This is why people come for y’all niggas go pull just under 200k and y’all downplay it because Drake do more numbers. You be one of the main mfs talking about mfs downing the black man. You downing 2 black men because of ya boy Drake lol.

People fail to realize this. Lol last year Durk was selling 50some k first week. This is a big W no matter how you flip it. My turn sold what? 197k. These numbers are a w when you consider everything.

I swear to god I never want to see you use black men for cheap likes ever again.

This post is exactly why I said you're missing the point.

So, basically, you agree that Pop Smoke's album is currently outselling Lil Baby's album and has been doing so for the past few months and will soon surpass Lil Baby's album in total units sold? Cool. That was my whole point to begin with. Doesn't matter if he's dead or alive, fact is fact.

I said Megan Thee Stallion/Doja Cat/DaBaby/Roddy Ricch all scored "bigger and more recognizable hits than Lil Baby last year," another FACT, and your response is listing 15 records that most people don't know because they've all gone platinum after being out for over a year. So? Many artists have several album tracks that have gone Platinum. That isn't some huge deal anymore and it doesn't make those songs hits because none of those songs are hit records on the level that Megan/Doja/Roddy/DaBaby scored last year and that's my point and you KNOW THAT.

You also ignored how he got outstreamed by Juice WRLD/YoungBoy NBA in the same year where he released more music than both of them.

That's 3 metrics I've mentioned that he's gotten outdone in:

• Album sales.
• Hit records.
• Streaming.

I agreed with you on his album outselling albums by all those names I mentioned and that he currently has that (even though Pop Smoke's album will be taking that from him soon).

You're the one who is so fixated on your "Lil Baby is the #1 rapper of his generation" narrative that you're ignoring things I've clearly pointed out which are factual and you're settling for your own version of what you believe to be fact and truth.

I even said earlier that I believe Lil Baby is the hottest/most consistent rapper of his generation right now. I think out of the names I mentioned, he raps the best and that he CAN be the #1 guy but he has to be the clear #1 option in more metrics to get that title imo. You're here acting like I've been downplaying everything he's done lol. I don't hate Lil Baby, I just think y'all are jumping to crown someone as the #1 option when he isn't clearly outdoing his peers in enough metrics yet.

Drake was CLEARLY the #1 guy (amongst his peers) with hits, album sales, touring stats, impact and overall chart dominance from day 1 and he remained in that position year after year after year after year more than any of his peers. The gap was always wide and that's why he was crowned the #1 guy of his generation. If Cole/Kendrick were scoring bigger hits and Wale's tours were bigger and Big Sean's albums were selling just as much or more than his own albums, we wouldn't have given Drake the title of being the #1 guy, regardless of how good of a rapper he was so how are you now shifting the goal post for Lil Baby? Yes, he doesn't have to sell as much as Drake BUT he has to outsell ALL his peers CONSISTENTLY and that's a fact. He's only done that once with one album (and he'll be getting surpassed by Pop Smoke's album soon). Let's wait and see how his next album does compared to other people like Travis, Post Malone, etc. We can ignore first week sales but if those artists are outselling him months after they've all dropped then that's one more metric he hasn't outdone ALL his peers in. You can't be the #1 option if you don't outdo your peers in at least more than 1 metric. Funny how people rushed to crown Lil Baby as the #1 option in the year where most of his peers didn't drop any new music lol. It doesn't work that way.

If you're just gonna respond to this with more posts about how OGs f*** with his music and how he has the streets on lock then let's end this back and forth here. It's been good talk. We can always agree to disagree.

Underwhelming numbers. Sorry.

Doesn’t match the hype on both artists at this current time.

It’s not about drake. I’m quoting Cole. These niggas just ain’t to be talked with true top tier rappers / super stars despite all the hype

Whether that’s Cole, Kendrick or Drake. The fanbase looking flimsy compared to the rappers media are trying to compare them to

maybe I’m jaded but I refuse to believe she’s on a remotely artist friendly deal like licensing even if that’s what it says

Absolutely delusional to think that this is bad for durk and baby
Some of yall need to shut up more

Big numbers for a collab album tbh

Drake didn't become the #1 rapper until about 2014+ though, that was Eminem's title until then, Em had more hits/sales/everything until that point. Lil Baby is what? 2/3 yrs in right now? it took Drake 5 years to hit that #1 point

Being #1 in everything is much harder now also due to something which almost everyone keeps ignoring and that's the massive saturation in music. Nowadays if J Cole drops some mids who f***ing cares cause there's literally 100000 other albums at our fingertips within seconds and there's also probably a big name rapper releasing a new album next week. Back in 2009/2010 when Drake started blowing up that didn't exist, if you wanted to listen to something new you had to buy that s*** for $10 or go illegally download it. It's made worse by the fact streaming also made it so much easier for anyone to become a musician so now there's just far far more competition than ever before.

You had no choice but to listen to the latest drop 15 years ago cause there was nothing else/you had no money/you didn't wanna illegally dl. Peoples ears are just spread over far more artists now and that's just gonna result in no one being as big as Drake ever. Same as how it was impossible for anyone from Drake/Eminem's generations to touch Michael Jackson level, music has naturally become more and more saturated every year

Cole bodied by a Disney chick

Hype came and went huh

Don't let Cole fans see this

From what I read here:
google.com/amp/s/www.insider.com/olivia-rodrigo-owns-master-recordings-taylor-swift-battle-2021-5%3famp

She apparently does own her masters which definitely surprises me.
But there’s multiple revenue streams for her to get screwed by, so even if they threw her that bone I’m sure they got her in 3 other ways.

this is still a good look for durk, not so much lil baby

cole's music always comes and goes now, it's kinda sad to see, he has so much more potential but it's like he can't really make catchy stuff as easily as his contemporaries

you takin a lot of boxin lessons but you still p****

Jesus Christ bruh. Just hoping she gets f***ed instead of acknowledging she got a fair deal cause it's 2021

Lol what I’m not hoping, this doesn’t affect me at all I couldn’t care less. It’s called business.

If I sold my product for exactly what I make it for then I make no money. They’re taking a risk, so in return they will typically get the lions share. Also they’re the ones who brought her to the forefront, that’s how this s*** works, it isn’t daisies.

It being 2021 makes no difference, literally none. Labels still want money. Just because you see a few of your favorite artists getting fair deals does not mean everyone has that type of leverage or even thinks about it. Most artists do not have ANY business acumen.

O Rod running this s***

Remembering that Drip Harder sold 130k in 2018 if this lands at 160k that is kinda underwhelming.