Switch out untitled for Nasir.i have never seen so much hate on a respected rapper over a critically acclaimed album since Nas's untitled
anybody else comes out with something of this magnitude and they get praised across the board. You mfs are seriously talking about 268k being a "flop" in 2022 considering the fact that we dont have physical copies anymore and "sales" equal over 1500 streams in order to be counted as 1 which is out of wack in itself. If the whole planet streamed an album, it still wouldn't match what the 90s early 2000s we're, we aren't in that era to measure that type of greatness. Then you got mfs on another thread talking about how this album is "Mid" or "He's too left field talking about real sh*t" like gtfoh
Has kendrick reached the level of being hated for greatness? that's the only way i can explain it, he ain't the underdog anymore, he's the target
Kendrick sells only 286k first week….Flop?
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Kendrick should have kept Family Ties for himself if he wanted to hit that 350-400K mark IMO.
Such a dope record.
I think people got a little thrown off by how Kendrick was rapping on this song as opposed to how the subject matter of the album turned out to be. Family Ties would have you believing that Kendrick was about to be on some Damn type shyt talking about “smoking on top 5’s” and “New flows on the way”.
But I guess it could also be inferred that people were expecting more Good Kid Maad City vibes after the Control verse and we got TPAB.
Kendrick seems to REALLY love going left lol. I’n here for it.
Honestly no idea, but Drake's numbers are overwhelmingly lop sided in favor of streaming. I don't think physicals would affect his numbers much either way.
Having said that, his fan base copped "OVO Jordans" which are just ugly alternate colorways of shoes that came out like 30 years ago....so
I'm sure they'd snap up any collectible physicals quick fast too.Fred.
Philippe’s Steak
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It's a flop because it's
How many rappers are putting up first week numbers like this? Drake and who else?
It’s just a different game now. Nobody is really doing numbers like that.
so people are talking about a flop when only three other rappers are capable of putting up these kinda numbers?
It’s just a different game now. Nobody is really doing numbers like that.
They aint tryna hear the logic. Theyre comparing the numbers to DAMN which was 5 years ago so its a flop
Either way when the biggest first week of the year is considered a flop, you know ones in a good place
Are you saying the last album’s first week numbers are irrelevant?They aint tryna hear the logic. Theyre comparing the numbers to DAMN which was 5 years ago so its a flop
Either way when the biggest first week of the year is considered a flop, you know ones in a good place
Obviously not, just saying 5 yrs ago and now are two totally different times and how rules have changed since.
I agree with that. Particularly when the streaming numbers five years ago were very similar to the streaming numbers today. And this new album isn’t as mainstream/pop friendly as Damn was.
Mike the Executioner
What went on up there? Poppers and weird sex!
It's a flop because it's
Yes, in your mind, the album flopped because you personally didn't like it.
Revival is the worst album I've ever heard in my life. It still went #1 on the charts, so I can't say it flopped.
GetRichOrDieTryin
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Good #s
Piff Perkins
Veteran
Give him credit for doing it on his terms, making a song about alcoholism into a hit (that ironically became a song people drink to). Given that Kendrick veto'd a Lady Gaga feature and passed fukking Problems to ASAP Rocky it's clear his intentions with GKMC were not super commercial.
Yea he had a single that worked. But given the options he passed on it's clear he went with the least commercial option.