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  • May 20, 2022
    quadra

    Uzi doesn't count, bundle era

    nah it does, he did 280k streaming units alone

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  • May 20, 2022

    Kendrick was never what y’all tried to make him be

  • WRF

    5 years gap means sales should get a huge boost

    It can go either way, if he dropped the album in 2019/2020 id almost promise you it would’ve done much better

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    nah you dead gotta be on kendricks bankroll if you're saying 286k with super bowl and five years of anticipation isn't a flop

  • May 20, 2022
    WRF

    im actually disgusted you all thought he would be neck and neck with drake

    no wonder drake raps like he's annoyed all the time

    286k is foul. kenny stans got work to do

    If I were him, I'd be disgusted as well tbh.

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    abel stans so happy kendrick took the flop of the year title from them

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    Skrimps N Grits

    But to be fair though there are 3 good reasons:

    • 5 years after his last one
    • Minimal promo/no single beforehand (I don’t count THP5)
    • Album not appealing as much to mainstream compared to DAMN

    That five years was supposed to work for you not against you

    In 5 years he did nothing but get bigger

    He just did the super bowl three months ago

    He had the black panther soundtrack mad features and a super bowl performance

    I was thinking 500k first week

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    May 20, 2022
    thegreatdivine

    Official numbers aren't even out yet and see how fast the thread is moving. Kendrick please do over 300k come Sunday. I can't save you from the slander if you don't

    no way he does 300k with how bad the stream numbers dropped after the first day lol

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    levii

    nah you dead gotta be on kendricks bankroll if you're saying 286k with super bowl and five years of anticipation isn't a flop

    This was his Super Bowl year too

    S*** smfh

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    Noir

    If Kenny was projected 250k and did 286k that would be great, but 350k down to 286k is terrible

    means way less people are replaying the album than they do with an average album

  • May 20, 2022
    DIKALISM

    I know bro, and I wish kendrick had done a lot more, but I see this with my friends

    they all f*** with kendrick but they dont listen to his music like that

    also all that top 3 bullshit is dumb

    we have ye, drake, future, cole and kendrick all doing great numbers for the streaming era

    aint no such as thing as a top 3, even tho latin music is big right now hiphop still rules this s***

    The game has dramatically changed since DAMN dropped

    300k sounds about right

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    Noir

    If Kenny was projected 250k and did 286k that would be great, but 350k down to 286k is terrible

    400k was the projection

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    Sarpanchsaab

    He didn't use bundles

  • slite


  • We got to shut the site down for a week if Kenny takes an L

  • May 20, 2022

    Anyway this is the sales thread so this is the place to say whatever about it. Definitely peacing out of this goofy s***show though, enjoy.

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    What if Ak got instructed to tweet that so when he does 300K it won't be looked at as the failure that it is?

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    slite


    That account not even a black woman I swear

  • May 20, 2022
    quadra

    I feel like I remember that for him, idk

    Naw only like 10k was physicals rest was streaming

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    Skrimps N Grits

    But to be fair though there are 3 good reasons:

    • 5 years after his last one
    • Minimal promo/no single beforehand (I don’t count THP5)
    • Album not appealing as much to mainstream compared to DAMN

    We pulling the copium out already? Coulda told me.

  • May 20, 2022

    damn huge L

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    quadra

    That account not even a black woman I swear

    blackcatfishing

  • May 20, 2022
    Kween
    https://twitter.com/Akademiks/status/1527749327661285377

  • May 20, 2022

    300s would be fine and about what I expect

    Anything in the 200s is underwhelming for Kendrick

    Oh well, album is still really good and will probably be one of the best selling of the year

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