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All I'm saying is, when some artists into today's game don't sell, people jump all over them for it.I specifically remember people saying Ultimate Victory wasn't good & one of it's reasons was because it didn't sell lol. Same goes for Joe Budden's Padded Room & the Slaughterhouse album. I recall somebody saying it for Jay Rock & Bishop Lamont too. "Oh those guys will never sell".Now Ice Cube drops an album, does awful. A hundred-thousand copies worse than his last album & people are acting like "Oh, no big deal, it's Cube. Cube is the man. Doesn't matter what he does".& I've always had a thing where I feel that people just defend 90's artists for the fact that most of you grew up on it & feel some type of loyalty to it. & loyalty is a form of bias.I'm not saying Cube didn't sell because the album sucks. I'm not denying the fact that he had little to absolutely no promotion. It was set-up to do poor numbers regardless of how good the content was. It's just, people are playing it off like it's "not a big deal" & some people even said those are "good numbers". Where I know for a fact if this was a Game album or Ya Boy or J. Cole & sold 22K copies, people would like "God damn, that's terrible". But Cube gets some legends pass & it disgusts me.
I'm not saying Cube didn't sell because the album sucks. I'm not denying the fact that he had little to absolutely no promotion. It was set-up to do poor numbers regardless of how good the content was.
There was more of a buzz right around the time he dropped "I Rep That West"......think he waited to long to drop the album IMO and the buzz died down
Quote from: Chamillitary Click on October 08, 2010, 06:51:57 PMI'm not saying Cube didn't sell because the album sucks. I'm not denying the fact that he had little to absolutely no promotion. It was set-up to do poor numbers regardless of how good the content was.Ok. I think we are talking about two different issues, so let's go our separate ways in this thread. I'm sorry to bring you into this, because you and I aren't addressing the same topic of conversation. But in response to the part of your post that I quoted above, I am saying Cube's album didn't sell well because the album sucks. Again, he made an album for non-hardcore Cube fans, regardless of the b.s. he says in opposite in interviews. And history shows that if you turn your back on your fanbase, they will turn their backs on you (hello, Snoop).Raw Footage sold ok because it had a great single "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It," which was both sociopolitically-minded and enjoyable. A great single for Cube and one that his fans could support. Laugh Now, Cry Later -- I'm still shocked that that album sold so well. He was lucky to be able to ride the Lil' John gravy train when that fad was in motion. Plus, it had the feel of a comeback, because Cube hadn't dropped an album in a long time, so his fans went out and copped it because they were curious and hungry for new Cube, regardless.I think this idea that an artist needs to have good promotion is anachronistic in this day and age, especially with the Internet. All the Cube fans know that he has an album out called I Am the West. Is there anybody out there who would be a good candidate to buy I am the West but don't know that it exists? I don't think so. I think everybody who would buy the album knows that it exists. The thing is this: In the age of the Internet, good word of mouth is essential. Not everybody is going to take the time to illegally d.l. the album, but nearly everybody has access to the Internet and can read other fans' poor reviews of I am the West when it leaks and conclude they're not going to buy the album as a result.I am the West has bad word of mouth -- that's negative promotion, and that's what has hurt Cube's sales numbers. Again, it comes down to quality. If this were a true album for Cube's hardcore fanbase, word of mouth would spread like wildfire around the Internet and people would go out and buy the album. It's not because of lack of promo that Cube's album isn't selling -- it's because of bad word of mouth due to the album's poor quality.Just my analysis.
All I gotta say is: Cube is outdated.
Quote from: pc8381 on October 09, 2010, 01:41:55 PMAll I gotta say is: Cube is outdated.
An Ice Cube album release used to an epic occasion.I Am The West South : B-budget, cheesy computer beats, dumbed down lyrics.Cube used to take pride in his music, but this was a custard pie in the face of his fans.