Man, why you care what they sell… fukk with the music you fukk with.
Cause they're the last of a dying breed. If people don't buy their music, what's stopping them from calling it quits?
Cause dudes like vince make way more money from stuff outside of rap, I'm sure. Up and coming artists see that and likely the reason we don't see more trying to work in that lane.
The problem is really how commerce gets in the way of artistic expression. Look at Q for example. He dropped oxymoron and got his first financially successful record. His followup was seen as even better quality wise by many of us, but it sold worse cause it didn't have a crossover single like Studio on it. So he pivoted in a whole other direction to make music that would appeal to a wider audience with crash talk.
It didn't sell well either so he took a long hiatus until this year. Blue lips is a return to form and incredible album. But it's one of his worst selling, if not the lowest. It's just a concern of where they'll go from here
Cause id like to get more albums that build on each other thematically and quality wise but how can they balance that when it's not financially viable?
