New NIGHTMAN

2y

Akademiks loves to blow things out of proportion

Same Mf who started telling his fans that Mo-g was writing for Drake and started all the “OVO sweatshop stuff”

ClanWay

2y

It 100% is some new exclusive if we take what Ak as saying as true. Blinding Lights being entirely written by Belly is definitely new news.

It isn't a big deal to me though because when you have THAT many cooks in the kitchen (as Weeknd does for an album these days) it's inevitable that someone is going to chef up records that Abel ends up using.

Tbh what do niggas think writing camps are for or about? Do we think writers and rappers collaborate and not share ideas, verses, hooks, etc.?

I also don't think it's a big deal because Weeknd has written for Belly too. It's not like he can't or doesn't write.

ClanWay

2y

Honestly...why would you doubt it?

He's alllll over after hours. He's good with melodies. What's there to doubt?

raged

2y

This section has gotten really bad in 2022 alone lol

MyLeftBrain

2y

Why do you think he is good with melodies?
I have never heard the man hit a note, just bars.

I also know a big artist from my country who also gets help from a rapper when the lyrics has to written

CLB BMO

2y

Wait this is completely unrelated to the thread are u actually BLXST lol

CLB BMO

2y

Wait this is completely unrelated to the thread are u actually BLXST lol

o b d o

2y

does he co-write or does he straight up just write all/most of it tho

9inetoxic

2y

ill cashapp you $10 to delete this thread right now

Cody

2y

Abel’s lyrics always been ass tho

ClanWay

2y

I seent it. I know producers who have artists who's sole job is to work on the producer's beats so that when he sends them out, the hook and a verse is already on it to give the rapper / singer a guide. Common practice. If those were to leak, boom "omg he doesn't write" LMAO but that's not what that means.

Did niggas forget about those Weeknd demos that were floating through the industry before House of Ballons? Or Drake being in writing camps w/40 as early as 06?

References very clearly do not mean niggas can't write.

The easiest thing in the world to do is for a rapper to write a rap lol These days, the same is true for R&B acts. Making an actual song though, is not. Weeknd albums, Kanye albums, drake albums, have a lot more at stake.

No real time to try and cook up from scratch when 1da has sent over a beat with a hook from PND and Hush has given me a good starting line. From there, the record is completed in 10 minutes. See how much more efficient that process is lol?

Finding new melodies is hard, finding the pocket for a particular beat in a timely fashion can be hard, finding the starting line for a verse can be tough, especially if a turnaround time is involved. References and writers help with that.

Kool Joestar

2y

AK being a “Drake stan” was the greatest rebrand since MGK lol. That nigga was a flagrant hater back in the day.