Where Meek Mill?
List Of Every Rapper In Hip Hop History With A Platinum Album.
- Thread starter R.O. Double
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Where Meek Mill?
Every G Unit member got a platinum plaque, plus a group platinum plaque
Tony Yayo?
How bout them Miller boys though?
TRU:
Tru 2 Da Game: 2x platinum (2CD)
Also 1 gold plaque
Master P:
Ice Cream Man: platinum
Ghetto D: 3x platinum
Da Last Don: 4x platinum (2 CD)
Also 1 gold plaque
Silkk The Shocker:
Charge It 2 Da Game: platinum
Made Man: platinum
C-Murder:
Life Or Death: platinum
Also 1 gold plaque
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dora_da_destroyer
Master Baker
where is k-rino? 
too short and the luniz
too short and the luniz
It's not automatic obviously, but putting opinion aside, how can you not say there's something to an artist that can get at least a million people to buy an album 10+ times? At some point you have to admit that it's not a fluke, and it's not some weird Vanilla/Hammer thing, it has to be talent.So whoever has the most platinum plaques constitutes being the GOAT?Cornball dikkridin' fakkits.
The Devil's Advocate
Call me Dad
Throw in mystical with 3-4 plats too
And don't start counting their golds
No limit might be the most successful label in terms of number of certified artists in Indy history
The Amerikkkan Idol
The Amerikkkan Nightmare
So is Paul's Boutique, Check YOur Head & Ill Communication.
These young nikkaz don't even know that Beasties are more respected by the ORIGINAL Hip-Hop heads than all the fakkit ass trap rappers y'all listen to.Ask Run DMC, Public Enemy, and them if the Beasties are real. Hip-Hop.
In terms of Hip-Hop credibility Beasties>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>The Lox
No Big Daddy Kane...............
No MC Shan.............
No Biz Markie..................
No Audio Two............
No MC Lyte............
No Queen Latifah................
No Kool G. Rap.............
No Boogie Down Productions..................
No Special Ed...................
My teen years were all an illusion?.......................
Hip-Hop was an underground phenomenon mostly until Hammer and Vanilla Ice busted it out around '90-'91. By that time a lot of the original old school artists were past their prime selling years, like Kane, Latifah, Lyte, etc. . .and gangsta rap was taking over.
What really happened was Soundscan only started tracking sales in '91, which also means that a lot of old school rap albums and albums period aren't accurately counted because they came out before that.
So, basically the people who came around post-Hammer/Vanilla Ice and pre internet are basically the ones who benefited the most from the way we count record sales.
Also, MTV, was at it's peak influence in selling Hip-Hop.
AND , the economy was at it's all-time best in the '90s, so teens had more money to spend on records
AND the internet hadn't taken over yet.
So, basically the rappers from about '91-2005 or so had the whole system working in their favor, which is why the overwhelming majority of these plats are gonna be from that era.How did Everlast go platinum?
He made a rock record that was basically EVERYWHERE (if you're into rock) back in 1999, but is counted as a rapper because he was in House of Pain
So whoever has the most platinum plaques constitutes being the GOAT?
That's this hoe ass skinny jeans wearing mentality
Or somebody just hopped on whatever fads were poppin' and had enough corporate influence to make sure they sold.
BO BARON
IT AIN'T $HIT!!!!
80% of those rappers on that list would struggle to reach gold let alone 250,000 nowadays
Any rappers or singer's that was able to earn gold albums post 2005 especially if they first hit that scene around that time and did it consecutively are mega stars and basically platinum artist imo
Any rappers or singer's that was able to earn gold albums post 2005 especially if they first hit that scene around that time and did it consecutively are mega stars and basically platinum artist imo
Larry Lambo
Superstar
I'm most suprised at the Luniz. I would not have expected them to go plat.
8Ball's lost was a triple ablum, so it only had to sell 333,334 copies.
It's amazing to see rappers that weren't even truly mainstream go plat. Some of these artists today might sell 150-200K.
8Ball's lost was a triple ablum, so it only had to sell 333,334 copies.
It's amazing to see rappers that weren't even truly mainstream go plat. Some of these artists today might sell 150-200K.
Larry Lambo
Superstar
I'm guessing that music clubs like Columbia House and BMG also helped these rappers go platinum. I knew I bought a bunch of mediocre albums in high school because I was obligated after getting my 12 tapes for a penny.
