Kanye West's 'Yeezus' Is Certified Platinum
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Yea that's bullshit. He has SHIPPED platinum. He hasn't sold it. J. Cole has sold more records than him.
But shit props on getting shipped platinum though. I didn't even think that would happen. There's no doubt in my mind he's a platinum seller. He should take the traditional route next time and actually promote the album with videos and radio. Unless he likes selling 600,000 records as opposed to 1.5 million.
But shit props on getting shipped platinum though. I didn't even think that would happen. There's no doubt in my mind he's a platinum seller. He should take the traditional route next time and actually promote the album with videos and radio. Unless he likes selling 600,000 records as opposed to 1.5 million.
Yeah I'm not hating on the Brotha but I though he sold under 700k?
Props to him if true
Yea he sold like 630,000 thus far. The label just overshipped the album. He got certified based on Def Jam shipping out 1 million + copies. The article I guess makes it seems like he sold 1 million. I haven't seen it recently but two weeks ago J. Cole was outselling him by about 40 or 50,000 records. But Roc Nation/Columbia wouldn't dare ship out 1 million for J. Cole. In part that's why Def Jam is always in the red on their albums. Always over-budgeting albums and mismanaging releases.
Sheeeiit I'm about to drop my album and ship a million, that'll create a huge buzz!
Sheeeiit I'm about to drop my album and ship a million, that'll create a huge buzz!
Def Jam did that shit with Juelz Santana too.
Cat sold like 500,000 and they shipped 1 million. And they wonder why they be struggling with making money. You overshipping albums. Had Juelz getting certified platinum at like 500,000. That cat ain't selling nowhere near 1 million. He'll be lucky to do another 100k. By the time he gets to that 100k he's gonna be dropping another album or Good Music compilation. But yea with his tour and publicity he's always getting he'll be doing 3 or 4k a week for sometime.
that's why I'm impressed with his numbers...
I thought the Kim K stuff would hurt him and the tantrums but with ALL that he still did more then solid numbers.
And 3 yeas from now I think the songs off yeezus will be much more memorable then anything J. cole has on his last album.
I personally like Jermaine's album better and thought it had more commercial appeal than that Yeezus so it doesn't shock me he outsold him.
But you right. I see this as Kanye doing 600k with no radio promo. No video promo. Any promo he got was from some kind of publicity stunt like showing the videos on buildings in select cities and the whole Kim K shit.
As someone who follows sells no one should be disappointed in them sells. I'm not sure how Kanye and his label feel but without knowing the budget? Those are some damn good numbers. With promo he would've easily sold 1 million plus.
white folks must like that album.
good for Kanye and his family
good for Kanye and his family
* boom
album was wack
WACKx1000!
A telling factor was Kendrick Lamar who had sold like 1.3 million at the time was opening up for Kanye who is over here at 600k.
That tells you all you need to know about his popularity. 
Wasn't one of the best
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That's the purpose of a tour.
A telling factor was Kendrick Lamar who had sold like 1.3 million at the time was opening up for Kanye who is over here at 600k.
Wow! Now this is crazy. But go head and elaborate on this because like I said this is crazy.
How are you the opening act for a dude but sell more records than he does?
But yeah like Zo Williams says "Go deeper."
kanye can do a 4hr+ show with his music and hits. plus kanye is just the bigger star. kendricks next album can do 300k and nobody will be surprised.
isnt that the point tho?
Yeah that's true. He is a way bigger star with a full catalog even if his latest album flops or stinks up the joint. Plenty of huge superstar artists have done the exact same thing. Nobody wants to hear their new stuff which may be complete crap or may have some hidden gems. Everybody wants to hear their old favorites.
Yeah that makes sense.
its not exactly the same but on a higher level you have the rollingstones who hadnt had a hit in years but still make 300million a year touring.
Perfect is subjective. What does a perfect album mean to you?
perfect is subjective but im sure we all can find some albums we personally think are perfect, i have many, hip hop being the main genre
exactly i remember 50 said something like if you make the albums for yourself keep that that shit home. and thats basically what kanye did made a album that he should have kept in the studio
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exactly i remember 50 said something like if you make the albums for yourself keep that that shit home. and thats basically what kanye did made a album that he should have kept in the studio
Its been getting rave reviews and "Album of the Year" nods. It is what it is. I get why people didn't like it. I didn't either. But then I gave it a few more listens. The album is solid. Maybe even before its time. That's how I felt about Love Below from 3 Stacks. Its something that will be appreciated later on down the road.
Well what I was saying is that while Kendrick is a higher seller....Kanye is the bigger draw. Kanye is known more worldwide. Known in far more households than Kendrick. Kanye is the name that's more expected to draw the casual fan as opposed to Kendrick who's going to draw the hip hop heads.
That's not how it should be IMO. If I were Kendrick I wouldn't have opened up for him. I wouldn't have went on tour with him but it was a great move for Kendrick.
I liked it but the shit is overrated. Some good tracks, some bad tracks, not one great track. Far, far from classic. Fell out of my rotation quickly.
Yeah I got it. Kendrick can still get some shine some pub and some promo from a high profile tour like that too. Either way Kendrick aint losing. Wise move on his part.
album was wack
As fuck. forgettable from track one to the end. I should just say the hell with it and put out a country album. Darius Rucker ain't the only one
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