Official Watch the Throne Thread...

[blackrain]

I applaud them for not letting the album leak. But did they do the same for their artists? My whole point. The selfishness and greed b.

unless they're having all their artist send all the songs they record directly to them and only them and monitoring every studio session, i'd say it's hard to keep that good of a watch over somebody else's music and what they do with it like they could their own

 

[rip.dilla]

I applaud them for not letting the album leak. But did they do the same for their artists? My whole point. The selfishness and greed b.

Very good point and observation

At least 'Ye's artistes are up and running

You can't say the same for Jay

 

[MAKAVELI25]

Yo, I know y'all are joking and all, but I gotta heart it before I cop it. If "Otis" is the general tone of the album, no way I'm paying for the shit

 

[Kame]

I preordered that shit so I get mine tomorrow night

but you got a point

Guess they trying something different, but remember they arent totally in charge of their artist's shit, at least ye isn't cause all he do is manage his artists... well they did just move to def jam so itll be different... but finally famous came out before the move so technically all he was part of was promoting his artists shit and working with them

Jay on the other hand...

But besides all that, other artists have done this shit before.. hell lil b did it
just no one as popular as these two

 

[StoneColdMikey]

so only the digital copy comes out monday?

 

[Gee_has_hot_picture]

can we all agree its gonna flop, no hit single

 

[Kame]

so only the digital copy comes out monday?

yep...

depending on how good the album is I might cop retail...

 

[Kame]

can we all agree its gonna flop, no hit single

I thought so too... but this shit is like number 2 or 3 on itunes worldwide off preorders alone

smartass businessmen these two... or their teams are

 

i'm hoping this album wont be some wack sht thats excused for "pushing the envelope" ....

 

[Gee_has_hot_picture]

I thought so too... but this shit is like number 2 or 3 on itunes worldwide off preorders alone

smartass businessmen these two... or their teams are

u can be no1 on billboard with 60-70 thousand sales so.....so what im getting aT?

if this sells much as royce EP then ill be depressed for hip hop

i dotn think it will go plat, gold at best maybe 600-800k total(even that seems high)

i'm hoping this album wont be some wack sht thats excused for "pushing the envelope" ....

word to linkin park lol

 

[soul rattler]

Big Sean, Wale, Rihanna, Kid Cudi.

All of their last albums...

Big Sean is moreso Def Jam's artist than Kanye's.

Wale is not Roc Nation's artist.

Rihanna is not Roc Nation's artist.

Who the fuck cares about Kid Cudi's album leaking when he has a cult following anydamnway?

 

[Kame]

u can be no1 on billboard with 60-70 thousand sales so.....so what im getting aT?

if this sells much as royce EP then ill be depressed for hip hop

i dotn think it will go plat, gold at best maybe 600-800k total(even that seems high)

word to linkin park lol

lol I unno ye had no hit singles with mbdtf and went plat
i can't tell how much they gonna sell first week cause i can't predict what they gonna do
its gonna be sold on itunes for most of the week..
then on friday that shit comes out in stores, and itll be sold everywhere up till the tuesday where they count sales

you may be right for all I know lol.. bob went no 1 with like 60k or 80k first week

 

[soul rattler]

If "Otis" is the general tone of the album, no way I'm paying for the shit

What makes you think this is the case when "Otis" and "HAM" are damn near opposite of one another? "That's My Bitch" sounds nothing like either one of those songs either.

Or have you already made up in your mind that you're not buying the album?

 

[Kame]

Once its on itunes how are people gonna make it a mp3 file?

How do you turn into a zip folder wit the album off itunes?

There's a folder on your computer that keeps all the music you buy on itunes, just like when you dl it
people just upload it from there I guess
hell it might leak like an hr earlier than midnight anyways... itll have to be out of their hands by then

 

[Kame]

Even if it leaks today or tommorow... they really kept it away this long.... thats crazy

 

[Gee_has_hot_picture]

ill predict 200-300k first week

and kanye last album was obviously good, got a amazing review by rolling stones

had the taylor swift drama

it was well known coming out

ye last album had hits, u dont need radio hits to sell, radio hits dotn geenrate sales to often, word to Rihanna hit making machine that cant sell well(even her tours)

 

[soul rattler]

Did a nigga just compare Watch The Throne to Bad Meets Evil? Of course Jay and Ye are going to outsell Em and Royce. Why? Because Eminem's fanbase are fans of Eminem, not rap. Bad Meets Evil was a rap album, not an Eminem album. Jay and Kanye on the other hand are crafting an album, not a collection of random songs.

 

[Kame]

ill predict 200-300k first week

and kanye last album was obviously good, got a amazing review by rolling stones

had the taylor swift drama

it was well known coming out

ye last album had hits, u dont need radio hits to sell, radio hits dotn geenrate sales to often, word to Rihanna hit making machine that cant sell well(even her tours)

imma go out and say 400k

Only cause its these two, anything can happen, and im guessing they had some figures or numbers talking bout how the ratio to people buying itunes albums over retail ones

I aint even sure though...

 

[Gee_has_hot_picture]

Did a nigga just compare Watch The Throne to Bad Meets Evil? Of course Jay and Ye are going to outsell Em and Royce. Why? Because Eminem's fanbase are fans of Eminem, not rap. Bad Meets Evil was a rap album, not an Eminem album. Jay and Kanye on the other hand are crafting an album, not a collection of random songs.

u didnt read my post, try again

 

[Kame]

Oh iiight

Lmao just shows I dont buy no music cuz I have no idea how the itunes store operates

If this album raw like I expect it to be then I'll cop

This will be the 1st album I paid for since the massacre

lol this what im talking about though

I dont know anybody who uses the itunes store besides buying apps and shit, guess there's people that do

unless they doing it in secret