390K first week is amazing considering that a lot of niggas on here we’re acting like HN was a real reflection of where Drake was at in the marketplace

Will never forget them dumbass disingenuous takes man lol

Yeah. #1 album is in the bag.

Drake would never do this lmao

Drake might get the #1 debut on the Hot 100 regardless.

Classic that introduced a lot of rock fans to Jay Z and rap in general

Uhm he sold that much cause of savage. Add both their last album numbers and you get this💁🏿‍♂️

Shameless

Hahahahaha

We'd be calling Drake "strategic" or "calculated" if he did this.

Na niggas would call him desperate too but ain't none wrong if people buying it

he’d never in a million years be able to get away with what Taylor did and is doing with her album. Would be an asterisk by all that s*** and narratives and headlines accompanying every different version released lol

Just picturing people in 50 years looking back on what song went #1 this week in 2022 and listening to the lyrics of Rich Flex.

Drake literally brags about not needing to use cheap tactics for his chart tactics. It would be out of character.

You definitely would not be calling him that.

Because she knows that won't matter in the future to casual fans. They won't see context they'll just see big numbers and have a warped sense of our current landscape just like how many black musicians were popular and innovative in every decade but we only hear of The Beatles, Elvis, Madonna, The Rolling Stones, Elton, John, Eminem, etc because the industry let them get away with every trick in the book to game the system. This has always happened and will continue to happen unfortunately. You're only seeing it happen in real time now so you're realizing the games the industry has been playing

If it weren't for people like Jimi Hendrix Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Drake music would be whitewashed to hell and back. Just to be clear I don't have a problem with those white artists but a black artist could never dream of getting away with half the s*** they did to get to the top. They'd change the rules and find new loopholes for their puppets to use while everyone else plays catch up. I'm glad Drake doesn't bother with those gimmicks and he still runs circles around 99% of the industry

Numbers are crazy compared to what I expected

How were what a time numbers?

375k

I'd lose some of my respect for him. It would be crushing like finding out LeBron used steroids or Tarantino had someone else direct his movies for him

Seeing him succeed isn't why Drake stans love him it's seeing him succeed in a world full of cheaters thats where the admiration comes from

This is facts

Dis a joke right

Wym. Basic math

Right so basic math would be like you said combine both of their last hip hop albums so CLB 615k first week and 21 what 100k? Yea the math aint mathin on that one🤣🤣

Stop he would just be selling his albums like he's supposed too.

Like the point of releasing albums is to sell them

chubbs rounding up the top g-block steppa's as we speak