Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 04/27/2014

    This week, Iggy Azalea and Future enter the Billboard Top 200 albums chart with The New Classic and Honest, respectively. Meanwhile, Pharrell holds on to a Top 5 slot on the chart with his most recent album, G  I  R  L.

    Future’s Honest Effort Lands At #2

    Future’s Honest landed in the #2 spot and sold 53,352 units in its first week. Honest earned a 3 out of 5 in its HipHopDX review. “While he doesn’t completely remedy the flaws that held back Pluto, ‘Future Hendrix’ has incrementally improved,” HipHopDX says in its review. “He’s still plagued by bouts of lazy writing and the inclusion of older songs such as ‘Karate Chop,’ ‘Sh!t’ and ‘Honest’ have the unintended effect of making the project feel stale at times. ‘Move That Dope’ and ‘Benz Friendz‘ may contend for two of 2013’s best collaborations, and having focused assists from Pusha T, Pharrell and Andre 3000 don’t hurt. As a soloist, Future is learning to play to his strengths. No one realistically expects Future to make the type of leap Three Stacks did between Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik and ATLiens. But if he expounds on the type of substance he hints at on ‘Special,’ his album cuts will be as equally potent as his singles. For now, he’s returned with a slightly updated, less flawed version of 2012’s Pluto. It’s not the classic balance of style and substance ushered in by the Dungeon Family’s first generation. But it does help further the argument that both elements aren’t mutually exclusive.” 

    Iggy Azalea’s The New Classic Debuts At #3

    Iggy Azalea took the #3 spot this week by selling 52,392 copies of her The New Classic album. The project earned a 2.5 out of 5 in its HipHopDX review. “The New Classic is a musical throne upon which the new blonde princess of Pop can rest her ample posterior,” HipHopDX says in its review. “As Rap and Pop synergize again—yet this time without significantly embarrassing results—it opens the gate for Iggy Azalea to have an opportunity to shine. Sometimes, when Pop marketing and urban music perfectly commingle, we get Michael Jackson’s Thriller. In other cases, Iggy Azalea’s The New Classic aims high, but ultimately falls flat.” 

    Pharrell’s G  I  R  L Remains In Top 5

    Pharrell’s G I R L remains in the Top 5 this week, a placement it earned by selling 21,107 units to be this week’s #4 album on the Billboard Hot 200 albums chart.  P’s G  I  R  L dropped from last week’s sales by 36 percent. The effort sold 32,858 units last week. Overall, Pharrell has sold 325,483 copies of G  I  R  L in eight weeks of availability. 

    Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 04/27/2014

    #2. Future – Honest – 53,000 (53,000) 

    #3. Iggy Azalea – The New Classic – 52,000 (52,000) 

    #4. Pharrell Williams – G I R L – 21,000 (325,000)

    #5. August Alsina – Testimony – 20,000 (87,000) 

    #17. Jason Derulo – Talk Dirty – 12,000 (57,000) 

    #19. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP 2 – 11,000 (2,080,640)

    #25. YG – My Krazy Life – 9,500 (133,000) 

    #30. Rick Ross – Mastermind – 8,300 (320,000) 

    #45. Asher Roth – RetroHash – 6,100 (6,100) 

    #46. ScHoolboy Q – Oxymoron – 5,800 (236,000) 

    * Data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousand for units above 10,000, nearest hundred for units below 10,000.

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    272 thoughts on “Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 04/27/2014

    1. I’m calling BS, HitsDailyDouble Has Iggy over Future.

      Iggy 54,599
      Future 48,791

      How is it possible that Future’s numbers on here are higher but Iggy’s are lower?

      1. Honestly does it really matter? FUTURE is pure TRASH, Hot Garbage.. Rubbish (shout out to London)…. And who the hell is Iggy Azalea? She’s a nobody..

    2. surprised that iggy sold that many, but I didn’t know 6100 ppl wanted to listen to asher roth anymore either..ehh well

      1. That fat clown is done! Says the same nonsense in every song.. it’s about time people woke up

      2. Rick Ross will always be a top tier rapper in the industry. Name another rapper who:
        1)has 6 number one albums
        2)wins a feud with a formerly famous Queens rapper.
        3)crashes his whip into a building and come out unscathed
        4)owns a multimillion dollar restaurant franchise
        5)was voted MTV’s hottest emcee twice.
        6)cancels his shows because gang members have the gall to threaten him because they’re afraid of the harm he’ll bring them

      3. Looks like Anon is getting butthurt.. Awww, dont worry your favorite rapper will always have his night stick to fall back on when raps is tired of him

      4. “5)was voted MTV’s hottest emcee twice.”

        What an accomplishment.. This has to be a 5 year old who just got a smartphone

      5. Who cares whether he’s last or not? Ross is by far the most flawless lyricist in the rap game. He’s earned whatever success he’s garnered. Don’t judge a man by the amount of albums that he has sold.

      6. he never was…he was just being an arrogant ass knowing he really scared of 50. pretending to be tough…

    3. LOL Look at Iggy pushing units!!!!

      Im sorry i dont give a fuck who you are or what you think but thats solid as fuck for her

      Props.

    4. Ha Ha Ha ha.. “It’s only so long fake thugs can pretend”

      I love that the fake, fat, wanna be Biggie MC is flopping.. All his talk and bragging and he can’t go gold? He drops another single with Weezy (how original) and he still can’t sell? LMMFAO!! Pathetic!!! I guess shining flashlights in a dudes ass only has but so long of a shelflife

      1. Rick Ross whole catalog is certified Unlimited Diamond due to unlimited digital copies available for download.

    5. How are you a ‘Mastermind’ if you can’t even go gold and you claim to be the best mc in the game? LOLLL.. I mean even new rappers like J Cole and K. Dot are selling me than this fat greazy, peazy headed bastid!

      1. Cole and Kendrick had white hipster girls singing on their albums so they appealed to a bigger audience.

      2. Excuses!!! Ross has been out for a minute.. He should have a bigger following with all the so called hits he’s dropped. The reason he doesn’t is because he puts out the same garbage over and over.. All the songs sound the same.. He says the same garbage over and over.. it’s okay man, you can still wake up to his poster on your wall..

      3. FYI You dont necessarily need a platinum plaque to gain true success. Some of Rap’s finest records remain gold (i.e. J Cole)
        He manages to do 200k – 300k every first week. Successful.

      4. “Cole and Kendrick had white hipster girls singing on their albums so they appealed to a bigger audience.”

        How does having white hipster girls help appeal to a bigger audience? The mainstream audience hates hipsters.

    6. I wanted to see what type of trees was growing in March project. What type of water Jay-Z was drinking.

    7. If you really want something original to add to your album collection, then I suggest you go cop that new Mastermind, available now in stores and on iTunes. It’s truly a classic with no filler, no skits, all originality. Ross proves to us that he has a far greater penchant for picking beats than Nas’. Hopefully, when Ross reaches another couple decades in the game, he’ll hire some up-and-coming producer to create “Port of Miami – 20 year anniversary”, the shit will be an even bigger classic than it is today #bawse

    8. Ross winning against g unit and aftermath. K Dot and Dr Dre each have ZERO no. 1 albums while Ross has 6. K Dot will bomb next album while Dr Dre can’t even get his out because of Jimmy. Whiteboy is the only person saving aftermath but he’s pop so he don’t count.

      1. Umm Eminem is aftermath and his album is over Ross (scratches head) and Kendricks album went platinum so that makes one number one album. About Dre that’s another story his album never coming out they probably going to release it when he take a dirt nap.

    9. Unlike Future and Pharrell Williams, Rick Ross raps from his heart & soul. Ross is widely considered the husky, thugged out version of Drake only more gifted when it comes to lyricism.

    10. what happen 1991? son bitches was doing the son of mother son of bichan. 666 came out with demon mask put devils out son sickian put em out the demon nite. than 777 devil devils that fixed computers came out after start looking in windows with ufo mask on and weird 666 jackets.on way bac on some streets ppl seen 666 rabbit mask demons peeking around trees at dawn of nite

    11. What happened to Nas? Only he lasted 1 week?

      The time has come for Nas to step back and make room for an up and coming legend. I’m talking about the magnificent and charming Rick Ross, ladies and gentlemen. I guarantee you that in 20 – 30 years, you’ll still be playing Trilla or Teflon Don and so will your kids and grand kids. Nearly ever disc in Ross’ discography is considered a hp hop classic. Maybe one day, hip hop will stop considering him a laughing stock and actually recognize him as one of the greats, like Redman, Jay Z, Big Daddy Kane, KRS 1, Cube, Ice T, Nas, etc, etc. etc #bawse

    12. wudup world its cha boi fresh 2 def and im back in the building. just got back form vacation in the south of france. my boy future hendrix done did it agian. outsold kendrick LAMEmar… i mean future in the building baby. he got a banger and its the realest album since nas illmatic. well its a classic over illmatic. wheres kendrick? not even on teh charts. this is future hendrix game! ya bish? ya you bish. ya damn bish!!!

      1. Obviously, Fresh 2 Def is trolling with lies and made a bunch of replies co-signing himself under different names.

    13. The numbers are incorrect. Iggy out sold future. 2IGGY AZALEAGRAND HUSTLE/DEF JAM54,559–
      NEW CLASSIC
      –3FUTUREEPIC48,791–
      HONEST

    14. Future is dope and is growing from his sales. Iggy is the next Missy Elliot and has the no.1 single on itunes with problem.

      As for Pharrell winning over rick ross, call me when pharrell gets a week at no.1. Ross is still outselling pharrell. He just donates 200k of his sales to charity. It’s gone gold again.

      1. Call me when 50 cent has a single that goes no.1.

        Iggy’s a terrific rapper and her single is shooting up the charts.

      2. Future sucks and his sales won’t grow. Iggy sucks, too, and Problem isn’t her song.

        Pharrell is outselling Ross (who didn’t donate anything to charity). Pharrell will go gold before Ross.

    15. Iggy is clearly a terrific rapper. Her fancy single is about to be in the top 10 soon. Already, Grande is crawling to her for relevancy.

    16. Im happy to see Miami winning, Rozay has been on the charts for two months and still selling a thousand a day. I hope he drops the Wayne single and video so he can keep the fans fed. Sales suck right now how is some cheap trash like Iggy moving as much as future?

      1. Anon 1 thinks that a BTS and a Video will feed the fans, he believes releading a single to radio and dropping artwork to the single will feed fans of the song and bring in Wayne fans who may be unfamiliarwith the song.

      2. song is trash and disrespectful

        ross wont be selling 1k a day after this week, next week 5k, week after off the charts

    17. Rozay will never sell the most but he will always sell mote than 99% of his peers and he can do it without making pop songs or radio hits. Too many rappers chase salesand try to hard to appeal to the majority consuming demographic by adding sonic elements that your core fans dont feel.

      1. Look who sells the most records, its obvious who buys the most records, why do you think thelabels demand a hippy or a token white on 99% of these albums that have been dropping?
        All this Daft Punk shit and bitches thst sound like Taylor Swift on a rap album. Its fi disgusting.
        Im glad Ross had Teedra Moses on his album instead of that bitch thst Eminem.put on his album.

    18. I expected Future to sale more then that, at least 100k. Yall should checkout thegrandreport, they have some good videos on there too!

    19. Hey guise, it’s former CO Big Willie Roberts here… Just wanted show da people my thanks 4 showin love/support for da Mastermind album. Please get dat CD so I culd get mah first platinum ever, y’all! If I go platinum this year, I will send out free meal vouchers for every local Wingstop

      #BAWSE!!

      1. Whattup Boss man, what’s this I heard about you buying the Clippers? Thats a power move dog, go for it.

      2. Rozay, didn’t I tell u to get dat weed rolled up, nigga? Wtf you still typin fo? After we blaze dis L, Imma need yo bitch azz to wash n shave mah back

      3. Ross dont want to buy the Clippers he esnts to invest in the TEAM most likely through an investment group. Didfy wants to invest also.

    20. Es que quiza fue la noche la que te traiciono
      Fue el perfume de mi pelo lo que te cautivo
      Que ya no tiene e’cusa pa’ tu traicion
      Que tuviste mil motivo que entre razon
      Que quiza te habra oido como a el no
      Oh mira en el fuego de la pasion
      ya no le mida’ ma’ y admite tu error
      Y si es por mi no pidas perdon
      Digo
      Quedo de ti el que lo perdone
      El que lo olvide oh lo abandone
      Porque llorando no se compone’
      Entonce’ a mi dame otra noche

    21. While 50 Cent struggles to find a table, Ross and Drake are getting comped at 5 star restaurants with bad bitches. They are served some of the best sea foods in all of America.

      1. Future was projected to sell 5k less so it’s obvious him and him people went out and bought a few thousand copies with Ciara’s money so he didn’t lose first week to a white girl rapper.

      2. projections do not mean thats exactly what its going to sell
        it used to depend on how many copies were shipped but itunes sales changed that

    22. Funny story. My client, Rick Ross, and I were close to signing the Iggy Azalea to Maybach Music Group. One day, Ross called up Iggy to offer her a 3.5 million contract and a chance to operate his own label; it was supposed to be called White Boomerang Records. While hanging out our studio, Iggy recorded a song entitled “This Is Chess, Not Checkers”, a diss record directed towards mocking 50 Cent’s “This Is Murder, Not Music”. It was close to becoming the #1 song on Itunes, but unfortunately, we decided in everyone’s best intrests to shelve it when the Iggy ultimately decided to sign with Grand Hustle.

    23. Someone said fancy won’t make the top ten.

      Iggy Azalea scores the Hot 100’s lone new top 10 entry this week, as “Fancy,” featuring Charli XCX, rockets 18-7″

      Iggy’s clearly a terrific rapper if she rises to the top 10. She will have another top 20 hit when problem with ariana grande debuts.

      1. Charting high doesn’t make anyone a “terrific rapper”. Most of the popular “rap” these days is shit

      2. Are you just gonna ride the dicks of every artist that has a hit? Making the top 10 doesn’t make your music good.

    24. and I thought last weeks list was dumb DX must be trolling with this shit thought provoking lyrics LMAO

      1. Styles P- Phantom and the Ghost
        Freddie Gibbs – Pinata
        Pharoah Monch – PTSD

        Best shit this year

      2. Are you fuckin kidding no one gets deeper than styles p talking bout the streets it aint all just how bad he will murder you he really spits gems bout how to survive losing people to jail knifes guns and just life lessons in general

    25. Iggy sold double what DJ Khaled’s very ironically titled Suffering From Success did first week. You would never expect such a failure if you heard Khaled talk about himself.

      1. It depends on your fanbase, Common and Lupe fans aremoreinto music while 50 fans are more into sales and non music related things.

      1. Dre is 49 years old. They won’t take him seriously, especially when he associates with whites like jimmy and eminem.

      2. The NBA doesn’t care about age when it comes to people buying team. They care about the money, which Dre has a lot of. Besides, if you wanna talk age, Rick Ross is 40 years old.

      3. Actually they are more likely to take a 49 year old worth 500+ million who associates with rich powerful whites than an obese former correctional officer with tattoos on his face who’s not worth 35 million.

      4. Rick Ross is obese while Dre is buff. The players are gonna relate more to a guy who looks like he hits the gym everyday than a man who looks like he can’t even see his dick when he looks down.

      5. My Black opinion?

        I would love to see an investment group of Black enyepenures from yhe Hiphop vommunigy invrst in a stake of the Clippers, Ross would be better suited to invest in the Dolphins like Venus Nd Serena.

      6. if you look at the back of Rick Ross head it actually looks like a dolphin. theres a few pictures floating around that compare them.

    26. dont know why hiphopdx would switch it up but all the other reliable chart sites says iggy sold 54k and future only pushed 48k. loosing credibility for this site smh

    27. Why is week ending sales always the most discussed topic. wtf is wrong with you? you think that it’s a scoreboard? corny

      1. No life having nerds get to cheer for rappers outselling the rappers they have been instructed to hate while cheering fir their God Eminem

    28. As I stand in the middle of the projects and embraced the air and them blessings from Brooklyn Marcy projects. I went made and sure I and talked to the young soldiers out there and told them how inspired I am, and how inspired you should be, to have a brother like Jay-Z come from these projects, and become on of the biggest moguls ever in history.

      My fans expect me to be greater and to keep being great. So I made it my business and I made it a mission to secure more wins. And now we here. DJ Khaled, Jay-Z, We The Best Music, Roc Nation collaboration. The streets been waiting for this. I’m so grateful, for this opportunity. All we ever wanted in this world and life was an opportunity. It’s what you do with the opportunity.

      This gonna fuck the streets up. I’m the king of the anthems. Nobody makes bigger anthems than me. This gonna be 8 summers. DJ Khaled, Jay-Z collaborate. We The Best, Roc Nation, collaborate. This gonna fuck the streets up. Every hood, every project, every city. This some worldwide tornado shit. This fucking the streets up man.

      1. YG could drop an album out with zero promotion and would still go unlimited diamond due to digital shipments.

      2. Albums get certified on shipments. Yeezus didn’t sell a million yet got certified platinum anyway due to shipments. Since there’s always a copy available online, they are unlimited diamond.

      3. By that logic, every album from every artist out there is unlimited diamond. Back in the real world, unlimited diamond id not a real thing since the RIAA doesn’t give out certifications based on digital copies available.

    29. the diff in sales between Ross and Eminem is only 3k so that should tell you something . Eminem be spittin pop bullshit and my nigga ross be spittin that street shit but yet the diff is only 3 fucking k . stop hatin on the hustle . MMG till I die niggggas

      1. Difference is Eminem came out in November, 4 months before Rick Ross and is already certified 2x plat. Ross won’t be on the charts after 4 months.

      2. like i told you Eminem is pop , rick ross dont give a fuck about the bullshit sales he spits what street niggas hustin out here can relate to . real shit dont sell much but ross out here competin like a real BOSS .

      3. Nah, Eminem ain’t pop and Ross only spitting fantasy drug rhymes, not shit real niggas relate to. He obviously cares about sales if he works with Lil Wayne, Jay Z, and Kanye West. He

      4. If an artist didn’t care about sales, they wouldn’t sign record deals and sell albums. They’d put out nothing but free shit.

      5. they still got to feed their families you dumb ignorant ass nigga which nigga out here puttin out free shit??? freddie gibbs? joe budden? monch? all these niggas say fuck the industry and still put out their bullshit ass backpacker nerd rap albums for SALE and yall sheep buy it . Ross a underground nigga accepted by the mainstream that a fact.

      6. ross in that big ass house stressing…. his pool hold more gallons den his record sales…. hope he got mass other ventures cuz them sales look terrible

      7. Yet all of these dudes you mentioned are still working for the industry. Ross is not underground, he’s a mainstream artist with weak sales, that’s a fact.

      8. you all white niggas talk about platinum but you geeks fail to realize that ross is part of a superior race of blacks. eminem’s gets a white boost and ross is leading hiphop.

        you all too white to admit that ross is winning.

      9. You must be trolling. How would you know if somebody’s white? I’m not even white. Ross is not leading hip-hop at all since there’s other rappers with better music and sales and he ain’t winning, either.

      10. you all white geeks that naturall shit on ross. ross’s worst shit is better than fiddy’s best shit.

      11. Then you are a troll, calling everyone that doesn’t agree with you white, even if they aren’t white. None of Ross’ music is better than 50’s.

      12. feelings are a part of every white man. some are angry, some are sad. white men relate to 50 a lot. white men love being angry.

      13. Feelings are part of every race, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, etc. White men don’t relate to 50. All races love being angry, black people included.

      14. The difference you moron i between Eminem and Rick Ross is about 2million in sales and 4months ago it was released. Quit making excuses for him Ross spends alot of money to try and sell records and he doesn’t. Eminem I could give a shit what color his is as I am a black man saying this: Fact Eminem may not be at the very top of his game lyrically anymore but without Question Eminem is better than Rick Ross anywhere weather its Producing, Song Writing,Free styling everything and that’s not me being a biased hater its fact.

      1. I know Rick Ross personally, and he told me to get a job and get my money up by applying for a job at the NYPD. I was shocked, but then realized he was right! Now I make .50 an hour and I am the boss in charge. Yo dig dummies?

    30. “He should have a bigger following with all the so called hits he’s dropped. The reason he doesn’t is because he puts out the same garbage over and over”

      Oh you mean like 50, T.I., Wayne, etc. Followings are for high school seniors on Facebook.

      1. His following is pretty strong he consistently sells more than 99% of his peers butve has never sold millions or crossed over like 50 Cent who should have a bigger following but failed on his last album to outsell Teflon Don and GFID.

    31. “THERES ONLY 3 RAPPERS KENDRICK CANT OUTSELL IN 2014”

      Nobody significant is dropping an album in 2014, retard. Kendrick barely sold 1.3. That’s pathetic and unworthy of mass praise.

      1. The year ain’t over yet. What’s so pathetic and unworthy about 1.2 million when most rappers can’t even sell 500K?

      2. And when K-Dot does sells 1.3 million, you’d bitch that he didn’t sell 1.4 million. Hate is a disease and you’re infected with it.

      3. in 2014 anything over 500000 is a victory. Going platinum in the age where it is so easy to get a media ripper for your web browser or just p2p download songs is almost a miracle.

    32. Rick Ross Career/Life Achievements:

      6 #1 albums
      Slew of platinum hits
      Owns restaurants and deli’s all around the world
      Has the respect of the #1 female artist in the rap game… Kendrick Lamar
      Owns more houses than Mark Cuban
      Has top Hollywood directors calling his house begging him to be in their films

      1. cmon give this dude credit it wasnt all lies. Kendrick really is the #1 female mc in the world. 2nd place goes to Drake

    33. all the ross dickriders two weeks ago saying aint no way pharrell is passing the bawse….lmao, u guys really believe this fake shit

      1. You keep dick in your mouth and dick on your mind, jonestly who gives a fuck if two multi millionaires outsell each other and Pharrel dropped a pop album with a worlwide hit, and Ross dropped a Rap album with no single in tbe 200 so why are their sales being compared.

      1. MMG is a movement, living everyday in the fast lane. Being indie is like driving in the slow lane letting every imaginable pass you.

    34. Them Iggy numbers are the biggest flop the last few years along with Khaled Ace Hood French Montana and MGK trash albums (im prolly missing a few). Especially the massive promotion she had all them singles T.I co-sign constantly talking bout her the big budget videos her being a white female rapper and they even put back the release by like 8 months to make it as big as possible lmao

      1. Doesn’t really matter, she still making money. If you didnt notice record sales in HipHop have been on a decline since the early 2000’s. There are few artist pushing past the 1 million mark. Plus most people pirate they shit now more than ever.

    35. rick ross was a correction officer at one point his shit is garbage hes not underground hes complete mainstream if u wanna listen to good music listen to lil wyte, twiztid, insane clown posse, kottonmouth kings, tech n9ne, axe murder boyz, boondox, big hoodoo, blaze ya dead homie, anybody killa, and Esham

    36. Es que quiza fue la noche la que te traiciono
      Fue el perfume de mi pelo lo que te cautivo
      Que ya no tiene e’cusa pa’ tu traicion
      Que tuviste mil motivo que entre razon
      Que quiza te habra oido como a el no
      Oh mira en el fuego de la pasion
      ya no le mida’ ma’ y admite tu error
      Y si es por mi no pidas perdon
      Digo
      Quedo de ti el que lo perdone
      El que lo olvide oh lo abandone
      Porque llorando no se compone
      Entonce’ a mi dame otra noche

    37. I LIVE IN NJ AND I AM AN ASIAN CROSSDRESSER. CALL ME OR TEXT ME AT 9087231866. SEXY BOYS WELCOMED(;

    38. Point was Kendrick should be closer to 1.9-2 mill by now. All that hype and acclaim. Common called him the other day and said he was disappointed in Kdot’s sales. Told him to step his game up.

      1. And your point was stupid and is full of bullshit and logic holes. Hype and acclaim doesn’t guarantee big sales. Kendrick did well considering what he had and the climate of hip-hop sales now. Only three rappers now are selling more than him. You’re the only one disappointed in his numbers while everyone else, Common & Interscope included, are satisfied by his sales.

      2. Meanwhile Mariah Carey crawled over to wale for relevance while K Dot and Tony Yayo get ignored.

      3. More like Wale crawled to Mariah for relevance. K-Dot is definitely not ignored if he’s still appearing on people’s songs.

      1. He makes millions without selling millions which makes you sad inside because you will never be succesful or have friends and family who admire your success, he own at life and you lost.

        U Mad?

      2. at the end of the day he still a fat slob who lied about being a cop, he will be dead by 45

    39. Help me get Masterplan to go platinum, and I’ll hook errebody up wit a free meal voucher at yo local Wingstop.. BAWSE! I gots 2 have at least 1 platinum… BAWSE!

    40. Why would Ross be at 1.2 when he’s never sold anywhere near a mill in his career? Think before typing.

      1. Why would Kendrick be at 1.9-2 mil when he’s never even been at 100k before in his career!

    41. “Most artists can’t automatically go double platinum”

      Drake and Eminem do. Why can’t Kdot?

    42. 50 Cent may be corny as fuck and a complete clown but PLEASE give the nigga credit for targeting white nerds to fatten his pockets, that nigga is exploiting the weakest of the weak and fucking white Hollywood bitches while he alas them Crakkers in his music so give that nigga credit!

    43. UUMMMMMIs this the laziest week album sales article DX has ever written??? They stop at the number 46 album on the Billboard 200? Don’t mention anything about Asher Roth even DROPPING an album. Don’t mention anything about the Army Of The Pharaohs album. WTF is this weak ass shit?!

    44. Will we be saying that Iggy is most controversial, or hyped up from either her skin color or sex? Or will people just come to terms that talent doesn’t have a sex or race?

    45. “Why can’t rik rozz go 1x platinum just one time, drake and kendrick can do it”

      Cause his music is too dangerous.

    46. “Kendrick did well considering what he had and the climate of hip-hop sales now. Only three rappers now are selling more than him”

      What he had was the Interscope power machine behind him, tons of hype from his indie album, and Dre as his mentor. He should have done better, and the only reason he did was cause not many big albums came out.

      1. Again, hype doesn’t translate to sales and having Interscope and Dre on your side doesn’t guarantee big numbers. K-Dot did well and doesn’t need to do better. Besides, that last sentence is a lie. You’re digging yourself an even deeper hole with your strawman arguments.

      2. So answer me this; how come French Montana and other rappers not named Eminem and Kendrick who have the Interscope machine behind them tanked hard with their albums? How come Meek Mill didn’t even sell 400K of his debut album despite tons of hype from his mixtapes? How come J Cole didn’t get a platinum album despite having Jay Z as a mentor?

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