UMG Accuses Drake of Trying to Stop the Art of Diss Tracks

[TheNig]

I forgot Drake was alive

I forgot this lawsuit was a thing.

 

[Jerz-2]

"UMG Supports Black on black hate being the way they make their money" is what i read

You're not part of the culture.

 

[CoolinInTheCut]

What part of rap beef is marketing the diss song like it's a promotional single?

 

[UpThruDere]

What part of rap beef is marketing the diss song like it's a promotional single?

When the diss song starts to take off like any other hit song it ends up being marketed like one too, just like Back to Back was

 

[TheNig]

"UMG Supports Black on black hate being the way they make their money" is what i read

Was this your sentiment when Back To Back dropped?

 

[CoolinInTheCut]

When the diss song starts to take off like any other hit song it ends up being marketed like one too, just like Back to Back was

The labels pushing Back 2 Back was wrong too

Everyone called it weird and corporate back then.

 

[TheNig]

The labels pushing Back 2 Back was wrong too

Everyone called it weird and corporate back then.

Artist has a hot record. Label will push it. Drake reaped the benefit of that but now is on the other side of it.

That's business.

 

[UpThruDere]

The labels pushing Back 2 Back was wrong too

Everyone called it weird and corporate back then.

Nothing wrong with pushing a diss song if it actually sounds like a hit song too, now if “Meet the grahams” was getting crazy marketing then you’d have a point

When Pac dropped “Toss it up” it was a hit song and diss song too, and let’s not forget about all of the hit Eminem songs that were hits and full of disses

 

[CoolinInTheCut]

Artist has a hot. Label will push it. Drake ice reaped the benefit of that but now is on the other side of it.

That's business.

You could make a fair comparison here if Drake was putting wild allegations on Meek's jacket, but B2B was overall a relatively safe diss song that really only consists of clever jokes.

Nothing overly violent or crazy with exposals or allegations, which was probably all considered when the label decided to get behind the song.

When Pac dropped “Toss it up” it was a hit song and diss song too, and let’s not forget about all of the hit Eminem songs that were hits and full of disses

Cmon man Toss It Up is nowhere close to Not Like Us in terms of disrespect lol

And Em and Interscope caught a lot of scrutiny for the songs he was putting out targeting different celebs.

 

[PHamm]

You could make a fair comparison here if Drake was putting wild allegations on Meek's jacket, but B2B was overall a relatively safe diss song that really only consists of clever jokes.

Nothing overly violent or crazy with exposals or allegations, which was probably all considered when the label decided to get behind the song.



Cmon man Toss It Up is nowhere close to Not Like Us in terms of disrespect lol

And Em and Interscope caught a lot of scrutiny for the songs he was putting out targeting different celebs.

 

[HollywoodP]

The labels pushing Back 2 Back was wrong too

Everyone called it weird and corporate back then.

no we didnt...we all collectively asked:

Spoiler

is that a world tour, or ya girls tour?

 

[TheNig]

You could make a fair comparison here if Drake was putting wild allegations on Meek's jacket, but B2B was overall a relatively safe diss song that really only consists of clever jokes.

Nothing overly violent or crazy with exposals or allegations, which was probably all considered when the label decided to get behind the song.

And Drake would probably have a sound argument if he didn't respond with Heart 6. If that song actually had legs and Drake was the victor, this conversation doesn't happen because there is no UMG lawsuit.

 

[CoolinInTheCut]

And Drake would probably have a sound argument if he didn't respond with Heart 6. If that song actually had legs and Drake was the victor, this conversation doesn't happen because there is no UMG lawsuit.

Drake is arguing NLU became as big as it did because of how UMG pushed it.

The Heart 6 has nothing to do with anything here. It's not even available on DSPs.

 

[TheNig]

Drake is arguing NLU became as big as it did because of how UMG pushed it.

The Heart 6 has nothing to do with anything here. It's not even available on DSPs.

Thst still doesn't negate the point that he'd have a better argument if he didn't respond. DSP availability or not, he responded. Hell, he responded approx 24 hours after Not Like Us dropped.

The label saw that it was a hit and pushed it. People forget that Dre Day was also a hit and single. Was Interscope not supposed to push it?

 

[Big Boss]

What part of rap beef is marketing the diss song like it's a promotional single?

The bridge is over