I Really don't understand how Travis Scott can sell 100k first week & Thug can't

[IShotTheSheriff]

Travis does not have the same audience as Thug, dudes fanbase is made up of mostly white kids who wear supreme and think ASAP created the term Trill.

this is the answer @MufasaChoppa

the way Thug is marketed also seems very terrible to me...

the rich gang era seemed to be a okay fit and then it just went downhill from there...

 

[28 Gramz]

Travis got better production, and sounds like Kanye

Ive yet to hear an all around complete song from Thugger, everything hes dropped has been mixtape status. Been hanging out with Gucci too long

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Better than any songs Travis has ever done.

 

[wavycam]

I don't think Thug is marketed well
Travis has been around for a while but just now really finding his sound and he has a better team and an image and persona fans can get behind. As a fan you have no idea who Thug is

 

[Colilluminati]

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Better than any songs Travis has ever done.

None of those songs will be played in 10 years . Antidote will be

 

[ThiefyPoo]

i'm a thug fan but man travis makes some good ass music .

His beats just fuking hit i would love to see him in concert . Every video i watch is amazing dude really can perform .

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

You should also make note of how long these dudes albums are available for pre-order....they'll be available for months at a time, sneaky way to do things.

They'll have 1st week sales, and then sell like Angel Haze after that.

 

[Sauce Dab]

1) Signed to GOOD music
2) Kanye-like personality that strikes the nerve of people, both good and bad
3) Makes tangible music that actually strikes a chord with people to listen to, and not just aimlessly streaming it while they're vacuuming.
4) The momentum from those first 3 allowed him to out a properly finished project out for legit retail, and not a delayed mixtape rushed out for sale to capitalize on fake buzz.

He's signed to T.I. Not Kanye

 

[The God Poster]

Travis got better production, and sounds like Kanye

Ive yet to hear an all around complete song from Thugger, everything hes dropped has been mixtape status. Been hanging out with Gucci too long

any answer beside the bolded isn't genuine.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

travis scott has a personality?

Yea, he's basically Kanye-lite, throwing bytchfits at shows and being fake avant-garde

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

I don't think I've ever heard a Travis Scott track. Is he a rapper?

 

[Playaz Eyez]

My mistake the Good music thing, he's signed there as a producer, not a rapper, but the Kanye cosign helps.

A Lil Wayne cosign would have helped Young Thug had he not tried to syphon his style in the first place. He did what Lil Wayne did to Juvenile with making 500 Degreez. So both Wayne and Young Thug deserve being screwed over like they have been

 

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major label buy backs to make it look pretty*

 

[Danktoker94]

Travis production is lite years ahead of thug dude has. A unique way of selecting beats and melodies

 

[KingOFKings]

I don't get it either.

Young Thug has more talent in one finger than Travis Scott does in his entire body, I'm srs. Not a knock against Travis Scott, Thug is just on a entirely different level/planet.

It's a travesty. There is nothing more unique about Scott, I'm sorry, and I'm not buying the production bs. Listen to any of the Slime Season's in a high end car audio set and they knock and are as smooth as anything that has been released in recent memory.

The machine behind Scott is just bigger and because of this, his sound appeals more to non hip hop/rap listeners.

 

[MexicanKingpin]

Young thug has the whole gay stigma attached to his name so a lot of his fans won't take him seriously.