his sound kinda tough i fw him

AOTY I fear

That’s the point. Major label artists do get these types of placements. People seemed to think the kid dropped an album independently and is doing these numbers solely off fan support. I can’t blame anyone for thinking that - I literally had to search his songs in a database to find out he has a distro deal with Warner.

Not every artist with placements like these pulls the kind of streams he’s pulling; his music clearly resonates with people. Two things can be true at once: people are genuinely enjoying his music, and he’s also getting a major label push.

Lol man, just stop

KTT so funny. Thread about his sales got more posts that the dedicated artist thread

Crine but he really got it. The uk gonna invade next year. Esdeekid, Fakemink Jim legxacy they all warmed up this year but could go crazy if they can all keep dropping and stay active

Considering that every thread you make is about an underground artist, I know you mad. If it makes you feel better, Bally and everything prior to Rebel was released independently.

them accents not crossing the ocean and sticking man. if Dave, Central Cee, Skepta, and all them niggas couldn’t really do it, it’s just gone be much of the same. Esdeekid s*** sound like nonsense bruh lmao, the accent don’t help. Fakemink s*** be having so much dead air, that ambient s*** not hitting

No one f***s with the UK except cornballs bruh. Labels are trying to throw s*** at the wall.

bruh I be forgetting most of this website are Europe posters that’s why they going so hard defending this s*** like it’s gonna impact people across the pacific

Like it's obvious it's suburban kids who is running up these UK artists lol

Im sorry but youre out of touch in this instance, this been blowing up in US too, like it or not

You not on tiktok or youtube?

Maybw more with a specific demo for sure but its been going off

the fact it’s bubbling hottest 100 should say a lot, in the past it had to be single with us audience in mind

this is just them blowing up with their sound

There’s genuinely nothing here to be upset about. You’ve already decided that most of his success is industry manufactured, and nothing is going to change that lol.

Claiming that his entire rise is solely the product of playlisting, marketing pushes, or editorial placement is an extreme oversimplification. Of course there’s marketing involved, that’s the case for every artist with any momentum. And yes, I’m fully aware that XV is an independent label operating under Warner’s umbrella. It would be absurd not to amplify an artist who’s becoming the face of an international scene. That’s literally how the industry works.

What you’re missing is that he still had to make the music, have a bubbling scene attached with the right characters, and build his own foundation to even reach that point. That was NOT the label. Can we agree on THAT? lol

Reducing his achievements to pure industry engineering ignores the actual audience response, the scene, the music, and the persona that is ultimately driving his momentum in the first place.

And again, if it were really as easy as you’re describing, we’d see this level of success all the time. We don’t. You can throw the same marketing budget behind a dozen other artists and still not get this outcome.

No matter how you slice it, this looks like a success story.

you not on tiktok

I’m grown man my nigga, no I’m not on f***ing tiktok my girl likes the search function though. I’m out of touch yet you tryna tell me what’s popping over here and how audiences react to British accents lmfao

Post rebel fans are lowkey ruining it already

This is why reading is fundamental, I literally said all that on this same page:

"Not every artist with placements like these pulls the kind of streams he’s pulling; his music clearly resonates with people. Two things can be true at once: people are genuinely enjoying his music, and he’s also getting a major label push."

Yea this a young game now if you not seeing the vision with this kid then it’s wraps for you fr lmao the 2 billboard hits should tell you everything I’ve heard bruh but only on borderline college to high school demographic these kids are running his s*** up

Ts hard

damn you're still hurt you're out of touch

we all had this convo 10 years ago when mans never been in marquees when its shutdown ay, popularity of central cee/dave/pinkpantheress etc shows american audiences are way more acclimated to this s*** now. things exist outside your bubble

ngl like a year ago i used to have this mentality but the guys really stepped up and imo have def surpassed their us counterparts in both music and star power

No UK rapper is bigger than Ken Carson

yea but i don't think ken is really underground anymore

and i'm comparing them to the new ug guys not the 2021 ppl who ascended like your ken, yeat, lone, etc