Omg.....YOU DONT NEED fukkING PROMO TO SELL RECORDS!!!!!!
Didnt beyonce already show us this? Putting out albums to store decreases your sells cuz your album WILL LEAK. If NWTS was ITUNES only it would have sold 1milli first week.
Schoolboy Q "Setbacks" sold 17k total and "H&C" sold 48k total. Now 160k in a week. Dude made it
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Omg.....YOU DONT NEED fukkING PROMO TO SELL RECORDS!!!!!!
Didnt beyonce already show us this? Putting out albums to store decreases your sells cuz your album WILL LEAK. If NWTS was ITUNES only it would have sold 1milli first week.
Fam, you are a full blown retard. You gotta stop sipping bleach...it's not going to help your situation.
No, Beyonce didnt prove that.. as Beyonce is a fukking huge artist. As is Drake.
Promo is still important for upcoming building their fanbase.
Fam....you must be crazy. G2 sleep....its past ya bed time
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Yo is that Hov in your avi???? Im dying over here loooooooool!!!
Smedium Sean never had the built in fanbase that Cudi had and Pusha T is the last of a dying breed of Coke/Trap rappers so they sold about what they were supposed too. Schoolboy's numbers are impressive and despite the album being lackluster in my opinion I salute TDE. I'll take Schoolboy over Chief Keef, Future, Rich Homie, Nicki Minaj, and 80% of these other talentless artists
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Cudi did 90k just off of randomness on an unprompted EP. Wonder how that makes Pusha and Small Sean feel?
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Easy there breh thats the Braided GOAT you're talking aboutJust because beyonce can do it does not mean all artists can sell without promo....god damn that's just stupid
Promo is still important. Schoolboy Q had plenty of promotion, especially compared to his last couple albums. Now the kid cudi is something different thats really pushing the 'no promo' line.
However, really this whole thing is a sign we are starting to return to actual consumer interest driving label priorities instead of label priorities trying to drive consumer interest. The label priorities angle works in pop music and megastars but more and more for other genres that arent as overwhelming popular, the labels are finding its better just to release a lot of music with tiny budgets, and then when something is successful on its own merits you put your money into promoting the NEXT single/release from that artist.
Honestly people forget, touring used to be the promotion, used to be a new rap album came out, you just saw stickers, posters, and the label sent a new pair of timbs, some hoodies, and t shirts to the DJs along with the music kit. The magazines etc would get some interviews and photo shoots. That was the bulk of the promotion expenses.Labels wouldnt even worry about pushing an artist to radio until the song was already a 'hit'.
That method generally leads to much better music quality, because the fans actually choose the hits, not the 'tastemakers'...
However, really this whole thing is a sign we are starting to return to actual consumer interest driving label priorities instead of label priorities trying to drive consumer interest. The label priorities angle works in pop music and megastars but more and more for other genres that arent as overwhelming popular, the labels are finding its better just to release a lot of music with tiny budgets, and then when something is successful on its own merits you put your money into promoting the NEXT single/release from that artist.
Honestly people forget, touring used to be the promotion, used to be a new rap album came out, you just saw stickers, posters, and the label sent a new pair of timbs, some hoodies, and t shirts to the DJs along with the music kit. The magazines etc would get some interviews and photo shoots. That was the bulk of the promotion expenses.Labels wouldnt even worry about pushing an artist to radio until the song was already a 'hit'.
That method generally leads to much better music quality, because the fans actually choose the hits, not the 'tastemakers'...
