Nothing laughable about the statement, unless you haven't listened to it yourself.
Albums Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. (Discussion Thread)
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dora_da_destroyer
Master Baker
That's the song that made me run the album today, yah popped in my head and then I had to just let the whole thing play out. Love that track
Need Kunta's Groove Sessions part 2 soonI'm amazed at just how popular this album has been. Triple platinum, highest selling album of the year, three singles that have gone at least platinum...crazy.
This isn't his best album but is his biggest. I honestly didn't think Kendrick would top GKMC, success wise. For him to do it 5 years later, and to top it by such a large margin...whew.
His career is basically set now. More than half of the album is gonna be in his live show catalog for the foreseeable future. Multiple hits and crowd favorites he can play at large shows for years. And he'll only keep adding to the list with each album.
YAH YAH, YAH YAHRadars is buzzinnnnnn
As people force this thread re-up, I wonder why it took so long for some of y'all to figure out "Yah" was a major highlight off this album and the best song on it, period
Still haven't heard it since it came out, which is typical for Duck. Disposable fluff music pounded onto the audience by cosigns, shytty 'think pieces', bots and other insane marketing push
Tommy Gibbs
Superstar
yes it is. It gives off the impression an album is selling to take up the ticket prices in sales. With ticket prices in creased, they get a larger share of the touring in which we know KL has a 360 deal. Just like the term "grammy nominated" takes a person's status up even if they don't win the award. This album, or any other hip hop album, in 2017 or 2018 sold a million physical copies. cut it out. Learn the music business.
Piff Perkins
Veteran
First off he doesn't have a 360 deal. That's a fact. Neither does J Cole. Second off I'm very familiar with the music business, having worked in it for years (though to be fair I left for good around 2013).
Take up the price in ticket sales? You realize he sold out an arena tour in the US last year and is currently doing a big tour in Europe right now? How do you fake live crowds, I'm curious.
Streams are the present and future whether we like it or not. They are a great indicator of music consumption: what are people listening to. DAMN is still selling 25-30k a week. It's a pretty damn popular album. Drake's album is still selling well. Uzi's album is still selling well. Migos too. When you have hundreds of thousands of people listening to your shyt daily, it puts you in great position to sustain momentum and go to the fans (touring, videos, whatever).
DAMN was successful. Get the fukk over it.
Did they ever offer the Collectors edition of DAMN. on vinyl? If they did, I totally missed it.
I haven’t listened to this in weeks but I might run it back again today. Kendrick is one of the most consistent artists of our time.
I haven’t listened to this in weeks but I might run it back again today. Kendrick is one of the most consistent artists of our time.
cartierhoe
Veteran
DAMN is a great album but I went and listened to TPAB again and 
TPAB his best shyt to me
TPAB his best shyt to me
Tommy Gibbs
Superstar
it was very successful. I agree. But what do I have to get over? hahhaa. it doesn't affect my life if he sold 10 million or not. I'm not in competition with KL or his label at all. NO RAP ALBUM has sold 1 million physical copies this year or last. Streaming is the future and streaming counts towards sales. That's all I'm saying, but it aint the same thing as physical sales. A million sold today aint the same thing as a million sold 10 years ago. So the word "platinum" being thrown around(for artists like Future) is very deceiving. You can go platinum without selling one copy of anything. Digital or Physical and that's where the industry is heading while I'm fine with it. That's the bottom line. And if you think Aftermath put up those millions without a 360 deal, you're a goddamn fool. Jay Z and Madonna, 2 of the biggest artists of all time, have 360 deals but J Cole(signed to Jay Z) and KL don't?
Keep telling yourself that.KL is with TDE who is signed to Aftermath, who is under Interscope. But KL is pocketing 100% merchandise, publishing, and tour money hahahah.
Piff Perkins
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it was very successful. I agree. But what do I have to get over? hahhaa. it doesn't affect my life if he sold 10 million or not. I'm not in competition with KL or his label at all. NO RAP ALBUM has sold 1 million physical copies this year or last. Streaming is the future and streaming counts towards sales. That's all I'm saying, but it aint the same thing as physical sales. A million sold today aint the same thing as a million sold 10 years ago. So the word "platinum" being thrown around(for artists like Future) is very deceiving. You can go platinum without selling one copy of anything. Digital or Physical and that's where the industry is heading while I'm fine with it. That's the bottom line. And if you think Aftermath put up those millions without a 360 deal, you're a goddamn fool. Jay Z and Madonna, 2 of the biggest artists of all time, have 360 deals but J Cole(signed to Jay Z) and KL don't?
Looked it up on Wikipedia, DAMN's physical copies were at around 920k as of fall 2017. I was a bit off...it's likely right near a million by now.
Cole isn't signed to Jay-Z. He has management through Roc Nation. He signed to Interscope recently, bought his own masters and does not have a 360 deal. This is public information. He signed his imprint (Dreamville) to Interscope.
Kendrick has a similar deal. Distribution via Interscope and part of his management is through the label, part is through TDE (Dave Free). TDE had their own merch company before the deal and still do. They're the most self sustaining "indie" label in rap music.
If you're gonna sign to a label you need to spark a bidding war. If you have the resume you can get a good deal, which he has. Don't take my word for it, Jimmy Iovine has said this many times.
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Streaming numbers are what they are. They've agreed on a system for determine what equals a sale. I'm fine with it. Apple is getting rid of their store soon breh...nobody gonna be selling shyt. That being said right now artists like Drake, Cole and Kdot are the only ones doing large physical copy numbers.
Illuminatos
#OVOXO
Album of the year. 
And this is easily his 2nd best album after GKMC.
And this is easily his 2nd best album after GKMC. Is there any real difference in the collectors edition?