if the mmlp came out today do you think....

[Good For Nothing]

people would take it as offensive as they did, would it sell 1.7 million copies in the first week what do you think ?

[Relapse.LP]

It wouldn't even make it to one million.

[Raquel]

It wouldnt sell the same..because now people download everything with the fucking internet...
and we are in a ''Global Economic Crisis''...

[Alaine]

people would take it as offensive as they did, would it sell 1.7 million copies in the first week what do you think ?

nope who the hell cares about Britney, Christina, N'sync these days.

[.Rabbit]

Right, time has changed, he wouldn't sell that much like in 2000 because of these illegal downloads etc.
And that celebrity-bashing isn't that new these days like it was in 2000, too, so no one would care imo.

[Emadyville]

Never be as controversial, never sell 1.7, only way he'd do that is if he died right before it came out

[Good For Nothing]

Never be as controversial, never sell 1.7, only way he'd do that is if he died right before it came out

yh definetly especially with the whole bootlegging situation but howcome lil wayne sold 1.2 million

[.Rabbit]

Never be as controversial, never sell 1.7, only way he'd do that is if he died right before it came out

yh definetly especially with the whole bootlegging situation but howcome lil wayne sold 1.2 million

because wayne does pop music and got hyped as fuck for nothing.

[BILI]

Never be as controversial, never sell 1.7, only way he'd do that is if he died right before it came out

yh definetly especially with the whole bootlegging situation but howcome lil wayne sold 1.2 million

Because people don't know what real hip-hop is.

yeah,its cause 2 many retarded people live on this planet

[embm]

no cuz ppl dnt buy cds no mo
also no controversy cuz its mo cool & tolerable 2 be gay now & no 1 cares if u r or not
wen mmlp came out it was near the yr of matt shepard tragedy tat was still fresh on ppls mind tats y they did ads durin grammy 01 member?

[Heffernan]

id say realpse way more controversial then MMLP...the times have just changed

[Relapse.LP]

Never be as controversial, never sell 1.7, only way he'd do that is if he died right before it came out

yh definetly especially with the whole bootlegging situation but howcome lil wayne sold 1.2 million

Because people don't know what real hip-hop is.

It's difficult to defend Eminem's new promotional single, "Taking My Ball", as real hip-hop. Yes, it has lyrical dexterity and complexity, but it's not true hip-hop, in my eyes.

Think of it this way...

If you had a friend who never listened to rap before and you want him to get into the genre, would you want him to listen to "Taking My Ball" as the first hip-hop song?

[Cube23]

It's difficult to defend Eminem's new promotional single, "Taking My Ball", as real hip-hop. Yes, it has lyrical dexterity and complexity, but it's not true hip-hop, in my eyes.

Think of it this way...

If you had a friend who never listened to rap before and you want him to get into the genre, would you want him to listen to "Taking My Ball" as the first hip-hop song?

Okay, but I probably wouldn't start with any Eminem song. I'd start with Illmatic, Stillmatic, 36 Chambers, Paid In Full, etc. Doesn't mean Eminem isn't real hip-hop. I was not a fan of Taking My Ball by any means, but it's most definitely a hip-hop song, while Lil Wayne is pretty much just R&B, imo.

[Evan C.]

People wouldn't care. He might get bashed in some blogs or be a trending topic on twitter. That's as "controversial" as things get these days.

And yeah, it wouldn't probably even sell a third of what it did in todays world.

[Relapse.LP]

It's difficult to defend Eminem's new promotional single, "Taking My Ball", as real hip-hop. Yes, it has lyrical dexterity and complexity, but it's not true hip-hop, in my eyes.

Think of it this way...

If you had a friend who never listened to rap before and you want him to get into the genre, would you want him to listen to "Taking My Ball" as the first hip-hop song?

Okay, but I probably wouldn't start with any Eminem song. I'd start with Illmatic, Stillmatic, 36 Chambers, Paid In Full, etc. Doesn't mean Eminem isn't real hip-hop. I was not a fan of Taking My Ball by any means, but it's most definitely a hip-hop song, while Lil Wayne is pretty much just R&B, imo.

I understand what you mean. Taking My Ball isn't real hip hop in the sense of... it just doesn't sound like true rap.

The accent... the ridiculous beat (not in a good way)... the constant ass references. It's more of a comedy song that's lyrically great.