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Daily Discussion Thread 08/15/2020 - HipHop

Daily Discussion Thread 08/15/2020 - HipHop

Daily Discussion Thread 08/15/2020

Posted: 15 Aug 2020 10:25 AM PDT

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[DISCUSSION] Lil Keed - Trapped on Cleveland 3 (One Week Later)

Posted: 15 Aug 2020 03:57 PM PDT

Thoughts on this project?

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Astroworld reference tracks surface that indicate that CyHi wrote some of the biggest songs from the album by himself (Including the "personal" COFFEE BEAN)

Posted: 15 Aug 2020 04:19 PM PDT

https://twitter.com/SquirtReynoldss/status/1294751422924443649

Damn. This is... spicy. I know he's credited but like.. how are you gonna let another man write your "most personal" song off of the album?

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YBN Cordae drops the 'YBN' from his name. He is now known as Cordae.

Posted: 15 Aug 2020 08:49 AM PDT

Lil Wayne Announces Tha Carter 6 & No Ceilings 3

Posted: 15 Aug 2020 01:10 PM PDT

Rico Nasty officially announces debut album 'Nightmare Vacation'

Posted: 15 Aug 2020 04:51 AM PDT

[DISCUSSION] Aminé - Limbo (One Week Later)

Posted: 15 Aug 2020 01:48 PM PDT

Thoughts?

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[FRESH EP] Dame D.O.L.L.A - Live From The Bubble

Posted: 15 Aug 2020 04:39 PM PDT

Father Stretch My Hands with CyHi verse (will we ever get CDQ?)

Posted: 15 Aug 2020 06:19 PM PDT

Young Thug Was Eating While He Recorded His Verse On Aminé’s "Compensating" | Genius

Posted: 15 Aug 2020 08:09 PM PDT

FKA Twigs fights to improve sex workers' rights

Posted: 15 Aug 2020 05:23 AM PDT

NLE Choppa's "Top Shotta" sells 33K First Week (2K Pure). Amine's "Limbo" sells 26K First Week (7K Pure). Lil Keed's "Trapped On Cleveland 3" sells 16K First Week (Less Than 1K Pure).

Posted: 15 Aug 2020 08:57 AM PDT

Rank Artist Album Label Pure Sales Sales + Streaming
1 Juice WRLD Legends Never Die Grade A/Interscope 210,343 497,000
2 The Weeknd After Hours XO/Republic 275,000 444,000
3 Lil Uzi Vert Eternal Atake Generation Now/Atlantic 9,666 288,000
4 Eminem Music To Be Murdered By Shady/Aftermath/Interscope 117,000 279,000
5 Pop Smoke Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon Victor Victor/Republic 59,000 251,000
6 Drake Dark Lane Demo Tapes OVO/Republic 19,000 223,000
7 Logic No Pressure Def Jam 172,000 221,000
8 Lil Baby My Turn Quality Control/Motown/Capitol 10,000 197,000
9 Bad Bunny YHLQMDLG Rimas 35,000 179,000
10 Mac Miller Circles Warner 61,000 164,000
11 Future High Off Life Freebandz/Epic 15,822 153,000
12 Jhene Aiko Chilombo Def Jam 38,000 152,000
13 Lil Wayne Funeral Young Money/Republic 38,000 139,000
14 NAV Good Intentions XO/Republic 73,000 135,000
15 Lil Uzi Vert LUV vs. The World 2 Generation Now/Atlantic 5,000 130,000
16 DaBaby BLAME IT ON BABY Interscope 12,000 124,000
17 Gunna WUNNA Young Stoner Life 4,093 111,000
18 A Boogie wit da Hoodie Artist 2.0 Atlantic 3,052 111,000
19 Polo G THE GOAT Columbia 14,539 99,000
20 YoungBoy Never Broke Again Still Flexin, Still Steppin Never Broke Again/Atlantic 3,551 91,000
21 Kehlani It Was Good Until It Wasn't TSNMI/Atlantic 25,000 83,000
22 Rod Wave Pray 4 Love Alamo/Geffen/Interscope 2,332 72,000
23 YoungBoy Never Broke Again 38 Baby 2 Never Broke Again/Atlantic 3,994 67,000
24 Moneybagg Yo Time Served N-Less/Interscope 7,000 66,000
25 Tory Lanez The New Toronto 3 Mad Love/Interscope 5,524 64,000
26 Russ SHAKE THE SNOW GLOBE Columbia 39,815 63,000
27 G Herbo PTSD Machine/Epic 4,000 59,000
28 Lil Durk Just Cause Y'all Waited 2 Alamo/Geffen/Interscope 3,107 55,957
29 PARTYNEXTDOOR PARTYMOBILE OVO/Warner 3,061 52,237
30 Don Toliver Heaven Or Hell Cactus Jack/Atlantic 1,990 44,356
31 Megan Thee Stallion Suga Atlantic 4,279 41,000
32 The Kid Laroi F*CK LOVE Columbia 6,796 40,000
33 Bad Bunny LAS QUE NO IBAN A SALIR Rimas 7,931 39,828
34 Anuel AA Emmanuel Real Hasta La Muerte 3,560 39,233
35 Joyner Lucas ADHD Twenty Nine Music 10,144 38,400
36 Agust D D-2 BigHit 15,115 37,753
37 Yo Gotti Untrapped Epic/CMG 7,000 35,000
38 Run The Jewels RTJ4 BMG 31,065 34,609
39 Lil Yachty Lil Boat 3 Quality Control/Motown/Capitol 3,722 34,164
40 Pop Smoke Meet The Woo 2 Victor Victor/Republic 3,280 34,077
41 Jay Electronica A Written Testimony Roc Nation 10,842 31,703
42 Dreamville Revenge Of The Dreamers III: Director's Cut Dreamville/Roc Nation/Interscope 1,647 32,828
43 NLE Choppa Top Shotta Warner 2,433 32,769
44 Freddie Gibbs Alfredo ESGN/ALC/Empire 20,524 31,290
45 Teyana Taylor The Album G.O.O.D./Def Jam 4,250 31,088
46 Summer Walker Life On Earth - EP LVRN/Interscope 3,526 30,327
47 6LACK 6pc Hot EP LVRN/Interscope 8,082 28,951
48 Key Glock Yellow Tape Paper Route/Empire 782 28,290
49 Jessie Reyez BEFORE LOVE CAME TO KILL US N/A 14,979 26,430
50 John Legend Bigger Love Columbia 12,552 26,199
51 Amine Limbo Republic 7,350 25,711
52 Brandy B7 EOne 15,607 25,636
53 Childish Gambino 3.15.20 Wolf+Rothstein/RCA 5,584 25,273
54 J Balvin Colores UMLE 3,800 25,059
55 Various Artists Birds of Prey: The Album Atlantic 9,454 22,352
56 Brent Faiyaz Fuck The World Lost Kids 711 22,088
57 Stunna 4 Vegas Rich Youngin Interscope 559 21,967
58 Shoreline Mafia Mafia Bidness Atlantic 1,142 21,324
59 Quando Rondo QPac Warner 352 20,348
60 Jadakiss Ignatius Ruff Ryders/Def Jam 6,329 19,927
61 $uicideBoy$ STOP STARING AT THE SHADOWS G59 1,302 19,092
62 DVSN A Muse In Her Feelings OVO/Warner 2,349 19,081
63 Tee Grizzley The Smartest Tee Grizzley 1,800 18,845
64 Gucci Mane Gucci Mane Presents: So Icy Summer Guwop/Atlantic 1,055 18,773
65 Rich The Kid BOSS MAN Rich The Kid/Atlantic 420 18,512
66 City Girls City On Lock Quality Control/Motown/Capitol 1,994 18,461
67 Lil Tjay State of Emergency Columbia 1,611 17,101
68 Kiana Ledé KIKI Republic 5,070 16,533
69 Key Glock Son Of A Gun Paper Route/Empire 713 16,128
70 Dominic Fike What Could Possibly Go Wrong Columbia 4,349 16,102
71 JayDaYoungan Baby23 Atlantic 197 15,899
72 NoCap Steel Human 2020 135 15,795
73 Lil Keed Trapped On Cleveland 3 Young Stoner Life 190 15,978
74 Sleepy Hallow Sleepy Hallow Presents: Sleepy For President Winner's Circle/Empire 225 15,266
75 Mozzy Beyond Bulletproof Mozzy/Empire 2,594 15,212
76 Jack Harlow Sweet Action Generation Now/Atlantic 704 15,140
77 K. Michelle All Monsters Are Human EONE 9,438 14,734
78 K CAMP Kiss 5 Family Ties/Interscope 693 14,631
79 JoJo good to know Warner 9,609 14,606
80 August Alsina The Product III: stateofEMERGEncy Shake The World/Empire 5,369 14,416
81 Alina Baraz It Was Divine Mom+Pop 2,294 13,557

Top 10 First Weeks of 2020 Across All Genres

Rank Artist Album Label Pure Sales Sales + Streaming
1 Taylor Swift folklore Republic 615,000 846,000
2 Juice WRLD Legends Never Die Grade A/Interscope 210,343 497,000
3 The Weeknd After Hours XO/Republic 275,000 444,000
4 BTS MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 BigHit/Columbia 347,000 422,000
5 Lil Uzi Vert Eternal Atake Generation Now/Atlantic 9,666 288,000
6 Eminem Music To Be Murdered By Shady/Aftermath/Interscope 117,000 279,000
7 Lady Gaga Chromatica Interscope 206,515 275,904
8 Pop Smoke Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon Victor Victor/Republic 59,000 251,000
9 Halsey Manic Capitol 180,000 239,000
10 Kenny Chesney Here And Now Blue Chair/Warner Nashville 222,000 233,000

FAQ:

Q: Source?

A: http://hitsdailydouble.com/sales_plus_streaming

Q: How is this list sorted?

A: It's sorted by sales + streaming

Q: What are pure sales?

A: Pure sales are purchases of the album (itunes, amazon, physicals, etc)

Q: Where is X album?

A: Only albums that make the top 50 in sales+streaming for their debut week are counted

Q: Why do some albums show exact sales numbers while others do not?

A: The albums that do not show exact numbers are the ones that have had sales corrections from Billboard

Q: Aren't those numbers kind of low for Childish Gambino?

A: Childish Gambino's "3.15.20" officially released on a Sunday, a week after it was premiered on his website, this caused him to lose out on two days of sales as well as losing some interest due to the delayed release.

Q: Where can I find last year's list?

A: 2019 list, 2018 list, 2017 list, 2016 list

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Body Language dropping this month, per Body himself.

Posted: 15 Aug 2020 09:36 AM PDT

https://twitter.com/BigBodyBesNYC/status/1294381245472706560?s=19

Big Body Bes says the album is dropping this month. He tweeted several weeks ago that the album was done, which Harry Fraud seemd to confirm.

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Los Angeles rap veteran Meen Green has passed away.

Posted: 15 Aug 2020 01:37 PM PDT

Instagram Post by Project Blowed:

#MeenGreen Legend, Lyricist, Producer, Marijuana Reform Advocate & Pot Connoisseur From South Central Los Angeles, The Jungle. In previous posts we've covered @meengreensmedicatedmansion performing at @thegoodlifehealthfoodcentre circa '93, being associated with @freestylefellowship, & an original member of #FirstBrigade (early 90s) with the late great @ganjah_k & Dr. Bombay (rip to both 🙏🏿🙏🏿). Mark The Murderah (also 1/2 of #highschooldropouts with Meen Green), @jsumbi, P.e.a.c.e. of #FF, Napalm, I-King & Combat aka Ricky Ram were other Brigade members.

Meen Green, as the Leader of the White T Mafia, and the Brother-in-law of @djbattlecat, has always maintained a harder street edge to his music mixed with #cannabisculture upliftment. Meen Green is also an original member of a crew that formed circa '95 called #WesternHemisFear with he and MC @ras_kass, producer #Bird, producer/MC #Vooodu (aka @mrwhittiker) & eventually MC @mykillmiersofficial.

Meen Green guest appeared on "The West is ft @suggapuddin" by The Nonce (@sachillpages #ripYusefAfloat) from their debut album, "World Ultimate" (Wild West, Def American Recordings, 1995). In '97, he and #MarkTheMurderah aka #Dankwill (as H.S.D.) released an ep "Lungs Like A Rasta" on Beats And Rhymes Records. Later that year Meen Green signed a solo deal to Patchwerk Recordings, Atlanta-based record label of NFL star Andre Rison. By '98 Green released 4-5 singles and his classic "The Smoking Section" lp on #Patchwerk featuring songs with many artists, including Pimp C (rip 🙏🏿) of U.G.K. In 2001 he returned with his Government Issue lp on #BAR Records, then 2012's self released Blowēd: 420 Selection feat. #goodlifemcs such as #aceyalone @bigarchgame_ @daddygrace @riddlore_cve & @jizzmhighdef also @itsbeond of #acidreign. Beyond all that...Meen Green still got that 🔥🍃 #thesmokingsection #meen #green #medicatedmansion #governmentissue #hsd #1stbrigade #ripbombay #ripGanjahK #ripBiggaB #ripPimpC #thisisthelife #projectblowed

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Eminem surprises fans watching 8 mile in the theater with a performance

Posted: 15 Aug 2020 02:13 PM PDT

[LEAK] Tyler The Creator - Nose Bleed

Posted: 15 Aug 2020 08:06 PM PDT

Wu-Tang rare album outcome

Posted: 15 Aug 2020 10:20 PM PDT

A few years back, Wu Tang created a single album titled Once upon a Time in Shaolin. It was auctioned and purchased by a corrupt and super douchey "Big Pharma" head. The album came with certain stipulations. Martin Skhreli, the aforementioned douch, got in legal trouble and was forced to give the album over to the Feds. However, he claimed he sold it, even though he didn't have any proof of the sale. Since then, I haven't heard any updates on the situation. Is anyone aware of the outcome of this situation? A few Google searches did not turn up any answers. Was the album given to the Feds or not?

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Rich Brian Announces that He Is Dropping A New EP called "1999" on August 25th

Posted: 15 Aug 2020 10:31 PM PDT

[FRESH EP] Shing02 & Marcus D - CopyCats

Posted: 15 Aug 2020 04:58 PM PDT

[DISCUSSION] Young Thug - So Much Fun (1 YEAR LATER)

Posted: 15 Aug 2020 11:26 PM PDT

One year ago today, Young Thug dropped his debut studio album. His most mainstream project yet, it sold 130k+ units first week, breaking his streak of poor first week sales from projects before it.

Fun fact: The album was originally called GØŁDMØÜFDÖG.

Young Thug turns 29 today.

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[First Impressions] Dave East - Karma 3

Posted: 15 Aug 2020 03:12 PM PDT

I didn't see a thread on this drop. What were everyone's thoughts?

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[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] Young Dolph - Rich Slave

Posted: 15 Aug 2020 01:55 PM PDT

thoughts?

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A dude in my town was just arrested for his TENTH DUI. I wrote this song to tell people not to be like him. "Don't Be Like Phil".

Posted: 15 Aug 2020 02:24 AM PDT

[FRESH] Sada Baby - Whole Lotta Choppas

Posted: 15 Aug 2020 01:42 PM PDT

[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] Boldy James & Jay Versace - The Versace Tape

Posted: 15 Aug 2020 07:52 AM PDT

NMF

Friday's DDT

Release Thread

Paul A. Thompson in P4k:

The Versace Tape is the third album the Detroit rapper Boldy James has released in the last six months. It follows February's The Price of Tea in China, a skeletal but psychedelic collaboration with the acclaimed Los Angeles producer Alchemist, and last month's constantly molting Manager on McNichols, which was helmed by the veteran but comparatively obscure Sterling Toles, from Boldy's hometown. Versace pairs the rapper with someone from, well, the internet: Jay Versace, the former Vine star who has lately turned to producing music. It was a surprise this spring when Versace popped up in the credits of Westside Gunn's Pray for Paris; The Versace Tape is Boldy's first album for Griselda Records, the label co-founded by Gunn, and fits neatly into a machine that promises steely, ambitious street rap, delivered at regular intervals.

Boldy's catalog has the quality of genre fiction: his songs hit familiar notes and live in an instantly recognizable milieu. The style is repeatable without being repetitive, its dials tweaked slightly for each new iteration. The Versace Tape's intro smartly signals that the rapper has refitted his approach for Griselda Records, whose releases––especially Gunn's––are littered with, and in some ways defined by, references to luxury goods. This intro is a local news clip about a thief who walks into a gas station and steals a "very expensive pair of Cartier glasses" right off of a victim's face before sauntering out the door and into a waiting car. The police, this news anchor says, described the suspect as "bold and nonchalant."

That nonchalance is one of Boldy's signatures; it's slyly funny when, on the already muted "Maria," he deadpans that all the money he's been raking in is making him emotional. Early on "Brick Van Exel"––he can cook with his left hand––Boldy recalls two generations of his relatives growing into the drug trade. The moment is allowed to land, but not linger; there are instructions about burner phones and stern warnings to give. Later on in the same song, he raps, "Every time I met up with the plug, felt like a setup," before once again dropping that idea to follow a new tangent. This structure and affect makes his music compulsively listenable, because it suggests these stark personal revelations and jaw-dropping asides will be meted out consistently, as if from a metronome. They are.

Versace's beats are similarly reliable. It is perhaps ironic that such an antic internet personality is turning out beats that fit so neatly in the post-Dilla, -Madlib, -Marcberg world of contemporary underground street rap, where drums are of little concern and loops are often laid bare. This album is warm, as if it was all dipped in sepia.

To that point, one of the most pleasantly surprising aspects of Boldy's work this year is the sentimentality that creeps in at the margins. "Long Live Julio," one of the record's standout tracks, begins with an ad-libbed redux of a famous Eazy-E hook, where the "boys in the hood" are not meant to be menacing and mythic, but rather young and full of promise, frozen in memory. Boldy throws the song into fourth-period lunchrooms and cramped bathrooms where he's scrubbing Nikes with a toothbrush; he makes the life sentences that hang over murder cases sound like speedbumps in his school parking lot.

Even in these moments, though, Boldy is the consummate technician. From the time he says "Rest in peace, Eric Wright" at the song's beginning, he never strays from that rhyme pattern; it strings together prayers to God and homage to Fredo Santana. This trio of 2020 albums suggests that the windows into an artist's past, soul, and psyche can be pried open not only in fits of mysterious inspiration, but also by relentless, uniform effort.

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Cleanin’ Out My Closet - Eminem

Posted: 15 Aug 2020 09:20 PM PDT

[FRESH ALBUM][ORIGINAL] Sunny Quetzal - Dot Dot Dot (...). This is my heart on wax, give me a listen today I'd really appreciate it.

Posted: 15 Aug 2020 12:50 PM PDT

My website / Download:

Sunny Quetzal

Stream:

Spotify

Apple Music

Soundcloud

My name is Sunny Quetzal. I'm a rapper / producer / engineer from Orange County, California . This is my debut album Dot Dot Dot, the culmination of 6 years of work. I've struggled with mental illness all my life, which has contributed to me being a very closed off person. The idea of me putting my feelings out there on wax is frightening to me. This album chronicles my emergence not only as an artist but as a person seeking to have a better relationship with myself and the world around me. I hope more than anything else to connect with people in a real way. Please if you have some time today, give this original post a shot, I'd love to hear what you think.

Much love. Thanks for being a cool community.

Hello World!

-Sunny Q

Edit: Mastered by Willie Green of Backwoodz Studios

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