Aug 1, 2015

T Pain slips up and says people have written entire verses for Jay Z. He tried to backtrack on his statement but it seems like thats what he meant lol

 

Aug 1, 2015

Fixed it

 

Aug 1, 2015

First we had #DrakeGate now we gon have #JayZGate

 

Aug 1, 2015

d--- looks like Eminem's the only mainstream rapper who writes all his own s---. How will the anti-Em brigade react?

 

Aug 1, 2015

Imagine Jay Z responds with a diss track

PS:

 

Aug 1, 2015

i wouldn't be surprised if this is true

 

Aug 1, 2015

50 does too

 

Aug 1, 2015

i feel like we are now confusing ghostwriters with just few lines of a verse that people get writing credit for anyway

 

Aug 1, 2015

 

Aug 1, 2015

THIS

 

Aug 1, 2015

i never once doubted em wrote his own verses

 

Aug 1, 2015

nothing wrong with sharing bars

just think, how else would someone like travis scott get famous??

 

Aug 1, 2015

I feel like thats the case in Drake's situation. Quentin Miller was given credit for his contribution. But it looked like T Pain was talking about more than just a few lines with Jay Z

 

Aug 1, 2015

Like I said before, most artists have had/utilized co-writers before. This s--- really isn't that big of a deal.

 

Aug 1, 2015

Yeah I didn't mean that. I think anyone would have a hard time arguing he didn't. I was more expecting a response in support of Jay-Z/Nas/Kanye/Drake/other mainstream MCs heavily rumoured or proven to use ghostwriters.

 

Aug 1, 2015

im never for actual ghostwriting i.e. trying to hide someone's contributions to a song. its false advertising really...not fair to the fans of the aritst.

if they're credited, regardless of whether im aware of it or not, then i dont care

the initial shock of learning like "oh man x artist had contributors for y song" fades pretty quickly as making a song is a collaborative effort to begin with. but if it was a big scandal where x artist had numerous songs written by other artists who've never been credited, then yeah id care

 

Aug 1, 2015

Let's make a strong distinction: there's a massive difference between

1) Taking someone else's work and passing it off as your own (even if that person agrees to it because you've paid him money under the table/are employing him in another capacty/he's just happy to be part of your entourage etc etc)

2) Getting someone to write for you and including his name in your album credits

The former is snake s--- done by artists who aren't confident in their writing ability...the latter is an honest business transaction.

 

Aug 1, 2015

yh dis basically