Rod wave got the number 1 album 136k/ Diddy 30k/ Nas outside the top 60

[Harry B]

meanwhile...

If Nas and Wu-tang combined didn't sell out an arena in their hometown with 30-50 dollar tickets, something would be wrong.

 

[Cladyclad]

It’s not about being old. Jay Z last album was bootlegged more than any album not named Drake in 2017.

According to piracy monitoring and analytics specialist MUSO, 4:44 was illegally downloaded just under a million times (971,196) in its opening 72 hours on the market.

Some 56% of these downloads took place in the US, says MUSO’s data. The UK was the second biggest contributor with a 5% share.

Are these figures the direct result of the TIDAL exclusivity of 4:44 – which remains unavailable on the likes of Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, Deezer and iTunes?

It’s hard to say.

Other MUSO data shows that Drake’s album-come-playlist More Life was illegally downloaded 1.32m times in its opening three days back in March, with 38% of activity in the US, 7% in Canada and 5% in the UK.

People just don’t fukk with Nas that’s all. Your music matters people will show up

 

[Lonj]

So you never supported the album?

I copped KD1 digitally off his site, copped KD2 and Magic 1 off of Amazon, tried to cop KD3 but couldn't get it digitally or on CD/vinyl. Magic 2 and 3 I wasn't feeling enough to cop. So in short, no.

Personally I like to own music even if only digitally, that streaming shyt is for the birds.

 

[Harry B]

Personally I like to own music even if only digitally, that streaming shyt is for the birds.

So have you ever heard a Nicki Minaj or Cardi B album? Have you sent them like 70 bucks?

How do you do if you feel like listening to a Daft Punk album from the 90s in the gym, does your gym trip cost you another 15 bucks and x mb on your phone?


It's really hard to figure how it would be to go from using modern technology to not using it. Like going back to using cash for everything or buying dvd boxes of series

 

[Piff Perkins]

I don’t know about uninspired cause he had some storytelling joints which he didn’t before but I don’t think it needed to be 15 tracks for a Magic album. These joints are usually under 10 tracks of him spitting and out and at 15 it probably sounds redundant to people. But I didn’t get the impression it was like Nasir

The impression I got is they wanted these albums out to coincide with the 50 year anniversary. At one point Mass Appeal planned multiple EPs from different producers to celebrate, but iirc only two came out (Premo and Swizz). I can't prove it but I get the impression something fell through or plans shifted and they decided to do more Nas albums instead. To me personally, dropping two albums in a 3-4 month span isn't a great idea but it makes sense if you're tying it to the anniversary, plus the birthday celebration.

I hope whatever comes next is more thought out crafted. I'm also genuinely curious whether Nas even wants to go back to what he perhaps considers an old way of recording - multiple takes, redoing vocals, slower song completion, etc. These last few albums were recorded quickly and you can tell, for good and bad. The punching on the records is very noticeable, the mixing is ehhh at multiple times, and beats sometimes sound like they're missing something. I'm not hating on Hit Boy, I like him. But I often hear his beats and just imagine (old) Kanye saying ok we're gonna redo that with real strings, lets get a bass player in to do that bass, and let me redo the drums. In short you get a sense of why all the labels love him: he's gonna get the job done on schedule with limited costs and limited samples. I want to hear Nas over something that sounds more alive again.

 

[prophecypro]

The impression I got is they wanted these albums out to coincide with the 50 year anniversary. At one point Mass Appeal planned multiple EPs from different producers to celebrate, but iirc only two came out (Premo and Swizz). I can't prove it but I get the impression something fell through or plans shifted and they decided to do more Nas albums instead. To me personally, dropping two albums in a 3-4 month span isn't a great idea but it makes sense if you're tying it to the anniversary, plus the birthday celebration.

I hope whatever comes next is more thought out crafted. I'm also genuinely curious whether Nas even wants to go back to what he perhaps considers an old way of recording - multiple takes, redoing vocals, slower song completion, etc. These last few albums were recorded quickly and you can tell, for good and bad. The punching on the records is very noticeable, the mixing is ehhh at multiple times, and beats sometimes sound like they're missing something. I'm not hating on Hit Boy, I like him. But I often hear his beats and just imagine (old) Kanye saying ok we're gonna redo that with real strings, lets get a bass player in to do that bass, and let me redo the drums. In short you get a sense of why all the labels love him: he's gonna get the job done on schedule with limited costs and limited samples. I want to hear Nas over something that sounds more alive again.

It seemed to be fine with the previous releases of him and Hit Boy. Part of why he may have used punched in bars is cause of the turn around time (They immediatley recorded after Magic 2 dropped to aim for September 14th) but in any event I think hes looking at chemistry and something just feeling right rather than gong with it. For the most part that formula worked even on Magic 3

 

[prophecypro]

If Nas and Wu-tang combined didn't sell out an arena in their hometown with 30-50 dollar tickets, something would be wrong.

Them tickets didnt even look cheap from what I saw on Ticketmaster (not sure if resale) but like lowerbowl was like $250 and the cheapest in the nosebleed was like 80

They should be caking off this tour

 

[Borisavage]

Not gonna front, that Rod wave slapsss

 

[Reptile]

"Nas outside the top 60" LOLOLOL

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

I can't do the rod wave stuff