SALES: J Cole surpasses Yeezus, Black Album back on charts

[JuvenileHell]

Cole deserves every amount of success that he's getting...he put out a dope album...really good that he may very well go gold in this climate

fukk Yeezus.

 

[Still FloW]

Exactly
But even KanYe's worst album will be a Gold effort. With the person that said Ye was having a 50 dropoff, I don't agree. KanYe's highest selling album is 3x Platinum. His 1st 3 went multi and Then 3 after that are going Platinum. 2 went Gold. That's 8 albums in 9 years and all of them certified. Is Ye falling off? Well it depends. Yes I think musically he is falling off. But he still demands interest. I don't think 50 can even get a [URL=http://www.the-coli.com/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=1]#1 [/URL] album right now and hasn't been able to sustain any longevity on the charts in years.

ANYBODY can get a #1 album (B-A listing artists only I mean)

Ross ALWAYS dropped when there was no competition and got #1 albums, Fab dropped Loso's way with ZERO competition #1 album even though he did less than 100k first week..

Curtis can easily go #1 if he times it right...

 

[Real]

ANYBODY can get a #1 album (B-1 listing artists only I mean)

Ross ALWAYS dropped when there was no competition and got #1 albums, Fab dropped Loso's way with ZERO competition #1 album even though he did less than 100k first week..

Curtis can easily go #1 if he times it right...

Exactly.

Even Nas went number 1 with LIG.

 

[↓R↑LYB]

What that is, is new fans going back to hear what people are sayin' was Jay's last classic album. Those are people who didn't fukk with him before. Who'd buy The Black Album just now? A decade later and shyt. LOL!!

But the real news, is how Cole has sold more records than Ye. For all of the hype and all these pseudo artsy "fans" that swear they love Ye's "vision" and direction for the album, where is the support for it? So many people sayin' it's "classic" and talkin' about how it's changing music, but no one is actually buying the album. That is a true sign of the times. Some cats just wanna pretend to be fans, but you see they're not putting their money out there at all.

The same could be said for cole. Look at how many people on this site call him Nyquil and say he puts them to sleep, he's garbage, and borderline an "industry plant." The internet is filled with hyperbole and shyt talk. nikkas love to run their mouth on both sides, and it definitely isn't limited to just Kanye ir his fans.

 

[How Sway?]

ASAP Rocky

Kendrick Lamar (Swimming Pools became a hit after the album dropped)

Future

Wrong

Wrong

And Wrong

 

[T.H.E. Goat]

Whats that Starlito album sounding like?

 

[gluvnast]

ANYBODY can get a #1 album (B-A listing artists only I mean)

Ross ALWAYS dropped when there was no competition and got #1 albums, Fab dropped Loso's way with ZERO competition #1 album even though he did less than 100k first week..

Curtis can easily go #1 if he times it right...

have ross ever done it 3 weeks IN?? after all the hype died down...

and lol at "no competition" as if wale and yeezus wasn't competing

 

[Hawaiian Punch]

I must say I'm quite shocked at Coles success. Never thought he was a bad artist by any means, but he's in a good lane right now

 

[dubsmith_nz]

Right. For people that don't already own those albums.

I own every Jay album, except TBA and Vol. 2. Every time I go to cop I end up buying something else. Even though it's a top 5 Jay album, and the first Jay album I really got into when the homie burnt it back in the day lol, I'll get it one day.

 

[Bernie Madoff]

Another notable story, is how CRAZY Mac Miller's doin' independently out there.

I don't even fukk with dude's music, but somethin' has to be said for the indie game comin' back in that instance. Kinda shows you that "success" comes in many forms in the music business. More people should realize that there are a few different ways to do this today. Dudes won't even need record labels a couple decades from now.

Decades? He would have probably sold less on a major.

 

[DeVanteSwing]

im still with the "no marketing" back fire for yeezy

a lot of people say that the SNL performances and projection stuff was good enough but honestly the only people checking for it was the true kanye fanbase, nobody else. he woulda sold more if he actually did the whole marketing campaign w/e with radio/tv apperances etc. Obvious

but he still sold bout 500k, i might be the only one that finds that impressive. AND j cole keeps buying his own albums

 

[Awesome Wells]

I own every Jay album, except TBA and Vol. 2. Every time I go to cop I end up buying something else. Even though it's a top 5 Jay album, and the first Jay album I really got into when the homie burnt it back in the day lol, I'll get it one day.

LOL!! Damn. I mean, technically, if you have a burned copy you have the album though!!

 

[malc]

A$AP Rocky had a Top 10 Billboard Song & still didn't go Gold...

It took Kendrick 3 Top 40 Billboard Songs to reach Platinum which he still is about 40,000 short of...

Both these dudes were all over radio & BET/MTV prior to their releases...

Future is all over the radio & featured on nearly everyone's Singles & STILL isn't a Gold artist...

Like I said... name an artist who blew up without radio...

You've got to be trolling...

to be fair...

1. A$AP Rocky's album leaked nearly a month early & only dropped in January, it will certainly push 500k before 2014.
2. Kendrick is certified platinum by the RIAA for shipment
3. Future sold like 40K first week and Pluto has pushed nearly 350k copies to date in over a year and a few months.

 

[Ninjaz In Paris]

to be fair...

1. A$AP Rocky's album leaked nearly a month early & only dropped in January, it will certainly push 500k before 2014.
2. Kendrick is certified platinum by the RIAA for shipment
3. Future sold like 40K first week and Pluto has pushed nearly 350k copies to date in over a year and a few months.

I'm just refuting Gator acting like these dudes were only get play on Pandora & Spotify...

1. A$AP's album is well under 400,000 & selling less then 1,000 copies a week... It could pass Gold in 2016 at this rate... & "fukking Problems" was Top 10 on Billboard...

2. That's my point... He's approaching Platinum with HUGE Radio Play...

3. Again... He sold 40k out the gate with 1 Single & started blowing up AFTER he started getting more Songs on the Radio... key word... RADIO...

Yeah... artists don't need radio...

 

[Flav]

you can sell 2,500 copies and hit the chart?

ima make a rap album and all yall buy it so we can hit the charts!