There’s a very good chance that if you’re reading this article, then you’ve listened to your fair share of artists who signed to the widely-popular record label, Young Money. That’s because the team of artists compiled by founder Lil Wayne is one made up of rappers like Drake, Tyga and Nick Minaj—among others—meaning the group has quite the grip on the scene, combining swagger and street cred to its audiences.
And while those artists still do their own thing, creating music that they’ll be able to profit on with their own popularity and brand, the record label has released a collaboration album entitled, “Rise of An Empire,” which brings together all the best about the label. Bringing both energy and his own style to a number of tracks, Lil Wayne isn’t only the most popular and featured artist on the album, but also the backbone that will arguably make or break the record.
With the song “Senile”—which sounds like a Drake-inspired masterpiece—each member of the lineup explodes with their own version of artistry that makes the song complete. Welcoming newcomer Euro into the mix, the rapper shines on a number of different tracks, but look for him most prominently on the single “Induction Speech,” where he lets loose, reminding audiences why he might be dubbed as the protege and heir apparent to Wayne.
With the label already boasting a worth of nearly $1 billion, it’s easy to see why they continue to grow in both popularity, value and inspiring content, because it’s a label that, while it might never compete with the Roc Nation, Bad Boy or Def Jams of the world, it more than holds its own in the market of making hits.
This album might be in response to the various collab albums that seem to be going on in music right now, but because of its uniqueness to use all of the artists in the company, it packs an extra punch that undoubtedly showcases the label—which will only continue to increase the “rise of Young Money.”
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