Drake on Pace To Sell 220k second week
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JodyHiighroller
Superstar
Yea
Yup
JodyHiighroller
Superstar
Republic
He going to have the only platinum rap album this year.What sounds better, 220K or a 70% drop?
So a 68% drop in sales
Yikes
Yikes
Hyperion
Superstar
Because people live vicariously through both artists and think one person's success = their success and end up taking it way more seriously than it actually is. It's validation seeking, they can't just look at things and go, "it's not for me personally, but I respect your opinion and tastes." They don't like the music unless everybody else likes it, then they're all over it, and that's strange. It's numbers this, critical reception that, and none of it ever seems to be based on what actually matters -- the quality of the music. The metrics are fun to talk about, but if numbers and critics were all that mattered, then Taylor Swift is killing almost everybody out here.
Of course Drake is going to do high numbers, because he's Drake. The expectations are there, and he's had a pretty normal album roll-out. On top of that, he hasn't largely pissed people off between the release of Scorpion and now, and the beef he has with Kanye is inevitably going to make people curious about what he's gonna say on there. It also helps that CLB isn't a bad album either. It's not a classic, but it has all the typical tropes of what you'd expect from a Drake album. And if that's what you love about his music, it's all there, even if he's walking on familiar ground for most of it. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing either, if done correctly. Whether you feel it was or not is up to the listener's opinion.
Suspicious Dingo
Superstar
If he drops though.You mean until Kenny drops
but is the album mid?
I'd love to see Drake's numbers minus streams. I know that's unrealistic of course and not even practical at this point...I'm just sayin tho. I don't believe he's as big (pause) as Snoop was or 50 was or even his man Wayne was, etc... nowhere near it, them streams will have you thinking something else though. Just my opinion, 
I'd love to see Drake's numbers minus streams. I know that's unrealistic of course and not even practical at this point...I'm just sayin tho. I don't believe he's as big (pause) as Snoop was or 50 was or even his man Wayne was, etc... nowhere near it, them streams will have you thinking something else though. Just my opinion,
That’s definitely unrealistic at this point to determine considering the fact that people just aren’t buying physical albums these days. He’s not the only artist dependent on streams these days, so it’s a bit unfair to call him out on it.
I know, it's not even plausible...I'm just sayin his popularity is damn near completely based on his streams...and we all know streams are fishy af.
He's a big dog tho no doubt, more power to him...he aint THAT tho. I don't even think he's bigger than Kendrick, tbh
They are, but physical album sales are/were as well. Let's not sit here and pretend like record companies were buying albums in bulk just to let them sit in a warehouse and collect dust. They were being manipulated as well. Just not as easily as streams.