Even though record sales may at an all time low this year, showing only a 1% increase in total sales from last year, that may not be a problem for Young Jeezy. Sources indicate that the Atlanta-based Def Jam rapper is already projected to surpass 200,000 copies sold in its first week.
According to Hits Daily Double, Jeezy’s fourth album Thug Motivation 101: Hustlerz Ambition, which dropped earlier yesterday, is expected to sell between 200,000 and 250,000 in its first week based on first day retail sales. Jeezy’s last album The Recession debuted to similar sales when it dropped in 2008, selling close to 260,000 copies.
Young Jeezy wasn’t the only emcee to drop a highly anticipated project this week, however. Hits Daily Double also reports that Chi-Town rapper Common’s The Dreamer, The Believer is expected to sell between 55,000 and 65,000 copies in its first week.
Will Jeezy strike it big with TM 103? Check in with DX later this week when the totals are in.
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LOL, what the last Ross album sell, 160K right??
Not that I like either one, but Ross is WAYYYY more publicized and on the radio alot more then Jeezy, I find it amusing that Jeezy album might out perform Ross’s last one in first week sales
Cosign. Ross may be more publicized but Jeezy sells more records.
knew some dumb nigga would eventually just want to talk about ross all day.
well wale did 165 his first week so i would imagine rick ross next album sells way more than that. Last year when rozay album released he wasnt nearly as popular and liked as he is today.
Haters start your engines, Common Projected for 55-65k next week, The Album is amazing, shit don’t matter.
glad to see people supporting real artist…dope album jeezy..
I’m a huge ross fan but nobody got a gun to my head telling me to pick sides like niggas is paying my rent. I really wasnt expecting this. congrats jeezy!
COMMON TALKED ALL THAT SHIT ABOUT DRIZZY AND STILL AINT SELL LMAO THEM LIL CHUCKY NUMBERS
5 LETTERS YMCMB
U know at the end of the day they will still be hated by the hip-hop community. It doesnt matter about sales in the music industry it matters about respect and prestige something which YMCMB honestly doesnt have.
So let me get this straight. YMCMB doesn;t have respect or prestige in the hip hop community. You do realize that the people that hate YMCMB, are guys over the internet that wish the be them. However Everyboy in the rap game has work with at least somebody in YMCMB. Get your fact straight if you really thing this site of all site knows hip hop, which they shit on every artist.
however that does not present any type of threat to their career. they have a fan base outside of the hip hop arena, ppl that like rap but not necessarily hip hop (i think they’re the same but for the sake of those here i’ll separate the two)so it’s a moot point really.
for some reason i dont really believe these number but oh well respect most liekly to get the number one spot
damn yo even with all that Drake dissing publicity commons shit is seriously floppin
lol ur seriously retarded like sale even matter when your battling a human tampon.
human tampon hahaha i like it
Hiphop sales are looking real funny these days. How is Drake selling more then Kanye and Nicki???? Most normal non internet people don’t even know who J Cole is why is he selling more then Game or Rick Ross? How the hell did Wayne sell 1 mill with no hit singles? How is Jeezy doing 200K numbers after 5 flopped singles and his album getting pushed back 20 times, who is checking for him? wtf The labels have to be buying these peoples albums
A couple things:
1. Lil Wayne did have singles “How To Love” & “6’7′”. WTT was the one with no singles.
2. Cole is actually more well-known then you think, “Work Out” & “Can’t Get Enough have been getting played like crazy on radios. He’s not extremely famous but he’s not completely unknown to people outside the hip hop blogosphere.
3. I’m not sure how many of his fans he has (I don’t keep track) but Kanye wasn’t getting any major video or radio action until “All Of The Lights” was a single. Drake had “Headlines” and “Make Me Proud”. However how he was able to outsell Nicki is beyond me.
There might be a little bit of label action, but I highly doubt that the albums were bought anywhere past 30% of the average amount of albums sold.
kanye is very outspoken. he sacrificed alot of fans and sales just to stand up for what he believed in. and kanye didnt have traditional singles for MBDTF. he made that runaway film.
Game’s album was a real fuck up….he chose the wrong singles + interscope just said “Fuck Game”…the album could have been a real classic if he wouldn’t have thrown away dope tracks on the mixtapes….story ends Game fucked his sales up
Purp and Patron >>>>>>>>>> RED Album
WRONG J.Cole is starting to have a good female fanbase.
you know why?
Go listen to Lost Ones. Strong track about abortion.
Work Out = good banger.
and finally his album caught the attention of females out there… very slowly though.
but then again, the fact you’re claiming Carter IV had no singles means you know nothing. for God’s sake, Weezy had like 10 tracks on the billboard 100 at one point
The real back! I’m bout to try to grab my copy tomorrow! Leggo Jeezy!
AYE!! CONGRATS TO YOUNG JEEZY!! LOVE THE ALBUM!! THAT “OJ” “WAY TO GONE” “.38” GO HARD!! CONGRATS TO COMMON AS WELL.. “THE DREAMER, THE BELIEVER” IS THE SHIT A SOLID ALBUM!! 2 OF THE BEST ALBUMS OF THE YEAR!!
How Drake sells more than kanye west is a shocker to me. But j cole selling more than Rick Ross and the game is not because those albums are from rapper that think they are gangsters. Don’t get me wrong the documentary was a classic but he can’t about that on every album. Also, r.e.d had a shit load of features
how can this year’s record sales be at an all time record low if there was a 1% INCREASE from last year? YOUNG JEEEZY!!!!
average sales per album are pretty terrible. adele and gaga are the only reason they are 1 percent up
great comeback for jeezy!! alot of people counted him out when ross and gucci wuz on fire… it just shows that he has a “loyal following”… congrats
Fuck young jeezy. Hes got no swag to likes of a real supastar rapper like Justin bieber. SWAG!! Bieber swag. SWAGG!!!
BIEBER SWAG!!
ur a bieber fag.
2 words…
Bieber.Swag.
BIEBER SWAG!!
jeezy 3 platinum albums idk why yall so surprised the streets love jeezy
And he woulda had 4 if he could have got a feature from Justin bieber! That’s all this album is missing is that bieber swag! Swag!! If he had that then this junt would have been an instant classic! SWAG!! bieber swag! Whoop woop! SWAG!!
Bieber Swag!!!
he hasnt released four faggot.
^^^ u are the faggot because he has released 4. This is his 4th album u fuckin idiot. Way to make herself look stupid when u thought u were being smarter than everyone. Dumb fuck
He has released 4 albums… I think his first one might have even gone double platinum (not sure)…
Sales dont matter imo, Reasonable Doubt & Illmatic didn’t go platinum until yrs after their release & they’re classics. Facts: Jeezy always go platinum although with this album he’ll probably reach gold. Common has been in the game for 20 yrs. put out multiple cds & has never gone platinum, ever. But is considered among the elite emcees….Hell Vanilla Ice, MC Hammer, and Master P went multi platinum but where are they know. It’s not about quantity, it’s about quality. Good music last forever. The Dreamer, The Beleiver…Damn near classic…TM103 real str8 hiphop. Be bumping both them joints 10 yrs from now.
cosign
This is how its gonna go down.
YMCMB I give em 5 to 10 more years before the Label closes.
Non-YMCMB labels will last for a very long time
Remember its not about the sales it’s about the quantity.
I mean look at Gaga her new album sold 14 mill worldwide and in the US and she was dropped by interscope.
It’s not about quantity it’s about quality. So ur right.
Master P is worth about 665 million dollars…. That’s where he is right now. Ur right about vanilla ice and hammer tho so 2/3
i thought i just read a story about P’s home being in foreclosure?? @ anonymous your prediction is futile and clearly based on your own opinion of their music. considering the ppl that buy albums dont really care about “real hip hop” as much as most of you i dont see ymcmb going anywhere but u did say for the next decade which is forever so yea maybe after another decade they wont be around..i still cant see it though, wayne already been around for a decade. at this point i think he’ll be around until he chooses otherwise. he’s actually reached that plateau where he can bow out whenever he chooses. imo
shit atleast a real street nigga is winning im sick of these fake niggas always winning #SALUTE To Jeezy
This guy is incredibly overated, worst flow and really annoying voice and weak lyrics, and he talks about the same shit on ever song.
And how did this mother fucker sell 200k-250 k this week? THE GUY HAD NO HIT SINGLES WHAT SO EVER.
Wale,Mac Miller, J Cole,Lil Wayne, and now Jeezy, all these guys sold WAYYY more then they should have , Hip Hop up untill this year had a lot of big time artists struggling to sell even 100k the first week, and now this shit is happening?
Rappers are obviously buying there own CD’s to help there first week sales, thats damn obvious.
and Young Jeezy isn’t a “street nigga”, hes just another wannabe be fake ass mother fucker, have you seen the artists he has been working with? HES A POP START FOR CRYING OUT LOUD.
Jeezy and Wayne have a loyal fanbase that goes way back, that’s why they can still sell without a hit single because their fans are still checking for them. Now J Cole, Wale, and Mac Miller are all relatively new, so their sales may be a little fishy, but at the same time they also got a big buzz goin on right now. You really think that if these record labels are buying their own product, that it’s just now happening? If that’s the case, then they’ve probably doing it for awhile.
BTW, what’s a “POP START” you speak of? Because I’ve heard of pop tart, and pop star. Well I’ll just assume you meant pop star. You clearly havent heard the album, or any of Jeezy’s album because there is nothing “pop” about it, If by “pop” you mean popular, than yes, Jeezy is pop.
And how would you know if Jeezy is a street nigga or a fake ass, do you know him personally? While Jeezy is out doing charity work in his hometown, your blogging on the internet hating on other dudes, so before you criticize, look in the mirror and start with yourself. You don’t have to like him or listen to him but that doesn’t mean you have to hate either.
co-siiiiign, preach.
seriously if you don’t support Jeezy, or even none of the GUESTS on his album… then the fuck are you doin here then.
It’s called a loyal fanbase. dumbass foo’ actin like he know the business
My nigga i hate this shit man.This nigga done outsold me.. how i gon get my cheese burger money..
You cold for that 1 lmao
Man This page is about Jeezy sales and all you fuckers talking about is Drake,lady gaga,and justin Bieber.. Stick to the scrip none of them aint hip hop. Lets stick to the script and talk about Jeezy and his sales. That nigga be rippin this shit up. fuck a hater,
Sounds like Common needs to do a Tyrese move and go 100 percent independent… If your gonna sell 55 low marketing then you need to make all you can.
Tell me about it i gave him 100k first week atleast i like dude.
RICK ROSS LOSES AGAIN BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA … I KNEW MY BOY JEEZY WOULD PULL THROUGH.
who told u it was gone be a race real beat fake all day in my hood.
man if you think jeezy is better than rick ross you are out of your mind!! teflon don and trilla both are better than any of jeezys albums i like jeezy dont get me wrong but ross has been putting out near classic albums cant deny that hate him or love him his music is on point and his label is blowing up meek mill has the streets wale nice to
^^ and whats your point, jeezy already made CLASSIC albums.
Yall Jeezy Fans are pathetic , yall call this a win for jeezy dont you know he will barely go gold with these first week numbers and yall acting like this is a parade or something. Hell, Wale sold 164,000, so you telling me Wale and jeezy are know on the same level cause jeezy been out way longer and should have destroyed wale and he is basically a rookie. So yall can hold your applause cause Jeezy went gold and yall been cryin he is a platinum album seller I see he’s fell off from real. LET THE DEBATE BEGIN!! Fuck out of here jeezy and your stans!!!!
Props to Jeezy. I was expecting him to sell similar to Game seeing as how both of them have a similar story. Both hadn’t released an album since ’08, have a strong fanbase, and have released numerous mixtapes. Hopefully, TM 103 will be as good as R.E.D. Album was. If only Game had sold 200K+ first week. Lol.
as good as game only reason he sold cause he did all that crying about quitin but jeezy to many street ni@@a as my self went to the store i downloaded it a week ago and still went to the store and grab up i wanted the dvd lol
nobody fucks with game
Come on stop tryna play my boy 500,000 the first week i grab 2 copies myself
Yall Jeezy Fans are pathetic , yall call this a win for jeezy dont you know he will barely go gold with these first week numbers and yall acting like this is a parade or something. Hell, Wale sold 164,000, so you telling me Wale and jeezy are know on the same level cause jeezy been out way longer and should have destroyed wale and he is basically a rookie. So yall can hold your applause cause Jeezy went gold and yall been cryin he is a platinum album seller I see he’s fell off from real. LET THE DEBATE BEGIN!! Fuck out of here jeezy and your stans!!!!
GOLD!!!!!!!!!!!
Yall Jeezy Fans are pathetic , yall call this a win for jeezy dont you know he will barely go gold with these first week numbers and yall acting like this is a parade or something. Hell, Wale sold 164,000, so you telling me Wale and jeezy are know on the same level cause jeezy been out way longer and should have destroyed wale and he is basically a rookie. So yall can hold your applause cause Jeezy went gold and yall been cryin he is a platinum album seller I see he’s fell off from real. LET THE DEBATE BEGIN Fuck out of here jeezy and your stans
You know this is just first week sales right? Jeezy will be gold in a month and platinum later next year, and that’s when it counts…not the first week.
Your logic is that since Jeezy has been out way longer than Wale that he should have “destroyed” wale in sales? That’s hilariously pathetic. Guess what, Common has been out like 13 years before Jeezy, and yet Common is only gonna sell like 50k While Jeezy will sell 200k. Hip Hop has a short attention span, it doesn’t matter how long you’ve been out, what matters is what you are putting out RIGHT NOW, and what’s hot RIGHT NOW.
But you don’t hear me tho
SHUT THE FUCK UP JEEZY SUCKS YOU FUCKING PUSSIES. FUCK J COLE, FUCK NEW RAPPERS
@ “the real” IM NOT A YOUNG JEEZY FAN(ANYMORE) BUT 200000 COPIES SOLD FOR A RAP ARTIST AINT BAD AT ALL..WHAT THE FUCK YOU BEEN SMOKIN? CAUSE I NEED SOME OF THAT SHIT
AYE YOU HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE AND JEEZY GAVE US A SOLID ALBUM… STOPIN’ HATIN’ SO DAMN MUCH.. AND IF YOU DON’T LIKE JEEZY GO LISTEN TO WHAT EVER YOU LISTEN TO.. FOR REAL YA’LL HATIN’ ASS SOUND REAL CHILDISH AND GAY 2..LMAO
That’s a surprise for Jeezy. Maybe that will motivate him to not wait so long next time. As for Common…. that wasn’t a surprise. Most of the soft stuff just doesn’t sell.
Is it me or was TM103 under whelming 2 say the least! Loose my mind n the jill scott assisted song are the best songs on it… N that says a lot!
Because of all the delays and some not-so-original mediocre singles he put out, i.e “All white everything” I didnt expect Jeezy to push so many units. Side Note: If I were to get this album I would wait for the deluxe addition because those four songs really are good songs that should have been on the album.
Whoever said Teflon Don and Trilla is better than Jeezy’s albums doesn’t know rap. Trap Or Die is better than those two put together. If that would have been the album it would have sold 2X as much as TM101. Ross is a fake and you just roll with his fake ass bullshit music.
Also, Ross had yet to have a platinum album while Jeezy already has 2 and Ross has 4 while Jeezy just realized his 4th. Jeezy has sold more records and had more hit singles and finally is a real nigga.
jeezy has 3 platinum albums facts ross 0
jeezys album was alot better than i thought it would be had 2 go support it. almost as good as tm 101