BK The Great
Veteran
Not a fan of that weirdo gay shyt but good for him i guess 
Tyler the Creator projected to sell 250K in a partial first week
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FunkDoc1112
Heavily Armed
To a lot of people beyond what this forum fukk with
I work in the creative industry, lotta arts fartsy types. I've seen first hand what that shyt meant to a lot of folks
I fukked with the early, HipHop BEP joints, but there was nothing classic about them save a song or two. They aren't that good, respectfully.
Monetarily speaking, a certain amount of streams (1500 streams) are equivalent to one physical album sale so it actually does make sense. It generates the same amount of revenue for the label.
Tommy Gibbs
Superstar
I agree. I was talking about hip hop artists in general. Illmatic and RD didn't have great sales. Neither did Resurrection, but when Common started doing the crossover shyt like UMC and EC(that wasn't really bad, just not hip hop), people complained.
Guvnor
Da Speculative Spectacle®
That makes sense due to the bolded. A lot of others didn't care but artsy people love him, many of them are gay too no offense bro. Just being real and I'm sure you can ates to that. Many artsy fartsy types are homosexual, not from harlem types.To a lot of people beyond what this forum fukk with
I work in the creative industry, lotta arts fartsy types. I've seen first hand what that shyt meant to a lot of folks
CoolinInTheCut
Superstar
He can be Childish Gambino level of corny at times.
FunkDoc1112
Heavily Armed
You're not equipped to have this conversation dog. Artsy fartsy covers a pretty wide spectrum of folks, not just gay people. If you have any creative aspirations at all, you're probably one of those types.
Pharrell was a super producer first and his cache/leeway was built in once he began putting out his own projects. And working with various types of artists kinda eliminated the "core" for him, he appealed to pockets of everyone. He didn't chase radio but he was inherently much more radio friendly than Tyler.
A lot of this applies to Kanye also but he was more intentional in appealing to the mainstream. But my overall point is that there's a whole planet between what Tyler has done vs Will. He's on the other end of the spectrum and is somewhat the "wrong" messenger.
Have you ever given an album of his a chance or are you just going off singles? Serious question.
He's a generational artist for Gen Z and younger millennials, I respect it. He restores the feeling even if I don't rock with some of it
FunkDoc1112
Heavily Armed
Tyler's a millennial, unless you're just talking audience
Yeah I meant the audience, and edited the post to include younger millennials as well
zayk35
Superstar
And they keep saying the females are killing the men in Hip-Hop. Yet I never see numbers like this. I don't like Tyler the Creator's music like that. I was a fan of his for maybe a week or so in 2011-12 it ain't my cup of tea. But his fans seem to be pretty loyal and not thots looking for a "vibe". Which is why most of them are here today and gone tomorrow. But the media types keep saying the women are running the game. Like "They Not Like Us" didn't happen this yr.
I'm not gonna lie. This is probably album of the year. I have never listened to a single full album of his, but this one was one of the few from ANY artist that I can sit through completely, and that includes classics.