DJ Akademiks Breaks down why Streaming and Playlists are so important to artists in 2022! Talks Ebro

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[@AirunDevon]

As someone who has done internet sales for 15 years...VISIBILITY MATTERS. If your item is the first one a consumer sees they are more likely to buy it. When actual humans control what's seen, corruption is not far behind.

[@nectarpeach2853]

This is why you vote small govt, because we’re humans. Humans abuse power, the founders were right to implement checks on other branches. Can’t let humans get too much power, and if you think you’d do a better job if you got the power, you’re the problem.

[@KGR4NT]

As true as that might be...if the fans are looking for the artist project they will find it provided the right marketing went behind it. All this is gonna do anyone he shoots themselves in the foot or has poor publicity claim blackball. Weren't no one as of late checking for DaBaby, whereas although Ak expects Meek to flop whenever he drops most if not all of us will be behind that release.

[@TripVino]

@@KGR4NT it shouldn’t be hard to find any artist project I hate all these gate keepers who try to shun hip hop artist but will plaster pop artist all over the streaming platforms yall gone stop acting like it isn’t a thing that’s been happening way too often wake up and smell the grease burning

[@melmatrix8212]

Visibility matters .. with over 20m Instagram followers.. no established artist should be blaming playlist as a reason why the flopped .. especially when they can advertise directly to thier core fans

[@friscocitygaming]

@@melmatrix8212 bro you aren't in the industry so stop speaking like you are. If AK is saying he's black balled, then he is

[@luhhvii]

The thing I love about Ak is that he grind his way into a cold hearted industry and gives out free game.. dude is inspirational and dope whether you like him or not

[@ayomideogundeji3622]

Ak is so smart it’s crazy when he breaks stuff down

[@ilovejesuschrist992]

Wow. So smart.

[@newthesis9480]

Streaming took over radio. Most people like curated playlists. They don’t want to spend time to discover new artists, and create their own playlists. It’s far easier for them to just select a curated playlist and hit play. So if an artist is put on a playlist that is listened to by millions of people everyday, their streams will go through the roof. Especially if they are put near the beginning of the playlist. If they are left off the playlist, then millions of people will never listen to their music.

[@anatorres-ym8ke]

so true! this new generation weird asl...i ask someone what they listening too and they never know!! they gotta check the playlist...i like 2 make my own cuz ima music lover...i need 2 know the name of every song i listen too ima true music lover

[@glennusher4160]

your have to give Ak props, if you like him or not.. he breaks down everything when it comes to music, Sales and Business. No one else does that!

[@adamxo.]

@@cruzanassassin not everybody follows music💀

[@cousinbang6568]

NO ONE. AK a goat

[@adamxo.]

@@realspitter2727 no he literally doesnt have to do anything 💀💀💀

[@glennusher4160]

@@cruzanassassin What? There are people in the Industry who doesnt know this.. So. You're making no sense!.

[@peoplesplug4584]

Yaw can hate AK all you want but the homie giving alot of game you ain't goin get from too many of these streamers

[@peoplesplug4584]

@@issa2666 facts

[@ihateanimebutonlywhenitiso7227]

@@issa2666 Yup exactly! Like last year 6ix 9ine was explaining how you can just buy a #1 song or a billboard slot, thats why when Kid Laroi and artist like that flaunt they monthly listeners and what not i gotta look at em sideways, not bc they not good enough to get those numbers but bc them having those numbers would mean they are so much bigger than artist that literally eclipse them in popularity and relevance

[@hbvont4518]

Good morning chat

[@frankmathews1358]

This guy is the best at his job. #period

[@charleseally3998]

They push music on us but it's up to use to decide that no matter the push we will choose talent

[@KabbalahSherry]

LISTENNNN.... Nicki Minaj has BEEN warning everybody about how this Industry protects/supports certain artists... but nobody wanted to hear it & everyone just called her "bitter". 🥴🤣 lol Well, we've seen Cardi B get away w/some of the foulest sh*t everrr - WAY worse than anything DaBaby has done - and yet she still out here getting brand deals & radio play. So make it make sense! How the f*ck do you: throw shoes at high class events, admit to drugging & robbing men, go around acting ratchet all the time, use ghostwriters for everything that you do, tell a reporter you hope their Mama catch AIDS, plead guilty to hiring goons to f*ck up 2 black women, and then post sexully explicit content online of somebody w/out their permission, not to mention speak on their children & their dead mother too... And STILL have a career?! 😒🚮 HOW?! We should have neverrr gassed up these Industry plants, cuz look at what it's done to Hip Hop & to the culture.

[@Officerblack21]

Nicki married a pedo

[@chick1800]

the realist shit i ever read! ‼️ well said

[@HemiLyfestyle]

You definitely a Nicki stan 🤣😂

[@R.T.12]

@@HemiLyfestyle barb or not… she got a point

[@ShannonChelsea242]

@@HemiLyfestyle Regardless. If you read it its the truth. What Da Baby did for how he is getting treated is BULLSHIT

[@gmsnooze]

It’s a crazy time to be alive, in the days of the wutang clan and biggie smalls shoot even when lil Wayne was having his run, fans would never hear this type of information. Bro we gotta cherish AK while we got him

[@TeddyPhillips]

Ak is a wealth of knowledge. Love this type of content

[@Rl-jd8lh]

Ak stay giving gems and knowledge 💯💯

[@jonsnow300]

I MUST BE ONE OF THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO DONT EVER CLICK ON THOSE PLAYLIST YOU TALKING ABOUT AK

[@JESSEJ7TV]

Ak speaking facts

[@nortonantho]

Big AK with big facts.

[@ProfitBandz]

DAmn Ak … thank you for keep it 💯💯💯

[@1221dirty]

Ak fearless

[@Ceigetheguardian]

I really appreciate & love you Ak real shit

[@nicholasverando2150]

I remember I caught akademiks lacking in LA bet weekend about 5 or 6 years ago going to playhouse in Hollywood. I WAS LIKE AK. THAT NIGGA ACT LIKE IT WASN'T HIM HE STARTED whistling and all. SMART NIGGA YO 😅😅😅

[@lilfreddieb5643]

I knew it... You the goat 💪🏽

[@kumasifitts2248]

Ak stay giving facts lol

[@GodChanged4TheBetter]

Exact reasons I’m staying independent. Don’t want no label to pipe me up just to have me fail when I say sum they don’t like 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@TripVino]

Exactly gate keepers of the industry it’s a sad game out here

[@bluehundo6198]

There we go 💯💯

[@thatdude5983]

Dababy is a diff case from Tory/69. At least hes on Spotify playlists and Is currently the cover for Rap caviar (biggest rap playlist). Tory is straight up black balled from all platforms

[@Rl-jd8lh]

Is that all u took away? AK point is bigger and beyond dababy

[@KingTxne]

He still blackballed by Apple tho… The convo isn’t about who’s blackballed the most, it’s about why are artist being blackballed in the first place

[@jaidasimone_]

He’s being blackballed but I think ppl are actually bored with him too

[@thatdude5983]

@@Rl-jd8lh ngl I aint watch the entire vid

[@drelocs2878]

@@KingTxne Facts

[@BossManFrost]

Ak University 💯

[@nuestrosvideos9791]

Ak speaking facts 👏

[@nectarpeach2853]

6:50 everything AK saying here applies to Social Media. Twitter controls what you see, they editorialize the trending section, while still claiming to be a neutral platform. They’re not a neutral platform tho, they are a publisher. Platforms are protected under law because platforms are neutral and don’t fuck with what users see. Publishers ARE NOT protected because they edit what users get to see. Use your heads people. Twitter is just an example, Facebook already got caught doing this to their trending. Any companies that do this should not get protection under the law. Fucking with what people see can incite violence as it already does and has, therefore NO PROTECTION for these companies should be allowed.

[@jimbopablo5229]

King AK the don!

[@R.T.12]

THATS FACTS!!! I don’t fuck wit 69 nor do I listen to his music, BUT… he DO got a fan base… I gotta call a spade what it is… that 69 shit real, since when were streaming services “gangsta”… Him snitching didn’t effect streaming services… Ak dropping facts

[@taylor6735]

I think Ak is covert. I believe he’s with the elite and one of the gatekeepers of hiphop.

[@carissao.5407]

Isn’t this what Nicki Minaj was ranting about a couple of years ago? 🤔🤔🤔

[@ilovejesuschrist992]

Payola.

[@rasientertainment9843]

Facts it’s definitely better to be like 💯

[@ReyMaccOfficial]

Playlists are super helpful

[@kriswiddak]

Yoooo he ain’t lying the only da baby song on rap life playlist is his song with young boy. Ebro at the bottom of the list looking like what I do tho lol 😂

[@Yahhmon]

We CHANGING THE GAME ITS LITTT🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@phanum6839]

Ppl don’t understand that ak not famous for dissing people he’s famous for speaking the truth to the ppl so they understand all the fuckery amd dark shit that go on behind the scenes there is no illumanti only ppl in places of high power moving the scale as they like

[@sagemode6]

Ebro mad satan but his mom into a pack

[@carolinaanthony4142]

English ???

[@triberedeyetv5971]

Been tryna tell my savages this simce 2018 but they aint wanna act upon the info. Ngl we got the most valuable creative real estate with the largest profit range around YET the 'gatekeepers' n their scouts aint pickin the right players. Itd be a gem to be able to sit n chop wit u, #DJAkademiks on the current climate from the southern underground of music and creative arts business/politics

[@nectarpeach2853]

3:35 What AK is tryna say is that people that get in their feeling aka emotions, they should not be in positions of power, because these types of people are unable to reason, they have a very strong penchant to listen to emotions, similar to Liberals and Leftists. Example, “you’re not a woman” “oh but I feel like one”. Yea you “feel” like one, people in their feelings SHOULD NOT get power.

[@Petergonzaleztv]

5:50 this dude can’t go a minute without mentioning Popeyes

[@ReelsGaloreHoops]

Good morning chat 😃😃

[@Elevate3volve]

That's literally how the label eat they convinced these new artist there's no money in streaming but That's where majority of their revenue comes from. Especially for a top their Artist , the royalties are passive income.

[@glenchrispin3202]

Shit alot of songs are toxic . Playlist helped alot with my anxiety especially with the amount of new artist and song existing artist drop . I listen to singles too not just albums

[@1221dirty]

Ak is the real Million $ Worth Of Game facts

[@deadspace2]

AK teaching me a lot about this Rap game. The industry really is a front 😮‍💨

[@brandonsimpson1617]

Ak, I understand we may come from different walks of life but i truly think youre intelligent enough to understand why 69 behavior is more problematic than just snitching

[@vi2935]

Ak knows why him and 69 get into arguments over it

[@kingpeter6176]

Aka demons does this media shit

[@DNOJ]

Get you an android phone and KZbin-MP3 you’ll need it

[@dextrichwhitaker8536]

If Spotify was bigger than apple 🍎 music everybody would be on big AK diiii. He would have the real people make what they supposed to without being blackballed.

[@LR_Tate]

“I would of deleted him from the algorithm” this shit legendary

[@dextrichwhitaker8536]

Say what y'all want but Big AK is top 2 on this game he's in. I'm the words of hotboy Turk. #TELLINGTHETTRUTHNOTHATING

[@thecorytimsshow]

The Cory Podcast On KZbin 💯

[@Cleeko207]

Imagine Streaming paying artists like radio ??? We’d definitely be rich off streaming if we got even .25c much less a whole dollar Apple paying .1c and Spotify paying half a penny smh

[@dreadheaddeezy1]

Freddie Gibbs new shit hard wish yaw can just sit down

[@QueensJahJah]

That’s why my Spotify block list long af

[@cack781]

NICKI MINAJ been telling y'all since 2015 😭 y'all are just realising ? You thought she was an angry black women ? 🤦🏽🤦🏽🤦🏽🤦🏽

[@ProfitBandz]

King AK The God.

[@cack781]

Dababy has to SCARIFY SOMEONE 👀

[@btecalvin]

My music got noticed by Spotify cause I got a email saying they wanna put it in the editorial playlist

[@TT-mf2cy]

Was Da Baby in a position to drop a surprise album? He set his self up to flop. Where the hits?

[@HealthProductReviews1]

Freddie stay on this man's mind. Hold that L Ak

[@Abdullah-vg1uc]

Being playlisted is a luxury. No artist is owed playlisting

[@TyLuvy]

25.9 billion is the revenue made from music industry in 2021 the amount made if you times that by 80% streams brought in 20,700,000,00.00 For the slow ppl that’s 20.7 billion

[@TyLuvy]

84 percent my bad so that’s 21,756,000,000.00

[@darksideyoutubechannel5266]

Nah yb said F Apple for promoting durk song He never said for blackballing him

[@Tokollo_]

why aren't the playlsits compiled based on user votes?for example Rap Life ?if I like a song I could suggest it for Rap Life and if a song gets enough suggwstions percentage based then it gets on Rap Life ,other Raplife listeners can just suggest it br removed and wifh enough suggestions it gets removed .This way Rap Life will have songs fhat the majority want to hear instead of what Ebro and his 6 delegates like

[@skinnytimmy1]

like AK said most people don't know what they want to listen to, they won't know what to vote for

[@cack781]

Idk about y'all bit i NEVER EVER LISTEN TO PLAYLIST 😭

[@cack781]

Spotify was right for banning problematic artists 🤭!

[@EliteClinicalResearch]

Do another episode with Andrew tate! Bring him back!

[@lilmac5500]

I’m ngl you have been having this conversation since 69 I just didn’t wanna hear it cause Ian like 69

[@FattySnacks]

That’s cap! Cherry do the same mess

[@justicebanks]

Damn people rather listen to lucki than dababy sheesh that’s sad folks got trash taste now 😂🤦🏿‍♂️

[@Denzel-pz8su]

Even if he was playlisted he would have not sold more than 20k

[@princemoyaba]

#princemoyaba

[@Abdullah-vg1uc]

How are yall mad at streaming services for not promoting artists they don't want to promote. No artist is entitled promotion

[@KingTxne]

I mean if the company’s came out and said that then it’ll be different but they won’t cause they know what’s up

[@vi2935]

@@KingTxne nigga we know why they dont have to explain

[@shaunm5233]

What happened to Post Malone??

[@113Confirmed_Kills]

69 69 69…. That’s Aka swinging …… damn every convo is you kissing his asss

[@DirtyIrvFinest]

Who’s Dani Leigh father?

[@spzamynza]

Kellz was actually the first one... thats neither here nor there tho.

[@Itsweefo]

29:33 aye chill on my Nigga Lucki. His album was better anyways

[@thedejshow4639]

You stay talking abt 6ixnine tryna keep ya homeboy relevant! Nobody care abt 6ixnine stop using him as a point of reference! 🤞🏾

[@melmatrix8212]

Anyone anyone can create a playlist… so what is this chipmunk on about

[@pouchonn1985]

Got a question here : If you hold a grudge against an artist and you blackball him on your platform can the artist sue you for not give him a fair chance ?

[@Jai.P91]

No cuz it’s his platform it’s jus choice what he puts or don’t put on his platform it’s like any other business that only sell lays chips and not uncle rays or wise etc

[@TheWallethead]

The answer is yes you can sue. Or report to a competition authority. Maybe in the US where there is little regulation that stuff might fly but not in Europe. If you own a platform but that platform is the only way thousands can sell their work, then you have to abide by fair business practice rules. It doesn’t make sense to only sell Laya chips when selling others brings more choice and more buyers. The only way you would enter into an exclusivity deal like that is if you were being paid to only sell lays chips and that’s illegal.

[@mabiksss2178]

Lol ak got something against women it seems

[@Abdullah-vg1uc]

Akademiks , create your own streaming service and playlist dababy if that's what you want. Stop telling other companies who they should promote

[@rantsinpatwa]

He isn't less popular he is just blackballed...he was never popular to begin with he was made popular by the machine and he said shit they didn't like so they took away the thing that Made him popular....

[@realessayog6947]

Ebro jumped ship. He is the black sheep of all DJ's.. he's slowly going to disappear and cancel his show and be a gatekeeper. Idk who even watches his lame ass radio show

[@2slice805]

There is only one reason why they are destroying Dababy’s career. ONE REASON. Not two. We don’t have to say

[@KingTxne]

I think there’s a lot of reasons DaBaby lost supporters

[@zizou5603]

Yep that day when he called out them guys

[@vi2935]

Dababy is also garbage now thats the main reason

[@ilovejesuschrist992]

@@zizou5603 serves him right.

[@ilovejesuschrist992]

@@KingTxne so many.

[@nicholasverando2150]

People don't give uh f about 69

[@dkbarbados4540]

Pac was innocent

[@villanelle1753]

The music is horrible by da baby now. Please just stop. I used to listen to him 24/7. He hasn’t made a good song since masterpiece.

[@jeremyjohnson4968]

Dababy’s numbers are still trash cause he fell off. Blackballed or not. If the music was still good. The numbers would reflect. Make better music… simple

[@Abdullah-vg1uc]

@@maliking5836 Apple are no obligated to put dababy on their playlist. Apple don't work for dababy

[@vi2935]

@@maliking5836 shit lucki barely on any playlist and outsold him lol

[@larrytan73]

WOW! he's talking too white ppl about black and brown ppl!.....No different fron Allen Westt Dave Clark etc!

[@gilberteambroise5509]

U lying so much

[@Blitzmanz]

How the fuck is he lying u bozo

[@Hugs4Rugs]

I am downloading and putting on a hard drive space🥲