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It seems like it

He just hating. That was clear animosity and feeling somewhat threatened.

Sucka ****.

Idk why the podcasters feeling the heat. Even my guys...Desus and Mero took some shots. It's understandable seeing as how their first platform was Complex.


ctg was moreso saying joe is self sabotaging and would find a way to walk away from the show while it's hot on some chappelle s**t

but the fact that he's mentioned the show 3 weeks straight allows you to know he feels the competition

Charlamagne has some passive aggressive dislike for Joe

I think it stems from Tahiry

It's odd he finds Joe self destructive, but still talks about Tax glowingly. Now that's self destructive.
 
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How can Charlemagne feel threatened? They don't even have the same job

Charlamagne is a social media persona

He likes being talked about. What he says and their interviews.

They're in a similar lane. He can say he isn't threatened, because Hot is direction competition. But online is a threat to radio, especially if they start doing interviews. That's why Charlamange has tried to maintain a viral presence.
 
Charlemagne was def hating. If he really suppprted ES he would've gave them their props & left it at that. Like why even comment that you think the show won't last? That's how "friends" hate publicly without actually hating.
 
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Yeah its pretty hoeish on his part throwing backhanded compliments like that.

Especially when all it does it shine more light on ES
 
When CTG asked you aren't going to the pool party? And then Ak mentioned Complex doing something with it and going if he got a check. Then he said oh, you aren't going unless they're paying you? Then Ak was like oh I would still probably go, but they might be involved. Then CTG said, no, you shouldn't go because they don't like you. All of them are jealous of you.

I was like wtf :rofl:

That was all the way catty, because he was trying to throw salt in their relationship every which way. First it was, you weren't invited? Then it was, you won't have a good time.


It was almost like some, I've been knowing you first and I wouldn't have advised you to do it, but you did it anyway. So I'm going to hate on the decision you made on your own.

But when was joking about you need to lose weight, all I see is cheeks and stomach :rofl:
 
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A syndicated radio host and arguably the biggest voice of urban culture hating on joe budden? [emoji]129300[/emoji][emoji]129300[/emoji][emoji]129300[/emoji] joe and CTG have been bumping heads for a while and akademiks said CTG is his mentor. If were going to bring up CTG talking down on Joe when he has a new popular show you have to bring up when he was saying the same stuff when he was only rapping.
 
A syndicated radio host and arguably the biggest voice of urban culture hating on joe budden? [emoji]129300[/emoji][emoji]129300[/emoji][emoji]129300[/emoji] joe and CTG have been bumping heads for a while and akademiks said CTG is his mentor. If were going to bring up CTG talking down on Joe when he has a new popular show you have to bring up when he was saying the same stuff when he was only rapping.

Read that a couple of times.

And who do you know who listens to the radio like that under 25?
 
Ya'll are taking these jabs entirely too serious. Charlamagne clearly stated he likes the competition and shows like ES, Tax, Desus & Mero inspire him to keep getting better content. The ***** Ak stated that Charlamagne is constantly giving him pointers on how to get better, He brought he man on his platform to discuss the other show :lol:. All this "Hate" he's supposed to be doing sure seems very helpful :lol:

On the opposite end he's far from dumb & he see's Everyday struggle being the hot new thing and he's found a way to attach his name to the new, hot up & comer. It's what drake does with all the new artist, It's what 50 did by attacking empire when power premiered. It's easy promotion for both shows and it helps keep relevancy and eyes on your product.

If he was really hating or wishing bad on the show he wouldn't have mentioned the show AT ALL. he's playing up this "rivalry" because at the end of the day it brings more eyes towards his multiple platforms too. A kid who listens to Ak may know Charlamagne from the BC, but may not even know the BI podcast exist... Guess what that kid is now introduced too.
 
Read that a couple of times.

And who do you know who listens to the radio like that under 25?

They may not listen to the radio, but they certainly watch youtube, they certainly watch TV, and they certainly pay attention to social media. He has a huge light in all those categories. Also Hiphop is at an age now where you can cater to 25-40+ crowd and still be extremely successful. Hiphop has aged and there's a huge demographic who needs content catered to them also. That age bracket is extremely relevant in hiphop also.
 
They may not listen to the radio, but they certainly watch youtube, they certainly watch TV, and they certainly pay attention to social media. He has a huge light in all those categories. Also Hiphop is at an age now where you can cater to 25-40+ crowd and still be extremely successful. Hiphop has aged and there's a huge demographic who needs content catered to them also. That age bracket is extremely relevant in hiphop also.

Yeah, but Charlamagne is Joe. They're the same age.

He's still on the radio.

Ak is the one who represents the younger people.
 
Yeah, but Charlamagne is Joe. They're the same age.

He's still on the radio.

Ak is the one who represents the younger people.

they are the same age but both have a different attitude when speaking on new trends. also the BC is still the biggest hiphop interview going right now & that's LARGELY due to their presence online/social media, where most of these younger viewers live. the BC strength is that there able to do interviews with the legends & also do interviews with the newest artist coming up. if a teen is tuned into this culture at all there's about a 90% chance that they tune in to the BC, even if not daily they are gonna check for there favorite artist interviews with them.
 
When CTG asked you aren't going to the pool party? And then Ak mentioned Complex doing something with it and going if he got a check. Then he said oh, you aren't going unless they're paying you? Then Ak was like oh I would still probably go, but they might be involved. Then CTG said, no, you shouldn't go because they don't like you. All of them are jealous of you.

I was like wtf
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Yeah that **** was hella weird 
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I knew this was gonna turn into something tho

Last week somebody on twitter said that they were getting too comfortable and CTG replied they weren't competing with ES but did concede that they are competing for online views and told dude to go "do the math" since "views are visible" on some cocky ****.

Dude came back and said well y'all had Yachty and Wale on and both episodes did more numbers than their respective BC interviews 
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 Then he started talking about I know the game drama sells so they supposed to do better blah blah
 
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they are the same age but both have a different attitude when speaking on new trends. also the BC is still the biggest hiphop interview going right now & that's LARGELY due to their presence online/social media, where most of these younger viewers live. the BC strength is that there able to do interviews with the legends & also do interviews with the newest artist coming up. if a teen is tuned into this culture at all there's about a 90% chance that they tune in to the BC, even if not daily they are gonna check for there favorite artist interviews with them.

Attitude or not, Charlamagne doesn't represent young people. They don't go to him.

Is a young person going to care about even 50% of the guest on TBC? Look at their guest this week.

So if you don't think someone younger who is doing his lane isn't a threat who young people follow, ok :lol:
 
Attitude or not, Charlamagne doesn't represent young people. They don't go to him.

Is a young person going to care about even 50% of the guest on TBC? Look at their guest this week.

So if you don't think someone younger who is doing his lane isn't a threat who young people follow, ok :lol:

My point is that what BC does & what Ak does are two completely different set ups, and charlamagne has a strong grasp in all the fields that a younger generation follows. nothing AK is doing is a "threat" to Charlamagne. Also a majority of Ak's fanbase 100% know who charlamagne is, the same can't be said in reverse. Between the BC show, the BI podcast, Several TV spots, and a nationally syndicated radio show Charlamagne has a way larger reach and way more avenues to touch every demographic.
 
My point is that what BC does & what Ak does are two completely different set ups, and charlamagne has a strong grasp in all the fields that a younger generation follows. nothing AK is doing is a "threat" to Charlamagne. Also a majority of Ak's fanbase 100% know who charlamagne is, the same can't be said in reverse. Between the BC show, the BI podcast, Several TV spots, and a nationally syndicated radio show Charlamagne has a way larger reach and way more avenues to touch every demographic.

Yeah, but the issue is TBC is dying breed.

Charlamange appeals to people my age. Nobody 16 is listening to Michael Eric Dyson or Angela Rye. Ak appeals to people who are the children of Charlamagne.

That's a threat.

Advertisers and even the radio try to appeal to 18-34 year olds
 
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Akademiks said he doesnt like radio and would rather do YouTube and twitch and own his voice. If anything akademiks is competing with gossip sites he doesnt do interviews like the breakfast club he just reports news. Akademika competes more with angela yee than CTG.
 
TBC covers what's going on today in pop culture. They talk about topics that occur. They do it on radio and they've moved to doing it online. To the point they got rid of all the other ones bootlegging the show and folded the membership the fake accounts had in to their main one. Now they have over a million subscribers.

Now they break up their content more and cover more than the interviews.

Before Akademiks was just competing with gossip sites. He was the youtube Bossip. Now he's a personality.

If you have 30 minutes of free time, what are you going to watch? TBC or Everyday Struggle? That's competition b

You know why he liked Ray J and Birdman, they were moments that went viral. Lil Yachty and Wale did that.
 
How can Charlemagne feel threatened? They don't even have the same job

Charlamagne is a social media persona

He likes being talked about. What he says and their interviews.

They're in a similar lane. He can say he isn't threatened, because Hot is direction competition. But online is a threat to radio, especially if they start doing interviews. That's why Charlamange has tried to maintain a viral presence.

bingo.

Breakfast Club as a radio show is garbo (their actual banter outside da interviews arent good,Ebro in da morning is actually a much better radio show)...there actual value is their interviews that go viral because they were savy enough to have great video production married to their radio broadcasts.

if you noticed hot 97 had to step up da visual dept BIG time to complete, they used to have a dreary radio soundboard backdrop with horrible lightning.

Also let's not forget that Joe Budden & CTG are direct competitors in da podcast format game, where like Magic agreed, play da same position.

i assert that CTG can't go hard on music acts da way budden can cuz he has ZERO political ties, CTG already been fired once over music politics flexin their muscle (CTG's Philly job wit puff daddy and/Jay-Z

so Joe Budden can potentially leap frog CTG's whole lane doing what he does, better.
 
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ctg was the nicki minaj of hiphop media

he went years without direct competition

like nicki was without female rapper comp

joe says it like it is just like ctg is known for

for the first time ctg not at the top of the conversation in terms of hiphop media

also none of his tv shows have had the impact everyday struggle has

it's not even close
 
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TBC covers what's going on today in pop culture. They talk about topics that occur. They do it on radio and they've moved to doing it online. To the point they got rid of all the other ones bootlegging the show and folded the membership the fake accounts had in to their main one. Now they have over a million subscribers.

Now they break up their content more and cover more than the interviews.

Before Akademiks was just competing with gossip sites. He was the youtube Bossip. Now he's a personality.

If you have 30 minutes of free time, what are you going to watch? TBC or Everyday Struggle? That's competition b

You know why he liked Ray J and Birdman, they were moments that went viral. Lil Yachty and Wale did that.

cosign everything here.

da new wild wild west is da internet...

if ya didn't Know already, iHeartRadio is bankrupt, and is about to die...da breakfast club will outlive their owners because of their online following will keep em afloat, but their power will​ be diminished because they'll be in HOT97's position where artists can pressure da politics into affecting how da hosts can interact with em, or even pose pointed questions.

if ya think other shows doing this new online on demand optimized format isnt a threat to da breakfast club i not really thinking it through.
 
ctg was the nicki minaj of hiphop media

he went years without direct competition

like nicki was without female rapper comp

joe says it like it is just like ctg is known for

for the first time ctg not at the top of the conversation in terms of hiphop media

also none of his tv shows have had the impact everyday struggle has

it's not even close

bingo.

CTG was a radio journeyman after Wendy Willams left him for television, it wasn't that long ago when he was bumming it on VladTV in between radio gigs (thats why he'll still give vlads exclusives today outta loyalty)

he's never had to compete for that urban shock jock media personality crown. Star had already been snipped waaay before CTG started to pop off.

now that Joe Budden slowly comes to grips thay his rap career is over, but understands he's getting way more love as a media analyst personality, he may do it full time.

Charlemagne when he poured that lil bit of salt is quietly hoping Budden goes back to being a busy rapper to do a daily show that directly competes with his audience.
 
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