We need to have a conversation about streaming numbers for Hov's classics

[Sonic Boom of the South]

Y'all some autistic mafukkas.

 

[Ill-Mind]

Yea let's pretend like this man's catalog wasn't exclusive to one streaming platform for years, smh.

 

[I'm Blackman]

nikka didn’t talk about nothing his whole career

This simple really.

 

[A Tribe Called Quest ™]

Jay has like almost 40 mil streams monthly on Spotify alone, stop it

 

[-DMP-]

I guess since the Kendrick and Drake beef over yall gotta go back to ole faithful. Hov hate threads

 

[boskey]

His catalog is not really from the 90’s golden era so it doesn’t have as much nostalgia.

2000s culture is not respected like that

 

[bigde09]

Yea let's pretend like this man's catalog wasn't exclusive to one streaming platform for years, smh.

but these numbers were from last week only

 

[bigde09]

Yea let's pretend like this man's catalog wasn't exclusive to one streaming platform for years, smh.

but these numbers were from last week only

 

[Dump Gawd]

The Coli's hate for Jay-Z needs to be studied by the best team of scientist in the world

 

[dizzy4111]

those Chronic 2001 streams

Seen a 70 year old white lady with it up on her spotify on her computer in the office last week lol

 

[Primetime21]

Personally I don't care about streaming numbers just like I don't care about sales. Do you enjoy the music or not? and yall Jay stans need to stop crying like some hoes.

 

[Prodigital]

Jayz was basically drake on terms of making contemporary music.

It takes skill to stay relevant the way he did for almost 20 straight years, but not gonna say he did it without sacrificing artistry. I think jay wohld say that as well.

4:44, WTT, BP1, and RD are solid classics. Not bad fo a career.

And BP1 probably got more spins from me than any album ive owned, but i played that shyt to death. I bet a lot of jay fans feel the same.

 

[JustCKing]

Vol. 2 had three Swizz Beats and grimier street oriented approach compared to the pop Bad Boy approach and Hitmen beats on Vol. 1

But we coulda pointed out he jumped on the Southern and West Coast waves as early as Vol. 2

Three Swizz tracks makes this no more a Ruff Ryders album than Busta's E.L.E which dropped the same year.

The Hitmen were also on Vol. 2.

 

[yesiambowling]

Might just be that his biggest and most popular singles with the streaming demographic happen to be on WTT and BP3. I don't know if you can measure his popularity via Spotify alone though.

 

[KillKenny]

It is weird, I'll be honest. Maybe it is related to the fact his catalogue wasn't on most platforms, I understand these are weekly data but it can still impact because his music is probably ain't on a lot of playlists etc. Not everyone is checking daily if his music is in Spotify, if you once knew its not there well... That's it.

I'll add that a lot of acts have built their legacy, like the Wu series, the NWA movie, the Dre super ball show, Not even to mention Pac/Big culture status. Jay been trying to "stay relevant" rather relay on his old classics. I wonder how far behind is 4:44 for example