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Tuesday, July 28, 2009 | 7:53am
[RANT] Thoughts On ‘The Dream’ & Hip Hop’s Fashionable Retirement Fad
In what marketing book did they read that annoncing your farewell would be a good way to sell albums
Its no secret that retirement is all the rage now a days. Everyone from Jigga to Roger Clemens has caused a media storm by retiring and then reneging and perhaps none more famously than NFL quarterback Brett Farve. By the way has he come back yet? Since its the cool thing to do, naturally hip hop has followed suit with relative newcomers like The Game and Lupe Fiasco announcing retirements with little more than an album or two under their belt. The latest clown, Singer/songwriter The-Dream announced late last week via Twitter that his next studio album, Love King,” will be his last.
“I am engaged and ‘Love King’ IS going to be my LAST album!” he tweeted on July 23.
“It is going to be [his] last bcuz, everybody is trying to ‘KILL THE DREAM!’ [The Dream is] the ONLY one that can end [his] career,” although he did clarify he “will still be producing, writing, and featuring on other artist albums though.”
Two things of note here. While I love Twitter at some point, there are certain announcements that are better left for a press conference or at least a press release, via website?
But more importantly he’s saying he’s engaged so he’s retiring? Don’t get me wrong, XTina is as fine a reason as any to retire and chill with wifey. I’m also well aware that The Dream has been in the game for a while ghostwritting lyrics but if you’re truly talented you’re basically sh*tting on your fans by saying “thanks for buying my music.” “I’ma go take the ends you provided me and chill over here.”
When we buy music, in the rare event we do now a days, most fans see it almost as an investment for what’s to come. When you sh*t on us and break out we feel played. See how well your next project sells my man and maybe you’ll have to retire.
Even Jay-Z hasn’t been able to overcome the mistake of announcing he’s done. The more and more music he releases since his intitial announcement the more borderline fans get frustrated that he was putting them on the whole time. Its not only effected his album sales but his legacy. That’s Jay-Z and The Dream is no Jiggaman. Just my take.
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Yes. It ranks right up there with the 14 year old movie stars who write their autobiographies.
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Maybe it’s like the “going out of business” store in “Don’t Mess with the Zohan”
You haven’t made it until you retire. What is that?
He should have just stayed his silly ass behind the scenes. For G sakes, dude cant sing, cant dress, cant dance, he’s all around TRASH. It finally hit him basically, that’s all. And the Jiggaman needs to pull the trigger man. If you make a song “What more Can i Say”… What more can you say. Kingdom Come was the worst JAYZ album since DYNASTY(bandana J). He had to use a famous actor & real kingpin to promote American Gangster, so what’s going to be the catch for blueprint 3. The Washington Wizard J, should have ran with the DOA format of the song and claimed it as a diss to ALL autotune users istead of stating otherwise. If you ask me, take away NO I.D., and you have no hit. T-Pain himself already done a song dissing the autotune junkies besides himself, but since it’s Shawn Carter yapping it was due time. I dont think the Game is big enough to ether the Jabroni, but someone has to step up to the challenge, and that’s my word… oNe
the dream jam. play somma that shit wit a sweet incense burnin’ and a lil texas popcorn too… say you wont beat cakes all nite long….as far as retiring…its just a publicity stunt so boys and girls can go run and cop your “last” album….