Billboard’s Take on Ye Exposing The Game’s Alleged DM to Tina Knowles & More | Billboard Unfiltered

In today’s episode of ‘Billboard Unfiltered,’ Billboard staffers Kyle Denis, Damien Scott, Carl Lamarre and Trevor Anderson break down Drake tying with Taylor Swift & Jay-Z on the Billboard 200 with ‘$ome $exy $ongs 4 U,’ if MCs should take J.Cole seriously, Ye sharing an alleged DM of The Game DMing Tina Knowles, Rolling Stone’s worst song on Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller,’ the 15 up and coming hip-hop, African & R&B artists to watch in 2025 and more!

Carl Lamarre: 

Yo yo. What’s going on, y’all, welcome to a fresh episode of Billboard Unfiltered, gentlemen! 

Kyle Denis: 

Yo yo.

Carl Lamarre: 

What it do, what it do, what it do, what it do? How y’all feeling? 

Trevor Anderson: 

You a little high today? 

Carl Lamarre: 

I’m on my high horse. 

Trevor Anderson:

Clearly! 

Damien Scott:

We all know why. 

Carl Lamarre: 

We all know why!

Kyle Denis:

A high horse? Uh-oh, why?

Carl Lamarre: 

The reason why-

Kyle Denis:

Something happened? 

Carl Lamarre: 

Huh? 

Kyle Denis:

Something happened? 

Carl Lamarre: 

Something monumental will happen. 

Kyle Denis:

Oh, put me on. What happened?

Trevor Anderson:

Monumental? 

Carl Lamarre: 

Potentially, I’m not gonna say historic, but we’re on the doors of something, well, on the steps of some history-making sh–. I gotta say we’re gonna start this off with brother Aubrey Graham notched-

Damien Scott:

Surprise, surprise.

Carl Lamarre: 

Notched number 14.

Trevor Anderson:

Come on, notch? 

Carl Lamarre: 

Notch. Come on. I took some advanced classes back in the day. Brother Aubrey and PARTYNEXTDOOR notched a No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, ‘$ome $exy $ongs 4 U.’ 246,000 album equivalent units, marking number 14 for Mr. Aubrey Graham, tying him with Jay-Z and Taylor Swift for the most No. 1s for soloists still trailing, of course, The Beatles with 19.

Kyle Denis;

Come on. 

Trevor Anderson:

Hey, they got the AI song a few years ago, a lil AI album.

Carl Lamarre: 

Still got some work to do. But you know, first off, of course, Mr. PARTYNEXTDOOR, shout out to PARTY getting his first No. 1 album. 

Kyle Denis:

Absolutely.

Damien Scott: 

This is his biggest first week, right? 

Carl Lamarre: 

Biggest first week.

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