Eminem V. Rick Ross (sales)

[SliK]

lol yeah, I bought 2 x Relapse CDs to try and help sales, but Recovery really doesn't need it lol.

[slicknickshady]

Why are you assuming it's people buying them more than once.

I'm one of the biggest Eminem fans and i have only bought one copy of Recovery.

I bought Relapse when it was released. I bought Relapse Refill when it was released.

I have only bought one copy of every Em album. So i think a lot of what you are saying isnt really the case.

Not like those two guys who walked into a best buy and bought hundreds of thank me later albums by drake.

[slicknickshady]

Wow, people did that?

I'm just like you, I've only bought 1 of every album. I like to support him.

Proof.

http://vimeo.com/12599548

I bet Def Jam is doing the same for Rick Ross.

[slicknickshady]

Yep. I remember video i think of him going to virgin records in new york to buy MMLP. Only one copy though.

[mrjizzbomber]

Relapse back on top of itunes. Cool. Wonder if its too late?

[slicknickshady]

You mean Recovery right?

[GenePeer]

@Francesco just so you know flopping doesn't just mean low sales, but lower-than-expected sales. If you've been selling albums at 600+k 1st wk then you do 100k, that's a flop. If you've been doing 100k then go slightly higher, it's far from being a flop.

[slicknickshady]

Drake dropped 70% in his 2nd week. Ross will drop worse.

[GenePeer]

@Francesco just so you know flopping doesn't just mean low sales, but lower-than-expected sales. If you've been selling albums at 600+k 1st wk then you do 100k, that's a flop. If you've been doing 100k then go slightly higher, it's far from being a flop.

Let me tell you something.
When you're on Def Jam which is the label that push sales for their artists more than any hip hop label and when they spend half a million on comercials for your album and you come and sell 12k first week and like 40 overall this is more than a flop. This is the definition of flop.
Then if you're on Def Jam and have an exec position out there using money to sign your own acts and spent money on doing comercials for yours and theirs albums, and put out like 2 albums for like 2 years and both sell like 20k first week that's a flop too.
Don't tell me what flop means because you don't have idea what exactly you're talking about. You just read something and comment on it.

wtf? I'm talking about his solo albums. His group's albums are probably flops but his solo albums are not. Him selling consistently 100+k 1st wk is NOT a definition of a flop. I don't know what i'm talking about? I read a wikipedia articles about flops a few days back

[Eminem1976]

Does your brain automatically send blood to your dick when you see a thread with the word 'sales' in the title?

Cause you only ever seem to pop up when there are sales being discussed.

haha! i find that shit funny! lol

[slicknickshady]

It must suck for him that Eminem's worst album arguably Encore (I don't hate it. It is his worst album though) has sold more than C3.

[GenePeer]

That's exactly why you don't know what flop means, cuz you find out about it from wikipedia. Unfortunately a lot more people argue as they only know about stuff from wikipedia.
When Ross first album came, it sold just over 100k I think, and it was in the platinum era when everybody was selling. So for a Def Jam artist to sell that at that time was a flop right there, eventhough it was number one album.
His second and third album had gazzelion feats and Def Jam spent million and a half on both albums, and they both sold like 140 and 160 respectively. Which is def a flop cuz they're both under 500k up to date and Def Jam hasn't brought the budget back outta the albums. But that's how the forumla works, they hype up the albums and then get the money back and up from touring and stuff. Jadakiss sold same numbers as Ross with 1/3 of the money for promotion and with 1/3 of the feats. Do the math and like I said don't argue about stuff you don't have idea about.

it's impossible to be sarcastic on the internet, even with the help smilies. *sarcasm begins* I was serious about my wikipedia comment. I'm glad you got my point. *sarcasm ends* I don't need to read it anywhere to know what flopping means. imo, if every album he released was a flop, he wouldn't be releasing an album right now. But since that's just my opinion and your definition of flop is supposedly better than mine, I'll end this stupid discussion by saying, "Fine, all of Rick Ross' albums are flops!" *no sarcasm*

[I'mShady]

people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Eminem's Recovery is back on top of iTunes Albums chart... hahahahahahaha Rick Ross Fat Ass hahahaha
that's it...5 days...hahahahahaha

[J-Smith]

[BILI]

Whats wit the Katy Perry