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

[Sauce Dab]

He's signed to grand hustle as a rapper, but signed to GOOD music as a producer. He reps GOOD music more also

He can rep whoever he wants, but T.I. is eating regardless. And I know about him being signed on as a producer (GOOD beats is what it's called) but I never took that seriously and I don't even think that's real

 

[YourMajesty]

That over the top gay shyt and him tryna stunt on Wayne turned alot of cats off his wave.

 

[WickedGames]

Travis Scott fanbase is passionate. I saw that when he did a show live in London. He's got a classic tape in Days Beefore too

 

[FreedMind]

Thug has not been pushed right at all. He had a gang of songs that should've been a lot bigger than they were:

Pull up on a kid
Memo
Check
With That
Power
UDiggWhatImSayin

and now even Pick Up The Phone was fumbled and another tape did poor numbers. It's ridiculous, his catalogue loaded, and I'm just a casual YT listener. I'm sure his fans can make an even longer list of dope songs.

 

[-Quikness-]

Thug has not been pushed right at all. He had a gang of songs that should've been a lot bigger than they were:

Pull up on a kid
Memo
Check
With That
Power
UDiggWhatImSayin

and now even Pick Up The Phone was fumbled and another tape did poor numbers. It's ridiculous, his catalogue loaded, and I'm just a casual YT listener. I'm sure his fans can make an even longer list of dope songs.

This how wack this little dress wearing girl is .. Even his own fans won't admit they listen to him

Don't try and separate yourself from his fans,you just named seven of his songs going into detail n shyt

You a fan

 

[B. Pumpaveli]

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.

And those are not Thug's fanbase as well?

 

[MercuryHayes]

Travis Scott fanbase is passionate. I saw that when he did a show live in London. He's got a classic tape in Days Beefore too

Passionate because they take his passion for music serious


Who takes thugger serious

 

[Harry B]

Wait for the OG album, I think he can push numbers towards 70-100

Did he really put on panties for 20k first week or was that just something that was said on the coli?

Who has ever sold more records for doing shyt like that .

Specially a dude who is also trying not to cater to birdbrains who still hate homos

 

[MufasaChoppa]

Thug has not been pushed right at all. He had a gang of songs that should've been a lot bigger than they were:

Pull up on a kid
Memo
Check
With That
Power
UDiggWhatImSayin

and now even Pick Up The Phone was fumbled and another tape did poor numbers. It's ridiculous, his catalogue loaded, and I'm just a casual YT listener. I'm sure his fans can make an even longer list of dope songs.

what the fukk is 300 doing

 

[LandryFieldsDad]

Damn and he got all dolled up in that purty dress

 

[Colilluminati]

Play antidote in 2026 brehs

I'm not even going to play Travis Scott next week , but the song will be around .

 

[HARLEM AL]

Lol at yall nikkas blaming the label for nikkas not fukking with him.

nikka is a gimmick.

 

[RTF]

Truthfully, it's Kanye.

Travis is in that lane comfy. A real Hypebeast rapper to the kids... Thug is in that lane kinda but he also in that Future / Gucci audience. Travis is avant garde trap with biting style vocal performances, Thug is plain ol trap with avant garde vocal performances.

This is also reflected in their output. Travis is deliberate and considered. Might drop 1 tape a year and it sticks pretty well. Thug is in that Gucci / Future lane putting out mad material, some sticking better than others.

If Thug took 6-12 months on a single album and focussed it would do bigger numbers. But doing what he's doing the quality is already pretty high imo and the numbers are accumulating.

 

[John Hull]

Great news that weird nikka ain't the wave like that... maybe y'all finally waking up. fukk Lyor Cohen too btw...

 

[Scottie Drippin]

Travis has a better handle on what it means to be a pop artist and making complete songs. It's not a coincidence that Thug is at his best on Travis' shyt. Thug just legit doesn't know how to channel his abilities into approachable music. Meanwhile Travis soaks up his style and can apply it in a way that's more mainstream. He's also good at putting together entire projects. Owl Pharoah was good if rough in parts, then Days Before and Rodeo were bangers all the way through. Just look at the positive reaction to Rihanna's latest album that he executive produced. Dude knows how to mold shyt.

Swae Lee is the only other young artist from that style who has made it really resonate with the pop audience and Travis took his wave for Antidote.