Tha Realest new album only sold 172 copies first week?

[RhyanG]

dats what boxden says

[maka12]

thats a shame if thats true, its wanna of the best albums of the year, seem  strange only selling that when death row dayz vol 1 sold 250 copies and that was from ftp...

[Jaydc555]

Goddamn that is bad.It is a good album.But 172 copies?damn

[J.D. Wykid, Esq.]

i wonder how many of those were his own purchases...

[Jaydc555]

LOL no shit.I could release an album tommorow and sell more then that

[krzieg]

shitty deal if its tru.

im sure yukmouth/regime features pay him more,, 

[eNgIeS]

Sorry, i just can never get over the fact he was a pac' biter in the past and for that reason alone i just cant take him serious. I just laugh when I hear his name (mainly coz i have a funny friend who is a fan of his and still being a big 2pac fan at the same time)

Does he still rap like 2Pac? word pronouncations and all?

[outlaw77]

where on boxden does it say this , i looked and i cant find any mention of it.

[thisoneguy360]

Damn Tha Realest obviously isn't well known and gets a lot of hate for swagger jacking Pac but god damn...172 copies?

[eNgIeS]

thats gotta make someone feel like killing themselves

[DTG Entertainment]

WITNESS MY ALBUM NUMBERS! 

Poor Jevon.... 

[OG Hack Wilson]

LOL no shit.I could release an album tommorow and sell more then that

i'd cop it if you had a guest appearance by Crooked 

[EFFeX]

That's what happens with absolutely ZERO promotion. No hate to Tha Realest, but this can't be a surprise.

When was the last time you were outside in the real world and heard someone say, "I'm picking up that Tha Realest album today"?

[Enigma]

100 percent false, though the results were disappointing to say the least.

438 hard copy
507 digital sales
1,278 single song downloads

This is only including major chains/Best Buy and iTunes. This is not yet including Amazon, Mom and Pop shops that put the album on special order, and website preorders. Those will all be factored in eventually, but none the less it was nothing to brag about.

The economy is in a rut right now, nobody buys cd's, this was an independent album release, and on top of that, many of the Best Buys got the album a week late. It's still not an excuse on our behalf.

We weren't expecting anything past a 1000 really for the first week, this is not something we're aiming to be a money making album, maybe just break even. Realest got involved in a real good situation going with Mike Lynn at the end of '08, but the RBC deal was already signed. This helps line us up for that second album. This is more like an album for execs and fans to introduce him musically to the industry, without a Death Row name tag attached. It was also his way of showing that he's got more to him as an artist than just someone with the "Pac stigma."

We've already got bigger situations in line for the second album lined up. The response for the album has been overwhelmingly positive, so we're gonna ride this out and try to have as many fans hear the project, whether they buy it or download it (hopefully they purchase it of course). We're hoping that the music will speak for itself.

[DTG Entertainment]

100 percent false, though the results were disappointing to say the least.

438 hard copy
507 digital sales
1,278 single song downloads

Damn, that sucks. Even though I hate your guts, that's bad on both ends for you guys. At least Realest puts content into his music unlike some other rappers. With the single song downloads put together as a 17 track album and divided it rounds to 75 album sales. The total is 1,020 CD sales is what it is equivalent too including digital sales and hard copy. Damn, that blows.