I don't have a survey of the demographics of the people who bought her albums and I don't see how that's relevant. The point is she has artistic credibility and a sustained fanbase unlike Hammer, and I said that in response to you basically dismissing her as trash.
That being said, you don't go platinum 5 consecutive times with hit after hit on urban radio and BET without a hip-hop audience buying your music. You're hating and reaching.
Why couldn't you go platinum 5 times without a hiphop audience buying your shyt? And platinum?thats all she was sellin was platinum
?Lets see,s as far as this sustained success talk,Missy got her first platinum plaq in 1997 and her last in 2003?Hammer got his first in double platinum album in 88 and his last platinum album and his last in 94....What the hell has this wack bytch done in hiphop that Hammer didn't do again
?Other than having not a tenth of the success,a tenth of the respect,a tenth of the awe after people witness Hammers stage show and was passing out
?Respect of James Brown,had Michael Jackson with the shook posture
....What doors did she open for hiphop?what impact did she have? Rappers didn't even bother hating on her because for one she wasn't more successful than most of the top stars
?And for two she wasn't seen as rap by anybody respectable in the first place
....shes a glorified ringtone rapper,she had hits but I've never seen anybody actually rant and rave about how good any of her non singles was.
Now on the flip 40 got his first platinum plaque in 95,and his last gold album in 2008....continues to give you classic hits as well as be featured on other artist hit records as well as be the inspiration behind others,from Jcole to Beyonce
,....mind you he did all this without making crossover pop hits or being known outside of mostly rap fans,and according to you not being known to anyone outside of the bay....meanwhile Missy had huge crossover hits yet was only getting platinum sales breh?That goes to show you how absolutely horrible she was?there was no country for Missy Elliot,rnb fans aint wanna hear that bytch,cacs aint really want to hear that wack bullshyt,and hiphop fans definiltey aint wanna hear that nonsense,outside of you and Sirbiiatch who was chompin at the bit for new Missy of course
...Alotta wack hiphop was selling during that period too is what make it so embarrassing and shocking...nobody wanted to hear that wack shyt mane,and it wasn't a matter of not hearing it like with 40,we were all absolutely forced to hear her wack records
....and almost unanimously we told that wack bytch to the garbage in the same hefty bag she rolled in on....I rest my case.
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