2manyFCKNrappers
mentally i measure kilos
Lol
WTF?? KRS-ONE co-signs Drake using a Ghostwriter.
The God Poster
LWO representa
this will get ignored. Also why do interviews continue to say "alleged " writers
Killigraphy
Banned
I like how these c00ns up in here, get angry at a legend say he would spit a verse written for him, by....another legend. All that happens to be; is a tag team, not a lame MC. KRS-One is the god, he should have dudes writing for him just cuz. And we're gonna act like DMX didn't do a song with Sisqo?, no ones gonna say anything about everything coming out of Diddy's mouth being ghost written? C'mon son.
Killigraphy
Banned
this will get ignored. Also why do interviews continue to say "alleged " writers
Quentin said he didn't give Drake any lines....so its "alleged" by the conspiracy theorists, even if there's evidence that he didn't.
In the context of songwriting I don't have a problem with ghostwriters providing assistance to the "artist" in question. I see nothing wrong with the artist and ghostwriter(s) bouncing ideas off of one another. That's why they call it an artist's team. It's like boxing or MMA,. A boxer has a manager, promoter, head trainer, assistant trainer. co-trainer, sparring partners, etc.. Ultimately the boxer is the one that has to step into the ring, but his team helped him get to that point. It's largely the same with songwriting.
I will say, it doesn't entirely sit well with me as it's indicative of just how big Hip Hop has become in that the Milli Vanilli sh!t is acceptable. Hip Hop has long been headed down the path of losing it's purity though. I mean there's a gauntlet of items that is acceptable within Hip Hop that was taboo in years prior. I remember doing advertisements was unacceptable to a respectable artist. Now it's about getting that money. Fusing R&B, and having singers on a rap song was looked upon as soft, but now its accepted. The use of bands instead of two turntables and a mic was frowned upon, but now that's accepted. Holding down the weight for an entire album with maybe one and only one feature was standard, but now it's rare to see an artist's album where the artist himself rides a track solo. It's difficult for me to even call an artist's album his album because there's so many features that maybe it should be called a compilation. Ehh, that's where we are today. No turning back I suppose.
I will say, it doesn't entirely sit well with me as it's indicative of just how big Hip Hop has become in that the Milli Vanilli sh!t is acceptable. Hip Hop has long been headed down the path of losing it's purity though. I mean there's a gauntlet of items that is acceptable within Hip Hop that was taboo in years prior. I remember doing advertisements was unacceptable to a respectable artist. Now it's about getting that money. Fusing R&B, and having singers on a rap song was looked upon as soft, but now its accepted. The use of bands instead of two turntables and a mic was frowned upon, but now that's accepted. Holding down the weight for an entire album with maybe one and only one feature was standard, but now it's rare to see an artist's album where the artist himself rides a track solo. It's difficult for me to even call an artist's album his album because there's so many features that maybe it should be called a compilation. Ehh, that's where we are today. No turning back I suppose.
thernbroom
Superstar
He danced around the issue and was politically correct as shyt.
These nikkas all some sell outs
Remember this next time a cac blows and of a sudden yall gon be all about the culture
how are you going to call another nikka a sell out when you aint never been back to africa you c00n
Broke Wave
The GOAT
For real though drake fans... When u listen to the Quentin Miller reference tracks... You dont think its funny at all? You dont find it to be a little weird? Like do you think its more likely that the only time hes done this, its been exposed or that this was the first and only time? No bias or hate, someone let me know their opinion
Why would drake still be considered a great artist if its been found that he not only recieved lyrics from another artist, but repeated them verbatim and with the same tone? Doesnt this challenge his integrity? Especially since he was not transparent about this?
Why would drake still be considered a great artist if its been found that he not only recieved lyrics from another artist, but repeated them verbatim and with the same tone? Doesnt this challenge his integrity? Especially since he was not transparent about this?
is KRS giving Drake's name some respek? 
you can let some stuff slide as he said many rappers have their secret songs or what not, but I think Drake does it much more than the average mainstream rapper. I could be wrong though.
you can let some stuff slide as he said many rappers have their secret songs or what not, but I think Drake does it much more than the average mainstream rapper. I could be wrong though.
wingstop
Superstar
why are you lying?
The ghostwriting is just a part of Drake's legitimacy problem. Dude is an actor and not a good one.
KRS said if you don't write your own raps it lessens you.
KRS said the problems arise when you hide having ghostwriters, and people find out after the fact.
KRS said make sure your ghostwriters are fairly compensated, and acknowledge them.
Drake stans:
"OMG KRS co-signs Drake!"
Fred.
KRS said the problems arise when you hide having ghostwriters, and people find out after the fact.
KRS said make sure your ghostwriters are fairly compensated, and acknowledge them.
Drake stans:
"OMG KRS co-signs Drake!"
Fred.
Again with this bullshyt.
Y'all sound like y'all were buying into it before all this shyt came out. If you didn't think he was anywhere near that level, nothing that has happened in the last year should affect you so much. The ones who stay mad about this come off like this
If you weren't deceived or fooled, then don't react like you did. That's the mistake a lot of y'all make on here.
Nah fukk that.
Expecting people to stop talking about it as if there has ever been a rapper of that status exposed to that degree is stupid...the shyt matters.
Even if you agree with the practice of using writers or are indifferent about it, this was/is going to be a relevant discussion because it sets the tone for what comes next.
And it ain't about whether I was personally fooled. It's about Hip Hop and the precedent that something like that sets. I never fukked with Drake like that but as someone who tries to be objective I was more than willing to put his run into proper perspective. I could respect his movement and his status as a star and ultimately as a noteworthy rapper. I could even respect him as a lyricist in this game without giving any guff about it despite only liking a hand full of songs and not being that impressed with his spits.
Now that we know the deal, that it goes way beyond "bouncing ideas" and into Rap Concentration camps and tent slaves, it's disheartening to know that you could take a Justin Beiber/Post Malone type with no real stripes or history in the culture, give him a workforce of slaves and have him dominate the game. That I do care about...sue me.
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Paradise50
Superstar
Listening to it for myself I get what he was saying. AND he hinted at writers being rampant in hip hop which he would know better than any of us in here. I'm talking rampant back in the day not just today.
It's like y'all hear one thing and run with it instead of digesting the whole message.
It's like y'all hear one thing and run with it instead of digesting the whole message.
And people getting on KRS for holding his tongue or whatever....that ain't the problem. The problem is virtually every time this topic gets brought up people don't ask the right questions.
Instead of asking "do you have a problem with ghostwriters"....which is a dumb ass question because they mentioned people like Eazy and Biz that used them....ask "do you have a problem with people hiding the ghostwriters?"
And the answer would be "yes", because he flat out said that anyway.
If he said "using writers lessens you" don't let him say "Rakim could write for me" without asking what the fukk he's talking about. At least elaborate on it, because you just contradicted yourself. Over all I think Nore is a good host but he needs to know when to push a question instead of just saying "wow, that's crazy, make some noise!"
Fred.
Instead of asking "do you have a problem with ghostwriters"....which is a dumb ass question because they mentioned people like Eazy and Biz that used them....ask "do you have a problem with people hiding the ghostwriters?"
And the answer would be "yes", because he flat out said that anyway.
If he said "using writers lessens you" don't let him say "Rakim could write for me" without asking what the fukk he's talking about. At least elaborate on it, because you just contradicted yourself. Over all I think Nore is a good host but he needs to know when to push a question instead of just saying "wow, that's crazy, make some noise!"
Fred.