You're proving MY point... They tried to use the Nas rift to generate intrest for
HipHopDoc09 wrote:
Originally Posted by THE FAME
Exactly.
Dude put up damn near 200,000 first week.
I atleast see this album going Gold.
cartune wrote:
who's denying Jay or anybody else in the industry uses publicity stunts to sell records? 50 does it and still loses. He took 2 Ls in a row.
What are these L's we speak of?
He lost to Kanye in the midst of the biggest publicity stunt in hip hop history
and yea 50 certainly lost with this release
as hard as he was goin with the "beefs" and the "dissin" everything from Ross, Joe, Game, Buck, Jay, and everything else and STILL only sold that much....yea he lost miserably
1.) That was obviously a publcity stunt that they both were in on.
Not a beef or even much of a competition.
I mean how can you compare 50 and Kanye?
Exactly.
They both sold a combined 1,622,000 albums in the first week. (during a time of slumping album sales)
That was a cerfitied W for the both of them.
*Curtis also took the highest Eastcoast rapper sales week record from none other than Jay's returning album "Kingdom come"
2.) 50 cent knew his hype was dying and his reign as a solo artist was slowing down.
Hence the album title, low budget videos, early leak, lack of promo, and the album only consiting of 3 features.
This cat is a business man to the fullest. You think this suprised him the least of bit?
If we sensed it in these pass few months, this guy sensed it 2 years ago.
200,000 first week sales for a dying artist of his stature is a dissapointment to some,
but another sly win for 50.
50 leaves the game at his lowest peak still putting up "Deeper than Rap" Numbers.
Lets see if Ross can do that.
You can either play this game by numbers or by emotions.
"Curtis" won in the stock, "BISD" gave his fans what they wanted and took some final shots.
.Raekwon can go back and do OB4CL2 in 2009 because he has the lyrical ability to reminisce and retell his story and how it got him to where he isnow..50 says he went back to GRODT style of music so he can try to save face. He shouldn't have to tell us he is trying to get that energy back...we needto feel it.Originally Posted by ninjahood
anyone that says blueprint 3 is better then before i self destruct doesn't know hiphop.
only built for cuban linx 2 is widely regarded as superior to BP3 yet raekwon took it back to 95, yet when 50 cent brings it back to early in his career he's "not progressin"
stans love havin it both ways..unfortunately blueprint 3 holds no water, it da weakest outta all da blueprints, its pretty much on par with kingdom come which was zzzzzz too.
he madOriginally Posted by GTEK
Really fam?
Jay is that serious?
Originally Posted by GTEK
Really fam?
Jay is that serious?
