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Quote from: Pissin' On The Throne on June 06, 2007, 05:14:17 AM^it didn´t sell that much at first? it went platinum in 2 weeks. and since Buck said that Game´s album flopped(it´s platinum)then this would have to be some sort of ultra flop.owned
^it didn´t sell that much at first? it went platinum in 2 weeks. and since Buck said that Game´s album flopped(it´s platinum)then this would have to be some sort of ultra flop.
QuoteAnd on a sidenote, you shouldn't look at sales, Dr. Dre's 2001 didn't sell that much either it's first weeks, it took him a while to go platinum, there's many more examples but i'm too lazy to think of them and type them. But 2001 is considered (still) a very good album nowadays, so when this was 1999 and we said 2001 ain't sold shit, would everyone claim it is bad? Hell no, fuck off with these stupid comments.2001 sold 6 million copies (http://www.riaa.com/gp/bestsellers/topalbums.asp) in States and Buck's album sold only 320K~. I don't know how long it took from 2001 to go plat but sure it did go fast because it has sold 6 mill in overall. Buck The World can go plat but I believe that it will take much more than a decade to achieve it.
And on a sidenote, you shouldn't look at sales, Dr. Dre's 2001 didn't sell that much either it's first weeks, it took him a while to go platinum, there's many more examples but i'm too lazy to think of them and type them. But 2001 is considered (still) a very good album nowadays, so when this was 1999 and we said 2001 ain't sold shit, would everyone claim it is bad? Hell no, fuck off with these stupid comments.
Quote from: GimmeYourShoes on June 06, 2007, 04:01:47 AMQuoteAnd on a sidenote, you shouldn't look at sales, Dr. Dre's 2001 didn't sell that much either it's first weeks, it took him a while to go platinum, there's many more examples but i'm too lazy to think of them and type them. But 2001 is considered (still) a very good album nowadays, so when this was 1999 and we said 2001 ain't sold shit, would everyone claim it is bad? Hell no, fuck off with these stupid comments.2001 sold 6 million copies (http://www.riaa.com/gp/bestsellers/topalbums.asp) in States and Buck's album sold only 320K~. I don't know how long it took from 2001 to go plat but sure it did go fast because it has sold 6 mill in overall. Buck The World can go plat but I believe that it will take much more than a decade to achieve it.If you check RIAA, "2001" was certified Gold, Plat, and 2x Plat on January 11, 2000, which was 2 months after it came out. That doesn't mean it took 2 months to sell 2 million copies, just that those are the dates when the RIAA got around to certifying it (they don't always do it instantly). That being said, I remember when "2001" came out, "Still D.R.E." was such a massive hit that I know it must have had a huge first-week debut. I don't think it was slow to sell at all.As far as Buck's album goes, if he did sell 350K (going by other people's info), that doesn't seem so bad in this day and age. Let's face it...NOBODY is selling anymore. The days when you were guaranteed a Gold or even Platinum album just by being affiliated with a superstar rapper like 50 are long over. In that respect, I think Buck is doing decently by 2007 standards.
Ok, that seems correct, i don't think the RIAA would lie, plus if you consider the sales in the rest of the world then you would be over 3 platinum at least. So yeah, my bad.But my point was, if an album sells or not, it should not be necessary to have a good album. Quality music is NOT sales, those are 2 different things.
BTW somebody said Game went plat, think again. Last time he was in the top 200 he was at 899,238, and that was April 5th and on April 18th he was off the top 200.