Billboard: TLOP could've sold 400k

[Patrick Kane]

Kanye knew this shyt well ahead of time I'm TELLING y'all none of this is by accident or coincidence.

I'm not claiming some huge conspiracy, but Kanye is playing this "crazed artist" thing to a TEE. It's FANTASTIC promotion and has made him the absolute center of the entertainment world for going on two weeks. His fashion show, his shoes, his album, everything right now is focused on those three things in some shape form or fashion. Kanye really is a genius for this, but he's not crazy and he's NOT fukking up his money believe that

I'm leaning towards this too. This just ain't Ye fukking up or slipping up on this after being in the game damn near 20 years and working with Jay as closely as he does. All this is calculated and planned and even if he didn't sell the 400K, he's gonna eat off touring and merch anyway and maybe getting a bigger cut there too. Not like nikkas are eating off album sales anyway

But the whole roll out of the album, the beef with Wiz, the fashion show, all this.. this shyt just ain't Ye trippin and doing what he wants. shyt in the industry don't work like that

 

[coupercoli]

I think he wants his music to be exclusive like his shoes...

90% of the regular Black folks over 30 on my Facebook haven't even heard the album yet or even know that it's been released...

The same type of folks that were quoting Drake lines a week after his last album dropped..

The people you know quoting Drake and dikkriding him that hard aren't gonna be checking for Kanye. Captain Obvious.

Everyone I know, especially 25-30+ have heard the album and generally like it. All the media personalities 30+ pretty much fukking loved it too.

 

[OnlyInCalifornia]

He's an idiot. Don't know what else to say. Jay-z played him.

 

[Harry B]

He might flex on Hov and drive up the price of Tidal and dump his shares .

He has to compete with his families app game, smh @ Kylie and Kendalls game being #1 on the free apps and Kimoj being #3 on the paid ones.
Kris Jenner is a fukking genius, she's leveraged a bunch of people doing nothing not even being controversial into being (edit) Britney Spears status among brain dead people and haters

 

[Fani Willis fan]

nikkas really tryna make it look like duke wanted his album release to be fukked up
the endless dikkriding

 

[ROFL_GUY]

nikkas really tryna make it look like duke wanted his album release to be fukked up
the endless dikkriding

its all a grand master plan

CANT YOU SEE!111111111111

 

[ROFL_GUY]

 

[Patrick Kane]

nikkas really tryna make it look like duke wanted his album release to be fukked up
the endless dikkriding

Lol but how do you know for sure though bruh? You're in here speculating just like us.

The whole thing was a cluster fukk but these people are masters at marketing and getting people talking.

Here we are (and the rest of the music world).

 

[Buggsy Mogues]

People in here saying their friends haven't heard TLOP yet anyone in the world can listen to it FREE by doing a Tidal trial. nikkas in here hating just to hate.

 

[Jigganaut]

Man if a nikka don't know how to listen to an album for free in 2016 they don't deserve too.

 

[GoldenGlove]

We on them Ultra Light Beams

 

[Fani Willis fan]

Lol but how do you know for sure though bruh? You're in here speculating just like us.

The whole thing was a cluster fukk but these people are masters at marketing and getting people talking.

Here we are (and the rest of the music world).

naw he gotta recoup the money for the album budget, so def jam is gonna make sure this shyt gets a proper release.
At least rihanna got the samsung deal to make up for the straight to tidal release. Thats guaranteed sales.

 

[Icantspell]

At least rihanna sold a milly to Samsung

 

[CrimsonTider]

The people you know quoting Drake and dikkriding him that hard aren't gonna be checking for Kanye. Captain Obvious.

Everyone I know, especially 25-30+ have heard the album and generally like it. All the media personalities 30+ pretty much fukking loved it too.

@me next time and what does this thread have to do with Drake?

You are ignorant if you think this album is accessible when the majority of people are using Spotify and Apple Music and YouTube to listen to retail albums in 2016

 

[OG Talk]

People in here saying their friends haven't heard TLOP yet anyone in the world can listen to it FREE by doing a Tidal trial. nikkas in here hating just to hate.

Tidal isn't a brand name...

The majority of the public haven't even heard about it yet...I legit know plenty of n1ggas that don't even know about Spotify...

The majority of the country isn't as tech savvy as college students and people that browse message boards frequently... If the radio isn't still spoon feeding them stuff, they have know desire to go search it out...