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Agreed. TDE seems like a weird place to be signed atm. Ab Soul never really recovered from his gf committing suicide imo and got caught up with hoes. Seems like he lost the will to rap fr. It turns out Schoolboy Q is actually a shytty person irl and it’s not just a rap persona, makes me wonder if old songs like ‘Blessed’ were entirely engineered by Kendrick or if fame made Q bitter (it seems like it has). Jay Rock had a huge hit with ‘Win’ and still didn’t get the push he deserved from the label, he’s definitely loyal to a fault and perpetually waiting for them to invest in him. The B side genre artists like Isaiah and Sir also can’t get the shine they deserve because Kendrick and SZA are the golden geese of TDE (Sir is doing his best tho). But SZA has emotional problems and it will definitely be harder for them to roll out her sophomore album now that Summer Walker is firmly in her lane in terms of her look/appearance, sound, and subject matter. Somebody mentioned Summer not having a hit but the fact that Summer’s album is doing this well WITHOUT a hit is pretty impressive. Jhené annoying ass is on the album, instead of hating they should’ve tried to get SZA on there, too.
I agree with most of what you’re saying except Jay Rock. I mean dude won a Grammy off Redemption & 2 singles it got plaques. I also think SiR can end up breaking through on his next album cycle b/c Chasing Summer is being well received & ‘Hair Down’ is just starting to get a push on radio.





