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J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
« on: October 11, 2011, 06:17:43 AM »
Knew somethin wasnt right bout this generic nigga sellin so much.
 

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Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2011, 08:13:43 AM »
lol you do realize with most rappers their second week sales do drop right?  ::)
 

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Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2011, 08:38:26 AM »
lol you do realize with most rappers their second week sales do drop right?  ::)

Yeah, but I think he's highlighting the dramatic drop-off (as opposed to a gradual tapering off) which probably suggests his label is the one buying the records to begin with, not the general public.
 

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Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2011, 08:58:11 AM »
lol you do realize with most rappers their second week sales do drop right?  ::)

Yeah, but I think he's highlighting the dramatic drop-off (as opposed to a gradual tapering off) which probably suggests his label is the one buying the records to begin with, not the general public.

Yeah, but a dramatic drop off really isn't that rare now
 

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Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2011, 01:36:42 PM »
why is it always the label? do you see some of these nerdy ass fans,especially the ones with chipper jones,they go out and buy 20 copies in shit,and they get they other friends to do it first week,plus the nerds banded together to make this "they" rapper of the moment. these are the kids and younger brothers and younger cousins of the same nerds who felt "hard" cause they bought a west coast album in the 90's, dorks 2.0 yell
 

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Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2011, 01:54:36 PM »
It's pretty standard these days
 

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Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2011, 01:56:06 PM »
Lol, no label buying copies. He sold what he sold. Great first week #s.
 

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Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2011, 03:14:30 PM »
Doesn't iTunes have a pre-order thing where you get the album as soon as you login after it's been released? Many fans probably use that which explains high sales directly after the release.
 

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Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2011, 07:49:28 PM »
Doesn't iTunes have a pre-order thing where you get the album as soon as you login after it's been released? Many fans probably use that which explains high sales directly after the release.

yeah but most rap fans go out and buy the actual physical copy of the CD compared to pop acts which get huge downloads
 

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Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2011, 02:05:56 AM »
It's pretty standard these days

Sums it up nicely...
 

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Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
« Reply #10 on: October 12, 2011, 02:09:14 AM »
 

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Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
« Reply #11 on: October 12, 2011, 08:35:25 AM »
I mean, everybody claims Jay-Z buys his own albums. Why wouldn't Jay-Z buy his new artists album to make him look better?
 

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Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
« Reply #12 on: October 12, 2011, 09:12:18 AM »
I mean, everybody claims Jay-Z buys his own albums. Why wouldn't Jay-Z buy his new artists album to make him look better?

I was about to say this lol but honestly these #s were real I bet cuz I see all over Facebook/Twitter he's got fans taking pics with the album and what not
 

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Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
« Reply #13 on: October 12, 2011, 04:45:28 PM »
I mean, everybody claims Jay-Z buys his own albums. Why wouldn't Jay-Z buy his new artists album to make him look better?

The same reason he never made a video for Renegade. He only wants himself to look good. Renegade as a single with a high budget video (videos were still a big deal back then) would have doubled to tripled the sales of Blueprint, but it also would have made Jay Z look like the second best rapper on his own album.
 

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Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
« Reply #14 on: October 12, 2011, 09:58:07 PM »
 BUYING YOUR OWN ALBUM DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE