A friend of mines just said this to me couple days ago all I could do is SMH. Yes he is Drake lover but ironically enough he used to be Kendrick rider before 2015-16
i’ll never understand how people don’t realize this has always been happening 💀 yall think music is just starting to be manipulated by the big time labels ? like cmon
Right? Artists used to buy up their album CD’s all the time to boost sales. Some of them had concerts that sold tickets with a free CD copy and count those as sales
@@teddymthembu123 rs feel like bros acting like it didn’t use to be WORSE literally the only thing people used to be able to listen to is wtv the major labels were pushing down their throat at least we have options and the awareness nowadays
@@iaminhell1111 yeah I think now they are manipulating it at a much bigger scale though. Back in the day a CD would cost a couple of dollars so to buy up 100k CD’s would burn a hole in your pocket, meanwhile it’s relatively cheaper to buy like a million streams. And at some point I also decided whether I would listen to the song based of its number of views on these streaming platforms.
He getting a lil too comfortable showing his face. I like it better when he didn't show his face. And he's too over animated each time his face is on camera. It's very annoying, but it's not my channel, so🤷♂️
it's not just the psychology of Number 1 but once they have enough streams to get on radio the song is played so often people become 'accustomed' to it
Honest, hard-working artists aren't becoming extinct. We just need to be as loud and as assholish about being honest and hard-working as the people that aren't.
people been saying this shit for years. this vid aint nothing new. people with continue to not care and listen to the music they want to listen to because blacky missed one key thing. The average consumer doesnt give a single fuck about whats real or not, they just wonna hear what they perceive as good music. payolla used to be more corrupt and career destroying for people who didnt partake than this streaming manipulation.
@@deadboltzz5199 yea but there is a limit. i used to hear jimmy iveine (not spelled like this) used to "bargain" with record shops and companies he had relationships with. To "potentially" raise the record count.
@@deadboltzz5199 They did the same with records and cassettes too. This is not anything new really it has just become a lot easier and less expensive to do.
nowadays art has nothing to do with being an artist. it really aint about art. i put my heart into creating something and got so depressed (i mean i still cry) and the standing question becomes why put out this art if nobody cares about art anymore. anyway this video serves as a reminder that the numbers aint everything, i hope to fully pick myself back up one day and keep doing this. i love making art, i just hate sharing it cause its like who cares haha.
True. That’s why being independent and making your art solely for yourself and the people that enjoy it is so important. You may make less money, but focusing on that can make you happier to do it.
If you market your art yourself and don't aim for the a mainstream audience you will find your audience trust me. Mainstream is rarely about art for decades now. It's about making things popular and milking the cash cow.
Lmao making drake the thumbnail is funny because he’s not apart of the Brunch Bot crew. Cash money/ yung money going against the industry since the start.
@@SharmV I don’t listen to short hypocrite or people who imitate God. But calis favorite bot rappers loves and looks up to a NY/Baltimore hypocrite with 3 hood tattooed on him and he claims cali as well.
@@SharmVI don’t listen to short hypocrite botters who look up to hypocrites that glamorize Hood culture with 3 different hood tattooed while being from NY living in Baltimore and repping Cali. Art school ballet dancer acting mofo
@@SharmV I don’t listen to short hypocrite botters who look up to hypocrites that glamorize Hood culture with 3 different hood tattooed while being from NY living in Baltimore and repping Cali. Art school ballet dancer acting mofo
@@SharmV I don’t listen to short hypocrite botters who look up to hypocrites that glamorize Hood culture with 3 different hood tattooed while being from NY living in Baltimore and repping Cali. Art school ballet dancer acting mofo
Because what others do to hustle and make money doesn't concern him. That shouldnt come in between networking and business relationships. But to keep it real, he's separating his authentication.
"You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time." -Abe Lincoln
Now in Spanish. "Puedes engañar algunas personas todo el tiempo y todas las personas algunas veces; pero no puedes engañar todas las personas todo el tiempo." --Abraham Lincoln
Alright well, love him or hate him, we all know Drake isn't one of the guys buying streams, even though he's all over this video. You can't doubt that guy's influence in music/hip-hop.
i say drake is getting fake streams (when you’re that big it lowkey just happens, rather it be the industry setting streams or just bots in general since there’s a shit ton of bots) but it doesn’t matter he’s so fucking big those fake streams aren’t doing shit for him, and he constantly talks about how the industry is going change. he’s telling people to hold onto their money they gon need it these next few years
@@krishmarX Yeah I think that's what he's saying, and I agree, there's some number of fake streams in his numbers. But an insignificant amount compared to the actual listeners.
@@krishmarXbut thats with most artists. Any MAINSTREAM artist has more real listeners than bots. Doesnt change the fact that they still use bots (drake does too)
It never adds up when I see artists my level posting their new song having 20K streams, but having 100 monthly listeners & the rest of their songs never touching 1,000. Or having thousands of streams on Spotify, but all their social media accounts in the hundreds, with no engagement. Spotify is an unreliable way of tracking how big artists are. As Russ says these streams don’t convert into ticket sales which is what matters more. I’ve played shows with people saying their new song is on 100K, yet they bought one person to their show & they’re supporting me on the night.
I was waiting for him to say Drake’s name but then at the end when he said he waits to see how artists do on their tours to determine how popular they really are I was like well this Drake b roll footage is useless because mfs go to his stuff
@@restingdeeply1064 Stop it. No one likes to see something they like whether it’s an artist, athlete, actor, director, producer, designer get raked over the coals. And if say you don’t either you’re fronting or you don’t care like that which is fine but let’s cut the bs though
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why is drake the face like hes not got the biggest tour oat
They used to do this with CDs and Records too. Labels would buy copies of they’re own albums using a shell company so they’d count as “sales” then the shell company would resale them to stores, effectively doubling they’re sales. Labels are always committed fraud and used they’re power to inflate value and increase profit. The streaming world just increased how easy it is to do it.
J Cole called it out years ago on a lot. "How many faking they streams? (A lot) Getting they plays from machines? (A lot) I can see behind the smoke and mirrors"
It's literally the truth, drake's current songs and albums are trash but due to universal music buying bot streams they literally get millions of streams
@@mikelbaningo6407which one? For all dogs? 😂 her loss that was literally loved online or certified loverboy? That has massive hits like fair trade and many more. You’re into nothing bro i’m not a drake fan but those albums where all over tik tok
@@mikelbaningo6407which one😂? Almost all his albums have mainstream and tik tok hit’s “all his recent albums and songs” my guy her loss was literally everywhere in 2022 likewise honestly never mind and certified lover boy, his albums with 21 are loved and certified lover boy has massive hits like fair trade. For all dogs is aight nothing special definitely don’t see the fake streams and family matters had streams just because of the beef you can hate his persona but his music is well rated definitely not fake streamed.
@@JosephDuplessis-m7y No also because usually TikTok audience is not Spotify audience. There are literally people now who only consume music on TikTok.
Childish Gambino: These rappers cosplay, the industry Comic-Con. NF: This is the industry, where it ain't how big you are, it's how big you seem". They do it to create a false perception and to convince others not to stray from trends or go independent. Creative and authentic artists call them out on their shadiness, and they block them out because artists like them promote the themes that would make the industry look worse or keep them from controlling the narrative.
@@paulvitala8367 Or maybe because he doesn't chase trends and offers value in his music? What have you heard or gotten from NF's music to make that broad of an opinion? I'm curious to hear.
@@jmbeats3308 no I def agree that every artist serves their purpose and the idea of nf appealing to a non cursing audience is good ….hes just cringe is all, he raps but isn’t a staple of hiphop at all ….he definitely selling out shows and is doing good for him and his audience so I’ll give him that ….can never hate on a man making his money
@@uglysegura9616 This isn't about NF being a staple, not cursing vs cursing, or even if I or others like his music. I use him as an example because he challenges the narrative of the industry and people like him are offering different and valuable music. He has metrics rivaling or above other Gen Z rappers but he's blocked out by the industry, that's what I want people to understand.
He’s turned to a Drake hater haha it’s obvious. Kinda of silly to just slap Drake into this video for no reason when he’s proven to be the best selling and streamed
We need to speak about the entire culture that has now been built around these lies, telling artists who are trying to keep up that they have to jump through hoops and maybe just maybe they’ll get their break when that’s just not true due to the industry machine being behind it all. Social media platforms are in on it too with the algorithms and having people pay for ads, while simultaneously making it difficult to be seen and heard
the new the weeknd song "dancing in the flames" absolutely benefited from this. it took 2 days to reach 4M. after that, it took around 5 hours to reach 18M. i don't buy the sudden bump in streams.
For things to change we as consumers have to stop disempowering ourselves by believing our individual choices don’t have power!!! It’s like a two way street, the industry will keep feeding us slop as long as we keep eating it.
Yupp recently i went on a particular website and kept getting redirected to a newly released Kanye West music video.. went into the comments and others were saying fake views and that they were also redirected to the video its crazy!
I think this originally started out as unknown artist trying to get a edge on the market against the machine that only pushes what they deem profitable. They caught on to how it can benefit them and now it's out of control.
Idk why you using so many Drake images lmao Drake just had the highest grossing tour in hip hop history, people actually listen to him. There's plenty of rappers that has needed to cancel their tours cause the amount of people going isn't equivalent to their streams, Drake is not one of those rappers tbh.
he’s not definitely i just say drake is like mrbeast, he’s pulling numbers regardless, he probably has a bot count to which WOULD make someone else like nearly 500k or some shit, but he pulls in real streams if you take away those bots he still be the most listened to rapper by even a longer shot. cause say even if 20 million of his listeners was bots, then what thats like back down to 56-60 million? but if you did the same to these other rappers they go down to like 5-12 million listeners. Its why artists like Drake, Kendrick, J Cole, are so rich and these new artists aren’t got any money.
In the 1950s the radio broadcasting industry experienced the "Payola" scandal where DJs & others were bribed to play certain songs more often to generate demand, sell tecords but also boost royalty payments.
music was started off scams. art has always sort of been that way. I love art more than any thing but look at how someone like Soulja boy got on and we all love Soulja boy.
To some extent you have to look at it from the artist perspective because streams boost their image and Status it prompts labels to sign them and gets more popularity
Real recognize real bro nobody really falling for the ice spice best new rap artist of the year HELL NA😂 music rn is trash. The new new generation coming up is coming soon, and all A list artist are going to flop hard. Say it not so.
This is why songs are shorter and shorter so that people can play the song over and over for streams I heard this R&B album by Ray Lozano it’s 12 minutes 12 songs that’s not even an EP and she has millions of streams because each song is 1 minute long
You're right - The World is about Business, too many people who are inside the music business who work for these labels are manipulating the system. It's all pretty disgusting and should be out in the open so that no one ever gets fooled again. Go independent and work really hard to create platforms that help people and are really open about costs.
Just business...it wouldn't be so bad if they didn't use the same scheme to oppress other Artists, who don't fit their agendas. That's what killed the industry. They want everything to be for gays and satanists--ignoring the largest demographics, and the ones most likely to pay for their music, than scouring the web trying to get it for free
Berry Gordy would had busted a vein in his head if one Motown Artist has took one picture throwing up horns. If they wasn't Dianna Ross, they would have been gone the next day. And she would have been put on notice. These dudes today, ain't doing heavy metal, or niche genres, but think they can sell Country, pop or R&b, music by appealing to cliques
Bro used Drakes videos for almost the whole video and thumbnail to push agenda like he is only talking about drake, of all people to use when there french Montana and Travis Scott who are the faces of buying streams smh I really don't like youtubers
@@Christo_Trismegistusyeah but he has a real fanbase too, i feel like there’s a level of where you go from fake to real. big accounts will always have bots, if it goes from comments to followers.
Same thing with follower counts. If you pay close enough attention a lot of these big names are losing more followers than gaining but somehow their numbers stay consistent. The labels literally control everything
These people do have fans but the numbers they show us aren’t accurate. Artist that fake streams make and get real fans because when people see a song that looks like it’s poppin and they haven’t heard it they’re more likely to click. I think bro explained it pretty well
lmao... The thing is he got investors to impress. How the hell he got more streams than Taylor, Travis, Bad Bunny, The Weeknd and Beyoncé (some of them combined tbh) but he never went on a Stadium tour? He co-headlined a tour with two established A list rappers, but yet is going on Arenas 15 years into his career. To not mention his latest #1 "hits" that stay on top of the chart this week and then falls off the top 10 the week after without ppl talking about or listening to it in real life lol
@@theonlykjkng What kind of argument is that? By your logic all these artists that are doing "numbers" on TikTok and Instagram would be doing sold out tours because the perception of them is bigger than they actually are.
@@arseeoliveira6934 Of course he's going to have more streams or equivalent streams to the artists you mentioned, he's constantly dropping music and doing features. Just because he doesn't do Stadium Tours like the others you mentioned, doesn't mean he isn't active. His last tour was the highest grossing Hip Hop tour of all time and to compare a Hip Hop tour which is primarily arenas to a Pop tour which is primarily stadiums is a bad faith take. UMG isn't going to put money into an artist unless they know they would recoup it. You can fake streams all you want, but real people are filling out those shows and buying the merchandise.
@arseeoliveira6934 You under estimate the amount of people who like Drake. As someone once said when it's time to groove or chill with baddies we play Drake. Nothing was the same, Thank me later, Views etc will continue to dominate the aux
I’m so glad that my dad and mum had good music taste, taught me how to play percussion/drums, my music taste varies so much and I’m so happy my gf is the type to learn about a song / artist I like or listen to - hopefully our kids take
Yeah, they’re stealing money and accolades. It’s not just rappers, but pop and rock and country acts. Comparing legacy artists to today artists in order to diminish the impact of largely Black legacy artists. It’s just sickening. It’s also further shaping what music gets played and pushed
The cd shipping & sales were inflated as well…. This is nothing new. The people who control a massive market share will always find ways to keep themselves & their clients waaaaaaay above indies.
Industry loving Kendrick right now. WE GET IT 🤣🤣🤣🤣 it’s all fake we been knew that especially when they gave him all those Grammys but the people don’t know his lyrics 💯 just the facts
not to mention people showing videos of not like us showing and playing 100/100 times on playlists for like everybody on this planet. even after blocking the song.
as if kendrick didn't just within the past 2 years hold the achievement of having the highest grossing hip hop tour of all time LMAO y'all don't even make sense, his streams aren't mismatched with his irl impact & popularity. not denying bots, all artists have botted streams whether they're aware or not but it's not built off of nothing, which you would know, if you were smart!
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Another reason why monthly streams don't determine success.
Live music and tours always will
We make money off merch 😂 shows are nice but that’s not weekly 😂
Exactly…
Drakes got ONE thing in common with Micheal JACKSON & it AINT hits 🤦🏽♀️ people believe anything
@@burninsage22 the sad delusion is wild 😂
Lol but I'm pretty sure Michael Jackson was proven innocent And there wasn't any video of innocent unlike drake
The argument “The numbers don’t lie” really just got thrown out the window
Not really, he said it’s 10% of the streams but then proceeds to act like it’s everything 😂
A friend of mines just said this to me couple days ago all I could do is SMH. Yes he is Drake lover but ironically enough he used to be Kendrick rider before 2015-16
Its not 10% Most of the time it's 90%He probably just made a mistake
Whenever said numbers don't lie was an idiot. Numbers can be manipulated or straight up lied about in every industry.
@@michaelturley8222nah bro they bottomg fs
i’ll never understand how people don’t realize this has always been happening 💀 yall think music is just starting to be manipulated by the big time labels ? like cmon
Right? Artists used to buy up their album CD’s all the time to boost sales. Some of them had concerts that sold tickets with a free CD copy and count those as sales
@@teddymthembu123 rs feel like bros acting like it didn’t use to be WORSE literally the only thing people used to be able to listen to is wtv the major labels were pushing down their throat at least we have options and the awareness nowadays
@@iaminhell1111 yeah I think now they are manipulating it at a much bigger scale though. Back in the day a CD would cost a couple of dollars so to buy up 100k CD’s would burn a hole in your pocket, meanwhile it’s relatively cheaper to buy like a million streams. And at some point I also decided whether I would listen to the song based of its number of views on these streaming platforms.
@@teddymthembu123 i remember when jay got samsung to buy a mill for a album
I don't think anyone believes it just started happening. It's just being uncovered.
Sounds like "advice" I read decades ago for new restaurant owners
... turn down 50% or more of requests for a reservation, to create fake demand.
It's just like people pretending to sell out of a product to create fear of missing out on a great product.
This was a great breakdown blacky, everything in the world is slowly but surely turning into smoke and mirrors💯
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You’re here 😮 I’m definitely following him now ❤
Hey auntie 😂😂 it's funny when ppl get surprised when other RUclipsrs leave comments on other YTbers pages as if they don't watch other ppl channels 😂😂
Who remembers when we didn’t know what Blacky looked like ?
He getting a lil too comfortable showing his face. I like it better when he didn't show his face. And he's too over animated each time his face is on camera. It's very annoying, but it's not my channel, so🤷♂️
I thought he was a skinny yt dude with where’s Waldo glasses
@@LilAquaticVision Too comfortable showing his face is crazy
@@wehackedbutter😂
@@LilAquaticVision😂
it's not just the psychology of Number 1 but once they have enough streams to get on radio the song is played so often people become 'accustomed' to it
Honest, hard-working artists aren't becoming extinct. We just need to be as loud and as assholish about being honest and hard-working as the people that aren't.
it's the same with social media likes and views.
And followers
On twitter every big meme page sends their tweets to groupchats with other big accounts to artificially boost their natural interactions.
Who they want to shine get the fake...those they want to oppress don't get even the real
You make a lot of good points. That’s why so many artists have tons of streams of Spotify and no one has heard of them.
This video felt like a video I’d watch in a hip hop history class on a old time tv
No issue with that, at least for me personally
Facts, it felt like a documentary
Fr. Music sounds like some you hear on National Geographic
bro stop exposing me
my bad
Nah, we gotta expose you, its no way you the better than yuno miles😈😈
Bro “get rich or die trying” you only at 261 subs and are yapping about view botting which one you gonna be XD
@@blackoriginthreshold7126 No one is better than yuno miles
@@ShadowTigerYT ur broke nga
Bro disappeared and came back with dreads
They’re attached to the hat😂😂
@@southerngurlityou aint shit😂😂😂
He been dropping the last few weeks with dreads. 😂 Where u been?
This ain’t the first time he’s had them
Yall call anything dreads 😂
I'm so glad you finally helping expose the industry Fam.
people been saying this shit for years. this vid aint nothing new. people with continue to not care and listen to the music they want to listen to because blacky missed one key thing. The average consumer doesnt give a single fuck about whats real or not, they just wonna hear what they perceive as good music. payolla used to be more corrupt and career destroying for people who didnt partake than this streaming manipulation.
@@taylorcliff6609well said.
For me, CDs are where it’s at. I love owning the music. Copying it to my laptop then adding the album on my phone.
People used to buy up cds to inflatetheir numbers as well lol
@@deadboltzz5199 yea but there is a limit. i used to hear jimmy iveine (not spelled like this) used to "bargain" with record shops and companies he had relationships with. To "potentially" raise the record count.
@@deadboltzz5199 They did the same with records and cassettes too. This is not anything new really it has just become a lot easier and less expensive to do.
@@deadboltzz5199 and payola
nowadays art has nothing to do with being an artist. it really aint about art. i put my heart into creating something and got so depressed (i mean i still cry) and the standing question becomes why put out this art if nobody cares about art anymore. anyway this video serves as a reminder that the numbers aint everything, i hope to fully pick myself back up one day and keep doing this. i love making art, i just hate sharing it cause its like who cares haha.
True. That’s why being independent and making your art solely for yourself and the people that enjoy it is so important. You may make less money, but focusing on that can make you happier to do it.
If you market your art yourself and don't aim for the a mainstream audience you will find your audience trust me. Mainstream is rarely about art for decades now. It's about making things popular and milking the cash cow.
@@uranusneptun5239 thank you so much for this bro!
@@AlegendArises ima definitely just focus on that!
Lmao making drake the thumbnail is funny because he’s not apart of the Brunch Bot crew. Cash money/ yung money going against the industry since the start.
Drake a PDF actor bro, he faking.
@@SharmV I don’t listen to short hypocrite or people who imitate God. But calis favorite bot rappers loves and looks up to a NY/Baltimore hypocrite with 3 hood tattooed on him and he claims cali as well.
@@SharmVI don’t listen to short hypocrite botters who look up to hypocrites that glamorize Hood culture with 3 different hood tattooed while being from NY living in Baltimore and repping Cali. Art school ballet dancer acting mofo
@@SharmV I don’t listen to short hypocrite botters who look up to hypocrites that glamorize Hood culture with 3 different hood tattooed while being from NY living in Baltimore and repping Cali. Art school ballet dancer acting mofo
@@SharmV I don’t listen to short hypocrite botters who look up to hypocrites that glamorize Hood culture with 3 different hood tattooed while being from NY living in Baltimore and repping Cali. Art school ballet dancer acting mofo
I wonder how J.Cole could say “how many fakin’ they streams” and then in the same breath be friends with some of the biggest offenders, it’s weird
Because what others do to hustle and make money doesn't concern him. That shouldnt come in between networking and business relationships. But to keep it real, he's separating his authentication.
Like who ?
@krishmarX he means drake
@@krishmarXjust a way to roast drake he is into nothing
Because what others do never concern him in the same song he answers it if you think harder. "I never say anything, everybody got they thing"
This video really tried to convince me that this problem is affecting my life in a major way. Lol
I really love this new format you're doing Blacky! This transition from making music commentaries to music documentaries is amazing! I love it!
"You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time."
-Abe Lincoln
Now in Spanish.
"Puedes engañar algunas personas todo el tiempo y todas las personas algunas veces; pero no puedes engañar todas las personas todo el tiempo."
--Abraham Lincoln
"kendrick destroyed drake. family matters slaps tho."
- George Washington
@@trashorphanfr 😂😂
Brh 😂😂😂@@trashorphan
Taylor Swift is the biggest prime example of this.
yes! look at her spotify and where most of her listeners are, Jakarta.. really Taylor?! 😄
Alright well, love him or hate him, we all know Drake isn't one of the guys buying streams, even though he's all over this video. You can't doubt that guy's influence in music/hip-hop.
i say drake is getting fake streams (when you’re that big it lowkey just happens, rather it be the industry setting streams or just bots in general since there’s a shit ton of bots) but it doesn’t matter he’s so fucking big those fake streams aren’t doing shit for him, and he constantly talks about how the industry is going change. he’s telling people to hold onto their money they gon need it these next few years
@@morningvillainsdoesn’t matter the bots don’t out view the real people
@@krishmarX Yeah I think that's what he's saying, and I agree, there's some number of fake streams in his numbers. But an insignificant amount compared to the actual listeners.
@@krishmarXbut thats with most artists. Any MAINSTREAM artist has more real listeners than bots. Doesnt change the fact that they still use bots (drake does too)
@@MMAOdin that wasn’t even the conversation where did you get your facts from
Best thing we can do as consumers is support quality or continue to support physical media. It's happening with gaming too
It never adds up when I see artists my level posting their new song having 20K streams, but having 100 monthly listeners & the rest of their songs never touching 1,000. Or having thousands of streams on Spotify, but all their social media accounts in the hundreds, with no engagement.
Spotify is an unreliable way of tracking how big artists are. As Russ says these streams don’t convert into ticket sales which is what matters more. I’ve played shows with people saying their new song is on 100K, yet they bought one person to their show & they’re supporting me on the night.
Using drakes clips for the entirety of the video is funny cause he literally went on a 250 million + grossing tour a year ago
I was waiting for him to say Drake’s name but then at the end when he said he waits to see how artists do on their tours to determine how popular they really are I was like well this Drake b roll footage is useless because mfs go to his stuff
@@TheKidwondafacts. he going too much
@@TheKidwonda A lot of these RUclipsrs have been using Drake’s likeness to boost their engagement and views.
They know exactly what they’re doing.
Yall are insanely sensitive. Drake fans are the new Eminem fans in terms of defensiveness
@@restingdeeply1064 Stop it. No one likes to see something they like whether it’s an artist, athlete, actor, director, producer, designer get raked over the coals. And if say you don’t either you’re fronting or you don’t care like that which is fine but let’s cut the bs though
why is drake the face like hes not got the biggest tour oat
They used to do this with CDs and Records too. Labels would buy copies of they’re own albums using a shell company so they’d count as “sales” then the shell company would resale them to stores, effectively doubling they’re sales. Labels are always committed fraud and used they’re power to inflate value and increase profit. The streaming world just increased how easy it is to do it.
J Cole called it out years ago on a lot.
"How many faking they streams? (A lot)
Getting they plays from machines? (A lot)
I can see behind the smoke and mirrors"
Psychology 101, and get this, it ain’t only the music industry we’re talkin' about!
Blacky on the Drake Hate train?? Damn
Of course, how else is he supposed to get views😂
It's literally the truth, drake's current songs and albums are trash but due to universal music buying bot streams they literally get millions of streams
@@mikelbaningo6407which one? For all dogs? 😂 her loss that was literally loved online or certified loverboy? That has massive hits like fair trade and many more. You’re into nothing bro i’m not a drake fan but those albums where all over tik tok
@@mikelbaningo6407which one😂? Almost all his albums have mainstream and tik tok hit’s “all his recent albums and songs” my guy her loss was literally everywhere in 2022 likewise honestly never mind and certified lover boy, his albums with 21 are loved and certified lover boy has massive hits like fair trade. For all dogs is aight nothing special definitely don’t see the fake streams and family matters had streams just because of the beef you can hate his persona but his music is well rated definitely not fake streamed.
@@mikelbaningo6407definitely not fake his albums with 21 were all over tik tok and certified loverboy has major hits
Ngl these recent videos been crazy bro keep it up🤞
showing only drake? point a finger don’t be sneak dissin.
The fact that Rich Amiri’s song One Call has over 300 million streams on Spotify is all I have to know 💀💀
I know that song blew up on Tiktok but I'm pretty sure nobody was really bumping that song unless someone that's a rich amiri fan
i feel old. never even heard an inkling of this artist but over 200 million is wild.
@@KJango804thats what im saying, i randomly see a song with 1 billion with not a single ounce of radio play
he's an underground artist so not hard to see thru the bs
@@JosephDuplessis-m7y No also because usually TikTok audience is not Spotify audience. There are literally people now who only consume music on TikTok.
So glad your back 😢 missed your videos! ❤
The amount of content blacky post is pure gold keep preaching and exposing this man thanks .🙏 💯
There are a lot of Drake clips in the video. We all know who was the biggest offender of fake streams this year…. Kendrick…
Might be the BEST VIDEO I seen all week. Accurate BREAKDOWN! -Chad Focus :)
Dang this guy edged us with drake content for views . At the end of the day he is right . Everything isn’t real . Not even blacky
Keep droppin that 🔥always on point wit every video bruh
Childish Gambino: These rappers cosplay, the industry Comic-Con.
NF: This is the industry, where it ain't how big you are, it's how big you seem".
They do it to create a false perception and to convince others not to stray from trends or go independent. Creative and authentic artists call them out on their shadiness, and they block them out because artists like them promote the themes that would make the industry look worse or keep them from controlling the narrative.
casually quotes NF 💀
you killed me at NF, i bet you a fan of hum because he doesnt curse in his rap, the kind of rapper ou van show to your mother right.?
@@paulvitala8367 Or maybe because he doesn't chase trends and offers value in his music? What have you heard or gotten from NF's music to make that broad of an opinion? I'm curious to hear.
@@jmbeats3308 no I def agree that every artist serves their purpose and the idea of nf appealing to a non cursing audience is good ….hes just cringe is all, he raps but isn’t a staple of hiphop at all ….he definitely selling out shows and is doing good for him and his audience so I’ll give him that ….can never hate on a man making his money
@@uglysegura9616 This isn't about NF being a staple, not cursing vs cursing, or even if I or others like his music. I use him as an example because he challenges the narrative of the industry and people like him are offering different and valuable music. He has metrics rivaling or above other Gen Z rappers but he's blocked out by the industry, that's what I want people to understand.
Rent is due I guess Blacky 😂
What’s up with the Drake footage? What are you trying to say?
Drake is fake
He’s turned to a Drake hater haha it’s obvious. Kinda of silly to just slap Drake into this video for no reason when he’s proven to be the best selling and streamed
@@josephiriaswell put drake or taylor Swift all over the video..youll get traffic
Numbers have always lied. We've had it twisted this whole time 😭
Glad to have you back.
We need to speak about the entire culture that has now been built around these lies, telling artists who are trying to keep up that they have to jump through hoops and maybe just maybe they’ll get their break when that’s just not true due to the industry machine being behind it all. Social media platforms are in on it too with the algorithms and having people pay for ads, while simultaneously making it difficult to be seen and heard
They pay people in the concert audience too so you can’t necessarily use the size of the crowds at their concerts.
We need def need a update on this topic with everything going on with Drake and this lawsuit
I think Drake will lose his lawsuit against Universal and Spotify!
the new the weeknd song "dancing in the flames" absolutely benefited from this. it took 2 days to reach 4M. after that, it took around 5 hours to reach 18M. i don't buy the sudden bump in streams.
HE'S BACK, and even had a glow up🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I remember that episode of black market. Rip Michael Kenneth Williams and check out a documentary called: ’Paid in full’
I’m so happy to have come across your channel. Aspiring artists should pay close attention.
For things to change we as consumers have to stop disempowering ourselves by believing our individual choices don’t have power!!! It’s like a two way street, the industry will keep feeding us slop as long as we keep eating it.
Yupp recently i went on a particular website and kept getting redirected to a newly released Kanye West music video.. went into the comments and others were saying fake views and that they were also redirected to the video its crazy!
I think this originally started out as unknown artist trying to get a edge on the market against the machine that only pushes what they deem profitable. They caught on to how it can benefit them and now it's out of control.
Idk why you using so many Drake images lmao Drake just had the highest grossing tour in hip hop history, people actually listen to him. There's plenty of rappers that has needed to cancel their tours cause the amount of people going isn't equivalent to their streams, Drake is not one of those rappers tbh.
he’s not definitely i just say drake is like mrbeast, he’s pulling numbers regardless, he probably has a bot count to which WOULD make someone else like nearly 500k or some shit, but he pulls in real streams if you take away those bots he still be the most listened to rapper by even a longer shot. cause say even if 20 million of his listeners was bots, then what thats like back down to 56-60 million? but if you did the same to these other rappers they go down to like 5-12 million listeners. Its why artists like Drake, Kendrick, J Cole, are so rich and these new artists aren’t got any money.
In the 1950s the radio broadcasting industry experienced the "Payola" scandal where DJs & others were bribed to play certain songs more often to generate demand, sell tecords but also boost royalty payments.
😭 why is all the footage of drake, homie hasn't caught a break in a minute
It’s always been popular to hate on drake off vibes alone. Same ones hating be streaming his music though
Drake is Lebron James, bring views talk bad about him, people love to hate Drake and thats why hell never fall off
Drake brings views bro it’s always been a trend to hate on him it’s embarrassing
They all say Drake fell off, but they still use his image to get views.
@@adot8082well no shit headlines is fire but i still despise him
I really enjoy your commentary!!
music was started off scams. art has always sort of been that way. I love art more than any thing but look at how someone like Soulja boy got on and we all love Soulja boy.
majorly good video Blacky!
Honestly, this was very god and insightful on the topic.
One of your Top videos of 2024 ngl!
Great job! 👍🔥
There’s a lot of Drake B-roll in this video, what did Mr. Speakz mean by this 🤔
Nothing. Just clickbait thumbnail cause Drake brings in the views
Maybe because Drake and tswift streams known to be manipulated hard by UMG.
Drake = views
Drake engagement baiting, so many do it nowadays
Love you Blacky! Keep up the great work and reporting!
To some extent you have to look at it from the artist perspective because streams boost their image and Status it prompts labels to sign them and gets more popularity
Thank you for being so outspoken about this!
Mans skipped the main arc and is covering the filler
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This was a great, well put together video! 🔥🔥
Real recognize real bro nobody really falling for the ice spice best new rap artist of the year HELL NA😂 music rn is trash. The new new generation coming up is coming soon, and all A list artist are going to flop hard. Say it not so.
Thank you for using your platform to address these major issues. Mad respect Blacky.
This is why songs are shorter and shorter so that people can play the song over and over for streams I heard this R&B album by Ray Lozano it’s 12 minutes 12 songs that’s not even an EP and she has millions of streams because each song is 1 minute long
that’s a scam lmao
Those better be the best songs made in mankind lmao
You're right - The World is about Business, too many people who are inside the music business who work for these labels are manipulating the system. It's all pretty disgusting and should be out in the open so that no one ever gets fooled again. Go independent and work really hard to create platforms that help people and are really open about costs.
Just business...it wouldn't be so bad if they didn't use the same scheme to oppress other Artists, who don't fit their agendas. That's what killed the industry. They want everything to be for gays and satanists--ignoring the largest demographics, and the ones most likely to pay for their music, than scouring the web trying to get it for free
Berry Gordy would had busted a vein in his head if one Motown Artist has took one picture throwing up horns. If they wasn't Dianna Ross, they would have been gone the next day. And she would have been put on notice. These dudes today, ain't doing heavy metal, or niche genres, but think they can sell Country, pop or R&b, music by appealing to cliques
Actually seeing blacky speak is interesting
been enjoying these new videos heavy lately, keep it up
Bro used Drakes videos for almost the whole video and thumbnail to push agenda like he is only talking about drake, of all people to use when there french Montana and Travis Scott who are the faces of buying streams smh I really don't like youtubers
He did it to please the Kendrick dickriders which is funny because Not Like Us is the most obvious case for fake streams.
Oke why you’re putting drake so much in your video?
Dude, your channel is not being pushed to the recommendation page at all for me,, I love watching ur shit but it rarely pops up, I gotta look u up
hold up twin, yo fits been tuff recently. should post them on socials more, put folks on
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I think the one conversation no one has is the fact that a label buying views is doing the artist a favour if the risk is being shelfed instead.
Is your video views fake too?😭
You can tell when someone has fake views and real views. Mr Beast has fake views.
@@Christo_Trismegistusyeah but he has a real fanbase too, i feel like there’s a level of where you go from fake to real. big accounts will always have bots, if it goes from comments to followers.
Yes, creature 👹. 😎
So happy to see that you're back
Even as a kid, i never cared by someone's numbers. People like Drake and Nicki who raps and brags about their sells, i can't f with.
Drake is not someone who fits in this category bruh is on the world list 😂 the world isn’t America that the dumbest comment ever
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They both Literally sell out Arena's everywhere those are fans my guy it's ok to use ur brain
@@frostynuggz4151 numbers show he should be filling stadiums, there's artist who's whole tour is stadiums not arenas lol
@@theeunforgiven13who taylor n the weeknd?
You’re definitely on point with this video ❗️
Soooo.... Not like us is not bigger than what everyone makes it? Interesting
ALL Your FAVORITE Rappers, Musicians and Record Labels fake streams, buy streams, own streaming farms. Can't beat em... Join em.
Your opinion is invalid if you seriously think TOLD MYSELF is an okay song gang. 🙏 The studio DON’T want you back
Same thing with follower counts. If you pay close enough attention a lot of these big names are losing more followers than gaining but somehow their numbers stay consistent. The labels literally control everything
so glad you released this. cus i know damn well it’s not really people out here like “Aye throw on some drake and sexy redd”.
It’s me, I’m people
Litterly everyone that throws parties and clubs play sexy redd and drake
this drake hate is so forced lmaoo everyone listens to drake sorry to burst ur bubble
@@wavybaby999 no one is asking to hear that BS. it’s what the industry is pushing.
@@thekaleabsamuel gotta do better.
i need to get my music out, thank you blacky for your industrial knowledge. seems i have some work to do
This is known, but why is Drake on the thumbnail. Allegations aside, the guy actually has the tour sales and album sales to back up the numbers.
These people do have fans but the numbers they show us aren’t accurate. Artist that fake streams make and get real fans because when people see a song that looks like it’s poppin and they haven’t heard it they’re more likely to click. I think bro explained it pretty well
lmao... The thing is he got investors to impress. How the hell he got more streams than Taylor, Travis, Bad Bunny, The Weeknd and Beyoncé (some of them combined tbh) but he never went on a Stadium tour? He co-headlined a tour with two established A list rappers, but yet is going on Arenas 15 years into his career. To not mention his latest #1 "hits" that stay on top of the chart this week and then falls off the top 10 the week after without ppl talking about or listening to it in real life lol
@@theonlykjkng What kind of argument is that? By your logic all these artists that are doing "numbers" on TikTok and Instagram would be doing sold out tours because the perception of them is bigger than they actually are.
@@arseeoliveira6934 Of course he's going to have more streams or equivalent streams to the artists you mentioned, he's constantly dropping music and doing features. Just because he doesn't do Stadium Tours like the others you mentioned, doesn't mean he isn't active.
His last tour was the highest grossing Hip Hop tour of all time and to compare a Hip Hop tour which is primarily arenas to a Pop tour which is primarily stadiums is a bad faith take.
UMG isn't going to put money into an artist unless they know they would recoup it. You can fake streams all you want, but real people are filling out those shows and buying the merchandise.
@arseeoliveira6934 You under estimate the amount of people who like Drake. As someone once said when it's time to groove or chill with baddies we play Drake. Nothing was the same, Thank me later, Views etc will continue to dominate the aux
I’m so glad that my dad and mum had good music taste, taught me how to play percussion/drums, my music taste varies so much and I’m so happy my gf is the type to learn about a song / artist I like or listen to - hopefully our kids take
In the past they used to pay for radios and tvs to play their songs, nothing really changed
Scooby doo face ahh can’t be jump scaring us like that
Yeah, they’re stealing money and accolades. It’s not just rappers, but pop and rock and country acts. Comparing legacy artists to today artists in order to diminish the impact of largely Black legacy artists. It’s just sickening. It’s also further shaping what music gets played and pushed
amazing video bro💪🏼
Another Drake engagement vid with fake accusations
That's why when someone brings up the billboard in an argument I just shut em out.
Oh he back back now🫶🏽
Tours and direct to consumer can’t be botted 🤖
The cd shipping & sales were inflated as well…. This is nothing new. The people who control a massive market share will always find ways to keep themselves & their clients waaaaaaay above indies.
Industry loving Kendrick right now. WE GET IT 🤣🤣🤣🤣 it’s all fake we been knew that especially when they gave him all those Grammys but the people don’t know his lyrics 💯 just the facts
not to mention people showing videos of not like us showing and playing 100/100 times on playlists for like everybody on this planet. even after blocking the song.
as if kendrick didn't just within the past 2 years hold the achievement of having the highest grossing hip hop tour of all time LMAO y'all don't even make sense, his streams aren't mismatched with his irl impact & popularity. not denying bots, all artists have botted streams whether they're aware or not but it's not built off of nothing, which you would know, if you were smart!