“Rick Ross Fell Off So Hard He’s Opening Up For Lil Bow Wow On Tour Now, He Can’t Sell Tickets On His Own” - 50 Cent

[dora_da_destroyer]

But the bottom line here is - fukking Bow Wow is 38 got damn years old

 

[JYoung24]

Show proof.

Who were the other hip hop artist he was going up against?

He was one of the highest selling artists he was going gold when records sales were down and they weren't counting streams towards your album sales yet selling like 100k albums backed then was like going gold going gold was basically like going plat. Future migos etc albums were flopping around that time period too they were single artists til streams started counting

 

[Feed-Me]

He was one of the highest selling artists he was going gold when records sales were down and they weren't counting streams towards your album sales yet selling like 100k albums backed then was like going gold going gold was basically like going plat. Future migos etc albums were flopping around that time period too they were single artists til streams started counting

What did future and migos sell around?what time period? Bring some receipts.

Drake and ross fans latch on to hating 50 they hate seeing an actual success story who is a street nikka. He changed the game with his mixtapes, he has classics,he has respect. So what he wasn't middle class like ross and drake to start out?

 

[banner34]

Boosie's name in lower print is crazy

Him and Ross opening up for bow wow and Omarion shows you gangster rap don’t have longevity.

 

[JYoung24]

What did future and migos sell around?what time period? Bring some receipts.

Drake and ross fans latch on to hating 50 they hate seeing an actual success story who is a street nikka. He changed the game with his mixtapes, he has classics,he has respect. So what he wasn't middle class like ross and drake to start out?

I remember future doing like 30 to 40k first week and migos doing even less than that they were getting clowned on here back than too. They ain't start really selling till strwams started counting

 

[JYoung24]

He was never a big selling artist. His first album went plat and none of his following albums came close.

Nah his other albums were close too

 

[JYoung24]

nikka stop. nikka really tried to sneak Nas in "S" he does NOT belong with those names. Ross was never no damn A list celebrity, no matter how you flip it.

What you mean sneak nas in he was a multiplatinum artist

 

[JYoung24]

This has nothing to do with. Ross flat out didn't have star power like contemporaries. All it comes down to.

That's cap star power is one thing rick ross didn't lack lol

 

[Reptile]

What you mean sneak nas in he was a multiplatinum artist

Nas is not a damn S tier celebrity. Dont be stupid nikka. Its nikka who multiplat that aint even B tier celebs, at least at this point.

 

[Reptile]

That's cap star power is one thing rick ross didn't lack lol

I said LIKE his contemporaries nikka. READ muthafukka. Ross was no where near Tip, Wayne, Luda, level.

 

[5n0man]

Nah his other albums were close too

He has 1 plat and 3 gold albums. Respectable numbers and a great catalog, but he was never one of the big superstars selling tons of albums.

 

[Reptile]

Nah his other albums were close too

Close is no cigar nikka

 

[Cladyclad]

This is it. Dude got clowned for that Animal Ambition weedplate flopping and been scared to drop ever since.

Probably better he stopped making music though, he was completely washed 10 years ago.

Not even his stans that owned the complete G-Unit training bra collection could pretend this shyt was hot

Dark times lol

 

[Low End Derrick]

Show proof.

Who were the other hip hop artist he was going up against?

Ross always gave the illusion he was bigger than he was. I was shocked that he had never gone platinum before or at least in the time period he seemed big

Know he wasn’t you filthy liar

No. Ross wasnt even cracking gold at a point. T.I and Jeezy were passed their prominence and were still far bigger names than Ross.

He was never a big selling artist. His first album went plat and none of his following albums came close.

Are his albums gold or platinum?

| Artist| Title| Year| First Week Sales
1|Drake|VIEWS|2016|1,075M
2|Lil Wayne|Tha Carter IV|2011|964K
3|Eminem|The Marshall Mathers LP 2|2013|793K
4|Drake|Scorpion|2018|749K
5|Eminem|Recovery|2010|741K
6|Drake|Nothing Was The Same|2013|658K
7|Drake|Take Care|2011|631K
8|Kendrick Lamar|DAMN.|2017|610K
9|Travis Scott|ASTROWORLD|2018|553K
10|Drake|If You're Reading This It's Too Late|2015|535K
11|JAY-Z|Magna Carta Holy Grail|2013|527K
12|J. Cole|4 Your Eyez Only|2016|511K
13|Drake|More Life|2017|505K
14|Kanye West|My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy|2010|496K
15|Lil Wayne|Tha Carter V|2018|480K
16|Drake|Thank Me Later|2010|447K
17|JAY-Z & Kanye West|Watch The Throne|2011|436K
18|Eminem|Kamikaze|2018|434K
19|J. Cole|KOD|2018|395K
20|Nicki Minaj|Pink Friday|2010|375K
21|J. Cole|2014 Forest Hills Drive|2014|375K
22|Drake & Future|What a Time to Be Alive|2015|375K
23|Kendrick Lamar| To Pimp a Butterfly|2015|363K
24|Kanye West|Yeezus|2013|328K
25|J. Cole|Born Sinner|2013|298K
26|Dr. Dre|Compton|2015|295K
27|Eminem|Revival|2017|267K
28|Kanye West|JESUS IS KING|2019|264K
29|Cardi B|Invasion of Privacy|2018|264K
30|Nicki Minaj|Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded|2012|253K
31|Logic|Everybody|2017|251K
32|Meek Mill|Dreams Worth More Than Money|2015|245K
33|Nicki Minaj|The Pinkprint|2014|244K
34|Kendrick Lamar|good kid, m.A.A.d. city|2012|242K
35|Young Jeezy|Thug Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition|2011|233K
36|Meek Mill|Championships|2018|229K
37|Rick Ross|God Forgives, I Don't|2012|218K
38|J. Cole|Cole World: The Sideline Story|2011|217K
39|Lil Wayne|I Am Not a Human Being II|2013|217K
40|Kanye West|Ye|2018|210K
41|GOOD Music|Cruel Summer|2012|205K
42|Lupe Fiasco|Lasers|2011|204K
43|Migos|Culture II|2017|200K
44|Wiz Khalifa|Rolling Papers|2011|197K
45|Various Artists|The Hamilton Mixtape|2016|190K
46|Nicki Minaj|Queen|2018|190K
47|Kendrick Lamar|untitled unmastered|2016|182K
48|T.I.|Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head|2012|179K
49|Rick Ross|Mastermind|2014|179K
50|Lil Wayne|Rebirth|2010|176K
51|Rick Ross|Teflon Don|2010|176K
52|Big Sean|Dark Sky Paradise|2015|173K
53|Bad Meets Evil|Hell: The Sequel|2011|171K
54|Kid Cudi|Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager|2010|169K
55|Logic|YSIV|2018|167K
56|Meek Mill|Dreams & Nightmares|2012|165K
57|Wale|Ambition|2011|164K
58|Juice WRLD|Death Race For Love|2019|164K
59|T.I.|No Mercy|2010|159K
60|Wale|The Gifted|2013|158K
61|Big Sean|I Decided|2017|156K
62|Various Artists|Black Panther|2018|156K
63|JACKBOYS|JACKBOYS|2019|142K
64|Future|DS2|2015|151K
65|DJ Khaled|Grateful|2017|151K
66|Nas|Life Is Good|2012|149K
67|2 Chainz|Based on a T.R.U. Story|2012|147K
68|A$AP Rocky|At.Long.Last.A$AP|2015|146K
69|DaBaby|KIRK|2019|146K
70|Mac Miller|Blue Slide Park|2011|144K
71|Wiz Khalifa|O.N.I.F.C.|2012|141K
72|KIDS SEE GHOSTS|Kids See Ghosts|2018|140K
73|A$AP Rocky|Long.Live.ASAP|2013|139K
74|Kid Cudi|Indicud|2013|139K
75|ScHoolboy Q|Oxymoron|2014|139K
76|Future|Evol|2016|139K
77|Future|FUTURE|2017|139K
78|Shady Records|Shady XV|2014|138K
79|Ludacris|Battle of the Sexes|2010|137K
80|A Tribe Called Quest|We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service|2016|136K
81|Logic|The Incredible True Story|2015|135K
82|Gorillaz|Humanz|2017|135K
83|XXXTENTACION|?|2018|134K
84|DJ Khaled|Father Of Asahd|2019|132K
85|G-Eazy|When It's Dark Out|2015|132K
86|XXXTENTACION|Skins|2018|132K
87|21 Savage|I am > I was|2018|131K
88|Young Thug|So Much Fun|2019|131K
89|Lil Baby & Gunna|Drip Harder|2018|130K
90|NF|The Search|2019|130K
91|Fetty Wap|Fetty Wap|2015|129K
92|Beastie Boys|Hot Sauce Committee Part Two|2011|128K
93|Lil Uzi Vert|Luv Is Rage 2|2017|126K
94|Lil Wayne|I Am Not a Human Being|2010|125K
95|Future|Future Hndrxx Presents: The WIZRD|2019|125K
96|JAY-Z & Beyonce|Everything Is Love|2018|124K
97|G-Eazy|The Beautiful & Damned|2017|122K
98|Young Jeezy|Seen It All: The Autobiography|2014|121K
99|Migos|Culture|2016|121K 100|Future|HNDRXX|2017|117K
101|Logic|Bobby Tarantino II|2018|117K
102|Dreamville|Revenge of the Dreamers III|2019|115K
103|Kevin Gates|Islah|2016|112K
104|Drake|Care Package|2019|110K
105|Chance The Rapper|The Big Day|2019|108K
106|Tyler, The Creator|Flower Boy|2017|106K
107|2 Chainz|Pretty Girls Like Trap Music|2017|106K
108|BROCKHAMPTON|iridescence|2018|106K
109|Trippie Redd|A Love Letter To You 4|2019|103K
110|Mac Miller|Watching Movies with the Sound Off|2013|102K
111|Meek Mill|Wins & Losses|2017|102K
112|Roddy Ricch|Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial|2019|101K
113|Wale|The Album About Nothing|2015|100K
114|Rick Ross|Rather You Than Me|2017|100K



4 albums that moved 100k first week in the 2010s is a good achievement

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Let's be real though, Ross been consistently making better music than 50 for near 20 years anything else is secondary.

You want to talk fall offs, let's compare recent verses

Yeah Ross’ spotlight may have gradually dimmed over the years, but he has actual recent full projects that sound good. Again, if it ain’t a tv show theme, 50 is toast. Even during those G-Unit reunions, the best project released (Lost Hard Drive or something like that) was the one that had the least 50 involvement (unfortunately, Kidd Kidd was all over that project). 50 just doesn’t have it anymore when it comes to non-tv show music, and there’s nothing wrong with that.