50 Cent pushed....

[Sergeant Hustle]

872,000 records in four days (not 7 days, since it was released on a thursday).....that's a record number of units scanned according to soundscan (which was created in 1991). the only other record to come close was 1993's doggystyle album by snoop that sold 802,000 in it's first whole week.

 

[YOUNG KRIME]

872,000 records in four days (not 7 days, since it was released on a thursday).....that's a record number of units scanned according to soundscan (which was created in 1991). the only other record to come close was 1993's doggystyle album by snoop that sold 802,000 in it's first whole week.

they got strategy huh?

 

[Sergeant Hustle]

50 is hella smart....blew up on the mixtape circuit....made mad cuts and remixes and freestyles to leak to the masses....the streets were listening.....shit got bootlegged like a muh fuckah and he still came out swinging...in a full week he would have gone platinum, plus that shit was sold out everywhere in the area i live too and people were fiendin for the record that couldn't get their hands on it...just imagine if they'd shipped more records out to meet the demand.

 

[mo-x]

good shit... he's platinum by now... i can say I did my part by buying D-Sane a copy... lol

 

[YOUNG KRIME]

YEP IT'S ALL GRAVY FOR THEM

good shit... he's platinum by now... i can say I did my part by buying D-Sane a copy... lol

 

[The Miracle]

He will go platinum in the first full week of action. The whole marketing scheme for the album was pure genius. They built up the hype something lovely. And not only was the marketing good, the album was dope as well.

 

[I AM]

damn......that's a lot of albums sold......50 is real fuckin tight too......

 

[Mr. D-Sane]

good shit... he's platinum by now... i can say I did my part by buying D-Sane a copy... lol

Thanks for that CD.....I've been crackin' it. I say 50 is over-rated though. His album was definitely SOLID.....and I wouldn't say it was wack by a long shot.....but the "HYPE" is what's sellin' this record.....not his talent.

 

[Sergeant Hustle]

^^^^same could be said for 2pac.

*waits for everyone to flip their shit*

 

[Mr. D-Sane]

Pac was definitely tighter.

 

[Sergeant Hustle]

but his career benefitted from the same thug infatuation that 50 now enjoys.

 

[Mr. D-Sane]

This is true. Me and 151 were discussing this today as a matter of fact. They have alot of similarities as far as their "thug" reps go.....gettin' shot.....talkin' hella shit. Let's hope 50 doesn't end up the same way though....:dead:

 

[Purebred Hogg]

^^^^same could be said for 2pac.

*waits for everyone to flip their shit*

For once...i completely and totally agree with you.

 

[YoungVicious]

^^^^same could be said for 2pac.

*waits for everyone to flip their shit*

I been sayin the same thing for years.

And I gotta agree with D's comment....the album is tight and Ive been bumpin it lately, but 50 is overrated and is sellin so many units cuz of the hype around him. He got good lyrics, but I cant listen to his shit for too long cuz his flow and delivery gets a lil annoying.

 

[YOUNG KRIME]

SO TRUE

Thanks for that CD.....I've been crackin' it. I say 50 is over-rated though. His album was definitely SOLID.....and I wouldn't say it was wack by a long shot.....but the "HYPE" is what's sellin' this record.....not his talent.

 

[Cranky]

I thought one of Em's albums outsold Doggystyle in their respective first week sales....

 

[Sergeant Hustle]

i dunno....they may be referring to amended week sales, since it was not a full week (released on a thursday, not a tuesday)

 

[Mr. Samos]

Ems a fucking fake, 50's album is aight.


pz

 

[RaginHomosexual]

i never thought 2pac was very good he was a shit talking midget who eventually got killed for talking about thug life

instead of talking about this thug nigga stuff, he should have grabbed a dictionary and a thesaurus to expand his vocabulary.

i wish i had a pic of him when he was a dancer for digital underground, he woulda looked gayer than i do in my edible thong made out of twizzlers.

 

[RaginHomosexual]

I thought one of Em's albums outsold Doggystyle in their respective first week sales....

the record mr curtis jackson now holds is best first week sales for a DEBUT album.