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people just lost interest really, it's the same thing that's gonna happen for "Detox" too (trust me when i say Interscope will be buying records).
Quote from: Hollywood Bilderberg Group™ on September 09, 2011, 10:41:56 AMpeople just lost interest really, it's the same thing that's gonna happen for "Detox" too (trust me when i say Interscope will be buying records). How does it benefit Interscope or anyone involved with Detox for them to buy their own albums? It seems like people are so stuck on these cool little theories that they never allow logic to slip in and say, "Hey. Why would this make sense?".
Quote from: Jimmy H. on September 09, 2011, 01:27:19 PMQuote from: Hollywood Bilderberg Group™ on September 09, 2011, 10:41:56 AMpeople just lost interest really, it's the same thing that's gonna happen for "Detox" too (trust me when i say Interscope will be buying records). How does it benefit Interscope or anyone involved with Detox for them to buy their own albums? It seems like people are so stuck on these cool little theories that they never allow logic to slip in and say, "Hey. Why would this make sense?". its like the illuminati, cats get to caught up in conspiracies they cant prove...
people just lost interest really, it's the same thing that's gonna happen for "Detox" too (trust me when i say Interscope will be buying records). after a while it's "ehh", i'll download it but i'm not gonna buy it. "when the sun comes up" was a pretty good single, i don't know why y'all are co-signing "certified" just becuz Akon was on tha single. that "mack and malone" album reached it's full potential in my eyes. it really couldn't have done any better than what it did and what it did wasn't a bad in my eyes.and last, why doesn't everybody come to terms with reality. if your shit is on the internet then it's as exposed and promoted as it's gonna be, why niggaz still act like all u need is a prime time spot on tv and the rush hour traffic radio spot is backwards thinking. fact is if your shit on here (somewhat but barely), ahh, sohh, wshh, hhdx, rrt, and Sucker Free Sunday, then your shit is pretty much promoted to it's full potential. people spend more time on the computer/phone then they do watching tv and listening to tha radio. i think some of yall let Young Money/Brick Squad/and the South in general intimidate yall a little too much. i know they kinda have a SLIGHT advantage but at the end of tha day nobody can say that they cheated (aside from Wayne getting 18 nominations this year at tha Hip Hop Awards - nonsense). at the end of tha day if you don't have that "it" factor then you can't blame people for not buying your music (that doesn't mean that people don't support your movement). 4 most Rap music/music is an expensive hobby, for others it's a career. it's a cop out when somebody new drops an album and doesn't do as well as they expected. that's why i always try 2 put my personal feelings aside when i talk about shit like this. with that said i still fuck with Glasses Malone. he should've struck the iron back in 06' when he was hot and relevant but "you live and you learn". They just released his album so he could get free from his contract (and since Ca$h Money never held anybody back really, they just let him do him). and u can say pretty much tha same thing for WideAwake/Death Row. the only difference is that they're a "collector's memorabilia" label so it's not really in tha same category as a new artist.
High first week sales create a buzz, that people buy into. The backward logic been its selling well so it must be good. So more people end up buying it because they think its hot.
but you're pretty gullable and misinformed if u believe companies don't put their own stock into their own products, that's Business Management 102.
but whatever though, trying to tell people time and time again that their judgement is a little clouded and misguided is kinda old. everybody wants to be right and nobody wants to wrong or told something different. at the end of tha day if you can't at least admit that companies try 2 boost their own stock (which is smart/common sense) then you're a fool and shouldn't be trying to tell anybody about the politics of business.
Quote from: Hollywood Bilderberg Group™ on September 09, 2011, 02:24:53 PMbut you're pretty gullable and misinformed if u believe companies don't put their own stock into their own products, that's Business Management 102. Alright. Tell you what. Try raising stock in your company by spending retail price on something you're making wholesale profit. This is called "basic math". Every copy of a CD that the label buys is anywhere from three to five dollars out of their pocket versus if it sells on its own, they are making anywhere from seven to nine dollars profit. In order to boost record sales to that degree, that's a lot of fucking money. Quote from: Hollywood Bilderberg Group™ on September 09, 2011, 02:24:53 PMbut whatever though, trying to tell people time and time again that their judgement is a little clouded and misguided is kinda old. everybody wants to be right and nobody wants to wrong or told something different. at the end of tha day if you can't at least admit that companies try 2 boost their own stock (which is smart/common sense) then you're a fool and shouldn't be trying to tell anybody about the politics of business. It is common sense to think a company wants to boost their own stock. Perhaps if you weren't so concerned with talking ABOVE me, instead of actually listening to what I'm saying, you would have figured out that that wasn't what I was getting at. Yes, a company wants to increase its stock. Buying back your own product doesn't equal profits. It equals loss. Quote from: KURUPTION-81 on September 10, 2011, 02:05:33 AMHigh first week sales create a buzz, that people buy into. The backward logic been its selling well so it must be good. So more people end up buying it because they think its hot. Game had the #1 album in the country, last week. His sales took a considerable slip, this week. In some cases, (read: Kanye vs. 50 sales match in '07), it would make sense for the labels to want to help inflate the sales but to just throw out the "record labels is buying them" argument at the drop of a hat is contuining to dumb down the argument. And this is the specific problem I have. Nobody wants to think on their own. They want to latch on to a popular theory and throw it out whenever they feel like it. Buying your own product back at retail price after you sell it wholesale doesn't increase your stock. And it's a ridicilously-high gamble if there isn't something that is actually creating interest beyond that. For example, you look at Game's marketing move with offering Twitter follows to people who buy two copies of his album or whatever it was. On paper, it seems like a good way to inflate his sales but in the long run, all it basically does is give him a strong first week. He hasn't actually created larger interest or awareness in the product, he's simply found a gimmick to make the same people who were already aware and interested buy it again.
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