So Did Kendrick Flop?

[ISO]

It was a very good album way overhyped by publications, stans and hipsters. The album deserved acclaim but all these perfect reviews are going overboard.

 

[BStapies]

Its critically acclaimed

He will probably win a grammy for the album

It sold very well

Not sure what else yall want from the album

 

[Mowgli]

2015
DRAKE - If Youre Reading This Its Too Late : 881,402
KENDRICK LAMAR - To Pimp A Butterfly : 557,329
BIG SEAN - Dark Sky Paradise : 264,328
WALE - The Album About Nothing : 145,350
LUDACRIS - Ludaversal : 102,655
RAE SREMMURD - Sremmlife : 101,191
JOEY BADA$$ - B4,Da.$$ : 97,000
CHRIS BROWN & TYGA - Fan Of A Fan: The Album : 78,561
TYLER THE CREATOR - Cherry Bomb : 74,000
LUPE FIASCO - Tetsuo & Youth : 67,000


2014

J COLE - Forrest Hills Drive : 895,105
NICKI MINAJ - The Pinkprint : 606,735
IGGY AZALEA - The New Classic : 508,565
RICK ROSS - Mastermind : 413,000
SCHOOLBOY Q - Oxymoron : 381,000
YOUNG JEEZY - Seen It All : 302,000
EMINEM - Shady XV : 267,000
WIZ KHALIFA - Blacc Hollywood : 261,000
LECRAE - Anomaly : 250,000
YG - My Krazy Life : 235,000



Kendrick probably hate drake for fukkin up his moment

No one is really selling like that

 

[Bald Head Ba$tard]

Sales wise, maybe. It's been out 2 months, shyt should've been plat by now with all the enormous hype it got, imo

 

[Bald Head Ba$tard]

musically and lyrically I fukk with it. I just hope he doesn't go commercial on the next album after this....It would be a shame if he does

 

[the cool]

i've said it in many threads.......money trees > to pimp a butterfly

 

[jamaicaiwonder1993]

If it was so great, why is no one listening to it? Why can't I find one song on there to keep in my summer playlist? No song on radio? No song in the club (King Kunta was supposed to be the big hit)? Album ain't going platinum in the US maybe worldwide, but America spat that shyt out. How you have 8 Million streams of your album in the first 24 hours and you can't sell a million copies? That's what you call a great album? The reaction to this album compared to GKMC is like night a day. People were talking about GKMC for like 1-2 years after it dropped.

Sales don't equal quality

 

[the cool]

flop commercially? no

as far as connecting with fans? possibly, its a strange record with some bright spots that get overshadowed by wtf moments. I really only go back to 4 songs, not close to the front-to-back completeness of GKMC

what are the wtf moments? and which 4 songs

 

[MAGNETO.]

Dw fam Lord Pretty Flacko Jodye about to bless us with a classic.

 

[rantanamo]

All he gotta do is release These Walls and this thread is boo boo.

 

[NvrCMyNut]

King c00nta

 

[T.he I.nformant]

I would compare it to one of Snoop's experimental albums. No one tryna hear that shyt. Stick to what people want to hear from you. That grimy street shyt. Save that jazzy shyt for a Roots album.

And GKMC isn't Taco Bell breh.

Act like K-Dot is Fame from MOP, brehs

 

[EndDomination]

No he didn't flop. fukk kinda question is this?

That's what I'm wondering too, the album wasn't anywhere near a flop
But then again, I'm still waiting for Diplomatic Immunity to go platinum

 

[jamaicaiwonder1993]

What record did he break exactly? 8 million fans of s80 and GKMC listening to you new album in 24hrs.
wow.
Then only 500k of those fans turn up to ACTUALLY BUY the album.
You telling me only 500k people like Kendrick breh???
I loved s80 and GKMC but couldn't stand his new shyt.

Blacker the berry made us all think we were getting some west coast riding shyt for the summer and we ended up getting a mess of a project. I still like him as an artist, but he needs to not follow Kanye's route so hard. At least Ye gave us 3 albums before 808s though.

8 streams doesn't equate to 8 million people

 

[Sauce Dab]

It was a good album. It just threw everybody off that it was gonna be a rap/jazz album. Didn't the album go gold not too long ago? Also Top doing those unrealistic expectations didn't help