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DUBCC - Tha Connection => Outbound Connection => Topic started by: STILLDRE IS THE GODFATHER on October 01, 2003, 08:49:57 AM
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OBIE TRICE: he debuted at number 4 selling 255,254 copies
seems dissapointing
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dissapointing?? a year ago nobody knew who that dude was! how can u call this dissapointing? most artist DREAM of sellin even 10,000 the first week obie got 255 he should be hella happy!
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Hell yeah! 255.000+ ... ITS GREAT
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Yeah, that's definitely something to be happy about!
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word for an artist no1 knew about 6 months ago thats is good numbers. hell for the way records are sellin now a days those are good numbers for an established artist
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200-300,000
;)
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With a strong second single, he couls see Platinum by the end of October.
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Damn thats not bad at all!
True bout the record sale slump thing too...
...he will go on to sell much much more i think...
...esp in todays commercial makert given his connections
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Not bad at all, but I also don't think it's great for a dude in his position. With Dre, Em, and 50 all backin' him I would've expected sales to be a bit higher than that. Especially considering the first week sales of both 50's and Em's albums.
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255 thousand is a great sales number. Eminem & 50 and everybody sell much much more, but I think people lose track of just how incredible it is to sell that many cd's. Think about that, you go in the studio, make some music, and 255,000 people enjoy it enough to actually spend 15 bucks on your Cd. That's a hell of an accomplishment.
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That is a helluvalot....for one he's a new artist. Two, he's not gonna sell but so much bein a new artist related to Eminem comin right after 50. Three, he didn't have near the publicity 50 had. 50 had two catchy ass singles to help him sell. Got some teeth is fair, a lotta people think it sucks tho. Also, Obie doesn't really have that commercial appeal as Em or 50. Then too, Joe Budden got way more promotion that Obie, and he only sold 80,000 his first week. And everybody at my school has this shit bootleg but barely any of em bought it. So goin silver his first week is a helluva accomplishment if u ask me.
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Pretty good for Obie... Pick a good second single and you got a gold record. He might maybe, just maybe, go platinum eventually if they market him right - have the right singles, make appearances at the right places with the right people...
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Congrats to him.
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just a question, how did they release this album, and droped ra ( i think they really dindt, but it will unfold), cause u know ra would have sold at lease 150-200 in his first week, so why they drop him but release obie???
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Dam, I was expecting him to go gold first week out, oh well...250,000+ ain't that bad...that's about what Ja Rule sold first week with his last album...
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Dam, I was expecting him to go gold first week out, oh well...250,000+ ain't that bad...that's about what Ja Rule sold first week with his last album...
haha....ja went platinum didn't he?
well my predictions of 500K was off...but 250K is good...especially with a single like got some teeth (which wasn't that good)....anyone know what the next single will be (probably one of eminem's or one with nate dogg)
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Dam, I was expecting him to go gold first week out, oh well...250,000+ ain't that bad...that's about what Ja Rule sold first week with his last album...
haha....ja went platinum didn't he?
well my predictions of 500K was off...but 250K is good...especially with a single like got some teeth (which wasn't that good)....anyone know what the next single will be (probably one of eminem's or one with nate dogg)
I think Ja eventually Went 2x platinum...
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dissapointing?? a year ago nobody knew who that dude was! how can u call this dissapointing? most artist DREAM of sellin even 10,000 the first week obie got 255 he should be hella happy!
Word.
You can't expect much more than 250K with a rather weak first single..
With 250 the first week, he's already guaranteed platinum more or less, and that's not bad at all from a rapper from Detroit.
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I knew Obie would struggle to sell big on his first week
cause he is following up to 50's album and that is a bit
of a challenge. Also I would think of promotion could be
a factor aswell cause I only knew Obies release date
was because of this site, there was hardly any promo
of it over here in the UK man they still promoting 50's
album and that came out in Feb'
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those are dope numbers , i mean Obie has less main stream apeal than 50 and Em ,had less promotion and a weak/average single
Obie's album was great by the way
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obies album debut was great sales wise........not many new cats sell this much with their 1st week sales being new, his gone def go plat now........but i dont think they promoted him well at all, jus promoted him by mentionin eminem and those gold tickets.............plus i doubt theyd want him to get as big as 50, they would want him to be big, jus not as big.........plus he doesnt appeal worldwide as much, 50 got alot mo about him....even if his lyrics aint anythin special
peace
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Thats pretty good for Obie's first week IMO.....He outsold people like Snoop, Busta Rhymes and Fat Joe's first week sales.....
All you gotta do is be down with Eminem nowadays and your guaranteed to push mad units.
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and that's not bad at all from a rapper from Detroit.
It's not bad for any rapper from anywhere. Hell, with that first single that he released I'm suprised it sold that much. Dope song, but it's not exactly club or radio material. Plus, you know since Eminem is Willy Wonka now, people are buying the album in hopes they will get that golden ticket.
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and that's not bad at all from a rapper from Detroit.
It's not bad for any rapper from anywhere. Hell, with that first single that he released I'm suprised it sold that much. Dope song, but it's not exactly club or radio material. Plus, you know since Eminem is Willy Wonka now, people are buying the album in hopes they will get that golden ticket.
word.
LoL @ Willy Wonka.