Some heavy weight rappers are really scared to drop albums, and have been pushing it for a long time now.
If you do not know, let me tell you the people that are making all the money from rap right now, the top sellers, forget some big names you have in mind. Lil wayne is at the top, then you have kanye west, T.I, then maybe you can sprinkle a lil young jeezy and game.
The rappers that are scared to drop albums because they fear their albums wouldn't live up to their last sales are as follows, Dr Dre, Eminem, Jay-Z, 50 cent................. 50's album was meant to drop on the 9th of december, but judging from the not quite high radio spins his latest single is gettin,(i'm sure you didn't know he had a single), he decided to push it till next year, 2009. His last combined G-Unit album, "Terminate on sight" has managed to sell just about 190,000 copies total, that is less than former member "the game" sold just in his first week (239,000).
Jay-z's single "jocking" definately ain't as hot as he expected it to be, so he has moved his blueprint 3 album, that was meant to drop in december, till 2009, he definately doesnt want to compete for sales with his employee, kanye west.
Dre has been pushing his album, "detox" forward since 2004. I am really tired of waiting for the album. One thing people should note is that dre always needs a protege to back him up with his albums. His first album was backed up by help from snoopp dogg, in 1992. He even used snoop to go at eric "easy e wright" who he had beef with then. Then his second album, chronic 2001, he used snoop again, eminem, exibit, and some other rappers like mail man and hit man.
Dre always needs somebody with some buzz, which he always happens to discover. He was planing to use the assistance of both 50 cent and the game, plus some eminem on the album, untill the game 50 cent beef broke out. So now, he doesnt have anybody, because his empire is really shaky right now. They still have respect, but the younger cats like wayne and t.i are holding the game now.
Eminem has gone through a lot, and hasn't dropped an album since 2004. I pray that he lives up to his stantards when he drops this new one. But there is one thing i can say, he can not sell like he used to. And he is scared to drop. Another thing you should know about eminem is that he always depends on some sorth of issue about his life, that he is not ashamed to talk about. People like to hear you talk about your personal problems. If you have noticed, he rains abuses at his own mom, talks dirty about his wife, then he goes back to marry her, then lives her again. Eminem is a very skilled rapper, definately in my top ten, but he has some issues. He is a disturbed human beign, even his wife said that in an interview.
I can say one thing in closing, these list of rappers would not have sold more than 1 million copies if they had dropped their albums this year, and some of them like 50 cent, and jay-z would have struggled to sell that million copies.
They might be your favorite artist, but i am spitting the facts. I love and respect their music too, but i am just saying the truth.
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