So in week 50 drake (nwts) sold more than g unit (tboi) did in week 2....but indie is the way to go

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cuz he is legit in between both categories. who from that era is selling albums? kanye i guess, but didn't COLE sell more albums than ye with NO PROMOTION last year? i swear it's a fukking era thing. 50 is in the lost era when we (his fans at the time) all had torrents/megaupload/limewire right after his first album. people i know from that era don't buy music. people who are a little younger than me i.e. my cousin 5 years younger than me... out here buying shyt on itunes like she can't get it for free.
Well I could argue Kanye as you did, which is valid and throws off your theory. I would also argue T.I. since his last album debuted with triple what 50's did. Even Rick Ross who debuted in 06 is doing better. I could argue all that but I think you're over-thinking it, you either have a fanbase or you don't, it really is that simple.
 

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Despite a huge media push Grande couldn't capitalize. I'd imagine it'll have legs and do well during the holidays though, but still...it's a testament to how far sales have fallen off for everyone. That album would have done 300-500k first week a decade ago.

Will be interesting to see how Adele sells.


or maybe people just dont want to buy it.

you cant just say ***insert artist*** wouldve sold xx amount a decade ago, because said artist would probably be seen as wack if they were thrown into better eras.
 

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Well I could argue Kanye as you did, which is valid and throws off your theory. I would also argue T.I. since his last album debuted with triple what 50's did. Even Rick Ross who debuted in 06 is doing better. I could argue all that but I think you're over-thinking it, you either have a fanbase or you don't, it really is that simple.
tbf 50s music has been shyt and i wouldn't have bought it either way, but given the buzz his reunion has gotten on the internet idk. i think they're a product of free riders.


i don't know when dudes started riding hard for TI. i know it wasn't in the i'm serious/trap muzik days and i know must dudes DEF weren't on Ross original release. i'm prob picking a corner to die on here, but 50 was a mainstream icon in 2003. the following 3-5 years was when downloading music FOR FREE online was at its peak imo. i think TI peaked around 2008/2009 as far as mainstream popularity and Ross probably peaked in i don't even know what year, but it wasn't the year Port of Miami dropped.
 

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When the EP dropped and people were showing love, the haters were nowhere to be found, avoiding the EP thread like the plague...

Now that the numbers came out and it didn't sell well, the usual suspects celebrating :mjlol:

This place never changes...
 

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i love how much ive hurt your feelings and caused you to obsess over me thru a computer screen

dont ever forget that
Another hoe like post. I bet you snapped your fingers and sucked your teeth after you submitted that post. :mjlol:

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tbf 50s music has been shyt and i wouldn't have bought it either way, but given the buzz his reunion has gotten on the internet idk. i think they're a product of free riders.


i don't know when dudes started riding hard for TI. i know it wasn't in the i'm serious/trap muzik days and i know must dudes DEF weren't on Ross original release. i'm prob picking a corner to die on here, but 50 was a mainstream icon in 2003. the following 3-5 years was when downloading music FOR FREE online was at its peak imo. i think TI peaked around 2008/2009 as far as mainstream popularity and Ross probably peaked in i don't even know what year, but it wasn't the year Port of Miami dropped.
That argument just doesn't hold weight B, you can't say 50 is in a weird selling space because he was at a certain popularity level who blew up in a certain year, because you're narrowing the field down to just him. Kanye is the only one who kinda fits your parameters and he's doing fine because he has fans. 50's goal as a mainstream artist is to reach masses with his music, to convince them that it's good enough to support it and him as an artist, and it isn't working at all.
 

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Another hoe like post. I bet you snapped your fingers and sucked your teeth after you submitted that post. :mjlol:

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honestly i dont think youre as much of an obsessive corny fakkit as the internet makes you out to be

your re probably just a corny fakkit in person and at least thats b etter than bein obsessive
 

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trust i think 50 and g-unit are both :flabbynsick:

but the internet is reacting to them at a level higher than they are to jeezy's album and jeezy will sell 20x-50x more than this ep. i'm telling you their timing in the industry has a lot to do with it.

there's a reason why dudes like cole are selling more than YE with no promo though. it's different generations and levels to this shyt.
 

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honestly i dont think youre as much of an obsessive corny fakkit as the internet makes you out to be

your re probably just a corny fakkit in person and at least thats b etter than bein obsessive
:umad: miss lady? Pull your skirt down, b
 

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:umad: miss lady? Pull your skirt down, b
i can tell this little back and forth means a lot to you

but at this point you should log off and return under the screen name you were previously gettin called a fakkit under

this account just aint workin for you on your e-beef game sonson
 

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i can tell this little back and forth means a lot to you

but at this point you should log off and return under the screen name you were previously gettin called a fakkit under

this account just aint workin for you on your e-beef game sonson
Yeah :umad:




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