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Amor fati
Superstar
Flo RIda,
this nikka has sold close to 50 million records worldwide.
I cant stand his music. But you have to give the devil his due. He's got international appeal. Not saying Drake doesn't. Clearly he does. But if im running a PG company, i would tak my personal taste out of it and hire flo rida. Hes safe.
Flo Rida is one of the biggest rappers of all time. I know us rap fans would like to ignore that. But numbers dont lie.
Metallica ain't PG but their track was playing during mania. Heck diddy and Living colour performed some years ago.
Chris Brown >>>> Everybody mentioned in this thread
The Girl From Innsmouth
All Star
No one wants to see this scrawny animal around here.
Breh you better then this
BodeineBrazy
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I'm not arguing that. I'm black I can't even hear Metallicas words. shyt just sounds like "aaaahhhhhhhhh didnsjfneiejrjrjeodj" to me.
But I was just saying I respect flow rider
*pours Nuvo*
BodeineBrazy
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There's a difference breh, Drake has a fanbase, Flo Rida and Pitbull have listeners. This is quantified by the fact that Flo Rida's albums don't sell, and his last album was 5 years ago meaning he and his label know he'll lose money on an album release, because he doesn't have a devoted fanbase who will purchase his music and listen an entire album of it. Flo Rida is a strictly sports/party/radio presence, and he's carved out a very particular niche that doesn't rely on fans to get placements, but rather placements to get listens. "Social relevance" is the ability to get the world buzzing and at attention when you release a record or move around in public. You don't have to go outside your circle to know Flo Rida doesn't have that influence.
Also RTJ has a really dedicated fanbase comprised of hip-hop heads/hipsters. They're an indie act who came up off the strength of that fanbase and critically acclaimed records they've been dropping for years, and make money doing shows because they play the festival circuit which caters to their fanbase. Yeah they're a fringe underground act, but they actually have a degree of social relevance because they have a following.
And to get why Vince always books Flo Rida, you gotta understand music marketing and how brand association works. Flo Rida fits the marketing and corporate image WWE portrays. His music is always used for sporting events, TV spots, movie commercials, etc., because his music is seen as fun, safe (safe being a big part of it, people ask why WWE doesn't fukk with Wale when 100% of his songs have an explicit tag on them), youthful, and energetic. Plus his price tag probably isn't that high, since he likely doesn't do solo tours and generate gate from concerts because, as I said, he has no dedicated following who will attend these shows just to see him. So I get why WWE likes to use him a lot, but at the same time I think they're probably losing out on a lot of money by not booking more impactful artists. They had John Legend sing the anthem in 08, I think they can open the checkbook for Shawn Mendes or Selena Gomez to do 1 or 2 songs at Mania.
Oh, and you really think Flo Rida writes his own shytMost of the industry doesn't write their own songs, pop stars being the most guilty of that. Plus its not like he's writing the next Illmatic each round, its some simple dancy pop catchy shyt that he can hire any songwriter from his pub label to compose and pen. Just check his publishing royalties or even his Wikipedia writing credits if you really think he writes 100% of his content. I'd be willing to bet Drake writes more of his work and gets more off publishing than Flo Rida does.
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I'm not saying Flo Rida has an organic spiritual connection with his audience. I'm not saying the nikka is Jay Elec, I know he is the epitome of generic single paint by number artist, I also know Gorilla Zoe cowrites a lot of his shyt. I know how that whole plug and play shyt works.
My larger point was that, he is a huge artist. It's not like Vince is booking the "who let the dogs out roof roof roof" nikkas. I'm just simply stating he has the resume and booking him for a PG show like Mania makes good business sense.
He fits what they're trying to do.
Drake don't write shyt y'all need to stop defending that fraud ass nikka lol.
Just for the record, She not white she's french*pours Nuvo*
tonight about this.
Playaz Eyez
Veteran
Flo Rida isn't looked at as a Drake in the rap game, but he is relevant.
Dude is always on the charts, and I could see why Vince would call him up he's way more family friendly
This. I don't think a couple posters in here get what dude was trying to say with comparison those two artists. Flo-Rida is an extremely popular artist that's heard. Drake is an extremely popular artist that's actually listened to. People buy Drake albums. Ain't nobody buying Flo-Rida albums (or EPs in this case). That's what dude meant by having the pulse of a generation. Flo-Rida is basically background music.