It is a cheat code,but as long as they contintue to differentiate pure sales from the streams I'm fine with it.
I'm not a Drake stan whatsoever,and have been called a Kendrick stan numerous times on here,just so not to be confused.
But I will say that artist like Kendrick and J Cole will benefit greatly from "pure sales" based on the fact they also cater to a older audience who still will buy the physical copy at a store
. So that will somewhat bolster the "pure sales" numbers for them. But Drake is very popular in a digital space whereas J Cole and Kendrick are not nearly in that regard,so even that being the case his digital sales seem like they should be higher.Sounds like he released it at a bad time,people heard there was no Pusha diss,felt it was underwhelming,lost respect for Drake and decided to skip it.Plus I think he dropped it on a Friday when people are busy. Gave people who were busy,too much time to hear the album wass trash and not worth even listening to
Also people are probably not trying to pay more for a double disc,which I'm guessing it still cost more even if its digital.
Especially knowing half the album is for women,unless you were able to buy the disc individual.
Either way I would say these numbers are deservedly underwhelming. J Prince probably should have at least let people think there may be a diss on here,but they may have been worst in the long run had you teased and not delivered.
