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Who favorited?The Top Ten Flops Of 07 Part 2!
by on January 1st, 2008
Alright, People you know what it is.. I got the rest of the countdown right here, ready for the presses. I read some of y’all responses and I notice some of y’all (Just one dude) complained about the exposure of the artists that were in the first part. Thing is.. That was the first part. Here’s comes the brand new flava in ya ear.
MIMS, Rich Boy, Kia Shine, Souljah Boy, Playaz Circle, And Hurricane Chris all bursts into the since this year, as rookies in the game(That can easily get crushed by the Sophomores this year). They had the radio, clubs, television, and your female’s phone on locked. While it was all good for the one or two songs they brought to the public, it really didn’t go for much of anything. You saw more of their albums on the shelves than the YouTube clip of Cam’ron talking about the pool in the background. Now it’s a Where’s Waldo 24/7 when it comes to some of these rappers.. When was the last time you heard of MIMS, Rich Boy and Shine? But luckily for all of us they’ll be gone as soon as they came; and then we’ll have room for real Hip-Hop. Oh just a note: The highest selling rapper of these artists was Rich Boy. (I can’t even lie about this one; He shouldn’t even be included seeing how he went Gold and so as Souljah Boy but I’m just talking Ringtone rappers in general. MIMS sold 300,000+, but he just hit that number.. Sad ain’t it?)
Cham came with a good album, but the problem was that he didn’t even come close to the platinum sales that he enjoyed two years ago. And what’s even worse is that his album could be disputed as the best of 2007. Cham’s diversity in the album was a blend of personal reflection, political views, thought provoking lyrics and flow wrapped up in one and he still didn’t sale. Things like that really should make a person that loves the genre of music angry when they see an artist like Rich Boy (no disrespect but you’re not nearly on his level) goes gold and gets plenty of love shown; While someone who actually puts out a complete album from the South (And not the kind that get ridiculed) doesn’t have any plaques show for it. I know Hip-Hop isn’t about sales, but damn people.
Usually when an artist from the Unit comes out with an album, the whole world goes crazy. Well, not this time; I guess you guys were still mad at Banks. With two videos that was getting a good response from the public, along with a couple of mixtapes that were released that had an even bigger response and the giant G-Unit promoting machine pumping in the background. You would believe that Buck would get at Platinum within a few months. The Critics liked it for the most part but the people are not feeling it I guess. He debuted #3 on the Billboard 200 behind Tim McGraw and “Now that’s What I Call Music Vol. 24” moving 141,083 copies. Which is nice but he really didn’t go much from there.
2. Cassidy - B.A.R.S (Barry Adrian Reese Story)
This is number two for a couple reasons. First it’s the sales, because well.. That’s what I’m talking about. The next reason (Which is a big reason to me) is that he went through all these trails and tribulations, (being in the car accident and the charges against him all being dropped) and still found a way to not make a classic album. With some of the same themes from the second album, (Which I feel is better anyway) Cassidy have yet to create the album he should’ve made. Oh, and all of the bragging and the sneak disses to Jay, remember? He kept saying how his album was going to be bigger than Jay-Z’s and also how it was on the same scale as Kanye vs. 50 Cent. Remember? B.A.R.S started off nice debuted at #10 on the Billboard 200 with about 63,000 sales. But homeboy dropped down 40 spots off the top 50.
You couldn’t even walk down the street without hearing at least one person with the words “We the best! Who? We are N*gga!” blaring from the speakers. We’ve all heard your cries the first two songs dude, chill out. With dozens of videos and a whole episode of Rap City for him, he still couldn’t put up the sales. Even with all the star power on every album he only managed to sale 251,700 copies. And that was the total sales in November. Not really sure if he jumped up 300,000 copies since then. Matter of fact, I’m not even going to talk about this album that much. I’ll let you argue and laugh at ityourself. Wee the Beeest!!!
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secondly, wat da fuck is hip hop coming to when soulja boy sells more units than cham smh
thirdly, y’all niggas got khaled as da poster child 4 2007 flops he aint even an artist… i know a nigga from NY did dat lol
MI-YAYO STAND DA FUCK UP
You should listen to Buck The World, that shit was cold, but most of the album’s dialogue was the same on almost every song, about drugs and gat bustin’.
DJ Khaled had a raw album, if you into that south shit, i liked it, because all the artists on there. it’s a DJ’s album. the same with DJ Clue and DJ Drama. it was a hot album.
The reason i don’t support Chamillionaire is cuz i don’t like his voice, but that Hip Hop Police with Slick Rick was fire.
THE MAIN REASON THEY’RE FLOPPING IS CUZ THEY AREN’T ARTISTS THAT YOU WOULD NECESSARILY SPEND YOUR MONEY ON. DOWNLOADING IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM AND THE REASON FOR THESE FLOPS, BUT I DO IT ANYWAY. THE ONLY REASONS I WOULD BUY A CD ARE IF THEY’RE TRULY AN ARTIST NOT JUST A HIT MAKER, AND IF THEY FROM MY CITY. The only albums i bought last year were The Cool, Graduation and Buck the World. Imma buy that Finding Forever and Super Gangster Extraordinary Gentleman. This year it’s all about NIGGER, and hopefully Detox. Saigon should be droppin’ too and hopefully Papoose. Hope the Game comes out with some shit 2.
2. the cool
3. american gangster
4. graduation
5. blu & exile
6. finding forever
7. m.a.d.e.
8. big doe rehab
9. eardrum
10. free at last
IMO top 10 hip-hop albums of 07
and copped each and every
single one of those albums
support.
2. Free At Last
3. The Cool
4. Finding Forever
5. American Gangster
6. Big Doe Rehab
7. Eardrum
8. M.A.D.E.
9. 8 Diagrams
10. The Solution
Honorable Mention: Chamillionaire caught my eye this year. He proved well as a real southern lyricist. As for his record sales, I hope he can do better next time.
B.A.R.S. The Barry Adrian Reese Story – Cassidy
Rap-Murr-Phobia: The Fear of Real Hip-Hop – Keith Murray
Red Gone Wild – Redman
T.I. Vs. T.I.P. – T.I.
American Gangster – Jay-Z
Finding Forever – Common
Eardrum – Talib Kweli
From Nothin’ to Somethin’ – Fabolous
The Big Doe Rehab – Ghostface Killah
M.A.D.E. – Scarface
The Cool – Lupe Fiasco
8 Diagrams – Wu-Tang Clan
Super Gangster (Extraordinary Gentleman) – Styles P
The Solution – Beanie Sigel
The Score – The Fugees *doesn’t count
The Great Adventures of Slick Rick – Slick Rick *doesn’t count
Here are ALL the rap albums I BOUGHT this year, IN NO ORDER. Ordering will be done by Monday and WILL include R&B/Soul albums I bought. Like, for example, Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black is damn near better than ALL these albums. Ms. Key’s album was tight. But Jill Scott BROKE MY HEART and will be near the bottom, in terms of my satisfaction.
i am in no shape or form eligible to place any of those albums over one another… I was FEELIN’ each and every single one of those joints…
the two favorites i would have to say got more play from me then any others would be
Ghostface and Little Brother
although every other album was FIYAH! 07 was a great year and 08 should be even hotter!
im pumped…
1. Graduation
2. Finding Forever
3. B.A.R.S.
4. Super Gangster Extraordinary Gentleman
5. The Cool
6. 8 Diagrams
7. American Gangster
8. Buck the World
9. T.I. vs T.I.P.
10. Big Doe Rehab
What else came out of hip hop albums….Curtis, Adrenaline Rush 2007, M.A.D.E., Free At Last, Eardrum (haven’t heard), Ultimate Victory (haven’t heard), From Nothin’ 2 Somethin’, The Solution (haven’t heard), and oh shit…For the Hell of It (Hell Rell), Gangsta Grillz would be my #11, We the Best #12. Return of the Mac came out (not a bad album) kind of boring tho.
Kanye West – Graduation (Good as always)
Little Brother – Get Back (Slept on but good album
Cassidy – Bars (It was ok 4 me)
Common – Finding Forever (2nd Best album from G.O.O.D Music)
Wu-Tang Clan – 8 Diagrams (A long time comin, I’ve been waitin 4 dis)
Talib Kweli – Eardrum (Amazing album, I wish alot of people understood that)
50 Cent – Curtis (It was ok for my liking)
UGK – Underground Kingz (Thats real hip hop 4 ya)
theres more but i’m done here
Dea…good write-up. keep it up fam.
yeah and pac is still alive right?
also WHO CARES about purple or green or hydro or brown or chocolate or whatever color,taste,weed a coast has when it comes to music none of that shit matters.. that was totally off subject..
Back to the west.lol
Nobody wants to hear a bumch of non-rhyming ass niggas spit hot trash over a g-funk sample.B.E.T and MTv play New York artists because they always have.Or have you forgotten we started this shit? No one playing West Coast shit but the West Coast.Niggas got two main artists, The Game and Snoop.
even though he depressed man
~Be Eazy!
Redman – Red Gone Wild
Keith Murray – Rapp Murr phobia
Scarface – Made
Fabolous – From nothing to something
Chamillionaire – Ultimate Victory
Young Buck – Buck The World
Cassidy – BARS
DJ KHALED – We The Best
TI – TI vs TIP
Common – Finding forever
Talib Kweli – Eardrum
Ghostface – Big Doe Rehab
Wu Tang – 8 Diagrams
Lupe – The Cool
Styles P – Super Gangster
Beanie – The Solution
Freeway – Free At Last
Kanye – Graduation
50 Cent – Curtis
Jay-Z – American Gangster
Lil Brother – Get Back
8Ball & MJG – Ridin’ High
Soulja Boy – Souljaboytellem.com
Lordz Of The Underground – House Of Lords
Rich Boy – Rich Boy
Timbaland – Shock Value
Twista – Adrenaline Rush ’07
DJ JAZZY JEFF – The Return Of The Magnificent
Guru – Jazzmatazz
A Plus – My last good Deed
This shit’s gonna take all fuckin’ day!
That’s the only bad thing about listening to everything…
FUCK!
~Be Eazy!
JUST MY OPINIONS!!!
-———————————————————————————————————————————————————————B.A.R.S. The Barry Adrian Reese Story – Cassidy;
I REALLY liked this album. A lot of you are sayin’ it’s the same ol’ Cass, but I NEVER heard any of his older albums: I had it for album of the year before Ghost dropped his diamond.
Hottest tracks: Intro, Where My Niggaz At?, Innocent (OF COURSE!), Leanin’ On The Lord, Done 4 Me, & I Get My Paper.
-———————————————————————————————————————————————————————Rap-Murr-Phobia: The Fear of Real Hip-Hop – Keith Murray
Late in the summer, I had this joint as album of the year. This ALBUM IS THE SHIT. Keith Murray went hard! He dropped some FIRE… there were a couple corny joints but the good ones overshadow and allow you to stomach them.
Hottest Tracks: Do, Nobody Do It Better ft. Tyreese, Hustle On, & What It Is ft. Meth
-———————————————————————————————————————————————————————Red Gone Wild – Redman
I had this album for album of the year nearly the entire year, up until Keith dropped his gem on us. My biggest knock on the damn album is that it’s too long to get corny @ the end… The last 5 or 6 tracks let me down, but
Hottest tracks: THE FIRST 10-12 tracks are straight NASTY for the most part AND the Mr. Ice Cream Man skit is hilarious. It just got kinda repetitive.
-———————————————————————————————————————————————————————T.I. Vs. T.I.P. – T.I.
I was thoroughly impressed with T.I. on this album as I didn’t really care for “King”. Very good concept. Very good collabos. No, REALLY GREAT collabos in Busta, Em, AND Jay! Nelly was wack to me. Wyclef… ehhh… I personally believe Act I is the strongest and gets kinda repetitively “Southy” towards the end. GREAT SKIT in the confrontation b/t T.I. & T.I.P. Overall it’s a good album worth bangin’ for a month or so.
Hottest tracks: The WHOLE Act I, Touchdown ft. Eminem, Skit – Act III: the Confrontation
-———————————————————————————————————————————————————————American Gangster – Jay-Z
Ehhhhh… Jay is my dude but I was pretty BORED. I was ridin’ home with my boys from VA/D.C./MD about 3 weeks ago and we were pickin a cd to play and it came down to Reasonable Doubt and A.G. and they said, “What’s the difference?”, and put in the A.G. I felt SO VIOLATED BY THAT QUESTION. I WAS SO MAD.
Hottest tracks: Nas RIPPED Success, Fallin, No Hook, Blue Magic, Roc Boys, Party Life is “okay”, and Say Hello.
-———————————————————————————————————————————————————————Finding Forever – Common
Lyrically: NASTY. Entertainment value: BORED THE FUCK OUTTA ME. It WAS a good album, but Common NEVER switches his flow. Yeah, I know he won awards, and I’m proud of him… but … ehhhh….
Nastiest track by far: Track 3: The People. Also, Start The Show, I liked Drivin’ Me Wild cause Lauren London was in the video, Southside (..back in 94 they called me Chi-town’s Nas!), The Game, & U Black Maybe (I love the lil opening [you seen the way the done ya boy])
-———————————————————————————————————————————————————————Eardrum – Talib Kweli
Lyrically: NASTY. Entertainment value: BORED THE FUCK OUTTA ME. I mean, this AND Common’s album are FALLIN’ asleep BORING. You gotta be able to spit hot lyrics AND have beats that keep you interested as well. Wasn’t that the big knock on Nastradamus? Lyrically it was SICK. Anyhow, Eardrum WAS a good album, but Talib NEVER switches his flow.
Nastiest track by far: Track 3: Hostile Gospel. Also, BONUS TRACKS Ear drum & Go With Us.
-———————————————————————————————————————————————————————From Nothin’ to Somethin’ – Fabolous
I told y’all when I first bought this album that I was thoroughly impressed ‘cause I thought it was gone be corny. Fab doesn’t ever say anything mind blowing or “rewindable” but he does have common sense and a lil punch line or two here and there. HIS PRODUCTION IS VICIOUS, which really makes the album stomachable. For Fab, this was a GREAT EFFORT.
Hottest tracks: Intro, Hate to admit it but Diamonds ft. Jeezy, Brooklyn ft. Jay and Uncle Murda, I’m The Man beat is nasty, Jokes On You ft. Pusha, What Should I Do ft. Lil Mo, and This Is Family ft. Joe Budden.
-———————————————————————————————————————————————————————The Big Doe Rehab – Ghostface Killah
Whew! NOT MY FINAL CONCLUSION but RAP ALBUM OF THE YEAR! GHOST DID THE DAMN THING!
Hottest tracks: Barrel Brothers ft. Beanie, Yolanda’s House ft. Meth & Rae (best Wu Combo, those 3!), Walk Around, White Linen Affair, Supa GFK, The Prayer(!, an acapella song), I’ll Die For You, Paisley Darts ft. Meth, Rae & Cappa, Shakey Dog ft. Rae, Killa Lipstick ft. Meth, & mad love for ft. Chrisette Michele on Slow Down.
-———————————————————————————————————————————————————————M.A.D.E. – Scarface
I’m actually STILL analyzing this album but… This IS NOT The Fix, however… but it’s okay; depends on what you’re into or if you’re a Face fan.
Hottest tracks so far: Girl You Know, Boy Meets Girl, & Suicide Note
-———————————————————————————————————————————————————————The Cool – Lupe Fiasco
Also still analyzing, but I’M STARTING TO LIKE IT. My knock on it may be my same knock on Red Gone Wild…. Too long to be repetitive at the end.. If you’re gonna have a long album, keep it thorough all the way to the end, ala Life After Death.
Hottest tracks so far: Intro (I like it!), Go Go Gadget Flow, Hip-Hop Saved My Life, Little Weapon (INTRO IS VICIOUS!), & Go Baby
-———————————————————————————————————————————————————————8 Diagrams – Wu-Tang Clan
All I have to say is I need MORE Method Man, Ghostface Killah and Raekwon the Chef AND LESS U-God, RZA, GZA, Masta Killah and Inspectah Deck.
Hottest tracks: Any verses with my Wu-Big 3: Ghost, Rae, & Meth.
-———————————————————————————————————————————————————————Super Gangster (Extraordinary Gentleman) – Styles P
Still analyzing. No opinions yet, but I’m not mad @ it… YET.
-———————————————————————————————————————————————————————The Solution – Beanie Sigel
STILL ANALYZING IT. I gotta boy who ISN’T feelin’ it, but I am NOT mad @ it… I actually think it’s pretty hot but I’ll make my final analysis by this weekend.
-———————————————————————————————————————————————————————The Score – The Fugees *doesn’t count
ARGUABLY, THE GREATEST RAP ALBUM OF ALL TIME. NUFF SAID.
-———————————————————————————————————————————————————————The Great Adventures of Slick Rick – Slick Rick *doesn’t count
Do I NEED 2 say anything? CLASSIC. There….
-——————————————————————————————————————————————————————Freeway – Free At Last
HOT ALBUM! Free’s voice AND flow has ALWAYS dumb annoyed me, but i stomached him this time out, primarily since there is no more beef wit’ him & The Roc vs. my dude, Nas. Reanalyzing the END of the album (last 5-6 tracks).
Hottest tracks so far: This Can’t Be Real, It’s Over (FIRE!!), When They Remember, Take It To The Top & Spit That Shit.
I can agree somewhat with Ear Drum. But “Soon the New Day” with Norah Jones was crazy for such a laid back track.
“The clan of the cavebear
Used to use the club to hit and drag her by the hair
Still use the club to get her a martini or a beer
Try to get her home and put the smell of sex in the air” ..that’s crazy.
Favorite album of the year would be Little Brother’s Getback. Even the intro they came in hard.. After the Party, Step Your Game Up, That Ain’t Love, DREAMS, Can’t Win For Losing, …you could bump every track on that album, and even for different occasions. On the grind, about to party, life shit, world shit, ..it was all on that album.
Redman: Red gone wild
Keith Murray: Rapp Murr Phobia
Fabolous: from nothing to something
Chamillionaire: Ultimate Victory
Cassidy: BARS
Wu Tang: 8 diagrams
Lupe: The Cool
The only reasons I didnt purchase those particular albums are because YOU (matic) already have them.
Lil Brother: I have the bootleg
Timbaland: I have the bootleg
I’ll be back with my order in some hours…
~Be Eazy!
Redman: Red gone wild
Keith Murray: Rapp Murr Phobia
Fabolous: from nothing to something
Chamillionaire: Ultimate Victory
Cassidy: BARS
Wu Tang: 8 diagrams
Lupe: The Cool
The only reasons I didnt purchase those particular albums are because YOU (matic) already have them.
Lil Brother: I have the bootleg
Timbaland: I have the bootleg
I’ll be back with my order in some hours…
~Be Eazy!
wiz….
common broham…
~Be Eazy!
I’ll support it… if not…WHEW! Lol.
~Be Eazy!
best album- graduation/the cool
most slept on album- get back
biggest disappointment- b.a.r.s.
biggest surprise- free at last
worst album(just for good measure)- souljaboytellem.com
best mixtape(by far)- mood muzik 3, would have been a top 5 album this year………..
but how the hell but get number 3, and he outsold everybody on the entire list
520300 – thats his number worldwide… the res of them niggas i dont even see on here
http://www.worldwidealbums.net/
You gonna say graduation is 9.8…even tho lyrically it was average….yet give eardrum a lesser score even though it was lyrically the best album of the year….
buck the world – 9.5 (crazy good)
ti vs tip – 8.6 (mad good beats but lyrics coodv been better)
finding forever – 9.6 (aamzing but i hate that one d’angelo song)
underground kingz – 9.4 (great comebak)
ear drum – 9 (great lyrics but kind of boring)
graduation – 9.8 (some real shit)
curtis – 8.6 (improvement from massacre but im waitin for that bisd shit)
ultimate victory – 10 (tied for best album of the year… every beat is almost
perfect or perfect n lyrics n punchlines r crazy… message n substance is
almost too much in here)
BARS – 8.6 (great but coodv been way bettr)
american gangster – 9.9 (basically classic minus the wayne cameo n the
boring beat of party life)
free at last – 9.6 (great lyrics n beats n cameos… really good)
made – 9.4 (great but annoyin samples)
big doe rehab – 9.3 (great samples n beats n lyrics… but kind of monotonous)
super gangster, extraordinary gentleman – 9.7 (awesome album minus two tracks)
the solution – 9.5 (great beats n bad beats but awesome lyrics)
8 diagrams – 8.2 (HUGE disappointment… amazing lyrics but it was 2 forced n the beats had tall highs but deep lows)
the cool – 10 (tied for best album of the year… every beat is almost perfect or perfect n lyrics n ther r way 2 many msgs bein conveyed [a good thing])
the judgement on your ratings are.
You gotta get a little in depth.
You given almost every album +9 ratings..
your ratings are CLEARLY BIAS…
styles album was same old same old heard all of it before it was wiiizzzeak!
cham and his album both are overrated in every way…
if i wanted to listen to todays modern day will smith i’d go back to “welcome to miami” or “gettin jiggy with it” with no explicit lyrics like hes not old enough to curse… booooooo
8 diagrams was NO DISSAPOINTMENT! get real! that was an excellent album.. rza NEVER dissapoints
oh and i forgot to add M.I.A.’s KALA to the list that album was banans!
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ur rating “system” is fuked up, if u give an album 8.2 and say it was a dissapoinment, den, fuk it i aint guna say anyfin else,
Rhymefest – El Che (J Records)
The Game – L.A.X (Black Wall Street)
D.O.G – Champagne Dreams (Universal/ Invisable Set)
If u wanna add in the list, go ahead
Joell Ortiz – The Brick
Blu & Exile – Below The Heavens
Pharoahe Monch – Desire
Statik Selektah – Spell My Name Right
Styles P – Super Gangster Extraordinary Gentleman
Chingo Bling – They Cant Deport Us All
Ghostface Killah – The Big Doe Rehab
i plan on buying Common And Chams albums and the only other 1 Ill consider copping is Lil Brothers.
:-(
Khaled lol mann that tigh !
Khaled just sucks
1. regardless if Khaled sold 300,000 thousand or 30,000 he still is the best (financially)… Khaled albums are released through KOCH, so his shit is strictly independent and he’s benefitting from the deal tremendously…
at least 10 points (dollars) per album x 300,000. You do the math an maybe you’ll lissssstennnnnn cuz he the best an u got hate on your chest.
2. Chamillionaire probably did get the worst end of the stick. He is a highly revelled artist, so to see his album tank was a lack of interest in his conscious rap style. Lyracism isn’t sellin like it should (lupe, common, kanye). Plus downloading is an all time high BECAUSE of not the fact that everyone is doing it, but because EVERY PROGRAMMER IN THE WORLD is trying to come up with the new file share programs and theres millions of ways to download now. You can actually jack songs from websites and etc if you know how.
3. “Drink a 2 step” is garbage. Cass didn’t put his all into that song, so why would i believe he put his all into the rest. “BBoyStance” was his best song to me…classic!!!!
4. Ringtone rappers? How can you typecast someone because their ringtones sell better than their albums… Souljaboytellem wasnt meant to be a ringtone rapper… That song was all over myspace before it became a digital download so how could he have known that would happen… He’s blessed an lucky… MiMs aint bad, he just aint real… nothing wrong with sellin ringtones though… Im sure b4 u were bloggin you were downloadin your fav’s be4.. Stop hatin on these youth cuz thats the generation the music is goin to… All the most respected artist are pushing 40 so how will it ever stay the same… Give the kids their lane… Hell even 50 and SCARFACE cosign SBTellem… Now say something about that… They respect what he’s doin and his grind to get here even if he is “juke-ing” an “jive-ing”…
You gone sleep on Hurricane Chris though… His album actually got an “XL” ..better than where the reviewer even stated that he didnt expect it to turn out the way it did…he thought ringtones like u also…..What you fail to understand is that these artist are creating movements for new generations to come by dancing… Its positive, it moves people and it makes kids happy…
5. Young buck? He caused himself not to sell. People liked him more than banks yayo and sometimes 50. but with g-unit’s subsiding fan base and negative press (yayo smacks lil boy, buck goin at the dj’s) the g-unit wagon is fallin off…plus curtis was hot but those singles (minus “I get money”) hurt him in the streets more than he thinks… Luckily some of us know decent music an we looked past that to gems like “I still kill” and “guns for sale” “187” (NOTICE THE SONG TITLES DESCRIBE FIFTY AS WE KNOW AND LOVE HIM)…
So yeah, the game is in a slump… Blame it on the label heads not releasing proper singles to describe an artist (So Krispy anyone?) Blame it on the artist that feel the need to kill someone on every song… blame it on the internets lack of copywrite protection… blame it on the economy that doesnt put money back into families anymore and leave us broke… blame it on adults tryin to market songs to children’s taste even though these conscious topics go over their heads… Blame it on you fans who dont go to your favorite artist website/blog and tell him how you feel about his/her music…
Does anyone know why FERGIE is sellin 4mil and JTimberlake is sellin at 3 mil…. Does anyone know that HighSchoolMusical and other Disney Cds along with the “NOW” music collection outsell almost every other release off the shelf every time…? Outkast went 10 mil (5 mil actually cuz of a double cd they got double points) off of droppin white suburbia music (HEY YA"?) (Roses) (I like the way you move)
…I KNOW>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>WHITE PEOPLE<<<<<<<<<<
They buy what they believe to be good music…. Does anyone ever notice that when you see artist perform on a Street DVD that majority of the crowd is WHITE!!!!!!??? Ive seen WuTang venues full of white people… TI… Busta…JAY Z… We stay in clubs and parties…we dont really do too much concert goin… Neptunes came to houston,tx a few yrs back at our Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavillion… in the Woodlands (which is the northsides “RIVER OAKS” or steps under “THE HAMPTONS in VIRGINIA”) ALL WHITES WITH ME AN MY CREW BEING THE FEW BLACKS… Do some homework an u’ll be on it….
http://www.myspace.com/htownsoundinc
Not who did better with the finance or the quality of the album..
Who just wasted a couple minutes in your life for nothing..
But you from Houston, so still much respect to you..
Co-sign 150%….
H
Nigga please!!!
The only reason his last album sold was because of that ringtone single “Ridin dirty”.Cham a one hit wonder, simple as that.What the fuck does being a lyricist have to do with making a club song? Are you saying Cham is more of a lyricist then a hip hop artist because he didn’t put a club song on his album? If so, you are a fucking idiot.A real lyricist can make both.Only if an artist has a certain negative feelings toward commercial music, is it understandable that they refuse to make commercial records.Cham made “ridin dirty”, so he can’t use such excuse.
Ear Drum
Getback
Graduation
American Gangster
**Mood Muzik 3
**Mixtape album
1. big doe rehab was/is a gem. ghost stole my pic as goat.
2. graduation. either like kanye or you dont. i do.
3. american gangster. jay is phenom. nas had best verse.
4. red gone wild. welcome back redman.
5. made. face never amazes me but he is still ill.
6. 8 diagrams. not 36 chambers but good.
all the rest of the albums quickly got rotated in my ipod for the ones above.
*hot mixtapes= mood music. moral of the story.
lesson to be learnt: know your rap/hip-hop history, as well as your own, before you open your mouth
best albums of the year:
Graduation
American Gangster
Blackout
Mika
The Graduate Mixtape
Common’s
Cass has got an abundance of talent…or have you been so enamoured with jay that you hate anyone that kills a roc member (freeway r.i.p in that battle).
Cass album was good…he went commercial,7/10.It should of been better.
And lets get to the ultimate downfall of your weak post….
You said
“lesson to be learnt: know your rap/hip-hop history, as well as your own, before you open your mouth”
Thats a huge irony,considering you rate 50 and kanye in top 15 ever….son when did your hip hop education begin 2002? 50 and kanye are nowhere near top 15 ever….kanye yeah very talented producer…but lyrically….never…
50 had the potential then embarked on one of the biggest falling offs in hip hop.
So maybe its YOU that should think before you open your ignorant mouth.
-kanye west.
O.F.S
Bare with me ya’ll..I’m 18. So I only caught a little glimspe of the golden age of Hip Hop.
But damn…i can only imagine what it was like when Nas first dropped (Best rapper alive in my opinion)
Peace!
thank the rap gods i have a new i-pod
I cant stand that dude…
the shitty part is.. the music
was alright.. but you can only
stand so much of his fat ass screamin..
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flop or not.
its 2008 now but still…
its hard to go platinum or even diamond nowadays.
some rappers struggle to get gold.
cuz everybody download they albums now.
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thats how you gota look at new rappers, the problem wit hip hop is that its audeince is gettin dumber, less educated, and less guided. they dont know none of their history all they know ice cube for, is makin movies, you fuckin kiddin me he was one of the best rappers in the 90’s. They dont know SHIT about and i mean SHIT about Big or Pac, other than they dead, and MTV and BET say they where good. im from texas and these young niggas make me feel like steve harvey, how you never heard a scarface song and you from texas, how can you say any other nigga from texas is a better rapper than face.
the sayin of “you dont know where you goin unless you know where you been” is true. We in a day and age where people couldnt name you 5 presidents and not just black but white people as well, the problem is that all the rich old white people have put all value into the dollar, think about your high school history teacher…. it was a damn football or basketball coach that was spendin all his time making game plans, this corelates directly to hip hop, you cant put out no educated, sophisticated music any more and accept the young hip hop generation to embrace it. unless it makes em shook and jive they wont fuck wit it. and the rappers dont even benefite from the bull shit they put out cause of the ipod, and downloads. A few years ago soulja boy coulda gone platinum, back when a rapper could ride a single to a million record sells. but not now no one is benefiting from this state hip hop is in.
and you cant say sales are validation for good music cause nelly sold 10 mil off of a album full of singles, 50 sold 14 mil the most of any rap record, the nigga won grammys for that shit, but listen to that bullshit now is it classic material hell naw, that shit sucks and every album he’s put out is fuckin garbage