It's May 24, 2024, 06:51:20 PM
shit, little things like adding 187 after lil ghetto boy as it was originally sequenced.
people on here are acting like the general public looked into the release and saw that it wasn't satisfactory but if it were done better people would care. only a niche of g-funk nerds are going to give two shits about a reremastered album and some completely random bonus tracks. this was a release destined to fail. i really don't think anything they're going to release is going to do that well. the general public like snoop but they want his new single not some ancient ass album.
Quote from: 3331 on September 11, 2009, 04:18:53 PMpeople on here are acting like the general public looked into the release and saw that it wasn't satisfactory but if it were done better people would care. only a niche of g-funk nerds are going to give two shits about a reremastered album and some completely random bonus tracks. this was a release destined to fail. i really don't think anything they're going to release is going to do that well. the general public like snoop but they want his new single not some ancient ass album. Quality of the product will always affect sales to some degree. But I agree with your general statement that none of these releases will probably do big numbers. I don't think the general public didn't buy it because they found it unsatisfactory. I think that overall, the general public didn't even know this release existed (and probably still doesn't).
My prediction: 20,000 copiesIf this release busts, why would this company continue to release albums and take a loss? They aren't even making enough money to pay back the printing machines on Chronic Re-Lit. They should just put the whole catalog online for digital 99 cent downloads if this release flops.
Quote from: love33 on September 11, 2009, 07:41:14 PMMy prediction: 20,000 copiesIf this release busts, why would this company continue to release albums and take a loss? They aren't even making enough money to pay back the printing machines on Chronic Re-Lit. They should just put the whole catalog online for digital 99 cent downloads if this release flops. But how is 20,000 copies a bust? I doubt they're spending millions of dollars to master and press these things. This isn't like an active record label where they have to recoup artist expenses, music videos, concerts, and promotional appearances. As I said previously, they'd probably be losing more money by not captalizing on their inventory. They're gonna be perfectly alright regardless. They own the entire Death Row catalog! That means that any time that music from The Chronic, Doggystyle, All Eyez On Me, etc. is played on the radio, used in a movie, sampled by an artist, they will get paid. Even if the entire CD-buying community dissapears, the music itself will still be valuable. Look at it like this. The offices of Ruthless Records are still open and when was the last time they put out anything but Eazy or Bone Thugs vault material or repackaged catalog music?