provider

3y

nah, meek could RAP and made dope s***. Flamerz and Dreamchasers tapes had the streets on fire. it just ain't that anymore.

Smacked Voodoo

3y

You'll see how wrong you are December 10th this year my guy

Smacked Voodoo

3y

Please Google everything Gambino was doing in music prior to 2020.
Nigga was a Coachella headliner in 2019 with a highly anticipated follow up album to Awaken My Love that dropped in 2016 and was still making waves into 2019...what do you mean he wasn't an artist to watch for

deleteduser579

3y

they be trying to force that “BTI is a masterpiece” narrative so hard

Kee

3y

Bro they keep trying to rewrite history lmfaoo.

Nigga was literally everywhere in 2018 and 2019. Dude could drop the album and done a proper rollout and s*** would've sold.

Slimane

3y

So you just decided not to read my post, I'll let you read it again and see me mention "KTT" in past tense and try again

Smacked Voodoo

3y

When it comes to music, at every turn Gambino has almost "sabotaged" himself since...honestly post STN MTN/Kauai. I say "sabotage" because he actively made decisions to not make music videos for his popular songs or promo them.

Like there were no music videos made for Me & Your Mama, Redbone, Terrified, or Riot despite those songs being bangers and major crowd pleasers when performed live off Awaken My Love.

Guava Island was seen as a fun lil movie and he never put out the soundtrack for it despite it having songs people loved on it like Die With You and of course Saturday. There were also very popular songs in the leak community such as Love Bug and Nightlight that never saw the light of day. Summertime Magic is the only track that made it off Guava Island. As cool as that track is, can imagine how well an album or EP with Saturday, Summertime Magic, Love Bug, Nightlife, and Die With You would've gone over with people?

He finally decides to drop a single and music video and it's for This Is America. I don't care to get into the discussion of whether the song is good or not without the music video I really don't give a f***. But the reality is, the song/video was a moment that he didn't take advantage of at all. Sure it got Grammy noms and awards, was a No. 1 Billboard song, and is 3x platinum but that was it. No project or anything following it. Unless you wanna consider it apart of Guava Island, but again...wasn't no soundtrack or EP released for it.

Then there's 3.15.20...there was actually some build up for this project. A countdown, potential album artwork, I guess you can consider Feels Like Summer as a single for the album. The Pharos shows, his Coachella performance, the This Is America tour, Guava Island, all this seemed like the build up for this project...all this from 2017-2019...and nothing. Pandemic hits, he drops a lil sketch of potential album artwork, then drops the album randomly with no album artwork, no track titles, and many songs that people thought were finally going to be released like: Warlords, Human Sacrifice, Die With You, Saturday, Love Bug, Nightlight, etc are nowhere to be found on the album. And once again, no music videos, no promotion, s*** not even acknowledgement from Gambino himself. And it's a damn shame because 3.15.20 is actually a great f***in album even with fan favorite tracks missing from it

There was a point when Gambino really could've taken over after the success of Awaken My Life, Atlanta, all his touring and film appearances. But he intentionally chose to scrap a lot of s***. Now could that have been because a lot of things with him changed with his father passing, becoming a dad, him diving more into television and film, and the pandemic? I don't doubt it. But it's crazy man...never seen an artist throw away being a global music superstar like him when he had it in the palm of his hands.

I'm sure if he were to announce an album in the near feature, do a regular album rollout with videos, interviews, media runs, a tour, etc it'd perform very well and like he hasn't skipped a beat with this music s*** making his inclusion in OP's post even dumber. But I just highly doubt he's gonna do that.

TheDiplomat

3y

So why didn’t he? He missed an opportunity.

Warren Peace

3y

you said: BTI was hot largely because non-music related factor, the music itself wasn't good man stop

i’m telling you that is bullshit and many folks fw the album outside the script even 10 years later. but keep being deliberately obtuse bro, the album is still a beloved body of work and regarded as a classic irregardless of its promotional material

JeffersonSteelflex

3y

I agree with the Rocky and Meek takes but Gambino is literally one of the best creatives in our generation. He’s a true artist

Smacked Voodoo

3y

When it comes to music, at every turn Gambino has almost "sabotaged" himself since...honestly post STN MTN/Kauai. I say "sabotage" because he actively made decisions to not make music videos for his popular songs or promo them.

Like there were no music videos made for Me & Your Mama, Redbone, Terrified, or Riot despite those songs being bangers and major crowd pleasers when performed live off Awaken My Love.

Guava Island was seen as a fun lil movie and he never put out the soundtrack for it despite it having songs people loved on it like Die With You and of course Saturday. There were also very popular songs in the leak community such as Love Bug and Nightlight that never saw the light of day. Summertime Magic is the only track that made it off Guava Island. As cool as that track is, can imagine how well an album or EP with Saturday, Summertime Magic, Love Bug, Nightlife, and Die With You would've gone over with people?

He finally decides to drop a single and music video and it's for This Is America. I don't care to get into the discussion of whether the song is good or not without the music video I really don't give a f***. But the reality is, the song/video was a moment that he didn't take advantage of at all. Sure it got Grammy noms and awards, was a No. 1 Billboard song, and is 3x platinum but that was it. No project or anything following it. Unless you wanna consider it apart of Guava Island, but again...wasn't no soundtrack or EP released for it.

Then there's 3.15.20...there was actually some build up for this project. A countdown, potential album artwork, I guess you can consider Feels Like Summer as a single for the album. The Pharos shows, his Coachella performance, the This Is America tour, Guava Island, all this seemed like the build up for this project...all this from 2017-2019...and nothing. Pandemic hits, he drops a lil sketch of potential album artwork, then drops the album randomly with no album artwork, no track titles, and many songs that people thought were finally going to be released like: Warlords, Human Sacrifice, Die With You, Saturday, Love Bug, Nightlight, etc are nowhere to be found on the album. And once again, no music videos, no promotion, s*** not even acknowledgement from Gambino himself. And it's a damn shame because 3.15.20 is actually a great f***in album even with fan favorite tracks missing from it

There was a point when Gambino really could've taken over after the success of Awaken My Life, Atlanta, all his touring and film appearances. But he intentionally chose to scrap a lot of s***. Now could that have been because a lot of things with him changed with his father passing, becoming a dad, him diving more into television and film, and the pandemic? I don't doubt it. But it's crazy man...never seen an artist throw away being a global music superstar like him when he had it in the palm of his hands.

I'm sure if he were to announce an album in the near feature, do a regular album rollout with videos, interviews, media runs, a tour, etc it'd perform very well and like he hasn't skipped a beat with this music s*** making his inclusion in OP's post even dumber. But I just highly doubt he's gonna do that.

insertcoolnamehere

3y

Childish Gambino shouldnt belong in this only cause I think musically he's always been just derivative, BTI expection of course but the other 2 yea I agree.

Kee

3y

His father passed at that time, so it probably left him uninspired.

slimreapercantrap

3y

never seen meek hate like this

TheDiplomat

3y

Him sabotaging himself constantly looks like a mixture of cowardice and laziness to me.

Slimane

3y

was 100% because of factors around it, mediocre project, you must be new here

slimreapercantrap

3y

crazy

maybe im just nostalgic but i can't imagine listening to these and hating any of them