Man did E-40 go platinum yet?
- Thread starter Tony
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Hell yeah - thats too true. You only need to see how many different cats out on the East can put out a weak-ass album and sell it platinum. Thats some craziness.
One reason: the East coast got worldwide distribution locked down. Half these cats have European releases of their shit however wack it is. The labels are doing things major even if their acts cant spit more than one hot song.
Jive supposed to be big but I'm not holding my breath for them to drop grit & grind over here like that. You can't even buy it on import in most record stores over here, as far as most people know it doesn't exist. But everything coming off the East is here one by one as soon as it drops.
Jive aren't handling their business properly - they've given Mystikal way more exposure and promotion. 40 is 8 solid albums deep on Jive and they still havent tried to market him to the masses. That's some sorry shit.
One reason: the East coast got worldwide distribution locked down. Half these cats have European releases of their shit however wack it is. The labels are doing things major even if their acts cant spit more than one hot song.
Jive supposed to be big but I'm not holding my breath for them to drop grit & grind over here like that. You can't even buy it on import in most record stores over here, as far as most people know it doesn't exist. But everything coming off the East is here one by one as soon as it drops.
Jive aren't handling their business properly - they've given Mystikal way more exposure and promotion. 40 is 8 solid albums deep on Jive and they still havent tried to market him to the masses. That's some sorry shit.
Thats what I'm talking about. Every word there I been thinking too, I cant figure it out unless Jive is not handling things properly.
And on that Eminem album, I know he going to sell whatever with his millions of fans, but I HATED that last album, I didnt feel one track.
40 was on like 50k on the first week off the back of Automatic. It's like two months and he at 160k. This shit isnt getting out properly somewhere. Like Tony says, why everyone heard of Fabolous but not 40. I consider myself a hip hop junkie but I couldn't tell you who put Fabolous on, who he down with or even which producers he works with. To me he came out of nowhere and got his CD everywhere.
Meanwhile 40 been putting it down for years and half the world ain't heard of him.
That's not right - period.
And on that Eminem album, I know he going to sell whatever with his millions of fans, but I HATED that last album, I didnt feel one track.
40 was on like 50k on the first week off the back of Automatic. It's like two months and he at 160k. This shit isnt getting out properly somewhere. Like Tony says, why everyone heard of Fabolous but not 40. I consider myself a hip hop junkie but I couldn't tell you who put Fabolous on, who he down with or even which producers he works with. To me he came out of nowhere and got his CD everywhere.
Meanwhile 40 been putting it down for years and half the world ain't heard of him.
That's not right - period.