May 15, 2021
skrtThere 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.
2Pac was the first one to make a big deal out of it in that interview where he had the Death Row East s*** on at the VMAs
50 kinda made it a bigger deal
Wayne/50/Kanye 07-08 also cemented them as being important
And then sometime in the beginning of the Cole/Kendrick/Drake niggas started straight up s***ting on folks for selling under 100k lol or you weren’t a major artist if you didn’t have hundreds of thousands of sales
But by definition Pac and 50 brought the metric to the forefront
May 15, 2021me
kainie 🌌May 15, 2021
mr get doughDo you not know who 50 cent is OP?
it was a big deal then, it changed the game
- kainie 🌌May 15, 2021·1 reply
remember when 50 said he would retire if curtis didn’t go #1, then decided he never said that lol
- May 15, 2021
i don't think most ppl irl really care about sales. when i'm talking about music irl i have never heard someone talk about sales.
- May 15, 2021kainie
remember when 50 said he would retire if curtis didn’t go #1, then decided he never said that lol
good ass times
May 15, 2021
2ILLIt’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
well put, had the same sentiment but couldn’t put it into words
- May 16, 2021mr get dough
Do you not know who 50 cent is OP?
May 16, 2021its not its just a metric to measure popularity