J. Cole - Final Number : 375,214 including streaming.

[Bay Area]

I really doubt that.

Looks like me and you have two different opinions on what the masses enjoy

 

[Mike Otherz]

January 28th should be an anthem......

 

[Mike Otherz]

what i love most about these numbers is that hipsters, pitchfork, rollingstone all rejected this album. this album is community supported brehs. black people hungry for this message and movement. meanwhile, cacs outlets championng YG and Freddie Gibbs who are basicallay gangsta rap 3.0 without the humor or socio political insight that cube, pac etc brought. the industry never tires of gangsta shyt. but their numbers werent that good. cole and kendrick are leading a revolution outhere. kendrick has won over the people and the critics, looks like cole will only have the people. but its needed.

 

[Mike Otherz]

cole already at 630 K

 

[gtj1982]

Dam if he hits platinum with no airplay he will be cemented as the biggest rapper in the game right now.

Cole World

 

[L&HH]

Dam if he hits platinum with no airplay he will be cemented as the biggest rapper in the game right now.

Cole World

I don't think people realize how game changing this album going be. It's one thing for somebody like Beyonce to do it. But for J. Cole to do this really means something. All that "we need a radio single" and wait for the buzz, and release the album 6 months after the single popped off is dead. Well first off singles ain't really selling albums like that, at least not for an established artists anyways.

shyt Fab just did 72,000 off of only digital sales in 5 days and the only promo he had was a couple radio interviews and his instagram.

 

[Cloud McFly]

Still loving the album. I think I'm gonna buy another copy to help it get closer to Platinum.

 

[KingRozay]

 

[gtj1982]

I don't think people realize how game changing this album going be. It's one thing for somebody like Beyonce to do it. But for J. Cole to do this really means something. All that "we need a radio single" and wait for the buzz, and release the album 6 months after the single popped off is dead. Well first off singles ain't really selling albums like that, at least not for an established artists anyways.

shyt Fab just did 72,000 off of only digital sales and the only promo he had was a couple radio interviews and his instagram.

Yeah hopefully these artist will finally see that if you give the fans what they want people will buy your CD. People aren't going to run out and buy no throwaway radio garbage just cuz. Happy for Cole though still remember all the "he puts you to sleep" threads from SOHH

Spoiler

they did have me laughing though

. Well it looks like we know who was sleeping lol.

 

[christinasade]

I won't debate this argument...but you know what?

Something is probably wrong with me or my standards are just different.

I didn't hate the album, and while its Cole's best album...its still a J Cole album meaning the replay value is just kinda lacking and ultimately as great as the commercial success of the album seems to be, the content doesn't live up to those same accolades and PURELY from an entertainment standpoint, I don't see this as such a strong piece of work.

Entertainment value matters. Because the "message" always comes second. If people don't want to LISTEN to it, the it doesn't matter.

Cole won in the sense that people went out and bought his album...but how much will they play that album in several months from now?

You could argue that he hasn't captured the second part of this equation...making shyt people who aren't fans will come to love.

Cole fans are generally people who want "conscious music" but accept Cole as the sole arbiter of that in the mainstream when he's really not as good as those he's trying to fulfill who once filled his lane. His mediocrity won't be favorable to him in the annals of history.

Don't let the sales fool you. Theres still a quality issue people aren't willing to address here.

address these nuts, nikka.

COLEWOOOOORRRLD NO SNUGGIE!!!!!!!!!!

NC'S FINEST IN BUILDING!!!!!!!!!!

fukk THE OTHER SIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

 

[RocPG]

I really doubt that.

As of February 24, 2015, the album has sold a total of 910,000 copies in the United States

 

[Wild self]

As of February 24, 2015, the album has sold a total of 910,000 copies in the United States

Cole going platinum

 

[CashmereThoughts]

I don't think people realize how game changing this album going be. It's one thing for somebody like Beyonce to do it. But for J. Cole to do this really means something. All that "we need a radio single" and wait for the buzz, and release the album 6 months after the single popped off is dead. Well first off singles ain't really selling albums like that, at least not for an established artists anyways.

shyt Fab just did 72,000 off of only digital sales in 5 days and the only promo he had was a couple radio interviews and his instagram.

Nah. J coke is a special case. grass roots fan base and it took years for him to grind to the point where he could do something like this.

Fab has a cult following for his mixtapes that he's conditioned people to expect durring the holiday season and then he had the smart idea to monotize it this year. Again, years of ground work.

The average artist gonna need a single and promo to convice people to purchase an entire body of work

 

[king-laylow]

Cole going platinum

Yeah let me see that, oh shyt what is that some, what's, what the fukk is that platinum
Is that? What's that chain right there, is that's white gold, that's platinum.
Is that plat, well nikkas doing platinum again, nikkas doing, nikkas ain't even doing platinum yet right, oh shyt bout to make
Yo I'm trying to bring that shyt back, kill these nikkas
Let me see that one too, the wat, the watch, the platinum watch
-Lil Cole

 

[onelastdeath]

As of February 24, 2015, the album has sold a total of 910,000 copies in the United States

Cole going platinum

so proud man.