How well will Rakim sell?

[_That_Cracka_J]

Really, how well do you think this will do?  I don't think it will do as good as everybody thinks....I'm not taking away anything from the album, cause I'm sure it'll be tight, but I'll bet a lotta people don't even know who Rakim is!  Believe it or not, there's a lotta people that don't know Jay Z's/Beyonce's "Me & my girlfriend" is a remake!!!

[pappy]

ra will go plat nothing more an nothing less.  all hip hop heads will buy it an some sales will come off of the teeny boppers an ra's affliation with dre who is affiliated with em.  some peeps thinkin hes goin go like 5x plat

[The Watcher]

after hearing how interscope want Rakim to do a 'gangsta' album like 50 cent .. im not looking too forward to it,i dont want Ra doin a 50cent impersonation

[KVB]

Well it depends on the promotion, but anything less than platinum will be a huge suprise. All real hip-hop heads should buy this album, and with a catchy single (i.e. 50 Cent's "In Da Club") the teenyboppers will eventually catch on and push it to multi-platinum status. Rakim is not as marketable and charismatic an artist as 50, though, so we'll see.

[js83]

no more then 1 mill...unless one of his singles gonna feature, dre, em, or 50...

[West Coast Veteran]

18th Letter went platinum. With Dre backing this album up and the amount of hype surrounding it I am sure Ra will have another platinum plaque on his hands.

[Reef]

Rakim is not as marketable and charismatic an artist as 50, though, so we'll see.

True, true... but like you said all i think he needs is a catchy single like In Da Club.. and it could push the album to platinium status.

Anyone who is a fan of hiphop should cop this album. Anyone who claims to be a fan and doesnt should be ashamed..  

[Don Jacob]

i say double platnum

[CharlieBrown]

I reckon it will go double platinum in maybe 2-3 months.

[T-Dogg]

We'll see when it comes out. It's impossible to predict.

[LyRiCaL_G]

i think it'l sell aight, less ppl buy albums now but since its on aftermath and they'll have a dope first single most likely, it'l go platinum, hopefully even mo....

[T.J.]

platinum.... but it will take a while to get there.

[E. J. Rizo]

3x plat

[white Boy]

yo, if people seriously buy it , instead of downloading it, it will sell a lot, i will deff buy it, and i havent bought an album in a wile

[LyRiCaL_G]

^^word this gon be the first joint i buy in since snoops album i think

damn