Clipse Receive Strong First-Week Sales Projections (118K album-equivalent units) For “Let God Sort Em Out”

[Krs2]

Nobody cares about Nas please don't Ruin this thread with that bullshyt

 

[prophecypro]

Theres gonna be a lot of people that are gonna tout the press run for the first week sales and ask why other older rappers dont do the same and I think people forget couple of things; Even for a press run theres a budget to go to all these places which Roc Nation will happilty absord that other places wont Secondly there was beef and controversery to address in this run plus a comeback for Malice whch made it different. We've seen older guys do these kinda runs (Common and Pete Rock last year) but I dont know if the narrative should be they should do these again when they never really left, some older rappers just dont like doing promos, especially when it aint always bout the music. But some are still very much doing them.

Ultimatley though they were smart with the features and marketing. Clipse and Pharell got streetwear hertiage, they got multiple merch things going (That Carhartt clipse caspule) and theres that era of young millential blog boys that will get buy their vinyl and bundles and besides Nas for us old heads, they were smart to put Kendrick and Tyler who got massive fanbases and will stream their shyt.

 

[Cladyclad]

To be fair the Clipse album is independent too.

I don't get why people go to war over Nas sales when him and his team regularly make it clear they don't give a shyt enough to change their approach. Dude dropped 6 albums and did what, one or two interviews at the most? No real press run, didn't get any massive features when he easily could have (including Kendrick), and I don't think he did bundles (I could be wrong) despite doing multiple tours during that period. He doesn't care lol.

So when they run back that play in a few months for the Premo album and don't sell a lot, don't let them people in his camp get on twitter and shyt on fans for not supporting.

Durk
Rocky
Eminem
Ferg
Big Sean
The Firm
Lauryn Hill
Anderson Pakk
Charlie Wilson
A Boogie
50 cent
21 savage
Fivio (when he was buzzing)

Nope no massive features here lol

 

[Piff Perkins]

It's not the same. At all.

Well yea Roc Nation is really good at this stuff. But it's still an independent release. And given that Nas' manager also manages the biggest rapper in the world he has all the leverage he needs to make calls and get things done IF he wanted to. But he doesn't. Having a publicist reach out to journalists, setting up interviews, talking to the people you want to talk to, getting your vinyl out in a matter of days/weeks instead of months, big features, releasing videos on time, etc.

Clipse clearly avoided some people they did NOT want to speak to, and instead rewarded the people they fukk with. Every time this topic comes up someone tells us Nas doesn't like xyz in the media and it's like ok....then don't talk to that person and talk to someone else? Angie Martinez is out there. I don't fukk with CTG but he's been wanting a 1 on 1 interview for awhile. Kevin Hart has one of the biggest interview platforms right now. A lot of shyt could be done with ease but isn't because it's not a priority. So my entire point is that people gotta stop obsessing over sales or who is doing what when it's clear that isn't Nas' focus.

 

[prophecypro]

Well yea Roc Nation is really good at this stuff. But it's still an independent release. And given that Nas' manager also manages the biggest rapper in the world he has all the leverage he needs to make calls and get things done IF he wanted to. But he doesn't. Having a publicist reach out to journalists, setting up interviews, talking to the people you want to talk to, getting your vinyl out in a matter of days/weeks instead of months, big features, releasing videos on time, etc.

Clipse clearly avoided some people they did NOT want to speak to, and instead rewarded the people they fukk with. Every time this topic comes up someone tells us Nas doesn't like xyz in the media and it's like ok....then don't talk to that person and talk to someone else? Angie Martinez is out there. I don't fukk with CTG but he's been wanting a 1 on 1 interview for awhile. Kevin Hart has one of the biggest interview platforms right now. A lot of shyt could be done with ease but isn't because it's not a priority. So my entire point is that people gotta stop obsessing over sales or who is doing what when it's clear that isn't Nas' focus.

Said this in the Nas thread and on twitter but like Nas just dont like doing press runs lol
And those of us who remember the 2000s, he can also say things in press runs that used to get clickbait even then.
I think he loves having his own label he can put out music and chill. Like Stoute said this years ago, if he wanted to be anonymous and make music he would. Its a shame cause I think if he did what the Clipse did or even Pete Rock/Common he would it raised visbility but his shyt streams okay and he draws tickets for shows so hes good. It says something about the Hit Boy run that it got buzz just off good reviews and its sort of stuck around as a conversation about quality albums and what rapper can do later in his career even with no press runs really after KD 1 besides like literally one per album

 

[Long Live The Kane]

Amazing to see independent artists prosper out here…let’s the little guys and veterans know what’s possible when have one of the most famous super producers ever produce your entire project, get features from the biggest current rap acts, have multiple hypebeast bundle packages and go on the most extensive promotional multimedia press run for a rap project in easily a decade …it’s inspirational

 

[KillKenny]

Surprisingly high, but IDK the share that is just Kendrick/Tyler boost

Edit: Took a quick look on the numbers per song in Spotify, Kudos to clipse, this ain't just big features thing, biggest song is them solo

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

They’re projected to do 90k. You didn’t read the thread title? Lol

2nd week, I hope it keeps selling well is what I mean.

 

[Mr. Jack Napier]

Lmao that was like 15+ years ago.

Nowadays if your name isn’t Kendrick, Drake, Cole or one of them rave retard rappers like Travis or Carti you ain’t hitting 300k first week as a rapper. Hell 100k is considered a hot album.

I stopped paying to the soundscan numbers years ago (do they still call it that )

It's just weird to me that with all the different marketing means today, that "selling" 90k or 100k copies of your project your first week is a success.

 

[No1]

Amazing to see independent artists prosper out here…let’s the little guys and veterans know what’s possible when have one of the most famous super producers ever produce your entire project, get features from the biggest current rap acts, have multiple hypebeast bundle packages and go on the most extensive promotional multimedia press run for a rap project in easily a decade …it’s inspirational

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

John 10:10 (from the Bible) says:

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”

 

[CrimsonTider]

Amazing to see independent artists prosper out here…let’s the little guys and veterans know what’s possible when have one of the most famous super producers ever produce your entire project, get features from the biggest current rap acts, have multiple hypebeast bundle packages and go on the most extensive promotional multimedia press run for a rap project in easily a decade …it’s inspirational

All of that for 90k

 

[semicko82]

I stopped paying to the soundscan numbers years ago (do they still call it that )

It's just weird to me that with all the different marketing means today, that "selling" 90k or 100k copies of your project your first week is a success.

 

[Mr. Jack Napier]

Ninja, u older than me

 

[semicko82]

Ninja, u older than me

That's why it's funny. I'm old and I'm more in the know than you younger dudes lol