Guy called YB an anomaly, lmfao.

Wayne literally hit his highest peak right in the middle of the Great Recession when niggas could barely afford anything and he helped pull rap out of a slump in a time where when CD sales declined sharply compared to the early 2000's.

If anything, Wayne defied the odds and saved hip hop commercially along with Kanye.

Rap wasn't really peaking like that in the late 00's.

Wayne was developed during raps peak and solidified himself during the commercial peak of rap, that’s also just semantics

You really bout to argue with me that a street rapper and Sabrina carpenter shouldn’t be compared?

Bro...this is revisionist history.

Wayne was helping Cash Money stay afloat when the label was in disarray and even Juvie was starting to lose hype.

Wayne saved CM from being a dying label and going the way of No Limit.

Saying that he solidified himself during the "commercial peak" of rap isn't true at all. Wayne built himself up and his biggest album came out when rap CD sales were declining and when we were in a Great Recession.

I'm not saying anything about Youngboy and Sabrina. I'm just correcting your claims about Wayne.

You’re focused on the semantics and wasting my time

The point is that a white woman and street rapper shouldn’t be compared, idk if it’s ADHD medication or what, but I’m not debating you

Rap was at one of its peaks during Wayne’s run, argue with chat gpt nigga

mlive.com/mediumfidelity/2008/01/_2007_yearend_music_sales.html

Congrats you experience music with a calculator

We weren’t checking the charts in 2007

Idk how old you were but we were experiencing a peak in rap music you will never be able to quantify

The article even says peaks were hit with digital music so thanks for proving my point

You think a damn teenager is studying the charts at the time or burning CDs everyday in 2007?

The mixtape era was 100% a peak and contributed to Wayne’s success, give a damn what the charts say

Exactly

Internet was still a whole new world in 2007 lmao nobody cared

How much niggas d***ride the charts I foresee some AI artist stans on this b**** in the future

It will start out as a troll and gimmick but eventually become a real thing

hitsdailydouble.com/charts/hits-top-50/2025-10-31

It's already a real thing since this s*** debuts on the charts and billboard does absolutely nothing against it

I mean stans for AI artists on ktt and this thread specifically, for sure tho it’s wild people are actually listening to the s***

BULLY so soon tho

It starts with the radio stations playing that bullshit. Genuinely what the f*** are they playing that for?

I was literally a Wayne fan back then lol.

The reality is that hip hop in 06-09 didn't have the same commercial peak that the early 2000's had.

I'm not talking about the music scene. I'm just saying that hip hop factually wasn't in its "commercial peak" back then like you claimed.

You're bringing up mixtapes but that has nothing to do with what YOU said. You brought up commercialization. Not me.

I said Wayne was able to thrive in spite of hip hop going through a sales slump in the late 2000's.

Who cares if it wasn’t the same peak, it was still A peak

Peaks and valleys happen in all facets of life but aren’t always identical

I said Wayne came up during a peak, who cares if it wasn’t the biggest in hiphop history, it was definitely huge compared to the s*** we are going through now so why are you so caught up in the semantics it’s weird

The argument wasn’t even about peaks it was about black artists and pop girls not being comparable

Niggas get caught up in semantics

them specifically breaking this on urban ac radio/using an r&b artist is deliberate

Do you count Doechii as new? I think she is kinda similar in that regard.

This is proof of payola imo.

As far as i know doechiis first stuff was like 2019/2020.

I consider all three of Doechii, Sabrina, Yb to be new stars. Idk if I’d call Doechii a star but that’s a different convo. New artist I guess

AI artist got her AI bots doing work