Off the back of Lil Yachty's new album, he made a comment about "wanting to be seen as an artist". This led to responses like this. We broke down the multi-layered conversation that is decades old and spans genres: Labels, eras, the leaders of said eras and what happens when they do something different.

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Charlie's 2018 piece on the subject.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (1:16) (Ben = Bold / Charlie = Italics)

• K.Keed - Tx3 II (EP)
• Evil Needle & Misha - ChillHop Beat Tapes:
• Bishop Nehru - Nehruvian Tuesdays: Volume 3
• Onoe Caponoe - Concrete Fantasia
• Jehst - Mork Calling Orson
• 2KBABY - Scared 2 Love
• Young Jr - Thug Child
• Wale the Sage - Running From Time
• jonatan leandoer96 - Sugar World
• Kevin Gates - The Luca Brasi Story A Decade Of Brasi
• 30 Deep Grimeyy - Let Me In
• Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy

The Conversation - (10:36)
Lighter Note - (1:08:06)

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