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I think we can reasonably assume its diamond... its been 9X for like a decade. Death Row needs to request certification...
LAD debuted at 176?
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I think we can reasonably assume its diamond... its been 9X for like a decade. Death Row needs to request certification...
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Only nikkaz whose mouths are filled with suge knight's piss can claim biggie's first two albums ain't classics.
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50 is not Certified Diamond. Here are the only Rap Diamond Albums. By Date:
#1 .
HAMMER PLEASE HAMMER DON'T HURT 'EM FEBRUARY 12, 1990 APRIL 15, 1991 CAPITOL STANDARD 10.00X MULTI PLATINUM ALBUM SOLO
("Hammer Please Don't Hurt Em" is probably the most POPULAR Rap album of all time. It spent a Record Breaking 21 Weeks at #1 on the Billboard Chart and was Certified Diamond only a Year after it's release. In the Guinness Book of World Records)
#2 .
NOTORIOUS B.I.G. LIFE AFTER DEATH MARCH 25, 1997 JANUARY 06, 2000 BAD BOY/ARISTA STANDARD 10.00X MULTI PLATINUM ALBUM SOLO
(I already broke down the History this album made eariler. It's in the Guinness Book of World Records)
#3 .
OUTKAST SPEAKERBOXXX / THE LOVE BELOW SEPTEMBER 23, 2003 DECEMBER 03, 2004 SO SO DEF STANDARD 10.00X MULTI PLATINUM ALBUM GROU
("Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" is the biggest selling southern Hip Hop Album of All Time. It won the Grammy for Album of the Year and was certified Diamond a little over a year after it's release. It span 2 #1 singles. It currently is the highest certified Rap album at 11x Platinum)
#4 .
EMINEM THE EMINEM SHOW MAY 26, 2002 MARCH 07, 2011 INTERSCOPE STANDARD 10.00X MULTI PLATINUM ALBUM SOLO
("The Eminem Show" was the 1st Eminem LP be certified Diamond. It was the highest Selling album of 2003)
#5 .
EMINEM THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP MAY 23, 2000 MARCH 09, 2011 INTERSCOPE STANDARD 10.00X MULTI PLATINUM ALBUM SOL
("The Marshall Matters LP" made history being the highest selling 1st week for a rap album ever and the fastest selling solo album on Billboard. It won 4 Grammy's and made the Guinness Book of World Records. It was certified Diamond only 2 days after "The Eminem Show" making Eminem the 1st rapper with Two Diamond Albums)
#6 .
2 PAC GREATEST HITS NOVEMBER 24, 1998 JUNE 23, 2011 INTERSCOPE STANDARD 10.00X MULTI PLATINUM ALBUM SOLO
("Tupac's Greatest Hits" was a Double LP released 2 years after his death and become a huge hit. It's the highest selling Greatest Hits album for a Rapper Ever)
That's it, Those are the official Diamond Albums based on Date of Certification.
Stores were selling it before its release date.
Back in the day you used to be able to go to mom and pop cd stores and cop almost anything the Thursday afternoon before it officially dropped.
No doubt. It'll get there eventually.
I'm also surprised Fugees/Lauryn Hill didn't go diamond.
50 is not Certified Diamond. Here are the only Rap Diamond Albums. By Date:
#1 .
HAMMER PLEASE HAMMER DON'T HURT 'EM FEBRUARY 12, 1990 APRIL 15, 1991 CAPITOL STANDARD 10.00X MULTI PLATINUM ALBUM SOLO
("Hammer Please Don't Hurt Em" is probably the most POPULAR Rap album of all time. It spent a Record Breaking 21 Weeks at #1 on the Billboard Chart and was Certified Diamond only a Year after it's release. In the Guinness Book of World Records)
#2 .
NOTORIOUS B.I.G. LIFE AFTER DEATH MARCH 25, 1997 JANUARY 06, 2000 BAD BOY/ARISTA STANDARD 10.00X MULTI PLATINUM ALBUM SOLO
(I already broke down the History this album made eariler. It's in the Guinness Book of World Records)
#3 .
OUTKAST SPEAKERBOXXX / THE LOVE BELOW SEPTEMBER 23, 2003 DECEMBER 03, 2004 SO SO DEF STANDARD 10.00X MULTI PLATINUM ALBUM GROU
("Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" is the biggest selling southern Hip Hop Album of All Time. It won the Grammy for Album of the Year and was certified Diamond a little over a year after it's release. It span 2 #1 singles. It currently is the highest certified Rap album at 11x Platinum)
#4 .
EMINEM THE EMINEM SHOW MAY 26, 2002 MARCH 07, 2011 INTERSCOPE STANDARD 9.00X MULTI PLATINUM ALBUM SOLO
("The Eminem Show" was the 1st Eminem LP be certified Diamond. It was the highest Selling album of 2003)
#5 .
EMINEM THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP MAY 23, 2000 MARCH 09, 2011 INTERSCOPE STANDARD 10.00X MULTI PLATINUM ALBUM SOL
("The Marshall Matters LP" made history being the highest selling 1st week for a rap album ever and the fastest selling solo album on Billboard. It won 4 Grammy's and made the Guinness Book of World Records. It was certified Diamond only 2 days after "The Eminem Show" making Eminem the 1st rapper with Two Diamond Albums)
#6 .
2 PAC GREATEST HITS NOVEMBER 24, 1998 JUNE 23, 2011 INTERSCOPE STANDARD 10.00X MULTI PLATINUM ALBUM SOLO
("Tupac's Greatest Hits" was a Double LP released 2 years after his death and become a huge hit. It's the highest selling Greatest Hits album for a Rapper Ever)
That's it, Those are the official Diamond Albums based on Date of Certification.
Interesting.
Here is my source for the claim that 50 went diamond. No idea if its true. Supposedly it sold 15 million which seems wildly inaccurate.
RIAA certification - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rapmastermind
Superstar
"The Score" actually sold more albums worldwide then it did in the U.S. It was a huge Internationally LP.
The Score - 7x Platinum
Miseducation - 9x Platinum
Everyone should check out this documentary called "Life After Death" it follow's what Biggie's crew did after the album was released and he passed away:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TpyhzCDzRc"]Notorious Big LIFE AFTER DEATH THE MOVIE Theatrical Trailer - YouTube[/ame]
Rapmastermind
Superstar
"Get Rich" went Diamond WORLDWIDE, but not U.S.
Rapmastermind
Superstar
This is true. They were doing it illegally but Billboard never cared. But once "Life After Death" hit the mom and pops it was selling like hot cakes that the sales registered on Billboard/soundscan.
i'd like to watch it but can't find a single link.. ill probably buy it wit a bunch of other documentaries if it's good"The Score" actually sold more albums worldwide then it did in the U.S. It was a huge Internationally LP.
The Score - 7x Platinum
Miseducation - 9x Platinum
Everyone should check out this documentary called "Life After Death" it follow's what Biggie's crew did after the album was released and he passed away:
no offense to anybody, and I ain't trying to shyt on anyone's "classic/not classic" view of any album...
but I'll never count a double or triple CD as going diamond, platinum or gold unless it actually sold that many. 8 Ball going gold with his "Lost" album dont mean shyt if he shipped a 3 disc album and it sold only 167,000 copies.
but I'll never count a double or triple CD as going diamond, platinum or gold unless it actually sold that many. 8 Ball going gold with his "Lost" album dont mean shyt if he shipped a 3 disc album and it sold only 167,000 copies.
Rapmastermind
Superstar
Double LP's:
Disc 1 - 5 Million
Disc 2 - 5 Million
It's a package so 10 Million Disc are sold. Also when "LAD" and "AEOM" were released, Double LP were well over 25 bucks so the revenue grossed is very large. I don't see how an album with 2 CD's should only get credit for 1 CD sold, that doesn't make sense. You are asking the consumer to buy a package. Also this is not new. One of the Highest Selling Albums ever is a double LP by Pink Floyd called "The Wall". So if you think it was easy for Biggie to selling 5 Million Double Disc LP's for 24+ bucks? Why hasn't other double LP's from Wu Tang, Bone and others have gone Diamond? Selling a Double LP is very difficult.
