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Is being successful without hits something to brag about?
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TransJenner
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Yeah Currency has no hits , let's be honest
nothing you said contradicted what I wrote, you simply stated the singles are created for promotion and profit, why explain the obvious . The music at the same time caters to the lowest demographic of listeners and any artist that purposely caters to that market will never fail to make disposable worthless music. This is a reflection on the genre and why it has few legit legends or to a lesser degree notable artist because most are just industry mice spending their entire career chasing for a hit
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Prince Cairo
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I disagree.
People are always checking for new mixtapes, and not just from their "favorite" artist. What will get them to listen to it is whether it's quality throughout, not just a few hits and a jumble of filler.
Hits keep pop artists relevant.
Mixtape and album cuts are what keep rappers relevant.
Reebok Jones
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that didn't even break top 50 in the rap charts... it was not even in the 50 most popular hip hop songs at the time when it came out
Prince Cairo
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Eh, I'd hesitate to call either of those "hits." Even if they were, he's definitely not made anything close to a hit in the recent past.
More importantly, neither of those sparked enough interest on their own to garner nationwide attention. Curren$y's growth has been a deliberate, steady pace fueled by mixtapes and shows.
Bruh people listen to projects, add the best songs to a playlist and keep it moving
Hits are what make the money. Shurmda was getting 15k to 20k to perform his 1 hit with no project out
Prince Cairo
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That's not even what he's asking breh.
He's asking whether attaining success without a hit is noteworthy. Which it is, for the reasons I and others mentioned.
Your whole rigamarole about nerd fan naivety is entirely beside the point.
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Prince Cairo
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I see what you mean about how people listen to projects. That doesn't mean that people will automatically pick out the "hits" out and save them to their playlists, though. In fact, that's very often not the case. Unless we're talking about a wholly mainstream artist whose listener base is non-Hip-Hop based.
Hits make money separately from quality, consistent projects. If Shurmda would have had a project out, he would have been making all that much more money.
And hits aren't sustainable. Hit making ability, like I said, is subject to variances in the industry climate as much as it is peoples' tastes.
Look at 50. He got big making hits. He kept trying to make hits. He kept missing the mark and falling further and further behind. He failed to understand that there is value in consistent, focused song-making directed at your core fan base.
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The best example would be Tech Nine.
And Where the cash at wasn't a hit. You'd be hard pressed to find a single Currensy fan that would even remember that song let alone say that's the reason they listen to him
Currensy's feature on Wayne's Knuck if You Buck freestyle likely did more for his career than Where the Cash At.Of course not having a hit yet still being able to sell 100s of thousands of albums is something to be proud about. That means you have true fans. Those fans are likely to stay with you for alot longer duration in your career than those who do have hits. However almost every artist will rather have a song with millions of people listening everyday for a year than to not.
