Hip Hop returned to the Top 10 last week, courtesy of Rick Ross’ second Maybach Music Group compilation in as many years. The Warner Bros. Records-backed Self Made, Volume 2 sold just under 100,000 first-week units, scoring the revamped collective of Ross, Meek Mill, Wale, Stalley and Omarion a #4. Thirty-thousand units behind, at #5, R. Kelly’s Write Me Back was another debut this week. The veteran Chicago R&B singer did not include rappers on this RCA Records project, a follow-up to 2010’s Love Letter.
Maybach Music Group Is Still Self-Made
Rick Ross’ collective added two new artists to the fold from 2011’s Self Made, Volume 1. After Pill left the group reportedly due to a contract with Warner, Ohio’s Stalley and former B2K singer Omarion were added to the MMG collective. Gunplay, who like Ross, is a Def Jam Records artist, was also prominently featured. Guests on the second outing include Kendrick Lamar, French Montana, Wiz Khalifa and Bun B. Volume 2 nearly doubled the approximately 59,000 copies Self Made Volume 1 scanned last May.
Future Gains 26 Spots With Pluto
One of the most successful debut Rap artists of 2012, Dungeon Family affiliate Future and his album Pluto saw a strong rankings bump in the last week. The Epic Records release climbed 26 spots, backed by mainstream single “Same Damn Time.” The album features Drake, T.I. and Three 6 Mafia’s Juicy J.
Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 7/1/2012
#4. Maybach Music Group Presents… – Self Made, Volume 2 – 98,000 (98,000)
#34. Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded – 10,000 (557,000)
#44. Waka Flocka Flame – Triple F Life: Fans, Friends & Family – 8,600 (56,000)
#50. Drake – Take Care – 7,700 (1,795,000)
#52. B.o.B. – Strange Clouds – 7,300 (172,000)
#84. Future – Pluto – 4,700 (116,000)
#90. Big K.R.I.T. – Live From The Underground – 4,400 (64,000)
#107. Tyga – Careless World: Rise Of The Last King – 3,900 (257,000)
#128. Kid Ink – Up & Away – 3,300 (29,000)
#135. Curren$y – The Stoned Immaculate – 3,100 (52,000)
* data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousandth for units above 10,000, nearest hundredth for units below 10,000. Each week, HipHopDX presents top albums in Hip Hop/related, and five notables.
Will Prodigy’s H.N.I.C. 3 keep the charts thoro? Stay tuned to HipHopDX.
damn K.R.I.T
its ok we know its a good album with real hip hop thts all that matters
Decent sales in this climate for no real hit single
POOOF another FLOP from MMG
damn so the hottest chick in the game wont go plat
nicki flopped tyga flopped mmg flopped
98K bawse!!!!!!!!!
Game Won…bitch
buy 3k big deal GAME IS BITCH MADE MMG FO LIFE Bawse!!!!!!
thats gotta be the most records rick ross has ever moved in 1 week
^^^ You’re an idiot. He does around 150000-200000 on every solo album first week.
aint got no platinum
he don’t need to.
nicki will never go plat again
People saying that somebody flopped are just idiots in today’s climate of record sales 99% of artists by your terms are going to “flop” I guess you gotta look at chart position for how good they are doing…
people are retarded. gold is the new platinum.
I’ve already said if this was 6 years ago KRIT would’ve sold 200,000 – 250,000 in his first week… BTW I did research to come up with that number.
lol…..research from where?
Thanks for your incredible knowledge based on your “research”
*sarcasm*
No problem I’m happy to help *sarcasm* … I was just looking at were Live From The Underground charted to 6 years ago and the popularity and buzz he’s obviously getting he would easily outsell people who did less numbers in that time, not much research but using my knowledge which is quite a lot to read between the lines…
We got the streets on lock ya heard!!!!
You are such a faggot. MMG and you suck dick. SHut the FUCK up you flamer, Ross and MMG are total garbage, you faggot. Just shut up.
Do you think Officer Ricky bought a few thousand? Because they really care about I people see them being successful.
May our peers witness the empire that be MMG in this game of life may you be loyal and hold no grudges bitch made rappers get no love Bawse!!!!!!!!!
nigga plz, it was a GROUP album and it only sold 94 K
This for my soilders that see the sun at midnight dosent matter about the numbers we gonna do what it do we always pull it out this is mmg we a family. Bawse!!!
how does under 95K = 98K???
Its all about getting money and thats the whole issue the biggest boss baby to really understand the huslte and the grind you got to come from the streets it dont matter the status my vision is well respected.Bawse!!!!
never gonna have that g-unit money
people still counting rapper’s money? god damn, that’s some of the gayest shit ever.
bra its a flop, jus face it….. quit wit the excuses….. cuz it aint go do nothin but go down and down every week…. if it was g unit doin des numbers, all we would of here was “flop” all day…. nice album but go back to the drawing board…. all da promotion for nothin
yeah, but g-unit sold millions.
Next week we gonna do 120k may this thing of ours be well respected. Bawse!!!!
Damn Krit & Curren$Y still haven’t reached their first week sales projections. Not too worried about Krit he doesn’t need a huge budget to put out a high quality lp he pretty much does it all himself. But Spitta, with all those features and different producers, somebodies gotta be knee deep in shit with those numbers
Yes they have. Wtf you on about? They were predicted to sell around 45000-50000 first week
I don’t get why Curren$y is called “Spitta” he’s not a very good MC…
Dudes are caking anyways.
vol 2 >>>>big 10>>>>>>>lost tape>>>>>>red album >>>>>carter 4.Respect the red bottom boss rozay allday.Bawse!!!!
Strong numbers from the Compilation Self -Made Vol 1 sold 56k first week so that clearly shows growth for MMG over 12 months.
“whoa”…hahaha
GUNPLAY VS MEEK MILL….DAZ WAZUP!…..
We about to sign lloyd banks may this mighty thing of ours be forever lasting. Bawse!!!!
you ain’t signin shit
This nigga really said ”we”? Hahahaha.
Gunplay is the second coming of kool g rap respect the empire .Bawse!!!!
FAKE but i like your vision. Bawse!!!!
Record sales are dead.
dammnnn MMG sold more than predicted!!!! that what’s up!
man that’s a flop, where are meek 6 mil fans?
Tell me why nicki flopped? Hate him or love him you got to give drake props from making a better album hte second time around. He even sold more the second time around. Nicki doesn’t have consistency and she doesn’t have staying power. It won’t be long before her limelight dims.
I don’t even like Drake, but you gotta respect these number in this day and age.
“Pissed off, cause Biggie and ‘Pac just missed all this
Watchin all these cheap imitations get rich off ’em
and get dollars that shoulda been there’s like they switched wallets
And amidst all this Crist’ poppin and wristwatches
I just sit back and just watch and just get nauseous”
classic shit gonna have to stick marshall mathers lp on the ipod in the whip after reading that
Rick Ross keep winnin. Rozay runs rap and da game. he outsold 50 Cent and Young Jeezy again. thank u based god. swag
jeezy soldd 200,000 k pluz first week STOP IT 5
Wait your a MMG Dickrider now? LOL
jeezy last album sold 233k first week, ross never sold 200k in a week ever, and thats a fact
The word “Flop” does not have relevance and potency anymore. There are only like 4 hip hop artist that are going to platinum. OUT OF ALL THE ARTIST OUT THERE. The market and climate has changed folks…Artist are lucky to sell what they sell. Ya’ll clowing people for selling 50,000 records in the first week. HELL I WOULD LOVE TO SELL 50,000 OF ANYTHING IN THE FIRST WEEK. Artist are lucky to sell what they sell. Consumers just do not value RAP MUSIC ANYMORE LIKE THAT. Yes alot of cats are garbage and don’t deserve to sell. But when somebody drops A QUALITY ALUBM..people don’t support that either….Big Krit should have sold a hell of alot more than he has. And that album is HOT…not his best shit..but it is HOTTER THAN 90% OF THE SHIT OUT THERE.
Agreed. 50,000 a flop? Damn, I would LOVE to have a flop like that.
i just wanna know who are those 56,000 dumb fucks that bought Wackas album…or Futures album…both did more the Curren$y…are u fuckin serious ?? i swear the God those numbers are made up…who would give $9.99 for some shit like that…Jesus ppl are so stupid
Dudes have highly loyal, supportive fanbases.
The only rap artist that are going to reach platinum these days are
Wayne
Kanye
eminem
jay-z
drake…………….Now when these dudes don’t reach platinum…you can call them a flop…becuase they ARE EXPECTED TO SELL AT LEAST THAT EVERYTIME…..everybody else? just have to get in where they fit in.
Real Talk… i was in London this guy had a sell out show in all major cities in europe HE BE WINNING
the so-called “flop” is what an established artist needs “sometimes”….but,for a “new” artist…….it goez beyond record sells..”will you create sumthin’ which stands the “test of time?”…and being “consistant” and “relevant..years later iz the ULTIMATE GOAL!……but..if you shoot down..all the pawns..THEN WHAT?!,…EXCATLY!….999
Like most ppl are stating,the “flop” isnt really a flop anymore.(atleast for new artists)The game has changed & ppl are selling fewer records. There’s only a handful of artists dat will go platinum or even sell above 100k first week. I guess a flop now wud be like 30k? Idk but things have changed alot
I remember both Wiz, J Cole and Mac Miller all sold 250k first week and they are all new artists. Your theory is flawed
Niggas here be dumb. How the fuck self made flop when most niggas can’t even cover 50k. Look at sales ain’t no one doin it big except guys like wayne and drake cuz they got the females and feminem because he got honkys buyin his shit. 109k first week is good for this day and age. Niggas just love to hate on Ross. GFID gon be a fucken classic niggas! Hate all you want. Btw the snitch gotta make his album free cuz he knw no nigga gon pay fr that shit and it woulda gon wood if he charged people for his garbage.
Bawse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this album not even going gold and lets not forget about that triple c shit 12k in a week aand you talking about sells ahahah
triple c 12k ahah you aint g-unit
on 50 worse day he will never he will never have a album out that push 12k ahahahaha
95 k is a flop for a group album, they got like 6 ninjas in the group they gotta split that money with, then all the promotion, features, production, not to mention the white guys upstairs gotta get paid, this project wont even break even
just another album by the fakest in the game that’s not gonna go gold
he’s always saying “we the best in this rap game bla bla bla”.. just bullshit
6 years, 7 albums, 3 gold, 4 shit
next month, another flop with god forgives I don’t
not very good really for the so called hottest and best niggas out and they must have spent loads on all the internet promo so they aint gonna be making any money from this
self made doin good numbers for a complimation album you haters are acting like its a solo record and when ross album drops he gonna do over 200k first week and go platinum mark my words on that he has more hype then any rapper in the game you can hate it or love it it is what it is homie!
WHAT’S A COMPLIMATION?
HOW U SPELL IT WRONG & IT’S CORRECT SPELLING IS RIGHT ABOVE?
ASHER ROTH HAD HYPE 2
LET ROSS’ SCROTUM GO & LEARN HOW TO SPELL & B ORIGINAL
U WREAK OF FAILURE
People are saying that Self Made, Volume 2 flopped. I think there is some truth behind those comments. There was such a heavy promotional run for this album and it didn’t do huge numbers. Also, people are saying its because nobody does big numbers but Mac Miller, Wiz and J.Cole all sold 250k first week.
Since Self Made, Volume 2 is a warm up for Meeks and Ross’s album this can be either good or bad news depending on how you look at it. If they promoted this like a mixtape then this is good but as we all know Rick Ross never really does good numbers. Ross has established a team around him that does better than himself. Wale and Meek are expected to sell more than Ross.
I think ever since Ross was exposed as a C.O his image took a huge hit and impacted his sales. Also, all of Ross’s track seem to sound the same with the same message. Gets old real quick.
None of those people you listed sold 250k first week (maybe Wiz did but I don’t know.) Cole was closer to 200k then 250k and Miller was like 120k..
DAWG LIL WYTES ALBUM IS BETTER THAN ANY ALBUM ON THIS LIST! F THE MAINSTREM GO PICK UP STILL DOUBTED? AND SUPPORT THE UNDERGROUND THATS WHERE THE REAL RAPPERS ARE!
bra u niggaz cannot jus admit that its a flop… its a hot album but dem sales is done… and every week its goin down more…. mmg is now sayin omg
GREAT NUMBERS FOR A COMP ALBUM BARE IN MIND G-UNIT LAST COMP ALBUM SOLD 95K FIRST WEEK LOOL MMG RUNS THIS RAP SHIT
also bare in mind that g-unit has a double platinum album also.
yeah, in a whole nother time. everybody sold a ton of records back then.
not true and it wasnt even ten years ago these new rappers just suck
Last couple years, T.I,Jeezy and them niggaz was going platinum, Now everybody doing gold, Hip Hop gone downhill again, The same niggaz that complain that hip hop doing bad is the ones who dont buy the fuckin albums.
I buy the albums I just don’t buy trash albums (like every one of these listed except Live From the Underground which I actually purchased.) And yes I do complain about how horrible most of the rappers out nowadays and how bad sales are. There goes your arguement.
since we r on the topic of Comp albums how much did the C.T.E COMP SELL?? LOOOOL ROSS EATING FRM ALL ANGLES OFF THE SELF MADE COMP MEEK ALBUM WALE ALBUM HIS ALBUM ETC WHO ON C.T.E GONNA EVA PUT OUT A SOLO ALBUM? NOBODY LOL
@da1: i still think drake n waynes numbers are suspect. if you pay attention, usher sold 128k the first week, and climax is the number 1 single in the country for a few weeks now. Justin Bieber can barely sell 350k in the first week, but wayne and drake can sell 700k to 1 mil in their first week. GTFOH
LLOYD BANKS 45K FIRST WEEK ON A MAJOR LABEL EMI.. WITH FEATURES FRM EMINEM 50 CENT KANYE WEST FAB AKON STYLES P RAEKWON JUELZ SANTANA JERIMAIH, LLOYD ETC..NOW THTS MUTHAFUCKIN FLOP LOOOOOOOL!!!!
yes, and so is MMG Self Made 2. what’s your point? are you trying to make yourself feel better?
banks sold more records and made more cash than everyone on rick ross label combined
LOL THE FUNNY THING IS THIS STILL GONNA SELL MORE THAN SLAUGHTERHOUSE LOOL..MEEK MILL N SLAUGHTERHOUSE ALBUMS DROP THE SAME DAY N MEEK GONNA OUTSELL THEM LOL..ROSS WINS AGAIN
once again. its a flop…. stop crying…. its over… how u be on 106 and park a whole show and sell 95k… all dat promotion… j cole sole double dat even wen it was leaked and no promo so shut the fuck up crying… jus face it bra it flopped
comp albums dnt sell big homie in this climate i still think these are solid numbers
stop using that comp shit as a excuse its a group album a label album just like wu-tang albums just like the dynasty album
Congrats MMG and Rozay on your album. 98000 in this climate is not a FLOP. Nicki’s was a flop with all that heavy promotion, Amen
In any climate one of the biggest crews selling under 100K is a flop, lol
i like ross but what climate. if nicki can move 235k and be considered a flop what climate are you talking about. just come clean.
It was compliation album, which 98000 is actually pretty good. if it was solo it would be a diff story. Niki flopped with all that promotion, she should be platinum by now.
A compilation album involving 3 of the top 10 hottest rappers at the moment doing 98k isn’t a flop? Is this a joke? They flopped HORRIBLY.
what climate ross is a local artist he not international ahaha stans make up shit
Who gives a fuck who sells what. Just listen to it and shut the fuck up, because all those muthafuckas on that list got more money than you and me.
this is a post for sells
True, but you know what the hell I mean!
This for my soilders that see the sun at midnight dosent matter about the numbers we gonna do what it do we always pull it out this is mmg we a family. Bawse!!!!!
LOL @ WE
OL BOY DONE BRAIDED WALE’S HAIR 4 AN AUTOGRAPH & WANNA ACT LIKE THEY GETTIN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CREDITS
GO SUFFOCATE ON A NAPKIN
Gunplay is the second coming of kool g rap respect the empire .Bawse!!!! ya heard?
Don’t ever disrespect the great Kool G. Rap by mentioning wack ass gunplay with his name.
lol @ ross not being international. he just came offa mixtape tour in europe he did shows in africa jamaica. he can sell out anywhere. so much u know
he not if he was international he would have more sells just becuase you do a show overseas that dont mean you internationaly known ya dig!!!1
At the end of the day meek will out sell kanye west and 50 cent respect is forever loyalty is secondary. Bawse!!!!
At the end of the day meek will out sell kanye west and 50 cent respect is forever loyalty is secondary. Bawse
The empire just expanded with the signing of the homie game we also got young buck and the one and only PLK MMG-UNIT. RESPECT my grind Bawse!!!!
stop with this bullshit…..
the “top label in the game” sells 98k first week wow. The YMCMB collection album sold 200,000 copies first week.
Triple c was a limited edition album we only pressed up 12k. Bawse!!!
i this day in age…100K = A MIlli..LOL
nope in 1923 yeah 2012 noooooooooooooo
fans maybe happy but not the record execitives
DRAKE AND NICKI TYGA CONTINUE TO MOVE UNITS MONTHS AFTER THEIR ALBUMS DROPPED YMCMB NIGGAS IS ON THERE GRIND THATS WHY WE THE HOTTEST LABEL AROUND
nah lil homie its mmg ymcmb had its turn
there both wack.
If ross get some gold spandex and go topless maybe he can sell more
yo dawg i just puked in my mouth
The question for ya’ll dudes is who’s going to buy Nas’ album when it drops. Classic
nobody, not even his fake ass stans.
Nearly doubles… I coulda sworn 98,000 isn’t nearly double 90,000 but ok…. unless I’m wrong that vol.1 did 90k in its first week but I’m pretty sure it did..
VOLUME 1 DID 50K FIRST WEEK
So you guys are talking record sales like you got a cut or something coming from them. Who cares? Did you like the albums or not? Lol.
you talking about liking an album, like you wrote it…..lol
^that response made zero sense.
Haven’t heard from the self proclaimed Grammy award winning super producers the J.u.s.t.i.c.e. league lately. What’s wrong guys, can’t seem to find anything to sample. Luck runs out fellas… Well it was nice while it lasted right.
//R.I.P.J.U.S.T.I.C.E. LEAGUE\\
that who mmg need
Thanks for exposing yourself to being a non music buying fan…
MGK
Young Jeezy
Currensy
Travis Porter
Mobb Deep
all dropped music RECENTLY and have their beats on their CDs.
Ross’ latest mixtape had them on it (Triple Beam Dreams feat. Nas) & they’re on Nas & Ross’ upcoming albums. Close the door on the way out.
^fucking ether
prodigy will flop for sure, as well as slaughterhouse
what is actually sad, that Nicki Minaj and Tyga are the bestselling rappers this year and it’s less than half a year remaining, hope that Nas will have strong sales
both partys album will be much better for sure flop or not
watch these disgusting ass nas stans say sales don’t matter when that weedplate flops like a mofo.
bobs album doing ok, will definetly go gold dis year and his 2 singles plat, definite doing good but not great
The only albums that did better than Roman Reloaded in the last 18 months, were WTT, Take Care and Carter 4.
LOL will Prodigy keep the charts thoro?….he wont crack top 50
If Young Money, MMG, and Shady are considered the “big three” labels and you compare each of their last group compilation, Shady takes it.
We Are Young Money (Gold)
Self Made Vol. 1 (200,000 units)
The Re-Up (1.5 million)
oh please the only folks at shady movin units are Em n 50….but 50 is pretty much a boss of his own so if you take him outta the equation, what do you have???
obie trice – gone
d12 – no more
stat quo – ghost
cashis – ghost
bobby creekwater – do any shady stans remember him?
yelawolf – is dope but his shit aint do a quater of what selfmade did
slaughterhouse – very very dope as well but them niggas aint moving units even with a million promo budget.
you shady stans dont get it, no matter who he’ll sign yall wont support it unless if Eminem was feature of 3/4 the the album
yela sold 207,000 copies derp and only 41k
first week.
People are just tired of hip hop because of the image its put out for so long, it is what it is
Young Money & MMG just come off retarded, I wont even go into details on that, If you dont realize it by now an explanation wont do any good.
Kanye & Jay come off as a bunch of rejects from a Pass the Grey Poupon commercial, nobody can relate to a dude screaming bout his “Other Other Benz” when the only guy getting steady work these days is the repo man
You can blame the internet or the economy all you want but we’ve had the Web & a shit economy for the better part of 10 years now and sales were never this low until recently. At some part you gotta blame the artists when you promote the shit non-stop and cant get anybody to do better then double platinum.
Meanwhile, Adele is putting up numbers like its 2002, proving that people will still buy things if they actually like them.
Major Labels need to grow some balls and put that Lil Wayne, Kanye West Promotion money behind somebody coming from a diffrent angle. It aint like shit sells anymore anyway, how much more do you really have to lose??
Agreed.
SELF-MADE 2 = just became an ALBUM OF THE YEAR CONTENDER……
i would love to know what other albums u think are contenders 4 best of 2012 (sarcasm) #DeezF’nClowns
B.O.B did a hell of a rebound..THE DEBUT had more FIRE though!..and..#TYLER THE CREATOR rebound…..stil a contender..#shoutout to the pawns!
GUNPLAY#..KDOT co sign….REDMAN…..MEEK MILL though?????..
REST IN PEACE HIP HOP . SAD DAY
self made = wack garbage
98,000 first week. I swear ive already heard these songs the first 100 times they’ve used the same concept.
Where is Young Jeezy garbage ass now not in the top 200 lol #CTE_Trash!
Don’t judge musical success by chart positioning alone. Judge it on circulation. Check the torrent seeds & freeLoader numbers. then add the chart sales. not to mention the singles, & mixtapes. Then u judge, but until then…..Suck A Dick MaygoodMusicYMCMBTalorCTE2.0 Bitch!
“See yayo, as soon as they say something about us singing we start shooting again..haha!”
Ross group did only 90,000. All that hype you’ve had the pass 2 1/2 years and this is what you spit. See you don’t have that blazing heat you had around this time last year so people are meh about you. See me I’ve been dropping B rated mixtapes with good beats/lyrics so this will let people know for sure when my album drop it will be hot thus creating sells, you tend to be the “cool mafia” guy thinking that will push sales all the time, nope people are seeing you really aint that guy. So when my album drop people will know what to expect based off my pass 3 mixtapes that’s gotten a lot of press. Oh yeah I have a better gangsta image than you, lose the weight a bit.
Strong numbers from the Compilation Self -Made Vol 1 sold 59k first week so that clearly shows growth for MMG over 12 months.
RICK ROSS – TEFLON DON –
As of May 04, 2012, the album had sold 724,000 copies in the US.[27]The album was then certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America
YOUNG JEEZY – TM 103
As of June 24, 2012, the album has sold 606,000 copies in the US.[28
The album was then certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America
PEOPLE PLEASE STOP MAKING UP NUMBERS
ROZAY STAY WINNING BY MAKING STRONG HITS AND STRONG VERSES ON PEOPLE HITS.
MMG
That’s right. Say what you want about Ross, but he is one of the few rap artists to keep coming back. Generally when sales begin to slide most rappers continue to go down the tube, but T.D sold more than his previous record by at least 200,000 or so i think. That is an impressive effort.
First of all, Teflon Don came out in July, 2010. TM 103 came out in December, 2011. Ross is getting his ass kicked by Jeezy.
In my personal opinion, these days sales say absolutely nothing about the quality of music.
Cosign….. People are just ignorant. People who claim to be “heads” download the shit illegally.. people who are ignorant go and buy stupid club shit instead of quality.
1. Where’s the young money love? Yep all that heat fall off.
2. This not a good look for ross since he suppose to be big n all.
3. these days sales do suck and we all know if you selling over 500,000 these days than someone is buying albums or you probably sold out to a pop crowd to get easy sells(YM/ross’ lable)
what kills R Kelly is his lack of promotion, interviews and a stable that does not prioritize him
Waka is flopping , hell yea
So many things wrong with society.. Big K.R.I.T. outsold by Future.. SMDH
“the best hip hop week in eonz”…..#why hate…
@the guy who said..”REST IN PEACE HIP HOP”…if niggaz and (wiggaz too)…keep hating…..#THERE WON’T BE NO MORE HIP HOP!…”don’t allow the ppl who real don’t luv HIP HOP”..to WIN….
what you mean you aint nasty should boost krit sales up up lil bit
i brought LFTUG THE STONED IMMACULATE and R.A.P MUSIC three banging albums
sales suck these days because no one like jay, em, kayne putting out albums. right now you got the clowns and the dumb young guys dropping stuff. once kayne, jay,em drop something that’s when people start putting their hearts back into music…You can’t fall in love with the crap that’s playing now so of course numbers are suckin’ just wait till the big dogs kayne,jay,em start dropping then watch how people start trying their hardest to deliver quality….
Sales suck because artist put alot of free music out, which devalues their studio projects. When you give people stuff for free, they want everything for free. Thus, horrible sales.
^^^^^ Plus nowadays everybody makes the same type of music, wich is trash music. Nobody wants to buy trash music.
Look at this liar. As bad as this sound, lil wayne is the biggest artist in the world
The numbers represent how many were ordered, NOT SOLD! Wal-MArt is probably sitting on half of these CD’s. Then you have to consider part of marketing today is buying your own CD. Trick Ross probably bought 50,000 himself to fool investors. Women lie, men lie numbers lie too.
To the Rick Ross dick suckers below. Get the fuck outta here! This dude is the most fakest thing to happen to rap since Milli Vanilli. Whenever a dude fights for Officer Ricky, he looks like a complete idiot.
#TOPDAWGENT…”independent”…..DAZ WAZUP!..777
“the mainstream” still has a small handful of tru talent….(and ICONZ OF Y2G)…why do you think “retro” artist LIKE PRINCE…GEORGE MICHAEL…GUNS N ROSES…etc.,..are getting the tru “sales”..b/c “HATERZ” who really don’t LUV HIP HOP….and,don’t “BUY” HIP HOP…keep faking the FUNK!…
NIGGAZ & “WIGGAZ” ALIKE!…
“Wal-MArt is probably sitting on half of these CD’s”
There’s a good reaason. They’re edited.
“Waka is flopping”
He’s still in the top 50. That’s far from flopping.
IF MUTHAFUCKAZ KEEP HATIN’…..”NOBODY IZ GOING TO WANT TO PROMOTE “HIP HOP” ALBUMZ….#DUMBASSES….tHAT IZ WHY “RETRO” ARTIST SELL WAY MORE!
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POOF! There go the flop. Poof! there go my street cred. WOOOOP! My sirens blaring….
The primary problem with album sells is that hoes control music, just like everything else. Niggas didnt jus wake up and said, “aye mane lets start wearin skinny jeans and pink v-necks” hoes control all this fuckery. Plus is all about looks. the industry knows that hoes and fags buys all the shit out here so they are only going to focus on, who they feel is the most marketable, if u light skin wit dreads or just light skin then the industry will feel like you more marketable compared to somebody thats darkskin. Why the fuck you think tyga selling so many album the nigga is garbage. Big Krit album is on another level and should receive more recognition.