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  • Why is akademiks about to cry at 3:28

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    Thread becoming a "Meek Mill can't sell without Drake!" thread and I really should expect nothing less when it comes to Akademiks and his d***riders.

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    Altar

    There's the Drake stimulus, which is true, and then there's trying to argue that Drake generated over 150,000 sales from a single feature on another person's album. That's obviously bullshit, otherwise people wouldn't have forgotten about Blocboy JB and Makonnen. You'd have a stronger argument comparing the big features as a whole:

    Championships: Drake, Jay-Z, Cardi B, Roddy Ricch, 21 Savage, Rick Ross, Kodak Black, Future, Young Thug

    Expensive Pain: Lil Baby, Lil Durk, Lil Uzi, Moneybagg Yo, Young Thug

    Add in Meek just getting out of jail in 2018 and you've got what happened. Wins and Losses only did 102k the year before Championships, there isn't even a real "trajectory".

    Fun fact.

    Go check the Spotify streams of the album (CHAMPIONSHIPS). Going Bad has more streams than all the other tracks on the album COMBINED.

  • Oct 8, 2021
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    Smacked Voodoo

    I'd say Meek Mill getting out of jail probably has a way more significant impact on increasing his album sales than a Drake feature does but go off...

    Like I said. Going bad has more streams than the rest of the album combined bruh

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    Smacked Voodoo

    This all leads back to the whole discussion on if a Drake co-sign/feature is as big as y'all wanna believe it is...why tf are niggas he signed to his label and has featured on their projects still flopping?

    Everyone on OVO has Gold / multi platinum songs and records

    Even a security nigga like Baka.

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    Smacked Voodoo

    Thread becoming a "Meek Mill can't sell without Drake!" thread and I really should expect nothing less when it comes to Akademiks and his d***riders.

    son shut the f*** up and go outside! you been itt long enough saying how much you hate Akademiks

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    SinceKumbaya

    Like I said. Going bad has more streams than the rest of the album combined bruh

    these guys are delusional i’m over it.

  • Oct 8, 2021
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    revenge

    son shut the f*** up and go outside! you been itt long enough saying how much you hate Akademiks

    You telling anybody to go outside while frequently caping for Akademiks is wild ironic.

  • Oct 8, 2021
    revenge

    these guys are delusional i’m over it.

    I fux with meek as a talent but it’s undeniable drake stimulus has helped him A LOT. And that’s ok

  • The nigga you cape for don't even f***in go outside

  • Oct 8, 2021
    Smacked Voodoo

    You telling anybody to go outside while frequently caping for Akademiks is wild ironic.

    How am I capping for Ak when me & other posters itt even dropping statistics you jack ass lmaooo

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    I wonder how much rick Ross sales

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    Carl Sweatpants

    I wonder how much rick Ross sales

    Port of Miami 2 debuted at 80k
    Rather You Than Me debuted at 106k
    Black Market debuted at 65k

    Don't see anybody calling him a flop though. Drake feature on Port of Miami 2 as well...crickets still lol

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    SinceKumbaya

    Everyone on OVO has Gold / multi platinum songs and records

    Even a security nigga like Baka.

    DVSN has play/gold records?

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    Smacked Voodoo

    Port of Miami 2 debuted at 80k
    Rather You Than Me debuted at 106k
    Black Market debuted at 65k

    Don't see anybody calling him a flop though. Drake feature on Port of Miami 2 as well...crickets still lol

    I really don't see how people don't realize that artist.. 9 times out of 10, they put drake on songs that are more then likely going to be hits. As in without drake the track would get attention. Adding drake to a already sure thing makes the song pop more. Going bad by meek was still going to do well if it featured f***ing 2 chainz. Drake stans delusional as s*** and don't understand what the drake stimulus actually is.

  • Oct 8, 2021
    Carl Sweatpants

    He sold 89k? Bro thats actually pretty good. Meek isn't popping like that no more wtf lol. This ain't 2013 bro. Meek is way passed that prime. What meek need to do is chase a hit to maintain relevancy

    yeah based off thread title i was expecting like 30k or something horrific

    90k seems bang on for someone of his 'level', earlier in this thread a poster compared him to big sean which is a great comparison imo

    everyone is doing less than they have in previous years due to pandemic making it weird/hard to promote + changes to the calculations

  • akadickrider

  • Oct 8, 2021
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    DVSN has play/gold records?

    Not necessarily stimulus push. Nice organic growth for them which is dope.

  • Oct 8, 2021

    Ak is hilarious man

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    Carl Sweatpants

    I really don't see how people don't realize that artist.. 9 times out of 10, they put drake on songs that are more then likely going to be hits. As in without drake the track would get attention. Adding drake to a already sure thing makes the song pop more. Going bad by meek was still going to do well if it featured f***ing 2 chainz. Drake stans delusional as s*** and don't understand what the drake stimulus actually is.

    if going bad didn't have drake it wouldn't even hit the top 40. the beat and meek's verse alone are not bringing it to hit status lol.

  • Oct 8, 2021

    Knew this was coming. Can’t say I feel bad for Meek tho. He beefs with Akademiks just as much as Akademiks does with him.

    Niggas act like it’s one sided.

  • Oct 8, 2021

    Ak right meek was talkin all that s*** for him to do less than 100k. with that being said he still had one of the best albums of the year

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    revenge

    why would i come
    out of my ass to say something that isn’t fact?

    The only argument you have at this point is other songs on that album that were just as big as RICO.

    billboard.com/music/Meek-Mill/chart-history/HSI

    You're looking at the rap songs chart bro. Scroll down, it peaked at #40

  • serenade

    if going bad didn't have drake it wouldn't even hit the top 40. the beat and meek's verse alone are not bringing it to hit status lol.

    I can easily see 2 chainz doing what drake did on that song.

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    Altar

    https://www.billboard.com/music/Meek-Mill/chart-history/HSI

    You're looking at the rap songs chart bro. Scroll down, it peaked at #40

    Someone itt told me to stop comparing him to Kanye & Drake so I pulled billboard #’s from rap charts since Drake or Kanye can chart on global billboard easier.

    Regardless,
    the song is huge and was huge during the time of release.

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