Albums that did not sell well even though the singles got constant radio play

[mitter]

Some examples that come to mind:

Pras - Ghetto Superstar -- The song "Ghetto Superstar" was being played on radio all the time, but that did not help Pras' album sell. I think it may be because the song was more associated with the Bulworth Soundtrack and was released several months before the album came out

The Beatnuts - A Musical Massacre -- "Watch Out Now" was on the radio CONSTANTLY in 1999. I will never understand why that did not help The Beatnuts blow up.


Add on more examples ...

 

[get these nets]

Good thread

Pras was trash as a solo artist. That song only blew up because Ol Dirty went to the wrong studio and got on the song.
It might have been Mya's first appearance, and if it wasnt, she wasnt a hot enough star at the time to add much.

Pras was a guest on his own record.
Hip hop fans knew he was trash and stayed away from his solo album.
The pop fans who blew the Fugees up stayed away too.

 

[MurderToCassette]

That Ghetto superstar video was all over TV back in the day too...Dirt killed his verse and Mya did her thing on the hook (and the video )

Pras was the worst thing about his own song


Can we count Throw Some D's? That song used to get a ton of play but I doubt Rich Boy's album sold that much

 

[get these nets]

Why must you mimick these wack MCs?
Why do you choose to listen to R & B?
Why must you think that something is phat because its played on the radio 20 times a day?

Album was pretty good the last time I listened to it . I remember one of my buddies playing this 24/7

Simon Says was such a monster hit (pun) that at the time I assumed it blew the album up. Apparently not.
That shyt got super radio , jeep, and club burn

 

[MurderToCassette]

Why must you mimick these wack MCs?
Why do you choose to listen to R & B?
Why must you think that something is phat because its played on the radio 20 times a day?

Album was pretty good the last time I listened to it . I remember one of my buddies playing this 24/7

Simon Says was such a monster hit (pun) that at the time I assumed it blew the album up. Apparently not.
That shyt got super radio , jeep, and club burn

Sucks that this album also got its motion slowed when Toho sued the fukk out of them, I think they took it off the shelves right away. It also didn't get re-released with all the other Rawkus stuff in 2002 when they got with MCA. I'm sure it fell out of print quick and it didn't come back physical or streaming until the last 5 years or so. Feel bad for Pharoahe on this one, he deserved all the success.

 

[Zero]

Sucks that this album also got its motion slowed when Toei sued the fukk out of them, I think they took it off the shelves right away. It also didn't get re-released with all the other Rawkus stuff in 2002 when they got with MCA. I'm sure it fell out of print quick and it didn't come back physical or streaming until the last 5 years or so. Feel bad for Pharoahe on this one, he deserved all the success.

It did go out of print for the longest. I had this album in my fukking hand at Target in 99 and didn't cop

 

[get these nets]

Sucks that this album also got its motion slowed when Toei sued the fukk out of them, I think they took it off the shelves right away. It also didn't get re-released with all the other Rawkus stuff in 2002 when they got with MCA. I'm sure it fell out of print quick and it didn't come back physical or streaming until the last 5 years or so. Feel bad for Pharoahe on this one, he deserved all the success.

Releasing the song without getting all the clearances can bite people in the ass when the song blows up.


Speaking of which, based on this exact scenario, and the second single not getting any mixtape play. Gonna assume that the HUGE single "Uptown Baby" didnt help Lord Tariq and Peter Guns album sell units either.

 

[WIA20XX]

Good thread

Pras was trash as a solo artist. That song only blew up because Ol Dirty went to the wrong studio and got on the song.
It might have been Mya's first appearance, and if it wasnt, she wasnt a hot enough star at the time to add much.

Pras was a guest on his own record.
Hip hop fans knew he was trash and stayed away from his solo album.
The pop fans who blew the Fugees up stayed away too.

It's because of you people, are shining prince had to turn to a life of crime!!!

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/26/1172342471/pras-michel-trial-verdict-guilty

 

[Wepa Man]

Chubb Rock The One, Treatem Right was allover the radio

 

[JMD]

It might have gone gold but the way they were getting play in NY you would think they went double or something

dope album tho

 

[Harry B]

Don't even know if Afroman released an album or if it was only because I got high

 

[mitter]

Good thread

Pras was trash as a solo artist. That song only blew up because Ol Dirty went to the wrong studio and got on the song.
It might have been Mya's first appearance, and if it wasnt, she wasnt a hot enough star at the time to add much.

Pras was a guest on his own record.
Hip hop fans knew he was trash and stayed away from his solo album.
The pop fans who blew the Fugees up stayed away too.

Fair points, but there are plenty of trash artists who manage to sell a lot of records ...

 

[mitter]

Why must you mimick these wack MCs?
Why do you choose to listen to R & B?
Why must you think that something is phat because its played on the radio 20 times a day?

Album was pretty good the last time I listened to it . I remember one of my buddies playing this 24/7

Simon Says was such a monster hit (pun) that at the time I assumed it blew the album up. Apparently not.
That shyt got super radio , jeep, and club burn

I was at a Mos Def/Kweli concert in San Francisco in 2005

Pharoahe was there as well, and that got me really excited. I thought the crowd would go crazy over "Simon Says" and "Oh No." They got into it during "Oh No," but I was seemingly the only one who gave a fukk about "Simon Says" ...

 

[x-factor7]

Almost all of Fat Joe's albums.
Only JOSE went platinum, the rest of his albums after went copper, even after having huge singles. Especially Lean Back, which was on the Terror Squad album, barely sold too.

 

[Redwood]

Lights, Camera, Action from Mr. Cheeks.