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🦉The Official Drake Thread6️⃣ - Scary Hours 3 11.17.23
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Like his music? Hate his music? Doesnât matter. Aubrey Graham aka Drake just made another huge statement with the release of Take Care. He sold 659,190 copies first week and comfortably has the #1 album in the country. He won. Expect that number to change slightly up or down when the exact Billboard figure gets released tomorrow.
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Like his music? Hate his music? Doesnât matter. He won.
pretty much.
Take Care isby the way
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659,190 !! ..
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The numbers for Carter IV and Take Care are fixed.
The numbers are going to used as ammo to better their current distribution deal.
The numbers are going to used as ammo to better their current distribution deal.
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Pretty upset huh?
#YMCMB x #OVO
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YMCMB OVOXO, Numbers are Fixed?? i was About to buy this album but i didn't, but i never buy albums, so that means a lot of people did buy, and no im not biased i just went to a WTT concert this weekend and it was awesome as i expected. #haters gon hate
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Make Me Proud is catchy as hell, I got it stuck in my head after listening to the radio over the weekend
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i just realized that Club Paradise and Hate Sleeping Alone were meant to be played back-to-back (its the same beat, but Hate sleepin alone is like a slowed down interlude)
needless to say those two songs have been on repeat since then, lol. 40
needless to say those two songs have been on repeat since then, lol. 40
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I'm I the only one who think that TC is much batter than TML? like no contest. I dunno, this Drake just appeals more to me.
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Fixed.
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Originally Posted by Koudie From BroOklyn
659,190 !! ..
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No, sir.Originally Posted by DipsetGeneral
Pretty upset huh?
#YMCMB x #OVO
You will see in December/January.
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Originally Posted by Enchanted1
Originally Posted by Koudie From BroOklyn
659,190 !! ..
At the Haters being upset about the numbers..
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Final Soundscan figure is in. A little lower from the HDD number, but stillOriginally Posted by Enchanted1
Originally Posted by Koudie From BroOklyn
659,190 !! ..
At the Haters being upset about the numbers..
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[h1]Drake's Take Care Tops Billboard[/h1][h2]Michael BublÃ[emoji]169[/emoji], Adele round out the top three on the albums chart.[/h2]
By Rob Markman
Drake has a lot to be thankful for this week. His sophomore LP, Take Care, officially debuts in the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart Wednesday (November 23). "I can't even find the words to express my appreciation. ... 'Thank you and I owe you' is all that comes to mind ... truly," Drizzy tweeted Tuesday night in reaction to the news.
SoundScan tallies that Drizzy pushed over 631,000 copies of the album, which was released on November 15. It was forecasted that the Young Money soldier would sell as many as 700,000 copies, but he fell just south of that, not that he or anyone at his label is sweating over sales. YM CEO Lil Wayne told MTV News that he was more concerned with how Take Care is received critically.
"Pardon me for sounding however I sound with this statement, but we rich as sh--, so numbers and record sales, that doesn't matter to none of us," Wayne said. "We just want to get a perfect point across, a swell opinion across."
Michael BublÃ[emoji]169[/emoji]'s Christmas lands at #2, leading the pack of other holiday albums including Justin Bieber's Under the Mistletoe (#5) and Glee: The Music, the Christmas Album, Vol. 2 (#6). Adele's 21 continues its reign, moving another 112,000 units this week, easily putting the U.K. singer in the #3 position. Andrea Bocelli's Concerto: One Night in Central Park debuts in the #4 slot, while Now 40, Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto, the "Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" soundtrack and Susan Boyle's Someone to Watch Over Me round out the top 10.
Childish Gambino also scores a huge win in his first week, selling 52,000 copies of Camp, but last week's top album, Blue Slide Park by Mac Miller, slides down to #24, selling another 25,000 copies independently.
[h1]Drake's Take Care Tops Billboard[/h1][h2]Michael BublÃ[emoji]169[/emoji], Adele round out the top three on the albums chart.[/h2]
By Rob Markman
Drake has a lot to be thankful for this week. His sophomore LP, Take Care, officially debuts in the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart Wednesday (November 23). "I can't even find the words to express my appreciation. ... 'Thank you and I owe you' is all that comes to mind ... truly," Drizzy tweeted Tuesday night in reaction to the news.
SoundScan tallies that Drizzy pushed over 631,000 copies of the album, which was released on November 15. It was forecasted that the Young Money soldier would sell as many as 700,000 copies, but he fell just south of that, not that he or anyone at his label is sweating over sales. YM CEO Lil Wayne told MTV News that he was more concerned with how Take Care is received critically.
"Pardon me for sounding however I sound with this statement, but we rich as sh--, so numbers and record sales, that doesn't matter to none of us," Wayne said. "We just want to get a perfect point across, a swell opinion across."
Michael BublÃ[emoji]169[/emoji]'s Christmas lands at #2, leading the pack of other holiday albums including Justin Bieber's Under the Mistletoe (#5) and Glee: The Music, the Christmas Album, Vol. 2 (#6). Adele's 21 continues its reign, moving another 112,000 units this week, easily putting the U.K. singer in the #3 position. Andrea Bocelli's Concerto: One Night in Central Park debuts in the #4 slot, while Now 40, Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto, the "Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" soundtrack and Susan Boyle's Someone to Watch Over Me round out the top 10.
Childish Gambino also scores a huge win in his first week, selling 52,000 copies of Camp, but last week's top album, Blue Slide Park by Mac Miller, slides down to #24, selling another 25,000 copies independently.
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[h1]Lil Wayne: Drake Selling 750,000 Not 'A Problem'[/h1][h2]'We just want to get a perfect point across,' YMCMB captain tells MTV News of valuing art over sales.[/h2]
By Rob Markman, with reporting by Travis Laurendine
While performing on Sunday night's American Music Awards, Drake had a moment. The Young Money MC was in the middle of the second verse to his single "Headlines" when he switched up the lyrics to reflect the projected first-week success of his sophomore album, Take Care.
"If we talkin' bout the numbers/ Man, it look like 700, they know," Drake rapped in response to the Billboard prediction that he will debut atop the albums chart this week with as many as 700,000 copies sold. However, if you let Young Money head honcho Lil Wayne tell it, the numbers are not as important as the cultural impact.
"As far as expectations, we don't have those around here. Expectations are a weakness in the music business because if you expect anything, 10 times out of 10 it's not gonna happen, so we don't have expectations around here," Lil Wayne told MTV News on Friday when we caught up with him on a trip to New Orleans where, he gave out Thanksgiving Turkeys in his old neighborhood on Saturday.
"What we do expect is ... to work very hard and we expect people to respect our hard work and our effort," Weezy continued. "Now as far going to buy the album, as far as going to get 750,000 copies, that's never a problem with us; that's never important to us."
In 2008, Wayne sold more than a million copies of Tha Carter III in its debut week. And this past August, he moved 960,000 units of Tha Carter IV in the first seven days of release, but the Louisiana rhyme animal is more concerned with his Young Money artists making their creative mark. "Pardon me for sounding however I sound with this statement, but we rich as sh--, so numbers and record sales that doesn't matter to none of us," he said.
Take Care hit retail last Tuesday, but leaked several days prior. After it hit the Net early, Drizzy didn't seem too concerned about how the leak would affect his bottom line. Instead, he invited fans to a digital listening party. "Listen, enjoy it, buy it if you like it...and take care until next time," he tweeted. Songs like the Rick Ross-assisted, Just Blaze-produced "Lord Knows" quickly became a trending topic on Twitter.
So far, the critical opinion to the LP has been fairly positive. The Toronto artist blends rap bars and R&B melodies with equal expertise on the album, and even if some find it too different at first, Wayne hopes that eventually everyone will come around and recognize Take Care as a great body of work.
"We just want to get a perfect point across, a swell opinion across," he said. "We want our opinion to be different from everybody else's opinion, but so different and so great that everybody else joins that opinion. And if we get that done with the album, mission accomplished."
[h1]Lil Wayne: Drake Selling 750,000 Not 'A Problem'[/h1][h2]'We just want to get a perfect point across,' YMCMB captain tells MTV News of valuing art over sales.[/h2]
By Rob Markman, with reporting by Travis Laurendine
While performing on Sunday night's American Music Awards, Drake had a moment. The Young Money MC was in the middle of the second verse to his single "Headlines" when he switched up the lyrics to reflect the projected first-week success of his sophomore album, Take Care.
"If we talkin' bout the numbers/ Man, it look like 700, they know," Drake rapped in response to the Billboard prediction that he will debut atop the albums chart this week with as many as 700,000 copies sold. However, if you let Young Money head honcho Lil Wayne tell it, the numbers are not as important as the cultural impact.
"As far as expectations, we don't have those around here. Expectations are a weakness in the music business because if you expect anything, 10 times out of 10 it's not gonna happen, so we don't have expectations around here," Lil Wayne told MTV News on Friday when we caught up with him on a trip to New Orleans where, he gave out Thanksgiving Turkeys in his old neighborhood on Saturday.
"What we do expect is ... to work very hard and we expect people to respect our hard work and our effort," Weezy continued. "Now as far going to buy the album, as far as going to get 750,000 copies, that's never a problem with us; that's never important to us."
In 2008, Wayne sold more than a million copies of Tha Carter III in its debut week. And this past August, he moved 960,000 units of Tha Carter IV in the first seven days of release, but the Louisiana rhyme animal is more concerned with his Young Money artists making their creative mark. "Pardon me for sounding however I sound with this statement, but we rich as sh--, so numbers and record sales that doesn't matter to none of us," he said.
Take Care hit retail last Tuesday, but leaked several days prior. After it hit the Net early, Drizzy didn't seem too concerned about how the leak would affect his bottom line. Instead, he invited fans to a digital listening party. "Listen, enjoy it, buy it if you like it...and take care until next time," he tweeted. Songs like the Rick Ross-assisted, Just Blaze-produced "Lord Knows" quickly became a trending topic on Twitter.
So far, the critical opinion to the LP has been fairly positive. The Toronto artist blends rap bars and R&B melodies with equal expertise on the album, and even if some find it too different at first, Wayne hopes that eventually everyone will come around and recognize Take Care as a great body of work.
"We just want to get a perfect point across, a swell opinion across," he said. "We want our opinion to be different from everybody else's opinion, but so different and so great that everybody else joins that opinion. And if we get that done with the album, mission accomplished."
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Goodness, I %@*%%%$ love the album.
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this instrumental version of Look what you done is just beautiful.
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Don't give them no more chances, ooh girl they had their turn
IDGAF, Practice is dope.
IDGAF, Practice is dope.
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"I fondle the money, fornicate with a fortune
I play with her mind, she masturbate in my Porsche
It's simple love, simple math
Her chest nice not a wrinkle in her
Puffin' purple hash, welcome to my power circle."
How they leave one of the best beats this year off this album though?
This joint is immaculate, the piano on the chorus just takes you to a world man...
Drive to this on the thruway at night and tell me you don't feel like %*!*@*$ Bruce Wayne
40 is a bad man, bodied this whole album.
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