Why didn't Life Is Good go Gold?

[jono]

Its more mature than many of his previous releases. The topics on the album aren't exactly what today's casual listener tryna hear. What song was young people gonna bump?

Nas aint Drake, J. Cole or 2Chainz he makes more mature music in most cases.

Common's Dreamer/Believer was another classic great album that didn't sell because its mature in nature but the shit was hot. That's all I care about.

 

[Disciplined InSight]

Its more mature than many of his previous releases. The topics on the album aren't exactly what today's casual listener tryna hear. What song was young people gonna bump?

Nas aint Drake, J. Cole or 2Chainz he makes more mature music in most cases.

Common's Dreamer/Believer was another classic great album that didn't sell because its mature in nature but the shit was hot. That's all I care about.

/thread.

Maturity is frown upon in Hip Hop.

I still believe if Nas chose "Cherry Wine" for MTV consumption this conversation would've been different.

 

[shareef242]

The Last I saw it was at 360,000 around the time of the Grammys.

 

[qawshun]

They stop promoting not to mention the radio doesn't play good music. You get Wayne, drake drake and Wayne, 2 chains the same 12 songs are played every hour everyday. There's no diversity on the radio same ol same l.I.G didn't fit the mold.

 

[MeekMonizzLLLLLLe14]

i fucks with nas music and the album life is good. but its ironic that the word gold is just good with an L replacing one of the O's.

 

[DOPEdweebz]

Imagine if Nas was using whatever beats French Montanas uses...


Nas music would be UNDENIABLE...

 

[5th Letter]

The Don and Nasty were good songs but bad choices as singles. Daughters was one if his best singles and it helped set the mood for how his album would sound. Cherry Wine and Bye Baby were also released as singles them songs just didn't pop.

 

[Dakari]

Niggas not tryna hear Nyquil Nas no more

 

[georgia boi]

It was one Drake feature away from a gold plaque. 2Chainz, Kendrick, and Ross all had a Drake single/feature. All three of those albums went gold or better. Pretty much every other rap release sold under gold. Life Is Good didn't need a Drake feature, but featuring Drake on a single seemed to be a successful trend in 2012.

 

[rip.dilla]

^ Ehh he had Drake's producer on 'Bye Baby' anyway . ..

NaS is a rap nigga who doesn't do music formatted for radio so its a lose-lose when it comes to sales

And his choice of production is the type that heralds his lyricism more hence his music labelled as "boring"

It was the best HipHop album of 2012 IMO .. .

 

[starvin]

People care too much about the numbers

 

[deathrowzorrow]

Nas went Gold wait until next year you all will see. They didn't uptade it yet it sold like 1milion copies in europe already and like 100k in africa, in amerika its atm 400k. SO overall its Platinum

Life IS Good sold more than his last album, Nas actually was more promoting the album in europe than US.

 

[Jabu_Rule]

Nas went Gold wait until next year you all will see. They didn't uptade it yet it sold like 1milion copies in europe already and like 100k in africa, in amerika its atm 400k. SO overall its Platinum

Life IS Good sold more than his last album, Nas actually was more promoting the album in europe than US.

The plaques are separate from around the world. Gold and Europe isn't the same as Gold in the united states. Have they changed how they measure sales now? I see movies quoting overall sales but they don't give out regional plaques.

 

[deathrowzorrow]

Nas went Gold wait until next year you all will see. They didn't uptade it yet it sold like 1milion copies in europe already and like 100k in africa, in amerika its atm 400k. SO overall its Platinum

Life IS Good sold more than his last album, Nas actually was more promoting the album in europe than US.

The plaques are separate from around the world. Gold and Europe isn't the same as Gold in the united states. Have they changed how they measure sales now? I see movies quoting overall sales but they don't give out regional plaques.

man you are stupid or something? who say that US is the one to choose if he plat or not? USA is just a country just because they bomb afghanistan, iraq and kill innocent people dosent mean you are the best. Nigga the album went plat in EUROPE and thats it. The album is Platinum. Nice Nas. You are the best. THIS IS the reason why he gonna dropa a next alubm this year. THe got alot of money from this album.

Nasir THE GOAT

 

[MeekMonizzLLLLLLe14]

Nas went Gold wait until next year you all will see. They didn't uptade it yet it sold like 1milion copies in europe already and like 100k in africa, in amerika its atm 400k. SO overall its Platinum

Life IS Good sold more than his last album, Nas actually was more promoting the album in europe than US.

The plaques are separate from around the world. Gold and Europe isn't the same as Gold in the united states. Have they changed how they measure sales now? I see movies quoting overall sales but they don't give out regional plaques.

man you are stupid or something? who say that US is the one to choose if he plat or not? USA is just a country just because they bomb afghanistan, iraq and kill innocent people dosent mean you are the best. Nigga the album went plat in EUROPE and thats it. The album is Platinum. Nice Nas. You are the best. THIS IS the reason why he gonna dropa a next alubm this year. THe got alot of money from this album.

Nigga THE GOAT

Lol your sweedish education has failed you. the only thing i agree with is that it will eventually go gold in the USA but it will talk a little longer for that. the RIAA certification is by country only. You can't go "gold" in Europe. You have to reach a sales number for each individual country. Same with any country like the United States.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_music_recording_certifications

just because you sell X amount of albums in europe doesn't give you a plaque. You have to actually sell to the demands of that country's #'s to get gold,plat, etc.

 

[Kwan Dai]

Nas went Gold wait until next year you all will see. They didn't uptade it yet it sold like 1milion copies in europe already and like 100k in africa, in amerika its atm 400k. SO overall its Platinum

Life IS Good sold more than his last album, Nas actually was more promoting the album in europe than US.

The plaques are separate from around the world. Gold and Europe isn't the same as Gold in the united states. Have they changed how they measure sales now? I see movies quoting overall sales but they don't give out regional plaques.

man you are stupid or something? who say that US is the one to choose if he plat or not? USA is just a country just because they bomb afghanistan, iraq and kill innocent people dosent mean you are the best. Nigga the album went plat in EUROPE and thats it. The album is Platinum. Nice Nas. You are the best. THIS IS the reason why he gonna dropa a next alubm this year. THe got alot of money from this album.

Nigga THE GOAT

Lol your sweedish education has failed you. the only thing i agree with is that it will eventually go gold in the USA but it will talk a little longer for that. the RIAA certification is by country only. You can't go "gold" in Europe. You have to reach a sales number for each individual country. Same with any country like the United States.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_music_recording_certifications

just because you sell X amount of albums in europe doesn't give you a plaque. You have to actually sell to the demands of that country's #'s to get gold,plat, etc.

What's interesting is, in the U.S. Gold, plat etc are based on shipments and not actual sales.

 

[deathrowzorrow]

Nigga please. Jay don't even have any jailbarz. Nas would murder Jay in the ring

 

[nillerthekid]

Nas went Gold wait until next year you all will see. They didn't uptade it yet it sold like 1milion copies in europe already and like 100k in africa, in amerika its atm 400k. SO overall its Platinum

Life IS Good sold more than his last album, Nas actually was more promoting the album in europe than US.

The plaques are separate from around the world. Gold and Europe isn't the same as Gold in the united states. Have they changed how they measure sales now? I see movies quoting overall sales but they don't give out regional plaques.

man you are stupid or something? who say that US is the one to choose if he plat or not? USA is just a country just because they bomb afghanistan, iraq and kill innocent people dosent mean you are the best. Nigga the album went plat in EUROPE and thats it. The album is Platinum. Nice Nas. You are the best. THIS IS the reason why he gonna dropa a next alubm this year. THe got alot of money from this album.

Nigga THE GOAT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_music_recording_certifications

just because you sell X amount of albums in europe doesn't give you a plaque. You have to actually sell to the demands of that country's #'s to get gold,plat, etc.

Did you look at your own link? At the very bottom it says 1 million sold combined = plat

 

[antarticp]

Not to hurt feelings, but it garnered next to no interest outside the internet and hardcore fans. Internet hype means nothing next to the stuff popular in the everyday world. That said, he has his place and there's nothing wrong with that.

nahhhhh

small promo budget .... and no touring .... and no top 40 hits .... no radio tours

and he still went Gold

sn: to really put this in perspective look @ all the work todays "hottest" artist do just to do Gold or less ... mixtapes, eps, blogs, instagrams, twitter, videos, interviews, singles aimed @ radio etc........

 

[PK_TK_187]

havent heard the album but based on the track listing,

he should have had a Drake(Wayne) feature like someone said earlier.

Its not like Drake(Wayne) rap like French Montana and both are better than Ross.