How will E-40's album do in the first week?

[R-Tistic]

First week sales definitely don't mean everything, but for the last few years, they are a major indicator of how much buzz a particular artists has, and most albums nowadays never sell more than they do in that first week afterwards.

So with that...how good do you think 40's album is going to do in the first week? To me, any album that has regular mainstream promotion should go 100-200 K, with anything over 200 K being pretty good. Anything with a whole lot of major hype, such as Game, 50 albums, Eminem, Dre, etc. should do 600+. I think 40's got pretty good promotion and hype, but nothing comparable to those that do 600+. I would say anything 150+ is good, and I am expectin around 180 K to 200 K. Anything over 300 K would have me suprised, and anything under 120 would be disappointing to me.

 

[JP The 13th]

if it dont do 100,000 its pretty much a wrap for hyphy & major labels

but if it does well.. its a couple artists on deck to fulfill the wave

mainstream hyphy = restin on E-40s shoulders

it should do well tho

 

[BayBuryYa]

Umm.... if this album sells anywhere around 100K, I'd be a surprised ass nigga. I don't think 40 is gettin the love nationwide like he's gettin in the Bay. And with the bootlegging, I don't know if people outside the Bay are gonna chance their money on something they're not sure of (Hyphy movement), as opposed to getting it to free.

*Edit* I'm not sure if you mean total sales or first week.... I can see total sales being at 100K, but at first I thought you meant first week, that's why I was thinkin "wtf??"

 

[gitwitit]

i really have no idea... album getting leaked didnt help, but then again everything gets leaked. i have nooo idea, what I WONDER is what bme is expecting this to do, i'm sure they have a target number

 

[R-Tistic]

Well he is gettin a lot of play around the country, and on MTV2. Even the Jamster commercials prove that the song is hot nationwide, because they ONLY put songs on there that are top 20 songs natiowide and not just locally. And I saw those Jamster commercials in damm Tallahassee Florida, not just the west coast. Also, the commercials for his album have been on BET a lot in the last week or so. L.A. definitely plays the song more than anything else that's on radio.

Most people down south like E-40 anyway, and they were bumpin the hell outta "Rep yo city" even though you could say that was a Lil Jon track. If they know the album is hot, they will be on it. I will say that most east coast people I have met seem to hate E-40 and never understand why we like him, and they hate Keak even more than that.

 

[MAC DRIZZA]

thing iz, i doubt it matters if the nation iz loving forty right now....dey iz likin it, dey will buy....but i think the majority of the sells will be in the bay....he may sell 100, 000 in da bay alone, lol

 

[gitwitit]

has e40 ever been bigger in cali than he is right now? even LA is showing incredible love

 

[jray707]

PUT IT LIKE THIS THIS ALBUM IS GETTIN HHEEEEELLLAAAA MORE LOVE THEN HIS LAST ONE HOW MANY DID HIS LAST ONE DO? U DO THA MATH THE SONG IS LOVED NATION WIDE (MINUS WHACK ASS NY) SO I THINK ITLL DO VERY WELL WE GOT SO CAL THA MID WEST AND THE SOUTH ON THIS ONE AND LA IS A GOOD ONE CAUSE THATS A BIG STEP FOR US TO GROW ON THEM LIKE WE HAVE LATELY

 

[drunkaholic707]

i think he sells 60-70k 1st week in the long run it will sell good

 

[R-Tistic]

LOL...LA has ALWAYS showed love to 40, they just haven't always shown the love for everybody else in the last few years from The Bay, OR from L.A. for that matter. "Tell me when to go" is big in L.A....but the LA stations played "Nah nah nah" "Players Ball" and "I hope I don't go back" a lot more than they played this track.

 

[Crumbla]

150-200k

i think if the second single goes well, he'll finish around 800k... maybe even platinum

 

[Cranky]

Probably 50,000 at the most the first week.......

 

[SoilSavy]

Umm.... if this album sells anywhere around 100K, I'd be a surprised ass nigga. I don't think 40 is gettin the love nationwide like he's gettin in the Bay. And with the bootlegging, I don't know if people outside the Bay are gonna chance their money on something they're not sure of (Hyphy movement), as opposed to getting it to free.

*Edit* I'm not sure if you mean total sales or first week.... I can see total sales being at 100K, but at first I thought you meant first week, that's why I was thinkin "wtf??"

Homie im in Seattle and this it on KUBE 93.3 ( out biggest hip hop station fuck our only one lol) every hour on the dot damn near and its #5 on the nightly count down... All the DJs in the station are eating it up.. after the song there always rappin " Jesus Christ had dreads so shake em GO DUMB DUMB... " Shits great i never thought i would be able to turn on Kube and hear forty watta

 

[jordanh415]

I think the South and Lil Jon's influence will carry the 1st week sales over 100K.......depends on how well 40 tours to promote

 

[SocialResponsibility]

GOTTA DO 100K

 

[D'struction]

shits gettin hella play up here in spokane. im lovin it. first new good west coast shit ive heard on the radio that wasnt aftermath, in a long time

 

[wytegangster]

get every one in the bay to cop the album first day yadidaunderstand

 

[EastSide $V 408]

the bay by it self cant do it, we gotta get more ppl around the whole us to buy some copies and hopfully the my block bay area will help promot him cuz ppl can see how the bay do this shit MAYN!

 

[kontac]

His last album soundscanned 40,000 total in the bayarea if cats that are down loading it really buy it will do 115,000 first week nationwide depends on his second single it should sell over 875,000 units

 

[NorKoastal]

The numbers below are the number of Downloads of 40's album on seperate links.. @ 10:19 PM PST

242
320
487
130
11
587
4
9
=
1590 D/L's

X $6 an album in profit.. you get

$9540 in Lost Revenue in 2 hours... Thats the power of the Internet vs. the 90's sales..