But it takes 1500 streams to count as one album. I don't like anyone that much.So, if i play an album on repeat 5 times, that's 5 streams?
RIAA changes certification rules to include streams. 17 artists receive certs.
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MufasaChoppa
The Rise & Fall Of Mufasa Choppa
this system finna get finessed 
Me and all my nikkas doin thriller numbers
Me and all my nikkas doin thriller numbers
Street platinum was more than just numbers even though it took the actual sales into account too,it was just a feeling
...Interest isn't the same thing as a album sale,a artist like Drake about to go double platinum off his haters alone
...You know how many people will download/stream a album,just being some "in the moment" azz mafukas?They will download it or stream it just because people on the internet are talking about it and they wanna be in on the discussion...So they figure "Im paying for this streaming,(or its free)I might as well listen
"....A "I might as well listen" shouldn't count as a sell.On the other hand with street platinum it was what cats is listening to in they cars,they second home...A place where you only are going to play music that you are INTERESTED in
...Where as streaming gets a lot of people streaming,simply because they have the service and might as well use it....Having the bootleg man tell you they SOLD out of something was just about as good as the album getting scanned with a barcode on it.Street platinum gave homage to artist who made albums that was hot within the core demographic of hiphop
....All this does is reward people for doing the opposite.Cuz lets be honest,this does almost nothing to help a artist that's hot in the streets but not the internet/blog/social media fanbases
.Based on Bigseans fanbase,and who he would appeal to...Theres no reason he shouldn't be able to go "for real platinum" in this climate other than lack of REAL interest...he certainly cant factor in the streets with his album,didnt hear one car bumpin it,and not one nikka asked me if I heard it
basically...cause these artists aint getting a pennyThis is nothing but bragging rights.
The question is will checks be cut?
Craig Mack
New Album in January
How do you find out the updated sales 
Yeah true indeed. But this is closest we'll get to it. I remember when ya boy plies was hot. Sales wouldn't indicate it, but he was getting played everywhere.Street platinum was more than just numbers even though it took the actual sales into account too,it was just a feeling
On the other hand with street platinum it was what cats is listening to in they cars,they second home...A place where you only are going to play music that you are INTERESTED in
Street platinum gave homage to artist who made albums that was hot within the core demographic of hiphop
Cuz lets be honest,this does almost nothing to help a artist that's hot in the streets but not the internet/blog/social media fanbases
Based on Bigseans fanbase,and who he would appeal to...Theres no reason he shouldn't be able to go "for real platinum" in this climate other than lack of REAL interest...he certainly cant factor in the streets with his album,didnt hear one car bumpin it,and not one nikka asked me if I heard it
you're just old......
Isn't this what they've been doing for a year already? Also are they going to continue with the separate figures? Most sources tell you what the album sold with actual units then the figures with streams included.
See,Plies went gold and the fact he was getting played heavy in the streets gave him the extra push to street platinum certification
....Now on the other hand,does "Big Sean" FEEL platinum of any kind.I didn't know how J Cole was going platinum,but his fans finally did start coming of the closet to try to promote him through word of mouth....SO i do now know people who really fukk with J Cole,but Big Sean fans
?Where?That's what I'm SAYYYYING there's a "feel" Sean ain't getting played more than a LOT of dudes out here. His numbers are UP though. This shyt is actually interesting. Like let's name some guys that FEEL platinum.See,Plies went gold and the fact he was getting played heavy in the streets gave him the extra push to street platinum certification
I didn't know how J Cole was going platinum,but his fans finally did start coming of the closet to try to promote him through word of mouth....SO i do now know people who really fukk with J Cole,but Big Sean fans
I would say Kendrick earned his definitely,and probably would've went "real" plat anyway....other than people who are actually going platinum,the only person that I would say feels platinum RIGHT NOW,who isn't really close and wont be is Future with Ds2....just about everybody else feels like singles artist right now
.I see what u saying though,i guess this had to happen...But i think we all know the "feel" of somebody who really got it locked on some level...and i guess the same bias "street platinum" showed to artist who make music that the streets fukked with,this will show bias in the other direction.
We'll see how it works,I guess the "feel" works no matter which direction you apply it,and you will just have to know which artist to apply which "feel" too....Some artist the feeling should be crazy among the social media,blogger demographic....With others the feeling should be crazy among the streets
That "feel" not adding up among your demographic should be what decides the failure of an album,and I think really it does already for the most part....I think we as hiphop fans have gotten it right amongst ourselves in this new area.
If people laughing at you for flopping,its probably not just because you flopped,but you probably also flopped to a certain extent among your demographic....both critically and commercially.
