Cyrus Langhorne
OVO Sound leader Drake’s new Views album has dismantled its competition on the sales chart by selling over 1 million copies in less than a week.
According to reports, Republic Records claims the LP has pushed out monster numbers since its release last Friday (April 29).
The label reports that VIEWS has sold 1.2 million copies (including streaming album equivalents) across the world in less than six days after its release, with over a million of those sales coming from the U.S. In addition, in that same time frame, VIEWS was streamed over 250 million times, with over 200 million of those coming from within the United States. (Pitchfork)
Slaughterhouse’s Joe Budden shared his thoughts on the new album release earlier this week.
“I think that that kid on that album that I heard sounds real f*cking uninspired. That’s what I think! I think that music is real good! You can’t fool a real n*gga! You can fool them! You can fool the people that are not paying attention. That music sounds good and I enjoy it. I played that album all the way to DC and all the way back. Multiple times. 40. You sound amazing! 40 continues to progress, Drake, you do not. I said the other day on this podcast I miss the Drake that starts the waves, not hops on other waves. And I’ll say it again. I miss Drake that pushes the f*cking agenda. Not let the agenda push him.” (INTPL)
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Cash Money boss Birdman boasted about Drizzy’s new studio release this week.
“I think Drake got the album of the year. In 3 hours, he did like 400,000,” Baby said. “He’s something special. Hip-hop has to keep going. We need this.” (Hot 97)
This week, Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Kevin Durant reacted to Drake name-dropping him on Views‘ “Weston Road Flows.”
“It’s a good, nice song. Much more than my name drop but it’s a good song,” Durant said during a media interview. “It kind of surprised me. When your favorite rapper puts your name in a song, it makes you feel like you made it.”
Kevin Durant on getting name-dropped on @Drake's "Weston Road Flows" pic.twitter.com/awklXZQBo1
— Erik Horne (@ErikkHorne) May 2, 2016
