There was a time when it was all about quality. Dropping a great project that your peers and fans love and see as timeless.

I think it was Wayne during Carter 3 era selling a million first week. That was crazy but it showed people that it was possible for a hood rapper to do it as big as Eminem.

Capitalism

Do you not know who 50 cent is OP?

Canada

Contested Midrange

50 cent
jay z

probably more

It’s a lot of factors but I hate the non black fans that latch onto the numbers convo bc they can’t relate to the cultural aspect of rap

Drake stans

hip hop been about numbers

Move to Drake SXN

never thought about it like this

Cornballs like Akademiks

Rappers flex about how much money they have, the cars they buy, the ice they wear but sales is where you draw the line 🤨

Rap is inherently competitive and commercial success is just an extension of that

Hip hop is not all about sales

because it’s stupid people care about the numbers because they want their favorite artists to do well not because they “can’t relate to a cultural aspect” or something

^ also this.

the real answer

eminem stans

People on this site don’t really value music quality anymore. If y’all did you wouldn’t be making threads like these you’d be focusing on the music.

A LOT of albums we call classics had horrid first week sales lol.

!!!!!!

Young thug and future ruined the modern generations approach to making rap music

then why do people constantly say s*** like

“well my favorite artist outsold your favorite so your opinion is s*** “

that’s not a just a ktt thing either