Nobody thought anything of that album in the first place.
Are you arguing it’s a hip hop classic, beloved even to this day?
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Are you arguing it’s a hip hop classic, beloved even to this day?
Nobody thought anything of that album in the first place.
Are you arguing it’s a hip hop classic, beloved even to this day?
Breh, there's a lot of albums that aren't classics, but still stood the test of time. Obviously, people thought a lot of it at the time and some of these songs are still played.
Anyone besides Will Smith?
And for the 2000s, anyone besides Ja, who is the poster boy for not standing the test of time.
Breh, you still have yet to explain how these artists haven't stood the test of time. All you've done is brought up streaming numbers and created conditions based on the numbers to fit your narrative. When you were challenged and shown inconsistencies in the premise, you continue to spew this whole "they didn't stand the test of time".
I’ve literally said dozens of times that if people aren’t listening to your music, it hasn’t stood the test of time. Streaming numbers give us data on that subject that we can draw conclusions from.
I’m not sure what you mean by created conditions.
What inconsistencies? Busta vs Nas? That was explained. Singles vs albums sales and the PCD boost. I didn’t respond by saying either didn’t stand the test of time.
@JustCKing anyone else outsell 2001 other than Puff and Will Smith?
Any other 2000s rappers who went triple plat multiple times besides Ja?
Any other 2000s rappers who went triple plat multiple times besides Ja?
But all of these artists are being streamed. Some have higher streaming numbers than others. So I'm not understanding how timeless the music is correlates to the number of streams. Make it make sense.
Busta vs. Nas was never explained. Busta has the one song in "Don't Cha" that is doing high numbers, but that doesn't explain how his numbers are over 10 million and Nas is at 8. Busta is also slightly higher than PCD.
You may not have responded by saying either stood the test of time, but that's the overall tone of your posts based off several responses. You're not being consistent and that's one of the flaws in your argument. If you're telling us that an artist who wasn't as commercially successful in real time that has higher streams today than their contemporaries has music that is more timeless, then it should be the case across the board.
You said because Mobb wasn't as commercially successful as Bone was in the 90's, but has more streams than their biggest song to day that Mobb's music has stood the test of time, but Bone hasn't. Those are conditions you created.
You listed several other albums that also outsold 2001.
Ja and Luda were the only other rappers who went triple in the '00's besides Kanye and Drake. Ye and Drake still have high streams for their new music. Luda and Ja aren't as active.
We’ve both spent some time over the past few days looking at monthly listeners counts and popular song lists for multiple artists. Are you telling me that in reviewing all that data you’ve never once thought to yourself that a particular artist streams more than you would have expected? Or less?
If an artists’ popularity fades considerably over time, particularly when compared to other similar artists, what does that say about the music?