Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead First Week Predictions

[Mister Official]

215,000

What do you think?

[PhaLL.Back]

250,000 thousands id say, and thats at the most, doesn't seem like mad buzz sorrounding the album 2 me, mos def will cop it though.

[Lay Low]

Yea i say he does good if he breaks 200,000..Not really hearing bout it anywhere.

[Al@moe.]

Yeah Jays def not promoting duke.
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[optikaL`]

No idea, I've only heard the single and it makes me laugh all the time. Nas saying Hip Hops dying, meanwhile two of his own albums helped bury it.

[Al@moe.]

Which ones helped bury it? I know "I Am" was underrated. Still got 4 1/2 mics though. Only one I can think of is "Nastradamus" which is still better lyrically than alot of albums.
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[PhaLL.Back]

This is experts early prediction from the opening day.

One day after the release of Nas' eighth solo album, Hip-Hop Is Dead, the Queens, NY lyricist is expected to carry on Def Jam's fourth quarter onslaught by putting up solid numbers.

"The day [Hip-Hop Is Dead] dropped, a lot of people bought it," Kevin Weeks, an employee at Times Square's Virgin Megastore in New York City, told SOHH. "He's gonna do well."

With albums steadily flying off the shelves at Virgin and Best Buy, experts expect the CD to sell at least 200,000 copies in its first week.

"I'm gonna say 200 [thousand] first week," Raphael George, Billboard's R&B charts manager, told SOHH. "He's got a lot of attention right now, a lot of people are talking about him. A lot of people are talking about what he said about 'hip-hop is dead,' people, especially from the south are taking offense to that.

"I think right now he's got a lot going in his corner," George added. "Even though radio right now might not say that, but Nas, his stuff doesn't really hit radio like that."

In related news, it appears that Def Jam has successfully taken over the fourth quarter. Jay-Z sold 680,000 copies of his Kingdom Come album in its first week back in late November, landing on Billboard's top spot. After hitting stores last week, Young Jeezy's The Inspiration just nabbed another No.1 album for Def Jam; selling 352,000 copies in one week according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Nas Week: "Hip-Hop Is Dead" Predicted To Do 200K In First Week | Daily Hip-Hop News | SOHH.com /

[stixxxxxxxx]

i did not like his nu album but i still gotta the give the man respect for wut he did fo hip hop

[cocoabz]

hopefully does well!

[run]

how the hell does jeezy sell more than nas? wtf.

[Supernatural MC]

I don't really care how it sells, I'm just looking forward to the content.

[chris]

I am against the album title. although im a nas fan but I do hope that shit flopped. he is just wrong for even thinking about hiphop is dead. thats like saying an entire culture is dead since hiphop is a culture. If he would have said something like rap is dead then that wouldn't be a problem. The south expanded hiphop culture to make it more than what it was (music wise also even though their lyrics aint really to par sometimes but they changed the change production wise.)

[Mister Official]

It depends on what your definition of hip-hop is.

[Al@moe.]

Dont give praise when It isnt due. Hiphop is DEAD. Jeezy selling more than nas is just an example.
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[run]

theres more rappers in the game than ever. if you want rakim to pick up a mic at 40, then you cant complain when it sounds like shit.

Its the perfect title to create controversy and get people to buy it.