E-40 is officially Gold!!

[Mr. O]

even though i think e-40 is very weird just like old days...,hey i'm proud of him ..

[Quadruple OG]

Man, 40 STILL get grief from people and he gets a gold plaque. Look, the days of multi plat albums is almost gone.With the internet and the real lack of promotion by most record labels, it is difficult. E 40 didn't have to do a album to prove shit. The man is already a legend, but he took that ambassador to the bay and helped make it global. Hey you got to go gold 1st before you go plat! Ice Cube is next, so congrats to 40. west west yall.

not to mention he's a west coast artists, which in general the industry is biased against

[Detox Iz Not Active]

#76 BUSTA RHYMES BIG BANG THE 11979 -27 16301 515466
#80 BLIGE*MARY J. BREAKTHROUGH 11637 9 10660 2539530
#89 T.I. KING 10233 -13 11753 1452973
#91 E-40 MY GHETTO REPORT CARD 10098 -21 12787 408665
#95 CHAMILLIONAIRE SOUND OF REVENGE 9590 -18 11701 1157590
#98 PAUL*SEAN TRINITY 9331 -11 10535 1174289
#100 ICE CUBE LAUGH NOW CRY LATER 9278 -12 10587 417793
#104 BLACK EYED PEAS MONKEY BUSINESS 8849 -4 9220 3937665



still close to 100gs away according to soundscan


that's called a.....................FLOP

[50cal]

also a 21 % decline....

[J Bananas]

#76 BUSTA RHYMES BIG BANG THE 11979 -27 16301 515466
#80 BLIGE*MARY J. BREAKTHROUGH 11637 9 10660 2539530
#89 T.I. KING 10233 -13 11753 1452973
#91 E-40 MY GHETTO REPORT CARD 10098 -21 12787 408665
#95 CHAMILLIONAIRE SOUND OF REVENGE 9590 -18 11701 1157590
#98 PAUL*SEAN TRINITY 9331 -11 10535 1174289
#100 ICE CUBE LAUGH NOW CRY LATER 9278 -12 10587 417793
#104 BLACK EYED PEAS MONKEY BUSINESS 8849 -4 9220 3937665



still close to 100gs away according to soundscan


that's called a.....................FLOP

well aren't you a crabby bitch? congrats 40 party at fatburger!

[Dubz]

40 did that....
most  muthafuckas had the bootleg so blame them for it not being platnum.
and as far as "ya boy" bringing the bay back... cut tha crap.
if it wasn't for 40 most muthafuckas wouldn't be fucking wit tha bay right now...
even the niggaz hate'n wouldn't be doing so if it wasn't for 40.
ya boy? who listens to his shyt? how many albums does he have?
whats his best line?
once again niggaz is talking bout sales...
some of your favorite rappers don't go gold.
"some of these niggaz is bitches too"

if you dont know about ya boy you better ask somebody 'cause dudes on the come up.

[cobra]

that nigga shyt is weak as fuck.
all i asked is whats a dope song by Ya boy?
whats a dope line by Ya boy?
none.
game signed the nigga so he's bringing the bay back?
fo real?
clyde carson is hotter and a better pick which is proberly why game signed him later...why else would he need two niggaz from the bay without putting out an album from any of his artist?

eg2 i'm calm and i'm no tough guy either but i slap the shyt out of suckas then go dumb on they faces.
get that on ya.

[Detox Iz Not Active]

E-40 had MAJOR hype and buzz and his wack shit was all over MTV and BET



he had the entire hyphy shit on his back, and after over a 1.5 months this fool it barely over 400,000





remember, Xzibit's Weapons of Mass Destruction got a gold plaque but was not even CLOSE to 500,000.  I think he did a lot wose then e-40 also

[Narrator]

The odd thing is...the RIAA site doesn't have him down for the Gold on that album.  Neither does Billboard.  And like Long Beach Iz Active pointed out, he only sold 408K, not 500K.  If he really is Gold, it's obviously just because the label shipped 500,000 records, not because they've actually sold all 500,000.

And it's most def gotta be dissappointing to Warner/BME that E-40 isn't Platinum by now.  He's had several singles which they've been pushing aggressively, and he's down with Lil Jon, who's one of the hottest producers in the game right now.  If you ain't going Platinum after all that hype, there's definitely something wrong.  Yeah, E-40 is finally getting SOME mainstream recognition after all these years, but it ain't nearly as much as they probably expected given how much they've invested.

[Darksider]

good shit

[GangstaBoogy]

The odd thing is...the RIAA site doesn't have him down for the Gold on that album.  Neither does Billboard.  And like Long Beach Iz Active pointed out, he only sold 408K, not 500K.  If he really is Gold, it's obviously just because the label shipped 500,000 records, not because they've actually sold all 500,000.

And it's most def gotta be dissappointing to Warner/BME that E-40 isn't Platinum by now.  He's had several singles which they've been pushing aggressively, and he's down with Lil Jon, who's one of the hottest producers in the game right now.  If you ain't going Platinum after all that hype, there's definitely something wrong.  Yeah, E-40 is finally getting SOME mainstream recognition after all these years, but it ain't nearly as much as they probably expected given how much they've invested.

Slim Thug was certified gold when he was at around 350,000

I didn't expect 40 to go plat. EVERYONE loves E-40, but his rapping style isn't one that everyone is going to like.

[Tha G In Deee]

congrats to e-40!

[Narrator]

Slim Thug was certified gold when he was at around 350,000

I didn't expect 40 to go plat. EVERYONE loves E-40, but his rapping style isn't one that everyone is going to like.

The RIAA site doesn't have Slim Thug down for Gold, either.  But thanks for telling me shit I already knew (and stated in my post).

[soopadoopaflykid]

u gotta remember too all the mom & pop stores dont do that soundscan shit so he propably is at about 500,000 gold status

[R-Tistic]

Hmmmm......

After just paying close attention to everything that's happened this year, and from reading comments on here and listening to people talk......record sales DO NOT measure the impact that this CD had.

For one.....the songs got a LOT of play on radio nationwide, which is something the Bay hasn't had since the mid 90's. Second....as far as people who aren't involved in the industry are concerned, only those like us are really checking the sales like that....the average cat may not know if 40 is platimun or not. So the companies may be looking and saying "damn, 40 had major play and didn't sell", which may make some companies feel that it's not worth taking a chance on a Bay or West Coast artist.

At the same time, the fact that the entire nation knows what hyphy is, and that they know about ghost riding whips and going dumb and the Bay's culture, is a direct result of E-40 and what he did with the movement. So he has at least cracked the door open for more Bay artists to succeed. But at the same time, people who are fans of this movement aren't really going to check for an artist just because they are from the Bay...but because they have the hyphy sound. So it is a helluva win-loss situation to me.