Ghetto Lenny

4y

How did the Abel flop so bad?

thegreatdivine

4y

“Jesus Is King,” released by Def Jam, had the equivalent of 264,000 sales in the United States in its opening week, including 197 million streams and 109,000 copies sold as a full album, according to Nielsen. Its sales were helped by deals that bundled digital copies of the album with merchandise on West’s website — like a $20 pair of socks and a $170 hoodie — and offered fans early access to tickets for an unspecified “upcoming Kanye West event.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/arts/music/kanye-west-jesus-is-king-billboard.html

Zack From The Six

4y

Now do the ranking with comparable albums. Bet you won't thought because the boy would sit comfortable at the top.

Ghetto Lenny

4y

How did the Abel flop so bad?

mr get dough

4y

L to him that nigga 19 and broke

MyBallsAndMyWord

4y

This is why JIK didn’t sell well

Kanye’s fanbase post 2010 has been overrun by white hipsters. The most dangerous kind of people because they can hide their passive racism behind a thin veneer of faux-progressivism. So there’s two things going on here.

A) they prefer “artsy” hip hop because that is more comfortable for their white, indie music sensibilities. JIK is a raw gospel album - a historically black genre of music - and isn’t quirky enough and doesn’t have any Bon Iver features so naturally they want nothing to do with it. B) Even tho they’ll never admit it, they prefer their black entertainers to be wilding out making fools of themselves - as long as it doesn’t offend their liberal proclivities. They can’t stand seeing a black man search for meaning and positivity in his life. This reaction is further exacerbated because it’s explicitly religious music. I’m an atheist but many of these edgy types think religion is a purely evil thing which can’t possibly be a source for some people to grow, change, and better themselves which is false.

So it’s a combination of casual liberal racism and people simply not being actual hip hop fans (which is a byproduct of said racism)

Dedication 666

4y

your joking but minus the gf part some people really doin this

Zack From The Six

4y

Because the title is factually incorrect. Drake is still the number 1.

Risky

4y

600k to 200k drop in only 9 months, drake fell off lil bro

Dedication 666

4y

your joking but minus the gf part some people really doin this

Dedication 666

4y

im laughin at the ops linkin up 🤣🤣

math fifty

4y

Frat brother, real nigga, that brother

We just upped the score, give me dap, brother

Spirit medium, I don't rap, brother

We headed there now, are you strapped brother?

MyBallsAndMyWord

4y

This is why JIK didn’t sell well

Kanye’s fanbase post 2010 has been overrun by white hipsters. The most dangerous kind of people because they can hide their passive racism behind a thin veneer of faux-progressivism. So there’s two things going on here.

A) they prefer “artsy” hip hop because that is more comfortable for their white, indie music sensibilities. JIK is a raw gospel album - a historically black genre of music - and isn’t quirky enough and doesn’t have any Bon Iver features so naturally they want nothing to do with it. B) Even tho they’ll never admit it, they prefer their black entertainers to be wilding out making fools of themselves - as long as it doesn’t offend their liberal proclivities. They can’t stand seeing a black man search for meaning and positivity in his life. This reaction is further exacerbated because it’s explicitly religious music. I’m an atheist but many of these edgy types think religion is a purely evil thing which can’t possibly be a source for some people to grow, change, and better themselves which is false.

So it’s a combination of casual liberal racism and people simply not being actual hip hop fans (which is a byproduct of said racism)

math fifty

4y

ADMIT IT YOU LOST CACKKK FROM THE SIX

YALL WAS TALKING ALL THAT GOOD S*** NOW ITS NOT COMPARABLE

IS IT OOCHY WALLY OR ONE MIC

Dedication 666

4y

your joking but minus the gf part some people really doin this

Zack From The Six

4y

Nope. CLB was 3 years in the making and his big album. Just like Big Stepper was Kendrick's. 295K vs 613K. We clear.

Hi Roller

4y

drake couldve used that right about now