Why did Blunted on Reality flop?

[Wacky D]

Hell Reasonable Doubt didn’t set the world on fire when it dropped and Jay-Z was 26 with years and years of harnessing his skills beforehand.

Reasonable doubt was huge in the streets and commercially, it went gold and had hit singles.

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

"Think of you" was my shyt

but honestly that first record sounded like a Jodeci record so he really didn't blow until he got with Jermaine Dupri.

"Can you get with it" wasn't really age appropirate for a young Usher.

It should sound like a Jodeci record because Devante produced it.

 

[Wacky D]

The Score is dope but it would have struggled to go plat without Killing Me Softly. Even my moms bought that album for that song alone.

I think "ready or not" being the hay maker after fu-gee-la could've got them a platinum plaque.

But yea, peoples grandma's had the score because of "killing me softly".

 

[Wacky D]

"Can you get with it" wasn't really age appropirate for a young Usher.

Not really about age.

He came out during peak h-town, and was a bobby brown discovery that landed under puff.

Difference is, groups like h-town & new edition were from the projects while usher was an industry kid.

 

[summwunn]

....been already said many times in this thread .. .. but this was the only track heads fukked with . . .. . .. mainly cause the beat . . .. . most blend tapes back then had other MCs over top . . . . smif and wessun come to mind . .. . .. maybe the Da Bush Babees - Remember We acapella . . . ..

 

[Awesome Wells]

....been already said many times in this thread .. .. but this was the only track heads fukked with . . .. . .. mainly cause the beat . . .. . most blend tapes back then had other MCs over top . . . . smif and wessun come to mind . .. . .. maybe the Da Bush Babees - Remember We acapella . . . ..

This here.

The album was wack. But Salaam saved them with the remix. Most rappers were using the beat for freestyles, so that's how the song kinda started to get love. The album did so poorly that Columbia was gonna drop them, until the remix started getting spins on the radio. Sh*t literally saved their career.

 

[summwunn]

 

[summwunn]

 

[Awesome Wells]

This is also a Salaam Remi remix.

He was keeping artists in their deals back then, with remixes. Crazy sh*t.

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

A lot of people don't remember Usher's first album either and think My Way was his first album.

naw.. We all remember him and puff all in the video when he came out

 

[Art Barr]

Reasonable doubt was huge in the streets and commercially, it went gold and had hit singles.

It shipped or had an original print run of 500k copies gold. It did not scan gold originally in its first sales envelope.

Art Barr

 

[Wacky D]

It shipped or had an original print run of 500k copies gold. It did not scan gold originally in its first sales envelope.

Art Barr

Thats still better than alot of albums of it's ilk that received more industry hype.

 

[Art Barr]

Thats still better than alot of albums of it's ilk that received more industry hype.

Well the albums would not sell in general in rap because they would fail to properly pr said album and artist tho.
While alternatively jayz has been the best pr'd rapper in history.



Art Barr

 

[TripleAgent]

"Ready Or Not" was also a #1 single. The album was 3X Platinum by May 17, 1996. "Killin' Me Softly" was released as a single May 31, 1996.

Killing Me Softly was still on the album.

 

[Art Barr]

These nikkaz were huff too tho.

If there is no rwwkus vinyl. or wax later. Mister man never gets to redeem himself with the semicolon line.

As a matter of fact.
It been so long.
since i spun that shyt.



Art Barr