B.Dot & Jean Grae On ‘HuffPost Live’
July 23, 2015 @ 2:28 PM EDT
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In the wake of the Drake-gate, the kid appeared on HuffPost Live a few hours ago with Jean Grae to discuss authenticity and authorship in hip-hop. And in case you’re wondering, yes we did the interview straight off the iPhone.
In light of Drake’s recent release, yours truly and producer extraordinaire Mike Dean, appeared on HuffPost Live to discuss the impact of If Your Reading This Its Too Late . Other rappers, do not try this at home.
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yup. lol
1) Mike Dean looked and sounded like he just rolled outta bed. His presence was pointless.
2) B. Dot tell YN to upgrade ya webcam!
The reason Drake and J Cole sold what they did with the secret “album” release is due to the element of surprise. The following is already there and once you throw the fans with a curve ball it becomes a sense of “wtf” and “i cant wait!”. Only way this model works is with A-listers. This wont work as effectively for Ross, Wayne etc. Since your fans are usually on social media (13-28) demographic this is easy to make happen. Plus radio, tv and print keep you name alive so the promotion is not necessary to keep you relevant. Lastly, these arent albums. These are mix tapes disguised as albums. Another way of the artist cashing in on the fans because they have that “pull”.
Word.
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more than likely mike dean smoked hella blunts and wax before this interview lol dude smokes mad tree
Drake is a genius. People will hate on this since it is Drake but I think this is a great body of work. He switched up his sound and touched on new subjects with this one.
And bit Tyga’s flow.
I think you got the “who bit who” mixed up.
What new subjects? Almost every song was a recreation of worst behavior.
This was definitely his worst project
Shout out to Mike Dean…
A very interesting debate. Think this is the way forward for ‘A-List’ artists. Interesting that it seems Kendrick is going down the traditional album promo/singles route. Is he not an ‘A-List’ artist?
Kendrick wouldn’t sell no where near the units Drake has if he dropped his album tomorrow.
Look forward to the hate…
The only two rappers, who are a-list, that come to mind are Em & Drake. I’d expect Kendrick(if he didn’t do singles/promo) to do something similar to how much Cole did so I’d put those two on a level separate from Drake and Em in terms of sales.
100% agree.
I would agree with you on em but he hasnt had anything dope lately its like hes run out of steam…….
Drake already has an established fan base who trust/believe in his material. Add in hype from all these forums, blog/Hip Hop sites, Twitter etc., and you’ll sell even more. Of course he’s going to do those numbers. Just like J. Cole, and Beyoncé…same shit. If Kendrick used this strategy, I guarantee he’ll sell the same.
Kendrick will still probably sell 500K+ with the normal album promo route regardless.
He’s just that powerful now.
I just said that to b dot yo……
i think if Kendrick dropped tomorrow, he could EASILY sell 300K-500K
Maybe around 300k, not 500k just yet. Kendrick mainly appeals to the hip-hop culture. Drake arguably appeals to more genres, hence wider exposure, resulting in ridiculous sales figures.
Kendrick imo will do more then 300, 500 k his following is strong……… that new track he dropped is straight fire from the production, lyrics and flow i was impressed yet again…..
Did this man say rick ross & jeezy or lower tier lol those guys have the same notoriety as drake jcole & kanye their just street rapper. I don’t know many if any street rappers that can be popular like kanye or drake especially trap rappers. So a artist like big Krit or logic is the same level as those guys at least call them mid tier sheesh. Only really popular rappers & pop stars can put out albums with no promo & go platinum or gold. Only 3 artist have done this so lets not get ahead of are selfs somebody like iggy or macklemore may try this & fail terribly I’m just saying.
Rick Ross is definitely not in the same notoriety as Drake, Kanye or even Jeezy.
He dont got 1 platinum album in his catalog.. even with Drake, Lil Wayne, Kanye West and Jay-Z features. Even when MTV called him the hottest MC. Kendricks first week sales were higher than any Ross album ever.
and J Cole sold more in 1 month with no promo than both new Rick Ross albums combined
Fart
That is because Ross doesn’t care to push for splashy pop crossover appeal. Ross and Jeezy are the most extraordinary examples of top tier street rappers maintaining a gold following without making music that is readily accessible to the mainstream outlets. Kudos to those two. They don’t look for Lady Gaga’s crowd to cross over to their music. They stick to the streets.
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Mike Dean the GOD !
Half of the questions he asked are irrelevant… Albums these days rarely leak before they are finished… Albums get leaked when they are shipped
@ B.Dot
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SIDEBAR: MIKE DEAN IS A COKE HEAD!!!!
#BENSON
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
U troll so hard.
AND YOU FAIL SO HARD!!!! YOU KNOW HUFF HAD YOU THERE BECAUSE OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH, AND NOT BECAUSE OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF MUSIC, RIGHT??? YOU GULLIBLE NIGGLET!!!!
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#BENSON
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this dude diesel need counseling
still funny 5months afterwards!
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Dropping albums unexpectedly is a good strategy. J Cole did it Beyonce did it now drake.
Yep impulse buying….
Kendrick Lamar up next.
Cole’s album wasn’t a secret. He had a title, release date and video where he promoted the album. He didn’t have a single and a lengthy promotional tour but his wasn’t a true surprise.
fif was the first one with that strategy beyonce stole it from fif.
Mike Dean was behaving as though he didn’t want to be there.
I’m just here for Mac Deisels comments lol. Still waiting
He’s using wifi at the library. So u might have to wait.
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Is there a reason why Lyor Cohen didn’t have his name listed in the title or the description? he started the whole damn convo.. =/ http://alltheparticulars.blogspot.com/
Wow good look BDot! Big fan of Mike Dean!
It boils down to Hip-Hop being a lifestyle and rap being a branch of Hip-Hop. If you understand that then of course you can get upset that the top rapper has a team of writers. Sure it makes for good sounding music but it really is like an athlete using steroids. You have to put an asterick by their name when you consider their greatness compared to others.
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THIS!!!!
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@ B.Dot
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………………HA!!!! HIP-HOP IS DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE COMPARED TO OTHER MUSIC GENRES!!!! IF YOU’RE AN EMCEE, YOU BETTER WRITE YOUR SHIT!!!! IF YOU’RE AN ENTERTAINER LIKE PUFF OR A PRODUCER LIKE DR. DRE, YOU GET A PASS!!!!
#BENSON
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
Why do these comments say 5 months ago???
Because your’e too stupid to pay attention to detail.
Bleeding heavy this month bitch?
What a lame ass rebuttal.
You have way to much time on your hands to be on my dick that much……
Your mothers rebuttal for keeping you was lame when she told your pops she was pregnant and he wanted you aborted.
hehehe nice one @brianbdotmiller:disqus