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^ Nah...50's album ain't gonna get pushed back...his album will go at least platinum...its not gonna flop like the other g-unit releases...
50 will go platinum easy. How many times plat will be interesting though. I could def see him pushing 800,000+ in his first week, but how much will he do in the 2nd week? I'd also be willin to bet that he prolly buy's up a signifcant number himself for some nice shipment inflation. (Remember Jay's 80% drop in his 2nd week?). So I'm mainly watching for big variations in sales from week to week, that'll tell the biggest story.I also believe that 50 will give much more effort into this album. Not cuz he respects music more or anything, but because he's now going to be negotiating deals w/ Interscope and every other major out there. Also, his labels album sales have been steadily declining, pushed back, and some not released. He'll be motivated. This album will dictate his financial position for the next several years. If it is perceived as a flop, 50 will not be able to recover to the icon status he's had in the last several years.I also think a sign of his desperation is his reaching out to other artists outside his camp to sell his records. He was trying to get Jay, Nas, and Em on a track, but I don't see that happening. I'm sure we'll see Akon and some more flavor of the week features. That to me is symptomatic of 50 questioning his ability to move units on his own.His lead single is gonna tell me a lot so I'm actually anticipating it.
u think he's gonna go multi platinum? pplr sick of 50...the massacre sucked...if i remember correctly the get rich or die tryin sdtrack only ewent platinum...so how is gonna sell multi in 2007?
Quote from: Jrome Is Officially Not Fuckin Around on March 14, 2007, 08:00:30 PM50 will go platinum easy. How many times plat will be interesting though. I could def see him pushing 800,000+ in his first week, but how much will he do in the 2nd week? I'd also be willin to bet that he prolly buy's up a signifcant number himself for some nice shipment inflation. (Remember Jay's 80% drop in his 2nd week?). So I'm mainly watching for big variations in sales from week to week, that'll tell the biggest story.I also believe that 50 will give much more effort into this album. Not cuz he respects music more or anything, but because he's now going to be negotiating deals w/ Interscope and every other major out there. Also, his labels album sales have been steadily declining, pushed back, and some not released. He'll be motivated. This album will dictate his financial position for the next several years. If it is perceived as a flop, 50 will not be able to recover to the icon status he's had in the last several years.I also think a sign of his desperation is his reaching out to other artists outside his camp to sell his records. He was trying to get Jay, Nas, and Em on a track, but I don't see that happening. I'm sure we'll see Akon and some more flavor of the week features. That to me is symptomatic of 50 questioning his ability to move units on his own.His lead single is gonna tell me a lot so I'm actually anticipating it.recover the icon status? didn't his last record go 5 plat? he never lost the icon status except to music heads like us.50 will be set regardless, he's not on the line here. his label is though, that's where I agree with you.-T
Quote from: Tanjibility-The Dangerous Crew Movement on March 15, 2007, 12:18:12 AMQuote from: Jrome Is Officially Not Fuckin Around on March 14, 2007, 08:00:30 PM50 will go platinum easy. How many times plat will be interesting though. I could def see him pushing 800,000+ in his first week, but how much will he do in the 2nd week? I'd also be willin to bet that he prolly buy's up a signifcant number himself for some nice shipment inflation. (Remember Jay's 80% drop in his 2nd week?). So I'm mainly watching for big variations in sales from week to week, that'll tell the biggest story.I also believe that 50 will give much more effort into this album. Not cuz he respects music more or anything, but because he's now going to be negotiating deals w/ Interscope and every other major out there. Also, his labels album sales have been steadily declining, pushed back, and some not released. He'll be motivated. This album will dictate his financial position for the next several years. If it is perceived as a flop, 50 will not be able to recover to the icon status he's had in the last several years.I also think a sign of his desperation is his reaching out to other artists outside his camp to sell his records. He was trying to get Jay, Nas, and Em on a track, but I don't see that happening. I'm sure we'll see Akon and some more flavor of the week features. That to me is symptomatic of 50 questioning his ability to move units on his own.His lead single is gonna tell me a lot so I'm actually anticipating it.recover the icon status? didn't his last record go 5 plat? he never lost the icon status except to music heads like us.50 will be set regardless, he's not on the line here. his label is though, that's where I agree with you.-TLOL, that was 2-3 years ago. He's still gonna be a multi plat artist, but if you think his stranglehold on the game is as tight now as it was back then you're trippin.50 is still an icon, but he's not as big as he once was. His name alone on a feature or whatever used to be enough to put it at the top of the chart, but those days are gone. 50 has a lot to prove here. I'm interested to see what he does here.