Who’s the bigger star in their prime, Future or Nelly ?

[Higher Tech]

People's grandmothers knew who Nelly was.

 

[Higher Tech]

You also have to consider it was a different time, and Nelly had the benefit of music videos and stations/shows dedicated to music videos. Not very many streaming services, if any, and radio was much more powerful.

 

[African Peasant]

Commercial, Nelly had a bigger peak. But Future had a bigger and longer cultural impact.

Nelly was in the cd era. You can't use the diamond/album sales argument like that.

Thank you.

The sales argument is not acceptable when you're comparing music from different era.

You can't compare popularity based on sales when in one era you had to buy the cd to have that song with you whenever you want and when you had youtube giving you the song for free.

 

[papa pimp]

Thank you.

The sales argument is not acceptable when you're comparing music from different era.

You can't compare popularity based on sales when in one era you had to buy the cd to have that song with you whenever you want and when you had youtube giving you the song for free.

yes you can.

if you compare nelly to his peers, who went diamond?

nelly sits in rarer company amongst his peers than future does.

 

[CrimsonTider]

that’s longevity not peak.

I know, that’s why I voted is not comparable

 

[CrimsonTider]

yes you can.

if you compare nelly to his peers, who went diamond?

nelly sits in rarer company amongst his peers than future does.

No he doesn’t. Not many rappers have ever had a career as long and as relevant as future.

 

[African Peasant]

yes you can.

if you compare nelly to his peers, who went diamond?

nelly sits in rarer company amongst his peers than future does.

Nope. Your method only tells us what artist was more listened to in his era.

It does not tell us who was more popular between two artists of different eras.

The top dog of one era does not necessarily rivals the top dog of another era in terms of popularity.

 

[CrimsonTider]

People's grandmothers knew who Nelly was.

This had more to do with how entertainment was consumed

 

[Piff Perkins]

Future has never reached the mainstream commercial heights of Nelly, which are more comparable to Drake. Ironically the closest he's gotten is probably last year.

 

[papa pimp]

No he doesn’t. Not many rappers have ever had a career as long and as relevant as future.

ok lets list all the rappers who went diamond


then list all the rappers who had a decade long career


which list do you think will be longer?

 

[papa pimp]

Nope. Your method only tells us what artist was more listened to in his era.

It does not tell us who was more popular between two artists of different eras.

The top dog of one era does not necessarily rivals the top dog of another era in terms of popularity.

future aint the top dog of his era

and consumption is consumption no matter the era

 

[African Peasant]

and consumption is consumption no matter the era

Yes, but the means of consumption change. So it makes it hard to compare the level of consumption between eras with different mans of consumption.

How can you compare 10millions cd sold to 1 billion streams ? You can't.

 

[papa pimp]

Yes, but the means of consumption change. So it makes it hard to compare the level of consumption between eras with different mans of consumption.

How can you compare 10millions cd sold to 1 billion streams ? You can't.

which is why you have to compare what someone did vs their peers.

 

[CrimsonTider]

ok lets list all the rappers who went diamond


then list all the rappers who had a decade long career


which list do you think will be longer?

They’re both rare

 

[papa pimp]

They’re both rare

please make the list