Celeb News: Drake talks Ghostwriting and Meek Mill Beef

Kings.

ON GHOSTWRITING ALLEGATIONS:

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“I need, sometimes, individuals to spark an idea so that I can take off running. I don’t mind that. And those recordings—they are what they are. And you can use your own judgment on what they mean to you…If I have to be the vessel for this conversation to be brought up—you know, God forbid we start talking about writing and references and who takes what from where—I’m OK with it being me… It’s just, music at times can be a collaborative process, you know? Who came up with this, who came up with that—for me, it’s like, I know that it takes me to execute every single thing that I’ve done up until this point. And I’m not ashamed.”

ON HIS BATTLE WITH MEEK MILL:

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“This is a discussion about music, and no one’s putting forth any music?… Nobody told you that this was a bad idea, to engage in this and not have something?…It was weighing heavy on me. I didn’t get it. I didn’t get how there was no strategy on the opposite end. I just didn’t understand. I didn’t understand it because that’s just not how we operate.”

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Dessy Fenix

TMTURKEY

Drake won.

Meek, go home loser.

Saint

And there you have it

Roman Holiday

Yeah, Meek popped off without any thought on the repercussions of his actions and no kind of strategy if Drake fired back. Ironic since he's a battle rapper.

He'll be fine tho. He just needs a fire record to make people bop to him again

dussymob

So he admitted that he has ghost writers.

Grumpy Gills

Meek not having verses ready to go when he came for Drake was so ****ing bizarre

NEUTRON

Well he didn't deny it.

One Nation

KING.

Sinister

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“This is a discussion about music, and no one’s putting forth any music?… Nobody told you that this was a bad idea, to engage in this and not have something?…It was weighing heavy on me. I didn’t get it. I didn’t get how there was no strategy on the opposite end. I just didn’t understand. I didn’t understand it because that’s just not how we operate.”

remembers his reaction to Kendrick's Control verse

qurl

uhh......

not sure how i feel about his response to the ghostwriting thing

Kings.

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Originally posted by dussymob

So he admitted that he has ghost writers.

Not really, if you read (which I doubt you did) you'd know that he said he has help. Now stop trolling all Drake related threads and go back into hibernation.

abrahamjmr

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Originally posted by dussymob

So he admitted that he has ghost writers.

Do you know how to read?

Iyanla, Fix Me

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“I need, sometimes, individuals to spark an idea so that I can take off running. I don’t mind that. And those recordings—they are what they are. And you can use your own judgment on what they mean to you…If I have to be the vessel for this conversation to be brought up—you know, God forbid we start talking about writing and references and who takes what from where—I’m OK with it being me… It’s just, music at times can be a collaborative process, you know? Who came up with this, who came up with that—for me, it’s like, I know that it takes me to execute every single thing that I’ve done up until this point. And I’m not ashamed.”

I imagine Beyonce has similar thoughts/beliefs.

The Male BEYONCE!

FutureHive

Damn now he can never be mentioned amongst the greatest MC's.

truthspeaks

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Originally posted by Grumpy Gills

Meek not having verses ready to go when he came for Drake was so ****ing bizarre

Did it ever occur to anybody that maybe Meek didn't want to do a rap battle over this? Maybe he didn't want to dramatize this like some corny musical. He probably just wanted to air out drake's cheating. Now what kind of rap artist is drake even???? Who would he be battling if Drake's not writing anyway? Rap is so watered down garbage.

truthspeaks

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Originally posted by FutureHive

Damn now he can never be mentioned amongst the greatest MC's.

Exactly. I can see if he was a record label owner or producer or something. But What is Drake even to the rap world? He's just a lyric reciter.

MusicTalker

They all get some help whether they admit it or not, but it takes someone who really cares about their craft to admit it, move on, and make more great music. I would only be bothered if he fabricated credits which, in this case, he has not.

truthspeaks

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Originally posted by Iyanla, Fix Me

I imagine Beyonce has similar thoughts/beliefs.

The Male BEYONCE!

Beyonce is known for her vocals and entertaining. She's a singer, vocalist who dances. Drake can't dance and he sings but he definitely is not a vocalist. He raps sings.

truthspeaks

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Originally posted by MusicTalker

They all get some help whether they admit it or not, but it takes someone who really cares about their craft to admit it, move on, and make more great music. I would only be bothered if he fabricated credits which, in this case, he has not.

Help and writing songs with reference tracks is two different things. Every artist gets help because it's a part of the creative process. He got guys writing and rapping full on reference tracks for him to copy. But rappers that don't write is like a boxer that don't fight. Where's the skill? Is he a model?