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Kendrick Lamars Album GKMC is supposed to be some critically acclaimed masterpiece within the industry but barely sold jackshit, even with the so called Aftermath Hype Machine behind hiim his sales were kind of crappy imo. Wiz Khalifa had that Massive Hit in Black and Yellow, you literally couldn't go anywhere without hearing it, but even Rolling Papers sold less.
Quote from: Blasphemy (A) on November 04, 2012, 03:17:44 AMKendrick Lamars Album GKMC is supposed to be some critically acclaimed masterpiece within the industry but barely sold jackshit, even with the so called Aftermath Hype Machine behind hiim his sales were kind of crappy imo. Wiz Khalifa had that Massive Hit in Black and Yellow, you literally couldn't go anywhere without hearing it, but even Rolling Papers sold less. huh? he sold 250,000 in the first week.....thats pretty damn good
Quote from: NIKCC on November 04, 2012, 01:28:16 PMQuote from: Blasphemy (A) on November 04, 2012, 03:17:44 AMKendrick Lamars Album GKMC is supposed to be some critically acclaimed masterpiece within the industry but barely sold jackshit, even with the so called Aftermath Hype Machine behind hiim his sales were kind of crappy imo. Wiz Khalifa had that Massive Hit in Black and Yellow, you literally couldn't go anywhere without hearing it, but even Rolling Papers sold less. huh? he sold 250,000 in the first week.....thats pretty damn good That's probably what's even worse, because you have this Highly Critically Acclaimed album (which has been deemed so by industry insiders), Supposedly 1 of the More Hyped artist of 2012, The Backing of a major if not the biggest rap power house of the 2000s, Including Interscope, The Back of Dr. Dre, the Co-Signing of nearly every rapper in the game, and you didn't even go Gold? The Fact that the Industry/Fans accept these numbers as acceptable or even good, isn't good for the industry standard. I know their are tons of Factors to take in, but again imo This is part of the declining in quality part. The Rap industry needs a injection of creativity, and most of all creditability (AGAIN this probably only Genre were that word needs to be mentioned). No Fan respects the majority of these new artist. Their Style, Their Image, how they portray themselves as ignorant, petty, and most of all stupid even outside of their musical Persona. The 80s, 90s and 2000s the Artist were Articulate, they could provide pro-founding insight, into the reasons they made their record the way they did, They made fans think and have earned the respect towards them. They didn't go off like retards off bullshit, expecting to be automatically respected and worshiped with blinders on and then throw a bitch fit when people talk about how crappy they music is. Outside of a Few MCs, the majority of this next generation is crap imo. But I can't just blame the groups or the labels, It's like a Cycle of Violence one effects the other and it just continues to spiral.
Quote from: Blasphemy (A) on November 05, 2012, 02:35:05 AMQuote from: NIKCC on November 04, 2012, 01:28:16 PMQuote from: Blasphemy (A) on November 04, 2012, 03:17:44 AMKendrick Lamars Album GKMC is supposed to be some critically acclaimed masterpiece within the industry but barely sold jackshit, even with the so called Aftermath Hype Machine behind hiim his sales were kind of crappy imo. Wiz Khalifa had that Massive Hit in Black and Yellow, you literally couldn't go anywhere without hearing it, but even Rolling Papers sold less. huh? he sold 250,000 in the first week.....thats pretty damn good That's probably what's even worse, because you have this Highly Critically Acclaimed album (which has been deemed so by industry insiders), Supposedly 1 of the More Hyped artist of 2012, The Backing of a major if not the biggest rap power house of the 2000s, Including Interscope, The Back of Dr. Dre, the Co-Signing of nearly every rapper in the game, and you didn't even go Gold? The Fact that the Industry/Fans accept these numbers as acceptable or even good, isn't good for the industry standard. I know their are tons of Factors to take in, but again imo This is part of the declining in quality part. The Rap industry needs a injection of creativity, and most of all creditability (AGAIN this probably only Genre were that word needs to be mentioned). No Fan respects the majority of these new artist. Their Style, Their Image, how they portray themselves as ignorant, petty, and most of all stupid even outside of their musical Persona. The 80s, 90s and 2000s the Artist were Articulate, they could provide pro-founding insight, into the reasons they made their record the way they did, They made fans think and have earned the respect towards them. They didn't go off like retards off bullshit, expecting to be automatically respected and worshiped with blinders on and then throw a bitch fit when people talk about how crappy they music is. Outside of a Few MCs, the majority of this next generation is crap imo. But I can't just blame the groups or the labels, It's like a Cycle of Violence one effects the other and it just continues to spiral. 250 in the first week woulda been good in 2001...nowadays, it's just great. rap albums rarrrrely go gold in the first week. kendrick is not a household name, theres no chance he goes gold in 1 week lol. now, the album will go platinum, which is definitely a success....but i see what ur saying, numbers are down. but xzibit woulda been a better example. he sold 3,200 in the first week after coming out with his best album in over 10 years.