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Nipsey Hussle Thread; The Marathon Continues
No it wasn't.
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There is no way people thought a rapper with no radio/billboard presence in his career would suddenly do 100K out the gate of what was pretty much a very long delayed album
rbk93
Supporter
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Is it an "album" though?
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Stop it lol. The most hype came from Nip's Instagram.
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At first I was thinking that Nip should definitely be big enough to do better than 40K. But the more I think about it, his fanbase definitely isn't as large, even if he does have a lot of followers on social media. Nipsey has a very loyal fanbase, but I definitely wouldn't call it large in comparison to other mainstream rappers. Hell, there's a slew of people who probably know him more for being Lauren London's babydaddy than any of his music. Victory Lap is gonna be a lot of people's first time even listening to dude, foreal. We rock with dude heavy, of course, but that doesn't mean the rest of the world does.
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Exactly. I would still consider Nip a niche artist.
When him and Lauren London are posted on BallerAlert or Shaderoom, there's people in the comments asking who he is.
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This is really what it came down to.
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Mr.Guy
formerly timidtebow
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There also seemed to be several documentaries and videos to promote the album. Currensy would have sold more than 40k if he had Nip’s promotion.
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Mr.Guy
formerly timidtebow
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Did you see the tidal documentary?
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idgaf about numbers. album is great. Nip is that dude
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He spent millions on promoting the album. This is definitely disappointing.
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nope. who thought he was doin 100k?
HOU$TON
formerly convertibleburt
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40k is straight
He didn’t do himself any favors with rap ****** as the single, the radio not playing that.
All in all tho the album didn’t disappoint **** the numbers
He didn’t do himself any favors with rap ****** as the single, the radio not playing that.
All in all tho the album didn’t disappoint **** the numbers
Mr.Guy
formerly timidtebow
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This is what I was trying to say.
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On this forum it was people saying he gets no radio play. Now it's his album shoulda sold more. Dudes can't have it both ways. He was never a big name in hip hop to expect close to 100k in this era. He has a core in LA and small pockets of fans outside of LA. End of the day the album is great.
I **** with the Migos, that album did great #'s but it came and went already. This Nip album is getting great reviews.
Where you get this from?
I **** with the Migos, that album did great #'s but it came and went already. This Nip album is getting great reviews.
Where you get this from?
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40k is decent for dropping an album with literally no buzz.
Mr.Guy
formerly timidtebow
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Did Lil Yachty sell more than Nip?
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That breakfast club interview was dope. Like the other NTer said nipsey has such interesting interviews because he's dropping knowledge and not just talking about his music only or the latest ******** that he was involved in or whatever. Nipsey is that dude. 
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In one of his interviews he mentioned they spent millions on promotions. TVs on trucks, brink trucks, videos, documentaries, all the events, the list goes on.
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To put **** in perspective, YG only did like 30 something first week with a Drake single and YG def more popular. Nip fanbase really is more regional, because he def get radio play out West.
If he woulda hit the East to do promo last week I think the numbers would be a lil higher, because I see folks who don’t really know much about him, raving about his interviews week.
If he woulda hit the East to do promo last week I think the numbers would be a lil higher, because I see folks who don’t really know much about him, raving about his interviews week.
Mr.Guy
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Is Nipsey Black?
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ye
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So how’d I get this?
I meant more accessible hard copies.
You can literally go back a couple pages and see where dudes said this wasn't in their local BB or Target.
Outside of LA & it's surrounding areas, a lot of people couldn't go just cop the album from the store. Swear y'all act slow sometimes.
