Desiigner - Panda up to #2nd on Billboard

Started by Flacko, Mar 28, 2016, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. Flacko
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    Flacko Too Blessed To Be Humble

    Apr 11, 2016
    Everyone looking at this so complex. It's not that deep....
     
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    Apr 11, 2016
    Literally... People bump Panda because its a catchy a--- song with a hot beat. Like d---
     
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    Apr 11, 2016
    And its entirely within the realm of possibility that Desiigner was like a Chance The Rapper scenario where he was secretly signed to a label (in this case the parent company of GOOD Music or even Roc) and got pushed through Kanye, someone who couldn't say no or else they'd pull his album (which he can't afford atm) in order to make it seem organic.

    Because everyone, Kanye included, understands that Desiigner is shamelessly jacking Futures style and when it comes down to it the only logical conclusion for signing someone like that is because corporate wants you to. Pusha ruthless running GOOD like that.
     
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    Flacko Too Blessed To Be Humble

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    Flacko Too Blessed To Be Humble

    Apr 11, 2016
    Yeah that's how music labels work. There's no big conspiracy.
     
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    Apr 11, 2016
    This one of my fav futures songs tho
     
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    Apr 11, 2016
    No, making artist's rises to fame seem organic and indie while secretly orchestrating it from behind the scenes isn't how labels used to work and by definition is a conspiracy, even though I wasn't even trying to make that argument.
     
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    Flacko Too Blessed To Be Humble

    Apr 11, 2016
    Yeah we all know he's an industry plant. But it's so common these days who cares. The main reason this charted well is because it's catchy.
     
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    Loyalty we go hard on earth

    Apr 11, 2016
    This song is amazing :emoji_panda_face::emoji_panda_face::emoji_panda_face:
     
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    Apr 11, 2016
    No the main reason this charted is because some executive wanted it to if he hadn't gotten that major push it'd be 1000 views on his channel all calling him a biter. I ain't hating dude does his thing and does it well just don't push the narrative of his success being anything other than business strategy.
     
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    Flacko Too Blessed To Be Humble

    Apr 11, 2016
    You act like every industry plant is this successful though. It's not that easy.

    Panda had buzz before the Kanye feature btw.
     
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    Apr 11, 2016
    Fam, Slim Jesus got buzz because of one hot beat lol just like Bobby. Only difference is Desiigner isn't whack and isn't stupid.
     
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    Flacko Too Blessed To Be Humble

    Apr 11, 2016
    You act like it just took an executive button push to get this to #5. If only it was that simple....
     
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    furface

    Apr 11, 2016
    yeah really lmao. I think they just don't want to believe that people actually like the song.

    I'm not a big fan myself. Kanye used it better in FSMH. I never listen to the actual song.
     
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    Apr 11, 2016
    This song was hot before TLOP though lol.

    It had 1mill views before it got that Ye touch
     
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    Flacko Too Blessed To Be Humble

    Apr 11, 2016
    Desiigners literally got 3 songs. Let's at least wait him to drop a project before we judge his talent.
     
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    Apr 11, 2016
    It just seems naive to praise someone bred for success for being successful. We're not making threads tracking how hot the sun gets. I know I'm being obtuse lol but my point wasn't that the song wasnt successful just that this making it this high isn't as impressive as 99% of the rap game doing the same thing.
     
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    Flacko Too Blessed To Be Humble

    Apr 11, 2016
    Yeah been trying to tell skippy that. It was buzzing in the streets. Mans acting like it was some random soundcloud song with 300 views.
     
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    Apr 11, 2016
    Some of the remixes were hard aswell lol.
     
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    Apr 11, 2016
    he has 3 songs and panda is 5th on billboard and appeared in Kanye's album?

    he deserves it, he been grinding for too long
     
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