You'd think if it was quality then it would go viral on its own and people would eventually notice it cause such dope songs were released out of nowhere without anyone knowing the artist's backstory.
No shade on alchemist cause I don't feel any way on him but this is kind of a self-exposing thing to do cause it's basically saying that without the name/publicity his music is unremarkable.
I don't think y'all understand how hard it is to get noticed with no favors, money, machine, etc
How many millions of artists, of all genres, have the same story? They had half to 75% of their album done and kept getting the door shut in their face. Dudes heard Reasonable Doubt and passed.. nikkas walked Biggie into meetings and got told nah.. nikkas was laughing when Pac tried to rap...
You think some random album in the depths of youtube is just going to be stumped upon? Even if you thought it was flames, how many people can you REALLY put on to it? 10? 100? That ain't enough. I post vids of vacation that gets 100k views. Nobody listening to some random album they didn't even search for.. Ever..
That's why all this streaming is a joke. Nobody is finding anything. If the machine isn't pushing the songs they want in their playlists, then the algorithm is pushing them there anyway. I mean when's the last time any of us stumbled upon some unknown rapper, let along a dope one