Cordae album sells 21k first week

[FunkDoc1112]

I’m still rooting for the kid, just off the strength he’s a young nikka with bars. Unfortunately he will be used as a litmus test for labels as far as young rappers like him. Dude has a whole machine behind him but young kids just aren’t into that kind of rap anymore.

This goes for Joey bada$$ as well

Joey Bad$$ didn't have near the push, had a platinum single and both his albums did nearly triple the first week sales of Cordae

 

[Threnody]

He's one of the better new artists but
His whole story/persona is that he wanted to rap and now he raps

"zzzzzzzzzz"

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

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[Da King]

Good venue choices. Small intimate settings.

he wasn’t going to sellout MSG


And this nikka is as generic a rapper as they come, just boring to listen to

 

[Killalex]

Cordae is a dope rapper. Was expecting 50k for all the promo.
Though he is still young and will only improve.

 

[CrimsonTider]

Any singles? I didn't see any promo for it.

He dropped gifted in 2020

 

[BK The Great]

Guess being lyrical ain’t enough. It’s decent but with all those features this is a L. You know it’s a bad time for hip hop when a MC based off skill can’t crack 100k sales in the first week.

 

[CrimsonTider]

Guess being lyrical ain’t enough. It’s decent but with all those features this is a L. You know it’s a bad time for hip hop when a MC based off skill can’t crack 100k sales in the first week.

Gunna doesn’t have skill

He outrapped Cordae on Cordae album

 

[BK The Great]

Gunna doesn’t have skill

He outrapped Cordae on Cordae album

That's because the youth fukks with Gunna more than Cordae, his demographic is basically for the older heads who are into MC's that take the time to put their pen game into use. That's why he sold this much.

 

[CrimsonTider]

That's because the youth fukks with Gunna more than Cordae, his demographic is basically for the older heads who are into MC's that take the time to put their pen game into use. That's why he sold this much.

Gunna isn’t a MC that puts his pen game to use?

 

[BK The Great]

Gunna isn’t a MC that puts his pen game to use?

Depends what you consider cause there's guys like Freddie Gibbs who's an MC that might outbar him.

 

[The Unknown Hype]

I’m still rooting for the kid, just off the strength he’s a young nikka with bars. Unfortunately he will be used as a litmus test for labels as far as young rappers like him. Dude has a whole machine behind him but young kids just aren’t into that kind of rap anymore.

This goes for Joey bada$$ as well

Theres definitely a balance to be found here. I would argue the masses have never been into that type of rap. Some artist just balance it better because as someone who was into underground music hard, eventually rapping about rapping is boring.

 

[Theo Penn]

Shouldn’t have dropped this while Gunna was dropping. Not a smart move.

YSL got niccas needing to push their dates back now.

 

[Womb Raider]

 

[JustCKing]

The nikka can rap but his music is extremely surface level. When you dissect his music, is he really saying anything that sticks with you that grabs your attention? It’s just background music.

One could argue the same is true of Drake, Cole, and Kendrick. Lyrically, it's all surface level. The difference is Drake made a lane for himself with these relationship confessionals, no matter how shallow. Kendrick does a lot of rapping even when it has no point, but he's convincing. It took Cole to drop Forest Hills Drive to really connect because before that, it was like he was just there. Cordae is where Cole was at prior to Forest Hills minus the hits and the fan base.