Nas - "Life Is Good" First Week Sales Thread **Ends 7/16/12**
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InstantKlassik
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based off all the stories i've been hearing of stores being sold out of copies means the album was definitely under shipped and he could have cracked 200,000 first week had it not been for that.
Yea my best friend who still works at Best Buy said they sold out of their initial shipments two days ago and they only got 200 copies. In comparison, I remember when Inwas working at Best Buy in 06 and Kingdom Come dropped we got like 800 copies and when Hip Hop Is Dead dropped we got something Like 400 if memory serves...
STILL can't get a copy myself
InstantKlassik
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What i don't get is, how can Def Jam promote Life Is Good the way they have then significantly under ship the album??Yea my best friend who still works at Best Buy said they sold out of their initial shipments two days ago and they only got 200 copies. In comparison, I remember when Inwas working at Best Buy in 06 and Kingdom Come dropped we got like 800 copies and when Hip Hop Is Dead dropped we got something Like 400 if memory serves...
SRILL can't get a copy myself
Meanwhile Tha Carter IV did 960,000 first week
shyt is beyond comprehension
iMajor
MartinLouisTheKingJr
Yeah I went to best buys and it was sold out. So I had to go to target it had to be undership. I say this is a bad bet if it was undershipped man we got cheated!!! This album is way too dope to have 150k
MenacingMonk
Tranquilo
What about iTunes download? Those are counted separately, right?
No they count towards his first week. I've already purchased the iTunes version but I want a physical for my collection. I have every Nas album (including QB Finest) Jay-Z album, Common Album and Roots album
and I intend on carrying on tradition
thelonious21
I like my women tall
did i win or lose?
GETTINIT23
Rookie
went to my local best buy and target...completely sold out at best buy....deluxe sold out at target and they had 3 regular versions left
thelonious21
I like my women tall
iMajor
MartinLouisTheKingJr
This album is a complete masterpiece the deluxe album 
Nas picked such beautiful beats and features
My first nas album and I am well pleased
No skips on this album
Who dropping this year? K.dot & good music? Nas got the best album this year
In honor of this album I will start posting instead of in the rep thread
One time for TBM
Two time for life is good
Nas didn't lose this time! He most def should have sold over 200k, def jam playing games.
Nas picked such beautiful beats and features
My first nas album and I am well pleased
No skips on this album
Who dropping this year? K.dot & good music? Nas got the best album this year
In honor of this album I will start posting
instead of in the rep thread One time for TBM
Two time for life is good
Nas didn't lose this time! He most def should have sold over 200k, def jam playing games.
MustafaSTL
Achievement In Every Field of Human Endeavor
You know what though, only hip hop fans are so caught up on first week sales. If there is a demand for this album, it will be shipped and available to buy in the coming days. The true commercial success of an album is defined by the longevity of its sales, not just what it did the first week. As long as the album debuts at no. 1 then it was good. You'd much rather have multiple 6 figure weeks in sales than one at 150,000 and then a fall off to around 50,000, and then out of the top 50 by week 3. Either way, true heads know this was a great album, and that's all that really matters since the only thing we stand to benefit is more Coli cash if we bet right.
I agree that sales don't matter in terms of the music, but if we're looking at sales first week matters because the numbers drop off quickly unless you're like Lady Gaga, Adele etc. I don't think everyone who walked into a store to get this CD and found it sold out is going to turn around and necessarily buy it next week..
Asdfhhklpiyrewss
All Star
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