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Vigilante:

--- Quote from: Rodney King on July 10, 2003, 06:59:18 PM ---is rakims album going to be a black album?

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then it wont sell at all idiot

West Coast Veteran:

--- Quote from: Scorpion on July 10, 2003, 08:11:24 PM ---I know of 3

Prince had the black album

Metallica had the black album

and the beatles invented it with "the white album".  It was a completely white album, no single to promote it, with the words "the beatles" on it.  That was the first "black album" type album.  

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Metallica had singles though. So I guess it's just Prince and the Beatles who didn't use any promotion whatsoever.

Trauma-san:
The beatles probably promoted it too.  We might be talking about two different things.

In the case of the beatles, and Metallica, it was about just going back to basics, etc.  Instead of all the comercialized b.s., they just called the album "The Beatles" and didn't have a special cover, or anything.  They still wanted to sell, though.. it was just they wanted it to sell on the merit that, it was a Beatles Album.  If you're a beatles fan, buy the album.  It doesn't matter what's on the album, or what the cover looks like, that's not what's selling the album; the only thing selling the album is that it's by The Beatles.  

That's kind of how I take the whole "black album" concept.  

Like if Dr. Dre did a black album, I'd buy it, because you know, without a doubt, if it's a Dre album, it's good.  All you need to know is it's Dr. Dre's.  

So they still Promoted it, they were just making a statement that they didn't need any B.S., it was a beatles album, it was good.  

And they were right!

_That_Cracka_J:

--- Quote from: WestCoastVeteran on July 10, 2003, 08:08:02 PM ---Other than Prince was there anyone else who put out a true Black Album? (Although Prince re-released it 7 years later).

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Dark Lotus - Tales from the Lotus Pod

This was about as "Black" as you can get....no promotion(just word of mouth), no MAJOR music chains carried it and there is no tracklist on it.  Still it was #1 in 2001 on Heatseekers Billboard chart for weeks.

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