BOLD STATEMENTS RAISE GREAT QUESTIONS
"I'm definitely one of the Top Five artists saying something important right now. Whether that's OG or new artist." Kid Cudi said almost a year ago around this time. This was quite a bold statement for the new artist just coming off the release of his first album entitled "Man on the Moon". He even went on to say, "With alot of new artist like Wale and Bobby Ray (B.O.B.), I think we're all gonna push the envelope of creativity and I think it's going to spark a whole new movement." Now, a year after those statements were made artist like B.O.B. have released albums in the Top 5 on the billboard charts, while others like J.Cole and Wiz Khalifa have also begun to emerge in the mainstream. Drakes album debuted at #1 and is already platinum. He is among these new artists. Which has us over at Epiphanies and 808s wondering. Was Kid Cudi right? Is the new mainstream on it's way to being filled with artist that would rather spend time rhyming about internal thoughts and provoking questions than how much money they managed to spend on their last advanced check? It certainly seems that way, and if so who are the other artist "saying something important right now?" To be classified as one of these artist do you need a heavy weight backing you? Kid Cudi is known as Kanye West's Protege and J. Cole was the first artist signed to Jay-z's ROCnation just to name a few. Epiphanies and 808s want to know your opinions. So let us know by commenting below. Who are YOUR top 5 artists saying somethign important right now?Below is the video clip from the interview where Kid Cudi made these statements.
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