most obvious industry plants?

>>71183948
this thread happens so often Im tempted to think its an industry plant itself

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>>71183972
>tfw you were the industry plant all along by posting in these threads

i've never spoken to someone who actually listens to solange knowles

>>71184039
what the fuck are you trying to say

>>71184004
every goddamn time

>>71184039
i do, but then again you don't know if i'm a solange shill, so meh

>>71184039
This is obvious. She's not an industry plant, though. She and her family were complete outsiders to the music industry.

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>>71184065
Wow. I completely forgot about this guy.

What say /mu/: Industry plant?

go home complex, (You) are retarded.
/thread

http://www.complex.com/music/2015/06/what-is-an-industry-plant

>>71184058
read the title of the thread and put it together you braindead faggot.

That year before fun. Got huge that definitly got shilled. I doubt anyone bothers shilling /mu/ anymore though, the traffic is way down.

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From who? to coachella real quick.

Agreed

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LOL

LANA DEL REY

Chance's music is softer than a baby head

iGGY Azaliea and Post Malone are obvious plants, can't entertain most of these answers

>>71184145
i mean nate ruess was "big" before fun. and their first album is quality. but the dropoff in quality from aim and ignite to their second release, and how poppy and huge that got, leads me to think you might be sort of right, but that's not really the definition of an industry plant, since they were already established.

>>71184065
They did a bad job planting this one literally everyone forgot him

>>71184176
No, I refuse.

>>71184119
All niggers look alike?

>>71184155
She sucked dick to get where she is. Her whole
"indie taylor swift feminist leftist democrat" act is fake. She's laughing her way to the bank and breaking the hearts of beta's on the way.

>>71183948
>releases music for free
>industry plant

full retard

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>im not a popstar! im a real human bean. i always fuck up on stage _totally by accident and not to seem like an independent artist_.

>>71184260
i'd be willing to bet a label or a group of investors have a piece of his self-named LLC. chance generates tons of money in royalties, licensing, touring, merch, etc.

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>>71184236
back to /po/l faggot

>>71184123
>implying everything in that article isn't correct

>>71184333
Don't mind if i do

>>71184260
its chill, everyone that shits on chance are just white guys who circlejerk flavor of the month dudes like uzi vert and xxxtarnation and pretend that tpab and mbdtf were the second coming of christ because they got into hip hop in the past decade

>>71184370
Or they just don't like chance because coloring book is poppy mass appeal trash? Chance has peaked

>>71183948
lana del rey

>>71184370
pretty much but me I am a blacko and I don't like Chance at all how do you explain that friend

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most obvious?

just about every musician youve heard of. most dont work for anything. your just put there because they can market you.

>>71184430
who?

>>71184430
i like speedy ortiz, not huge into them though so i don't know why you're saying they're plants. care to explain?

>>71184326

someone that completely turns the industry on it's head and makes money despite giving his product for free and successfully cutting out the industry is somehow an industry plant? seriously? you clowns are something else. You have no proof or any reason at all to even assume he is a plant other than not liking him.

I know the point of these threads is mostly to troll but like with everything on /mu/ these days the lines are so blurred pathetic man children who want to fit in will parrot and push anything as gospel just to fit in... If you actually think he is a plant you are severely lacking in critical thinking skills

>>71184447
>>>/x/

>>71184462
>turns the industry on it's head
I would like to know what you mean by this

>>71184422
Acid Rap was well received here, but now just because his next big project was divisive he's suddenly a plant? what's the point of attacking an artists integrity just because you don't like his latest release? If you don't like Coloring Book then make threads with arguments as to why it isn't good.

>>71184462
>someone that completely turns the industry on it's head

lol

>makes money despite giving his product for free

TIL royalties aren't a thing anymore

>You have no proof or any reason at all to even assume he is a plant other than not liking him.

he's getting radio play despite not being publicly signed or contracted to a major label. that's incredibly shady, because it simply doesn't happen. you HAVE to be working with a major to get radio play. period.

also, his sudden rise in the last 6 months is something to look at. i've never seen anyone go from being unknown to a superstar in less than a year, without the help of a major.

>>71184498
post I was responding to already said everything that needs to be said, He has figured out how to turn his music into an extremely successful career while completely cutting out the industry and not relying on their outdated methods of making money.

wtf is an industry plant anyway. top producers work with top artists are paid by top labels and music services to round out the industry. most of what generates discussion here is totally irrelevant to 90% of music listeners, get comfortable with that.

>>71184579
>In less than a year

Acid Rap will be 4 years old in April and was HUGE

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>>71184461
google it

>>71184632
bitch i want to discuss it, if you don't actually have the evidence at the ready why the fuck did you post them

>>71183948
Twenty One Pilots

>>71184579
hes been gaining a huge following since 2013, where the fuck you been? and im sure if you pay the payola the radio will play your shit

>>71184604
Nope. Her dad bought part of the record company to get her an album deal.

>>71184631
it wasn't huge, but i see your point.

i'm just being logical here. him getting radio play is incredibly shady and anyone in the industry can tell you that. you HAVE to be working with a major in some way.

>>71184553
I don't think he's an industry plant, he just came from an affluent family and had access to better opportunities than most. I hope he proves me wrong in his career trajectory, but when I listened to acid rap I was just floored, he talked about real issues young adults face and matched it with great beats and a plethora of word play and literary techniques. I think coloring book is completely watered down chance, uninteresting lyrics that didn't stand out and he lost some of that young, ignorant, but wise charm that he became known for.

>>71184739
he replaced his waaaaaaahhhh-ing with a slight more guttural whine and you think it's "watered down"? the nerve of some people

>>71184709
So? Still means theres a label behind her it just so happens her filthy rich family is also part of it now.

>>71184739
see now this is a valid well though out opinion. I still like coloring book but definitely not as much as I liked Acid Rap and for some of the same reasons as you.

>>71184722
good publicists and working hard to get exposure. also acidrap was a big deal for the past four three years atleast
http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2012/09/chance-the-rapper-talks-childish-gambino-cosign-signing-to-caa-and-new-mixtape/

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I refuse to support more than one black contemporary bi-sexual and it's not Chance

The vocalist from Korn's dad used to be Frank Zappas keyboardist so I heard they were a plant.

>>71184858
good publicists are the reason why he's in the media, not why he's getting radio play. there is definitely something going on behind closed doors.

>>71184938
how the fuck would that even get them signed or discovered though?

>>71184938
>i heard they were a plant

you mean from the same fucking thread that happened yesterday? the same fucking thread that debunked that claim?

>>71184004
w2c shirt on the right

>>71184779
You're retarded if that's the only thing he got rid of in the new album. Take off your cocoa butter colored glasses pls

>>71184039
me either

>>71184938
KoRn, as shit as they are, did more to establish Nu-Metal as a unique genre than any other band, they practically created a genre and literally pushed it into the mainstream. I don't know what your definition for industry plant is but I don't think anyone at the forefront of a completely new sound is an Industry Plant, though I'm sure his dad's connections helped them somewhat.

>>71184992
How was it debunked I missed that part

>>71185025
first, the whole "dad was zappa's keyboard guy" isn't verified. next, like >>71185013 said. also, people posted videos of them doing generally "non-planty" shit, like basically they were too weird and "rebellious" in their early days to actually be a plant

>>71184260
releasing free shit doesn't mean you aren't corporate lol he has a distribution deal with apple

being an industry plant and success through nepotism aren't the same thing

>>71183948
I mean, it's kind of dumb to say that. Mostly only a bunch of fuckboys and trendy folk I know love his stuff, he seems more crowd than content, but he isn't bad and he has released free music and the like.

The best indication of any "Illuminati Industry Plant" shit would be that picture of him with Obama or whatever before he dropped much, but I don't have that offhand, and I think he was related to a staffer or something.

>>71185171
his dad worked for Obama, so apparently Chance met him for the first time when he was really young

>>71185202
Yeah, that's what I thought. But while he may have connections, maybe, and didn't "grind" like some people did, he seems legit. Just generally quiet, doesn't seem to get involved with stupid bullshit, which lord knows is how most celebrities these days get a name.

u2 and oasis

lana del rey

Theres no true plants in the industry. Unless you count The Monkees.

>>71184155
REAL SHIT
where's the early chvrches pics and shit? exactly senpai.

>>71185707
blue sky archives got her foot in the door.

What about Alice n Chains? They got signed by a major label after only playing live gigs for 2 weeks.

>>71183948
He's clearly not an industry plant, but he's one of the industry's victims

>>71185742
there's no early b-sides, pics and videos from their early days starting out, no demos or anything from them. it's so obvious, just a fake "indeh" band made to market feminism and making males more feminine and soft.

>>71185704
How. You might as well call The Archies industry plants too.

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>we want the reddit audience

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>>71185837
>these people post on /mu/

>>71185518
you can search old vids of his band playing in shitty bars

>>71185889
then back that shit up, show me some early shit from them demos, b-sides, videos, etc. you can't find any until about the release of "the bones of what you believe"

>>71185931
I'm even a fan of them and I can say all three had "careers" in music before chvrches, but I'm getting what you're saying.

Milli Vanilli

>>71185956
christ, her parents are apparently millionaires and paid her way into the music industry. artsy literally has an article about how privigled rich kids get into and know in the art scene more than their poorer counterparts. they keep up the indie diy bullshit up just to sell records.

>>71186025
you forgot to add that there's a rumour that they own some of the venue's in glasgow. makes sense of her threat to linkin park that they won't play shows there again.

>>71186025
>people well-off financially have an easier time establishing themselves in industry than less well-off people

This is mind blowing stuff

>>71184938
Yeah, corn's definitely a plant

>>71186076
Redpill me on Linkin Park beef

>>71186126
look it up im not going to spoon feed you

>>71184039
No shit. She doesnt need many fans of her music. Shes Beyonces sister, she can ride on that alone.

>>71184579
>being unknown to a superstar in less than a year

i know what you mean but the dude has been very prevalent in the music industry since Acid Rap but only broke out to mainstream with Coloring Book

>>71186156
It's not interesting enough for all that

>>71184969
even though you're coming across a tad bit tinfoil hat, i gotta agree. you can't really be working independently and getting on the radio.

that being said, that does not by any means make him a corporate pawn or something.

Having connections isn't the same thing as being an 'industry plant' you retards

>>71186268
fuck off lauren

>>71186112
underrated

>>71186112
FUCK

Tinashe.

>>71184155
>>71184256
>>71185707
>>71185742
>>71185837
>>71185931
>>71185956
>>71186025
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>>71186092
CHVRCHES BTFO FOR BEING FAKE. LAVREN ON SUICIDE WATCH, CAREERS OVER.

>>71184370
>x
>flavor of the month

X is the future. I think other hip-hop artists can learn a lot from the dude's variety, because the biggest problem in rap today is repetition. I don't mean in rhyme schemes, I mean in releases. Like, I have no problem with Future at all but have you heard his new album? It's the same formula over and over again on every song. The formula works once, maybe two or three times, but after that it's stale. I like how X fuses genres and only released snippets of song so they don't get stale fast and have replay value.

Is he over-hyped? Yeah. Do dudes circle jerk to him who have no idea about anything about music? Of course. But dude's good, and I think we need him to blow up rn to add some flavor to the industry.

>>71184316
probably the only actual plant in this thread

>>71187221
>X is the future.
stopped reading there
he doesnt even have a clear idea of what he wants to do
imagine cudi's last 4 albums in one is what that loser is gonna release if he gets out of jail

Sum 41 were a plant

>>71189348
agreed. kid is terrible.

So let's properly define the word Plant.

Plant = an artist who didn't reach a steady climb to fame and success, but rather a connection which allowed them to be placed within the top 40 artists already in rotation with a pseudo-hit song designed to make the masses think otherwise.

>>71184425
he's just a shill

White people LOVE Chance the hood is the place that doesn't fuck with that cornball

the white people he described are actually chances number one fans so it was quite funny that he says though people hate him

>>71184260
Thanks for shilling

>>71190157
You can't just define the discussion. Industry Plants also applies to someone like Macklemore, who pretended to be indie while getting push from the industry (I think he was actually signed too?)

Or being signed and lying about it

Kendrick was signed way before he said he was

>>71184430

still haven't listened to them, but a few years ago friends of mine were playing shows with them at local venues/basements and shit. not plant

>>71184579

He got radio play because he put up a page on his website urging all of his fans to send his tracks to the radio station.

Refer to Macklemore for the other part. He's more of a "plant" or viral star than Chance.

Chance became famous because of his association as Kanye's new prodigy. If you have Kanye's support, anybody will work with you, including somebody like Lil Wayne who got fucked over by the industry.

Kanye heard Acid Rap, digged it, and pushed Chance to everybody and they enjoyed him.

That's pretty standard for most people that hit the mainstream.

He got suspended from high school, made a mixtape about it, and then realized he could rap for a living. It's a simple story and following him for years before he was famous made it believable.

>>71184483
>>>/biz/

>>71184722
Macklemore was independent, he had a number one hit. Actually I think he had two. And another one charted pretty high. He's not an industry plant, he's been doin shit for over a decade. So tell me how you HAVE to have a major label backing you?

>b-but that's an extremely rare occurrence!!

Then don't say you NEED labels backing you to get radio play when there's definitely exceptions.

>>71190917
Chance was famous before Kanye you Kanye-centric dolt

me when

>>71191450
Excuse me?

>>71189348
Diversity in sound means he doesn't know what he wants to do?

>>71187221
xxxtentacle is literally dogshit at every approach to music he's made. Just because he mixes up genres does not make him good, that just makes him not particularly good at anything.

Making him blow up to add 'flavor' to the industry is basically the equivalent of taking a fat piss into the industry.

>>71186764

this desu

>>71190447
Macklemore was signed and then left to become independent. He was underground for like ten years and then independently distributed Thrift Shop to radio stations after it started getting a buzz.

Kendrick has repped TDE since way before anyone had ever heard of him. It's also pretty public knowledge that Dr. Dre basically hunted him down to try to sign him after he heard the song "Ignorance is Bliss". His first release with Aftermath was with MAAD City.

John frusciante #mostobviousindustryplants eccehuomo$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

>>71189495
How dare you!

>>71193279
To record only his satanic ego for ten days eccehomo

>>71193665
>>71193279
fuck you

>>71193708
david novo?

>>71191626
As in before Kanye endorsed him, but that's kind of wrong. The Kanye push helped Chance 3 more than people let on.

>>71184039
THIS

>>71193708
No, fuck you, demon. Xxxbramduprez

>>71190410
ever considered that there might be a market for middle-class black kids who dont listen to thug rappers

>>71184430
yeah
wasn't her dad some new york music biz player?

>>71196323
hey elaborate plz.

>>71183948
I hate Chance with such a burning passion.

>>71196610
me too lol, hes like the worst of the good corny typer

>>71196627
Like kendridck is more of a good good corny but its still corny. I dont hate corniness itself but a lot of shit is badly corny. im basingb my opinion of both of those guys from tlop albium

i cannot stand bruno mars

all he does is copy artists and songs from the 80s, like sting, the time, prince, gap band, etc. people don't seem to notice or care because everything he copies is from a past era. there's nothing original about this guy. he's no different from a coverband that gets gigs at weddings, the only difference is that this guy has corporate backing and nepotism working in his favor

it really says a lot about the state of music, art and culture we're in, in which fucking bruno mars is the go to guy and recognized as our current innovator, where in the past it used to be the likes of james brown, mj, prince, bobby brown, fuck even justin timberlake is more original than this copycat fraud

>>71193212
yeah, there is a difference between plant, and poaching legitimate talent

>>71184039

I think a Seat at the Table was a million times better than Lemonade. I think Solange is the better artist, honestly.

But yeah, doesn't matter if she is. She'd have a "listenership" regardless because of that connection.

>>71196983
Solange is LITERALLY a bloodhound with makeup and backing vocals that the Jewish cabal that runs the music industry has convinced you is some kind of socially progressive r&b artist.

>>71184065
>In 2016 Raury went on tour as a support act for the rapper Macklemore

JUST

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>>71186112
holy

>>71196955
He literally displayed as prince the other day so it's not like people aren't aware of the similarities. Obviously it's stupid to call him an innovator but he's a great pop songwriter in terms of giving the masses what they want. Look at his early songwriting credits that were big hits both for himself and other artists and they don't sound retro but just like what was popular circa 08/09. Not really nepotism either given he broke into pop industry the old fashioned way pretty much.

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This guy is by far the most obvious industry plant out at the moment.

I wouldn't be surprised if he was actually an actor playing the role of a rapper named Stormzy for a big Adidas marketing campaign.

>>71183948
>makes music for free
>got found by Childish Gambino before everyone else and went on tour with him
>his music career from before he blew up and early band Save Money are easily documentable
>regularly puts friends and family on tracks, pretty much helping start their career
>still isn't signed to a label

Yeah, no. He probably has a really good PR team, but that's about it.

>>71184065
Him and Shamir.

>>71184370
/thread

>>71184938
Wow you realize Zappa had like a dozen players for every instrument right

>>71197661
That #Pogback stuff was fucking cringeworthy in particular.

>>71197661
find the yank that has never been to south london

>>71192060
it's not diversity in sound if it's not done well
he doesn't know what direction to go in
think of all the people who have put out a record with multiple sounds on it, and how often they get trashed for being all over the place
the only person who has done it and received praise lately was kanye with tlop, and that was only because he gave every album-fan content they'd like

>>71198283
or europe in general

>>71183972
It is.

"There's no such thing as a successful unsigned artist! If someone became famous without the help of a label, it's fake! It's a scam! Only trust the major labels!!!"

That's what these threads are, hmm I wonder why.

>>71197444
my dumbass saw a story headline that claimed eric estrada was his dad and i thought it was true until i checked just now

what you say is true, though. i'm probably just bitter at the fact that he overrated because he basically has no competition

>Any band that didn't start playing on bars or on SoundCloud for newer ones
>Artists that label themselves as "the next x"
>X is my parent so I'm automatically famous
>Featured everywhere for no reason