top 5 reasons

[NovaKaine]

that will make you go out an purchase a record what are they?
talent features visuals?

 

[Likwid]

Solid tracks
Clean production that sounds good in the car

I've never purchased an album based on features, I don't know why people get so caught up in track lists.

Nice visuals just round out the package but are not super important to me.

 

[recklessofgilaz]

buy any East Co Co CD for the blueprint to an album/EP/compilation worth buying

 

[Smiley650NX4]

art work, artist, well mastered tracks.

 

[MRTHECOSE]

I JUDGE EM BY PREVIOUS WORK
AND PREVIEW OF ALBUM IF POSSIBLE

 

[Rusto]

if it sounds like an "album", ill buy it.

If it sounds like a compilation (bunch of random "slaps" from 10 different producers) i wont buy it

 

[NovaKaine]

appreciate all this just really trying to tighten up a game plan

 

[NovaKaine]

if it sounds like an "album", ill buy it.

If it sounds like a compilation (bunch of random "slaps" from 10 different producers) i wont buy it

very well put and alot of rappers dont know how to make an actual album an thats were the line between a rapper an artist is drawn

 

[Mr G]

1. singles / snippets / leaks
2. word of mouth
3. song titles
4. guest appearences
5. price

 

[huelgabird408]

1. singles / snippets / leaks
2. word of mouth

^^^^
3.minimum features, 3 at the most..Cant stand when I see a "solo" album have a feature on every fuckin track.
4.talent/previous work(guess you can tie this in with number one)
5.

 

[$anJoBoy]

I like ARTWORK of course.
FEATURES should be limited and should vary from genre, rappers/singers, region, affiliation, rookie/well established.
I like to buy from artists who appreciate support and aren't cocky or dicks when you try to have a conversation with them whether in person or online.
I wont pay more than a dollar per track on a CD so it better be more tracks than the dollar price for the album.
Definitely releasing videos, or snippets is what drives me 2 buy a cd. I've took risks and bought cd's that i honestly regret buying, because i didn't preview and i was bamboozled because the cover was tight as fuck, but tracks were Garbage

 

[TrøLL]

1. Lyrical Content.
2. Original song titles.
3. Features.
4. Artwork.
5. Number of songs

 

[ILL-HIPHOP.COM]

1.Orginality - i don't listen to rapper's who sound like everybody else
2.good beats that knock hard
3.rapping about real shit
3.good chorus or hook that's not corny and doesn't sound like a 12 yr old came up with it
5.good story telling ability skills


shit that doesn't matter
features - if the artist is good enough he don't need features to save the track
number of songs - they don't really matter to me i would rather have a album with 10 tracks that all bang then a 20 disc of bullshit that makes u skip every other track

 

[CAPTIN GARBONZO]

ARTWORK, even tho many say, "don't judge a book by its cover" damn near everyone picks up a cd with a clean cover. Nobody is attracted to a cd with shitty ass graphics, which the artist should of invested more in. Other than that, the basics what everyone else said.

 

[408mobsta]

there past material..