Early projections show Nas “Magic 2” to do around 15-20k first week

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The man didn't even release a pre-album single and did exclusively Tidal first week last time, but if being delusional and lying for yourself makes you feel better son.

Nobody cares about these first week sales, they are driven by singles/algos/playlists nowadays. You don't have induce temporary insanity, especially when mans drops 2 albums per year

4:44 had a massive marketing budget including a TV ad with movie stars that aired during the NBA Finals and got the computers putin like crazy because of the mystery behind it

Regardless of single timing you cannot claim a major label release that's got a multi-million dollar, nationwide marketing campaign behind it was not hyped up, there was mass awareness when it dropped
 

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All this highlights to me is the insidious agenda to push thot rap
Cause that shyt don't sell carbonium
 

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It'll chart week two due to One Mic One Gun's sales being added at that time.

That’s why I found it weird to even put it on the album on first release

It actually made more sense to put on KD 3 as a deluxe later since it came out much closer to that album than this
 
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That twitter chick is misguiding his fan base. They should be pushing buys instead of streaming. His fanbase is older. We have money. We dont have streaming time.


She’s doing it because the “power” of the pure sales is dwindling. They already took sales from an artists website off the table. And pure sales somehow count “less” than streams toward billboard charting so I understand why she’s doing what she’s doing.
 
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That’s why I found it weird to even put it on the album on first release

It actually made more sense to put on KD 3 as a deluxe later since it came out much closer to that album than this


One Gun One Mic was the official “start” of the Magic 2 sessions. That song led to Nas and Hit Boy getting into the groove for this album. KD3 was already complete so it didn’t make sense to throw it on there
 

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He doesn’t promote albums, his label and team is wack(when it comes to selling music) at a time he’s making some of the best music in his life.

Mass appeal don’t make no moves in terms of actually getting artists who are popping artist development and selling records, they’re literally a boutique label at this point.

If people like that crazy girl on Twitter is part of his team no wonder his doing 20k when he has the potential to do 50k every album.
 
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