Originalgangsta317
Banned
shyt crazy
Can't do nothing but
Drake
Can't do nothing but
Drake
, Numbers Dont Lie: Drake sell's 600,000 in a Day
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Rapmastermind
Superstar
How can anyone take these numbers 100% seriously? I knew the album would sale pretty good 400-500k but LOL @ a song from last year counting towards "1st week sales". "Hotline Bling" techincally wasn't even an official single for the album, he just released it during the beef and it blew up. Which is why it's a "Bonus" Track. If Billboard and RIAA wants to play these streaming games then All Legendary albums of the past needs to be re-certified. This new "Steriods Streaming" Era will be having Drake and other rappers putting up these large numbers when we know that's not the case. Drake's overall numbers have constantly stayed at about 1-2 Million over the last 5 LP's. There should be a seperate certification all together for streaming and it not be combined with physical sales. If you get a Gold and Platinum plaque it should show that it was from streaming.
This was done to get Drake a (Milion first week) seller. They were hyping up IYRTITL to do a milli last year too and that didn't happen. I am not against counting streams, I'm against them being equal to someone going to a store and dropping 15 bucks. Sorry it's not the same and never will be. This was strategically done puposely to inflate the first week sales. We knew "Hotling Bling" was going to be included. It was a huge hit but to retroactively add it to the 1st week sales is ridculous. The sales and streams "Hotline Bling" made are already recorded and counted. It's certified 5x Platinum, the end. The only "Hotline Bling" sales that should be counted towards the first week are the ones streamed and downloaded when the album dropped not from last July up until now. No way will I put these sales up there with what Em, 50 and Wayne did.
This was done to get Drake a (Milion first week) seller. They were hyping up IYRTITL to do a milli last year too and that didn't happen. I am not against counting streams, I'm against them being equal to someone going to a store and dropping 15 bucks. Sorry it's not the same and never will be. This was strategically done puposely to inflate the first week sales. We knew "Hotling Bling" was going to be included. It was a huge hit but to retroactively add it to the 1st week sales is ridculous. The sales and streams "Hotline Bling" made are already recorded and counted. It's certified 5x Platinum, the end. The only "Hotline Bling" sales that should be counted towards the first week are the ones streamed and downloaded when the album dropped not from last July up until now. No way will I put these sales up there with what Em, 50 and Wayne did.
WickedGames
Superstar
Yeah Iggy and all these motherfukkers selling a mil first week lol
Doing a mil first week is something majority pop acts acts can't even do.
OfTheCross
Veteran
A mil minus 733K, tho
To drake ? Like money ?
Exactly . Let's be real why would drake be the chosen artist to push ? People on here act like every white pushed artist does a mil out the gate . The problem is everyone on here wants to pick sides like they get something out of these artists success outside of the music .
I want whoever I like to succeed so I can keep getting music from them not due to some ganglike mentality.
If meek or say gunplay dropped a great album id buy it , if someone like young thug dropped a really good album I'll buy it, I'm not a gates fan but his album had enough songs on it for me to justify my purchase . People seem to forget music is suppose to be enjoyed
Mr.Silver
Enlightening And Frightening
Selling a bunch of records on a bad album that stans still 
at the numbers is like the universal sign that the fall off is coming.
See 50 with Massacre.
Wayne with Carter IV
Both did a mill.
Music didn't hit.
Hits were forced.
And it cost them.
Stans ruin artists.
Cosigning everything until the music gets worse and worse.
at the numbers is like the universal sign that the fall off is coming.See 50 with Massacre.
Wayne with Carter IV
Both did a mill.
Music didn't hit.
Hits were forced.
And it cost them.
Stans ruin artists.
Cosigning everything until the music gets worse and worse.
Selling a bunch of records on a bad album that stans still
See 50 with Massacre.
Wayne with Carter IV
Both did a mill.
Music didn't hit.
Hits were forced.
And it cost them.
Stans ruin artists.
Cosigning everything until the music gets worse and worse.
50 didn't fall off with The Massacre though. That album got love and it wasn't just his stans either. The singles nearly did his career in though even though they were successful. He benefited from "How We Do" and "Hate It or Love It" from The Documentary which kind of offset "Candy Shop". 50 was his own undoing with the beefs. It all started with that Game beef. Game hit him with that G-Unot campaign and it was downhill from there. It didn't help that 50 himself was emphasizing sales and going around saying "if Massacre sold one copy less than GRODT, it would be failure". Well, it sold less than GRODT, so he gave himself a huge L right there. When he came out with Curtis, he made about sales yet again by engaging in a sales battle with Ye. Not only was Curtis his worst album, but he lost the sales battle too.
Mr.Silver
Enlightening And Frightening
The Massacre was a huge step down from GRODT, and rap was simply going in a different direction in 2007.
coupercoli
Pro
You're a moron. She's been in the game since she was 16 and at 34 is selling 675k first week. That's unheard of; her longevity is crazy. Beyonce's been in the game 20 years....Drake??? Not even close.
So you care about what cooks are involved and how the food is made more so then how it tastes then? No wonder you're always so angry; you sit at home eating plain oatmeal all day
You should change your name to pop fan. Drake isn't hip hop.So you care about what cooks are involved and how the food is made more so then how it tastes then? No wonder you're always so angry; you sit at home eating plain oatmeal all day
It's a step down because it followed GRODT, which many held as a classic and his biggest of stans had up there as one of the best. Still, The Massacre got it's share of love. 2005 was still a huge year for 50 because he also had the GRODT Soundtrack as well, which was big.
Rap going in a different direction in 2007 was in part because of 50 Cent losing to Kanye.
Mr.Silver
Enlightening And Frightening
It doesn't work in this case because the album is shytty and he has a team behind him.So you care about what cooks are involved and how the food is made more so then how it tastes then? No wonder you're always so angry; you sit at home eating plain oatmeal all day
This is like not knowing who made your food, having it taste shytty, and then pretending like its good.