Drake ‘Views’ Goes 2x Platinum
June 14, 2016 @ 10:27 AM EDT
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Great View
Drake’s optimism has finally paid off. In seven days, his fourth solo album, Views, has hit the one million mark in sales and streams. In addition to this being his fourth consecutive number one, Views is also the highest grossing album and debut this year. Says Mr. Graham:
One million sold in one week. I am beyond grateful for this milestone. Thank you for listening. #VIEWS
UPDATE: Make that double platinum.
Meh
As expected.
Views is nice tho. Fresh beats and sounds. Not so much hip hop but it’s a great album.
@b.dot what’s your take on the album?
Still trying to connect with it. Talked about it further with Elliott on the podcast dropping monday
The album is wack b dot.
I gave up trying. I’m tired red (punisher voice)
Typical Drake album. Little to no growth. He fell way short this time around, lyrically. This album reminds me of Lupe’s “Dumb It Down” record. Not to say that it’s a bad thing but after the whole QM debacle I figured that he would come with it, but to no avail
Albums biggest problem is it’s length. I want to say the content was a little forced but then again, the only time drake ever sounded hungry was when Meek & Common went at him.
He started the sound that everyone has copied & now it’s just getting old. I won’t discredit him for starting the trend, but now that I know he has the capability to do so…It’s time for the next wave.
Nigga don’t nobody wants a short tracklist people want to hear more songs!
Just a good album, not a classic we expected…Shows no evolution…
Congrats to Aubrey on this success.
Had to drink a red bull half way thru this shit to stay awake though. Album is average at best and I usually fuck with Drake. Album sounds uninspired and too much like other artists (a lot of future influence on this).
ur talking points is that of joe budden and not ur own. all Jcole albums are fucking average at best but these yellow waffle colored soft rapping niggas winning and y’all pussy niggas and females gonna buy an worship everything they do …
Get off the internet N go wash yo funky ass!!!
how bout i hop off the internet and cum in ya mothers loose hairy asshole pussy nigga
I’ll foot fuck yo mommas funky pussy lol
ya ur a fucking weirdo go back to watching tranny porn for i find where u live an slap ur mom with my dick u weird faggot ass nigga
Ima weirdo? Look @ yo profile lol ima find ya IP address n whoop the snot outchea lame ass
please look it up an come here so i can personally piss in ur face moist nigga ur soft as drake so i know u just a keep board gangsta weirdo nigga
please look it up an come here so i can personally piss in ur face moist nigga ur soft as drake so i know u just a key board gangsta weirdo nigga
thats what i thought pussy go put on drake in ya shit hole shack you call a house an turn ur lights out I’m sure they gon be off next week anyway u old ass sensitive bitch nigger hahah
Lol you arguing on the internet… On a friday nite Go get some pussy dawg!!!
its friday and ima fuck yu pussy and ya mom too so I’m getting double pussy tonite lmao
you the one who starting with me and now ur saying I’m the 1 arguing on the internet i was having a good ole time minding my business til ya ass trolled me
Because you a troll so I’ll trolled you lol taste of yo own medicine
how am i a troll? i only stated facts moist niggas like ya self worship moist waffle colored negroes an all jcole albums where lukewarm at best …
Alrite I apologize son.
put sum Respek on it .. i aint go say it no mo …
ima look up ur ip address but I’m sure u live in a shit hole with ur stink bitch mother u 45 yrs old working at janitor at a chinese resteraunt i feel sorry for ur pussy ass moist nigger lmao
You ain’t brave enough to come to my city fuck boy…
where ya city at pussy ill pull up moist nigga don’t make me look ya address up
Westside Chicago pussy pull up ..
nigga u live in Oklahoma in a shithole with ya lying homo ass thats it don’t worry ima look ya exact address since you wanna be tough lying on here n i wanna see u call me pussy to my face …
wads ya address pussy i wanna come there n make u suck my dick ?
ima look up ur ip address but I’m sure u live in a shit hole with ur stink bitch mother u 45 yrs old working as a janitor at a chinese resteraunt i feel sorry for ur pussy ass moist nigger lmao
Both of y’all funny AF lmao
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it’s true though all the stuff his saying – drakes not getting better each album his getting worst – he didn’t peak on this album he peaked on so far gone – which was really his third album so it makes sense. his really on his 8th album. And you look at any rapper on their 8th album and it’s the same
Jay-Z – Kingdom Come 9th album
Common – Universal Mind Control 8th album
Ludacris – Battle of the Sexes 8th album
Rick Ross – Mastermind 6th album
Eminem – Marshall Mathers LP 2
the are very few rappers who get better with time and they are the ones who hit that 8th album burn out stage very early on then somehow found the spark again and then got better with each album and they are
Nas – Nastradamus 4th album
Raekwon – The he Lex Diamond Story 3rd album
Lupe Fiasco – Lasers 3rd album
Game – 3rd album LAX
99.9% of the time a rapper can’t get better with time no matter what he records because people are emotionally attached to the nostalgia of when they first heard the artist earlier on. Those albums you named had great songs on them but people just can’t get over the earlier parts of their career so they want a repeat of those same albums.
Lasers was an albums from Atlantic starring Lupe imo but its like for alot of people they can’t really appreciate what Tetsuo & Youth cause they still attached to The Cool.
it’s not nostalgia you can’t tell me the way jay-z raps today compares to jay-z NYMP, and look at nas he got better raekwon OBDCL2 makes the first one look like childs play, you can’t even tell me the way J.cole raps now compares to how he rapped on J.cole farwell. You can actually break that down in quality of flow and bars – the bars get lazier and the flow gets lazier when at their peaks they are like spinal surgeon and at the low they are like surgeons with archrities who have been drinking before the surgeory
Its the thinking that Jayz is supposed to compare himself with his younger self that makes it almost impossible for anybody to even consider that he’s a better rapper now. There are verses on American Gangster (Sweet, the title track), BP3 (Thank You, Already Home), WTT (Who Gon Stop Me) and even on Kingdom Come (Prelude, Minority Report) to his verse on We Made It, where Jay slaughters his younger self but because people are so attached to the late 90s Jayz they don’t see that.
I can’t say Nas got better then he was when he was younger though (96 Nas is unfuckwitable) but when it comes to J Cole or almost every artist its almost impossible to pick up on when they outdo their younger self because people are still nostalgically attached to when they first heard the artist. Its almost no getting away from attaching that feeling of “discovery” with the style of lyricism.
Now there is some truth to what your saying because when your rapping because your life depends on it vs rapping 8 albums later after you’ve been rich for over a decade, the hunger isn’t the same anymore and you’ve likely delivered your message already and your fans are super familiar with you at this point but even when rappers do get better it almost always goes unnoticed or unappreciated due to the comparison with their younger self.
I’m not a fan of J Cole but the difference in his style I think was at first he was rapping for the reaction of Hip Hop heads and this is why he was so punchline heavy. After he got on, it was about crafting songs like stories which decreased the level of battle rap style bars.
no the difference is the complexity of his bars , rhyme schemes , patterns, what his talking about, the metaphor and song concepts. Can you honesty say anything on his new album even comes close on any level to his earlier stuff in any way shape or form? non of these are battle raps.
J.Cole – Farewell
J.Cole – Head Bussa
J.Cole – Rise Above
J.Cole – Killer
J.Cole – Show me something
J.Cole – Lost Ones
nothing he does now even touches what he was doing on those records.
the difference is he started more drake lane songs and lost some of his own style in the process in exchange for wider appeal – but his not hungry. that’s what happens.
Again, I’m not a fan of J Cole. His rhymes always seemed abcish to me. As far as his new album vs his old projects? I don’t like any of his projects at all. J Cole isn’t wack but he just don’t connect with me at all. There is nothing about his rhymes that I consider complex and his music just sounds sleepy and boring to me. Honestly.
With Cole, I don’t think he wants to be “dope” anymore, I think he wants to sell records and thats the difference between his old shit and his shit after getting on.
Imo Raekwon kinda always been the same in style. OB4CL 1&2 are is best albums but Immobilarity imo is where he’s rhyming the best.
same style but it has gotten better, the wordplay, the words he rhymes, the patterns, schemes, no rhymes on the first album even touch what his doing on a record like Raekwon – Canal St or Raekwon – Big Beat , the way he hits the beat the pocket you might not hear it but there is HUGE difference between the precision of his raps on OB4CL and OB4CL2 even his verse on gorgeous and Raekwon – audio meth? forget it
I don’t hear a huge difference with Raekwon, I barely hear any change at all. His style, wordplay,patterns, schemes have always been he same to me.
and i said that his albums got better with time after so tetsuo & youth is probably his best album
i like mastermind and marshall mathers lp 2 every other album your spot on nailed it except raekwons last album was a dud sadly lmao
that’s true but not because of his raps because of his bad production. He needs RZA or Kanye. And come on man mastermind vs rich forever. or if not master mind it actually happened on Only God Forgives.
i actually enjoy all rozays albums rich forever was classic tho u can say hood billionaire or his latest one black market but what more can he do! he’s easily been one of the most consistent niggas out there rapping at a high level putting legends nas premo on albums putting projects out yr after year been on every1 from jayz to snoops album he put out 2 albums last year mixtapes like what more do ross gotta do to get respek! as far as em go i didnt listen to bad vs evil the album u should of said was relapse that was the 1 that sank forreal ima hiphop head bro u talking to the hiphop historian .!
But Hov had Blueprint, Black Album and Reasonable Doubt. Drake has yet to deliver a piece of work that is as Strong as American Gangster keep Hov out of this convo please.
So Far Gone
So Far Gone vs American Gangster…is exactly why the comparisons should stop!
so far gone is better then american gangster – what i was saying was an artists peak. drakes 3rd album so far gone was his peak. i wasn’t comparing him to hov. i said in a rappers progression it makes sense that views sucks. not many rappers are good on their 8th album.
Got u homie, ok I agree somewhat because you said not so many rappers you have a point. I’m just saying his catalogue is a bit flawed when we talking overall he still doesn’t have that album that sticks with a generation or at least I don’t feel it yet. And for the record Hov’s 8th album was the BLACK ALBUM Drake has nothing in his catalogue that can compare to that…just saying
yeah for sure his catalogue sucks – i actually prefer like comeback season and room for improvement, and then after so far gone. a few tracks here and there of each album like underground kings, lord knows, tuscan leather, u with me?, some joints of if your reading this. but yeah his just not an album guy like ludacris
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That black album was dope
Em is better technically now than he ever has been, as far as bars, rhyme patterns, and flows go. Production and beat choices are not on point though…although I thought the BME album was nearly flawless.
yeah theres more to it then technical ability otherwise a computer could put out an album, his lost his rhythm, his timing – the cadence, the cleverness of the words he chose to use, the cleverness of the bars he used to spit, the cleverness of the concepts of the song, what he was saying, the substance is gone, the deeper meaning the emotion all gone. He says it himself “And the lights go out in that trailer park
And the window is closing
And there’s nowhere else that I can go with flows
And I’m frozen, cause there’s no more emotion for me to pull from
Just a bunch of playful songs, that I make for fun” . He was at his best when he was rapping about his family his wife his daughter his mother his crew. It was real you could feel it. His just imitating himself now his Fat Elvis in Vegas now.
If you look at a rapper like jay-z he connected with people because he talked about his hate of his father and love for his mother and then everything else came from that – the drug dealing what not and the choices he made and you can connect to it
with em is was his love/hate wife his love for his daughter his hate for his mother and father and then everything else came from that.
Everyone (sans his mixtapes) but Forest Hill. Thats a classic
im not feeling any of his shit but its all subjective i feel jcole as a person its just musically he’s always been average an like a poor mans drake
Nigga you crazy j.cole is better than Drake!
like i said its all subjective its apples an oranges but i don’t feel that college rap rapping about losing ya virginty shit jcole b spitting he don’t speak anything i can relate to but if u feel em more power to ya
Finally someone said it! I like j cole but let’s be honest his albums are average with the exception of a couple great songs. Yes j Cole sells records but to this day I still can’t understand why he gets the lyrical praise. Just like drake he doesn’t have a classic album. Drake has some classic songs but but I can’t think of any classic songs j Cole has. I will still buy j Cole’s next album to support him and same with drake. This isn’t drakes best album but it’s drake doing drake.
i think drakes only classic album to me was so far gone his first album i think thank me later I’ve learned to appreciate years later but i don’t like the pedestal pussy fake rap fans put him on like he better than everyone he is the guy right now but he’s just not the best overall idc how many albums the nigga sells …
J.cole is better than Drake!
J. Cole’s albums are complete albums, his mixapes are classics if thats what you’re looking for. Friday night lights is a classic album that was dropped as a mixtape, because of Hov..give it a listen
Lyrically, J. Cole deserves praise.
J. Cole’s verse on ‘Lookin For Trouble’:
“Hey, Cole World, make way for the chosen one
What you now hear is puttin’ fear in all the older ones
Downplayed me to downgrade me like they don’t notice son
Your shoes too big too fill? I can barely squeeze my toes in ‘em
Fucking hoes while teachin’ niggas to hold your sons
This the rap Moses, scratch that, Mary and Joseph’s son
High as fuck with a cold flow and a loaded gun
Never say I’m better than Hov’, but I’m the closest one
Heard you lookin’ for trouble, what, I’m ‘sposed to run?
Yo’ bitch invited me inside her, ain’t I supposed to come?
Got niggas that’ll blow your tee off, put a hole in one
Now you outside of Heaven’s gate, frontin’ like you know someone
Talking hard, but y’all still ain’t push me
They say you are what you eat, and I still ain’t pussy
Fuck it, e’rybody can get it
When you’re this hot, e’rybody’s a critic
But when you’re this high e’rybody’s a midget
All this mean mugging from niggas that mean nothin’
Could it be my position is one that you dreamed of?
Went from quarter to broke to half past rich
With my badass bitch
And you don’t want no problems on some math class shit
So check the young genius out
Fuck the world, bust a nut, and let my semen sprout
I thought that real shit is what you been fiendin’ ’bout
What you been praying fo’? What you been screamin’ ’bout?
Ironic you been sleeping on the one that you been dreamin’ ’bout…”
J. Cole’s verse on ‘A Star is Born’:
“And could I be a star?
Does fame in this game have to change who you are?
Or could I be the same one who came from a far away life
Just to make it in these Broadway lights?
Now shining in the broad day light, go figure…
A slow transition from a little broke nigga from the Ville
Got a deal, a real life saver
Dreams of being behind the wheel like Jada
I chill now…cop a little ice later
Cole you got the glow like a lil’ lightsaber
So clap for him, then applaud Hov
He gave him a platform
Flow so sick thought he wrote the rap for him
No sir
The flow’s cold as a shoulder
Of gold digging hoes when a broke nigga approaches
Told ya I’m focused man
I’ll let you motherfuckers soak it in
Clap for ’em”
And this is early Cole stuff and you still have rappers who can’t fuck with him lyrically.
Definitely agree with what you are trying to say.
It’s not that Drake’s or Cole’s albums are average per se, it’s that they know what they do best and they change it ever so slightly so it feels different but not completely different that it confuses core fans. Despite what people say, we hate new things, we like the familiar just changed up a bit.
Same people complaining about this are the same people buying NBA 2K year after year which is the same damn game with slightly different control mechanics and player rosters.
idk maybe as the years go by i can learn to appreciate jcole musically but right now i don’t see it i nvr have he gotta few songs that ill listen to on the radio not anything ill personally download an but not 1 classic album but i feel what you saying
“yellow waffle colored soft rapping niggas winning” – Tell’em why you’re mad. Seriously you’re the epitome of a hater. That is sincerely sad
I’m the epitome of an objective hater its people like who suck dick an don’t know shit about whats going on further than your 4 corners of ya room why don’t u go outside get some fresh air an quit listening to the radio turn off ya playstation ..
you’re try to be offensive (fail) when I’m just being real. I guess that’s a normal reaction for a frustrated sucker like you.
People like your stupid ass always bringing skin color in the equation and yet will complain about discrimination. Talking about winning and loosing like we should all be clones and feel the same thing.
That was the last seconds I spend on your sorry ass
yea u need to go get ya broke ass a job lmao no reason why a grown ass man is messaging a grown ass man for nothing can you at least wash ya nasty ass teeth or wash ya funky ass b4 u send me a paragraph your what we like to call a blind coon nigga you should change ya name to blind coon nigga or moist nigga lmao or even broke jobless nigga lmao
looks as though i was right about u being a dick sucking moist nigga all along stan lmao u def need to get drakes penis out ya mouth i bet ya top 5 is
1. drake
2 drake
3.drake
4.drake
5. j.cole
“I feel sorry for your mother”
nah gtfoh
don’t feel bad for ya mother I’m fucking her loose hairy asshole an coming down her throat then she goes and kisses you smh …
nah cole makes good shit in my opinion and last time i checked there was plenty niggas who fuck with j cole not just bitches damn bro you sound like a lightskin nigga took your bitch or something lmao
And your waffled color niggaz comment are that of cthagod so what’s your point
bc i said waffle colored negro my talking points is that of cthagod? you like an illiterate moist nigga go wash ya funky ass does that sound like cthagod too?lmao a month late ass fuck nigga?
But you mad tho fam, tell em why you mad son…..
nigga I’m living life go wash ya funky ass …
But you living it angry, slow down a bit before you blow a piston……
ur clearly an illiterate dumb nigga who rides the short bus… lmao
Your an emotional little hoe i see…
nah your a moist pussy nigga i see…
More corny shit, your life must suck…
why havent drank a gallon a bleach yet?
Because my life is great, you metro pcs dunkin donuts free wifi hogging booty bandit…..
naw u life sucks you welfare reject lmao I’m bouta take time to find where u stay so i can stick my dick in ya asshole u fuck moist nigga …
Yeah do it see how fast you leave in an ambulance……..
nigga ill piss in you and ur daddys face hoe ass nigga
Dam my nigga you just gon try and keep trolling, you a bitch ass nigga….
naw I’m just getting money having fun with ya moist pussy ass ur lil broke ass don’t got shit else to do but reply in mins fucking dirt ball..
Lmaooo at you on welfare and food stamps saying you getting money, lmaoooooooo…..
AHHAAHHAHAHAAHAH!
Lameeeeeee…….
pusssyyyyyyyyyy ………….
Pussy yo momma give me……
Still on my dills been 4 days already, chill fam aint no gay in my dna but you already know the deal i fuck your momma every night and pass that hoe around like a st.ides 40…….
suck my dick pussy
More sus shit lmaooooo…..
tell ya mom her pussy stink ….
That stink was the smell off ass from your father and his brother raping you….
why haven’t you tied a belt around ya neck an jumped off a building yet?
Gay….
glad you admitting what u are lmao u broke loser lmao
Im not broke just not gonna pay child support for an embarassment of a child that you are………
I’m mad bc u a month late ass moist nigga go wash the shit stains out ya draws moist nigga…
You pumping to much estrogen, go to the dr and get testosterone shots girl……….
ill go to your mothers crib an fuck her in her loose hairy asshole how bout that ?
You a corny kid bruhhhh…..
haha your clearly a broke ass 35 yr old making no money beating your ashy dick all day i feel bad for u ill cum in ur moms face especially for u ok?
Heard your mother bagged you trying on her panties and bras you little weirdo….
you sound like a fucking retard seriously go back to fucking your cousin for i look up ya ip address and make u suck my dick pussy …
Im in your momma right now, she always suspected you were a little fruity, that why you daddy took off…..
we all know u like trannys so that aint true ima cum in ur mothers asshole bitch ass moist nigga
Your momma a tranny???? Really hoe?????? Give up already you a lame ass nigga…..
you clearly the LAME FUCK NIGGA GET UP OFF YA BROKE ASS AND WASH THE SHIT OUT YA DRAWS PUSSY.
😪😪😪😪😪😪😪😪 your shit talking is 3rd grade level, yeah your a winner in real life…..
why haven’t you got into the bath tub an thrown a toaster in it yet?
Alternative lifestlye participant…..
what u mean your Alternative lifestyle of being a tranny loving nigga?
Im talking about you all you talking bout is gay shit, must have hard getting raped by your father and uncle, but i you love that shit you pato sucio……
YOU AINT DONE SHIT ALL DAY BUT BEAT YA ASHY DICK WATCHING TRANNY PORN VIDEOS I FEEL BAD FOR YOUR BITCH ASS HAHAHAHA
All that come your mouth is gay shit, its ok to come out the closet.
says the nigga who purchases boy cunt every nite right did u wash ya funky ass yet?
Always talking about men and ass sus…..
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!
Thats what last bitch you tried to fuck said when she saw your joint, this is why your a mad homo……..
pusssyyyyyyyyyy …………. moist fag
I make your momma pussy moist all the time…..
Yup thats what you resort to when you lose. Ead troll……
your the broke troll bitch
1st of the month coming soon and you can ball out on your welfare check hoe, dont be so angry…..
u the angry broke nigga up all nite msging me lmao I’m happy as can be counting money fucking bitches like ur mother
Only bitches you fuck is your pops when dress like a woman nigga stop lying…..
why haven’t you drove ya car in the river yet?
Homo….
we know your homo u don’t have to tell no other reason u up all nite msging me you homo thug
I was up all night in the room next to yours slaying your mother and sister, should have seen the things i made them do to each other…..
I don’t even consider him a rapper after this album full blown singer
Worst Drake album since Thank me Later. Struggle bars, for the first time he sounds like he ain’t tryna talk from the soul. Just another overated platinum album in hip hop history next to Ja Rule’s Temptations
for real and lyrically some of the wordplay is just – _ –
Props to Drizzy! This is big
The songs views bang not feeling the rest tho
Congrats” but the album is trash though.
Eat a dick pussy
Stop dick riding drake the album is wack and that’s the bottom line.
You dickride 50 trash ass music foh!
That’s my favorite rapper
Sorry to hear that.
you listen to the biggest fraud in the history of hiphop, you should feel sorry for yourself nerd
I think it’s ironic that his weakest album is a commercial success. I remember 50 cent’s The Massacre did great numbers, but was not a good album in my opinion.
I think what you’re seeing is someone’s popularity be so high that it sells the album. Those are set numbers of people buying it as soon as it came out. Rather than the sales being based on the album actually be good. I’m interested in seeing whether or not he continues to go pop and do numbers or will people eventually get tired of listening to him like they did with Lil Wayne.
LMAO WHAT A BORIN’ TRASH ALBUM!! 40 DID GOOD WITH SOME THE PRODUCTION BUT DRAKE GIMMICKS HAVE JUST GOT OLD NO MATTER HOW GOOD A RHYME IS GIVEN TO HIM BY HIS TEAM OF GHOSTWRITERS HIS BORIN’ VOICE AIN’T WORKIN’!! I WAS NEVER A BIG DRAKE FAN BUT THIS IS HONESTLY ONE THE WORST ALBUMS I’VE HEARD IN A LOT OF YEARS!! 1 TRACK WAS GOOD “VIEWS” THE REST WERE CORNY BORIN’ AND JUST STRAIGHT UP LAME!! ALL THIS BUILD UP AND ALBUMS SOLD OF A COMPLETE MESS OF A PROJECT!! LOL THE DRAKE FAN-BOYS ARE MAD AS HELL RIGHT NOW!!
FUCK YOUR OPINION!!
*CRICKETS*
GET OFF MY COMMENTS YOU LAME ASS DRAKE FAN-BOYS!!
FUCK YOUR OPINION!!
*ZzzzZZZzzzZZZzzz*
congrats to drake
I THOUGHT YOU’RE A G-UNIT STAN!! FUCKIN’ LOSER!!
FUCK YOUR OPINION!!
LOL
Album is classic. In a few years niggas will get it. Everyone hated Kanye’s 808s album when it first came out, now they call it a classic. This album is years ahead.
808s was a good album classic is a stretch. Views is garbage now and it will be garbage 10 years from now!
Your life garbage, Mista Guyliner……
I get so sick of this shit, it needs to be known that a few months ago it was changed so that streams count towards album “sales”. Claiming you sold a million when the cash doesn’t add up is annoying and honestly degrades the Platinum status. It used to mean you actually had fans that bought your music. Now it just means people streamed it instead of finding a download link. When they added streaming to the numbers, over 10 artist suddenly were platinum artists. It’s honestly so stupid and makes artists more filled with ego than their wallets with money. This isn’t the same as when 50 or even Wayne sold a million the first week, not by a long shot.
I think because you don’t know these artists its easy for you to sit on the opposite end of a computer and say they don’t deserve these milestones. But look at the homies in your hood and your friends who are grinding just to be heard. How those streams could make them feel that someone who doesn’t even know you wants to use up their data or wifi and stream YOUR music. How it feels to not have 10 dollars to buy every dope thing you like so you hope you can stream your favorite artists music. Its deeper than you think bro. We gotta stop taking shots at people just cus we don’t know them and their famous
What are you talking about? What i’m saying has nothing to do with how famous an artist is and really i’m barely taking shots at all. First of all people can stream from their computer so to say people go and use a bunch of data to stream these artists is pretty ridiculous, if you do that more than once a song you’re just stupid to not download it. If you’re worried about how Drake feels when people stream him you must be a stan. My point is simply if you haven’t SOLD 1 milliion records then you shouldn’t be considered to have a platinum album. Before you actually had to have enough buzz and hype for people to go buy your album for you to reach that milestone, now you can hit that mark without anyone spending hardly any money and barely doing anything. Future’s DS2 shouldn’t be a platinum record but because of the new streaming regulations it is. Which makes Biggie going diamond feel less special. If you don’t get it then you just don’t really value music honestly.
Drizzla should drop a mixtape with all his hardest bars and dancehall collabos next, now that he’s got his sales. Or maybe just party.
my nigga sold more in 1 day than Meek Mill bitch ass sold in his whole life!
hype of quality, goes show if right marketing and corporation behind you can do anything
Rap Radar this better be number 1 on your Worst Albums list at the end of the year or I’m hacking your site!!!
Stfu pussy…. I posted that addy i know you saw it, whadup?????
I mean 1 mil looks and sounds big but when you factor in that earliest projections had him doing 2 mil, you realize this isn’t as big of an accomplishment as you think.
2nd week predictions already have him at a major drop, even with physical albums gone out for sale. 2nd and 3rd week sales will be most telling and already it’s looking like fans aren’t really fucking with the album. Yes alot of people went out and bought off of the hype only but then were disappointed. Negative word of mouth is worse than critics panning your album but this time out Drake has both critics and fans disappointed after a few listens.
So yes let’s congratulate the sales but everybody knows Views won’t be running the summer, you can feel it. This album won’t make it past June.
B. Dot do me a favour, when referring to sales figures, state if they are album equivalents sold or pure album sales.
Drake sold approx. 855,000 albums in his 1st 7 days and 1.045 million SPS (sales + streaming). Yes Billboard and Nielson Sound Scan are recognizing single sales and streaming #’s counting towards gold and platinum status but we’ve gotta make it clear for those who don’t understand what these numbers truly mean.
Much props to Drake’s success. Although, I felt like this album was very boring and he has shown any growth as a RAPPER. I understand he’s versatile, I get it…but if he’s gonna be proclaimed as the “best rapper”, ima need to him to do just that. This album was basically Take Care 2, he played it safe & went with he knows best. Not knocking, I just feel that he shouldn’t hold the crown for best rapper in the game. Best Pop artists? Cool. I wish he could improve as a skillful rapper he once was & deliver a classic album.
Album is wack, them niggas who were tryna say Drake is top 5 are silent now, this album is definitely not for niggas
CHECK OUT KAMEECH VERSION OF “POP STYLE” DOPE!!!!!
Tuscan Leather third verse > Views
very impressive
arent you DJ Khaled’s son/G-Unit stan?
yeah
kill yourself
Happy for his success.
♪♫Plat Plat only♪♫
Stop the hating.
Can’t stop this man. Dude keeps getting better and better in a world where people aren’t buying shit. Inspiring man
my baby <3 i love him
Fuck that stream shit.. Wayne did a milli in a week when bootlegging was at an all time high lol
The album was a dud.
You platinum like wrappers on Hershey’s boy that shit is worthless
Kendrick somewhere hating right now………
Haha Kendrick is a better rapper than Drake. He also played controlla in his whip, he ain’t got nothing to hate on.
Those 2 double plats say diffrent.
What do they say? That Drake sells more than Kdot? Everyone knows that, Kendrick and Drake are in two different lanes. Kendrick ain’t got a reason to hate
Dope album!!
Timeless musicality > baaarrrrssssss
meanwhile Meek and Wale just going gold for albums that dropped 3-4 years ago and they only gold due to streams