Elsewhere, Lanez drizzles come-ons willy-nilly atop of melodies recycled from P. The wall-to-wall blanket of homage extends even to a pair of skits, where venerable crowd-pleasers ( Cam’ron’s “Hey Ma,” Usher’s “U Don’t Have To Call”) can be heard in the background. This is especially true for the music on Chixtape 4, where the references to golden oldies are as loud and pervasive as ever. This music exists in the same space as Natalie La Rose and Jeremih’s “Somebody,” Diplo and Sleepy Tom’s “Be Right There,” and Cheat Codes and Kriss Kross Amsterdam’s “Sex.” The aesthetic impulse, not far from Hollywood’s vogue for making sequels to movies twenty years old, seems to be: if it ain’t broke, add new drums and put it out again. Lanez also has plenty of practice-songs on the previous volumes of Chixtape mostly pull from a jumbled collage of the last two decades of R&B and rap. But Lanez is well-equipped for this sort of work: his filmy voice, blissfully unburdened by texture, allows him to live lightly in past smashes without dulling the pleasant narcotic effects of nostalgia. Lanez’s major label debut album arrived last August-a month before “Luv” peaked-bearing a triumphant title: I Told You.Įxulting after those hits is like soaking up sartorial compliments while dressed in someone else’s suit. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart. Lanez is known for two singles, both of which rehash previous hits - “Say It” borrows from Brownstone’s “If You Love Me,” while “Luv” swipes Tanto Metro and Devonte’s “Everyone Falls in Love.” In pop, familiarity often breeds success, so it’s not surprising that this pair waltzed to No. He greeted 2017 with two new mixtapes, and while some people use the New Year as an inflection point-time to slough off the old and commit to change- Chixtape 4 and The New Toronto 2 show an artist toasting to inertia. But you stay on ya ‘business’ my g.The rapper/singer Tory Lanez’s primary skill is mimicking others. We already spoke abt this in private and you specifically said “that ain’t even no good business move why would I promote that s-” but now this ain’t your ‘beef?’ That ain’t real. “My stance hasn’t changed at all YOURS has. Stand on what you stand on without feeling like I’m against ya.” This situation ain’t no damn ‘beef’ and I really wish people would stop downplaying it like it’s some internet s- for likes and retweets,” Thee Stallion remarked.ĭaBaby then retorted to Megan’s tweet, saying “ You know like I know I ain’t no “industry” n-, let em fool you into thinking that you trippin. “Support me in private and publicly do something different…these industry men are very strange.
Megan also took to Twitter to take a swipe at “industry men” getting her back behind the scenes but then doing “something different.” Then once ppl start tagging me & I saw it and tried to delete it and undo the retweet Twitter didn’t let me.? I ain’t retweet nothing but “Ball If I Want To” promo. “Idk what type of Illuminati s- Twitter got goin on?… When fans questioned DaBaby’s loyalty to Megan after they collaborated together, DaBaby responded again on Twitter.
Scott reports that Megan unfollowed DaBaby.
I’m out n-– bidness while still successfully doing business.”Īfter the song was released this past week, Love B.