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BISD #5 on BILLBOARD??!?!?! 160,000 sold!! Thoughts/Concerns
Okay, the numbers came out and it seems Fif' is only gonna sell 160,000, as REPORTED BY NIELSON SS.... Im not the type to jump write to conclusions with first week sales because you have to look at the total in the end (b/c 50 sold more than kanye world wide in 2007)... but usually, first week sales are the most and then it isolates down from there...
Obvious reasons are the leak, but the album was pushed forward, so that shouldn't have been as damaging. Also, Dr. Dre decided to lag so much with the mixing process that the first single "Get Up" was so old and redundant it couldn't have helped sales so 50 had to get rid of it!!!! The second "first single", "Baby By Me" was a good choice but "Ok, you're right" was already everywhere, so it seems to have confused some listeners. The simple reason is that the calculated releasing of the singles was started at first, and then discarded, then another one was scheduled with "Baby by Me' leading it. I like the fact that 50 is not aiming at the radio to makes sales but he still needs to aim for it just like he did on Massacre. On those songs, he was destroying the radio without using some R&B singer to do his chorus and he was using his witty lines, but the radio loved it because it was still living up to the pop standards yet being "street" for the lack of a better word...
I just think he needs to aim at radio just a tad bit because I feel you need a top 5 on the singles chart to make a difference and Fif is soooo capable of that without using r&b singers ("Empire State"), and still being 50 Cent and genuine. That being said, what do you think went wrong? or right?
Obvious reasons are the leak, but the album was pushed forward, so that shouldn't have been as damaging. Also, Dr. Dre decided to lag so much with the mixing process that the first single "Get Up" was so old and redundant it couldn't have helped sales so 50 had to get rid of it!!!! The second "first single", "Baby By Me" was a good choice but "Ok, you're right" was already everywhere, so it seems to have confused some listeners. The simple reason is that the calculated releasing of the singles was started at first, and then discarded, then another one was scheduled with "Baby by Me' leading it. I like the fact that 50 is not aiming at the radio to makes sales but he still needs to aim for it just like he did on Massacre. On those songs, he was destroying the radio without using some R&B singer to do his chorus and he was using his witty lines, but the radio loved it because it was still living up to the pop standards yet being "street" for the lack of a better word...
I just think he needs to aim at radio just a tad bit because I feel you need a top 5 on the singles chart to make a difference and Fif is soooo capable of that without using r&b singers ("Empire State"), and still being 50 Cent and genuine. That being said, what do you think went wrong? or right?
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Permalink Reply by Josh on -
Just to clear up for the people saying the iTunes sales didn't count, they did.
He did 46k first week iTunes, and 114k in stores the week after. However, it came out on iTunes a week earlier, so I dont know if the 2nd week of iTunes sales counted towards the first week numbers too, so it could be that 50 did even less than 160k total, if you take away the iTunes 2nd week, it could be something like 130k.
Anyway, 50 wasn't getting any exposure other than on thisis50, and you can't rely on one website for sales. He needed radio play like Jay. I mean alot of people didn't even know it dropped, I only knew because im on here all the time.
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Permalink Reply by Qudos on -
50 wrote that HOOK baby by me , he just didnt want to sign it , IT WAS NOT A CALLABO !
Alica actually wrote that hook ... its RNB pop record !
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Permalink Reply by Big bee on -
Wrote wht hook? that was nt even initialy a hook bt a line in the verse of the song i get money.and that hook? its wht i call djying son!
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Permalink Reply by G-UNIT CAPO on -
50CENT IS THE S***
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Permalink Reply by Big bee on
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lol! you are so desperate to lick 50's ass uh?(ok maybe a bit missleading)im a fif fan too,but damn i eint finding something where there eint. u see the last 2 albums were waker(sory fif,i still respect you though)! im nt impressed at all! that black jesus with a weard beard(ross)gona find something to say now,his first week did bout 200,000. you see what i mean yall! i think kissing 50"s ass eint gona help the only thing that is gona,is him(50) pulling his socks up period! f*** blaming the recession,slim did 680k in his first. so i hope yall die hard 50 fans eint quick to strangle me coz im just saying what i think is best for yall to know
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Permalink Reply by Big bee on
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50 eint gona bounce back! i mean that nigar needs a fresh gimmick like a blind man needs sight to drive! that 'Got shot nine timez' is played out! da niggar needs not to concetrate on playing s*** 4 da radio! i mean what da f*** was that 'i get it in' s***? is he remindin us that he rich? that s*** irelavant to rap. eminem is rich too bt he eint talkin bout it,and he is dope as f***. jay too.so wtf is wrong with 50. i always say 50 was ill and money cured hm.s*** eint funy coz maybe it eint true. what if 50 neva had it,he was jst a dope buzines..and i think he knws he has gone wack. i mean what else would b4 i self destruct imply? da nigar needs to quit rap and go do vitamin water. he does that best than any1!
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Permalink Reply by Big bee on
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50 eint gona bounce back! i mean that nigar needs a fresh gimmick like a blind man needs sight to drive! that 'Got shot nine timez' is played out! da niggar needs not to concetrate on playing s*** 4 da radio! i mean what da f*** was that 'i get it in' s***? is he remindin us that he rich? that s*** irelavant to rap. eminem is rich too bt he eint talkin bout it,and he is dope as f***. jay too.so wtf is wrong with 50. i always say 50 was ill and money cured hm.s*** eint funy coz maybe it eint true. what if 50 neva had it,he was jst a dope buzines..and i think he knws he has gone wack. i mean what else would b4 i self destruct imply? da nigar needs to quit rap and go do vitamin water. he does that best than any1!
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Permalink Reply by Big bee on
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50 eint gona bounce back! i mean that nigar needs a fresh gimmick like a blind man needs sight to drive! that 'Got shot nine timez' is played out! da niggar needs not to concetrate on playing s*** 4 da radio! i mean what da f*** was that 'i get it in' s***? is he remindin us that he rich? that s*** irelavant to rap. eminem is rich too bt he eint talkin bout it,and he is dope as f***. jay too.so wtf is wrong with 50. i always say 50 was ill and money cured hm.s*** eint funy coz maybe it eint true. what if 50 neva had it,he was jst a dope buzines..and i think he knws he has gone wack. i mean what else would b4 i self destruct imply? da nigar needs to quit rap and go do vitamin water. he does that best than any1!
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Permalink Reply by Big bee on
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50 eint gona bounce back! i mean that nigar needs a fresh gimmick like a blind man needs sight to drive! that 'Got shot nine timez' is played out! da niggar needs not to concetrate on playing s*** 4 da radio! i mean what da f*** was that 'i get it in' s***? is he remindin us that he rich? that s*** irelavant to rap. eminem is rich too bt he eint talkin bout it,and he is dope as f***. jay too.so wtf is wrong with 50. i always say 50 was ill and money cured hm.s*** eint funy coz maybe it eint true. what if 50 neva had it,he was jst a dope buzines..and i think he knws he has gone wack. i mean what else would b4 i self destruct imply? da nigar needs to quit rap and go do vitamin water. he does that best than any1!
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Permalink Reply by Big bee on
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50 eint gona bounce back! i mean that nigar needs a fresh gimmick like a blind man needs sight to drive! that 'Got shot nine timez' is played out! da niggar needs not to concetrate on playing s*** 4 da radio! i mean what da f*** was that 'i get it in' s***? is he remindin us that he rich? that s*** irelavant to rap. eminem is rich too bt he eint talkin bout it,and he is dope as f***. jay too.so wtf is wrong with 50. i always say 50 was ill and money cured hm.s*** eint funy coz maybe it eint true. what if 50 neva had it,he was jst a dope buzines..and i think he knws he has gone wack. i mean what else would b4 i self destruct imply? da nigar needs to quit rap and go do vitamin water. he does that best than any1!
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