Hit Records >>>>>>> Classic Albums

[Clapsteel O'Neal]

Depends on what you're looking to do.

Create a legacy and long term solid fanbase (kendrick is doing this and nas made a career out of this) = classic album>>>>>>>>>hit

Make a fast buck (alot of a fast buck tbf) but are prepared to live from hit to hit = hit>>>>>>classic album (rihanna made a career out of this method)



who'd you rather be, nas and kendrick.....or rihanna

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oh wait T/S said drake has 2 classic albums and jay has 11 his opinion is null and void

(drake has 0 and its debatable whether jay even has 1 (yes get mad but its the truth))

 

[360dagod]

Depends on what you're looking to do.

Create a legacy and long term solid fanbase (kendrick is doing this and nas made a career out of this) = classic album>>>>>>>>>hit

Make a fast buck (alot of a fast buck tbf) but are prepared to live from hit to hit = hit>>>>>>classic album (rihanna made a career out of this method)



who'd you rather be, nas and kendrick.....or rihanna

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oh wait T/S said drake has 2 classic albums and jay has 11 his opinion is null and void

(drake has 0 and its debatable whether jay even has 1 (yes get mad but its the truth))

rhianna is actually growing a fanbase to the point where she might just be a solid when it comes to longevity....

 

[Busby]

:ScustObama:

 

[Clapsteel O'Neal]

rhianna is actually growing a fanbase to the point where she might just be a solid when it comes to longevity....

yeah, that's why I said she managed to make a career out of that method...she's got a team now that basically can write hits all day....so truthfully speaking, she's an anomaly cos her career should've been near enough over around '09/'10....but I wonder what happened around that time to keep the spotlight on her and have people be interested in what she was doing?

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[360dagod]

yeah, that's why I said she managed to make a career out of that method...truthfully speaking, she's an anomaly cos her career should've been near enough over around '09/'10....but I wonder what happened around that time to keep the spotlight on her and have people be interested in what she was doing?

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I remember her and that tierra marie broad who came out around the same time...

I cant even front,that shine like a diamond is growing on me..I keep hearing it everywhere I go...

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Where's Nas at? Only selling in the low twos

And how much are those one hit wonders selling?

 

[JuvenileHell]

OP is a collossal fukkboi

 

[bucks3115]

hit record its like fast food music (coco, Trap queen , all gold everything ) them come from one hit maker
classic album give you money , respect , long catalog

 

[-Quikness-]

A classic album has countless hit records to the ear of any self respecting fan of hip hop.

 

[Wacky D]

Hit records do more for an artist career and pockets than a classic Album ever could

good point.

if you wouldve stopped talking right there, this wouldve made for a better thread.

 

[CrimsonTider]

good point.

if you wouldve stopped talking right there, this wouldve made for a better thread.

My point is solid and challenges the group think on this board

 

[Wacky D]

My point is solid and challenges the group think on this board

you rambled off into something else tho.

if you just said hit records are better for a rappers' career/profile, i would agree.

but you kinda made it sound like hit records are better for legacies.

 

[daboywonder2002]

I can kind of see where OP is coming from. These days, getting a smash hit will allow you to eat a lot longer than someone with a critically acclaimed album that no one hears. You can live off that album but your earning potential greater if you make hit records than classic records. So if all you care about is the money then obviously hit records are the better route and it does take talent.

Flo-Rida is eating better than AZ.

flo rida has more than 1 hit though. He has a bunch of hits.

 

[CoriGunz11]

you think tyga still getting money off "rack city" Was that even a top 5 billboard hit? Hit records only
Get you as far as u Can tour off them. Unless you write a Chirstmas song like jingle bells and own the publishing "hit records don't create long money. Meanwhile Illmatic sells 100k a year and bad can eat for life off publishing. If he owns it

 

[CoriGunz11]

And honestly must "classic" albums that come to mind for me went platinum plus anyway The creater of this thread is a idiot