"God Forgives, I Dont" Certified Gold

[Rapmastermind]

5 Gold LP's. You know what, give Rick his props. He build a nice loyal fanbase that will come out for him. Sure he probably won't go platinum cause sadly spitting hard and gangsta ain't what's that popular these days. But again due to his great production he's able to again connect with fans. Lyrically he's not that great, but he does have a pretty decent flow and his voice does go well with tracks. His single game is good to. Overall though he's going to need to evolve cause he's been getting repetitive. But 5 Gold LP's, 4 of them went #1 on the charts and the other #2. That's not bad no matter how you slice it.

 

[Flav]

good for ross

i really think he could go platinum if he expand his content in his music

 

[Loud Still Coolin]

sold 7 thou last week shipping gold is cool though. 2 chainz goin gold also then def jam Wildin where cruel summer at

 

[Lavish]

no ones mad.

but he didnt sell 500,000 plus albums so he's not gold

ah well

dont care either way. I listened to the album twice and deleted it

 

[HollywoodP]

You guys do know that Rick Ross gets paid on units shipped as well right? Sold product is sold product.

Thats actually partly false...its common practice in the industry to hold off payment of royalties in the event that the record store sends it back...also a common practice. Its referred to as Royalty Reserves

Reserves refers to the percentage of royalties you are due from record sales that your record label withholds. Reserves are related to returns. Because some of the records that are ordered by stores will be returned to the label, your record label will only pay you a percentage of the royalties you are supposed to get, so they can cover some of the losses they may make when your records come back as returns.
The percentage of royalties your record label holds back as reserves depends on your sales history (if you have any) and whether or not there are plans for you to release more albums with the label.
After a pre-determined amount of time, your label will release the reserves - provided, of course, that you are actually due those royalties after any returns have come in. This process, also called liquidating reserves, can take up to a few years.
Your record contract should spell out all of the specifics regarding how the label will handle your reserves.

 

[BIGDENNIS10UK]

To think there was a time when he actually thought he'd sell ten million albums in his career.

Sad bawse

 

[Still@it]

There are so many washed up bitter nikkas hating in this thread it is pathetic

How do you fakkits even look at yourselves in the mirror everyday
The dude is certified gold by the Riaa...Wtf is wrong w you ashy bum azz nikkas?
Is your life that bad that you can't face reality? You do understand that Riaa certifies albums shipped not scanned right?
Never mind just keep making an azz of yourselves

 

[Henryflo1]

There are so many washed up bitter nikkas hating in this thread it is pathetic

How do you fakkits even look at yourselves in the mirror everyday
The dude is certified gold by the Riaa...Wtf is wrong w you ashy bum azz nikkas?
Is your life that bad that you can't face reality? You do understand that Riaa certifies albums shipped not scanned right?
Never mind just keep making an azz of yourselves

Why you so angry at 740 in the morning?

 

[BIGDENNIS10UK]

There are so many washed up bitter nikkas hating in this thread it is pathetic

How do you fakkits even look at yourselves in the mirror everyday
The dude is certified gold by the Riaa...Wtf is wrong w you ashy bum azz nikkas?
Is your life that bad that you can't face reality? You do understand that Riaa certifies albums shipped not scanned right?
Never mind just keep making an azz of yourselves

Don't be mad.

Ross is doing alright for an underground artist.

 

[labelplant]

386,000 is how much he sold in the US. He has sold gold world wide

 

[yesiambowling]

386,000 is how much he sold in the US. He has sold gold world wide

415,000

GLOBAL ALBUM CHART

 

[hustlemania]

There are so many washed up bitter nikkas hating in this thread it is pathetic

How do you fakkits even look at yourselves in the mirror everyday
The dude is certified gold by the Riaa...Wtf is wrong w you ashy bum azz nikkas?
Is your life that bad that you can't face reality? You do understand that Riaa certifies albums shipped not scanned right?
Never mind just keep making an azz of yourselves

these cats really mad

 

[prophecypro]

He'll probably see a legit gold plaque too by the end of the year.

More people need to support that Nas album though

 

[hustlemania]

He'll probably see a legit gold plaque too by the end of the year.

More people need to support that Nas album though

RIAA aint legit, now..?

 

[eastside313]

Consecutive gold albums is the standard for respected street music going back to epmd