Drake sold about 460K, Did he save music?

Short answer, No. Better question, did music need to be saved? Lets be hooooooooooooooooooooonest, the expectations for Drakes debut album "Thank me Later" were a little to high for his given situation. Many predicted 500K or better, Lil Wayne was recorded saying he thought Drake "might do 2 million" (no wonder hes in jail, being that stupid should be a crime! OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH PS. Don't kill me young money, and keep your head up lil tunechi). But yeah i mean he almost reached that 500K point, which when you REALLY think about it, it would have been amazing for him to reach. Jay-z didn't do 500K in his first week with the Blueprint 3, none of the other new guys even came close to 400K (cudi, Asher roth, B.o.B., and DEFINITELY not Wale, he sold like 10 albums, all in DC), and the only one to really go above and beyond that recently was Eminem when he did 600K mainly because of Carter 3 syndrome which occurs when you don't put out an album for years.

I want to note that the Carter 3 selling a million in the first week was great, but it was also kind of fluke because he didn't put out a CD in years and just did mixtapes and hopped on every feature available to get his status up, i'm sick and tired of people hyping him up so much for that, Kanye or Jay-z would have done the same thing under those stipulations. Lets not forget he tried to pull a Kanye with "Rebirth" and FAILED HORRIBLY!!!!!!!!!!!!! he didn't go #1, he didn't sell shit, and the CD was actually really bad, i'm gonna need all these lil wayne heads to remember that when they talk about 808s, which was a success in every sense of the word, went #1 and sold 400K + first week, had multiple top 10 hits, generated enough for multiple singles and videos, and was critically acclaimed by many. lol i'm sorry i had to go on that tangent, but i really needed to say that about Lil Wayne, but back to Drake.

Oh Drizzle AKA Drizzy AKA Jimmy from Degrassi AKA "Ever, Greatest"AKA Young Angel AKA Mr. Aubrey Graham (has to be the gayest name for a rapper ever, unless J Cole is short for Jennifer Coletta). You should be happy, selling that much is great, you beat all those other new guys you're compared to, you really beat out everybody who isn't at the very top of music right now, go play hockey in Toronto or something. Its great to have high hopes, but if you think of this as a disappointment you must not be too realistic mister. The whole talk of Drake saving music, or hip hop music rather, just doesn't make much sense. I personally don't really think it needed saving, its been widely accepted over the past couple years that artists don't sell that many records anymore, they make a lot more money on tours and using their talents in other fields with the whole being an entrepreneur thing. Drake is still going to be rich just like the big rappers before him, and people are going to listen to his album and judge it accordingly (i thought it was pretty good, probably a 7 out of 10). I almost feel like nowadays people only really buy albums to support the artist, not to actually listen to the music, well young people anyways. So for them to get the sales they used to get, they're going to have to either offer the listeners something they can't download, or make it so that the people want to support the artist SOOOO much, that they'll actually want to or even need to buy the album, or somehow lower prices and make that very apparent to the people. Drake did his due diligence with this one though, its his first CD so honestly he kind of knocked this one out the park sales wise. To put it in perspective, Justin Bieber didn't even put up those numbers first week (neither did Rihanna or lady gaga for that matter).

All in all, whether you hate him or love him, Drake came through strongly with his sales performance, and although it may not have lived up to so some super high expectations, it should be looked at as a success for music and hip hop music. It didn't save music, but it probably saved Baby and Lil Wayne cause the rest of Young money/Cash money is kinda slackin. (Nicki thats your cue for the lesbian sex tape)

PS. Drake sounds like a STRAIGHT UP BITCH when he talks about the Rihanna situation in interviews, "she made me feel small, she made me feel nervous", Baby imma need you cut off his balls real quick, i'm sure it ain't the first time you've done it

Drake and Eminem dropped singles today, both are good

Eminem dropped his new single "Not Afraid" from his new CD "Recovery" and Drizzy Drake dropped "Find your love" produced by Kanye West. First and foremost, I'm gonna speak on Drake because his CD is probably gonna come out before Eminem's and this is his second single after "Over". I first became a Drake fan after listening to "A night off" ft Lloyd and I really vibed out to his singing on "So far gone" before i got into his rapping to be honest. This song is all singing, so i'm thinking its gonna do well with the female demographic and have them salivating for this degrassi kid for a little bit. It definitely has an 808s and heartbreak style beat which makes sense because Kanye produced it, but it is definitely a lot more upbeat/happy and doesn't have the T-Pain esque autotune that everybody seems to hate. I like it, i think i'll give it a few more listens before i say i love it, but its a solid song and i think it'll do pretty good on radio. Honestly, i'm expecting his CD "Thank me Later" to be a classic piece of work, he has everything in place for it to be a smash, big name features, solid producers, a team to keep it all flowing together well, and the talent. Now Eminem, my feelings about him have been weird as of late, i admit that back in the day he was an ANIMAL lyrically, he murdered Jay-z on his own song, "Lose yourself" won an oscar, the kid was unbelievable. Later in his career though i always felt he went too easily to the stupid raps where he sounded like an idiot and played around too much, i mean i can appreciate that in spurts, but i expect him to come with the real shit too. To me, the relapse was a failure, other than "Beautiful" i thought it was like ALL dumb/stupid rap and i really was disappointed with the come back. BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT then he came with the "forever" verse and started dropping hard freestyles and stuff, and now comes out with the "Not Afraid" record, where he definitely is going hard. I like it, i'm so happy hes coming with stuff like this with the new Cd. He even mentions that "Relapse"was wack and says he'll never go back to that, which i'm ECSTATIC about. I really like the song, i'm expecting heat to come from this album. This is gonna be a good year for hip hop, theres Drake, Eminem, B.o.B., J.Cole, and probably some others, potentially Kanye and Dr. Dre (the Detox isn't gonna come out till 2029).

He's like a white, Canadian version of Sammie

Ah Justin Bieber, his name is almost too easy to make fun of but at the same time you don't want to because hes just so darn tween dreamy *eyes twinkle* (i think his fans should be called Bieber Babies or something like that, i just think it fits too well not to be used) But this Bieber kid, I decided to give my take on arguably the biggest thing to hit pop/R&B music in recent memory excluding people that rhyme with shmady caca (its lady gaga, did you get it? i knew you would). The hoopla about this guy is crazy, though it has died down a little recently because "Baby" has been out for a while, hes supposedly on tour or something, and his next single "Eenie Meanie" ft Sean Kingston is just starting to pick up more steam. Before i get into the bulk of it, i would like to add that the Eenie meanie track is FIYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAA, i'll be honest and say it has an incredibly stupid chorus and its pretty generic, but its catchy as all hell and its one of those songs that blends both artists styles well, you'll probably have to listen to it a couple times before you get to that point but i'm calling it now that it has a good shot at going #1. BUT BACK TO BIEBER MANIA!!! After a ton of research and studying, i believe the hype about this 16 year old kid is.......drum roll please............DESERVED. Yep, I said it, I think its deserved. This kid is actually talented, I mean he can actually sing, not sure about the dancing thing, but he can work on that, just look at Justin Timberlake, he went from boy band dancing to almost Usher in like a year. And another thing to note about his last CD, he actually had writing credits on every song, including one song where he wrote the entire thing (wikipedia it) At first i was like pretty much everybody that wasn't a 13 year old girl, and was skeptic and didn't take the time to listen to his music or study up on him, I mean i heard "One time" and got a glimpse of "baby" but i never really thought much of him, that was until i saw THIS on funny or die, he said BITCH, LMAO, this kid is 16 and is a tween sensation and said bitch in a video that would be seen by millions, how can you not give him some love for that?? To be honest though, I really look at Bieber to be somebody to bring back R&B because it has definitely been falling, props to Trey Songz for keeping it alive these past couple months, but Ushers new stuff hasn't blown me away despite little freak being a solid collabo. The kid has chops and its undeniable once you listen to more of his stuff, i don't even have his cd but i can see it. Aside from that though, I mean if you didn't know there was a bidding war to get him between Usher and Justin Timberlake that Usher won, and DRAKE!!!!! actually showed up to his Baby video shoot to show love when i'm sure he had a bazillion things he could have done instead and only got like 5 secs of camera time. Bieber also got to open the new "We are the World" 25 song, which is major shine considering others on the song. I really hope he doesn't fade away like a lot of these young R&B stars though, him being white (no racist) will definitely help a little but isn't full proof, and he has to really grow with his music as he gets older and has a new voice for him to be successful. All in all though, what can you say, in the words of a good friend of mine, "Haters gonna hate" so when it comes to this kid, people are going to hate, but I won't be one of them. And no I'm not gay for listening to R&B/Pop, I'm gay for Justin Bieber *gay sigh*
NO HOMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO



UPDATE: He also plays guitar and the drums, check out his youtube page http://www.youtube.com/user/kidrauhl

Consequence "Whatever U Want (G.O.O.D. Music Remix) ft Kanye West, Common, John Legend, Kid Cudi & Big Sean

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This joint is kinda Hot, in my opinion there is no other label really fucking with GOOD music, Young money is nice but other than Wayne and Drake, theres nobody else thats really good, they would be in the 90s in madden but everybody else would be in the 60s or lower probably, while kanye would be in the 90s with common and john legend, then theres cudi whos in the 80s, big sean is coming and could crack the 80s, probably 70s right now, then the rest are in the 70s or lower

3 Birdman tracks

4 my town (play ball) ft Drake and Lil Wayne
Looks like this isn't gonna be Souljaboy's song like i thought it was from that leaked version before, Birdman is smart by havin drake or Lil wayne on like every song he puts out because its an accepted fact that he sucks, but this is kinda hot, drake does his thing, the hook is kinda weird because i thought it was part of his verse, but wayne is aight on it too, doesn't seem like hes trying too hard though

I want it all ft Kevin Rudoff and Lil wayne
this is aight, nothing spectacular, i feel like all kevin rudoff songs sound the same lol

Mo Milly ft Drake and Bun B
Heard a different version of this, drake kills his verse, bun b is very consistent with his verse, when you put him on a track, you know what your gonna get, i like him on the track too

Beyonce ft Lady Gaga video phone remix

BEYONCE IS CRAZY SEXY IN THIS SHIT!!!! this might be the hardest sex sells ploy beyonce has ever done and i love it, the choreographed dance they do together is kinda cool, beyonce makes lady gaga look really ugly

Shakira ft Lil wayne- Give it up to me

Why are all of her dancers black? lol, she does some nice ass movements though

Lady Gaga and Beyonce Collabos

Lady Gaga ft Beyonce - Telephone


I actually like this a good amount, i'm just waiting for the video, it'll probably be legendary, this is gonna be on lady gaga's new cd out nov 23

Beyonce ft Lady Gaga - Video Phone remix


This is aight, i like the other one better though, theres supposed to be a video for this one, it'll be on the rerelease of beyonce's cd

Lady Gaga - Bad romance

Shakira ft Kid Cudi - Did it again remix

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I Like this song, i like both of these artists, its almost too techno for me, but then Cudi comes in and kills it so its ok lol

Timbaland ft Justin Timberlake - Carry Out

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Stupid song, i'm dissapointed a lot by this, they usually come out with HITS when they work together, the food ordering metaphor is USED WAY TOO MUCH

Wale ft J Cole and Melanie Fiona - Beautiful Bliss

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I like this joint here, J Cole KILLS his verse, I actually really like them together on a collaboration tip, they did a joint on wale's mixtape too, they are both on Rocnation so i'm guessing they've gotten to know each other and will work together a lot, wales flow is nice but sometimes he throws me off with some of the shit he says, like i don't get half of it, and i think i'm an intelligent hip hop fan

J Cole - Unabomber

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Little track, Hes the best rapper out of the new guys in my opinion, idk about artist as a whole, but hes the best rapper to me

Drake ft Belly - I do this

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He recycles lines a lot in this one, but its aight i guess, don't care for belly much though

NEW DJ KHALED

DJ Khaled "Fed Up" ft Usher, Young Jeezy, Rick Ross & Drake

This has a lot of heads on it, i like usher on this joint, its up tempo, i think i like jeezy more now, idk what it is, Drake does his whole dramatic thing on his verse, buts its nice, this is a hot song though, i think it'll be a hit.

BET Hip Hop awards cyphers

EM RIPPED THIS SHIT, and Black thought was nice too


Joe Budden killed it on the low, and nicki minaj did her thing

Souljaboy ft Drake - Play Ball

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I like drake on this song, idk about souljaboy, i almost think that hes trying to hard to be lyrical and deep, when thats just not him to me, i guess this isn't that bad though, idk about him singing like that on the chorus either, thats just not him, i think if souljaboy is genuine and him, hes ok in the music game, turn my swag on was my shit

3Oh!3 - Starstrukk (feat. Katy Perry)

I like these guys, Katy Perry upped her sexiness liiiiiike shiiiiiiiiit, hot song too

Chris Brown i can transform ya video

I must say i like it, chris breezy do your thing boy, tyrese's cameo was random and weird though lol

Wale ft John Mayer - Letter

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I love the idea behind this track, Wale is smart by getting John Mayer on it, he definitely does his thing on this track, John Mayer that is, Wale is pretty good i guess, i almost think hes trying to hard to be profound on this one at times, i do like the song though, idk how this would do as a single though