Most estimates, including the often-cited HitsDailyDouble.com, estimated Diddy-Dirty Money would sell about 65,000 copies during their album’s crucial first week of sales. While those figures would have certainly placed the trio within the top 25 Hip Hop/R&B releases, they might not have justified Diddy’s reality show, multiple release date changes, his move to Interscope, and the massive promotional campaign associated with Last Train to Paris.
Despite being panned in some circles (in the interest of full disclosure, HipHopDX’s editorial committee rated the album as a 2.5 out of 5 while the reader rating averaged to a 2.78 out of 5), the album surpassed expectations with sales of 101,000. Diddy was so pleased with the nearly 40 percent jump in sales, that he took to his blog to thank fans that purchased the album.
“Y’all already know that I deal with a lot of hate,” he said. “I talk about that, but it’s also important to talk about when I’m dealing a lot of love…Y’all made this project a success, and I want to say thank you.”
The album was in the unique position of being a top 10 debut without the aid of a number one single. And while Sean, Dawn and Keleena’s relentless approach to hitting every late night talk show didn’t hurt, Diddy pointed to Twitter as one of the keys to the increase in sales. Last week, Diddy offered to follow anyone who changed their Twitter avatar to the Last Train to Paris album cover.
“We had the Twitter support,” Diddy added. “We had one of the first albums that Twitter really overrode radio, MTV, anything else. Y’all basically said y’all heard the album and it’s hot…the definition of the Internet—word of mouth, being viral.”
THIS IS THE BEST MUSIC I’VE HEARD FROM THE BAD BOY MOGUL! BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR!!!!!!
hahaa! I SEE MOST OF YOU N!GGAS DIDNT MAKE IT PAST THE 5TH GRADE……That was great Ramzi. I didnt catch that error and I have an mba!
This news pleases me so as I have been waiting for Puff to stop making corny ass shit for years. We’re almost there, people! Keep hope alive!
bullshit… the album just sold 100k for two reasons:
1. Its Christmas time, look at the overall sales this week
2. “Coming Home” is heavily rotating and successful, a single in which diddy by the way had no impact at all (listen to J. Cole’s version, even the lyrics start the same, and diddy’s lyrics are written by Jay-Z…)
I dont like how this is represented as a success, also by hiphopdx “The album was in the unique position of being a top 10 debut without the aid of a number one single.”, cmon look at Kanye, no top 10 single! The same goes for other artists, diddy’s position is thus not so unique at all…
ME BEING A SONG WRITER CAN DIG THIS ALBUM! YALL CATZ JUST HATIN!!! THIS IS GOOD WORK! WHAT ARE YOU CONTRIBUTING TO HIP HOP BESIDES ILL ASS COMMENTS THAT MEAN NOTHING!!!!!!
Hatin? did you actually read the comment? I did not say anything about the quality of the album, so how can I be hatin on the content? I just think this album is not a commercial success (as portrayed here) with the single, christmas on the way and all the media attention diddy gets…
The album is not all bad, but I believe diddy’s contribution to it is very low and I also think everybody with money and a network like him can make an album like this…
so happy for diddy.
bought himself 30,000 albums to save face. bravo.
fucking faggot. doesnt write his own shit, cant make beats, robs all his artists, commercialized hip hop to the point of no return. thanks diddy. electro pop/rap with a french twist.
fucking homo. who listens to this shit? no talent boss.
IM A ARTIST MYSELF, AND I APPRECATE THE GOOD LYRICS AND SOULFUL APPROACH HE TOOK ON THIS ALBUM! FUCK YOU HATERZ ON HIP HOP DX, DIDDY DOING IT AND IM GOING TO BUY TWO MORE COPIES OF THE ALBUM!
cuz you work for diddy you faggot. you’re part of his street team, you’re getting a pinch to slave for diddy online. have some respect, you shameless drone. diddy doesn’t write his own lyrics, diddy doesn’t make beats he takes credit for. what does he do? sells his image, milks the game for the last drop. clings to whatever hot, imitates it. he’s not an artist, he’s a snake. boom bap not cool anymore? here comes diddy with elecro-pop to the rescue. this album is meant to be played in gay clubs. have fun diddy fans.
stop the nonsense. we all know this album sold that much cause Diddy brought about 50,000 copies himself to save face. Ain’t nobody been checking for a Diddy album since No Way Out. That aint hating that is fact. Diddy and the dirty money back up singers can stop trying to sell this pipe dream. When you see that huge drop off the next week and the week after then what will be the excuse then?
I will stick to buying real hip hop…..
LOL—
You fags dont know the Legacy he made…Fucking young wanna be faggots
Diddy is a legend in music not just Hip-Hop but R&B crossover is his Genre..Like Timbo…
Don’t be a lame & talk shit about Last Train to Paris without listening first. Anybody who does that is a fag. If you listened to it & didn’t like it, then at least have something constructive to say, instead of jumping on the “I Hate Diddy” bandwagon.
diddy wants to sing. diddy wants to rap. he sucks at both. diddy wants to make beats, but cant. so he has someone else make them, and he takes credit for it. he wants to sell clothes, he doesn’t give a fuck about music. he doesn’t even care about big. he got paid making a movie about his dead friend.
anybody who listened to last train to paris is a fag
Biz: That’s funny. I thought anyone who listened to this album was a fag.
You got an S-curl like Diddy.
Don’t you.
ATTENTION!! the reason why hip-hop fans fail at life has been DETECTED!! the real reason why hip-hop is dead has been DETECTED!! 60k to 100k IS NOT a 40% jump, it is 65-70% jump!! I repeat, 60k to 100k IS NOT a 40% jump, it is 65-70% jump!!
^ lmao…co-sign!
….how dumb are you mother fuckers
@ Anonymous.. apparently this site is chock full of “geniuses” like these two! And SetGecko has the NERVE to insult the intelligence of people with more than a 2nd grade education.
LEARN MATH IDIOTS!!
fuck diddy
Heard the album on myspace and it wasn’t that bad, the girls and a few male guest singers really help in not making the songs sound that that bad, I won’t buy it but it’s ok.
WHY LAST TRAIN FAILS: TRACK WITH BIGGIE + DIDDY WITH AUTOTUNE. NUFF SAID FUCK BAD BOY TILL DEATH
David Banner & 9th Wonder: Death Of A Pop Star (December 21, 2010)
GO GET IT. SOULFUL HIP-HOP CLASSIC!!!!!
“SUPPORT THE TRUTH, SUPPORT REAL INDY HIP-HOP”!!!
haha. 65,00o to 101,000 is a 55 percent increase, not a 40 percent increase. with stupid errors like this one, this website is losing its validity, which is sad
Your an idiot. As you can see 65000 is more then half of 101000 so tell me how it could be a 55% increase? Your a plain out dumb fuck talking shit when you kno nutin. go back to school.
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actually wow.. 50 % of 60 is 30 YOU DUMB FUCK
Ramzi is right you idiot
Wow both of you guys that replied are fucking stupid. Maybe you should go to math class instead of listening to diddy and gucci mane.
Ramzi is right.
65,000 x .55 = 35750+65000 = about 101k.
Actually yall, he is right. you dont take the expected sales and double it. That would be a 100% increase, or in other words, double expectations. 65,000 x 55%(increase amount) is 35,750. Add that to what was sold and you have 100,750. Pretty close. A 40% increase in sales would be (again) amount projected 65000 x 40% and that gives you 91,000. Or if you wanna do it the shorthand way correctly… Just divied actual sales by projected sales. 101k /65k = 1.55. Take only numbers behind decimal.
Now before you call out people, make sure you know what it is youre talking about. And why is that all that happens on this site.
o clarify – The smart brother – Me, is saying Ramzi was correct in his math.
http://www.redefineInsanity.com
hahah, this is hilarious! big up Ramzi!
To “Wow.”
You responses is the most EPIC FAIL OF ALL TIME!!! Not only are you INCORRECT, you were LOUD and IGNORANT about it, LMBO!!! RAMZI got it right! Im over here DYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
also to “Wow”:
the prior comment explains it perfectly.
ignorant idiot..
@Wow….first off you’re an idiot! Second off, how are you going to try to call Ramzi an idiot(when clearly he is right) for his math skills, when you can’t even use correct grammar?!?! You’re=you are. Your=something in your possession or something that belongs to you. There are too many retarded sumbitches that don’t know how to use those 2 words correctly!
To read all this is great. Watching this from the sideline, I think it really made my day! Glad there are some people who can actually calculate. Peace
@Wow…WOW,really??!! Math was apparently not your strong suit, idiot.
i bet he bought like 10 000 for himself
To clarify – The smart brother – Me, is saying Ramzi was correct in his math.
http://www.redefineInsanity.com
Look,we all know diddy cant rap,but this is a decent album.
On top of that, diddy is a smart business man. He figured out how to embrace the internet and made a jump in sales. Hats off to diddy on this.
nuff respect to Diddy, great work/music throughout the years!
i like diddy as a “party rapper” better than flo rida, soulja boy etc. but when when he wants to be a real artists, he fails, hes just not a jay-z etc. stop tryin to be one! better do tracks like hello goodmorning or that nicole scherzinger track that were cool beats for the club dont try to be more! diddy already is better than some other producer-turnt-rapper like swiss beatz (i hate him as a rapper, only good thing heard from him at the mic was on so appaled)
he bought that extra 35k lol
In all honesty, the album isn’t really all that bad. It has bout a good 5 Or 6 listenable songs on there…. and hell, that’s good for today’s album standards. I think if it was somebody else with the same songs it’ll be easier for people to except, but c’mon…..it Diddy,so what do you really expect. It’s not rap or hip hop persay , it’s more of a bastardization of …… I don’t know how to catogorize it but it’s actually not that bad of an album.
Suprised the f%*k outta me!
i jus created an account to laugh at that dude ‘wow’
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaa!!!!!!! shit!!!!!!!! jesus save his soul from the demon of dumbness and forgive him for hs stupidity for he know not no math at all!
thought the beats and mastering was on point, but the writing is HORRIBLE. sad part is diddy admitted most of it was ghostwritten… i hope he didnt pay them….
Interscope bought the records back for the high number first week splash, they do the same thing with U2 and Eminem.
They will NEVER make their money back for what he cost them in promo.
The stupidity of (whats left of)the music biz at it’s finist.
Edit: FINEST