What The Weeknd Did For Drake = What Cudi Did For Kanye.

[Mr.Silver]

First of all, everyone knows Cudi gave Ye the landscape and atmosphere for 808s. Same way The Weeknd gave Drake the landscape and atmosphere for TC.

Neither obviously gave the entire project, but you could say they created the world that Drake/Ye could play in.

Cudi on 808s: RoboCop, Paranoid, Welcome To Heartbreak, Heartless
Weeknd on TC: Shot For Me, The Ride, Crew Love, Practice

Cudi is the true pioneer though. And the first to really utilize that spacey , deep 808 baseline heavy synth based croon-rap.

Drake got his sound from that. According to him 808s was his biggest motivation for So Far Gone.

808s gave birth to an entire generation of Cudi-Lites

You have to remember also that the vein/landscape is the most important thing.

Difference is Abel knew not to get in bed with Drake after using to cosign to get up . You sacrifice your own career and you'll
Never blow. Think PND/Cudi

808s and Heartbreak was originally a song Cudi wanted to give to Jay-Z, that ended up with Kanye.

 

[WickedGames]

None of the major hit singles from Take Care were Weeknd were Weeknd inspired but my personal fave album cuts (shot for me and The Ride) Abel blessed

 

[Kilgore Trout]

@YaThreadFloppedB!

 

[onelastdeath]

None of the major hit singles from Take Care were Weeknd were Weeknd inspired but my personal fave album cuts (shot for me and The Ride) Abel blessed

The singles weren't the best songs though. There's an argument to be made that the best songs were in fact the Weeknd cuts. But it's just preference at the end of the day.

 

[Mr.Silver]

I meant to say welcome to heartbreak was originally a Song for Jayz

 

[WickedGames]

Also why do people act like Weeknd and PND career should be the same outside of being on OVO. It's stupid. PND whole style is way more niche.

I love Party but Weeknd talent is mega star suited. He's a pop star rn .

Also saying Cudi and PND haven't blown is studid.

 

[Mr.Silver]

Also why do people act like Weeknd and PND career should be the same outside of being on OVO. It's stupid. PND whole style is way more niche.

I love Party but Weeknd talent is mega star suited. He's a pop star rn .

Also saying Cudi and PND haven't blown is studid.

They haven't. Cudi has potential to be raps biggest superstar. Who knows how many hits he gave away

 

[O.Red]

They haven't. Cudi has potential to be raps biggest superstar. Who knows how many hits he gave away

Cudi was a superstar at one point tho

Cudi is just a reminder that experimentation doesn't always yield favorable results

Experimentation in the arts is viewed as so much that people over look the occasions where nikkas react like

Cudi has experienced both ends of the spectrum

 

[Run Up]

Ya'll are hilarious. Cudi was NEVER anything higher than a C rate rapper. GTFOH

 

[O.Red]

Ya'll are hilarious. Cudi was NEVER anything higher than a C rate rapper. GTFOH

Cudi top 3 pioneer of this generation

 

[Mr.Silver]

Cudi top 3 pioneer of this generation

No Cudi means no 808s and HB, no 808s means no SFG, no SFG? Means no Drake.

 

[WickedGames]

They haven't. Cudi has potential to be raps biggest superstar. Who knows how many hits he gave away

I've seen PND perform in England twice. He toured the world off his first 2 tapes. He ain't a mega star but he is doing very well for himself. Album sold 50k first week. Outside of Weeknd and Frank most RnB dudes selling less. Even Miguel last joint moved like 35-40 fw

 

[Da King]

All Cudi did was give c00nye a style to run with

 

[Run Up]

Cudi top 3 pioneer of this generation

This generation of young fags? Yeah, miss me with that shyt

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

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