I Told You So...(Before The Deal)

So, yesterday there were multiple articles on how Lil Wayne is dropping the article.  Now if you follow me,(and if you're reading this you are) then you know I was the first to publish the article on how the whole Tunechi, suing Baby thing is one big hoax.

The Young(Money, Cash Money), and The Restless: Fall of an Empire of Well Placed Publicity Stunts

No surprise to me, I'm on the inside you see; which sparked another huge piece of insight.  Months before Lil Wayne dropped the video for "No Worries" I had a huge campaign going for a project I was set to release entitled Dance Party! Now I had planned for the release to occur on Christmas(my B-Day) for obvious reasons. The actual video was shot in October, and was being edited. Late November Tunechi released "No Worries" which was themed after none-other than you guessed it, "Fear-N-Loathing in Las Vegas".   I was pretty disappointed to say the least, but I just cited it and had to re-theme the video, but the obvious is still there; no way was I going to re-shoot a video.  The proof is here:

No Worries Video: Coincidence or Acts of Espionage???

 

Okay, so when I went to look over the blog earlier just to valiate things, I saw something that made the light dawn on me in countless ways.  There was this particular picture I took, that took countless amounts of editing because of the idea I was trying to purvey.  It's one of my best pics ever IMO so I don't know why I never took it into consideration.  When I show you this you might shrug like, co-inky-dink, but when you throw in the "No Worries" shyte, the fact that my press release was everywhere(in the hands of bloggers, writers, a&rs, djs), aaannnd, an OVO DJ screwed one of my records....it's more than possible...it's true.

     

I apologize for the grainy image but the photo is old, and I did not have a copy of the original.  Besides the fact that he made his face stand out against the image as opposed to my blending my face in, the only other difference is the fact that he used a baby Drake, and an up to date photo.  I used my up to date photo, and an image of me as a spirit or ancestral self.   Okay, after I saw this I was convinced, I'm being watched by more people in the industry than I thought.  I never felt so accomplished & lost in my life.  All this time these guys have been using me as a watering hole per say for ideas and such. For example when I have a song about being fascinated with wanting to fly, I released years ago. Months later what pops up? A song by New Orleans artist Fiend entitled "If I Could Fly".  Not a major downer though, I actually feel good all in all.  I now know that all my hard work is being recognized, and it's an honor to have artist such as these to "borrow" from your work.  If you weren't listening to my music before, this should be a clear indication that you should.  My sound is soon to be imposed upon you anyway being that I'm pretty much backed by a machine.  If they think my shyte was hot enough to ste--"borrow" from, imagine how ape sh!t they going for my new stuff.  

 

Pearl Speeds!!!

IYRTITL vs TPAB

     Like a good friend of mine says let's talk about the elephant in the room.  Who has the hottest release: K Dot or Drizzy?  Now before we go any further let me acknowledge the fact that there were lots of other hot releases this year for example I love ZRo new shyte.  These are two of the most listened to hip hop artist in music like Kobe vs MJ both in their prime.  So with ninfurther or do let's get to it      Let's get the basics out the way. Two well put together projects, from two super duper talented artists.  Both have an excellent beat selection and when it comes down to content and skills neither of then slacked or missed a step.  On the surface the question just breaks down to who or what type of music you prefer.  A more soulful black revolution sound or something more along the lines of rhythm & rap?  

•      With "If You're Reading This Its To Late" Drake does what Drake does and that's stay in his lane and make good music.  Nothing outside of what he usually does, just upgraded as expected, but you can't go wrong with catchy hooks, solid song concepts &  production.  I'm still not sure if its Drake official album or is it just a mixtape/something he put out just to get on through. Whatever the case its a good project.

•      Kendrick also did what he was expected to and that's make another audio movie.  Complete masterpiece.  K Dot crossed a boundary with To Pimp A Butterfly that major artists these days dare not to, & that's wage war against the oppressor.  Content and production wise as well.  To top it off it sounds totally different from GKMC just as GKMC differs from Section .80.

     So in closing you can't compare the two albums because they're completely different artist, that make two different types of music.  I can say that Kendrick can do what Drake did (as far as the type of music he does) but I don't see Drake doing what Kendrick did.  Key words here are  I don't see it,  but that doesnt mean it cant be done.  Just like K Dot dont wanna do club type music, Drake may just not want to make music like that.  What is official though is that each artist put out some great material for their fans to savor for a while....  

Checking out the Comp

What up world?! its yo pothead potna' back at ya, Hope all of yalls year are off to a good start! Mine is going prettty good & I have absolutely, positively no reason to complain!!! If you've been keeping up with me then you're aware of my most recent blog which covered what I thought to be the Best Albums of 2k14. In lieu(there it is again) of this blog I decided to get ahead this year by posting what I thought would be the Best Albums of 2k15. Now notice the keyword is "predicting" as last year taught us some of these albums may not even be released, but lets hope fort he best! As always I'll start with the artists I'm most fond and branch off from there

If you know slightly anything about me then you know Im a HUGE Kid Cudi fan! Last year Cudi dropped an EP entitled Satellite Flight: Journey To Mother Moon to hold his fans over for the time being & let us know via Twitter & IG that Man On The Moon 3 will be out this year!!! Cudi is out in Hawaii recording his album right now & from the looks of things he's in his zoned

If Man on the Moon 3 really picks up where Satellite Flight left off, then Cudder fans everywhere is in for a treat!

Next up where we've none other than my nizzy Drizzy! Other than some features & a few songs Drake went damn near silent(audio wise) in 2k14, but after his impressive release in 2k13(NWTS) Drizzy fans everywhere hardly noticed. Luckily, he was on enough features to keep us entertained. Then for his BDay he released 3 songs that he said would be leaked anyways(thanks to hackers). Drizzy promised that his 4th album will be out early 2k15, which is entitled Views from the 6th...we'll be waiting.

While we're in that YMCMB factor I guess we'll go ahead talk Weezy. Since the beginning of the year Wayne has been promising his fans the much anticipated C5. I guess after getting tired of making excuses Tunechi put out there that CMB was holding him/his music hostage, and that he wanted out of his deal. Lawsuits have been talked about from both sides ofthe argument, but things are being kept under lid for now. From the singles he dropped(Krazy, Grinding), sounds like another dope project under his belt, but the question is when are we gonna get to hear it? Recently heard some sources say he maybe releasing a project called "The Other Album", once again all we can do is wait.

Damn near everyone on TDE released an album last year except for a couple, one mainly be their marquee act K. Dot. Ever since Kendrick's emergence on the scene you know he was gonna be a problem. After his 2k12 release Good Kid Maad City Kendrick fans everywhere has been itching for a new release. Two years later besides features and his highly acclaimed "i" he's been rather quiet (a little too quiet if you ask me). Supposedly 2k15 is suppose to be the year that he comes out of hibernation, which is truly believable due to all the other albums coming out this year from top artist; something tells me he's been for waiting for the competition.

Yeezy has also been on a slight hiatus since early 2k13 not really releasing any music, but focusing energy into other areas of his career. Most recently he released a song inspired by Northwest entitled "Only One" which features Paul McCartney, Rhianna, and Ty Dolla $ign. The album is said to have at least 7 to 8 more songs on it, & appearantly Seth Rogen has heard the whole thing live in the back of a limo/van. Seth says Yeezy played the instrumentals from the album and just performed each song right then and there! Supposedly it's completed as of now having been recorded in Mexico in a day or less. Should be out before the end of the 1st quarter.

Now this last artist we'll be discussing has been under the radar since the success of his 2k13 release Long Live Asap. Since then he's released some music here and there, but has mainly been in fashion spreads and campaigns. A group venture was in the works, but has been cancelled and the ASAP mob seems to be pushing all attention toward Flacko Jodye(name of album). No for sure release date has been set for the album, but I heard he has 30 songs recorded for it! He released a single from the album last week or so to calm the hungry mob that await his album, letting them know 'Flacko Jodye Season is upon Us'. Now theres a whole slew of artists supposedly releasing projects next year that I didn't speak on, if I did this write up wouldn't be out in time. What I did do for you though is compile a list of artist dropping this year just in case I didn't write about an artist who has your interest(Im sure there's tons of others that aren't on this list as well.  

Now theres a whole slew of artists supposedly releasing projects next year that I didn't speak on, if I did this write up wouldn't be out in time. What I did do for you though is compile a list of artist dropping this year just in case I didn't write about an artist who has your interest(Im sure there's tons of others that aren't on this list as well).

Ab Soul/ Bone Thugs/ Busta Rhymes/ Cam'Ron/ Chief Keef/ Chris Brown & Tyga Pusha T/ Earl Sweatshirt/ Lil Boosie/ Method Man & Redman/ TimbalandGucci/ Ice Cube/ The Roots/ Diddy/ Dj Drama/ Dj Khaled/ Meek Mill Z Ro/ Trae/ Frank Ocean/ 50 Cent

Your Favorite Black Guy

Square Biz (Tyga Discontent w/ YMCMB)

Tyga & YMCMB break-up, now everyday I wake up.......wait what?  Yep I know you've heard it already by now but if you haven't Tyga has gone public with his discontent with the YMCMB squad.  After a string-o-tweets sometime ago stating that the label was trying to hold him down by possibly not wanting to release his new 'Gold Album:18th Dynasty'.  During an interview with Vibe Magazine later on after the incident Tyga went on to publicize his dislike for Drake & Nicki Minaj as people.  The situation escalated into Drake liking a string of Tyga's B/M 'Black China's' pics on instagram which in turn caused her to tag Drake in a selfie that was later deleted.  Baby of Cash Money stated his opinion which was that Tyga was in his feelings and maybe a little jealous of Drake??? For a more in depth take on the situation watch vid below!!!


No Condom...Total Freedom