Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - THE NOTORIOUS MASS EFFECT EPISODE 147 PT 1 // "PLAYBOI CARTI DELIVERS AS SPLIT FICTION TARGETS GAME OF THE YEAR"

Episode Date: March 31, 2025

Linktree: ⁠https://linktr.ee/Analytic⁠Get ready to dive into the hottest topics in music and gaming with me, Analytic Dreamz, on The Notorious Mass Effect Episode 147! I’m breaking down the biggest stories, delivering unfiltered takes, and spotlighting the trends you need to know about. From chart-topping albums to groundbreaking game releases, here’s everything we’re covering this week:Music Highlights:Kendrick Lamar & SZA’s Stadium Tour: The dynamic duo is hitting the road for their massive Grand National Tour, kicking off in 2025 with stops like SoFi Stadium on May 21, 23, and 24. Expect a blend of their chart-topping hits and fresh vibes from Kendrick’s GNX.Doechii’s Rise in the Music Scene: TDE’s first female rapper is making waves with Alligator Bites Never Heal. Kendrick himself dubbed her “the hardest out”—we’ll explore her growing influence and standout tracks.Drake’s FIFA World Cup Buzz & UMG Lawsuit: Rumors swirl about Drake performing at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, but his legal battle with Universal Music Group over Kendrick’s “Not Like Us” stream inflation is heating up. I’ll break down the 81-page lawsuit and its implications.Tory Lanez’s Prison Album Drop: Defying odds, Tory Lanez releases new music from behind bars at Peterson Correctional. We’ll dive into the production details and fan reactions.Playboi Carti Tops Charts with Music: Carti’s Music soared to number one on the Billboard 200 with 298,000 units, featuring Kendrick Lamar on three tracks. I’ll analyze its impact and standout collabs.Gaming Industry Buzz:Warner Bros Layoffs Shockwave: Major layoffs at Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment signal turbulence in gaming. What does this mean for upcoming titles? I’ve got the scoop.GTA 6 Price Debate: With Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto 6 on the horizon, fans speculate on its cost—$70 or more? I’ll weigh the value versus hype.Sony’s PlayStation Beta Innovations: Sony rolls out new beta programs for PS5 players, testing features like enhanced UI and cloud gaming. I’ll preview what’s in store.Game Reviews:Monster Hunter Wilds: Capcom’s latest delivers epic hunts with breathtaking visuals and seamless open-world action—how does it evolve the franchise?MLB The Show: Sony’s baseball sim steps up to the plate with updated rosters and refined gameplay—does it hit a home run?WWE 2K25: The wrestling titan returns with new mechanics, a stacked roster, and next-gen flair—ready to slam the competition?Assassin’s Creed Shadows: Dive into feudal Japan with dual protagonists and stealth mastery—is this the series’ boldest chapter yet?Dragonheir: Silent Gods: This mobile RPG is climbing charts—breaking down its sales surge and addictive gameplay.Suikoden I & II HD Remaster Sales & Review Round-Up: Konami’s classic RPGs get a stunning glow-up—sales insights and nostalgic impressions.Split Fiction: A narrative-driven gem aiming for Game of the Year with innovative twists—does it live up to the hype?R.E.P.O: Indie chaos meets fast-paced action—can this underdog steal the spotlight?Beef Portion:Xbox vs. PlayStation: Console wars escalate—exclusives, hardware, and fan loyalty collide.Nintendo vs. Pirates: Nintendo battles emulation and leaks—can they win?Stephen A. Smith vs. LeBron James: The ESPN loudmouth takes on the NBA king—shots fired!Eminem vs. His Producer: Slim Shady’s latest feud heats up over creative control.Tune in with Analytic Dreamz for sharp insights and bold takes on The Notorious Mass Effect!Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

What's going on our internet, analytic here, aka Dreams, and I would like to welcome you to mine, which are called the notorious mass effect podcast. Now, before we get into the episode title, before we get into any of that, I have to let you all know that the support has been through the roof to the point where now, yes, ladies and gentlemen, we have surpassed 10 million downloads. Now I'm a little late, but as far as 10 million downloads, I think we got to clap it up. Not for the podcast success, but the week after week, month after month, year after year support that comes from the masses. Because it gets to a point where you put content out and you hope it brings enjoyment and also is informative to the masses, but the support.

10, 20, exit on certain platforms, which we'll get to, which we'll get into in a second, brings us all the way back to where we originally started as far as this podcast and the mission of covering the gaming and music industry. All right, with that being said, enough of the dramatics. Let's get back into the show. So essentially, I was wanting to talk about certain things when it came to the episode and the main thing was how this is the first time ever. I don't know if you notice, Analytic Dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with the audio.

I don't know if you notice. The title has a gaming and music direction in it. Usually I try to pick either gaming or music to take over the title as far as the episode title. But for the year 2025 and specifically in the month of March, gaming and music gave us some monumental moments to the point where I couldn't choose which one I wanted to go with. So of course, for the notorious Mass Effect episode 147, I titled it, Playboy Cardi delivers as Split Fiction Targets Game of the Year. This month in the year of 2025, I think will go down as some of the best content we've

received from hip-hop and gaming considered. as we still have GTA 6 but that is reported to not come out to like December which I'm not going to spoil my prediction but let's just say in my coverage of GTA 5 or GTA 6 I give a prediction for the release date

and I think it's actually going to be pretty on point because of the launch because of the date of the launch trailer now with that being said of course if you didn't know notorious mass effect covers the gaming and music industry

but we dive deep into both industries with data-driven analysis to give you a clearer understanding of both cultures because I just remember I forgot to do the intro so I had to work that in there somehow so that been said notorious massive fake episode 147 titled Playboy Cardi delivers as split fiction targets game of the year and when it comes to the overall topic list we're getting into a lot of things as far as Kendrick

and Cizzo going on a state tour which is monumental especially for a hip-hop musician to go on the stadium tour we're getting into Dochi and her massive impact on the charts especially with her not only doing phenomenal as far as putting words together but also having the 15th most popular album in the world currently with alligator bites never heal so began to dochi and her effect on the industry currently and of course we got to talk about Drake because he's the goat all right my fault So with Drake, we're getting into the rebuttal that UMG gave, basically calling Drake a little child and mad because he lost a rat beef.

Ladies and gentlemen, when we get into that portion of the segment, you're probably going to realize these two probably don't have a happy ending. They are beefing and the pettiest way possible. And the way that UMG wrote their rebuttal, I don't think they had the lawyers right there. I think they got the greatest ghost writers out of the TDs. shop and put that rebutto together because it took it threw all type of jabs at drake in ways that we didn't even think UMG had and their lexicon to go at drake right so anyways then we get into the um the industry more as warner bros have laid off their people and we're going to get into the overall

status of the warner gaming division then we're going to get to how much should gtka six cost And I had an epiphany while researching. And I think I pinpointed when it's actually going to release. But I'll let you figure that out when we get to that portion of the episode. Also, we get into Sony, new beta programs for PlayStation players. And I basically break down the news when it comes to that. Nothing too much. That's more of a short bite, more of a quick hitter.

But just wanted to let you know that Sony has a new beta program for PlayStation players. Then we're going to get into Monster Hunter Wilds. And we're going to get into, I think, hold up, sometimes I forget the games I cover. Because if you don't know, I do this throughout the month. And at this point, I like putting out episodes at the end of the month because it captivates everything that went on in the month on the gaming and music industry side. Right. So that's why I wait. But some of these games get knocked off the list because I wait, right?

So the action, so we are still covering Monster Hunter Wilds. And that's a definite. That segment was fire. I covered MLB to show. I got into my favorite sport of all time. Obviously, y'all know I'm joking. But we get into MLB, the show, and the review of sales roundups of that specific game.

Then we get into WWE, 2K25. Then we get into Assassin Creek Shadows. We get into, well, we can't just skip by that. Assassin Creek Shadows, I'm still, I'm personally playing that game and putting so many hours into it that I'm like, hold on now. I really like this setting that they have Assassin Creek is.

No wonder. the fan base been clamoring for Assassin Creas set in Japan for quite some time. So anyways, then I get into Dragon Air Silent Gods. You know, I say I'll put respect on the mobile fan base and that is what I'm doing covering Dragon Air Silent Gods because of course when it comes to the mobile fans out there, they want to feel appreciated because they contribute a significant amount to the revenue pool that is the gaming industry. So I'm doing more mobile reviews.

And as of today, I think I have a lot of reviews out there. Let me see. As far as specifically mobile, I've covered Cookie Run Kingdom. I've covered Mobile Legends Bang Bang. I've covered Marvel Contest of Champions Mobile. And I've covered, oh, that's just, I've also covered the best emulators for Android and iPhone. I know Nintendo won't like that. And transitioning off of that because we are getting into Nintendo versus Pirates, but that's later down the line.

So after Dragon Air, I get into, of course, the title of, I know the B ain't just go off. I thought I hit the repeat button. I guess not. But hold on. Did the beat go off? All right, let me see. There we go. All right.

With that being said, back to all saying. Split fiction. Split fiction is obviously on the cover of this episode title, right? As you can see them right here. And I've played it with my cousin, shameless plug. Just type in. analytic dreams on either Twitch or a kick

or any of my YouTube platforms or even Twitter to see me go live and hit the follow button along with the bell icon to be notified when I go live and it's also in my link tree in my bio to give you a direct link with that being said me and my cousin's been playing split fiction

and when I tell you it's one of the more creative games if not the most creative game I ever played I've never had gameplay mechanics thrown at me hour after like hour after hour is just completely new mechanics, completely new settings, and there's really a display of what creativity looks like on a grand scale.

So split fiction is phenomenal. Anyways, we get into that game. I give my personal review. I give the other review Roundup and Sales Roundup that I usually do. And then last, but definitely not least, we get into repo. The co-op horror game that a lot of, you probably see a lot of people playing. It's currently in early access. and it's $9.

So if you want to, if you want a tip, basically I would buy this game right now because it's $9 and it would end up being even more expensive when they officially releases because right now it's in early access. And so I think it's only on Steam, right? So it's an early axis meaning it's $10, but if you wait till the full release,

it's going to be even more. So do have that information which you will. Then we get into the beef portion of the episode, which is my personal favorite. I ain't going to lie to you. As you got to get into Xbox versus PlayStation as Xbox has no...

All right, my fault. So as far as Xbox, they basically come out and say that we gave up the console race. So basically our next console is going to be not even... Like, basically they're saying they're going away from the traditional console

and they're making it more of a PC type of platform that works with Steam, right? So that's a big development because it's not... It's just a rumor, but it's a big development if they go the non-consul route and try to go with the cloud system. Because then it makes PlayStation the only console out there trying to keep exclusive to themselves, whereas Xbox is really partnering with other conglomerates such as PlayStation, such as Steam, things that nature. So anyways, Nintendo. Nintendo, like I said earlier, they do not like people who pirate their games.

They will put you in prison, literally. And I get into the depths of that as Nintendo versus Pirators is a real thing. and they ended up winning a whole lawsuit not too long ago and we get into the the details of that i'll see if i can find that right quick then we get into the details of nintendo just straight up yeah okay so the french supreme court ruled in favor of nintendo because of the operator de-storage Nintendo games and essentially they had to come pay out a good amount but you know of course

when we get to that portion of the episode you're going to find out what that amount is then of course we go from the gaming industry back into the music field as we have to talk about what did we talk about? I know the last segment oh actually we don't

get into the music all right so we get into Stephen A versus LeBron ladies and gentlemen when I tell you this is one of the greatest crossovers in sports history you would have thought it was superman and batman type beat the way that these worlds was never supposed to collide but here we are and i'm here to break down the aftermath of it because when i first previously covered it you know once again follow my live stream because i do talk about news while um uh playing games and stuff but essentially stephen a and lebron going at it was very surprising to a lot of people because why will lebron even give any attention right

the greatest human ever touch of basketball is giving attention to stephen a smith and it was a great back and forth and when i covered it on live it was before he went on pat mcalfi as before stephen they say he was swing on him like yes it it gets deeper and deeper to the point why i'm like you know what let me give a whole segment to their uh back and forth just uh chronically breaking it down as far as the overview of the timeline right so that's what i do also Also, you know, I gave a little, I gave some solutions to Stephen A. Smith. You know, y'all could call me petty for my solutions that I gave. But let's just say, in the land of hip hop, if you're going to get engaged in a battle, nothing's off limits.

Let's just leave it like that. So anyways, then, of course, to end off the episode, we talk about the great Eminem. And I get a little personal on that segment, which is why I have it at the end. So that's all I'm going to say. I think you're in for a treat as far as the entitled. as far as the entire episode is considered. So obviously, like I said, episode 147 is titled Playboy Cardi delivers as split-fishing targets game of the year. But also, we have to get into the new segment for the intro of the episode, right?

Analytic interactions. So, of course, we got to get into it right now. As a lot of people have been following me on social media. So first, we got to plug my social media. shameless plug let me see switch it over right quick so shameless plug to my instagram make sure to my instagram at analytic dreams with the z make sure to follow my youtube at analytic dreams tv and this the first time i'm ever promote this my first time promoting this platform like this right usually i promote my other platform which is this one let me see if i find this usually i promote this one right

Dreams notorious mass effect but now I'm promoting analytic dreams TV because of course I want to respect people who support the platform and analytic dreams TV started off as something I did not want to promote because I wanted it to have more of a now I'm not going to say a different audience let's just say I was going at it I was going about my content a different way with analytic dreams TV and it seems like it's worked out as people are now subscribing and the numbers are looking pretty comparable to the last to the other channel so make sure to follow this channel

and make sure to follow this channel right here analytic dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with the audio for the people listening what else okay so yeah with that out the way follow my Instagram follow my YouTube now let's get into TikTok follow my TikTok at notorious mass effect or you can put in analytic dreams with the Z and the shirt pop up now the reason I'm plugging this is because

getting into analytic interactions, this is where I'm engaging with the people who are supporting the content, but I want you to know where these platforms are located and where you can find them. Also, my link tree and my bio has all the links to my social medias. With that out the way, let's get to the first one. So essentially, I covered Assassin Creed and I played Assassin Creek Shadow's. So when it comes to Assassin Creed in general, this game is bringing a lot of enjoyment every hour on the hour of me playing there i really enjoyed the game i believe it's beyond solace it's a very phenomenal game so i started to put out promo clips of course of me playing the game and also me reviewing it this is me this is a clip for me reviewing the game right this is not me

playing the game so basically i talked about how assassin creed shadows second highest is is uh Ubisoft's second highest launch, right? With that being said, the reason why I'm not going to play it is because I'm here to say what I said. So basically, I'm going over analytics things of that nature. And who would have thought that with this video, I would have entered the Gryftor community? Yes, ladies and gentlemen, somehow this hit the Gryftor's algorithm and they was upset.

They were irate at me giving praise the Assassin Cree Shadows. Obviously, they probably saw the cover. They probably saw the person covering the game. And it was pilot, hold up. Are these two black people uplifting Ubisoft? So they got into the comment section and they let the racism fly. Literally, hold on, let me see if I could find the one that was the most racist. Somebody said, hold it.

Can you all see that? Okay, y'all can. Okay. Somebody said they use the gif. This is the gift I'm talking about, right? Just you can polish, you can't polish a T-U-R-D because this is a PG podcast. I'm not going to say it. But you can roll it in glitter.

Now, I ain't going to lie to you. I had to respond to this because I love all engagement, right? Right? Any engagement is good engagement, especially if I signed up for this. So I replied and said, this is generic hate with a hint of racism. Now, y'all let me know what this is. You can't polish a T-U-R-D, but you can roll it in glitter. And y'all let me know if my response is valid, right? So I think I know what he was trying to do as far as the playoff words and just trying to be disrespectful.

But, you know, at the end of day, it's just video games. So, you know, I responded. And usually that's why I call it analytic interactions. At the end of the day, we just running it up on the algorithm. So anyways, somebody else came in and they just plainly said cap. I'm jumping around because, you know, of course, if you want to see it, it is on the screen for you to look up for yourself. But somebody said big cap, right?

Hold on. Was that the one? It was somebody else who said cap. This man said big cap. This man said cap. Okay, let me see both of these right quick. Oh, okay, yeah. So this man said big cap.

right and then i responded said the only person capping is you period that man patty ain't you youbysop confirmed assassin creed shadows as their second highest sales launch per variety march 24th 2025 hey that man a journalist ain't he stating sources things that nature but anyways i just wanted y'all to see the community right here just going crazy and i finally tapped into the grifter community as like look at this one don't you have stories don't you have stories to raid or people to rob stay in your place on it. But then you know what I'm saying? I'm like, damn, look at the state of hip hop.

Like, what's going to? You can't make this stuff up, bro. The racism just jumping off of the page. And I was like, I have finally entered the grifter community. That's insane. So somehow this ended up on the grifter's algorithm and they told me to rob stores and raid,

no, to raid stores and rob people and to stay in my place. So, hey, as far as the gaming community, let's just say this man right here is, um, look, you don't even have a, it doesn't even have a, like a human profile that's the thing about it anyways so these people need help they need jesus and um i just want to show you that the negative side of analytic interactions but at the end of

the day it runs up the algorithm so the next video is me talking about how which assassin creed shadows difficulty fits my play style now with this particular one people are saying uh well people are giving actual advice so this one then run across the grifters community you know these are people with actual positive sentiments letting me know about the game so I was wondering, well, actually, the title says which Assassin Creed shadows difficulty Fisher placed out. But in the promo video, right? Because this is a promo for my, can I play the video?

Let me play the video. I'm clicking in everything. Let me see. Oh, here we go. So I'm playing the game while saying this, right? So this is a promo for me actually playing the game. and I've talked about, well, I was talking about how Assassin Creed has all these characters in this video game franchise, right?

Why don't they have an Avengers-like game where all of the most popular assassins? And the comments, you know, they was basically letting me know in a positive light, not like the last clip we just showed. They was basically letting me know that there are games like that. Like somebody, unlike Alex said, Revelation has Etio, Altier, and Desmond. so that's essentially what I was talking about.

And then I asked, you know, would it be too hard to have them all in the game? Because, you know, three of them, that's like a Captain America Civil War type movie. Like, I'm trying to get an Avengers game. So, well, Avengers like Assassin Creek. So this guy obviously was in tune with Assassin Creek. So he responded and said, yeah, Desmond is dead and his son ran away from the program. Well, spoiler alert, ain't it? No, just playing.

I don't care about them. But somebody else who was reading that, they're probably like, what? I was just about to play that 20 year old game. Basson might bring them all back since he stole their DNA, but he also sets up his future self to get out of the animus. I don't even know what none of that mean. Instead of playing all of them, watch the cutscenes or an acy tip of the iceberg type video.

So basically he's letting me know that they essentially can't do it because people are dying and things of that nature. And the overall story just wouldn't lead to an Avengers type game making sense if you're going to go back to like individual assassin crees so that makes sense and essentially that's what the youtube clip was about as well like it was the same clip the people was you know i have different audiences that engage on different platforms so this is the youtube side of this clip and they're saying the same thing they're giving me all type of tips and things that nature they said it would be weird because you would need a reason for them to come together and many user of the animus to do so while having

such a gap in time between them so basically they're letting me know that the story does not really set up for an overall Avengers type game for Assassin Crean. So shout out to the Creed community that's positive. And even shout out to the Gryfters because, you know, at the end of day, it's analytic interactions. So let's keep going. This one was very interesting because, of course, this was me talking about 5-7 Daystar Peterson. Well, not even 5-7, man, I didn't boosted his height. 5-1 Daystar Peterson, aka Tori Lane.

I'm talking about him making music from prison. And of course, people responded because I brought up the question, is Tori Lane's one of the best artists to put out music behind bars? And how is he putting out music behind bars? That's basically what this promo was. This clip was only saying, how is Tori Lane's putting out music behind bars? And I was giving my theory, right? And a lot of people are saying that artists have done this before, is not new. Like somebody said, Vibs Cartel made an album from prison that gained him a Grammy nomination.

and he said he used an iPad and the foam from a mattress to wrap around his head to improve the sound quality. And he said, I don't think your theory about AI is correct. Artists have been doing this before AI. So essentially, I didn't even respond to this one.

That's great. Let me like this. I actually like his take. I don't know. I've seen this before, but I guess I just forgot to like it. But anyways, so he's basically letting me know, like, hey, because I was talking about, oh, maybe he gave the flow and then they used. used AI for his voice and then come to find out people been doing this behind prison. I don't know how Tori Lane's drummed up so much anticipation if other people have put out music behind bars before.

But hey, you know, I guess Toy Lane just got it like that because he did end up selling like around 24,000 first week, which is pretty impressive because young boy just put out an album from prison and he sold 23,000 first week. So very impressive from Tori Lane's. And somebody said, this is dumbest there. So instead of giving me a detail explanation like Jermaine Green did, he basically gave the low I. He gave the low IQ version of that and basically said this is the dumbest theory I've ever heard. So I replied, let me see.

I said generic comment plus rage bait because, you know, if people aren't specific, I'm just going to hear them with generic comment. One thing, if there's any fellow content creators out there, one thing I found effective responding to people who have no ability. to elicute themselves it's just say generic generic comment so that way it makes them have to expound upon their point or be exposed for being a generic but on earth so anyways that's why i said generic comment plus rage babe i ain't gonna lie if he would have responded to this saying what jermaine said i would have been mistaken because the way that jermaine broke it down this makes complete sense and makes my theory seem pretty outlandish so you know that's usually what i say to rebut those type of people but uh with that being said that's how the toy lanes discourse went down over at analytic dreams

and of course my i already plugged my youtube and things that nature click my link to my bio to have links to any of my social media so you could be in the next analytic interactions you know what i'm saying so this next one is just for fun as invincible season three just concluded and yes ladies and gentlemen when I tell you that season three is one of the greatest, no, no, no, when I tell you that Invincible is one of the greatest superhero shows I've ever watched in my lifetime. I'm talking Batman, I'm talking Superman, Spider-Man, any of the top, I'm talking X-Man. Invincible is up there as one of the greatest superhero shows of all time.

And you don't have to, because people call me a nerd when I say this. But if you read the comics, you will realize it gets 10 times better. And they are already peak. It's like having Infinity War and endgame type moments tucked into Arsenal and people are already recognizing your show as peak. You haven't even showed them the best stuff yet. So Invincible is one of the greatest shows I've ever watched in superhero history. So with that being said, I was basically giving praise to Invincible and Conquest,

basically saying that this is one of the greatest hero villain battles we've ever seen in a superhero history, right, alongside Batman and Joker alongside Spider-Man Green Goblin like it's really up there as far as the fight as far as specifically Conquest versus Invincible it is one of the greatest superhero

versus super villain fights we've seen and of course me and this guy had a back and forth because he liked it as well so he said for real it was truly peak with the cool face emoji so I reply I like this little reply I never rewatched episodes and I've watched the whole thing like

three times at this point definitely one of the best episodes in the entire show he responded back and said I know right I never thought I was going to be obsessed with any show until I watched Invincible it's the best thing I've ever seen

this brother nose ball I ain't allowed to you we are bonding over the greatness of the show Invincible that you could watch on Amazon so with that being said I basically respond to that and say it's like they made the peak superhero content for kids who grew up and you know i stand by that so with that being said

obviously a lot of these things are my reviews and reactions but as far as the clips for me playing the game you can follow my twitch which i'm a affiliate now you know hold of um i guess clap it up for me being a affiliate because i totally forgot how affiliate works until somebody was like i'm an ad prison and there's one clip where i was like i don't even know what that is and people just like laughing at it stuff but like I actually when I was given the affiliate it was can it came to me as a surprise because I don't know if y'all know but for the most part podcasting you know it's lovely let me just put like that so as far as streaming I wasn't really doing it for like monetary reasons but uh once I was affiliate and then I realized oh they like putting ads and stuff I went in like short I shortened the ads

so it's not as long but um yeah so um basically I say all that to say clap it up for me being a Twitch affiliate you know all the years of just saying I'm a podcaster who streams and Twitch heard that and said you know what you're a podcaster who's a Twitch affiliate how about that so with that being said you know there was short apologize just a little short applause that's crazy all right so um essentially follow my Twitch right here uh analytic dreams with the Z and it sure pop up make sure to click my link stream in my bio and um um oh it's so who I suggest. See, that's fire. If you don't know, these two are a huge inspiration to me. I did have another one, which was academics, but you know, of course, with the way he's completely

crashed out, he's banned from the platform. But yeah, these are like my top two influencers as far as what I do as far as content creation. But yeah, with that being said, follow my platform. As you can see right here, people are watching and enjoying it. Even, let me give a shout out to the people who followed recently because like, like, two days ago people following i don't even think i streamed two days ago so it shows me alerts even when people follow i guess because of washington vod so shout out to jameson 80 hold on i just put this on screen i don't want to just is this docks anybody i don't think it does all right all right so y'allic dreams video on spotify see video with audio so shout out to jameson 80

shout out to ewell uh shout out to tya i think as i say shout out to marise shout out to arthen Arthane. Shout out to Alfred. And of course, of course, let me highlight this right quick. Oh, those are my,

those are my kick followers right quick. Let me see. Oh, that's just a checkmark. Okay, how did I go back up there? Oh, I think I lost it. My fault. Oh, here we go.

Yeah, okay, so I'm just trying to highlight this. There we go. And shout out to Cook 2 Live for subscribing the first ever person to subscribe on my Twitch platform like I said this month has been phenomenal

we've 10x certain numbers on specific platforms and the podcast has been doing phenomenal so I wanted to give an in-depth intro letting y'all know just why you should follow these different platforms because this is a type of engagement

that you could be a part of live while I'm playing video games so shout out to Cook 2 live definitely made history I literally took a screenshot. I ain't gonna lie to you. I don't even care if it's just one person. Like the first person to ever subscribe

to your Twitch platform or to my Twitch platform is I hold that to the highest regard because you're basically subscribing to somebody who doesn't even have like a base built on like streaming and you subscribe nonetheless.

So, immense praise to Cook 2 Live and thank you for being the first ever subscriber on my Twitch platform. And obviously, as you can see, following on my kick um make sure to follow my kick let me see if i can pull that up i'm also live on kick um let's see yeah right here so if you have kick make sure to follow right here analytic dreams with a z and i ain't okay i ain't a lot the kick numbers be blowing the twitch numbers out of the water

at some point i need be like you know what let me go cut kickoff and tell them they can only give me live on twitch because technically twitch is paying me now to be on that platform but you know know of course i would never do that because that's like snake like activities because why build up an audience just to say oh i'm cutting it off completely it's just that doesn't make sense so i'm gonna let kick rock out this is definitely the most support i get as far as when i go live and i talk to people 24-7 on twitch and on kick and of course both of my youtube platforms and my twitter so make sure to hit the follow button or hit the bell icon on any of those platforms to be notified when i go live now with analytic interactions out of the way you know we have to get into the games the music

that's impacting the masses the most so for episode 147 we're going to get into the month of march 2025 as we talk about the games and the artists and the albums that have notoriously impacted the masses so with that being said let's get into to let's start with music. So, Playboy Cardi, when I tell you, it does not bring me any joy

to announce when I'm wrong because, of course, objectively speaking, if I see something that I'm completely wrong on, as far as a prediction, it was like nothing too crazy. It was like a prediction.

But at the end of the day, you have to let people know when you made a mistake. And my prediction of Playboy Cardi not being as pivotal as I thought he was, in the music industry was completely false. So with that being said,

Playboy Cardi not only had a phenomenal march, but with music, he ended up selling 298,000 first week and put up one of the biggest first week sales in hip-hop history as far as the top 10 to top 15, right? I don't know exactly what he was on the list, but he was like in the midst of the top 5th. 15. So that let me know that of course he can stand on his own when it comes to the charts.

I'm not going to get to my review because you're going to hear it later in this episode. But let's just say he has the most popular album in the world. But this chart specifically is talking about the second week. And guess who comes in at number one once more? You guessed it. Playboy Carty. It's Playboy Cardi. He sold 129,000 units making him gain and earn the honor.

of top streamed album in the world. Also, second most popular album in the world goes to Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco's album. I said, I love you first. These are the first week sales. 120,000 first week is not, it's not a bad number as far as first week sales. When it comes to Selena,

I thought I was going to be a little higher, especially working with Benny Blanco, but that's where it stands. but technically they have the second most popular album in the world. So shout out to Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco's PR style. I mean a real genuine relationship for getting them to that number. Then Kendrick Lamar, yes, size 7, I mean, White Tank Top is out here again as GNX is the third most play album in the world. Then you have the go of hip-hop and party next door with their album, some sexy songs for you,

being the fourth most played album in the world. And of course you have the amazingly talented Siza having her album SOS as the fifth most played album in the world. So of course, to reiterate that one more time, the top five albums that's currently impacting the masses, you have Siza with SOS, party next door with some sexy songs for you. Kendrick Lamar with Gnardt with Gen. Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco with I Said I Love You First. And of course, at number one, Playboy Cardi with his album. music now switching gears into particular tracks getting into the top 10 we have anxiety from dochi yes ladies and gentlemen people who call dochi an industry plant well obviously yon need

tell people who's outside of the industry to stop listening to her if you think she's an industry plant right because not only did she get the major conglomerate support but now enough people have recognized her immense talent when it comes to putting work together to the point where she has built not only the organic fan base from ground up because she started way before she even blew up as far as last year but now she's getting the mainstream recognition as anxiety by dochi peaked at seven but is now at number 10 as far as the most popular track in the world with that being said we have chapelle rowing with her track pink pony club being the ninth most play track in the world then you have kensrik lamar not like us which is the eighth most popular

track in the world then you have birds of a feather uh hold up somebody said i need to start putting this up when i'm talking about it my fault let me see if i can just put this to the side right right okay i see this uh let's see ah there we go all right cool so why did my bee go off Oh, I guess every time I switch back to it, I got to put the little repeat thing. I need to get a drop that says, did it beiko? All right. So, y'all can see it now. So no more people telling me that I need to put the full list up.

Because, let me see. I don't know I zoom in. All right, cool. Just make sure y'all can see that. So back to the while I'm saying. Kendrick Lamar's pedophile anthem, I mean, not like us, comes in a number eight. And of course, it's spent a whopping 45 weeks. on the charts, which is insanity, right?

Billy Elish track, Birds of a Feather is the seventh most popular track in the world. And that's been on the charts for about 44 weeks, which is also a ginormous accomplishment. And Shibuzi is still making waves well into 2025 with one of the most, not one of, that's disrespectful. The most popular track of 2024, a bar song is still going strong in 2025 as it's a six most popular track in the world and then we have the giver by chapelle rowan that's the fifth most popular track in the world and of course that track just came out so there's a good indication of it being number one when the music video is attached to it if i don't think the music video has been attached to it yet but if it does and the promotioning and uh big conglomerate gets behind

Chappelle Rowan because I believe, hold on, make sure, I believe when it comes to Chappelle Rowan, she is under UMG. So yeah, if UMG gets behind this, it's definitely going to number one. But of course, this other UMG artist that is already number one. So, you know, they kind of don't want to just, uh, what's the phrase they say, uh, spike your nose to Fees your, I don't know, something like that. Chappelle Rowan is on the UMG, so I can see this getting to number one, but of course you have a lot of UMG artists at number one as we continue throughout this list. Playboy Cardi in The Weekend, their track, rather lies,

the fourth most popular track in the world. Then you have Die with a Smile by Lady Gaga and Bruton Mars. That's the third most popular track in the world. You have Evil Jordan by Playboy Carty. that's the second most popular track in the world. And of course, at number one, you have side seven. I mean, white tank top. I mean, I always forget his name.

Well, I keep doing that. Kendrick Lamar and Siza with their track, Luther. That's the most popular track in the world currently. And it's been on the charts for about 17 weeks. With that being said, of course, we're going to switch gears from game. we're going to switch gears from music and going to gaming and we're going to start with the platform we're going to start with the platform steam as

let me see if I can find this right quick so yeah we're going to start putting up graphics along with me saying this all right cool make sure y'all can see that okay so to go from the top 10 because of course repo rounds off the top 10 for for steam so repo is the most is a 10th most popular game on steam currently then you have banana that is the ninth most popular game on steam as it has a player count of 115,000 people currently playing the game repo had 104,000 I still haven't looked into banana I don't want to play that game

or even look at that game because I feel like I'm just enforcing and re-instating the stereotype and I do not want to do that. So for my ignorantly, for ignorant purposes, I'm not getting into how banana's been being played or even researching it, right? Because I don't even think, have I covered banana on my platform? No, I haven't.

Okay, cool. It's going to stay like that. So anyways, wallpaper engine is the eighth most popular game, having around 115,000 people concurrently playing a game. Naraka Blade Point, that is an older game. It says it was released in 2021,

but that is currently the seventh most popular game on Steam with 124,000 people currently playing the game. Then you have Apex Legends, which is the six most popular game with 150,000 people currently playing the game. You have Schedule 1, which I have no idea what this game is or even like what's the appeal to it.

But at some point, I'm going to get into it because it's been on this for a minute. It just came out. So I think maybe because it initially being released, a lot of people are diving into it. But it seems as if a lot of people are enjoying the game as it's, you know, the sixth, no, it's the fifth most popular game on Steam

with the 153,000 people playing the game. Then you have Monster Hunter Wilds, which is the fourth most popular game on Steam currently with 207,000 people playing a game right now. And then you have Dota 2, which is the third most popular game with the 494,000 people concurrently playing the game. Then, of course, you have the two that never seems to switch, but it never seems to fall off. So the top two is always PubG Battlegrounds as that's the second most popular game on Steam. I know a lot of people is like, I thought PubG fell off.

Well, obviously not. 763,000 people are still playing the game. but the overall king of kings because i keep seeing this game at number one for the for the lifespan of this podcast i don't think i've ever seen counter strike to ever fall off from the number one slot of the most popular game on steam like maybe when power world came out but at this point in time counter strike two has been consecutively putting together number one after number one after number one because it's consistently the most played game on the steam platform so to reiterate repo rounds off the top 10 of steam as far as the most popular game on steam then you have banana

then you have wallpaper engine you have naraka blade point apex legends schedule one monster hunter wilds Dota 2 and then PubbGy Battlegrounds and of course the number one counter strike two. So switch it gives from PC to PlayStation because we all know if you're a real game are you going to be on PlayStation. All right, let me chill. So as far as PlayStation, I'm not going to put the chart up because it's not really too much data as far as PlayStation. This is my own data that I'll pay for. So I want to put that up. But anyways, with that being said, the top 10 games on PlayStation is One, well, we're not going to start at number one. I'm going to start at 10.

So to round off the top 10 of PlayStation, the 10th most popular game is Madden NFL 25. Ninth most popular game is college football, 25. The eighth most popular game is Roblox. The seventh most popular game that's seemingly the most popular platform for this particular game because Marvel rivals is not on Xbox and like we just cover it. It's not on Steam. So Marvel rivals is the seventh most popular game on,

But yeah, seventh most popular game on PlayStation, you have EA Sports FC25. That's the sixth most popular game on PlayStation. Call of Duty is number five. Assassin Creek Shadows, which we're about to get into later in this episode, is the fourth most popular game on PlayStation. MLB, the show, is the third. NBA 2K25 is the second. And of course, the ultimate king when it comes to dominating sales when it and video game land,

shines again as Fortnite is the most popular game on PlayStation. To round off the top 10 one more time for PlayStation at number 10, we have Madden. At number 10, we have Madden 25. Number nine, we have college football 25.

Number eight, we have Roblox. Marvel Rivals is number seven. EA Sports FC. 25 is number six. Call of Duty, Blackoffs is number five. Oh, no, it's not number five. Did I miss that up? 10, nine, eight, seven,

six oh it is five um assassin kreys shadows is at number four MLB the show is at number three NBA 2k25 is at number two and of course the most played game on the PlayStation platform is Fortnite now with that being said of course we're switching gears from one console to I guess we're gonna call that another can I just play I'm just playing so Xbox players out there I still have a immense respect for y'all let's just say when you're it comes to Marcus here, it is not looking good for Xbox players as when we get into this episode, you're going to realize why I say that. I think Microsoft is moving away from traditional consoles, but of course it's just a rumor. If it does come to be true, you're going to have a lot to work with.

So that being said, Assassin Creas Shadows is the most popular game on the Xbox platform. I had to start with that just for the Gryft is out there, just to make you upset. All right, getting into the roundup of the top 10 on Xbox platforms, we have to be. have Minecraft at number 10 we have call of duty black cops two and number nine very surprising but hey i guess people got so mad well actually there's a a sale where you can get it for 18 so that's probably why you can uh that's probably why it's shot up the charts but never nonetheless it's the eighth most it's the ninth most play game on the xbox monster hunter wilds is the eighth most play game on xbox this new game called sledders i don't even know what that is it looks

type of Olympic sport. I don't know what this is at all, but nonetheless, shredders, no, sledders, is the seventh most popular game on Xbox. Then you have Red Day of Redemption 2. It's the sixth most popular game on Xbox. Grand Theft Auto 5 is the fifth most popular game on Xbox. Assassin Creed Shadows is the fourth most popular game.

But when we get later into the list, you're going to see is really the most popular game. Split Fiction is the third most popular game on Xbox. MLB, The Show, is the second most popular game on Xbox and of course Assassin Creed Shadows is once more the most popular game because they counted the

Digital Deluxe Edition and the standard Assassin Creed Shadows edition separate. So technically Assassin Creed Shadows is by far the most popular game on the Xbox platform. So getting back into the top 10 to round it off, Minecraft at 10

Call of Duty Black Ops 2 at 9 Monster Hunter Wilds at 8 Sledders at 7 Red Dead Red Dev Redemption 2 at 6 Grand The Father 5 at 5 Interestingly enough Assassin Creek Shadows at 4 Split fiction at number 3

MLB at show at 2 and of course once more Assassin Creed shadows the standard edition as the most popular game on the Xbox platform. Now, of course, can't leave out the other people who help contribute to the large pool of revenue that is the gaming industry as when it comes to Nintendo, rounding off their top five, Donkey Kong Returns HD, which are covered, you know, shameless plug, just type in Donkey Kong

analytic dreams with a Z and it will say you're racist. I mean, it's going to pop up. It's going to pop up. So Donkey Kong Returns HD is the 10th most play game on the Nintendo Switch platform. platform. Minecraft is the ninth most play game. Then you have bleach rebirth of souls being the eighth most play game on PS5. I guess I guess maybe that's cross platform. I don't know why I'm saying PS5. It's saying PS4 for Yumea's Altierre, the alchemist of remembrance and the land of illusion. So with these PS4 and PS5 labels, I don't know if that's cross platform or if that's just a Nintendo port that they licensed over to PSS 5 or PS4 but nonetheless it's the most part is the 7th most popular right um as far as back to the switch super mario party is the sixth most popular game on the switch platform as far as the third most popular game on the switch you have umia's altier once more so i guess it is a cross-platform thing

the alchemist of remembrance in the land of illusion and then of course number one game on switch we have Zeno Blade cross definitive edition. The reason why I skip some numbers is because since this cross platform, I don't want to just go over every title that has two on this list, right? So as far as the biggest games on Nintendo, Donkey Kong returns HD at 10, Minecraft at 9, Super Mario Party Jamboree at 6, Umier's Altier, the Alchemist of Remembrance,

The Land of Illusion at 3, and of course, Xenoblede Cross definitive edition at number one. I skipped over the ones that they had on other platforms because we wanted to focus specifically on Nintendo Switch, but obviously they have some of the other games listed in the top 10. So that's the roundoff. The most popular games on a Nintendo Switch that's currently impacting the masses. Now let's get into the mobile sector of the gaming industry,

because we all know when it comes to popular games, mobile gaming is one of the more accessible ways to get attached and these games have done just that as far as getting the consumers attached to the particular product on the mobile platform as mobile legends bang bang is the most popular mobile game currently now of course it fluctuates but currently mobile legends bang bang is the most popular game on mobile now polkimo is the eighth most popular game on mobile squadbusters is the seventh most popular game robox is the sixth most popular game robox is the sixth most popular game Warhammer 40,000 tactitious is, I got mixed up. It's the fifth most popular game. Marvel Contest of Champions is the fourth most popular game. Dragon Air Silent Guys, which of course we're getting into in this particular episode. That is the third most popular game.

Cookie Run Kingdom is the second most popular game. And Mobile Legends, Bang Bang is the most popular mobile game in the world currently. Now, of course, I have reviews for Cookie Run Kingdom, Mobile Legends Bang Bang, Marvel Contest of Champions, and of course, that's just the best emulators. I'm not going to plug that. But as far as Cookie Run Kingdom, Mobile Legends and Marvel Contest of Champions already have reviews and sales roundup for those particular games. So just type in analytic dreams with a Z and Cookie Run Kingdom or Mobile Legends Bang Bang or Marvel Contest of Champions for it to pull up specifically. With that being said, that has been. the roundup of the albums, the tracks, and the specific games on specific platforms that has been notoriously impacting the masses.

Now, with that being said, episode 147 is about to get underway as I started to record the episodes and then do my intro and outro after the fact because, you know, I hate to break the illusion. But when it comes to research, you know, it takes a lot to put this. these episodes together. And of course, I've looked at the analytics. People seem to really enjoy each and every episode, even though they're very lengthy. And I would be, I'm interested. You all, like, come back. Obviously, y'all have to come back.

Like, the way I put these episodes out, they'd be like four to five hours at a time. Right? So y'all have to, like, break it up, I would think. But, yeah, that's what I would, like, let me know. How do y'all consume these episodes? And is it in one setting? Or is it throughout the day? You go to your nine to five and come back, like, already listen to it, like, twice?

Like, how does that work? Like, tell me. how y'all enjoy breaking down listening to these episodes because they're very dense when it comes to information and there's a lot of research put behind it so hopefully i enjoy it but of course before that before we get into the episode 147 that's titled playboy card it delivers a split fiction targets game of the year before we get into that make sure to click my link tree in my bio and access my social medias and follow to keep out my latest activities and if you want to support the show financially click my cash app link located towards

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delivers as split fiction targets game of the year. Getting into Kendrick and SZA, because of course, when it comes to affecting the masses, respectively, Kendrick has the number one album in the world, of course selling around 90,000 units. And of course, Siza has the fourth most popular album currently in the world, selling around 72,000. Now, of course, Kendrick is under UMG, which is, Of course, the big dogs in the music industry.

But when it comes to Siza, which is the most interesting part, she is under Sony. Because I think when it comes to a collaborative album, usually when you come to the table as far as deals and things of that nature, you try to see who's going to have a majority of the splits and royalties when it comes to putting out a collab album. Now, am I acting like I believe an album from Kendrick and Sizz is going to come out? of course not. I'm just pointing out that if they were to do a collaborative album, it'd be pretty interesting because UMG and Sony are definitely competing in the music field. And currently, when it comes to the top five, collectively speaking, Sony would be winning because they currently have Drake. Obviously, Drake is under UMG. But through this party next door release, you can see that Sony is the main major label that's

listed on this collaborative album between Drake and Party Next Door. Do I think that's a coincidence? Of course not. Drake is suing UMG, so of course they're going to pull all the strings in the world to try to give more credence to Sony because of course they're probably the only label that's willing to help a Drake project at the moment. So anyways, Drake has the number two album, but that is listed under Sony as far as on the charts, right? Tate McCray has the most popular album and that's listed under Sony and the Siza of course has the fourth most popular album and that's listed under Sony now of course UMG has the number one album with kendricks g and then of course Sabrina carpenter with short and sweet i know a lot of people want to count

drake as under UMG i'm just looking at the credits as far as the charts and i do know that drake is still under UMG but as far as a collaborative album which is why i'm talking about uh label when it comes to a Kendrick and Siza album, Party Next Door and Drake is seemingly given to Sony to promote this album more so than UMG, which is why when you look at the charts, Party Next Door and Drake, some sexy songs for you, you see Sony being at the end as far as credited.

So very interesting, I might add. And that's why I brought that up, because as far as Kendrick, Lamar, and Siza, going on an entire stadium tour. And it's basically going to be throughout the whole year of 2025, the North American leg starts April 19th through June 18th. And then of course, that's going to be throughout 19 stadiums. And then they're going to continue the tour through European slash UK leg of the tour

July 2nd through August 9th, 2025. And that's through 13 stadiums. And of course, it's presented. by Live Nation. Of course, you have to have PG laying in there. And Top Dog Entertainment. Kendra can never escape that Top Dog. I wonder why.

So anyways, all jokes aside. I've seen a lot of things about the ticket demand as far as it being mixed and the stadium tour not settling out and things of that nature. But when I looked at it, you know, I actually went to the website and I'll pull it up just and I'll pull it up

in a second. But basically the entire stadium seems to be almost sold out now well the entire tour seems to be almost sold out now of course it's reported by nrg to be 67% sold right now when it comes to tickets and things of that nature and people looking at stub hub this is okay so now i'm gonna pull it up so analytic dreams video on spotify to see the video along with the audio so basically if you pull up this website right this is where you could buy tickets to Kendrick and Sizzers tour. So the first day on their tour is the U.S., well, the first date is April 19th, right? And it's at Minneapolis, Minnesota and the United States. And it's

Saturday on April 19th, right? You click C tickets. And of course, it brings the Palmeant tickets. I'm just going to say two for now. And you look at this and you probably are thinking to yourself, no way it could be sold out because you see all of these available seats, right? But then you get to look further and you realize after looking closer that a lot of these say one left. So if you click on this one, this one says one left. Now of course if one doesn't say one left, then you can see the many seats that's probably available. But usually if you're 60 plus or 70% sold out as far as a specific stadium or yeah, as far as a stadium. Before the performance actually happens, like a day before, two days before, or even an hour till the show, right?

People will walk into the venue. So you have to account people walking into the venue to watch Kendrick and Sizz. Maybe they don't even know that Kendrick or Sizz is going to be in their town. And then they realize and then they go to it and they buy the tickets either a day or two before or they catch somebody off the street or they buy tickets in person. Like that's an actual thing as far as a walk. up crowd, right? So as far as them having these seats available, I think a lot of people are probably overestimating how much tickets are, well, they're underestimating the amount of tickets that are being sold by Siza and Kendry. Because if you also look at the last leg or the last

tour date, that's August 9th, right? That's in, I don't even know how to pronounce that, but it's in Sweden, right? So you look at the tickets for this, and even these tickets are scarce. Like a lot of these say one left. Now, of course, it don't seem as big as the other arenas, but in general, or the other stadiums. But of course, you see one left all around the board, right?

So one of the last shows on the tour is basically essentially sold out, right? And a lot of these other dates, it's very interesting because it's basically the same thing. So I don't see how people are, talking about this stadium tour like underperforming and sales and things that nature because for one there's 60 percent sold out right 67 percent going off an rg stadium uh analytics right and then of course when you dive deep into it you come to realize that a walk-up crowd is going to exist for kendrick and

is not everybody knows each and every movement of these artists in the music industry so i wanted to go to just you know for fun you know for funs right you know which day i had to pull up and actually i forgot i lost my place but i think it's one of these i don't think it's a let me see if i could find this right quick ah june 12th and june 13th that's exactly what i wanted to see you now ladies and gentlemen I don't think Drake has ever performed in a stadium in Canada. I'm not saying he can't. I'm just saying he never did. So technically, this would be the first time that a rapper performed in a stadium.

Well, I don't know. Hold on. Let me see. Because I'm pretty sure if Tyler the creator went to Canada, he could probably do that. Let me see. Wins the last time a rapper performed in. a stadium in Canada. Yeah, there we go.

Because I know Drake hasn't because he really likes to stay in the arenas. Because, you know, when it comes to stadium, you need more of a grandiose type of set, right? And all type of production to make up for people not being able to see you as clear as they would in the arena. So anyways, the most recent rapper to perform in a stadium, headlining the oh that's a festival that don't count i mean like an actual performance for a particular rapper huh okay drake performed oh drake did perform at the rogers center in toronto back in october 7th 2023 then why are they saying like is okay so if this is a stadium tour and they're going to canada does canada not have a stadium? like what because this is definitely a

stadium tour and Drake only does arenas and the Rogers Center hold on let me see the Roger Center is definitely a arena so Rogers Center is it a arena or a stadium we find in fact we're trying to figure out the difference right now okay it's a stadium not arena hmm well I stand corrected Drake performed at this place first so I was thinking Kendrick's going to be a first one to perform at it but essentially arenas obviously smaller right and they have a capacity of 19,000 for concerts. But as far as stadiums, they are larger and they have, they're designed for more massive crowds. What is the capacity for stadiums?

Because 19,000 is a lot. But as far as for stadiums, it's often exceeding 30,000. Okay. So compare 19,000 to 30,000. That's the biggest difference. And obviously, that's the estimate. Some stadiums could be bigger, smaller. Some arenas could be bigger, smaller, but those are the estimates.

So anyways, so Kendrick and Sizzle are basically going to where Drake has already performed a bunch of times. So June 12th, June 13th, I would circle that on your calendar if you love drama. Because if there's one thing I know about my favorite rapper is he's going to pull out all the tricks possible to make their performance in that place. Very uncomfortable. Now, of course, y'all probably are saying Drake doesn't have that much power. Let me remind you that on a trip, and of course I'm not putting any Spurges on Drake, right?

But Rick Ross had a plane coming from Canada, right? And it all of a sudden, I don't know how, but had engine failure, mid-flight. So that means they were in the air, had engine failure. You could look this up. And literally, after, the plane went down.

Rick Ross made a whole video about, oh, I'm so glad to be alive and things of that nature. Mind you, that plane was coming from Canada. Now, I'm not saying anything happened. I'm just saying it's very peculiar in the midst of Rick Ross going at a certain Canadian that may or may not be the most popular in a music game, right? Well, not the most popular.

That's still T. Swift. But anyways, in the rap field. So for those who don't believe me, let me just type in there. Rick Ross, let me just type an engine field. It should definitely pop up. Engine failure. Mid-flight, right? Let me see.

Yeah, so, okay. Yeah, here we go. And then this made it so concerning because Rick Ross even said what everybody was thinking out loud because this plane was coming from Canada, right? Private plane and it had engine failure. You know, we've seen now that, you know, planes can have injured failures and not tied anything but back then it wasn't happening as often as it is now and essentially this is what rick ross had to say about it everybody for all the prayers but i'm gonna tell you we on the jet and i'm

seeing the fighter jet i see his nose it's like tom proves from um top gun i seen his nose i'm seeing him in the cockpit and i'm like damn now obviously he's making a joke because it was an engine failure He had no type of fighter shooting his plane down. But, you know, he has to get his jokes off, I guess. I see his cheeks and nose going back from the G-Force. I'm like, damn. And then, hey, man, it happened. You know what I'm saying?

I can't say what happened, but it happened. So obviously he made a joke about the engine failure mid-flight. Like, while he was in the air, I would reiterate in the air because that's very spooky for any human, right? It's not like we're Superman or Iron Man out here where we could just fly in an instant, right? Like, he was probably scared for his life. So he made a joke about it.

Obviously, you know, the nose thing he always talking about with Drake. That's why he said that. And it's just very interesting how his jet coming from Canada. You know, it's just, you know, engine failure, myth flight. But anyways, we're not going to harp on that because, you know, I don't want to see anything bad happen to people. I just want to let y'all know that these things are easily put together if you watch the entire music scene.

So anyways, June 12th, June 13th, is going to be very interesting as far as a performance because I do believe that it's going to be immaculate. The show that Siza and Kendrick are going to put on is obviously out of this world, as we've already seen in the Super Bowl, they have great chemistry live.

Even though I'm still personally, you know, I'm not saying I don't believe Sisa can sing live because that's far from the truth, right? I'm just thinking that for the Super Bowl performance, maybe she had a lot of anxiety to the point where she went with the lip sync route, right? And I'm open to be proven wrong,

but every single time I watch it, it just seems like she was lip syncing, but hey, maybe I'm tripping. So with that being said, I don't want to harp on this too long. I just wanted y'all to know that this stadium tour is still doing phenomenal. I guess there's no premier stadium to go to in Canada, which is why they're doing it in an arena, but whatever.

So the North American tour sales are almost sold out, but it's not sold out. It's just almost, right? And then the European and UK is in demand, and that has about 90,000, that has about 90% of their tickets sold, right? So if you want to see them overseas, obviously people overseas don't get to see the premier acts as much as Americans do, right? so the tickets can go faster. But I mean, people who are talking about them not being able to sell tickets, I think, are just a little delusional to the music industry. If Kendrick, who has the number one album, if Siza, who currently has the number four album,

if they can't sell out a arena or a stadium, you get what I'm saying? Like, everybody making music can't sell out an arena or a stadium. Like, they literally have some of the highest engagement in music, and they're going on a stadium tour. like safe to say that they can sell these out so i just wanted to cover kendrick and czza because of course there's some of the biggest impactors when it comes to the masses especially in a rap and rmbi side but of course overall they're impacting the masses as kendrick once again has the number one album in the world taylor swift Sabrina carpenter exists bad bunny exists kendrick has the number one

album in the world currently and czza has a fourth album uh fourth played album in the world. So with that being said, I think their tour would do just fine. And obviously, June 12th and June 13th, when they go to Canada,

I would just circle that day on your calendar. So with that being said, click my link to your bio. Let me know on one of my social medias. What do you think about Kendrick and Siza's stadium tour? And will you be going? And if you are, which day are you looking forward to witnessing

the Kendrick Lamar and Siza Grand National Tour? Now, of course, don't need me to tell you that Dochi has been critically acclaimed in front of the masses. Now, as far as all of the accolades, you can possibly imagine being earned on Dochi's part, I believe if people are calling her an industry plant, they are just out of the loop as far as Dochi creating music. Because if you don't know, she's been under TDE putting out music on a grand scale as far

trying to appease the masses but of course that does not mean everybody's going to be paying attention to the music that she's putting out because essentially from what i've seen on dsps she started putting out music in 2018 with the first track being girls back in july 10th 2018 of course she followed that up with spooky coochie okay well that's a that's the title yeah that's that's the title of her second single so anyways uh back to our albums right she's put out a plethora of albums with the first one being coven music sessions back in 2019 all the place is your goal in 2020 right 2024 is the album that a lot of people know as alligator bites never heal now of course when coven music sessions came out as far as volume one may 15th 2019

nobody and nobody was calling dochi an industry plant i wonder why why were people not calling industry plant back in 2019 when she was trying to encapsulate the masses right because this was put under actually this was independent so it just says dochi for her uh coven album right oh the places you'll go that's also under dochi okay so that's 2020 and of course in 2024 alligator bites never heal is the first album under top dog entertainment under exclusive license to UMG which if you don't know. UMG is the big dog of the music industry. So of course,

looking at her albums with the only one to pop off to the masses, right? Because I'm not trying to be disrespectful. As far as her lyrically, she's out of this world as far as talented. And I believe if they're going to catapult certain artists to the front to be in front of the masses from a hip-hop perspective, I'm so glad that they're starting to choose lyricists. There's too many times that we're promoting these musicians.

quote unquote that are in the rap lane that have no love for the art no love for the artistry in the way that rap is supposed to be elicuted and performed from a lyrical perspective there has to be an effort made in rap it's just as simple as that if we're going to have top tier artists from hip hop winning these awards and being being so new to the game or seemingly new to the game, I'm glad it's the lyricist as when it comes to other art forms that are subgenres in hip hop, it seems like rapping is the last thing that they care about as far as putting words together. As far as lyrically invoking emotion, it seems like that's the last thing. A lot of these artists who are catapulted to the front care about. So when it comes to Doshi, I'm so glad that a lyricist is being on Front Street and being promoted the way that she is, right?

So anyways, 2018, which was the first single, Girls, into the 2019 album COVID-COVIN music sessions, volume one. And then let's just fast forward to 2025. And let's just see, well, let's just hear from Doshi herself the accolades that she is accumulated. Period. 2025 Grammy Award winner, Best Rap Album. Best what? By Sever Hill. Oh, no.

Three-time Grammy nominated, best rap album, best rap performers, best new artists. That's a lot. Best, best, best, best, best. Look at that. 2024, hip-makers, hip-hop disruptor of the year.

They had not had that award before me. Yeah, so this is fab. What really stood out to me is this one, third woman ever, to win. the best hip hop award because there's been a lot of nominations and there's been a lot of winners and only three women have won that wow that's that's insane I'm not going to lie to you.

I get to keep this right. Dochi ran up the numbers in 2024. And it seems as if it's only the starting point, right? Because Cardi and Lauren Hill were the others, as far as women, to win best rap album. But if you notice, none of those particular artists put out a follow-up album. it seems as if Dochi is definitely putting out a follow-up album as she even has a single out currently titled Anxiety. Now, when it comes in anxiety, it's the 45th most played track on the charts. But it's technically saying Sleepy Hollow featuring Dochey.

So I don't even think this is a track. But she does have denial as a river, but obviously that was off of the alligator bites never healed. So as far as anxiety is pushed as a single. but it's technically Sleepy Hollows track. But anyways, all jokes, well, with that aside, she has two tracks in the top of 100, anxiety being the 45th most played track in the world, and then Denial is the River being the 22nd most played track in the world,

and that's been on the charts for about nine weeks, and it peaked at 21. So I think her album not selling as much as far as in 24, because if, actually, let me see the actual. numbers because a lot of people pointed to this as far as her being an industry plant and the reason why I'm harping on the industry plant part is because she's been making music for quite some time since 2018 right and 2024 first time being under TDE first time being on a UMG and now she has all these accolades under her belt I think it's just a testament to perseverance and hard work but

other people are going to point at TDE point at UMG point at how Kendrick is completely dominating the space being a lyrical rapper and now in comes dochi who people are calling a female kindric i believe is a is an interesting title to put on dochey as a female kindrick when not every rapper whose lyrical has to be compared to a male rap right i talk about niki all the time and to my surprise people don't like the way to nicky raps people think she puts out audio garbage and it's insane to me because i think she's one of the best rappers and hip hop but people don't people don't have my same sentiments when it comes to that right so when they look at women rapping i think they prefer certain type of bars and of course

with loren hill that would counter my statement but Lauren hill and captivated the masses back in actually let me look let's see when education came out so the miseducation of Lauren Hill came out in 1998 ladies and gentlemen it's 2025 i believe that if miseducation of Lauren Hill came out, people will still try to trash that album because I don't know what it is about women rapping, but it's a very interesting

scale on where they have lyricists. It's like males aren't a certain league of their own, and then women are below that, right? But in sports, males have their own league, and women have the only league, but that's physical, right? You know,

biologically, males are superior in certain ways, right? When it comes to putting words together and putting that over a beat, it really has no type of biology to make either or superior when it comes to males or females. So I'm very interested in why whenever you bring up a lyricist or a lyrical woman rapper, they always try to, oh, that's just a female Kendrick or, oh, she's a great rapper for women. Or she's one of their greatest women rappers, right? Like maybe she's just a great rapper, period.

Maybe Lauren Hill, Nikki, and a lot of these other women rappers should be put into the hierarchy of top rappers, just period, right? Instead of just having their own league when there's nothing physical or nothing biologically separating these males or females from the art of rapping. So anyways, let me get off my soapbox. So when it comes to alligator bites never heal, it sold 18. thousand first week a lot of people pointed that out as far as why did that win best rap album at the grommies when people don't realize i totally forgot his name but there was somebody else who won i think it was um it was something mike right uh killer mike yeah killer mike gramees win yeah so killer mike won a grammy i think it was like best rap album i believe

and his album did not sell as well it may have sold even less um So yeah, back in. So Killer Mike won best rap album for Michael released in June 2023. So this has happened before. This is not like the first time that hip hop at the Grammys has recognized actual artistry on the grand scale. Because I prefer the Billboard Music Awards because I think that's more of a litmus scale for engagement and how people. are incaptivated by your music now when it comes to the gramis i think it's more subjective i think the billboard music awards is the greatest because it's more objective they're going off

metrics how much you sold units and things that nature streams uh physical copies but as far as grammies is literally just people coming together and deciding who do we want to champion this year at the grammies so that's why i always prefer a billboard but i still would say that these people who win grammies they still have to be somewhat talented because to get on that stage i'll always say when it comes to preparation meeting opportunity that's when you find success and at the grammies you know there's a lot of opportunity being thrown around let's just put it like that but you still have to prepare for it so anyways uh yeah so michael by killer mike sold even less than doche's album michael sold 14 000 first week and nobody's out here calling killa mike industry plant right i wonder what's the difference between

killer Mike and Dochi as far as people calling her industry plan. Anyways, so anyways, let's go over her accolades because that's one of the main things I wanted to say. Because of course I made her the figurehead of this episode because I want to just put respect on hip hop artists who put actual effort into lyricism. I think that's a lost art. It's kind of like the two point shot and NBA, right? The mid-range shot, even the dunk at this point. It's like a lost art in the sport because everybody wants to be

little zan or a little pump or a little oozy, right? People just forget the lyrical aspect of putting words together to invoke emotions and putting an actual story together, like a conceptual album while also making it sound good.

People just completely lose the love and passion for our lyricists, right? So anyways, when it comes to Dochi, obviously, when it came to the Grammys, she won the best rap album. She was one of the first to win. She was the third woman to ever win best rap album.

The other two, of course, being Cardi B with invasion of privacy. And of course, Lauren Hill with the miseducation of Lauren Hill back in 1998. Now, of course, when it comes to Billboard, they even gave her a subjective award. Because, of course, objectively speaking, she was not running the charts. Just, you know, I'm saying as respectfully as I can, she was not running the charts. If you did want to point out women who would run into charts, it was sexy red in Glorilla. Objectively speaking, they were running. the charts as far as up-and-coming artists and the other top dogs Drake and Kendra obviously they

was topping it but when it comes to sexy red and Glorilla from newer acts they were running the charts last year but she still ended up winning a billboard award so if you notice my coverage of doche in this segment is very gray area it's not black and white it's not oh she's an industry plant but it's also not oh she's just getting awards that she also earned billboard woman of the year was given to dochi y'all want to know that's not oh she's an industry the only other rapper who received this award, Cardi B. Now, if I wasn't getting on my soapbox,

the disrespect to Nikki Minaj has to be highlighted. At some point, somebody just has to say, you know what, Pink Friday 2 was one of the more successful albums of, what was it, 20, was it, 2023 that she put out this album? She went on tour in 2024, so it just made it seem like it was two years.

But Pink Friday 2 came out December 8th, 2023 now ladies and gentlemen when it comes to pink friday let me see and this is billboard so it's objectively speaking right uh billboard so niki with pink friday to i see if i can find it she sold 228 000 first week yes ladies and gentlemen nicky minas sold 228 000 first week and And whenever I pull up Nikki, people just say, like, her music is garbage. And it's like a overwhelming consensus. It's not like, oh, one or two or be like, oh, no, her music's all right. Like, majority of people are like, oh, Nikki makes trash music.

I'm like, dang. Like, they really don't like the way that Nikki makes music. I was perplexed by that because I like Nikki's music. I think she's a rapper. I like the way she switched flows. She has a Kendrick-esque type of take to make her music as the vocal inflection is very much heavily influenced by Little Wayne, right? just like Kendrick's is and like Kendrick tell it he'll say the same thing little wayne influenced me heavily when it comes to vocal inflection and things that nature so uh nicke

minage let me see how many awards did the d'all think she won for the billboard music awards that's objectively speaking right so as far as nickin manage at the billboard music awards and going off a pink friday two that had 228000 first week sales and remember it came out December 8th, 2023. So technically it failed in the eligibility period period. I can't even talk. Of the 2024 Billboard Music Awards.

So she secured the top rap female artists in a category beating out Doja Cat and Glovera. Okay, so she did win. Never mind. So that's why I like Billboard, because objectively speaking, like, you have to give it to people who perform on their charts. So top rap artist, she was

outperformed by Travis Scott, but she was a nominee for that. Top rap album pink friday two lost out to drakes for all the dogs of course and in top streaming songs taylor swift took the award but minage kentrake and zach brian were also in the writing so okay so once again it just reiterates my point on why i prefer the billboard music awards because for billboard to turn around give all those objective stats and accolades to nicky right and then give a subjective award to dochi you're only incentivizing the she's an industry plant wave to grow even larger because now instead of giving billboard woman of the year to either taylor swift or nicky now you're giving it to

dochy which if you're objective going off the metrics type of platform why would you do that and make nicky an outcast when it comes to these type of awards because cardy b and dochey are the only ones to ever win Billboard Women of the Year award when Nikki could have easily won that worth her album Pink Friday too. But anyways, let's continue, right? So when it comes to anxiety, that is the current single that's out. Like I said, it's technically Sleepy Hollows track from me looking at the credits, but is doing well on the charts currently, 45th most played track in the world featuring Doshi.

So it's not her track, but still, she's attached to her. So that has some credence, especially when people are wondering what is going to be her next step in this game, right? Because if you're going to be the first woman to ever win Best Rap album after Grammys and put up a follow-up album, best believe there's immense pressure on that entire rollout

to that album. Because now people are going to compare that to Alligator Bites Never Hill. I think it's only up from here. Like if you really look at Alligator Bites Never Here, Hill, there's a lot of tracks off of this album, which is why I think it sold the way it did. sold the way it did.

But there's a lot of tracks off of this album that's not even replayable. And what I mean by that is not to say it's not high quality. It's funny because I'm about to compare it to Kendrick. But I would compare it to, let's use somebody else, like Germain, right? Germain makes a track called Folding Close. I think it's terrible, but of course, Germain stands, they prefer their audio NyQuil. So if they enjoy that track,

do you think they're going to a function or they're going to the gym throwing on that Jermaine Fold Close track? Of course not. So when it comes to quality level, people are putting this on a certain pedestal, but when it comes to replayability, I don't think it has the highest replayability when it comes to alligator bites never heal.

So for our next album has superstar-like figures on their album like Travis Scott, Kendrick, Siza, right? And have more replayable tracks. I could see that following up, alligator bites never heal. successfully. I think that's the blueprint to her follow-up album because she is indeed the first ever rapper, a woman rapper, to follow up her best rap album of the year at the Grammys, right? Cardi B then do it. We're still waiting for a Cardi B album. Loren Hill just out of the blue

retired on us, which I don't know how people forgive that, but hey, maybe I'm, you know, maybe I'm not looking at it right. Like I started to look into the music industry and once I figured out Lauren Hill's story, I was like, hold up now. You're telling me she just won't best rap out of the year and basically disappear like what type of kawai landers off of toronto raptors pathway is this like she basically just retired she said no more i was like what in the world so anyways there's a lot of pressure on this album that's why i gave basically well my marketing rollout which is is what i would do i would have superstar names on this next album to where the replayability is undoubtedly better than alligator bites never heal obviously i have one or two of those

tracks like she had off of here, like some of the tracks that went crazy on this album was Nissan Ultima. I would have one of those tracks on my newer album. What's another one that went crazy? So Nissan Altima went crazy. Obviously, Denial is a river. I don't see anything else that went crazy off of this album. So yeah, those two tracks, I would try to, you know, make another one of those on my latest album.

But I would shoot for superstar features and more. replayability so that people can hear your lyrical content but also be able to play it in multiple settings. I'm not saying you got to go to Drake route and start hopping on Afrobee or dance hall type beats and still in their

their pronunciation or the inflection, right? But I would say replayability is the main thing I think will make your follow-up album better than Alligator Bites Never Healed and that's the album that won best rap album at the Grammy. So not saying you're going to win it again.

I'm just trying to give my, you know, my two cents. So with that being said, of course, that's all I really have for Dochi. It's not really too much to get into when it comes to Dochi. She's a phenomenal talent that I just think needed her own segment because not a lot of rappers put effort into the way you make people feel by telling a story and putting words together. So that is why I made the episode cover her as well as giving her a lengthy deep dive. into her career. So with that being said, click my link to your bio. Let me know one of my social media is.

What do you think about Dochi and her overall impact on the masses when it comes to the music industry? And what do you think her next steps should be when it comes to following up an album that already won best rap album at the Grammys? You know, of course, getting into this topic, it is very apparent that a lot of confusion is being had currently because of all of these

have truths being disseminated into the public on both sides Kendrick side and Drake side now I know y'all don't think there's a Kendrick and Drake side but if you come to the internet they are beefing like bloods and crips I mean what was the pop-out show even for it anyways

so that being said there's a lot of people who's out here telling have truths to sway to public, right? So essentially, I have the entire document up right now. We're getting into Drake and him dropping the I-Heart side of who he's going at in the lawsuit. So technically, you know, to put in layman's terms, Drake and I-Heart reached a settlement satisfactory to both sides. And Drake withdrew the petition as to I-Hart media.

Now, that is in the actual document. That is why I pull this up in full. If you want to learn how to do that, I mean, just subscribe to my Patreon or, you know, a little Google search, even though it's a little difficult to find, but you know, if you do, or you could just follow me on Patreon, you know what I'm saying, shameless plug. So that being said, um, basically, the media is covering this one way.

I have the entire document in front of me. For hardcore and for casuals, this segment is for you. because we are going to get into the biggest discreferencies in the coverage and the actual lawsuit. I'm going to get into the media coverage. Then we're going to get into the lawsuit because literally I read this page by page. Now, there was another lawsuit. I ain't going to lie to you. It was 81 pages.

I'm not reading that. You know what I'm saying? Like, I know this is my job? Hey, I'm not reading 81 pages, buddy. Like, you know what I'm saying? What they think this is, Harry Potter? Anyways, I know Harry Potter is way longer, but y'all got stick with me. So as far as this being 26 pages, I was like, you know, let me put my,

collegian hat on i'm saying i do have a dual degree if y'all if y'all didn't know and so uh we're gonna go through this doc well i already went through it but basically i took notes you know on each page so basically we're going to go from page to page and i'm gonna break it down in a concise fashion so um this will still be a lengthy segment because we're talking about a lot but the main thing is i want to put the actual lawsuit in front of y'all page by page and let y'all decide on what you want to take out of this. I don't like the whole bias side of things because now that the battle's over, like I've listened back to my coverage

of the battle and man, but I was going crazy. I ain't gonna lie too. Like we was at war. But nowadays, you know what I'm saying? I'm paid. Drake paid, Kendry pay. You know what I mean? We're all good now. You know what I'm saying? We've made our money off of the beef. Now it's time to get to the actual truth of the situation

because you know what? I don't care whether Drake loses or wins in this lawsuit. The main thing I want to know is the truth. everybody out here telling half lies, it's not going to get us to that conclusion, right? So anyways, we're going to start with some of the biggest discrepancies in the lawsuit and actual media coverage. Now, the biggest one, and this is the main one, I'm not going to play the Charlemagne clip because I'm not trying to get clip by eye heart. I'm not trying to give them any reason to copyright any of my videos. Basically, they came out and was like there was no set, no payments made, Drake basically took away his petition.

what was it uh yeah Drake withdrew the petition because you know Drake withdrew the petition because he couldn't find anything right they was just saying that they gave him the proof Drake withdrew because he couldn't find anything and then that's that but then that's why like i kept reading this off at the beginning if you look at the bottom of page one right here you know what I'm saying analytic dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with the audio Section 1, page 1, foot no 1. Yes, we're getting on our lawyer tip, says it confirms that the settlement did indeed happen, right? But doesn't specify payment details or document contents creating a very interesting discreferency as far as the media coverage and the actual lawsuit.

They didn't say anything about Drake now receiving no payments. They said Drake and IHare Media reached a settlement. satisfactory to both sides. And Drake withdrew the petition as to I-hard media. This doesn't say anything about no payments being received on either side, right? It literally gives it in lamest terms of they received, don't know, they reached a settlement that was satisfactory. That's open to interpretation, right?

So I-Hart coming out here saying that, oh, Drake couldn't find any proof. That's why he withdrew. the petition. Well, obviously right here, it don't say that. It don't say that at all. So that's another one of the biggest things I wanted to point out as far as at the beginning, because we're going to get into media coverage and then we're going to get into the actual lawsuit. But first, I want to get into some of the biggest questions. So people were asking, did he drop the case? Because if you don't know, Drake technically dropped the case against Spotify, but then doubled down on UMG. What is he doing once more? Dropping the petition against

iHeart but is doubled down he's doubling down on umg so when it comes to the petition being dropped between i heart media and spotify umg is the ultimate target right now so drake still going at umg basically is narrowing down his ultimate lawsuit and his ultimate reason for even filing this lawsuit it was never about i heart it was never about spotify it was about using UMG to get certain tools so that now he could try to have a better case to win as far as the defamation lawsuit. Now, with that being said, we don't know what type of bag IHeart gave him or we don't know what type of bag IHeart didn't give him. But one thing is for certain in the lawsuit, it doesn't say that at all. If you want to assume, you can assume.

But it says once more, reached a settlement satisfactory to both sides and Drake withdrew the petition. It's both sides. It doesn't say I-Hart dominating him like crazy, gave him proof, and he backed out. I didn't say none of that. You know what I mean? So anyways, let's get to the other one. So Drake is technically withdrawing the petition from I-Hart media. So that is one of the things I want to clear up because some people is like, oh, he's still suing I-Hart.

No, he's not. He's suing UMG. He withdrew I-Hart, but in the doubling down of the UMG lawsuit, It still has I-Hart in it because he accuses UMG of Payola and promoting not like us through IHard media. But as far as the petition going against IHRMedia, it does not mean that IHR is just completely out, but he did drop the petition. I know that's very confusing, but like I said, we're going to break this all down. You got to get your favorite snack, favorite beverage or whatever, and, you know, we're going to dissect this, you know what I'm saying? So and page seven of this lawsuit, right?

Pay seven of this lawsuit literally, uh, literally says that as far as, um, I lost my place. Yeah, pay seven confirms IHard media as a deponent. So as far as UMG, as far as, as far as IHR media, Drake's accusing UMG solely and may, well, not solely, but mainly for payola and bots, right? But who do they do it through? He says platforms like IHartMedia. So that's where they come in. So now when you're saying,

where is it, thankfully, the TCPA does not permit UMG to impose liability on Drake based solely on its say-so. And something about, what was the I-Hart part? Oh, here it is right here. Okay.

It is likely that the commercial speech, and this is from the lawsuit exactly. So it is likely that, the commercial speech exception would cover the conduct and statements UMG made to Iheart and others in connection with licensing the song so right after page one right here uh right after page one of the saying they reached a settlement satisfactory to both both sides and Drake with drew the petition still doesn't mean that I heart is out of the uh scope of this entire lawsuit UMG is the big bad of everything right i'm not going to say big bad right you mg is the big dog

in the music industry like i say all the time because it's a notorious mass effects and we go over things that affect the masses right and i say time and time again that universal music group is the biggest dog in the music industry currently they have 48% of the entire 100% when it comes to market sure and that's on a low side for UMG so that should tell you what type of grip uh strong grip have on the pulse on the entire was that pause on the entire music industry you have artists like kendrick sabrina the weekend chapelle morgan billy isle gracie abrams all of them are near the top well most of them except for gracie are in the top 10 right and they're all under umg so when it comes to umg they're the biggest bad in the music industry as far as their influence so this lawsuit going at

UMG is still going to incorporate people like iHeart media so when they come out like strong man did and basically said oh we're in the clear drake couldn't find any proof that's basically incorrect they reached a settlement that was satisfactory to both sides to withdraw the petition but they're still looking into paola through ihard media and if it's if it ends up holding any type of weight any type of confirmation that you're using paola through iHeart media who's going to get in trouble Who do y'all think is going to get in trouble? Y'all think the judge is going to be like, you know what? Only UMG gets in trouble.

Like, no, everybody that was involved in this operation is going down, buddy. This is a RICO. Anyways, so Aubrey Graham is essentially snitching. I ain't going to lie to you. Like, I still hold my sentiment at this being one of the weaker moves in hip-hop history. Because if you're going to sue somebody after a rap battle, I don't care how it happened. I know you're technically suing over them, inflating the numbers, not the actual track but then you double down on the first lawsuit because there's multiple lawsuits right that's why

this whole thing that's why this whole thing is so confusing then you double down on that lawsuit and you put out a defamation lawsuit i'm like hold up now ain't no way a rapper just put out a defamation lawsuit after losing a rap battle that is insanity and this is coming from a drake fan so that's how you know i try to keep it eight more than 92 so anyways um back to all saying so when it comes comes to iHeart they're still very much in in the midst of this lawsuit now one of the main things um that i notice is that spotify it's not really mentioned in this so that's very interesting you know uh when we're looking at spotify you would think they'll have a lot of um involvement in this but if you read the entire lawsuit it's very interesting how you can't

really find anything when it comes to spotify like i heart is named a bunch of times times. Obviously, UMG is named a bunch of times, but Spotify was never, ever mentioned in this lawsuit, which is very interesting. So when he dropped that lawsuit against Spotify, he must have dropped it completely because you've seen as the, you know, the actual document. He reached a settlement with Iheart, but in page seven, he's including IHard's name again. He still has IHart's name in his mouth. See what I'm saying? It's not like he withdrew the petition now he's no longer mentioning IHart. like he's no longer mentioning Spotify after dropping the lawsuit with them, right?

That's why you have to actually research these type of things because they won't tell you that. They would just tell you blatantly what they want you to know because they think you're sheep. And at the end of day, that's why this exists to basically give you, trying to give you the unbiased side. Like I let you know, I'm my favorite rapper is Drake. The best rapper I think is Kendrick. You know, I mean, I think it's like a, you know, it's like a, it's a, it's a, a. economy the right word i don't think it's like a duality of of personalities for me you know what i'm saying as far as what i like in music so um why i say that oh yeah because the spotify is completely out

but i heart still being mentioned even after the petition was with drew so they still are in hot water so there was something else i was wanting to get into because they was talking about drake being done i think i've already covered that so i'm not going to go over that again um because a lot of people using this as like Drake has no proof which is just far from the case um there was something else they're talking about how this is just becoming a defamation lawsuit which you know it's technically not true because section one it's focusing a lot on UMG's promotional tactics not the actual lyrics there's a difference between suing over the inflation of a record versus suing over the lyrical content of a record now to be fair

section two page two of this document let me just go over here I'm just gonna pull these up as I'm talking about it section two page two basically notes that not like us attacks Drake's character but that's after section one of listing out all the reasons why they're why Drake's camp believes UMG is engaging in illegal payola right which payola is just illegal in itself but you get what I'm saying right now Now, Section 2 is when they get more into the song's intent to harm Drake and drive consumer hysteria, right? So he is suing for defamation. He is suing also for payola. I don't want that to get lost in translation. People think that the payola lawsuit is out of the window with Spotify and I heart radio petitions being withdrawn, which is just far from the case. So now, when you look at this in totality, Drake still has a strong case. he's just narrowing his focus because now you get the big fish everything else falls into place right it's like a domino effect

and this is undoubtedly the red button that drake was wanting to push right that he said on for all the dogs when that came out in 2023 like people think that this beef just came out nowhere because of the kensrick and rat and the because of the kensrick rat beef but if you look at red button which is essentially alluding to this very action right here as far as suing UMG it was released on the for all the dogs deluxe edition november 17th 2023 so all the way back then it was beefing way before any of the metro future albums way before drake engaged in a rap battle with kendrick now that's the that's the other point right engaging in a rap battle when you're already not seemingly not winning the negotiation against UMG.

It's very interesting, right? Why would you engage in a rap battle? Because essentially what Kendrick said are not like us, which I still stand by, was very lighthearted. And we've seen, like, if you go back to my, like that review, I literally say, if this is all Kendrick has, then it's going to be a long day in history. Because what he was saying was not going to cut it.

He was basically like, I got a K-Wall, these nines. You're going to see Pat Cemetery. And when he said on Euphoria, you take it there. I'm taking it. further that's something you don't want to do right and then when he said on not like us certify a love a boy certify pedophile yes ladies and gentlemen that's what he was alluding to the entire time that's what i was talking about the entire time not like us hard hitting lyrics is why i was saying the like us uh yeah the um like that track it was not as uh hard hitting i feel like he was taking

it light so drake would just took that jab and went on to negotiate with umg i don't think people would have care like that right anyways um there's something else I was wanting into. I think we basically covered all the discrefer. These are the biggest discrepancies. There's a lot of discrepancies in the media coverage in a lawsuit. But the main thing is knowing that IHeart radio is still not out of the clear. It's still not out of hot water.

Spotify's not being mentioned in his lawsuit at all when Drake after Drake withdrew the petition. So one could think that Spotify's in the clear. IHeart Radio, he withdrew the petition. but as you see further down in page seven he still got our heart he still got i heart's name in his mouth you know what i'm saying this man said it is likely that commercial speech exception would cover is this is this right one yeah it's likely that the commercial speech exception will cover the conduct and statements UMG made to i heart i wonder what company that is right so anyways um let's get into the media coverage and then we're going to break this lawsuit down page by page

So the media coverage of this whole entire fiasco, right, is Drake resolves dispute with iHeart radio, right? And the only reason I'm giving this to you like the way I am because I want to get into the actual media coverage and I want to get into the actual lawsuit just so you can see the biggest differences because maybe in the midst of this, you know, breakdown will uncover something that I didn't even catch on the first million times I read this, right? So essentially media covered this basically saying that Drake dropped the case against iHeart radio right originally found in uh november 21st twenty twenty twenty four and accused universal music group of making covert payments to iHeart radio to promote kentrae's distragg not like us right and then um january 27

twenty twenty twenty five confirmed that drake and i heart radio amicably umicably resolved the dispute no payments were made by either party red flag no payments were made by either party that's red flag why page one what was I saying before as far as page one section one or whatever let me see if I can find that game yeah section one page one one footnote one Drake and I Heart media reached a settlement satisfactory to both sides that is not say our heart didn't give him any money right so this report that no payments were made by either party you have no idea so anyways they're just assuming I Heart Radio provided documents showing it did not participate in a pay-to-play scheme okay they're not just going to come out say i'm guilty

uh the case was dismissed with prejudice meaning drake cannot refile against iheart radio now what in the actual michael jackson who is who is writing these who is writing these articles further down his lawsuit drake still has ihaar's name in his mouth about receiving paola so no no it's not dismissed with prejudices i don't know where hold up where in the lawsuit let me type this in give me one second dismissed with prejudges hold oh no we're fin to find this because now obviously they're doing their due diligence right pred let me see make sure I'm spelling this right pre p r e okay j you D I C E ladies and gentlemen has nowhere to be found in this lawsuit

so they just they just flat out lied whoever whoever made this one they just flat out lied people saying it was the case was dismissed with prejudice what are we going to do in society when the big conglomerates which I pull all these like articles from big conglomerates if they're just blatantly lying to the masses, right? It just makes no sense. The case was dismissed with prejudice. Ladies and gentlemen, prejudice is nowhere to be found in this entire lawsuit. And of course, it doesn't say that when they talk about withdrawing the petition.

It says they reached a settlement satisfactory to both sides. Anyways, back to this. They also said that the defaming lawsuit against UMG. Okay, so Drake's still suing UMG. We got that Texas petition. Okay, we got that Super Bowl halftime controversy. Drake's legal team claims that UMG continue to spread defamatory content at the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show. All right.

Let's go to a document. Let's type in Super Bowl. Let me see. Super Bowl. Ladies and gentlemen, Super Bowl is nowhere to be found in this entire document. Why are they blatantly lying to the public? I just don't understand. Like, I had to look this up for myself.

That's why I was like, why is everybody out here? Like, one side telling half lies. Other side telling half truths was basically. same thing, right? And basically it's like, what is the actual truth? I was like, you know what? What is the ultimate source that I could look at to be like, it's very unbiased and it will lay out what the situation is. Let me just go. Let me just look up the entire document, download it, and read it off to the public. Super Bowl is nowhere to be found in this. I don't understand why they're saying this when this entire document doesn't mention anything about Super Bowl.

We literally just typed in in a search super bow and nothing popped up. That's actually insane. Yeah, I don't know why they're lying like this. Like it's just like if it's maybe they think that people like just won't research. I think that's the main thing. Like if you don't research or if you just don't care enough to research, I mean, that's fine. That's what platforms like this are made for. But yeah, people just blatantly lying like people don't have Google and people don't have like Twitter.

Not Twitter. Yeah, Twitter. And people don't have like AI. like AI nowadays like hey me don't even get me started by AI man you can pull up all these things and fact check it with the quickness um anyways upcoming legal actions they say the pretrial conference for drake's defamation case is set for april second so for all the drake stands out there mark april second on your calendar hold on i'm going to do it right now because i ain't a lot this going to be a huge case in history because if drake ends up winning it's going to be a lot

of things that that goes down because if you don't know actually let me look this up right quick Because I heart has been, before I say that, I'm going to make sure. Let me see, I heart, radio. Let me see. Has this ever happened? Because I think it did. I remember reporting on this.

But you know, you got to be specific because, you know, people would be throwing lawsuits around. You know, I ain't no Tasha K out here. Let me see. So, let me see. It's not really fine. Okay, this probe. I just nobody doing it.

music industry before okay well i heart has never been found has not been found guilty of payola violations that's interesting let's see has any are you doing this in real time got i got to actually research things nowadays you know what i'm saying people just be talking it's crazy all right so So UMG, oh, wow. In 2006, UMG, they were, well, they settled a paola case involving multiple radio stations. But like I, you know, I heart was never found for a paola violation. So I mean, I'm guessing that's not including I heart. But in 2006, Universal Music Group recordings incorporation agreed to pay 12 million to settle a paola case involving multiple radio stations.

In 2005, Sony, BMG music entertainment settled a payola probe for 10 million, which involved payments to radio station employees to feature the artists. Are we seeing a pattern here? In 2007, four major radio companies, CBS Radio Citadel, OK, Mass Effect, Clear Channel, and Intercom paid a combined 12.5 million in fines for payola-related practices. and 2010 Univision Radio and Univision Services will find $1 million, $500,000 each, by the FCC and Justice Department and Paola case. So when it comes to Paola and settlements being paid out to make these cases go away, we've seen a pattern and history tends to repeat itself. And very interesting that one of the companies that's accused of payola,

settle the payola case for 12 million back in 2006 very interesting anyways let's keep going i'm pretty sure drake wants a little bit more than 12 million but uh yeah so the pre-trial conference for drake's defamation case is set for april second 2025 let me see april second i'm literally typing this in uh drake versus umg starts literally that's well typing it all right because I kind of want to watch it I know they probably I don't know

they probably won't have cameras if they don't have cameras I'm at the I think I could probably get a press pass I ain't gonna lie as far as the podcast I think I don't even know

if I get it passed I don't know let me see Drake versus UMG starts April 2nd I don't know how long it's gonna go I guess until you know

either side settles or wins and then I'm gonna have it remind me a week before and day before. Cool. There we go.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, that's how you keep track of things. All right, so pretrial conference for Drake's defamation case is set for April 2nd, 2025. UMG requested the delay. I wonder why. I wonder why.

But the judge denied the motion. Not denied. I ain't a lie. UMG is so powerful. Yeah, man. UMG is so powerful that, yeah, let's just keep reading it. Drake's team accused UMG

of stalling discovery exchange of evidence. UMG argued Drake with drew key allegations interesting but his lawyers refused this stating they only revised five out of 237 paragraphs what in the Michael Jackson in the complaint uh why so specific hey actually we only revised five out of the 237 paragraphs in the complaint all right my brother what about the pages like come on now what's all these paragraph talk all these paragraph counts like we actually keeping count So yeah, that's the media coverage, right? Now, finally, let's get into the overall breakdown of the lawsuit because ladies and gentlemen, I read through this, I have all type of notes,

and we're going to go through this, and it's not going to be long. Well, maybe long. I don't know. But just know it's going to be in concise fashion. So if it runs long, just know it could have been way longer, because it took me much longer to break all this down. So anyways, 26 pages, right? It's a motion for discovery and continue.

So essentially, the overall case details is 220, and you can read along with me. So, you know, that's why I brought up the entire case. So you don't think on one of these fake news type platforms that just, you know, blatantly follows one side. You know, I pulled up the entire document so you can read through it and make our own, or come to our own conclusions based on the actual document, the full page document, not the two pictures that the lazy content creators are putting up, right? So anyways, 225, uh, 220,

5th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas, right? Aubrey Graham requests discovery from UMG under the Texas Citizens Participation Act. That's the TCPA and a continuance of the TCPA hearing set for March 24th, 2025. Continuance of the, okay, so that's another date. I'm about to write this date down. All right. So we have one coming up even sooner. so we have

I'm just going to type in Drake lawsuit continues through what's this card again T-C-P-A okay so

got to write down these dates you know what I'm saying March 24th all right here we go yep March 24th yes

okay yeah repeat no not repeat no I don't want to repeat uh let's see alert alert let's just do a day before for that one i don't think that was as significant okay so we already know he's suing umg right uh we talked about the tcpa yep uh this is pages one and two right and in page two all right here we go uh

make sure i got the full thing for y'all so y'all can read along with me you know what i'm saying the FCC advisories right on paola violation support drake's claim of umg elicit practices now if you don't know what the FCC is right why can not type let me see you can't type some in please all right here we go all right cool if you don't know what the FCC is right it is the federal communications commission which is an independent US government agency responsible for regulating interstate and international communications across various platforms Now, FCC advisories on payola violations support Drake's claims of UMG's illicit practices.

So he's not alone in this. A related defamation lawsuit against UMG in New York filed January 15, 2025 with these allegations. So they're like, we've been one to get y'all. And now we've got one of the top dogs in music claiming that you're also engaging in payola. Yeah, we fin the team up. So that is essentially page two, right? and then we come to then we come to page three page page three through eight is is talking about discovery right drake is arguing for uh no drake uh drake argued for limited discovery under tcpa right

citing that cases like in re and telacentrics inc in 2018 as umg holds key evidence UMG's TCPA motion claims their actions are protected free speech or exempt commercial speech but Drake seeks discovery to refute this alleging payola and fraud right so that's basically pages three three through eight and that's the overall summary of this because in general y'all don't want me just sit here and read off the whole document so I'm giving you the overall summary because I already went through this in depth to like see the most important parts so that's why I'm going to I'm pulling out. Page, pages nine through 10, right? Drake requests a four-hour deposition and documents from UMG on their promotion strategies, agreements and financial and financials? What does I say that? Yeah, okay.

And financials related to not like us in Texas to assess TCPA applicability. Hang on a lot. Four-hour deposition, this is the most, I think this is the, juiciest part of the entire document because like I said section one it focused on discovery what are we mainly talking about discovery payola things in the nature they haven't brought up not like us lyrics once right they're just talking about the efforts and the promotion to boost it above whatever he thought he was putting out that time right so essentially this is just mainly focusing on payola bots pay for play type tactics and of course he wants discovery in the form of a four hour deposition and

as from UMG on the promotion strategies, agreements, and financials related to not like us. And so that that's basically what nine and ten is about, right? And then we get into page 10. Let me see. Then we get into pages 10 and 12. And then Drake is seeking to delay the TCPA hearing to complete discovery. Interesting. So he wants to delay the.

that's that's weird so they're saying they don't want UMG to delay the case Drake is seeking to delay the TCPA hearing which I remember writing that down that was March 25th right and let me see oh it says right here UMG notice is TCPA TCPA motion for a hearing on March 24 yeah that's the one I wrote down okay so Drake is asking the court to continue the hearing on that motion so I don't know why I don't know why this is the opposite Drake maybe I didn't read it right seeks to delay the hearing to complete I don't know what that means yeah the actual document says that he's asking the court to continue so I don't know why they're saying delay why they say in delay discovery described UMG notice is TCPA motion for hearing on March 24th Drake therefore asked the court to continue hearing on that motion pursuant what in the world pursuant

that's how you say until discovery can be completed so maybe he is delaying it I don't know what pursuing means

I ain't going to lie to you let me see per we look this up on the spot per pursuant definition please

in accordance with the law oh okay um Drake therefore as the court to continue the hearing on that motion in accordance with the law until discovery can be completed.

I don't know what that means. The discovery described above will be completed in enough time to allow the court to conduct the hearing on or before the 120-day deadline. For the above reasons, Drake respectfully asked this court to grant his request for the pre-hearing discovery and continue the hearing for the TCPA motion. So he's not delaying it. he's continuing it so i don't know that's this why we you know this why i fact check you know i wrote that down i was like i don't know i wrote that down uh so anyways um as pages nine and 10 obviously and then pages uh 10 and 12 is just you know that's just a bunch of uh you know he's just basically saying who's under him like amad you know all these different names that's under him as far as

uh attorneys and things of that nature and then you know the whole certificate certificate care of service things that nature and then we get into section two now section two is when we get into the lyrical content of not like us so as far as the overall lawsuit the main focus out the gate is getting payola exposed right but to do that they need certain um discovery to prove their claims but UMG's not just going to come out and be like hey you got us right they're not going to do that uh so that's why the TCPA is getting involved in things that nature as far as the FCC and them looking into it because it's a third party that's I mean essentially unbiased because they've busted these corporations in the past I mean 2006 Universal Music Group recordings agreed to pay

12 million to settle a payola case involving multiple radio stations so it's not like this hasn't happened before right so anyways let's keep going section two focusing on a lyrical content right filed on november 25th 2024 drake is petitioning um and seeks depositions from iheart media and umg recordings so once again drake has i heart's name in his mouth but he's still withdrew the petition which goes to show that two things could be true drake can withdraw a petition against iHeart media and iHeart media can still be in the thick of the lawsuit because he's still going after certain payal attack is by umg and then one of the corporations that he wanted they're one of the biggest radio stations he wanted to focus on that they was uh funneling

payled or through allegedly right so anyways um drake seeks depositions from i heart media and umg to investigate pay to play schemes arguing the benefit outweighs the burden under Texas what in the world? Text R-Siv P-202. See, that's lawyer talk. I don't know what that means. Relief and then let me see. Let me see. So basically

oh, I don't know a lot. Section 2 is like super low. I missed that. I skipped all the way to page 11. My fault. Let me go back to my notes. Page 1. Okay. Am I on page 1? I am not on page? Okay, I'm on page 1. This is page one. We already talked about the lawsuit. You know, he's basically going after depositions,

but he wants them from iHeart media and UMG recordings, right? All right. Now let's continue. My fault for that. Page two and six. There we go. Page two and six. Let me take off the Super Bowl.

We already proved them wrong with that one. Page two and six. Not like us. The fame streak. This is when we get into the lyrical content. And basically they said the song hitting number one on Billboard is hurting Drake's image, right? And it was amplified through IHeart media. So once again, he's getting back into the pay-to-play tactics between UMG and PAYL and I-Hart.

Right. So even though he withdrew the petition, obviously in this lawsuit, as you see, and pages 2 to 6, he is still going at I-Hart. Let's see if I can find I-Hart right quick. iHeart is all throughout this lawsuit that's insane okay hold on let me see amplia let me see am no that's not it uh let's see reach i'm trying to see the main okay yeah okay so right here on page two it says umg may not like us available for radio play including iHeart media which you know it's normal a mass media corporation headquartered uh yeah headquartered and

in Antonio, Texas. I heart boost or boast that it is the number one audio media company in the U.S. based on consumer reach. IHeart claims that it reaches nine out of 10 Americans every month and has more reach than any other media company in the U.S. IHeart owns IHeart Radio. Okay, IHeart Media owns IHeart Radio, a premium. broadcast, podcast, radio streaming, and music streaming platform. Radio stations all over the country, including stations owned by our hard media, have played not like us. Now, of course, that doesn't really tell us too much.

But right here, when they say in the last quarter of 2023, UMG through its recorded music and, let me see. Okay. in the last quarter of 2023 UMG through its recorded music and music publishing divisions

had an ownership interest in more than 60% of the 100 songs listed on the Billboard Hot 100 radio charts okay they're basically saying what I'll be saying all the time like UMG is the big dogs their own majority of the music market share

like it's not I mean you know it's interesting you know it's it's board a line of monopoly but nobody's out here calling Walmart and Amazon Monopoly, right? I mean, I guess people are, but still. UMG is just dominant in their field by far, right? So as far as the radio airplay, that's interesting, but it's basically just showcasing how powerful I-Hart radio is and UMG is, right?

And that's why the whole pay-to-play stuff is coming into effect as consistently as it is, because he's basically saying, if you fudge the numbers enough through two of the most influential platforms, forms, then you're defaming me because the track that you're promoting like this is calling me a PDF, right? So that's whole, that's Drake's whole claim in this lawsuit is the payola aspect. So pages two through six, as you know, we've read off some of page three, it's basically talking about how big I heart and UMG is. Now, page seven and eight, let's get to seven and eight.

Okay, pages 7 and 8 is basically naming Iheart again and UMG, but the court has jurisdiction over both due to their Texas activities with venue property and Bexar County. So, yeah, it's just talking about jurisdiction. That's kind of boring. Nine and 10, pages 9 and 10 is getting into the overall position of Drake and Drake's team. seeking deposition from iHeart media and UMG to investigate pay to play schemes arguing the benefit outweighs the burden under um and then it gets into lawyer talk again so essentially

payola is the main thing like as far as the defamation being a part of this overall case that was laid out in an 81 page document that i'm not trying to read right that was talking about more about the defamation that not like us was causing for drake's crime career. This lawsuit is one with drawing the petition from IHeart, uh, from IHeart, right? But of course, as you see following that announcement in this lawsuit, he has IHeart's name all throughout this lawsuit. So there's still in the thick of things and he's still looking for Paola at, well, mainly going at UMG, but also wants to look into IHeart. And he's using the FCC and the TCPA to accomplish that.

So there's a lot of things happening behind the scenes. And there's a lot of smoke and mirrors, which is why, you know, over here at the notorious mass effect, we like to keep it eight more than 92 to give you the entire facts to let you do of that what you will. And, you know, essentially pages 11 and 13 of section 2 is, you know, him, you know, requesting a hearing within 15 days for deposition. it's probably the March 25th date I think as far as what I had on my calendar for the what's it call the TCPA hearing so anyways Drake requests a hearing within 15 days for

depositions filed on November 21st right his verifications confirmed the petition's truth things that nature of East signature so if y'all want to see it you know there's Drake's signature like he a proud snitch ain't gonna not too look at this this man proud This is a proud Karen right here. That's the signature, ladies and gentlemen. I ain't a lot to you. So anyways, yeah. That man is still a blue-collar snitch and he's still the hip-hop caring,

but at the end of the day, him only naming Not Like Us in this defamation lawsuit, even though he's going at Paola, is why I'm calling him the hip-hop Karen. Because if you don't know, if you engage in a rap battle, and then you lose, and then you put out a defamation lawsuit that only cites that particular song that people say lost you to battle, some could say, you're a hip-hop caring. A lot of people love to spin the narrative and say, oh, he's suing a corporation. No, buddy, he's not. If he was suing UMG, not like us would be one of the many songs he would have listed that UMG used paola for. why is the only track that's listed in this entire lawsuit

not like us by kensic lamar post rap battle y'all let me know that so anyways um because you know sabrina she's under UMG she has you know she has one of the top albums uh the weekend he has one of the top album chappelle rowing let me let me type this in here let me type this in here let me type this in here he ain't named chapelle rowing if this can if this ain't about the battle you know what i mean everybody loves to say it's not about the battle right let me see is kendrick in this Kendrick's listed wow 10 times in this lawsuit you type in Kendrick kentrich's names all throughout this lawsuit i wonder why i wonder why 10 times you know i'm surprised he named kendry's name 17 times in this lawsuit anyways um

but you know you type in chapel right man that's nowhere to be found let me see the weekend oh wow okay he's under UMG as well i don't know why he's not in the lawsuit let me see Sabrina? No, Sabrina's not here. You know, ain't all these artists under UMG and doing phenomenal numbers on the charts? Hold on, let me type in Taylor Swift. You know, certainly Big T got to be in here, right?

You know what I'm saying? Let me see, Taylor. Did I spell that right? Yeah, Taylor Swift. Oh, she's in here. Oh, wow. She is listed. She's actually listed in here.

Hold on. Hold on. Where is that at? Why is it? How late? Where is that? Let me see. I can't see if it's hot light.

I ain't gonna lie. Am I blind? Okay, the record's shattering spread. Not like a some, some. Where is Taylor Swift naming this? I heart. I heart radio songs with the most play. Some, some, some.

Where is Taylor Swift? Oh, here it is. Cedric Thornton. Kendrick Lamar is not like us break streaming record. Pass is Cardi being Taylor Swift, Black Enterprise. So, you know, it's not even talking about Taylor Swift in a bad way.

It's literally saying that. Kendrick broke Taylor Swift record. of course they're doing paola that's basically that's basically why the only uh name drop of taylor swift is at this moment he's like hey bro you ain't fin to tell me in a million years that kendrick got out here out selling taylor like come on now obviously you're doing some type of paola now this is drake words not me i'm just no lawsuit is in front of you analytic dreams video on spotify to see the video along with audio but i see what i'm saying right this is post rat beef which is why we're calling him the hip-hop caring because you're essentially only suing the guy who beat you in a

rap battle because of tactics that you are also benefiting from right if it was actually a umg type of lawsuit why not name more umg artists instead of the only track that you're highlighting it's not like us i wonder what battle that track came in anyways so that's about it ladies and gentlemen, I ain't going to lie. You know, I think we broke this down pretty significantly. At the end of the day, that's why you should rate this five stars. You know what I mean? Share this to somebody who loves music industry talk and gaming industry talk.

Notorious mass effect. Don't forget. And make sure to follow. You know, click my link to your bio. Let me know one of my social medias. What do you think about this overall lawsuit that Drake is putting out going at UMG for Paola through IHeart radio and other radio stations? And what is your biggest takeaway from what I think?

is an unbiased review of this 26 page lawsuit. And I quote, instead of accepting the loss like the unbothered rap artist he often claims to be, comma, he has sued his own record label in a misguided attempt to solve his wounds, period, end quote. So with that being said, ladies and gentlemen, we are getting into another. installment of the UMG versus Drake ultimate war going on currently. I don't know if y'all have watched Invincible, but as far as the Invincible War, the UMG war is a lot more satisfying for a lot of music industry connoisseurs because Drake has and definitely put here's prime as far as on the charts in jeopardy.

Because if you don't know, UMG currently has 54% of the entire music market share, right? Universal has 54%, Sony has 30%, Warner has 10%, and the others as far as smaller labels and independents, they have collectively 7%. So Drake has been a part of UMG for quite some time now since 2009 to be exact. So for him to now in 2025 go at UMG via a lawsuit post, rap battle and that's very important especially with the defamation lawsuit citing the track that ultimately lost you to rap battle it's a gray area that is going on for quite some time because

both sides won't admit their own faults drake's side won't admit entering into the battle amidst negotiation with umg and umg they won't admit certain practices, and let me just say allegedly, that they did to give size seven, I mean a white tank top, I mean, I always forget his name. My fault. Kendrick. They give Kendrick the upper hand in the battle. So with that being said, we're going to get into a lot when it comes to Drake versus UMG because

we have a new lawsuit. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, after a hundred million pages of lawsuits, there's still more to get into and then dive into because just recently UMG has released their. lawsuit responding to Drake basically letting him know that hey Drake engaged in this publicized rat feud we didn't force him that's essentially what's the loss what the lawsuit is about analytic dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with the audio because of course I have the entire 32 page document up on the screen because if you don't know if you haven't followed the podcast right I've covered this battle well this war I might add extensively to the point where

that was dropped on Drake's side was the Spotify side, right? Back in January 15th, which you could look up on a notorious Mass Effect podcast, whatever podcast platform you listen on, I talked about how Drake dropped his first legal petition, but it's still suing UMG, right? So a lot of people saying, oh, look, he dropped the lawsuit, UMG won. But of course, people just not reading the full lawsuit, they're just ultimately coming up with their own conclusions based off headlines, right? that's why I like to get into the whole lawsuit.

So at the end of the day, you can say what you want about my opinions, but I do try to showcase the full scale of what's going on and let you decide what is ultimately the right side as far as Drake and UMG. So anyways, Drake dropped the petition for Spotify, but he's still suing UMG.

And then fast forward to March 5th, 2025. And of course, Drake dropped his petition. towards i heart but of course is still suing UMG over the defamation track well the defamation lawsuit as far as not like us now with that being said there's a lot of things that we have to get into as far as the petitions being dropped and as far as the lawsuit versus UMG because we have to cover the entire spectrum so i'm going to get into the overview of drake versus UMG I'm going to get into the internet reactions because they were hilarious. I ain't going to allow to you. Some people on UMG side, some people on Drake's side. And I'm just here loving every bit of it

because, of course, we're almost at 10 million downloads. So at some point, you know, we're going to hit that mark. And I think these type of beefs is, let's just say, getting us to that milestone expeditiously. You know what I'm saying? So anyways, Drake and UMG, the first thing I want you to know is that, of course, the rap battle is the main cause for this defamation lawsuit. I know. I know. part of this lawsuit that's entirely just dismissed by the other side is the bot's allegations, right? Because Drake basically said that he would have had more of a fair shot if UMG didn't engage in certain practices to uplift Kendrick's song to the masses, right? It's seeming as if Drake is saying that you suppress my family matters track to promote a not like us track, which is calling me a pedophile, right? So that's the main two points of the lawsuit.

Defamation and accusing Kendrick's team of using bots. So basically to get more in depth into it, he basically claimed a universal music group promoted not like us to damage his reputation. Allegations of UMG secretly paying third parties is still amongst the lawsuit. So even though he dropped a petition going towards or going at Iheart, he's still including them. and certain tidbits of this lawsuit, which means if he ends up winning,

IHeart is still going to have some ramifications, especially since they are one of the third parties that Drake is alleging that UMG secretly paid off, right? And of course, he also is talking about not like us as far as the music video, as far as the cover art being malicious, right, and associating him with sex offenders. That's another part of the lawsuit.

Right now we're getting to the overview for people who don't have the longest attention spans. Let me just play it like that. You know, I won't call y'all TikTok brains, right? I'm just going to say you may not have the longest attention span. So right now we're getting into the overview. I'm going to get into the internet reactions. And then we're going to get into the entire lawsuit because I read the whole thing, took notes.

I'm going to go through the whole lawsuit page by page. And we're going to break it down. So get your favorite snack, you know, whether it's popcorn, but your favorite drink, you know, and we're going to get into it. So that being said, UMG's response in totality was basically calling Drake's lawsuit misguided saying it was a reaction to losing a rap battle and argue that the disc track was a form of artist artistic expression using hyperbole and exaggeration and then of course they quoted drake himself because i guess UMG was trying to get in their lyrical back right so they quoted drake's own

disc tracks where he used similar inflammatory language which we're going to get into more we're going to get into the details of it later. So anyways, and they ultimately pointed at the First Amendment protections for hyperbolic insults and hip-hop. And of course, they refer to past legal precedents where courts dismissed defamation claims and cases involving artistic expression. So with this being said, well, what that being said, well, would that being. said now that you have UMG side now that you have Drake side you just have to know that this is an ongoing court battle so this is far from over this is actually a huge deal in the music industry if

drake wins now I've talked about this in a past because of course this has happened before let me get the exact date but as far as UMG being caught or payola let me see so as UMG being caught for payola this has happened before i know that may make the umg defenders upset but back in 2006 umg who was still regarded as the world's largest music company settled with the new york attorney general's office for 12 million dollars back in 2006 mind you 12 million dollars following accusations that is executives engaged in illegal pay to play tactics. Hmm.

So you're telling me a music label that were already found, oh no, not even found guilty because you know what when you settle. That's the way to get around being found guilty, right? When you settle for $12 million because you was accused of engaging in the legal pay for play tactics, I wonder what Drake's ultimate goal is as far as this battle between UMG. So anyways,

it's, um, very interesting how. They've been found guilty for pay-for-play tactics in the past, but people are acting like this. This is just blasphemous on Drake's part to even accuse this music label of such things, right? They're acting like this has never been the case, and UMG has just been going at it the straight and narrow way, and they've just been putting in the hard work, and they haven't been found.

Well, you can't say found guilty, but they settle. UMG settled for pay-to-play tactics in the past, more specifically, And it was announced on May 11th, 2006, to be even more specific. Because the then-attorney General Elliot Spitzer basically talked about it. And that was one of the biggest investigations in the music industry. And that was conducted by Elliott Spitzer. So when you settle, you don't have to admit guilt. But when the details come out that you pay $12 million, it's almost like you pay for the problem to go away.

You know me? It's a very straight cut objective for Drake if you're looking at it from actually reading the lawsuits. If you read the lawsuits and look at what Drake is actually trying to acquire, it's probably just some type of monetary compensation for ultimately damaging his career. And he's going about it in a way that he has a great case because he has some history to back him up as far as UMG engaging in these tactics. So anyways, with that being said, Now we're going to get into the latest involvements of the internet because you already know when it comes to the internet,

they look at headlines and they don't read the entire lawsuit at all. So they basically had jokes for days. Somebody said that UMG was like, remember when you was doing countdowns for three weeks? Remember when you were saying, tell that little boy to drop? Remember?

And guess what? Analytic Dreams video on Spotify to see this because this is the picture they put up. Ladies and gentlemen, you can't make this stuff up. The internet is undefeated. Because how in the world do you get a picture of Joseph Anthony Budden in this very moment? Like how in the world do you pause the screen to even get this picture? And that's the picture she used to mock Drake.

She was basically saying to reiterate, right, to go along with this picture to make it even more obvious to, you know, the mockery that's happening right now on the internet, Torres Drake. She basically said, UMG, remember when you was doing countdowns for three weeks? remember when you were saying tell that little boy to drop? Remember? She was trying to get him to remember. Anyways, somebody else said, my favorite part of the motion was when they say Drake bringing up Millie Bobby Brown on Hart Part 6, which I might add.

That would have been my main argument for UMG. But obviously it's in their response lawsuit. But I would have came out at the beginning. Like, hold up. Does the Hart Part 6 not exist? Didn't you say that you heard it on a budding podcast? It must have been true. goes along with this picture

anyways let's keep going so when Kendrick never mentioned her proved he knew people thought he was a pedophile way before not like us Drake did set the groundwork for Kendrick to take off

I ain't a lot to you like as far as a construction career in Drake's future the way he laid the groundwork for Kendry to just ultimately call him a PDF with no ramifications I mean at the end of the day, y'all really got to look at this, right? In totality, Drake called Kendrick, a woman beater, said his kids, well, no, one of his kids. It's not his, and not only is it not his, it's his managers day free, right?

This is all the legend. I'm just saying what these two gentlemen said towards each other, right? Kendrick, he told Drake, hey, you're a pedophile. You like having provocative actions with little kids, which is insane. And then before that, before he even got to the PDF allegations, right, this man embodied the, you know, rest and peace of Stanley. He embodied one of the most creative humans ever to walk planet Earth and said, I'm going to make up a whole fictional character and say, you have a daughter. Yeah, so meet the Graham. It's a whole verse where he says and claims that Drake has a daughter. Why do people not bring that up?

Because, you know, of course, who cares about the facts when the lie is. more entertaining. Drake, well, I can't say that, but Kendrick said, Drake has a daughter and he likes little kids. Like, make that make sense in 2025, right? So, obviously, these two gentlemen have been going to the depths of hell to throw insults at one another. So when we get into lawsuit time, it's very interesting and it's very provocative from the standpoint of, man, what would drive somebody so mad to where they put together an entire defamation lawsuit that not only would affect UMG and Kendrick but will also affect the whole music industry if he ends up winning right because at the end of the day i don't think UMG will ever let it get to a point where he will

ultimately win like i don't think UMG will ever go through the full process where they know they're losing and end up being found guilty i think if they know they're losing they're going to approach Drate probably give him the the record deal that he'd been wanting, right? And call it a day and just call it a settlement, just like they just like they did back in 2006 with the New York Attorney General's office when they settled for 12 million for pay to play tactics, right? UMG is not ignorant to the situation of pay to play. So anyways, um, these two gentlemen have no ground to stand on when it comes to the moral police. Because where's the actual police?

If this is true, right? I mean, are Kelly in prison? Epstein? Y'all know what they did, Epstein, but hey, anyways, are Kelly's in prison? Right? If these accusations are even, if there's even an inclination of truth, ladies and gentlemen, we need to get the legal authorities involved. Anyways, let's keep going.

So that was the internet reaction. of course they were just making jokes at all this not reading the lawsuit at all but i think it's very entertaining because that just ultimately adds on to what i do at the notorious mass effect because once i get into this uh lawsuit a lot of people short attention uh attention spans won't be able to you know pay attention like it's just that plain and simple like i'm going to get into the lawsuit and like in depth page by page obviously won't take too long because i already wrote notes and things that nature but um this whole lawsuit has a lot of a lot of a lot of great details and then also you know just in case I have to pull it up I do have

the other lawsuit so oh actually I almost forgot about that also before we get into this lawsuit I did have a professor right there was a professor that reached out from from where you're at university right he like email me and stuff he sent me like a clip right and obviously I'm joking but of course at the end of the day I had to implement this video before I got into this lawsuit because it ultimately showcased is what turmoil Drake has been put through as far as the vitriol lyrically from side seven I mean Kendrick Lamar right so anyways I got the lawyer from where you're at university and he's basically no not lawyer I got a professor from where you're at

university and he's one of the greatest professors you like known the man and he put together this short video to let you all know what is going on in the Drake and UMG situation so let me just play this right here so this is uh he sent me a little video, right? Some of y'all may recognize this mean, but for those who's only listening, just listen to this audio treat as far as the Drake versus UMG is considered. See, as you can see, the more you fuck around, the more you're going to find out. And also, if you stay down here, I never fuck around, you'll never find out. Oh.

I hope this lesson is helpful. Wow. You know what? I never really looked at it like that. You know, if you look at it from the standpoint that he has an entire graph to showcase what he's talking about. You know, if you go to the point where he circles the sevens and the seventh, like he's saying like every time you, and this is a PG podcast. So I'm just going to use the PG version. Every time you mess around, right, you're going to find out.

And the levels of you messing around could indeed increase the levels of you finding out. Wow. That's crazy. I ain't gonna lie to you. I just now realize that. Like this chart made me understand what he's talking about as far as this Drake versus UMG battle. Like Drake was telling that boy to drop drop rapping his Tupac himself, you know, like digital blackface. You know what I mean? You know, he is. Anyways, with that being said, digital blackface, uh, rapping at Snoop Dog, basically telling Kendrick to drop, giving him ammo to use when he drops. And then he actually. used it and so this graph just puts it all in perspective see as you can see the more you fuck around oh the more you're gonna find out wow and also if you stayed on here and you never fuck around you'll never find out so i think what he's saying is if if drake would have just

chilled out right if the like that verse came out and drake was like you know what i'm not even gonna give that any attention because all he said was i got a k with all these nines he gonna see pet cemetery right if he would have just let that alone and let that be and basically tell his fans she'd be like you know what once i get this new deal then i'm going at size seven i mean white tank top i mean Kendrick lamar but no this man did not want to stay at ground zero which is what this man is talking about basically drake didn't want to stay at zero so the more he kept messing around and you see the evolution on a chart hold up let me sure y'all can see this right quick and you see the evolution of defining out.

I mean, push-ups, Taylor-made freestyle, okay. And then you have Mithraums, which that's not at all how to discography went. So I'm just going to do it because I know the discography. So he put out when it really started, right? He put out Family Matters that was the greatest rap track of the entire beef.

I still will say that to this day. Kendrick followed that up, expeditiously dropping, Meathograms, and then not only did he drop Meet the Grams making up an imaginary daughter, right? Then he dropped

not like us. Ladies and gentlemen, I think I didn't crack Da Vinci's Code. Who would have thought that if you mess around enough, you will find out?

But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip-hop. Like, what's going on? So anyways, let's get into the full lawsuit because, of course, at the end of day,

I want to appreciate that professor from coming out of where you're at university to give us that great lecture and hopefully y'all take or took notes and do your homework as far as why he says if you mess around enough you'll find out so ladies and gentlemen we're about to get into a particular part of this segment where people who actually want to know the objective facts will probably not be as entertained because we're going to just get into the entire lawsuit and i'm going to break this down like a kilo of moly cyrus right all right so um um

With page one, right? Page one is essentially talking about the overview of this case, right? You got Aubrey Graham right here, Drake Graham, which is a crazy name because you know how many rap bars have been made using this guvety? Like, what did Drake say? People getting rich off my guvies? Like, people really did get rich off his guvary. And then, you know, Graham, Drake, Aubrey,

I mean, there's just so many ways to flip there as a rapper. Pause. So anyways, UMG is right here. All right. So that's page one. All right. We got page one down. Only 31 more to go.

So anyways, page two, right? What do we have here? Table of contents, ladies and gentlemen, this is basically just talking about how they're going to break down this entire situation, like a kilo of Tate McCray. All right. And then we have, uh, well, actually, let's just go through the little pages right here, right? So essentially, you have page one introduction, right? Statement of facts.

Page two. Drake and Lamar engaged in a vitriolic. Ooh, okay. I thought that was Viltrumite for a sale. Hold on, hold on. Is that Omni, man? A Viltrilic. Mm, okay.

You know, I use vitriol all the time. I don't know why vitriolic is throwing me off. Not Like Us is a massive commercial and artistic success. That's page eight. Argument. Page nine, right? Legal standard. Page nine.

Okay. Drake fails to stay a class. for defamation page 10 the alleged defamatory material is non- actionable opinion and rhetorical and hyperbole page 11 Drake cannot allege that UMG acted with actual malice that's page 17 Drake fails to stay a claim state your source stop explain uh stay a claim for harassment in the second degree all right that's page 19 Drake fails to say to say state acclaim under New York GLB. That is definitely lawyer talk. I don't know what in the world that's talking about. That's page 22 and we have the conclusion. Page 25. So ladies and gentlemen,

as you already know, when it comes to this, it's going to be very interesting because I really broke this down and took notes. So we won't have to read every single sentiment that's on these pages, but we will go page by page just in case you want to read it for yourself. Analytic Dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with the audio. Hopefully it's close enough to where I can see. I think y'all can see that. Hold on to see. Let me see. I'm trying to get to where it has the whole.

Okay, yeah. I think that's cool. Yeah, that's cool. I should be able to read that. If you can't just zoom in, but I think I zoomed in enough to where y'all can read it. I just want the whole page up.

All right, so anyways, page seven. So this is essentially page seven, and UMG starts off by saying that essentially Drake's complaint lacks merit, right? I'm not reading this line for line because then we'll be here for hours and who has that type of time?

right um um um g argues that dregs complaint lacks merit right it stems from a public rap feud with kensik lamar there's a lot of hyperbolic insults artistic expression not actionable defamation uh harassment of course they said that this feud context context is basically escalating lyrics in media right So they undermine Drake's claims, essentially, and that's the premise of page seven, right? And then we get to page eight. And page eight details defuse history, noting that Lamar's insults via tracks like, not like us, which Drake alleges defame him. UMG contends that these are non-actionable opinions or rhetorical hyperbole, citing the rap battle's commercial success. and cultural impact and also mentions UMG's global status in case you got it messed up

in case you really wanted to find out uh UMG is the biggest player in this music industry already read off the percentages at the beginning of the segment for a reason if you want me to tell you again UMG currently has 54% of the entire 100% music market share ladies and gentlemen they are not to be messed with so anyways uh let's keep going so that's basically page eight They talked about the global status. Yeah, things of the nature. Okay, page not. Like I said, you know, I wrote notes.

I'm going to be able to point out when it actually gets juicy because it's basically just the history of not like us, which if you fall in notorious mass effect, you definitely already know the history by now. So anyways, page nine out of 32. Crazy, right? Describes the rap fuse escalation between Drake and Kendrick. So now they're just letting the court know the history, right? Talking about push-ups, talking about like that. talking about

Kendrick alleging certain things and Drake's life going on and things of that nature. And they claim that Drake filing his lawsuit claiming defamation and harassment by UMG for promoting Kendrick Lamar's tracks is artistic

artistic expression, right? That's how they respond to it and basically talk about how defuse commercial success Lamar's Grammy wins and cultural impact framing the lyrics as artistic expression. So basically the main argument

if I was to get on my lawyer tip, pause, is the using rhetorical hyperbole, not factual assertion, citing rap's competition nature, and they have stuff like Tupac versus Biggie, right? This being compared in the court of law to Tupac and Biggie should showcase how big this time period

would be in the foreseeable future for hip-hop. Because we still took this, day we're trying to find out what happened to Tupac, right? I mean, Kifie D is in prison crying, literally. He's in prison crying for his freedom because he feels like he's been falsely in prison because of his interview on Vlad talking about him being involved. Let me just put that a put like that, being him and being involved with Tupac's murder, right? And he didn't say it like that.

Like, I'm the one who shot him. But hey, put two and two together. Vlad did a phenomenal detective work on Kifie D, which is why he's in prison to this day. All right. So let's keep going. So page, they're basically, yeah, so they're laying out the groundwork, right? It's really nothing that we have to dive into because if you follow the podcast, you already know all this history between these two musicians, right? So let's get into page 11 and 12. So essentially, they start to get more into the lyrics.

They get more into Kendrick Lamar's Euphoria track, right? And they said that Drake alleges the fames, which Drake alleges defames him by questioning his authenticity and parenting. So not only has Drake cited not like us, not only has Drake cited euphoria, not only has Drake basically hopped into the battle emphasizing, um, how, well, UMG emphasizing how, and you can see right here, I'm a highlight in the voice of Snoop Dog, Drake then calls Kendrick Lamar to release the track. This is hilarious. Who put this together? And the voice, in the voice of Snoop Dog, Drake then calls on Lamar to release a, uh, new disc track but still oh now i got to do it you got to show this owl who's boss on the west now's the

time to really make a power move because right now it's looking like you're writing what because right now it's looking like you writing out the game playing how to lose because right now is looking like you writing out the game plan on how to lose i am i'm slow my fault how to bark up the wrong tree and then get your head popped in a crowded room. World is watching this chess game. Let me get full screen for this. World is watching this chess games, but are you out of moves?

That's crazy. I mean, Snoop Dog was spitting. That man said, World is watching this chess game, but are you out of moves? Only if Drake knew. Side seven, I mean, white tank top, I mean, my fault.

I got his name mixed up. Kendrick Lamar was indeed, not out of moves. So anyways, this is hilarious that UMG is citing this in his lawsuit, basically showcasing how Drake's defamation lawsuit is laughable, right? And this is their words, right?

This is basically what they're getting into, breaking down the whole track from Snoop Dogg and Tupac, you know, and Drake basically using AI to replicate the voice, anything like that. But then again to Lamar responding, right, with euphoria and things of that nature. and the reason why they're emphasizing these lyrics is for rhetorical nature, citing rap's history of hyperbolic discracks.

And then they also cited the pop culture, uh, what in the world? The pop culture happy hour podcast. Hold up a podcast getting promotion in a lawsuit? Nah, man, say it ain't so. Say it ain't so. How do I find that? Stop playing with me. Ain't a way a podcast got promotion without.

Hold up now. they plug the podcast in the lawsuit and then it say notorious mass effect hold up I'm about to hate the pop culture happy I don't see that at all is this lying to me as described in the pop culture happy hour podcast transcript cited by Drake ain't no way

hold up now I got to look them up I'm about to send this to myself I gotta watch them now because they are now indeed ingrained into culture shout out to the pop culture happy hour podcast i've never listened but obviously that's not hate i'm just letting you know um i will be listening in the future and this is actually a milestone for this podcast to get this type of promotion oh this is owned by npr what type of industry plant stuff is this oh no let me show this to myself because i do want to listen to what they have to say because if my podcast was named in an entire lawsuit best believe the next two weeks would be me

breaking this down um all right let me see dred lawsuit podcast. This is how I take notes. Hopefully I know. All right. Anyways, let's get back to this. That's actually insane. A whole podcast got a shout out in this lawsuit.

I mean, that's a W of my ad. That's almost as big as a drink. I mean, academics getting named by both rappers in the battle. Anyways, isn't it crazy how after academics got named by both rappers in the battle, he proceeded to follow with one of the worst years. Anyway, with that being said, let's get into the lawsuit, right? It was this page nine. So that was the only time they got cited for that.

That's interesting. Okay. So we have page 11, right? They're basically making fun of Drake, you know, putting out a defamation lawsuit because of this stuff with Snoop Dog and Tupac and things that nature. And they argue that Drake's claims of defamation and harassment lack merit under legal standards. Man, they are really going at their Canadian.

They say UMG will likely argue. No, no, okay. So this is just, uh, notes. So basically, UMG will likely argue the lyrics are as protective speech, not actionable defamation in that N, Y, G, B, L, whatever that is, that lawyer language, that lawyer lingo, right? Leveraging First Amendment and anti-SLAPP. Chris Rock? No, my fault. Uh, anti-SLAPP defenses to dismiss the case. All right, cool. So now we're about to get into page 13 and 14. Hang on, I love this stuff. Like, as far as hip-hop, I don't know. As far as hip-hop, I don't.

I think this is one of the biggest cases in history because not only did Drake become the ultimate hip hop Karen. Like if there was a Thanos version of Karen, that is currently Drake in hip hop. Like, I don't think anybody's ever crashed out legally as much as Drake, which is why I've nicknamed him the blue collar snitch and the hip hop Karen, because this is insane. All right. Page number 13, right, details Kendrick Lamars meet the grounds where he, you know, he embodies Stan Lee, you know, God rest his soul, he embodies Stanley himself by making up a fictional character.

But that's okay, because UMG basically said that Kendricks meet the grams alleging Drake's personal failings, hidden child, predatory behavior. And Drake's claims reputational harm, but UMG argues, of course they're on the side of Kendrick with this one. Ain't that crazy. UMG argues that these are hyperbolic rap lyrics, not facts, citing the fuse artistic context. Okay, so now we kind of see what UMG is consistently saying throughout this lawsuit. A lot of hyperbole and fictional things are being thrown around. But at the end of the day, it's a rap battle, which is why they cited Biggie versus Puck, which is why they cited Drake rapping at Snoop Dogg because is anybody going to actually

think Snoop Dog actually said that? So they're laying out all this groundwork, which is very interesting. Because as far as lawyer talk, they're very straightforward in putting it in layman's terms as far as why they believe Drake's defamation case. It's so laughable, right? So anyways, page 14. Let's go to page 14. All right, so page 14 introduces defamation law.

Asserting statements must be factual, not opinion, to be actionable. Brian V. Richardson, 1995. Ooh, they dropping some gems in this lawsuit. I ain't going to lie to you. As a non-lawyer, I would have been perplexed. I'll be like, hold on now. Brian who? All right, anyways.

UMG cites NYGBL 349 requiring deceptive acts causing consumer horror. The anti-Christrock, I mean the anti-SLAPP protections under NY civil rights law, 78 shielding, free expression, and public disputes. So ultimately, UMG is basically saying that, hey, Kendrick Lamar's lyrics is protected by artistic speech. end of discussion. So let's continue. Page 15. All right, now we're on 15.

Basically, this is talking about Rule 12B6, standards for dismissal. Ashcroft versus Iqbal? Who is that? 2009 and Bell Atlanta Court versus Twombly.

What type of name is that? 2007. Requiring plausible claims period, right? And they continue. For defamation, statements must be probably, probably, it's what a V, it's not even probably,

it's not even probably, I ain't never heard that before. Probably false facts, not opinions. Brian V. Richardson, once again, 1995, claims need consumer harm from deceptive acts and the N, Y, anti-Khrush rock, I mean slap laws,

protect public expression, right? And then we begin to page 16. So basically they're breaking it down in the lawyer terms now. So as far as my, you know, comments about them putting in their lamest terms, now they're getting more into the professional diatribe and terminology used as far as the vocabulary, when lawyers are involved, right? Anyways, page 16 says, UMG argues, not like us. Lyrics are non-actionable opinion and rhetorical hyper hyperbole not facts foul well versus flint 1988 rap's artistic context supports this as lyrics are expressive not factual assertions which you know as a cover of hip-hop UMG spitting right now i ain't gonna lie to you the only way the only point that i'm not with them

is the bot situation but as far as the defamatory side of the UM the situation, I am completely against Drake in this defamatory lawsuit, right? But the bot situation, I think, is where they need to start speaking on. Like, they're speaking on a lot of things when Drake's detailing or what Drake's detailing or what Drake's detailing in the defamation side of his lawsuit. I want them to get to the bots. I want to get to, are they paying off eye, heart, or gnaw? That's what I want to know.

Anyways, let's keep going. So they're focused on defamation, right? Saying this rap, artistic context, things of that nature. And lyrics are. expressive not factual assertions. Drake's complaint falls or fails to meet defamation thresholds

lacking provable falsity. All right. Page 17 page 17 says UMG asserts Kendrick Lamar is not like us. Lyrics are non-actionable opinion or rhetorical hyperbole.

Falwell versus Flint 1988 1988 Stein Hillbler no Stein Hill blur Stein Hill Burr versus Alfonzi on Fonse I don't know how have you pronounce it 1990 right the lyrics alleging Drake's misconduct are framed as artistic expression not provable facts given rap's hyperbolic tradition man they are just gonna hone this point to the ground anything UMG argues courts should never consider no no no my

UMG argues courts should consider context where statements imaginative nature negates defamation, defamation liability. But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip hop. Like, what's going to lie? UMG spitting on this defamation side of the lawsuit. They basically like, boy, if you don't take that to your grave, talking about it's a defa, boy, this man entered hip hop.

That's like being in the NFL, right? It's like, you know what? I can't wait to get to the NFL. I've been training all these years. I've been growing up, and then you get the NFL, and at the end of your career, you didn't have a great career, you know, you're in the Hall of Fame, things that nature. But now you have CTE.

You're like, man, hold on now. In the NFL, like, hold on now. You ain't know what you signed up for it. That's essentially what's happening. Drake has had so much success in hip-hop that he's had multiple CTE-like moments that has happened to him via Pusha-T, via Kendrick Lamar. And some would say, the OG,

the precipice, if that's the right word, of this is Joseph Anthony Button, as far as laying the groundwork versus Drake in detailing things that people didn't even know before. A lot of what Push the T said and what Kendrick Lamar said had influence and inspiration from Joseph Anthony Budden's disc tracks. And if you don't believe me, just type in on YouTube, Joe Button, Drake disc tracks and you would be amazed on what you hear you would think those tracks were released today right those tracks were phenomenal but everybody you know notices and in regards joe budd is one of the greater rappers to walk the earth but of course in this podcast career it's way more successful so

some people don't even know that part of his career anyways uh what was you at uh page 17 okay page 18 okay page 18 cites a bunch of lawyer jargon again and basically said that UMG contends the lyrics exaggerated tone and public figure context shield them from uh shield them under first amendment protections dismissing drake's claim as lacking merit man time and time again UMG is basically telling drake that hey guess what guess what Guess what, buddy? Ain't no defamation when you're a hip hop because of artistic expression, right? All right, page 19.

They're basically talking about hyperbole again, so we're going to skip that. Page 20, the referring to not like us video. Oh, okay, so here we go. So this is this page, make sure, yeah, page 20 is talking about the video, alleging it supports the hyperbole or hyperbolic nature of the feud. The court is urged to view the video's context. Wow, they're like, hey, watch. it because it's in 4k like y'all don't believe us watch it i mean they heber hold on what did

kendrude shoot this video in no no made me have to pull a rdc k dc kbizk i definitely can't pull up the video last time you know the kbos got me kync lamar not like us is that the yeah not like us no not super bowl video all right so let me see goodness 295 million views in eight months that is insane All right. So let me see. Not only did they say they could view the video, but they got 2160p option. They have 1440P option. They have the 1080P option. There's a lot of options. So depending on how they want to view this evidence, let UMG tell it. There's a lot of different high quality options they can use to watch the not like us video. Anyways, so they said that this video is essentially helping UMG's case as far as the shielding or as shielding the statements from the defamation claims under New York law and the anti-SLAPP protections, right? So that's essentially what this page is.

I like how they, I like how they doved into the video. That's actually in, I like that. Because they also said the video opens up with Lamar whispering to a clown that he sees dead people. They probably, they probably, no, they probably try to tell the court, like, you see any, you see any dead people? All right, my fault, my fault.

I think UMG clown and Drake in this lawsuit. This is, man, Drake got to go on tour again. Like, who in the world did he make upset? All right, anyways, page 21. All right, uh, page 21. UMG argues the not like us video context reinforces its non-defanatory nature. Okay, so now we're progressing a little bit. Now instead of talking about the multiple disc tracks from side seven, I mean, Kendrick, they're talking about the video, right?

And it's non-defamatory nature. So Lamar's filming included a cage scene symbolizing the rap's feud theatrically. UMG asserts the video's exaggerated style and public a public figure context, negate defamation, citing Brian V. Richardson. man what was these two gentlemen doing back in the 80s anyways well i guess it's the 90s 95 defuse artistic intent is emphasized and it also went on to say that umg oh this page 22 my phone all okay so uh they went on to say in page 22 that they contend a reasonable listener would view the video statements as hyper hyperbolic not factual so they basically clown in the mess at a trick right now like they are just

32 pages. I ain't going to like to you. Like after I read through it, taking my notes, of course, and then when you're, it's one thing writing it. But once you're saying it out loud, it's like, man, hold on now. They just keep hammering home the point how hyperbole and artistic expression has been throughout the history of hip hop. Why is Drake Suwin? That's basically what the saying. Like at the end of the day, that's basically what they're saying. I just like getting into the details of it. Because I don't want anybody not saying I'm not keeping it eight more than 92 because I got the whole lawsuit up going to page by page and you can read it yourself you know analytic analytic dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with the audio but essentially it's right here playing this day for us to read anyways uh let's keep going so this is page oh that was page 22 let's go to page 23 all right so we're almost done this is uh we have let me see 32 pages okay and basically they're ending the argument which i might add is a lot of things going at the defamatory part of the lawsuit but as far as the bot situation i'm at i'm not i'm at to hear some some better arguments when it comes to drake's bot

situation because i think that's where he has the most credence in his lawsuit to pay for play angle that he's he's going at so anyways um page 23 UMG argues not like us lacks provable falsicity oh no falsity yeah there we go requiring actual malice for drake a public figure so they keep saying the same thing right hyper hyper hyperbole all that type of stuff okay let's get to new stuff uh page 25 failure to stay claim let me see require my list to artistic okay failure to stay claim harassing you oh here we go okay page 26 let's see so we're skipping let me go slow just in case y'all want to pause and read these page by page you know in case in case you don't have tixot brain in case you

to pause and read this page by page. All right, there you go. All right, well, on page 26. Okay, UMG contends that Drake harassment claim lacks merit once more, but then they follow that up by saying, as the feud doesn't constitute deceptive acts causing consumer harm. Deceptor, uh, what? Deceptive acts causing consumer harm.

Now, I ain't a lot to you. when they say consumer harm, would Drake technically be a consumer? Because I ain't even trying to be funny. Drake and I love how people make jokes about this, even though if this happened to them, they would be crying to everybody, right? They would be crying to anybody who will listen, right? Back in May 7th, 2024,

I covered something very interesting that everybody seems to completely forget when it comes to the rap battle. There was a shooting outside Drake's mansion. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, an actual shooting outside of Drake Mansions. Now, if you don't know, shots were fired at Drake's Mansion and Toronto out of all places.

And basically, there was a security guard shot during a late night drive-by, and there was an investigation, right? The police reports, things of their nature. And there was multiple attempts to break into Drake's mansion. And this is post, not like us, right? This is not like, oh, before this rap battle started.

This was in the, this was in prime. Time Kendrick Drake B. Prime time not like us just hitting airwaves and things of that nature, right? Drake had his mansion shot at in Toronto. Who else is a prominent artist in Toronto? I'm just going to let y'all figure that out because I don't like doing police work. But let's just say there's a certain singer that his camp could be the barren Zemo of this entire Drake versus UMG situation. If y'all ever seen Marvel Civil War,

then y'all know what I'm talking about because, hold on, I'm to the... I was about saying, I'm to the left a little bit. I just fixed my angle in the camera in real time, my fault. Y'all can't even see it because of the background. Anyways, what was I saying? The weekend is arguably the Baron Zemo, not even the weekend, his camp,

is arguably the barren Zemo of this entire Drake versus UMG situation. Who from Compton even has a passport to go to Toronto? I mean, forget even leaving the state, right? You go into a whole other country just to break the law? Like we already know, especially with the police reports and things of that nature, that there's a lot of things connecting these events and one thing followed the other. I'm not going to say that the weekends manager cash house got shot up,

maybe a week or two before Drake's mansion got shot up. I'm just saying that there's information out there to put two and two together. That's all I'm saying. The situation that OVO and XO have is a lot more serious than whatever Drake and Kendrick think they have going on. With that being said, some people really have to truly realize who in the world is the biggest hater. Is it size 7 or is it the weekend?

And I love the weekend. Paul's, I like his music. I think he's one of the greatest vocalist of all time. if not the greatest male vocalist. So his camp is who I'm putting this on, right? The weekend may feel a little spite it, being Drake's lackey for take care only to turn on him because now he's the big dog,

like your idols become your rivals, that whole cliche story that literally came to real life when it comes to the weekend and Drake. But it's very interesting how their crews have had a lot more, interactions in the past two years. Let's just leave it at that. All right. So,

um, page 26. So when UMG is talking about how there's no consumer harm, I would argue his bodyguards are consumer. I would argue Drake's a consumer technically. Like, Drake is probably listening to Kendry's music as we speak. He's probably listening to this like,

man, how did I let size seven get me in this rap battle? Like, imagine letting somebody who is not tall enough to go on most of the rise at the fair getting the upper hand on you. Like, ain't that insane if you think about it?

Anyways, page 27. All right, so here we go. Page 27. Failure to state a claim. They're going at Drake again, of course, saying that not like us doesn't involve deceptive consumer acts. I don't want to keep reiterating the same thing, so we're going to keep going.

They're saying the same thing. I find it very interesting how this entire lawsuit we're breaking this down page by page. This entire lawsuit, not once, doesn't mention the bots. Like, am I tripping? Oh, don't know, let me make sure. Bots.

Let me see. Pay for play. Oh, here we go. Okay, so page 30. Oh, okay, so I'm jumping ahead. Okay, oh, they'll get into it. At page 30 or 32, now they're addressing the bots. Now, that's what I'm saying.

Like, I feel like the defamation part, like, okay, we understand that's a stretch, right? like Drake's a little Mr. Fantastic with the reach on the defamation part or the lawsuit. But let's get to the pay for play, buddy. Let's get to what you settled for back in 2006 when it came to the New York Attorney General's office, right? As far as settling for $12 million for pay to play tactics. How about you write multiple pages about defending that allegation, right?

They're really focusing on defamatory, which makes it seem like they're just going crazy on Drake when at the end of the day. the main thing that I think that Drake could or the main thing I think could win Drake the case they want to address it at a page 30 of 32 which is insane all right so I don't want to jump ahead but anyways let's get back into let's get back into UMG only focusing on defamation which I think is a huge mistake um UMG reiterates that not like us lyrics and video lacks provable falsity. Okay, they keep saying the same thing. Oh, conclusion. Okay, they have a conclusion now.

Page 30. Conclusion. UMG urges dismissal, arguing that Drake's allegations are insufficient under and again to lawyer talk, right? Rule 12b6, Twombly, 2007. The fuse promotion is protected

speech under N.Y. Anti-SLAPP laws and no actionable no actionable harm is shown. Reinforcing UMG's defense. Okay. I think the bots was in this part. Let me see.

Type the send again. Pay. Okay, here we go. Okay, so let's get into the pay for play part because that's all I care about. Let me see. It has also received information that UMG engaged in classic pay for play. Okay, so what is left?

Let me see. After subtracting the bogus streaming. Oh, okay, here we go. So they're calling it bogus. They said after subtracting the bogus stream manipulation theory is equally spurious. Okay. I ain't ever heard that word. As an initial matter, all of the remaining allegations are made on informative and belief without stating the basis, therefore.

Drake has also received information that UMG engaged in the classic pay-for-play scheme by playing to increase the airplay of the recording. on the radio. Okay. Did they reject that or they're just saying what Drake says? On information, believe UMG employed a similar scheme by paying social media influences to promote and endorse the recording and video. Hmm. UMG employed a similar scheme by paying social media influencers to promote and endorse the recording and video. Hmm.

I don't really have nothing to say to that. I ain't going to lie to you. Anyways, uh, let's keep going on. pay for play second Drake okay so this page 31 all right we're gonna skip goodness they really do not focus on pay to play at all mind you pay for play is five times throughout this lawsuit the first one comes in at page 25 of 32 second time pay to play is mentioned is page 30 or 32 and that's the third fourth time is mentioned and the fifth time is mentioned is page 31 of 32 ladies and gentlemen if you're trying to make a response why are you focusing on the main thing

that is not even the biggest threat to you. Like the defamation part of the lawsuit, I don't even think it's a case, right? I'm talking about the pay-for-play tactics and the payola argument that Drake is literally getting other third-party entities to look into eye-heart, to look into this matter,

which Dave came up with some stuff before, which is why you had to settle in 2006. Why not focus more of the rebuttal to disproving Drake's claims that you are using payola or implementing payola tactics very interesting

but if you type in defamation right so pay to play is not anywhere in here but I mean it's in here five times but as far as throughout the lawsuit is barely in here right you type in bots they don't name bots at all actually here we go uh bots page 29 all right

the centerpiece of this claim was utterly false okay utterly false assertion that UMG used bots to stream not like a strike basis theory on a claim that an anonymous individual alleged on a Twitch stream. Dang. So they could plug, what was it called? They could plug happy power or what is it?

They could plug a pop culture happy hour, but they can't plug academics. Anyways, let's keep going. Individual alleged on Twitch stream that Kendrick Lamar's label, Interscope, paid him via third parties to use bots to achieve. over 30 million in streams on Spotify in the initial days following the not like us released but this claim is then directly refuted by the very source that drake cites in the twist stream man academics getting multiple shoutouts i mean without his name involved the anonymous speaker already a dubious story they call it they call this a little boy a villain

because i was in that stream i know what stream they're talking about basically the um i'm not even going to call him a little boy. Like, he sounded young. But whoever was doing this was talking about how they made a crazy amount of money just running these systems for other people, which is implemented more than you think to uplift status, right? But they're saying that the same person that said that Kendrick was using bots also refuted his own claims, basically saying that he was hired by Anthony Sala,

who is Kendrick Lamar's manager and UMG, anoscope are never accused huh hold on now I know I know I know I know I ain't did I read that right did you hold on the UMG just say

that UMG slash anoscope were never accused because okay they do say that it's a false assertion right they say that the source refuted himself no no no they said

that him saying that he got it from Kendrick Lamar's manager refused to claim that UMG was involved in the bots but it doesn't refute whatever went on between Anthony Saleh and the dubious source who uses dubious like it's how you know a lawyer is talking like this man just went to the dictionary just like throwing words at the wall

a dubious source you know going back to the academic stream it's very interesting because he's literally saying it's not us don't put us in that but all i'm gonna say is if you want to know who he was talking about anthony saleh who they named with quotation marks that's kens jimmy lamar's manager but then you know what i'm saying i was like damn look at the state of hip-hop like what's going on they are basically letting you know hey if you really have some type of credible evidence that payola or botts was involved there he is officer in quotation marks and that's kentz Kedj Lamar's manager.

UMG didn't say that they was clean. They didn't say Kendrick Lamar's team was clean. They basically said them and slurting us and whatever they had to do is wrong. And if you want to go back to the source that claim that they was using bots, just know that he was talking about Anthony Saleh, who was

Kendrick Lamar's manager. UMG and Endoscope are never accused. And that's top tier of snitcher right there. I ain't unlike to you. Like if they had McDonald's and Chick-fil-A on, like deck they probably want to give them chick filet for that type of intel anyways critically oh no after umg notified drake's counsel of the falsity of dreg's accusation via a rule 11 letter in a company rule 11

motion drake conceded the falsity and agreed to withdraw and correct the meritless allegation now i ain't gonna lie using quotation marks for a withdraw and correct ending that quote And then following it with the meritless allegation, that's how the public gets confused. Because then they like, oh, Drake never had a case when withdraw and correct could be referring to anything. I ain't going to lie to you. Like, that's so blatantly misguiding the masses, which is why people don't like when people have a motive when telling the information. Like sometimes just giving it straight to the people and letting them decide it's the best route. right here putting these type of with withdrawing correct and quotations and then following that up with the meritless allegations it's almost like you're trying to spin a narrative but you know that's just a whole lawsuit for it so anyways i ain't mad at it you know i guess somebody got to do it uh to be clear umg disputes the contention that anyone paid for or otherwise used bots oh okay here we go so they put this in the notes they put this at the bottom of the book like after they got done pointing pointing the finger saying like hey if it's anybody

as Kendrick's manager that should be in hot water. In the footnotes, you know, just like at the movie credits where nobody reads. So they're basically in the whole movie. They're like, hey, you should go to that person if you want the real information. Now, in the credits that nobody reads, or basically saying, to be clear, UMG disputes a contention that anyone pay for bots to inflate streams of not like us, as there's no evidence of any such stream manipulation and the record evidence filed in a separate legal proceeding. But in all these paragraphs right here, they basically saying, they sing in a totally

different tune trying to clear their name, but basically saying that the source that he's using is talking about Kendrick's manager, Anthony Saleh. And never, that never, or that discussion never involves UMG slash endoscope. It's an evil world we're living. It's an evil world we live in. And that's the only mention of bots in this entire lawsuit. Drake definitely has his strongest case when it comes to the payola aspect. But as far as the defamation, I ain't going to lie, it is laughable. And that's probably why they spent 20 plus pages even dive into that accusation. So the conclusion, let's go to Pace 31.

Let me see. So the conclusion, UMG reiterated that Drake's defamation and harassment claims fail under Rule 12B6, Twombly 2007. And the not like us lyrics are protected speech lacking provable falsity or, you know what? I just realized I was mispronouncing provable the whole time. I said probable. I think I said probable.

I don't know. This whole review has been half serious, have not. So anyways, provable, falsity or actual malice. Brian V. Richardson, 1995. And of course, we go on to say that UMG's legal team. Oh, okay, so then they get into a list of Avengers they have to go against Drake. So this is the whole Avengers,

if you just want to know. Back when I reviewed the Drake case, let me see if I can find that right quick. That's all the way. Let's see. So right here? Oh, here it is. All right, here's the Drake case.

All right, so basically you go all the way to the bottom. You know, Drake's on that thing himself. You know what I mean? I don't know what Lucian Grains yet. but as far as Drake putting the lawsuit on wax, he was letting you know that, hey, I got my lawsuit right here. I'm a proud snitch.

I am a proud truth teller. I will forever and always stamp this lawsuit because of me wanting to get my bag from UMG one way or another. So at the end of this lawsuit, I ain't gonna lie. This is a counsel for defendant UMG recordings. UMG, I mean, Lucian Grange couldn't have been bothered. to sign this himself.

And I understand. That's the most powerful men in the music industry. So, you know, at some point, you got to be like, hey, it's beneath me. You know what I mean? He probably looked at that lawsuit. I know that ain't who I think it is.

And went about his day. You know, he was probably thinking like, hold on, how many millions have we made? I know that ain't who I think it is. And he probably just went about his day. He ain't even thinking about this. So anyways, that's the whole lawsuit, ladies and gentlemen,

hopefully you enjoyed it. We went over in time. But, of course, when it comes to me breaking down the lawsuit, I didn't want to cut it short. I want to give y'all the full analysis, page by page, let you know of what's happening in this lawsuit. Because at the end of the day,

but at the end of the day, you can disagree with my sentiments, but me showcasing the full lawsuit, me showcasing the full lawsuit, me breaking it down the way I did, showcasing how UMG is really just focusing on the defamation part. That's why I believe that Drake has more credence when it comes to the bots and the pay-for-play tactics

because that was sparingly referred to and disputed. but the defamation they disputed like on multiple, like on 20 plus pages, but bots and payola only got like two to three pages in the entire lawsuit, which I think is very interesting. So when this ultimate case happens, when does this actually happen? There's a TCPA hearing. Oh, it's coming up soon. Four days after Assassin Creek launch.

And also, I will use this as the opportunity to plug. I will be playing Assassin Creek Shadows. I know people like my split fiction gameplay and my Asthma Bee gameplay. I will be playing, um, Assassin Curry Shadows Thursday. Just click my link to me my bio for my platforms I stream on, but you know,

just to say it out loud for people listening. Um, live on my, both my YouTube channels. I'm live on Twitch, kick and Twitter. Just type in analytic dreams with a Z, follow me on any of those streaming platforms and get to watch me play

Assassin Curry when it comes out Thursday. So anyways, uh, this TCPA hearing is happening happening four days after. uh assassin creed shadows come out and basically is aiming to uncover evidence of defamation fraud and antitrust uh violations tied to the tracks unprecedented streaming and radio success ladies and gentlemen when march 24th happens 2025 i'm going to be glued to my television because i don't even know if they're going to televise it i doubt it but i know there's going to be those press members who

like Milagros type media heads to go into those courtrooms and basically give us a recap of what happened. So I can't wait for that. And with that being said, hopefully I enjoyed my in-death deep dive on this lawsuit. So click my link to my bio. Let me know one of my social medias. What do you think about me diving into this UMG lawsuit

and basically talking about how they rebutted a bunch of things that Drake claimed in his lawsuit? and what is your overall takeaway from this UMG and Drake War going on right now? And which side are you on? You know, I grew up non-confrontational and always treated this game as a sport when my pen won gold. But these days, the podium has been hard for all of us to ignore, period. I understand that this next chapter may leave you feeling uneasy, comma, but I hope you see my honesty as clarity, not charity, that answers some questions, especially about the unanswered text. You've been sending me, period.

Now, I already know what y'all thinking. Drake's the goat, mascot of hip hop, all the, oh, y'all wasn't thinking that. Oh, my fault. So anyways, as a Drake fan, y'all already know that this next Drake album, I believe, is going to be some of his best work. I believe when rappers go through a tumultuous time. And obviously, Drake has had that type of experience, especially in 2024. I don't think a rapper has ever done to another rapper what Kendrick did to Drake, not, Pock to Biggie, not 50, or not Kanye to 50, not 50 to Jarl rule. I believe what Kendrick did to drink, not even Ice Cube to NWA can compare to the amount of turmoil that size 7, I mean, white tank taught me, I always forget his name, Kendrick, what Kendrick did to Drake, as far as verbally mutilating him to the point where now he, He is suing the label that he is under and is very unthinkable because it's a defamation lawsuit for the track that lost him to battle in the Kendrick Drake War. Now, of course, life has to go on, right?

You win some, you lose some, but you indeed have to live to fight another day. Now, the reason I say all this is simply because Drake's next album is going to be a classic. Now, if it's not classic, I'll just come out and say it's not classic, but I ain't going to lie to you. I don't know if y'all have been noticing, but some sexy songs for you has been growing on a lot of people. And for the haters, even Shalomane, he was like, I'm not even going to speak on the album because I have to be a Drake hater. Now, that should let you know the type of vitriol that some people have towards Drake, whether warranted or not warranted, that's the type of vitriol that they have. I mean, Joseph Anthony Budding literally asked the public, the masses on his ginormous. platform who is out here wearing Nike tykes because he keeps on emphasizing Drake's infatuation

with younger girls if y'all don't know joseph anthony button laid the groundwork for pusher t and kendrick to fly you know how to say you got to crawl before you walk walk before you run well anthony button did everything in between to let push your tea and Kendrick fly off at the mouth and send the most egregious shots ever put on wax towards Aubrey Graham. Now, did Drake ask for it? Of course he did. But we have to realize that Joseph Anthony Button is the epitome of what Drake's downfall

was as far as the rap battle because he and his disses towards Drake. Yes, Joseph Anthony Button used to be a rapper. for those who are young. Joe Budden has some of the most masterful tracks when it came to Drake Dissus. And bits and pieces of that was used in Kendrick's rebuttal. As far as push the T, not as much, because the kid angle was a new thing.

We didn't even know about that, right? As far as Kendrick, he took a lot of things that Joseph said and he used it in his disses towards Drake. I mean, even Rick Ross. And we all know that people sided with Drake on a Rick Ross versus Drake battle, right? even Rick Ross, the whole surgery angle as far as his nose and as far as his stomach, Joe Budden, Ben said that and his diss is Torres Drake.

Now, of course, if you want to look up the Joe Drake disses, it's going to be kind of hard because I don't think it's really on DSP. Let me see, Drake Dis. I mean, he had a bunch of them, right? Making a Murderer, Part 1, Wake, right? I think he made a track. title just because afraid like he had a lot of things that he put out but essentially wake and making a murderer is probably the two tracks you need to listen to and i think if you're a younger listener right

and don't even know that joe butting used to rap and was probably one of the better ones to do it they will be um pleasantly surprised on the amount of quality that making a murderer part one was and of course wake now of course why am i saying all that because in the aftermath of this battle Drake is still battling it out with Kendrick as GNX dethrone some sexy songs for you from number one. If you didn't know, Drake went number one with Party Next Door and the album Some Sexy Songs for You, which is a phenomenal album to the point where, and I've given it some time, to the point where we may have to put this in the top five Drake albums and his discography, because if you think about it, Party Next Door has been openly the writer for Drake when it comes to a lot of these R&B tracks.

Obviously, Drake has his own pen and things that nature. But Party Next Door, I would see it's like the R&B Quentin Miller to Drake, right? And what Weekend did for Drake as far as his Take Care album, I think Party Next Door has did for Drake in his entire career. So Party Next Door and Drake having such a classic body of work shouldn't be as of a surprise to a lot of people because Party Next Door knows how Drake wants to sound because he's been implementing that sound for the longest. And Drake's been using it for himself, right?

it's almost as if party next door is to Drake what the dream is to Beyonce but of course Drake also writes his own tracks because I'm a Drake fan I have to defend him you know I mean he do be writing his own tracks to the point where he's made some of the uh he's wrote he's written for Kanye he's written for Beyonce Kanye even came out say he's one of the greatest writers he's ever work with when referring to Drake so it's not like this man's PIN is just trash you know he has a little help on the V's right it's a little help the collaborative effort right so anyways the reason why say that is because party next door and drake some sexy songs for you went number one right then kentrick lamar genx came out of nowhere like superman just completely

dethroned the album and still to this day is the number one album in the world currently selling around 90 000 units while party next door and drake sold around 89 000 units now i wonder why the discreferency is so minimum It's almost as it. Let me chill. You know what I mean? The lawsuit is going to handle that, right? But let's just say, Kendrick's team is phenomenal.

His marketing team needs to go up there with the 96, 97 Bulls. Because what they are doing as far as performing, they are doing it. Let's just put it like that, right? I'm not accusing anybody or anything. I'm just saying, Kendrick is putting on a phenomenal display on what a marketing team could do for your career while already being a superstar in the game, right? So anyways, if you didn't know, Drake is currently putting out another solo album.

Now, of course, when I said some sexy songs for you was coming out two weeks and ended up coming out like four weeks. So technically, I was around the mark. But the way I knew that, you know what I mean? The world may never know. Maybe I'm just making stuff up, right? So anyways, Drake is going to put out a solo album this year, right?

It's probably going to be towards the tail end of this year. Maybe, you know, there's a certain game that's going to be released. GtA 6 and that has an estimated release date, right? I'm just going to leave it at that. So anyways, maybe, you know, it may co-aline or come around that time, right? You know, I'm just making stuff up, honestly. So anyways, Drake also, the main reason I want to get into Drake, Pulse, is that 2026 FIFA World Cup is coming up, right?

And basically, the FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, talked about the idea of Drake headlining the World Cup final halftime show. So there's a lot of different performers, I believe. And basically, with the World Cup, Drake's name even being floated about as far as being a performer, you already know what we have to compare that to. Kendrick Lamar performed at the Super Bowl, which is the biggest event in American history as far as entertainment, right? Super Bowl is the biggest event as far as the engagement and things of their nature. So now if you perform at the World Cup, you essentially are now putting yourself on a grand scale that's the world.

Because now soccer is the most popular sport when the entire earth is involved. Football is the most popular sport when it comes to Americans. So it'll be a pivotal move if Drake ended up performing at the 2020. FFFFFF World Cup. So that's why I wanted to bring that up. Really nothing too crazy. As far as Drake and his run on the charts, obviously he has the second most popular album in the world

with some sexy songs for you. People think we just talk about Drake for the love of it, right? Like he's not one of the top performers in hip-hop. I mean, I've talked about Tate McCray. I've talked about Chino Packers. I've talked about Bollywood artists. I've talked about everybody who impacts the masses, but seemingly is only pointed out.

when you talk about Drake, right? As far as the continuation or the consistently or consistency. So people have to realize that Drake is one of the more popular artists in the world. It's Drake, Taylor Swift, and Bad Bunny, and then it's the rest of the artists, right? Kendrick's having a phenomenal year, but I like to compare Kendrick to Kowah Linder. You never know when he's going to go on his three to four year hiatus, which he literally did before putting out Mr. Morrell and the big steppers, right? So when it comes to Drake's involvement with FIFA, he basically acknowledged it.

And the FIFA president said he should have his number saved, talking about Drake. And the potential to capitalize on the Drake versus Lamar beef could end up happening with Drake headlining the World Cup final halftime show. Now, the first World Cup hosted by Canada, U.S. and Mexico is, let me see, set to happen. Yeah, to feature, okay, so basically in totality, right? The first World Cup hosted by Canada, U.S. and Mexico, which will have a Super Bowl-esque-type show, would be July 19, 2026. and the audience is expected to be 2 billion with a B viewers. So 2 billion viewers, which is 20x to Super Bow's reach.

I wonder what type of sense that would make for Drake coming off of what Kendrick did to him on the Super Bowl halftime show, which is why I criticized the halftime show the way I did. I believe Kendrick should have went through a lot of his classics and then got to not like us, right? Because not like us should have been played. Don't get it twisted. But as far as my coverage of Kendrick's Super Bowl halftime show, if you just type in Super Bowl analytic dreams with the Z, it should pop up, my coverage of that.

I literally had my own track list because even though I come with complaints about his performance, I had solutions as far as my own tracklist. And it literally had his classics. And then not like us needed to be sprinkled throughout the tracklist, but because of his involvement of creating PG-Lang, he wanted to have as little TDE tracks as possible, which is why I believe he has seven to eight tracks off of GNX. Who in the world wants to hear GNX six to seven times

when it's a Super Bowl performance, right? So that was my whole sentiment. And of course, you know, people ran with it. But with that being said, I do believe Drake is going to headline the FIFA World Cup that is set to happen. What was the date again? Set to happen July 19, 2026.

As far as sport books, so Drake is at plus 150 odds to headline, trailing cold play at minus 300. So it's not a automatic lock that Drake's going to perform, but it's definitely being teased and thrown around that he may perform at the FIFA World Cup, which I think would be phenomenal. But, of course, we have to wait to see what Drake ends up doing with that type of exposure. Like I said, two billion viewers would be there for the FIFA World Cup 20x times the Super Bowl. So, well, that's redundant. 20 times the Super Bowl. So with that being saying, very interesting. Just wanted to break that down because I think Drake headlining the FIFA World Cup final halftime show would be very interesting.

And I would be interested to see what discourse comes about that type of. performance. So with that being said, click my link to your my bio. Let me know on one of my social media is. What do you think about Drake versus Kendrick in general? What do you think about this IG post basically, well, this IG post talking about his next album making people feel uneasy? And do you believe that Drake will end up headlining the first World Cup half time? Well, do you think Drake will end up headlining the World Cup final halftime show when it ends up happening July 19th, 2026? Now it must be the age of prison releases.

And the reason I say that is because NBA Young Boy just released the track, well, just released an entire album from prison. Right. But as far as this particular album, as far as more leaks, it seems like it's older music that Young Boy recorded that's being put out. But of course, when it comes to this specific segment, Mr. Daystar Peterson. himself, aka Tori Lanes. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, recorded an entire album specifically from jail, even having all type of relevant callbacks in his verses to make it apparent that he's recording in prison.

So there's a difference between young boys' album from prison that's essentially older music that was stored and put out to the masses after he went to prison. versus Torrey Lane's recording a lot of his verses in prison, even giving all type of stories on his prison, on him serving his prison time. Because if you don't know, this band currently is serving 10 years in prison. And that is for the 2020 shooting of Megan the Stallion. So Torit Lane is putting out an album titled Peterson. It's very interesting because, of course, He already had an album out that's basically the prelude to this album titled Day Star. Now, when Day Star came out, it came out in, it came out September 25th, 2020.

And then of course, now the sequel Peterson is out and is solely him giving his recollection of stories from his prison sentences, right? How is this happening? That's probably the biggest question you're wondering. How does somebody in prison record an album that sounds like this? Because of course, if you listen to the album, it's phenomenal. From a vocal standpoint, from the verse, the bridges, the chorus, it's like Tori Lanes was in an actual studio recording this. Now, this is just to answer your question, right?

This is essentially the evolution of technology. When I tell you that AI has led to unthinkable possibilities, this is one of them. So as far as the evolution of technology, that is how this Torrey Lane's album can sound like it sounds as far as being directly from a studio, but also him having actual bars and verses from his prison time being served currently. And it's sounding like him because one could say, oh, somebody else could just fill in his verses, right? but then how come it sounds directly like tori lanes and that's what a i comes into play i think what happened was toy lanes probably had a lot of people helping him from a vocal standpoint as far as he will record the verses over the phone right and then train the ai to learn his voice in vocal inflections

and then have somebody going to the studio probably lay down whatever he whatever he had in the studio and then after they took whoever recorded his verse in the studio they took the AI and the training they used to mimic his voice and basically

put that in place. I think obviously I'm just guessing I think that is what happened as far as how Torrey Lanes is able to put out an album from prison that is, that sounds like him and is straight up studio quality. I thought he was

about to get some raspy phone quality well i thought we was fin to get no kia part too i ain't gonna lie to you like as far as this album i thought the audio quality was going to be very subpart and that is far from the case so i know the biggest question coming from this peterson album that's now out on all ds is probably going to be people wondering how in the world is he recording from prison i mean didn't uh who was his name lucius from from empire or yeah from Empire didn't he show you all that you know sometimes they let you know have a little bit of freedom in prison to record right so the prison guard probably listening to troy lanes laid down some verses over the phone and he probably like you know what that kind that kind of sound fire and then to the point where now they're promoting the music right they're promoting the album and people like these snippets sound so fire they may just have to keep him in prison now i'm just joking with that one but of course when it comes to the quality it took everybody by storm because he's actually saying things that's up to date it's not like oh he's talking about stuff from 2020 2020 2021 to 22 there's a lot of things up to date in today's age that he's talking about and

literally one of the standouts from my first impressions of listening to the album i would say is verdict day times lawyer fees that specific uh track i think is the epitome of what i'm talking about as far as up to date versus somebody who sounds like Torrey Lane's. And of course, up-to-day bars from Torrey Lane's perspective on his, not only his prison sentence, but also the way that his entire trial went as far as some of the things that he believes led to him to be guilty. And I thought that was phenomenal. So that's essentially my answer on how he was able to have this sound like so much like studio, like he was recording in the studio, but he's like actually in prison.

Like he's currently serving a 10-year prison sentence. It's not like they left him out on bail to come to and from the studio, right? So that is essentially what I think is happening. And at the end of the day, Peterson is still a phenomenal listen. And it does not drop drastically in quality like I thought it was. So with that being said, click my link, sure in my bio. Let me know in one of my social medias. What do you think about?

Toray Lanes' Peterson album, That's out now on all DSPs. And also, if you don't think I'm corrected as far as my theory on how he had this sound so high quality, what do you think he did to have an album that he recorded in prison sound like studio quality? You know, as far as the lifespan of this podcast, notorious mass effect, there's sentiments that you make that sometimes come true. And then other times you make a bold prediction and it's just flat out wrong, right? So specifically, when it comes to Playboy Cardi, I do admit the way that I've covered Playboy Cardi, especially depicting his status in the music industry as of minimal value to the overall culture, has been incorrect because of the way his fan base showed up for him.

time and time again this this man has manipulated lie and continued to just use smoking mirrors throughout the process of putting out this album music to the point where i thought he was hiding from dsps because he didn't have the status to be able to sell units by himself because usually really whenever I'm talking about these certain things like I always like to bring up the first week sales now with play break hardy of first week sales I look so we're going to get to the I am music the album in a second because it did phenomenal which is why which is why you know you got to give credit when credit is due and this man earned all the credit in the world which is why we're talking about him the way we are today. As when I was making my predictions, I was looking at the charts, trying to see his history of first week sales.

Do you all not know that played Ricardy back in 2017, the self-titled album played Bricardi sold 28,000 units first week. Dylid in 2018 sold 61,000 units first week. Whole lot of red in 2020 debuted. Well, of course these all went. No, actually, yeah, this was his first number one. It's a whole lot of red in 2020 was his first number one, and it had 100,000 units first week.

But the main thing with that is, I'm letting y'all know that I was going off previous data when I was saying that I believe his status is not as important in the hip-hop culture, right? Nowadays, we see fully how pivotal he is as far as influence and just generating, engagement from the masses as his latest album music ended up selling two hundred and ninety eight thousand units first week now of course when it comes from

different sites and multiple of them are saying 298,000 but then a couple a few of them are saying three hundred two thousand I'm just gonna go with two hundred eighty thousand because that's why i saw billboard and chart data report so cardy is claiming that he actually sold 320 000 units citing that his physical sales would not include it in the initial talent tally so not only did he already do phenomenal numbers for 298 000 first week but he's also saying that 320 000 of those units was oh well not 300 he was also saying that approximately 20 000 of those units wasn't even counted because of his physical sales. And Billboard is saying that we're not going to let that count towards your first week sales.

So that's very interesting. But the main thing that you didn't know is that Cardi put out an album that was one of the biggest streaming weeks for a rap album since Drake's For All the Dogs. music had 384 million streams in a week 384 million streams in a week Drake's album for all the dogs

which holds the number one slot because he's the goat right me my fault so Drake Drake's album for all the dogs is 514 million streams so this album music is doing numbers

that I didn't even think was possible, especially coming from Playboy Cardi. Now, the main thing I wanted to get at was him being under UMG and UMG already being the big dogs in the music industry. But since Playboy Cardi has delivered one of the most impactful hip-hop albums in the past five years, safe to say UMG's overall market share would have increased, right? Well, of course it did. a whopping 60% goes to UMG now in the music market share and I'm attributing that to Cardi obviously not the whole 60% but before Cardi drop I believe it was in the 50 to 55% range so to raise it by 10 to raise it by 5 to 10% is still a significant jump for one particular

artist which is why I'm saying that Playboy Cardi delivered and as far as the episode title being that he ultimately gave us something that was so culturally enhanced that it was undeniable, which is why these numbers are through the roof. To me, predicting how the sales was going to come out, it was just the wrong prediction, but I do stand by the time. Like, as of that time, looking at the data, like I just said as far as his previous first week sales, I was like there's no way he's even coming close to what drake and gnx did and things of that nature right and to put up this amount of first week sales is insane like if germane puts out the album i'm saying the same thing because now that i've seen this i'm like hold him now don't tell me that playbric cardi is going to be part of the big big three leaving germain now because if germane drops whatever he's going to put out right just just so you know he's still in hip hip hip hip hop time out it hasn't changed like hold up now let me go to this as of let's see how you spell minute seven minute okay there we go April 5th 2024 ladies and

gentlemen he's been in hip-hop timeout from then to now right it's March 31st 2025 and I said the way he could get out of hip-hop time out you know as far as completely disrespecting the sport of hip-hop and not engaging when that person was literally talking about you and he was also on your level as far as one of the greatest rappers that ever lived if not the greatest at this point as far as the resume that Kendrick's been putting together for you to put out a disc track take it back and then at your festival say that hey we all love Kendrick i love kendrick too and then just completely backtrack it's like you understood that your your time and the big three was coming in coming to and in because i don't know if y'all been paying attention but hip hop

hasn't been popping like down the charts drake and kendrick has really been uplifting hip hop throughout this entire year i know only three to four months in but the fact that Facts or the facts. Kendrick's GNX is in the top five. Drake's album, Some Sexy Songs for You is in the top five. And guess what the other artists are? Selena Gomez. Shout out to Siza.

Sabrina, Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny, Morgan Wallin, Tate McCray. I haven't named the hip-hop artist yet. Chappelle Rowan, The Weekend. Shout out to the weekend. Billy Ilish. Morgan Wallin again. Oh, Dochi. What is Dochi doing on here?

I ain't a lie. When Doci had those first week sales when she first put out this, her when she first put out her album, Alligator Bites Never Hill, when she sold like two copies first week. I mean, it wasn't two copies, but you know, just being a little for Ciches. To see it on here as the 15th most play album is very interesting. I mean, she sold more now than she did when she first put out the album. Interesting. Okay, so Dochi. Then we got Taylor Swift, Noah Kahan, Gracia Abrams. Y'all get the point, right? A lot of mayonnaise and caseo in this top 10 to top 50 list when it comes to musicians and where are the hip hop artists

nowhere to be found that is why i'm saying as far as the big three i think germane has always been overrated drake and kendrick have been uplifting what we really look at as far as impactful hip-hop musicians for quite some time and this year alone should tell you that there's no big three or else there's no like there's no need to put germane in that because he hasn't earned it like I think it's just becoming more apparent that at this point, it feels like I'm just being preaching to the choir. Like, I think everybody have received what I was saying at this point in time. And they are finally understood. Well, they've been understood.

But if I keep going, they're going to be like, hey, you're preaching to the choir. You know, I already convinced us. Like, Jermaine is nowhere to be found. What big three is there? It's like if LeBron and D. Way had, like, Mario Chalmers, a part of the big three. Like, hold up now. Hold up now. Let's go look at the numbers.

that don't add up so anyways um back to cardy because this is basically me talking about how i was wrong about the predictions of playboy carter's first week sales i wasn't like terribly wrong but i was i was i was a little off like i said i think he would sell 180 to 210 000 he ended up selling 298 000 first week so you know there's a big discrepancy in that wasn't if it was like five to 10 i would have been correct but i was way off with that prediction so um With the overall charting data, Playbicardi had every single track charting on Billboard. And before y'all say, oh, they just won it. Like, because that's basically, I was going to be like, hold on now.

Let me come in and say it was his opening week and then it's going to fall off because the anticipation, if you don't know, was through the roof. Like the way he delayed his album and somehow it added or enhanced to the overall spectacle that was the music album release now in the second week he is still number one selling $129,000 units so you can't even say

that it was just hype that's why people are listening to it people are still streaming it to this day and to not have a significant drop-off obviously going from $298 to $1.299 is a drop-off but it's not the biggest drop-off in the world and it's not um it's basically normal

for these type of drop-offs to happen because week after week people are going to not listen to it as much. So to still hold the number one spot with a hundred and twenty-nine thousand units sold, like, I don't think y'all are paying attention to Travis Scott, but he put out some type of track or album and went to number one literally and dropped off the next day. I think it was like the fastest track that,

hold on let me look this up. I don't think I'm making this up. Travis Scott had the fastest number one drop-off. Let me see if that. pulls it up. So in general, you know how Onika Tanya Mirage? But then you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip hop. Like what's going on? You know how how Nika Tanya Mirage came out and basically said that Travis Scott is out here selling shirts, socks and hoodies, right? Travis Scott had,

well, he broke the record for the fastest drop off from number one in Billboard history. I wonder how that happened. As days before the rodeo had the number one sluged, had the number one slot right and completely not like went to two three four five ten eleven twelve thirteen twenty thirty forty no dropped completely off of the billboard two hundred the next week and this marked the first time in history an album dropped from number one to off the charts entirely this is billboard reporting this you can't make the stuff up setting the record for the biggest fall off ever on billboard 200 i'm not going to lie to you if you are a fan and you want to get under Travis Scott's skin, just let him know, hey, you set a record.

And it was for the fastest falloff in Billboard 200 history. You know what I mean? He'd be completely flabbergasted. He'd be thinking you were about to give him a compliment. Like, yeah, you know what I mean? I did break a lot of records. And then you tell him that's that he may have to Will Smith you, you know what I'm saying?

He may have to do to you what he did to that dude in the W.W.E. So all jokes aside, I do like Travis music. I just had to point that out because I was insane. Like, if there's one thing that Nikki does, she's going to keep it eight, more than 92. But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip hop. Like, what's going on?

All right, so let's get back to Playwood Cardi. So, all jokes aside, this man has really cemented himself in hip hop history. Because if you look at the overall charts as far as hip hop first week sales, let me see if I can find this. Playwood Cardi made history as one of the biggest releases ever because the biggest first week debuts by hip hop acts in Spotify history was, of course, Drake. And of course, Drake again. And of course, you know, he's a goat.

I mean, sometimes I'll say Drake's a goat and people think I'll just be making this up. So Drake was certified Love a Boy had $589 million first week, right? Scorpion had not million. I'm tripping. Streams. We're getting into streams from Spotify. I didn't want to get to Spotify. I want to get into the actual first weeks.

See if I can find this of 2020. Oh, my goodness, all the way back in 2021. How did that happen? okay so okay so let me find this by typing this in okay hip hop first week sales overview when i don't know this is top 10 and past let's just do 15 years 15 years that's a long time ain't it for the young guys out there like 15 years you

old that's funny all right um so the full list right is of course drake is of course Drake again and then we have Eminem with recovery because that came out oh that came out 2010 it just made the cut. And you have Eminem again, you have Little Wayne and then you have Playboy Carter. This can't be right. Nah, this can't be right at all. Because I know I know Kendrick with Damn. I know he put up big numbers.

Oh, Kendrick's damn is on here. Is that $603,000 though? Why does Playboy Cardi's up here? Oh my goodness. Okay. Okay. So we had Drake with views. Drake was Scorpion.

Kendrick would down. Jermaine with 2014, Forest Hills Drive. Travis Scott will Utopia. Tyler, the creator with Chromacopia. Little Wayne, the Carter 4, M&M, the Marshall, the Marshall Mathers LP2, M&M Recovery. I'm just letting you know the albums that made history as far as the top 10 first week sales, right? Playboy Cardi is in the mid. to that with his album music.

So the other albums that I just listed off, just think of that and what that did for you as far as impact-wise and compare that to Playbred Carty's album music. Because obviously times are different units are counted considerably different, very different from the past. And so just to be named along with those albums is Supreme Company and is why I wanted to come out and put respect on Playbred Carty's name because I never go off just biased takes bias analytics. I try to look at the objective facts

and then make my opinion or give my statement from there. So now, all type of objective stacks in front of my face as far as, as far as Playbric Cardi having success on the charts. I mean, charting every single one of his tracks on the billboard, I think it was in the, let me see,

his lowest chart charting track is Walk, which is the 96th most played track in the world, but his most popular track, is evil Jordan and that's this that's currently the second most popular track in the world obviously it's subjected to change but if i went through the list of all the tracks he has charting currently we will be here for a while so let's just put it like this playboy cardi has every single track from music on the charts that is insane and his second week because you know like i said it's it's very possible to have a great first week and completely fall off like

Travis Scott did making history right let's go back. Travis Scott made history. The biggest fall off ever on Billboard and the biggest fall off ever in Billboard history as far as his album days before the rodeo. So going to number one and dropping off significantly could happen. Obviously Travis Sky is the most extreme example with days before the rodeo because that went to number one it completely fell off the charts just letting you know that it's possible to have a drastic drop after having phenomenal first week sales so playbucardi's music album sold 123 000

first week units right no no play cardi's music album sold 298 000 first week units and then his second week he had 129 000 units first week making still making it his premier album that he's been rolling it out to be this entire time. So really he's been proven right as of today and we'll have to see for the foreseeable future what this means for his career because at this point in time, Playbord, Playbord Cardi is a legit superstar

in the music industry. Now, before I wasn't ready to say that because he wasn't putting out too much, he wasn't putting out music by himself that was charting high. It was always with a Kanye. It was always with Travis Scott. It was always with the weekend.

It was never by himself. I've never seen a Playboy Cardi track go up on the charts by himself. So now that he's done that with the album music, now I'm ready to say, are we ready to put Playbric Cardi as a superstar level artist in hip hop? There's Drake, there's Kendrick, and now it might be Playbric Cardi as far as the hierarchy of culture being considered. Because obviously, you know, you still have your talented creators and things of that nature. but um and shout out to tyler the creator i think i saw his album too his album was let me see so if i can spell

tyler the creator caromacope yeah is the 21st most played album in the world so he's still charting high so Tyler the creator is still in that uh big three in my opinion so those are the superstars in today's game and i think we should probably focus on those superstars to uplift other artists or uplift their discography because guess what if we keep letting and there's no you know disrespect because i cover all genres but the gracie abrums you know the uh tape mccraise you feel me like the sabrina carpenters like if they keep running the game we're going to pivot away from hip-hop and then guess what nobody's going to be hearing a lot of high production or high value hip-hop music because they're not making that much as far as in turn uh when it comes to revenue so

the main thing I wanted to say is that our superstars in the game is currently Drake, Kendrick, and Playbric Cardi and Talade Creator as far as for the year of 2025. Oh, and of course, Dochi, I don't know how I forgot Dochey. If we're talking about specifically rappers. Now, of course, musicians is a whole other thing. As we do have the weekend, we have Siza, and Sizz is also in the top. Like, as far as the top five, we're still completely running music. Play Ricard is right.

Play Ricard is number one right now. Kendrick has the third most play album. Drake has the fourth most play album. Cizzer has the fifth most play album. And guess what? Drake's about to come again. Pause. Very soon.

I think that's why I should leave it at. So with that being said, click my link to me my bio. Let me know in one of my social media is what do you think about Playboy Cardi's dominance and him just overall delivering one of the most impactful hip-hop albums of 2025.