Comments on: Nas feat. The Game – Hustlers (QB True G) (Produced by Dr. Dre)

By: Rizoh

Rizoh — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 11:51:45 +0000

I agree with Adam. That explains why record sales have been alarmingly low this year.

By: adg

adg — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 09:46:39 +0000

FUCKIN FLAMES DOG

By: Adam M. Donahue

Adam M. Donahue — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 01:42:32 +0000

Here’s a barometer: I used to get hyped up with a release, as little as two years ago – I’d jump on and pump anything from the Neptunes, Dre, Eminem, 50, Jay, Ghostface, even lesser-known artists. These days it takes a lot more to get me excited about music. Me, Mr. buy-10-records-a-week, has even stopped that weekly purchase habit. I buy maybe one CD a month now, if that.

Why? What has changed? I’m trying to figure that out. It’s not just the availability of mp3’s: I’ve been downloading *and* buying for years. There’s something else. Taste maybe? Or maybe hip-hop has just gotten so unoriginal it’s hard to keep an interest. Listen to a song from five years ago, and then one day, and tell me how much has changed? Then compare to just ten years ago … or fifteen. Look at the growth there.

By: Adam M. Donahue

Adam M. Donahue — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 01:38:32 +0000

Let’s assume they still are making money. I don’t know: The Game clearly has a legion of fans, regardless of one’s opinion on his rather unorthodox (and tired, to some) themes. With Dre at his back I bet it could have done at least twice what it did the first week. What do you think?

But here’s what gets me: Dre isn’t exactly putting out a slew of records. How many Aftermath releases have we had this year, again? Busta’s album didn’t even clear a million, and it was hyped beyond belief.

I guess what I’m saying is that rappers like The Game and Lil’ Wayne are fresh, fun – whereas the Jay-Z’s, even the 50 Cent’s, are almost aged at this point. (I am very curious to see how 50’s next album will do given the precipitous decline in album sales this year.)

That reminds me: does anyone have a list of the year’s first week top 10 sales, listed by week? I’m curious to see how hip-hop did, initial impact wise, this year.

By: Rizoh

Rizoh — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:21:09 +0000

^No, they’re not. Game is not on Aftermath or G-Unit.