stop the cap. we all know why you made this thread.

High sales doesn’t equal quality either.

Regular ppl dont care about numbers

Who’s saying not to care about the art?
I’m saying what holds higher weight and speaks to the art being good

Project consistently putting up big numbers all over the world let’s say or what this or that person thinks is a “classic”

Regular ppl listen to radio

views sold 1.1m and its trash.

Again not what I’m saying

I’m talking about a career of an artist being top tier or not

Not an individual project

So you saying “it’s trash” holds higher weight than the entire world listening to it until this day?

I liked it but its nowhere near his peak

So do regular people care about what this or that guy thinks is a “classic”?

Not trash, but not great either

Is this a copypasta bro

Of course not

Yes KTT2 loves this post. It’s a hall of famer.

Timeless music > numbers

I think the only people that should care about numbers are the people involved in the making of the music, and the label. However I do believe that commercial longevity is a plausible factor

I mean most mainstream classics have gone on to be platinum etc, no non mainstream classic is going to do numbers or be known to most of the public

I’m just saying when weighing an artists entire career it seems more plausible to look at numbers to place him in certain tiers than to look at what this or that guy thinks is a classic. Whatever that word even means nowadays.

Does that make sense?

Great music > numbers

Yes objectively great music exists get over it

To answer your real question OP yes drake music is mid and doesn’t stand up to real goats like MJ, the Beatles, prince, Stevie wonder, miles Davis, etc. All he has is numbers

No one from todays gen stands up to anyone you listed if im being real

Illmatic isn't a classic

- BRAVE

Good post

Again I think people are thinking I’m talking about an individual project when I’m alluding to an artists entire career

I feel it’s more plausible to check on what he was able to do statistically to place him here or there then to place him based on what this or that guy thinks is a “classic”

Big statistics always lead to impact, genre shifts, etc.