Juicy J "Rap Music is down 40% in sales this year"

[King_Kamala61]

Let it die. It's been on a downward spiral for well over a decade now. I'm perfectly content with not hearing another new rap song for the rest of my life. I have enough good music and memories attached to the songs that meant something to me. Looks like the rest of the industry is figuring it out as well now that the money is all about dried up.

They never should've made gaudy jewelry a thing...I still don't understand how rappers talk so much about jewels and cars and clothing...when they could've spoke on art, land ownership...real shyt that generates money.

 

[maxamusa]

Stop focusing on sales, start focusing on art and actually being a great artist…perhaps. So much terrible music by terrible artists being mass-produced and released by terrible people…focus on making better product that lasts and not just stupid shyt that little kids and white girls/smuts enjoy for a week and a half.

If the sales are down 40% they’re probably really down 80% since them streaming numbers is fugazi.

Nas, a leader in this, is showing you how to do it and everyone wants to try so hard not to notice. Focus on making great music, forget the sales, your fans/potential fans will appreciate it and show up for you in droves when you’re in their cities and buy your merch and support your outside endeavors, etc…money going crazy! Sales are politics…and it’s 2023, what even are sales anymore? All that shyt is smoke and mirrors

There has 2 be a way that these streaming sites and industry people can see the real #s.

I'm sure they have bots and streaming farms boosting but anyone who's computer savvy can probably detect whats real and what isn't.


Didn't IG years back crack down on artists for having millions of fake followers? A lot of heavy hitters lost a lot of "followers" lol.

 

[Piff Perkins]

There's no actual evidence to corroborate this claim and it's coming from the same people who told us rap was dead because there were no #1 rap albums yet on the charts, 4 months ago. Now there have been multiple #1 rap albums and instead of admitting they were wrong or out of touch, these people simply shift goal posts to the next odd claim.

Luminate Reveals 2023 Mid-Year Report: Here are the Best Selling Albums & Singles

Luminate, the official data provider for Billboard, has revealed the 2023 mid-year report today, revealing the top selling albums and singles so far in 2023. The expansive report also tells us a lot more stats about music consumption around the world, how

hiphop-n-more.com

https://archive.ph/TxnnD#selection-295.0-295.231

People running with narratives. When the big artists drop, the Coli says "yea but no one else is selling." When artists sell who the Coli doesn't listen to or fukk with (Youngboy, Rod Wave, Carti, Uzi, etc) the forum says "yea but no one is listening to this music outside" lmao. Let's be reality: people are making circular arguments and are mad that they don't like what's popping. And instead of focusing on the whole host of rap shyt they DO like, or seeking more out...they'd rather just complain.

 

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Idgaf waht Juicy J says , I been said hes the main rapper that stays trying to get me to fukk up my life.

 

[papa pimp]

There's no actual evidence to corroborate this claim and it's coming from the same people who told us rap was dead because there were no #1 rap albums yet on the charts, 4 months ago. Now there have been multiple #1 rap albums and instead of admitting they were wrong or out of touch, these people simply shift goal posts to the next odd claim.

Luminate Reveals 2023 Mid-Year Report: Here are the Best Selling Albums & Singles

Luminate, the official data provider for Billboard, has revealed the 2023 mid-year report today, revealing the top selling albums and singles so far in 2023. The expansive report also tells us a lot more stats about music consumption around the world, how

hiphop-n-more.com

https://archive.ph/TxnnD#selection-295.0-295.231

People running with narratives. When the big artists drop, the Coli says "yea but no one else is selling." When artists sell who the Coli doesn't listen to or fukk with (Youngboy, Rod Wave, Carti, Uzi, etc) the forum says "yea but no one is listening to this music outside" lmao. Let's be reality: people are making circular arguments and are mad that they don't like what's popping. And instead of focusing on the whole host of rap shyt they DO like, or seeking more out...they'd rather just complain.

Yeah its a lie

This was before Uzi, Rod Wave, Drake, Doja, etc all dropped:

According to Luminate’s 2023 mid-year music reports, this is a strategic move. The data illustrates a striking growth in album consumption in the US, soaring by an impressive 13.4 per cent year-on-year, rocketing from 475.4 million in mid-year 2022 to a staggering 538.9 million in mid-year 2023. This upward trajectory indicates an insatiable appetite for new music among American listeners.

The report also shows that on-demand song streams experienced a remarkable 15 percent year-on-year increase during the same period. The numbers jumped from 620.2 billion to an astounding 713.5 billion. As these figures underscore, music is thriving in the US, with listeners voraciously consuming songs at an unprecedented rate. Within this audio feast, it is the R&B/Hip Hop genre that commands the lead, accounting for a substantial 27.3 percent of total on-demand streams. It’s a clear testament to the genre’s dominance in the American music landscape.

 

[maxamusa]

Idgaf waht Juicy J says , I been said hes the main rapper that stays trying to get me to fukk up my life.

that 3 6 / pat does something 2 me

 

[T-K-G]

This goes beyond rap. Nikkas are bored of everything and the creative entities are out of ideas

Nikkas ain't going to the movies like that anymore, Disney is in panic mode, music ain't been poppin outside of Taylor Swift, the gaming industry struggling

Everything is now

A lot of this is the powers that be not investing money in anything new because their job is to just "keep things chugging along" so you got uncreative execs just giving you the same shyt cuz to them it's a safe bet



Atleast in American animation you got those Spiderverse and TMNT movies using a whole different style and the response has been positive, we need more risks like that at the executive level instead of telling artists

 

[Consigliere]

See y’all in 10 years when we’re still saying the same thing.

 

[Ellen Degeneres]

This goes beyond rap. Nikkas are bored of everything and the creative entities are out of ideas

Nikkas ain't going to the movies like that anymore, Disney is in panic mode, music ain't been poppin outside of Taylor Swift, the gaming industry struggling

Everything is now

It's the comedown after the party

 

[Versa]

If true, good. I hope the current state of rap is wiped off the face of the earth and dudes have no choice but to actually make good music with meaning.

 

[Black Excellence]

It's the comedown after the party

Huge problem.

It’s been one big party for the past 10 years it seems, probably longer. I understand mainstream is popular feel good music but where is the balance?

 

[Wild self]

A lot of this is the powers that be not investing money in anything new because their job is to just "keep things chugging along" so you got uncreative execs just giving you the same shyt cuz to them it's a safe bet



Atleast in American animation you got those Spiderverse and TMNT movies using a whole different style and the response has been positive, we need more risks like that at the executive level instead of telling artists

We need To go invest in art and music programs like it was back in the 60s and 70s, in order to innovate again.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

when Drake is carrying the torch of the genre, what do you expect?

 

[jadillac]

Rap is almost done. It's at it's Emmitt Smith Cardinals phase, it's Shaq on the Celtics and Olajuwon on the Raptors phases.

 

[Long Live The Kane]

There's no actual evidence to corroborate this claim and it's coming from the same people who told us rap was dead because there were no #1 rap albums yet on the charts, 4 months ago. Now there have been multiple #1 rap albums and instead of admitting they were wrong or out of touch, these people simply shift goal posts to the next odd claim.

Luminate Reveals 2023 Mid-Year Report: Here are the Best Selling Albums & Singles

Luminate, the official data provider for Billboard, has revealed the 2023 mid-year report today, revealing the top selling albums and singles so far in 2023. The expansive report also tells us a lot more stats about music consumption around the world, how

hiphop-n-more.com

https://archive.ph/TxnnD#selection-295.0-295.231

People running with narratives. When the big artists drop, the Coli says "yea but no one else is selling." When artists sell who the Coli doesn't listen to or fukk with (Youngboy, Rod Wave, Carti, Uzi, etc) the forum says "yea but no one is listening to this music outside" lmao. Let's be reality: people are making circular arguments and are mad that they don't like what's popping. And instead of focusing on the whole host of rap shyt they DO like, or seeking more out...they'd rather just complain.

People look for any reason to get their smart-dumb ill informed takes off

We’re about to get all kinda concern trolling “think pieces” based off this fallacy