DanknDrank
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blackbloc;2942615 said:
sade lovers rock november 14, 2000 july 18, 2001 epic 3.00x multi platinum album solo
sade love deluxe october 26, 1992 november 09, 1994 epic 4.00x multi platinum album solo
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DanknDrank;2942630 said:
thanks i already know that that why is said lover live , "Lovers Live debuted and peaked at number ten on the U.S. Billboard 200, and became Sade's first album to miss the top 20 of the UK Albums Chart. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on 7 March 2002 with U.S. sales of 562,000 copies"
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DanknDrank
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blackbloc;2942637 said:
but did you not first say her last album in the 90's before she return didn't go platinum?
which was my point of you switching up
and who cares if she goes gold on a live album....most ppl brick theirs
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Soho Fresco
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H-Rap 180;2942177 said:
I don't really think Ye's MBDTF was pop at all....he was as rebellious as you can get with that album. This nigga had a cover of him and a armless bitch..both naked. 6 different controversial covers, one with a sword in his head. That so appalled track had people walking around saying "dirty white bitches" and made a anthem for douche bags (stupid but just shows how he didn't give a fuck), and Devil in a Red Dress is a timeless classic. The only song from that album that got heavy radio play was "All of the Lights". All of that and he still went Plat, I can't imagine any artist doing shit like that any time soon. Ye is far...and I mean FAR from a DMX but it seems like he is the only "no holds barred" artist of this generation ...which is pretty sad.
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riddlerap;2942721 said:
It would be a better defense for 50cent who failed to reach Gold with his last album "BISD".
In order for an album to go platinum in 2011 a rapper would need to cater his music towards people like you.
Some artists consistently sell on average 600,000 copies of their solo releases and other artists go from 8 million sold in 2003 to 480,000 sold in 2009.
Get Rich or Die = 8 million
The Massacre = 5 million
Curtis = 1 million
Before I suck Destruct = 480,000
Black Tragic = Shelved indefinitely
Damn Homie
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c/s this thread back in '08 when fat joe did 45k first week that shit was laughable, now its not uncommon. and weezy went from 1mill first week with the carter 3 to what with rebirth? less than 200k i think. but to that last post.. 50 lost alotta fans too, its not just the sales climate
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thesynthesis
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the issue with rap music is it's not respected by "Consumers" as much as many other genres
in the 90's rap music was at it's peak, people paid hard earn money to cop a 2pac album, so he could go 6 times plat in 3 months
other genres, such as rock, dance, country are doing better than rap music sales-wise
the quality of rap music has gone downhill, you have rappers recording music in bedrooms, also over saturation is an issue
and then you have the issue of rappers being able to make hit single, but the rest of the material on the album sucking
rappers need to up there game and start thinking about quality and seeing where they stand as artists and what "new sound" they can bring to the table....
rap music in terms of record sales is dying quicker than other genres.....
in the 90's rap music was at it's peak, people paid hard earn money to cop a 2pac album, so he could go 6 times plat in 3 months
other genres, such as rock, dance, country are doing better than rap music sales-wise
the quality of rap music has gone downhill, you have rappers recording music in bedrooms, also over saturation is an issue
and then you have the issue of rappers being able to make hit single, but the rest of the material on the album sucking
rappers need to up there game and start thinking about quality and seeing where they stand as artists and what "new sound" they can bring to the table....
rap music in terms of record sales is dying quicker than other genres.....
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Who Cares???
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H-Rap 180;2942437 said:
Really? I guess the year after, 2003, the colossal Get Rich or Die Trying didn't release from a NY rapper. The Black Album, which received much higher praise than that garbage double disc, also was delivered by a NY rapper. Along with Beg For Mercy. Eve isn't even from NY, so I don't know why she was mentioned. Diplomatic Immunity did drop in 2003 from a NY based rap team. NY was still doing it big in 03.
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Fat Joe dosent really make music that can cross-over and his sales reflect that, he does make some good music tho'.SHAYDEEEE;2942883 said:
You can't compare C3 with a Rock album, we have to wait for C4 to really judge wise.
50Cent has been going downhill his entire career, many artists sell equal amounts from year to year or increase their sales from one year to the next, 50Cent is the only artist in the History of rap music that has lost half or more fans with each album he drops...it's almost painful to watch.
If he drops another album it will sell 200,000 or less based on his pattern of self destruction
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Soho Fresco
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H-Rap 180;2942861 said:It would be a better defense for 50cent who failed to reach Gold with his last album "BISD".
In order for an album to go platinum in 2011 a rapper would need to cater his music towards people like you.
Some artists consistently sell on average 600,000 copies of their solo releases and other artists go from 8 million sold in 2003 to 480,000 sold in 2009.
Get Rich or Die = 8 million
The Massacre = 5 million
Curtis = 1 million
Before I suck Destruct = 480,000
Black Tragic = Shelved indefinitely
Damn Homie
But if you think about it.....3 platinum albums is a good career for a artist if you look at it sales wise. In my case, I don't care about sales and look at 50's career as disappointing because I judge the music and in my opinion , all of his albums after GRODT are ass. Also, I agree with L3NU... platinum rappers aren't dead, they're just a endangered species.
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Who Cares???;2942925 said:
Cool story, here's my list of 20 from 2002 now you compare it with your list from 2003:
Styles p gangster gentleman
Ll cool j 10. * Platinum
Nas godson
Bust a rhymes it ain't safe no more
JayZ blueprint 2
Camron cone home with me
Taliban kweli quality (classic)
GSA legend of liquid swords
Nas lost tapes
Cormega true meaning
Az Asiatic
Krs one spiritual minded
Boot camp click chosen few
Swizz beats ghetto stories
Kool g rap the giancana story
Nore gods favorite
P diddy we invented the remix. * *Double plat
15 diffent wu tang affiliates dropped projects
Jarule the last temptation. *Platinum
Pass the Couvesier, Hey Ma, Oh boy
(Nas Stillmatic dropped less than two weeks before 2002)
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H-Rap 180;2942964 said:
well when you start your career with as much pandemonium as he did there's nowhere to go but downhill.
but its true about lil wayne that gay song how to love just might get him another million week. at least 400,000 first week is my prediction
and the fat joe album im talkin about did have a crossover hit "i wont tell" i was surprised at the time at the numbers it did. 45k was a complete failure back then, now its neither here nor there. thats how fucked the sales have gotten and its sad but i partake in the downloading too. last album i bought was saigon
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c/s thread
lol o how da mighty has fallen
u cant b serious country & rock is WHITE PEOPLE musik so thatz y that shit is sellin therrz mo whitez n white emerica then therr is blkz,.,.,thatz y da highest sellin artist n hip hop is a white racist CRACKA!
stfu cracka TEFLON DON out sold da muuunkeez last solo release! HA
b@squ1@t redux;2942192 said:
lol o how da mighty has fallen
usmarin3;2942448 said:
u cant b serious country & rock is WHITE PEOPLE musik so thatz y that shit is sellin therrz mo whitez n white emerica then therr is blkz,.,.,thatz y da highest sellin artist n hip hop is a white racist CRACKA!
riddlerap;2942721 said:
stfu cracka TEFLON DON out sold da muuunkeez last solo release! HA
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