As of this week Jay-Z has sold 29,106,000 albums in the USA. Passing 2Pac, he is 2nd only to eminem
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Homeboy Runny-Ray
From Around The Way
theres way more people than just eminem(lol) & pac that are legitimate icons outside of hip-hop.
cmon now.
there was a whole thread ranking them. i could easily drop a list of 20-25 names. and i havnt given a dam about jay-z for a decade now, but youre in denial if you think hes not an icon outside of hip-hop.
ISO
Pass me the rock nikka
Nikka you dumb I'm done with you.2pac was in the game as a solo rapper for 5 years and Big L was in the game for a solo rapper for 9 years. Damn fukking right im comparing them two. Like I said, nikkas in here celebrating jigga passing Pac but how is that fair? You nikkas keep moving the goal posts. Like I said it was Big L's fault for not being a big rapper in a 9 year span. Biggie and Pac made it faster than him.
Aeom went 5x plat in 96'. Currently it's 9x plat because Afeni didn't file the paperwork for it to be certified so we currently don't know HOW MUCH it sold. Keep moving goal posts/making numbers up
MightyHealthy
said what he said
Is this fukkin opposite day?
Guy is absolutely right. It was especially bad at the chain music stores.
Is this fukkin opposite day?
Guy is absolutely right. It was especially bad at the chain music stores.
Back then magazines had those advertisements 12 cds for 1 cent. Of course they weren't really 1 cent but u really could pay for 12 albums and it would cost less than $100
I dont remember exactly how much they used to be in stores over a decade ago but they were not $17-$20
Plus it's a lot of cds today selling for $17-$20 unless they're on sale
I saw The Cool going for $20 a few years back
MexicanKingpin
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this is false 2pac album's have not been updated since the late 90's , plus just because it's a double album doesn't mean it doesn't count as 2 since double cds are more expensive then a regular cd
MightyHealthy
said what he said
Columbia House sold CDs for 15-35 bucks, that's why they tried to lure people in with the mail order deal.If you were trying to get something unedited or unique, these chain stores didn't have it. Music shops like Sam Goody, Suncoast, NRM had the albums you wouldn't be able to get otherwise, and they charged you out the ass for it.
Nowadays you have popular albums available for 8-15 bucks on the release, because it's about selling MORE records instead of about selling records for more. Back then, you'd pay 8-15 bucks for an EP and some singles.
Inflation just means that the dollar is worth less than it was back in the day. It doesn't reflect on the cost of music over time. If anything, it's cheaper and more convenient than ever before.
If you were trying to get something unedited or unique, these chain stores didn't have it. Music shops like Sam Goody, Suncoast, NRM had the albums you wouldn't be able to get otherwise, and they charged you out the ass for it.
Nowadays you have popular albums available for 8-15 bucks on the release, because it's about selling MORE records instead of about selling records for more. Back then, you'd pay 8-15 bucks for an EP and some singles.
Inflation just means that the dollar is worth less than it was back in the day. It doesn't reflect on the cost of music over time. If anything, it's cheaper and more convenient than ever before.
I know what inflation means dog
Inflation also causes the price of just about everything to go up (because the dollar is not worth as much)
The only thing I can think of that's cheaper than it was in the 90s is video games, because they're on cd/dvd format instead of cartridges which is apparently cheaper
Almost everything else has gone up or at best stayed the same
Like I said there's still cds till this day selling for $20 for a single cd, there were no cds back then selling for that
I dont remember spending more than $15 for any cd back in the 90s
It's possible some cds were more than that, I honestly haven't kept tabs on them over the years but I do remember double albums being damn near double the cost of a regular album
If a store was selling cds for 17 bucks that same store was most likely selling double cds for 30+
And I remember using that 12 cds for a penny shyt as a kid back in the day and that shyt was not no 15-35 a cd
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do people actually believe that a living legend wasn't gonna outsell a dead legend?
He had mad double albums thoughLord Camel soundscan numbers, can't be compared to the GOAT One, because Pac didn't need Samsung, or whatever latest brand he's dikkriding to hedge those first week numbers
Adding like 15 million to his sales.
2manyFCKNrappers
mentally i measure kilos
nikkas mad. Hov still winning.