Cordae has claimed that he does not care about first week album sales, just days before the release of his new project The Crossroads.
Taking to X (formerly Twitter), the rapper seemed nonplussed about how his forthcoming album would land commercially.
He said: “Want to say this now I don’t give 1 fuck about a first week sale. It’s a very inaccurate way to calculate impact, especially with the current streaming metrics. I seen somebody do 11K first week and then do a ARENA TOUR off the same album. That’s the end of my Ted talk *2nd one.”
Cordae added: “N-ggas said my last project first week numbers wasn’t good and I ended up doing a sold out headline world tour….”
Want to say this now I don’t give 1 fuck about a first week sale. It’s a very inaccurate way to calculate impact, especially with the current streaming metrics. I seen somebody do 11K first week and then do a ARENA TOUR off the same album. That’s the end of my Ted talk *2nd one
— Cordae (@cordae) November 12, 2024
He continued his point: “In the 90/2000s music was consumed by people actually going to the stores and buying albums. When you did 100K first week that meant 100 thousand people went and bought the cd. Now you can have 300,000 people Listening to your album on streaming, and the units Equivalent is 200.”
Cordae concluded by saying: “Whole point is let’s stop making music about numbers and money, it’s killing something that’s so pure.”
Whole point is let’s stop making music about numbers and money, it’s killing something that’s so pure.
— Cordae (@cordae) November 12, 2024
Cordae’s first two albums received a muted commercial reception with both projects stalling at number 13 on the Billboard 200.
Neither album topped 25,000 equivalent sales in a week and have yet to receive any certification from the RIAA.
The Crossroads is released on Friday (November 13) and includes features from the likes of Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Juicy J and more.
Good cuz he’s going recycled plastic
Journalism question, why did you say that he “claims” that he doesn’t care? He said that he didn’t care. When you say “claims” you seem to insinuate that he doesn’t mean it. Do you job right and report facts.
Cordae is an average rapper who is consistently boring. He has no story that hasn’t been told a million times, no exciting flow, delivery, originality. He’s j Cole lite gen z holding his big kid tablet