tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790021311115201711.post3275310553635405973..comments2023-12-22T03:13:58.639-08:00Comments on Hip Hop Is Read: First Week Sales: A Level Playing FieldIvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11660266149449276033noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790021311115201711.post-49299702477493334142009-08-23T14:03:54.514-07:002009-08-23T14:03:54.514-07:00And fuck people who never buy music at all. Y'...And fuck people who never buy music at all. Y'all have no right to even be a part of this discussion.hookhttp://compactdiss.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790021311115201711.post-51403626189056887842009-08-23T14:01:50.583-07:002009-08-23T14:01:50.583-07:00People need to stop sleeping on that Maino album. ...People need to stop sleeping on that Maino album. Dude may not be the most skilled rapper, but his album bangs, and you can't front on his hustle. I'm sure his joint was WAAAY better than the SH album, even if he didn't "lyrically murder" every track, or whatever. Who gives a fuck about that anyway? Cool for a guest appearance or a mixtape, but non-stop lyrical homicide does not a great album make. <br /><br />Also, since you have such well-thought-out explanations for why no one's selling well anymore, how do you explain the success of somebody like Plies? Clearly his fans are buying his shit, even though he puts out like 2 albums a year. Are his fans all teenage white girls as well?<br /><br />I guess I wouldn't be that surprised.hookhttp://compactdiss.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790021311115201711.post-34450932713438459942009-08-23T11:01:14.950-07:002009-08-23T11:01:14.950-07:00Ivan,
"Fuck the rap group, it seems the musi...Ivan,<br /><br />"Fuck the rap group, it seems the music industry itself is a slaughterhouse!"<br /><br />In a round about way, you kind of proved my point. Let me explain why:<br /><br />I specifically named those artist for a reason. NOT because their first week sales where 100k+, but because they were ALL hailed as a tremedous success. When Maino's 19k scanned as the #1 rap album of the week, everybody said "wow, congratulations Maino on a strong week!". Khaled screamed "We The Best" when Ace Hood hit that mark. Fab's cd was also #1 AND a twitter trending topic (TTT); once again everybody said "Congratulations Fab on moving so many units!"<br /><br />Now Slaughterhouse comes out, hits almost the same mark as the rest of them, has even stronger sales on iTunes (#4 for the week in all of music I think?) but yet is hailed by you as a flop.<br /><br />My question to you sir is why? Why were they held to such super high standards to do super duper numbers? Furthermore, if the industry is a slaughterhouse itself (which it is indeed), then why place most of the blame squarely on the shoulders of one Joe Budden?<br /><br />Would I have like to see them hit 150k the first week? Of course? But with big name stars not even doing close to that besides Em (and Jadakiss if I remember right), how could you say they failed?<br /><br />Lastly, I also said they were moving units because why ALL of their sales have dropped, they still continue to sell (even at a snail's pace) so yes, technically they are still moving CDs.<br /><br />We definitely can agree on one thing though: the largest buying demo in hip-hop is certainly teenaged white girls, with teenage white boys being the second. At this point, "real hip-hop heads" have bought themselves out of the market by barely supporting ANYONE.Cannon The Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04303758310604841186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790021311115201711.post-84305217980777266542009-08-21T22:43:46.068-07:002009-08-21T22:43:46.068-07:00@Ivan think i found it, click my name@Ivan think i found it, click my namemoosehttp://www.jamphat.com/rap/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790021311115201711.post-49158589386888232282009-08-21T20:51:32.998-07:002009-08-21T20:51:32.998-07:00@Moose: Yeah, I know the site you're talking a...@Moose: Yeah, I know the site you're talking about. Mad funny jokes!Ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11660266149449276033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790021311115201711.post-42057228534486756052009-08-21T20:26:55.256-07:002009-08-21T20:26:55.256-07:00its all about Dilated Peoplesits all about Dilated PeoplesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790021311115201711.post-15021979331846385562009-08-21T18:59:40.371-07:002009-08-21T18:59:40.371-07:00Concures with the 'fab been a follower' no...Concures with the 'fab been a follower' notion<br />if you're not a trend setter in main stream hip-hop you're are follower "too many niggaz ride mine, so I change styles ever two rhymes" - Jay - Z on 22 Two's Gotta keep it fresssssh, Slaughterhouse album, fresh???? Nah was ok, but the shit wears off, the fricking thing feels like it was put together in two weeks (which it was) and the beat maaaan SMH..... also Joey out does Nas when it comes to crapolering beat....<br /><br />Also isn't there a new rap group with ummm Guilty Simpson, Black milk.... and Elzi? THAT sound promising...<br /><br />ALSO mad props to Ivan on the Venn diagrams. A few years back there was a website that had a post that used graphs and math to represent lyrics from hip-hop songs, ill try find it, was mad funnymoosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790021311115201711.post-22085785261010475612009-08-21T16:50:15.653-07:002009-08-21T16:50:15.653-07:00SH wins with these numbers.
good post but it prob...SH wins with these numbers.<br /><br />good post but it probably isn't even understood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790021311115201711.post-74217418040978124012009-08-21T14:29:08.201-07:002009-08-21T14:29:08.201-07:00Fab is doing what Wayne is trying to do? Are you h...Fab is doing what Wayne is trying to do? Are you high, son? Wayne does everything more successfully than Fab. And Fab was trying to do what Jay-Z did with American Gangster. And he failed. Failed with flying colors.Ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11660266149449276033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3790021311115201711.post-71600163931389154022009-08-21T12:45:38.256-07:002009-08-21T12:45:38.256-07:00i take offense to the comments about loso's wa...i take offense to the comments about loso's way. i listened to the slaughterhouse album. you cannot deny that they are getting it in lyrically. the beat selection needs improvement. in a nut shell, these guys are just rhyming with no purpose and the delivery needs a boost. fabolous can spit with any one of the slaughterhouse fellas. he is now more interested in making good music and creating a great cd. on loso's way, he rarely goes hard on the track but her goes hard enough. in my opinion, loso''s way is one of the better releases of the year. fab is doing what cassidy and lil wayne are trying to do. i am speaking of seperating the streets(mixtapes) from the mainstream(radio friendly).jaidey32noreply@blogger.com