People don’t even know how to download a leak these days. I don’t see how it could mess up sales in any real way.

Cole's didn't

They don't need to. Random fan IG/Twitter fan pages will post the leaks

They were? It was a drawn out multi-year rollout

Must have not been born for Kanye vs 50

That's what matters most

But that was manufactured by them and made clear they were going head to head, everybody else fighting a one sided battle with those first week sales and just calling the music classic based on the numbers and not the quality

Part of me loves the silence rn but the other part wants s*** leading up. Either way, another classic imminent

Idk why we are acting like first week numbers dont/have never/will never matter. It has mattered insanely to all these artists since forever. They all rap about it, brag about it, strive for it. Kendrick was crying to LA for them not buying enough. First week sales matter lol

no clues or ig head shots for us today papi

I think we’ll get some promo stuff this week. Whether that’s episode 4 or cryptic posts/cover etc

Hoping we get a banger cover

@mjpplus STAY ON THAT SIDE. But potentially good news.

Octavian in the cut so them beats about to slap

Since streaming happened it’s mattered much less, and just personally, the older I got, who really gives a s***? Sales are cool when accompanied by great quality, if the album is ass tho numbers dont mean s*** at all

You think they all strive for first week success? I think the good ones strive for long term success personally, and that doesn’t always look like huge first week sales

AND THIS SUMMER IM SO FOCUSED

Yeah that was super impressive

I’m not talking about your old ass caring about them or even me. But to say these artists don’t care about first week numbers is hilarious

When @BAMSKI_backshots gets banned 2 mins after the album comes out

The convo was about ppl in general, im sure an artist like Drake cares a lot, we seen it from the IG tantrum after not going number 1

crine

And we saw Kendrick cry to LA. They all care. But we weren’t talking about going number 1 on a song so nice deflection there