those violations cool

and are we at the point where nobody gaf, as long as they like the music

needing a brand as the vehicle doesn't matter?

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100. "it's all good as long as it's disclosed."
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i have no problem w/MCs spitting rhymes others wrote - as long as the MC doesn't claim s/he wrote the rhymes. for instance i know Kim didn't write 'Queen Bitch' and i still listen to that joint b/c it's hot. i don't count Kim as a great lyricist - at least not based on that joint. b/c she didn't write it.

i'm fine w/performers lip-syncing someone else's vocal - as long as they're upfront about it. i still listen to Black Box's 'Everybody Everybody' though the group initially tried to hide Martha Wash's involvement w/the record. that record is a stone-cold jam. i don't consider the dudes behind Black Box to be great artists and i forget the name of the woman they initially had fronting the group. but she didn't sing the song so i don't care who she is. Martha's voice is the bomb though. and i still dig her work.

fuck you.

  

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101. "right, I get your references, I'm trying to gauge how far folks are will..."
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to go

IRT Lil' Kim, right, as long as the writer gets credited

IRT Martha, same, although if I remember that beef correctly, part of her issue was being excluded from the video (IRT C+C)

so if examples like those I listed, MiLLi VaniLLi, BO$$, even Martha

were to happen today

folks would be cool with it? and what would disclosure look like in those examples

outside of just crediting a writer in the liner notes

here's C+C music factory with Martha Walsh's vocals on lip sync

here's BO$$, a proud graduate of ___ private school

I think alot of people are trying to rationalize this

I'm just wondering what the line is, if there is one anymore?

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103. "none of those would happen today"
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as they did then in part b/c Martha Wash sued successfully and so now acts are skurred to use a vocal like they did hers w/o credit.

>folks would be cool with it? and what would disclosure look
>like in those examples
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>outside of just crediting a writer in the liner notes
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>here's C+C music factory with Martha Walsh's vocals on lip
>sync

"C+C Music Factory featuring Martha Wash"

as for the video the group can put anyone they want in the video.

>here's BO$$, a proud graduate of ___ private school

i dunno who that is or to what you refer.

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104. "RE: BO$$"
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYjwGXoXI8A

she had a hit back in the day with deeper

you can interpret the imagery for yourself

it was later revealed that she attended a private school

= studio gangsta

and her career was a wrap.

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106. "Rick Ross was a c.o. and most of his fans don't care."
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Cube and Dre's street cred is questioned but most of their fans don't care. I think ppl are savvy enough to accept a certain amount of deceit. The hardcore fans get caught up in these artists' stories and shit but the majority just wanna enjoy the output and will accept trickery if the music bangs.

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112. "RE: what's the line in the sand? to you and Ron"
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what is a flagrant enough violation

today

that you would say, they've gone too far

is everything up to MiLLi VaniLLi cool now

is it entirely dependent on your fandom

sincerely, I'm asking

what is too far?

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114. "I would still draw the line at Milli Vanilli level shit."
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It's one thing to get help with your bars or sing a song written by someone else, but lip syncing someone else's voice isn't gonna cut it IMO.

And don't get me wrong, I would still prefer that emcees did write their own shit, I'm just not upset anymore when I find out that they don't.

I've suspected that most emcees get help for awhile now. When I started hearing rumors that GFK didn't write all of Supreme Clientele, the super nerdy, die hard hip hop fanatic in me died. Lol

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119. "if an act claims to have written certain material"
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and is later exposed as a fraud that's too bad. but it has no impact on my appreciation of the material at issue. it might impact my thoughts on the act's artistry, generally and my esteem for them.

i'll use an old example - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. the liner notes that came w/the album state that Lauryn was the sole or primary writer and producer of every song. it was later revealed that she was only a coproducer and cowriter on most songs and that she didn't write any of a couple of them. learning this info had no impact on my appreciation of the album or those songs. however, i no longer give Ms. Hill props for having written and produced the album herself...b/c she didn't. i still think she was a gifted MC ('was' b/c she hasn't released any impressive rap records in almost 20 yrs!). now if i find out that she didn't write her Fugees rhymes i'll still dig those records but she'll lose some esteem as an MC.

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108. "No alias, I'm 36."
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94. "Yeah he bought that"
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Its really not far off from ye bringing hov lucifer ready made and tellin him how to spit over it.

This a business man.

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95. "people who reference the Ye/Jay video are missing the point, IMO"
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especially in the context of RICO

yes, he brought a reference track to Jay for Lucifer

Jay then sat down, wrote his verses, jumped in the booth, 1 take Hov

Aubrey ain't do that.

but anytime anybody wants to talk about any of this in the context of RICO I'm here.

or any of the issues in my reply in regards to mc'in?

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99. "yeah i watched the slaughterhouse / ebro jawnt when it first went up."
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https://youtu.be/TEBvxCEYS38

really enjoyed it. dope barbershop style convo. perfect line at the very end from ortiz.

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90. "I wanna side w/ Meek, but his roll out here has been awful"
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If "I wanna know" was the first inkling of this beef, and he just dropped it instead of an emo twitter rant this could've been fun, instead he's made it so easy for Drake to win...

As far as the drake ghost writing thing... As someone who does like Drake, every ref track song is some drake I don't like at all, I don't like any of those songs, including his RICO verse, so it's hard for me to care... like I heard Joe Budden said, if I found out someone wrote "9am in dallas" i'd have a way bigger issue

  

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98. "all i kno"
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Is 'back to back' ruined meek imo...i dnt evn lk at hm the same...fck 'ghostwriting' drake made all new material &killed it

  

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102. "It's So Sad To Debate Over These Two Clowns"
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One is popular the other got that street appeal but over all to me both suck Drake got flow but no skills and got ghostwriters to help write wack shit, then you got Meek who got an annoying voice some skills but his flow sucks.

These diss/beef debate is so silly, I wish real emcees were getting play on the radio so when a diss goes down it's kats with skills, flow, and great voice not all this dumb rapper talk.



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105. "RE: help me understand something about this drake/meek situation..."
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lol..


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107. "Cornball shit...would t expect anything less"
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109. "Drake makes good songs that are fun to listen to. Chill out."
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A lot of people, including myself, just like the songs he makes.

Sometimes even they're hot as shit, like nearly perfect rap songs. Like have you ever HEARD "Energy" ? Almost every day for about three weeks after that album came out "Energy" was the last song I listened to before I pulled into my office. Those were some productive mornings dogg.

And some of you are gonna say the same tired shit - "how old are you pussy?" , "what color panties do you wear?" , or my favorite "GET DRAKE'S DICK OUT OF YOUR MOUTH."

Dude, WHAT-EVERRRRRR

The songs are tight, they're fun to listen to, and judging by seemingly every single open windowed car here in DC for the last four years, a lot of people think so too.

He makes good meals. I don't care who his line cook is, Drake is a ballin executive chef.

  

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111. "that was excellent n/m"
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113. "You speak for the majority, good sir."
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115. "LOL"
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>He makes good meals. I don't care who his line cook is, Drake
>is a ballin executive chef.
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122. "^^^"
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123. "You like fastfood so do a lot of people"
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Still doesn't make it good.

Profitable yes

Quick to consume yes

Extremely well marketed yes

Benefits beyond tasting "good" none.

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124. "^^^ making posts that have no point with your woes ^^^"
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121. "this thread was entertaining to read"
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Jordan!

  

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125. "Another Question: Who Wrote Both Of Drake's Meek Diss Songs?"
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Do you most think Drake wrote those songs or did somebody else like Quentin Miller wrote them too; even though Quentin tried to save his career with Drake by going online saying he has never ghostwritten for Drizzy even though the proof was basically how this beef started.


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