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Title: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
Post by: BiggSadot on October 11, 2011, 06:17:43 AM
Knew somethin wasnt right bout this generic nigga sellin so much.
Title: Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
Post by: Black Friday on October 11, 2011, 08:13:43 AM
lol you do realize with most rappers their second week sales do drop right?  ::)
Title: Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
Post by: Efrain 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.
Title: Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
Post by: Black Friday 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
Title: Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
Post by: BOX5 the best poster on this site yell 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
Title: Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
Post by: OG Jaydc on October 11, 2011, 01:54:36 PM
It's pretty standard these days
Title: Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
Post by: Lunatic on October 11, 2011, 01:56:06 PM
Lol, no label buying copies. He sold what he sold. Great first week #s.
Title: Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
Post by: Lil Sleazy 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.
Title: Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
Post by: HighEyeCue 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
Title: Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
Post by: MistaNova on October 12, 2011, 02:05:56 AM
It's pretty standard these days

Sums it up nicely...
Title: Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
Post by: K.Dub on October 12, 2011, 02:09:14 AM
It's pretty standard these days
Title: Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
Post by: Chamillitary Click 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?
Title: Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
Post by: Blood$ 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
Title: Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
Post by: Shallow 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.
Title: Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
Post by: Action! on October 12, 2011, 09:58:07 PM
 BUYING YOUR OWN ALBUM DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE
Title: Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
Post by: BOX5 the best poster on this site yell on October 13, 2011, 12:03:57 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
^^^^exactly yell
Title: Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
Post by: K.Dub on October 13, 2011, 12:11:23 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?

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.

True story
Title: Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
Post by: dubsmith_nz on October 13, 2011, 12:44:35 AM
People act like this doesn't happen with every rapper out these days? Commercial or Underground. Game is struggling to stay on the charts and Evidence went AWOL after 1 week.
Title: Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
Post by: ABN on October 13, 2011, 01:32:46 AM
lol at people thinking labels are buying their own shit. so a label would spend more money then their getting to boost the numbers? y´all motherfuckers are retarded if you believe that shit. let´s spend 15 bucks when we´re only making 8 bucks of each cd, yeah right.....
Title: Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
Post by: Chamillitary Click on October 13, 2011, 11:25:01 AM
I brought up buying your own albums. However, all I pointed out was people have been saying for years that Jay has been buying his own albums. Logically those same people would have to believe Jay buys his artists albums.

However, like ABN mathematically explained above, it just doesn't make sense to buy your own albums lol.
Title: Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
Post by: GangstaBoogy on October 13, 2011, 08:23:39 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

Not true at all. Rap fans dont buy shit.
Title: Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
Post by: K.Dub on October 14, 2011, 06:37:06 AM
Copped my copy today 8)
Title: Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
Post by: BiggSadot on October 14, 2011, 09:21:54 AM
Why is it hard to believe? These labels know peer pressure works and that if enough people say its hot other mufuccas who disagree will eventually give in in order to not look like outcasts or weirdos. I seen Lil Wayne go from bein nothin to hailed as the greatest rapper on earth with this shit right here. Its brainwashing.
Title: Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
Post by: friscoliving on October 14, 2011, 12:39:44 PM
j cole has a big fan base. Not hard to believe they all went out and supported his album in the first week.
Title: Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
Post by: 13th Duke on October 14, 2011, 05:01:39 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.

Or maybe its because Girls, Girls, Girls, H.O.V.A and the other singles all had a less dark and more radio friendly sound. Therefore he made video for the songs that would work as chart singles.
Title: Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
Post by: OG Jaydc on October 14, 2011, 05:38:08 PM
Uhhh what about song cry then? Lol
Title: Re: J. Cole album sales to drop 75 % in second week
Post by: 13th Duke on October 15, 2011, 06:29:43 PM
Uhhh what about song cry then? Lol

what about it? That song has a very mainstream chorus sample that works on the radio as its accessible. If anything you've just proved the point even further.