Ayo.... How Did No Limit Sell So Many Records?

[ThaRealness]

No Limit Records discography - Wikipedia


They never had any hit singles until 98 (and Make Em Say only reached 16)

P had every artist selling 500k minimum. But they had no cash cows

Juvenile was with Birdman right?

So they had Silk, Mystikal and a bunch of no names.
Im trying to understand this phenomenon. The bad album covers, the mediocre MCs... how did P flip that into platinum records?

 

[RJThaGreat]

Could well be the equivalent of the "streaming farms" we got now but just copping CDs/inflating the numbers back then.

I have NO idea tho just a thought based off your last line.

 

[Damba]

Uhhhhh na na na naaa

 

[ThaRealness]

Could well be the equivalent of the "streaming farms" we got now but just copping CDs/inflating the numbers back then.

I have NO idea tho just a thought based off your last line.

Even dudes like Lil Italy were selling 400k

Thats fishy.

 

[Asicz]

Southern Radio

 

[Asicz]

There was a stat floating around that No Limit was responsible for 10% of all Black music sales.

Not sure if it was verified

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

No Limit Records discography - Wikipedia


They never had any hit singles until 98 (and Make Em Say only reached 16)

P had every artist selling 500k minimum. But they had no cash cows

Juvenile was with Birdman right?

So they had Silk, Mystikal and a bunch of no names.
Im trying to understand this phenomenon. The bad album covers, the mediocre MCs... how did P flip that into platinum records?

Master P already told you how on Solange record check the interludes

 

[JustCKing]

Supply and demand. When everybody was declaring Gangsta rap dead and was gettin jiggy wit it, No Limit was out here flooding the streets with gangsta rap with a Southern bounce to it. So when No Limit got hot, they didn't stop. Then by 1999 with X and Ruff Ryders bringing the streets back to the East and CMR putting everybody on bling, the demand for No Limit's brand of rap dwindled.

 

[JustCKing]

Some of those numbers are exaggerated though. Most No Limit artists were not selling 400-500K. Master P and Snoop were the bank's top sellers with 2 million and above. Silkk and Mystikal had two platinum albums. C-Murder went platinum. The soundtracks for I Got The Hook-Up and I'm Bout It went platinum. TRU had a double platinum album. Mia X, Fiend, Kane & Abel, and Mean Green all went gold. The Foolish soundtrack was gold and Westcoast Bad Boyz II went gold.

 

[Solomon Lurke]

While I was listening to Wu, Mobb Deep and all that; EVERYBODY in my hood had and was playing No Limit albums. So I know a great portion of sales were true fans. Having later in life worked doing promotion, I’ve been a part of some of those album buy back schemes. Don’t know if P manipulated numbers in any way, but I’d say not so much knowing the amount of actual people who purchased everything he was putting out at the time.

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

@bigbadbossup2012

now this thread right here, is an example of east coast bias. LETS GO.

its amazing how dudes can still be so oblivious about the chit. i mean, over 20 years later and people still out the loop??

and i dont even know how this is possible. im sure no limit was getting bumped like crazy all around the OP.

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

ALL soundscan numbers are manipulated.
these big white-owned labels manipulate their numbers all the time.
its only an issue when southern indy labels AKA the black man does it.

doesnt change the fact that no limit had the most impressive sales run of any rap label.
and their impact & influence on the game was even greater. completely changing the game in two ways - both on the business side, and by blowing up the southern market.

like my man on here says, master p = the marcus garvey of hip-hop.

 

[ThaRealness]

@bigbadbossup2012

now this thread right here, is an example of east coast bias. LETS GO.

its amazing how dudes can still be so oblivious about the chit. i mean, over 20 years later and people still out the loop??

and i dont even know how this is possible. im sure no limit was getting bumped like crazy all around the OP.

Dude I was 5 in 1998

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

Dude I was 5 in 1998

then you shouldnt be talking like youre talking.
just ask the question respectfully and keep it moving.
dont sit up here and tear the label down with insult after insult.

you named yourself after mobb deep and keep them in your avatar, but there would be no murda muzik without "im bout it". ya man prodigy even said it himself in the DVD bonus features.

btw, bout it was way bigger than murda muzik.

 

[ThaRealness]

then you shouldnt be talking like youre talking.
just ask the question respectfully and keep it moving.
dont sit up here and tear the label down with insult after insult.

you named yourself after mobb deep and keep them in your avatar, but there would be no murda muzik without "im bout it". ya man prodigy even said it himself in the DVD bonus features.

btw, bout it was way bigger than murda muzik.

Man shut the fukk up. Im talking very respectfully