one day kenny stans will have to come to term that one of those questions is correct, there is no other way around it

even if u put the trolling aside with the botted numbers troll which gets them fuming

it simply has to be that the masses (fans outside of kendricks fanbase) did not spin the album.

which @thegreatdivine made a great point that all year kendrick continued to push NLU, instead of pushing his "brand" with a new single that leads directly into his album

he chose to piggy back off the success of NLU and neutral fans of a diss track which introduced them to kendrick didnt translate well into album listeners

Let’s see what Weeknd does to botch his numbers in January to avoid another Dawn FM level flop. He’s had 3 years to plan

Okay, you think Kendrick would do 300k if he surprise-released a country album?

So, I guess Kendrick should be able to do 300k with a heavy metal album, right?

He would do less than that if he released a country album with promo. But that same album without promotion would do even less than that. Do you agree?

Idk why you're acting like no promotion isn't a factor all of a sudden

You're so disingenuous when it comes to Drake that you'll rise coming off as stupid to s*** on him.

Let's use someone else as an example.

Lil Wayne

2008. Tha Carter III (RAP ALBUM) — 1,005,545 units first week.
2010. Rebirth (ROCK ALBUM) — 176,000 units first week.
2011. Tha Carter IV (RAP ALBUM) — 964,000 units first week.

So, tell me, Einstein, did Lil Wayne's fans miraculously disappear in 2010 and reappear again in 2011? Why such a huge discrepancy in numbers between two two rap albums listed and the rock album? I'd love to hear your brilliant thoughts.

Crazy, smh. It's been delayed by over 8 hours now.

Nothing and he'll still move more album units and garner more streams than Kendrick

As soon as projections for Kendrick's album drops, they have issues updating their charts

As soon as projections for Kendrick's album drops, they have issues updating their charts

Countless flops this year and will still be most consumed than Kendrick. Say it ain't so? :jordanlaff3:

Yes

Yes

Maybe it was cause the album, and honestly never mind. was s***

White people consume more mediocre music

This is why Drake will always be on top

also maybe its because the carter series built a brand by itself that anything not named the carter f***ing flops in comparison

Promotion isn't a big deal when you're a superstar. If Taylor announces that she has an album dropping tonight or just drops an album out of nowhere, she'll still do massive numbers. Why? Because she's a superstar. Drake himself has a handful of surprise releases that did numbers and if they hadn't y'all would have scrutinized the numbers because you all had the expectation of Drake doing numbers regardless of how he drops music because he's a superstar.

Y'all spent the entire summer insisting Kendrick was now the #1 guy in rap. Well, that means, among other things, the lofty commercial expectations rap fans have for every Drake project transfer to Kendrick. He drops his first project since the beef and all y'all can do is come up with excuses.

Shut up, you disingenuous twat. I bet you feel stupid writing this

Wow and yet, his RAP album may not even crack 300k? GET TOP ON THE PHONE!

This is exactly what we were saying to you Drake stans when you guys were using the "surprise release" excuse and now you're using it because Kendrick surprise released an album Can't make this up

291k is not bad but at the same time i expected a lil more

Like future did 250k off streams alone, 41k more with the insane hype feels kind of low

Great divine is spiraling when you point out "the carter" is a brand and all other wayne albums in comparison flop when you compare it to it

Like look at this. You Drake stans are insane trying to gaslight me rn

Best selling wayne album NOT NAMED THE CARTER

Tha Block Is Hot
First week album sales: 229,500

She’s so mean with the name calling all the time man