Let me educate those that are to narrow minded to understand what he is truly trying to say.
He is simply saying prior to his debut album he was creating music, that was flamboyant, trying to be Lady Gaga. Music that trash artists like Brandon Hilton have gone on to create, rather then discovering who he truly was, he was mimicking an act, and trying to recreate their style of music, but it just came out bad, because nobody can beat Gaga at her own game. This isn't shade whatsoever.