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

[Chris Cool]

 

[Big Boss]

finesse the system

 

[The Amerikkkan Idol]

nah

jay was expected to become a superstar with the volume one album.

but he chased the crossover too hard and dropped a half-dud.

and he still went platinum. you cant go platinum off of just the east coast. bootlegging is way too heavy on the east.





you still dont get it.

this simply just aint your lane. stick to your strengths.

and stop trying to talk tough behind a computer screen. this chit aint even that serious. the way youre acting in here, it explains why this chit sounds so foreign to you. LOL. youre not social like that. not around black folks at least.

now go ahead and bang on your keyboard, mad because i sized you up again.

Dude, my graduating class had only 1 White person in it, 1 Boricua, and no Asians, but I don't know any Black people?

Stop it.

You're just a lame brain ass nikka with no fukkin' sense.

Log the fukk off.

 

[Juneya]

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?

Because people think black culture was invented in New York, you severely underappreciatethe chitlin circuit. It saved "hip hop" during the mixtape era. No limit was master marketers. They had everything, they were everywhere. Having the cd was a status symbol in your collection. They did it to perfection.

 

[Marlo Barksdale]

Here are the Soundscans from December 2007 that I posted in the No Limit Chronicles thread

Always follow the money and the results.

No Limit filed bankruptcy and the albums from the catalogue that have been released are from Priority/Capital/Beats by Pound.

P doesn't own or control the catalogue. That's why P made a greatest hits album full of re-recorded versions of his songs. That's done when somebody doesn't own the masters.

And we know P would have 7382 deluxe anniversary editions of Lil Soldiers album out if controlled the NL catalogue the same way Suge did Death Row's catalogue before he lost it in bankruptcy.

Go on streaming services and look at the label at the bottom. Mac's Shell Shocked is released by Beats by the Pound for example.



P didn't like paying residuals and felt you should be happy with anything he gave you. That was a character flaw that led to the downfall of No Limit.

Don't get caught up in platinum or gold certifications, because that's just for the fans. The same way a plauque for a billion streams is pointless depending on how much each stream is worth. What really matters in business is how many albums are sold (Soundscan) and what the ROI is.

Here is a Soundcan thread from 2007 where official US Soundscans were posted. This is what No Limit actually sold as of December 2007

https://boxden.com/showthread.php?t=888986&page=20

Mr. Marcelo Brick Livin: 37,691
Mr. Marcelo Still Brick Livin': 1,123
Mr. Marcelo Streetz Got Luv 4 Me: 2,236
504 Boyz Ballers: 26,1981
504 Boyz Goodfellas: 1,142,848
504 Boyz Hurricane Katrina-we Gon' Boun: 4,066
Master P Living Legend-certified D-boy: 8,463
Lil' Romeo Game Time: 386,302
Lil' Romeo Lil' Romeo: 846,913
Lil' Romeo Romeo Tv Show-the Season: 22,835
Lil' Romeo Romeoland: 175,074
Krazy Breather Life: 22,742
Soulja Slim Give It 2 'em Raw: 341,545
Soulja Slim Streets Made Me: 82,788
Soulja Slim Years Later: 26,608
Soulja Slim Years Later-a Few Months After: 62,883
SNOOP DOGG DA GAME IS TO BE SOLD & NOT TO: 2,075,129
SNOOP DOGG THA LAST MEAL: 2,052,198
SNOOP DOGG TOP DOGG: 1,508,602
MASTER P 99 WAYS TO DIE: 292,518
MASTER P GAME FACE: 433,198
MASTER P GHETTO POSTAGE: 600,805
MASTER P GHETTO D: 3,185,221
MASTER P GHETTO'S TRYING TO KILL ME (re-release): 290,070
MASTER P GOOD SIDE/BAD SIDE: 260,999
MASTER P ICE CREAM MAN: 1,248,375
MASTER P MP DA LAST DON: 2,255,122
MASTER P ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE ME: 677,727
MASTER P GHETTO BILL: 89,713

C-MURDER TRUEST S--- I EVR SAID: 113,156

TRU DA CRIME FAMILY: 850,387
TRU TRU 2 DA GAME: 1,341,488
TRU TRUE: 429,577
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[FONT=Open Sans, verdana]P shipped more records than he sold and wasn't able to pay the advances back to Priority or Universal. Compound that with Beats by the Pound winning a lawsuit over non-payment and other legal issues.[/FONT]

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

 

[987654321]

Southern Radio

This, tailgate/backyard/house parties, clubs/strip clubs/ college yards, small production concerts, local radio, mixtapes, promo CD’s, etc.

 

[hex]

We tried to tell people about this years ago.

Fred.

 

[AlbertPullhoez]

They owe @shopthatwrecks a credit or something

 

[⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]

Master P seems like the type of guy that buys the CDs and keeps the receipt to return them after the numbers are tallied and as soon as the order for a new shipment comes in