@Hadey- Eminem made a career dissing out his mother, wife and M Carey and yes , he went graphic. Mariah responded with her own song.
There are so many name droppings by artists all the time especially by rappers and they use proper names. Not just their relatives, friends but other singers/rappers especially. NWO , Tupac - the genre Kenye sings in is infamous for this.
So , yes there are way many artists who take names and never credit or reference.
Why singing, take roasting - how many take consent of people while cracking up the jokes. Some go personal with it too. You get references of artists in movies/serials.
So pardon me, if this whole consent argument seem wafer thin to me.
How do i know this was an hour long conversation? Because Taylor's lawyers mentioned it after Kimmy K went and gave a GQ about having proof against Taylor's lying.It wa her lawyers who mentioned the convo being of 1 hr. There are videos of Rick Ruben (a very well respected Music director) whose word is pretty authentic speaking to Taylor.
Nope, Taylor is not the only one who has found success writing about such songs but she is the currently the most profilc one because of the sns and her control over the narrative, a trait I actually respect.
Is it entirely possible for someone so obsessed with maintaining an image and media narrative that she chickened out when the reviews of the song came and turned it into using it for a bigger cause. Presumably she used it to further her image using it as a gender card and world laughed/trolled at Kanye .Her lawyers have mentioned how they did send notice to Kanye to destroy the tape. So there is that too.
Take the Calvin Harris case, she agreed or decided on using a pseudonym for a new song . It became a hit and she kept silent . Taylor having the bigger power sharing arrangement and stature probably wanted it that way. But she went behind Calvin's back and disclosed the truth about the song and identity without keeping him in the loop after their break up..how is that not sneaky and a little revenge gate?
These celebs are run by PRs and work for an image. Taylor's image is good two shoes and in all her conflicts she likes to play the victim card which works ..until now where she got outplayed by another PR strategy. Taylor works every narrative including her friends posting photos from holiday to a video guy with her all the time..very Beyonce there.
There are no good guys here. It's who wins the strategy way..and for now , Taylor lost the crown to Mr and Mrs West.
LOL nobody sues anybody here because it's a PR war , Courts are Passe.
Edited by charminggenie - 9 years ago