curren$y (or currensy i guess) - pilot talk

the reason ppl even know wiz is cuz curren$y put him on, and ppl know curren$y cus of wayne. basically their audience is the lil wayne post-carter ii mixtape fans. its a huge fanbase.

Sure, but while Curren$y might be Devin the Dude, Wiz could be fucking Redman.

A Redman who could write pop songs.

on last fm wiz has 464k listeners, whereas currensy has only 286k

― The Reverend, Friday, December 3, 2010 4:19 PM (5 seconds ago) Bookmark

internet bias + black & yellow distorts things. (if wiz is more popular, its entirely on the basis of that single, which isnt why hes selling out colleges)

also curren$y is way more popular than devin

A Redman who could write pop songs.

― altered boners (rennavate), Friday, December 3, 2010 4:20 PM (47 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

wtf

Wiz could be fucking Redman
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Yeah, did anyone give a fuck about his last three albums? (Devin's.) Not really.

i did.
curren$y is more popular than devin where and under what standards exactly? live shows? record sales? industry respect? among weedsmokers in the all important 19-34 demographic? on your blog?

i mean it in the traditional sense, that more people listen to him.

i don't really think currensy cares about having a hit, which is what is holding him back from becoming any more popular than he already is

xps a) i don't think internet bias means anything when comparing two artists means anything and b) of course having a hit gives wiz an edge. duh. that's my point.

Yeah I honestly don't see Curren$y ever having a hit. He's just not that guy.

fyi devin the ilx bubble artist in this case. he has some mild critical acclaim and older heads know him. but its a decreasing slice of old head rap fans. curren$y is a contemporary rap star w/ a broad fanbase. he has recorded w/ regional underground artists across the country, from j stalin to french montana

i agree that wiz has a higher ceiling -- dont understate sex appeal also

this popularity question is not even a thing -- deej you're just wrong

i just think curren$y is a lot more popular than yall realize

whether or not curren$y put him on is irrelevant as well

okay give us something quantifiable then since you're saying that wiz's hit single & touring is apparently irrelevant to the question

im not wrong that curren$y could easily sell out colleges, or that the entire crowd at the wiz show i saw knew exactly who curren$y was & whent nuts when the dj dropped his tracks.

yeesh i conceded that wiz may have recently surpassed him, but it would be entirely on the basis of that single alone. as i said tho, curren$y is far more popular than u guys think

and ive given you 'quantifiable' reasons why

i don't agree with "mild critical acclaim" or even that curren$y is a star as of yet and it's not like devin hasn't already and isn't continuing to record with a shitton of regional guys but okay

in what ways would curren$y even begin to approach the word "star"

Does "Say Yeah" count as a minor hit? Reached 20 on Hot Rap Tracks on Billboard and 96 on Pop 100.

I mean I think what I said in my review is totally fair.

they are definitely in the same ballpark, but wiz's appeal is broader.

in what ways would curren$y even begin to approach the word "star"

― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Friday, December 3, 2010 4:31 PM (58 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

he was on young money & tons & tons of rap fans know who he is? lil wayne put him on at the height of his popularity? hes been recording tracks coast to coast w/ artists from virtually every regional scene?

and both are more popular than devin thd dude, not sure why he was even brought into this

wiz & him have done joint cds together so theres a massive audience overlap

also he had a minor hit of his own with "where the cash at"

i don't think, right now, curren$y could sell out a 600 sro space in nyc with a 25 cover. maybe with wiz? maybe not. and if he could, it would totally be because of black and yellow
i mean i know that's nyc but still.

i mean, that's kinda the standards i go by.

lol deej you're definition of star is broad as fuck

forks i'm willing to bet that wiz has already done that

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I don't think it would be JUST because of "Black and Yellow," I know people who know every fucking song Wiz has done.

i dont know the deal w/ venue sizes but im sure curren$y would sell out the metro in chicago just as easily as wiz did

I don't think it would be JUST because of "Black and Yellow," I know people who know every fucking song Wiz has done.

― altered boners (rennavate), Friday, December 3, 2010 4:36 PM (18 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

obvi at this point we're slicing up some pretty thin hairs here, but i think curren$y has the exact same success in terms of being seen as an 'album artist'

deej isn't right that he's more popular than wiz, but he is right that curren$y is more popular than you guys are giving him credit for

Who's not saying Curren$y is popular tho?

lol there is no slicing of hairs when talking about "black & yellow" -- shit is a major hit

I don't think anyone is saying that.

lol deej you're definition of star is broad as fuck

― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Friday, December 3, 2010 4:36 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

maybe. i mean, i certainly think national rap fame qualifies as 'star' but its easy to define star in a way that excludes wiz too. i dont feel like there are many fans out there who know/love wiz but dont know curren$y

lol there is no slicing of hairs when talking about "black & yellow" -- shit is a major hit

― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Friday, December 3, 2010 4:38 PM (26 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

thats not what i was slicing hairs about?

i dont think i said hes more popular than wiz either

i mean look - if these dudes are memorizing wiz lyrics surely they have the countless tracks where wiz & curren$y record together & tag-team verses? do they really think hes 'just some guy'?

i concede that, if you just know black n yellow, you may not know currensy

but i think curren$y has the exact same success in terms of being seen as an 'album artist'

― lotta diamonds ... but prolly more display names (deej), Friday, December 3, 2010 4:37 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

this is only mildly true, but wrt this argument, wiz's mixtapes built a fanbase that made it possible to make a hit like "black & yellow" -- curren$y is an actual album artist in that he'll never have a 'hit single'

i dont feel like there are many fans out there who know/love wiz but dont know curren$y

― lotta diamonds ... but prolly more display names (deej), Friday, December 3, 2010 2:39 PM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yeah, but his audience is starting to expand beyond just rap fans whereas currensy's is not.

so their success as 'album artists' is not exact

Sometimes I feel like "album artist" is a euphemism for "can't write a hit."

this is only mildly true, but wrt this argument, wiz's mixtapes built a fanbase that made it possible to make a hit like "black & yellow" -- curren$y is an actual album artist in that he'll never have a 'hit single'

― gimme schefter (J0rdan S.), Friday, December 3, 2010 4:41 PM (12 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

curren$y's mixtapes built that exact same fanbase!! this is what im saying.

xp i agree rev

this argument is what happens when mp3 downloading destroys the billboard chart popularity representations :(

Sometimes I feel like "album artist" is a euphemism for "can't write a hit."

― altered boners (rennavate), Friday, December 3, 2010 4:42 PM (10 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

no? its for 'fans memorize more songs than the singles' -- wiz is an 'album artist' too, to his fans