You think Beyoncé gave jigga a lot of overseas cloud?

[Marzupial]

Jay was doing radio in London before he was doing radio in New York and people don't understand English in other countries?

I've met people from the hood in European countries that speak better English than people from the hood in the US



People have to travel more and assume less, nobody pays premium money to see the husband rapping about the opposite of what another famous person sings about. Just by looking at statistics Hard Knock Life peaked higher in many European countries than in the US.

But it wasn't until recently the past 10 years, when he dropped big pop joints like Run This Town, ESOM and those type of joints that he started selling out arenas quick.


And this 50 cent/Snoop Dogg thing is a myth too, the biggest rappers anywhere are Drake, J. Cole, Kendrick, Jay-z, Cardi B, Nicki, Travis Scott, Eminem, Post Malone and Kanye.

I mean just cause you undestand English don't mean you get the references, plus overseas people look for rap to dance to it and not to dissect the lyrics

Jay never really had a big club hit like all those you named and I named 50/snoop because they were of that era

Are those 2 washed up now? Yep but they still more popular than jay in Europe that's a fact

 

[Fortunate Lee]

She expanded his fame, that’s a fact. Jay was always famous after Vol 2, but once Beyoncé really took off around the I Am Sasha Fierce album, everybody knew who Jay was

 

[Harry B]

She expanded his fame, that’s a fact. Jay was always famous after Vol 2, but once Beyoncé really took off around the I Am Sasha Fierce album, everybody knew who Jay was

You're sure it's not the fact that Jay dropped his two biggest songs ever

 

[Harry B]

I mean just cause you undestand English don't mean you get the references, plus overseas people look for rap to dance to it and not to dissect the lyrics

Jay never really had a big club hit like all those you named and I named 50/snoop because they were of that era

Are those 2 washed up now? Yep but they still more popular than jay in Europe that's a fact

Have you been outside of your state?


Jay-z headlined the biggest festival in Europe 11 years ago.
Same arena 50 cent did once after 7-8 years, Jay and them do like every other year a couple nights.

I don't know if you know this but they even sold The Source Magazine, had the exact same MTV and on as the US. And it's only accelerated with the internet.

 

[Fortunate Lee]

You're sure it's not the fact that Jay dropped his two biggest songs ever

He did but at that point the Beyoncé connection was already established breh

Plus the fake retirement helped too

Are u saying Beyoncé didn’t take his fame to a new level?

 

[Harry B]

He did but at that point the Beyoncé connection was already established breh

Plus the fake retirement helped too

Are u saying Beyoncé didn’t take his fame to a new level?

Seeing how after the Sasha Fierce album, Jay was outselling Beyonce, I'd say they must've complemented each other.
Of course as far as paparazzi goes, but we are talking music here. Tyga was all over paparazzi when he was with Kylie, still did like 2000 copies.


Beyonce did 650k in first week, Jay did whatever he did on Tidal but had his biggest solo tour ever, but their collabo album, which was dope, no one cared. Why? Because often Beyonce fans don't give a fukk about Jay-z and the reverse is true. People listen to what they fukk with, only the deepest stans would listen to completely different music due to one musician you like being married to that person.

I really think this discussion is too advanced for people, dudes try find out why Jay-z is successful with the most basic thoughts

 

[LiveFromLondon]

And this 50 cent/Snoop Dogg thing is a myth too, the biggest rappers anywhere are Drake, J. Cole, Kendrick, Jay-z, Cardi B, Nicki, Travis Scott, Eminem, Post Malone and Kanye.

Ferrari bigger than all, apart from maybe Drake

 

[Will Ross]

Beyonce made jay into a superstar

 

[WSFGDan]

Jay was doing radio in London before he was doing radio in New York and people don't understand English in other countries?

I've met people from the hood in European countries that speak better English than people from the hood in the US



People have to travel more and assume less, nobody pays premium money to see the husband rapping about the opposite of what another famous person sings about. Just by looking at statistics Hard Knock Life peaked higher in many European countries than in the US.

But it wasn't until recently the past 10 years, when he dropped big pop joints like Run This Town, ESOM and those type of joints that he started selling out arenas quick.


And this 50 cent/Snoop Dogg thing is a myth too, the biggest rappers anywhere are Drake, J. Cole, Kendrick, Jay-z, Cardi B, Nicki, Travis Scott, Eminem, Post Malone and Kanye.

Thats not true 50 Cent's Tour outsold Nicki's In the UK last year

 

[WSFGDan]

Have you been outside of your state?


Jay-z headlined the biggest festival in Europe 11 years ago.
Same arena 50 cent did once after 7-8 years, Jay and them do like every other year a couple nights.

I don't know if you know this but they even sold The Source Magazine, had the exact same MTV and on as the US. And it's only accelerated with the internet.

50 Cent has been doing the 02 regularly since 2015 now, and festival gigs just depends on how good your booking agent is

50 Cent has outsold him in the UK too album wise, Idk about the rest of Europe.

4:44 hasn't even sold 60k copies in the UK

 

[Amor fati]

Sorry to burst some of your bubbles but here in the UK Jay got love and still does he was performing here in 97 before hard knock life. He got hella play when Hard Knock Life VOL.1 got released and also did the other albums and singles following 'Hard Knock Life'

 

[WSFGDan]

Sorry to burst some of your bubbles but here in the UK Jay got love and still does he was performing here in 97 before hard knock life. He got hella play when Hard Knock Life VOL.1 got released and also did the other albums and singles following 'Hard Knock Life'

He got love but he only got big after 09 if you look at his album sales

 

[Cynic]

Just to go deeper on this one

Jay most popular joint in Europe is the one he did with them whiteboys linking park

I think at the time jay knew his clout overseas was weak( 50 cent was popping at that time) that's why he did it

And it worked to a certain extent,that and of course the songs and videos with beyonce

No it's not. It's Not it's actually n!ggas in Paris.

You forget Ye is huge in Europe and had more success there.

 

[WSFGDan]

No it's not. It's Not it's actually n!ggas in Paris.

You forget Ye is huge in Europe and had more success there.

Thats another thing ever since he detached himself from Kanye his album sales have plummeted in the UK

 

[Aimé]

coli brehs stay talking about overseas like they know but they never been out their fukking state.. meanwhile my UK bruvs Francois freres Deutsche brüders travel around the globe and get to witness black culture abroad..
nikkas don't even know about the Blackman nod overseas..
GTFOH