Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Maybe Hip Hop is NOT dead once again as Nas is projected to sell near 325,000 copies this week
Posted by ATLstatus at 8:29 AM
Despite sales for hip hop albums being down dramatically, it appears that Nas is poised to sell well when his album drops on Tuesday July 15th. Nas had alot of controversy for his new album which was originally titled the "Nigger" album. Due to corporate pressure from the higher ups beyond Def Jam, the label was forced to leave Nas's album "untitled" although the music & subject matter is still the same. Hits Magazine, a music industry trade magazine, is reporting that Nas is projected to sell close to 325,000 copies in the first week of sales despite a massive leak that hit the web about a week ago. This is definitely good news for Nas although he's more concerned with getting out his message to the people.
"I just like to hear that people are liking it and I don't [need] to know what [the sales numbers] are. I don't care," the lyricist stated to Allhiphop.com