Nelly: ‘My Era Was The Toughest In Hip-Hop Ever’

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Marilyn

Quote from: Touch of Brazil on March 06, 2024, 03:18:38 PMHe did not sell more than Jay z


He did as far as any single albums. But it goes to show that consistences triumph peaks.

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Boomz


Boomz

But we gotta start giving our Black artists their due

Nelly was one of the biggest crossover successes in music in the early 2000's.


Nine

Nelly had a bigger commercial peak but Jay has had more longevity and has been pretty consistent with his album sales.

He sold around 3-4 million every album iirc.

Nelly's first album went Diamond and his second went 7x platinum. He fell off after Sweat/Suit.


The Only BLACK Kalmyks

Lonz is incorrect

So is sub-zero, and boomz tbh

But GODilyn makes complete sense

Thanks boo @Marilyn  don't know wtf they were talking about in here lol
Project started: 2014 Wrapped up: 2024

Significant Discovery: First known Black American family of Kalmyk descent

Takeaways: Be prepared to pivot, even when you think you're on the right track. Be OK with being wrong so you can get things right.

Kalmyks are tribal Mongolic people who settled in Russia. It's estimated that only 300,000 Kalmyk descendants exist worldwide - with only 3,000 in America.



Grandpa and his Grandma ❤️

Nine


The Only BLACK Kalmyks

Project started: 2014 Wrapped up: 2024

Significant Discovery: First known Black American family of Kalmyk descent

Takeaways: Be prepared to pivot, even when you think you're on the right track. Be OK with being wrong so you can get things right.

Kalmyks are tribal Mongolic people who settled in Russia. It's estimated that only 300,000 Kalmyk descendants exist worldwide - with only 3,000 in America.



Grandpa and his Grandma ❤️

Lazarus

Jay-Z was just more consistent with his releases and maintained longevity.

But he didn't sell 3-4 million albums every album he was a steady seller though. Maybe with streaming now factored in he's do re-certification.

5,299,000, "Vol. 2...Hard Knock Life"
3,345,000, "Black Album"
3,093,000, "Vol. 3...Life and Times of S. Carter"
2,608,000, "The Blueprint"
2,521,000, "Dynasty Roc La Familia (2000 -)"
2,069,000, "The Blueprint 2: The Gift and the Curse"
1,934,000, "Collision Course" (with Linkin Park)
1,514,000, "Reasonable Doubt"
1,510,000, "Kingdom Come"
1,412,000, "In My Lifetime, Vol. 1"
1,131,000, "American Gangster"

Even though Nelly fell out commercially, he still rounds out in the Top 5 Best Selling Rappers list.

Lazarus

Quote50 Cent is the sixth best-selling rap or hip-hop solo artist of the Nielsen SoundScan era. He has sold 16,704,000 albums. The top five are Eminem (45,160,000), 2Pac (29,235,000), Jay Z (29,179,000), Nelly (21,815,000) and DMX (17,124,000).


L0NZ.

Quote from: Lazarus on March 06, 2024, 04:40:27 PMJay-Z was just more consistent with his releases and maintained longevity.

But he didn't sell 3-4 million albums every album he was a steady seller though. Maybe with streaming now factored in he's do re-certification.

5,299,000, "Vol. 2...Hard Knock Life"
3,345,000, "Black Album"
3,093,000, "Vol. 3...Life and Times of S. Carter"
2,608,000, "The Blueprint"
2,521,000, "Dynasty Roc La Familia (2000 -)"
2,069,000, "The Blueprint 2: The Gift and the Curse"
1,934,000, "Collision Course" (with Linkin Park)
1,514,000, "Reasonable Doubt"
1,510,000, "Kingdom Come"
1,412,000, "In My Lifetime, Vol. 1"
1,131,000, "American Gangster"

Even though Nelly fell out commercially, he still rounds out in the Top 5 Best Selling Rappers list.

Nnnnnnnnnnn

Welp  :letsmessfag:


Nine

well 2-3 million per album. Close enough.

Still good. Consistency > big peaks and falling off.

The Only BLACK Kalmyks

Project started: 2014 Wrapped up: 2024

Significant Discovery: First known Black American family of Kalmyk descent

Takeaways: Be prepared to pivot, even when you think you're on the right track. Be OK with being wrong so you can get things right.

Kalmyks are tribal Mongolic people who settled in Russia. It's estimated that only 300,000 Kalmyk descendants exist worldwide - with only 3,000 in America.



Grandpa and his Grandma ❤️

Barbie Dangerous

Quote from: Nine on March 06, 2024, 04:49:32 PMwell 2-3 million per album. Close enough.

Still good. Consistency > big peaks and falling off.
Yes consistency is most important but consistency wasn't Nelly's point