biggest sellin bay indie album?

[tweeze]

lynch thats kinda bay

 

[latinluva$]

keak i remember he sold hella copies of that copium

 

[tweeze]

yeh i think that was album of the year in the bay

 

[the_truth_]

baby bash is huge over there. you can't fill a small club in the bay with baby bash, but he sold nearly two million in europe. you will sell more tickets in germany for yuk than you will for any platinum rapper

no shit i didnt know that...

 

[wesley]

So, the answer to the posted question is that nobody fuckin knows. The only thing I would say is that it had to be before 96 or 97 when all album sales started falling off because of downloading.

 

[citylimits]

RBL POSSE -LESSON TO BE LEARNED-

 

[Imonone]

Yeah I'd say Hiero too but why is it so hard to find Bay Soundscan numbers?

Hate to say it, but I think most if them dont want to admit if it did low numbers.

 

[threefoe]

Illegal business sold close to 200k
Stackin Chips sold 170k
40 has a couple indie albums that went close to 200k also.

 

[DoucheBagFresh]

so how come international sales dont count on soundscan? if its true bay rappers are sellin good units in other countries some of em gotta be eatin well

 

[Lawz 2760]

Damn 5 pages and now OFFICAL #s, where the soundscan folks at?

 

[Arson]

Nope sure did not. www.riaa.com

the different releases of the album, had different barcodes.

 

[young bart]

mac mall -illegal business is right near the top and stackin chips was on a major!!!

 

[mac_luv]

My 1998 Source Magazine has a story on the Vallejo rap scene. It said Mac Mall's Illegal Business album sold 216,000 independently. I don't know if any other bay album beat that.

 

[og MS]

RBL "Ruthless By Law"

If I remember correctly it sold upwards of 400,000 units. All through in-a-minute

 

[J-Boy]

^^^^yeah and prolly mac dre

i mean *yeah prolly mac mall

 

[TLT]

you will sell more tickets in germany for yuk than you will for any platinum rapper

^^that's true..

 

[livemanikins]

Del tha funky homosapien "I wish my brother george was here" went gold
Deltron 3030 also went gold
Heirogylphics also went gold on "3rd eye Vision"

 

[stunnamayne415]

operation stackola was a indie album and was platinum

 

[og MS]

Operation Stackola was on a major Noo Trybe / Virgin

 

[28g w/o the bag]

My 1998 Source Magazine has a story on the Vallejo rap scene. It said Mac Mall's Illegal Business album sold 216,000 independently. I don't know if any other bay album beat that.

lauryn hill on the cover, huh

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