shareef242
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Wild Self;5319035 said:
+ he was still a "Platinum" rapper then.
+ he was still a "Platinum" rapper then.
Wild Self;5319200 said:
Wild Self;5319200 said:
LOL so we're gonna act like WTT did not sell over 1.5 mil. We're gonna act like Niggas in Paris did not go 3x platinum, Otis platinum, No church in the wild gold.
Stop it, Jay will easily platinum again clown ass nigga. You acting like he doesn't consistently sell out 20k arenas all over the country. Unlike that bum Nas, Jay knows how to keep the fans attention and reinvent himself.
KeepinItHundred
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usmarin3;5319269 said:
you don't eat from jay's sales and packed arenas. that great for jay but why do you care? would you stop listening to jay-z if he couldn't sell out 20k arenas?
IceBergTaylor
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ROFL at Jay's next album "barely passing 600k"
You only see and hear this shit on the IC
You only see and hear this shit on the IC
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Nigga you're a clown if you think I give a flying fuck about NaS' record sales . .
That's for him, his agents and Def Jam to worry about. It ain't my pocket.
You bring up the Grammys but check out past winners of 'Album Of The Year'. Some of 'em hardly went gold talk less of platinum.
Jay Z selling tons of records than NaS is not an indication in the slightest of him being a better rapper than NaS
You're so clothed and caped out defending Jay Z its pitiful
That's for him, his agents and Def Jam to worry about. It ain't my pocket.
You bring up the Grammys but check out past winners of 'Album Of The Year'. Some of 'em hardly went gold talk less of platinum.
Jay Z selling tons of records than NaS is not an indication in the slightest of him being a better rapper than NaS
You're so clothed and caped out defending Jay Z its pitiful
KeepinItHundred
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usmarin3;5319535 said:
when did i say jay sold out? it's not just nas fans who think jay sold out, a lot of old non stanning jay fans think he's a sell out too. you clearly care about jay's stats, as you brought them up in this thread. you feel more comfortable being a fan of jay's music because of his money, business ventures and popularity, that's obvious.
you're the last person who should even type the word stan. i remember somebody made thread about nas being the first to have 3 number one solo albums in different decades and you came caping for jay talking about watch the throne is a solo album. lol
KeepinItHundred;5319380 said:
Don't try to talk no logic to this fool. He just got thru tellin me EURO jay caters to niggas more than a nigga that did an album with a marley and a nigga that raps all the time about indulging in african roots. Nigga gonna try to tell me the demographics "I SAW" when I seen them live like the concert footage he post gonna mean something. Jay got a perminate Tea Bag for this nigga. Its hard to be objective when a scrotum is that far down a mans throat
Nas discography
Illmatic - Platinum
It was Written - 2x Platinum
I AM - 2x Platinum
Nastradamus - Platinum
Stillmatic - 2x Platinum
God Son - Platinum
Street Disciple - Platinum
Hip Hop is Dead - GOLD (conceptual album)
Untitled - Gold (conceptual album)
Life is Good - 350k sold so far
Lets look at the highest selling albums of 2012 so far
Nicki Minaj- Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (777,000)
Kendrick Lamar Good Kid Mad City (540,000)
Rick Ross- "God Forgives, I Don't" (438,000)
2 Chainz- Based On A T.R.U Story (428,000)
Nas - Life is Good (350,000)
Tyga- Careless World: Rise Of The Last King (305,254)
Meek Mills - Dreams and Nightmares (283,000)
Maybach Music Group: Self Made Vol. 2 (242,924)
B.O.B- Strange Clouds (237,361)
Future- Pluto (188,700)
Slaughterhouse- Welcome To Our House (146,000)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis- The Heist (134,000)
Lupe Fiasco- Food & Liquor 2 (127,600)
Lacrae- Gravity (126,900)
Big K.R.I.T- Live From The Underground (91,530)
Waka Flocka Flame- Tripple F Life (91,471)
DJ Khaled- Kiss The Ring (80,054)
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Yeah Nas is flopping hard at #5....damn he is irrelevant
Some of yall nigga really taking this shit to heart. I'm a fan of both artist (Jay z and Nas) To keep it authentic, Nas has always been that type of rapper who never completely embraced the commercial field. He had commercial records but most of the time he kinda stuck to doing him. Jay on the other hand always was always grooming himself to become a commercial rapper since In My Lifetime.
My definition of relevancy is how you are respected and known within your genre and community. What rapper doesnt know about Nas and show mad respect from him. THis is from new to old, so in a way he is highly relevant plus all his albums are either Platinum or Gold. I can name a few artist who are supposedly hot right now who cant say the same about their sales. Ross has platinum singles but all his albums are GOLD and he is the hottest out. So would you say he is irrelevant because of that. So why say that about Nas.
If nas really wanted to go commercial and become Platinum again, I believe it can be done since there isnt a artist right now (hot or not) who wouldnt jump at the chance to do a album with him
Illmatic - Platinum
It was Written - 2x Platinum
I AM - 2x Platinum
Nastradamus - Platinum
Stillmatic - 2x Platinum
God Son - Platinum
Street Disciple - Platinum
Hip Hop is Dead - GOLD (conceptual album)
Untitled - Gold (conceptual album)
Life is Good - 350k sold so far
Lets look at the highest selling albums of 2012 so far
Nicki Minaj- Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (777,000)
Kendrick Lamar Good Kid Mad City (540,000)
Rick Ross- "God Forgives, I Don't" (438,000)
2 Chainz- Based On A T.R.U Story (428,000)
Nas - Life is Good (350,000)
Tyga- Careless World: Rise Of The Last King (305,254)
Meek Mills - Dreams and Nightmares (283,000)
Maybach Music Group: Self Made Vol. 2 (242,924)
B.O.B- Strange Clouds (237,361)
Future- Pluto (188,700)
Slaughterhouse- Welcome To Our House (146,000)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis- The Heist (134,000)
Lupe Fiasco- Food & Liquor 2 (127,600)
Lacrae- Gravity (126,900)
Big K.R.I.T- Live From The Underground (91,530)
Waka Flocka Flame- Tripple F Life (91,471)
DJ Khaled- Kiss The Ring (80,054)
^^^^^
Yeah Nas is flopping hard at #5....damn he is irrelevant
Some of yall nigga really taking this shit to heart. I'm a fan of both artist (Jay z and Nas) To keep it authentic, Nas has always been that type of rapper who never completely embraced the commercial field. He had commercial records but most of the time he kinda stuck to doing him. Jay on the other hand always was always grooming himself to become a commercial rapper since In My Lifetime.
My definition of relevancy is how you are respected and known within your genre and community. What rapper doesnt know about Nas and show mad respect from him. THis is from new to old, so in a way he is highly relevant plus all his albums are either Platinum or Gold. I can name a few artist who are supposedly hot right now who cant say the same about their sales. Ross has platinum singles but all his albums are GOLD and he is the hottest out. So would you say he is irrelevant because of that. So why say that about Nas.
If nas really wanted to go commercial and become Platinum again, I believe it can be done since there isnt a artist right now (hot or not) who wouldnt jump at the chance to do a album with him
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Yo, sun has to be putting on a show.....If posters are getting percentages of rappers royalties, where is that sign up list, yo?.....lol..I understand bigging cats up, giving props but damn!! like yo what has jay's money done for you to be this invested in it..this shyt is an act b......lol....has to be
Not selling records doesn't necessarily mean you fell off. Nas doesn't sell millions like he used to because he doesn't try to pander to the masses. He's not concerned with "the rap game" he's concerned with pushing the limits of his creativity and craft. Stillmatic, God's Son, Street's Disciple, Hip Hop Is Dead, (untitled), and Distant Relatives are all releases nearly completely void of any attempts to please all sides of the fence. Nas didn't fall off, he was real enough to not give a fuck about the fake love and walk away to make real music.
Jay-Z's music has been stale for years now. American Gangster was extremely impressive, a testament to how talented he really is but he usually limits his own talent to maintain pop culture relevancy. He's made the same album a few times Kingdom Come, The Blueprint 2 & The Blueprint 3 are all pretty much recycled versions of the same project and Watch The Throne is the worst of them all, the sloppiest, most pointless thing I've heard in some time.
