Ja, Busta, Nelly, Fab, Ludacris etc Crazy how Some Rappers Went Plat + Multi Plat Off The Strength Of Singles While Making Frisbees For Albums…
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Y'all are judging in hindsight.
There's a reason Pharrell and Chad could charge $150K for a beat. Singles were huge at the time bc pre-Itunes, it was hard to get singles and so ppl had to buy the WHOLE album, which led to massive sales.
The industry coasted for years off this model. Decades.
Artists could drop 2 great songs and sell 3 million albums. nikkas really weren't even putting forth much effort outside of the singles.
That's why SOME artists are more respected bc they made albums with several great songs.
There's a reason Pharrell and Chad could charge $150K for a beat. Singles were huge at the time bc pre-Itunes, it was hard to get singles and so ppl had to buy the WHOLE album, which led to massive sales.
The industry coasted for years off this model. Decades.
Artists could drop 2 great songs and sell 3 million albums. nikkas really weren't even putting forth much effort outside of the singles.
That's why SOME artists are more respected bc they made albums with several great songs.
He ain't got too many real quotables the older I get
Nah, we used to have to buy the whole album in order to find out if we only liked the single lol. People did buy singles too though, of course.
Busta has always been more of a showman than an mc. I never really fukked with mainstream rap, but I always thought country grammar was a dope album.
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I bought 3xkrazy stackin' chips when I was 14 because they had a line in the song about drinking paul Masson I bought shyheim the lost generation because he was down with wu same with gp wu and LA the darkman I got a dub tape of camp lo because of luchini I bought heltkah skeltkah nocturnal because of operation lockdown I used to love listening to albums and predicting what the next single would be and most times I would be right I remember a girl bought big pun capital punishment because of still not a player and only played that song over and over real nikkas only real bumped ja rule 1st joint after that it was just females listening to him same with Nelly and that other soft cupcake azz sh1t chingy too albums was single driven and it you caught a hit you was almost sure to go platinum hell no limit had virtually unknowns going gold and platinum monthly after the puffy shiny suit ish everybody was going commercial for definitely sales
TheMailMan
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TheMailMan
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Nelly 1st 3 albums were solid . Luda good albums even chingy had a decent album run. Id agree more if ur talking jkwon or smiles n southstar
KnickstapeCity
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JulesMusic719
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People were actually buying music back in the day....
Nah I don’t agree entirely, at least not within the culture.
Luda and Nelly first album had nikkas in a choke hold (here in the south) I know for a fact they were quoting songs outside the singles.
Luda and Nelly first album had nikkas in a choke hold (here in the south) I know for a fact they were quoting songs outside the singles.
letti cook
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I agree on Busta
Ja, Fab and Nelly got albums I fukked with (3:36, Country Gramar, Ghetto Fabolous) but I can see why most people looked at them as singles artists
Luda got bsides, especially off the first two albums. There were songs being played on the radio that weren't singles. He dont get alotta credit because he's animated but he had a solid album run. Word of Mouf is a classic imo.
Ja, Fab and Nelly got albums I fukked with (3:36, Country Gramar, Ghetto Fabolous) but I can see why most people looked at them as singles artists
Luda got bsides, especially off the first two albums. There were songs being played on the radio that weren't singles. He dont get alotta credit because he's animated but he had a solid album run. Word of Mouf is a classic imo.