Cyrus Langhorne
Grammy-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly is reportedly set to topple the sales chart next week with sales up to 375,000 copies.
Based on one-day estimates, K. Dot’s new LP will easily debut atop the sales chart next week.
Physical copies of Kendrick Lamar’s How to Pimp a Butterfly are just now arriving in many stores, making today’s projections somewhat tenuous; those projections are likely to grow throughout the week. Here are this week’s key debuts, with both Sales Plus Streaming (SPS) numbers first, followed by albums:
Kendrick Lamar (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope) 350-375k SPS (300-325k albums)
Modest Mouse (Epic) 70-7k SPS (65-70k albums) (HITS Daily Double)
Check out all of the praise K. Dot’s album has received on the next page…
G.O.O.D. Music head Kanye West, Pusha T and rap veteran Bun B took to their Twitter pages to applaud K. Dot’s newest solo offering this week.
U put together a helluva movie my maaaan… @Kendricklamar #Congrats #ToPimpAButterfly
— King Push (@PUSHA_T) March 16, 2015
Kendrick wins because there's no fear. Of man or the machine. This is how you truly strive for greatness.
— Bun B (@BunBTrillOG) March 16, 2015
Various musicians boasted about K. Dot’s new LP on Twitter Monday (March 16).
boy this @kendricklamar album is seriouss. if you havent checked it please do. wow my dude kilt this joint
— Timbaland (@Timbaland) March 16, 2015
This is well put together album wowwwwwwwwwww !!!!!!!! Realllll shitttttt !!!!!!!!! Go Kendrick!!!!!!! https://t.co/N6Q4qMCEXf
— Timbaland (@Timbaland) March 16, 2015
Just getting into it but WOW. That boy @kendricklamar!!!!
— Justin Timberlake (@jtimberlake) March 16, 2015
https://twitter.com/solangeknowles/status/577505275306852352
Sincere thanks. Salutes @kendricklamar. #RTJ
— Killer Mike (@KillerMike) March 16, 2015
https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/577353751671017472
Top Dawg Entertainment head Anthony Tiffith jumped onto his Twitter page late Sunday (March 15) night to blast Interscope Records for the surprise release.
as he should!!! amazing album!
Those numbers sound off, should be way more
Right. 500k+ easily
It released Sunday unannounced so it’s going to be off from someone who releases a full week ahead
no that means he has a 2 day advantage> albums generally come out on a tuesday and the 7 day total comes out the following tuesday.
I think you’re right, but at the same time I don’t care. I wan’t quality music and K Dot provided that and more so fuck his sales. He’ll be selling this album for years, so in the long run he’ll be platinum or whatever. Soundscan can suck a dick, real hip hop lives through K Dot.
Good Look hip hop is winning.
When physical copies go out?
they at best buy now or you could order the physical copy on amazon
These numbers boo boo he gone sell more than that
Why do people like this wack soft shit so much? New school is soft and wack as fuck.
shut up, thugger thugger
We tired of gun and drug raps
Yep.You niggas these days like that gay hipster trash!
Call Kendrick a gay hipster in Compton nicca..
nothing will happen… whose going to say something? the hood hipster?? FOH
I see ya bitch ass neva been ta Cali.. Look on YouTube they got videos of Kendrick all in Nickerson Gardens.. Bet a stack youd keep ya mouth shut there.. Kendrick hood pass is better than most of these gangsta rappers you see out here dumb nicca..
lmao you mad???
scrub
What is Nas a gay hipster too? Lol you mad cuz u a mouse stuck in a maze.. Let me guess you gonna thug ya way to success and happiness.. Lol foh kid..
salty much?
Great come backs bro.. You totally proved me wrong.
Yeah no prob homie
You’re probably the type to complain about cops shooting black kids too, but you defend rap that about nothing but shooting black kids?
Because no one wants to hear, guns guns guns coke coke coke Pussy Pussy Pussy bang bang all fucking day. Clown.
You’d rather listen to rich niccas with bodyguards rap about imaginary guns and drugs? Grow up fam.. It’s 2015.. The crack epidemic is long dead nicca.. Niccas in the hood is makin money off pills, speed, top shelf weed, and fake credit cards.. Ya’ll dumb niccas wanna go against the grain so hard you fall in line like lemmings. Niccas ain’t movin bricks like that in 2015, ya’ll stuck in the past at niccas make US OLD SCHOOL niccas look bad.. Fucc outta here, get a job nicca..
This in a lot of ways is a throw back album. Throw back to funk, jazz, early 90’s hip hop. There’s nothing soft about this.
Its at best buy now
as he should!!! amazing album!
Blow my mind? I was expecting them to say 1 million in the first week. Those are like the same numbers J. Cole did(Which was also a great album). With all the hype around his album I was expecting him to at least push 300k copies in the first week.
The leak killed it…
J. Cole’s album is more not commercial but traditional. It’s easier to listen to. To Pimp a Butterfly is much more engaging lyrically and musically. That will turn some people off. And I’m not saying the lyrics or music is better, just saying you have to be an active listener to understand what he is saying and where the music is going.
There is nothing traditional about Cole’s album. The only reason Kendrick’s album isn’t going to hit platinum off top is because it leaked to itunes with no physical copies being in stores yet. Which causes people without itunes to have to get a illegal copy. Which is going to hurt his sales altogether in the long run because alot of people that have illegal copies aren’t going to go buy it now. But I will be purchasing a physical copy.
The songs have a traditional industry format. As far hook and verse length and the tracks structure.
Those numbers sound off, should be way more
Right. 500k+ easily
It released Sunday unannounced so it’s going to be off from someone who releases a full week ahead
no that means he has a 2 day advantage> albums generally come out on a tuesday and the 7 day total comes out the following tuesday.
I think you’re right, but at the same time I don’t care. I wan’t quality music and K Dot provided that and more so fuck his sales. He’ll be selling this album for years, so in the long run he’ll be platinum or whatever. Soundscan can suck a dick, real hip hop lives through K Dot.
Gotta let it grow on me more.. Still say that Lupe and that Cole album better..IMO
Good Look hip hop is winning.
When physical copies go out?
they at best buy now or you could order the physical copy on amazon
Nice project! Has an Outkast feel to it.
These numbers boo boo he gone sell more than that
Why do people like this wack soft shit so much? New school is soft and wack as fuck.
shut up, thugger thugger
We tired of gun and drug raps
Yep.You niggas these days like that gay hipster trash!
Because no one wants to hear, guns guns guns coke coke coke Pussy Pussy Pussy bang bang all fucking day. Clown.
You’d rather listen to rich niccas with bodyguards rap about imaginary guns and drugs? Grow up fam.. It’s 2015.. The crack epidemic is long dead nicca.. Niccas in the hood is makin money off pills, speed, top shelf weed, and fake credit cards.. Ya’ll dumb niccas wanna go against the grain so hard you fall in line like lemmings. Niccas ain’t movin bricks like that in 2015, ya’ll stuck in the past at niccas make US OLD SCHOOL niccas look bad.. Fucc outta here, get a job nicca..
Call Kendrick a gay hipster in Compton nicca..
nothing will happen… whose going to say something? the hood hipster?? FOH
I see ya bitch ass neva been ta Cali.. Look on YouTube they got videos of Kendrick all in Nickerson Gardens.. Bet a stack youd keep ya mouth shut there.. Kendrick hood pass is better than most of these gangsta rappers you see out here dumb nicca..
What is Nas a gay hipster too? Lol you mad cuz u a mouse stuck in a maze.. Let me guess you gonna thug ya way to success and happiness.. Lol foh kid..
lmao you mad???
scrub
salty much?
Great come backs bro.. You totally proved me wrong.
Yeah no prob homie
This in a lot of ways is a throw back album. Throw back to funk, jazz, early 90’s hip hop. There’s nothing soft about this.
You’re probably the type to complain about cops shooting black kids too, but you defend rap that about nothing but shooting black kids?
Nigga is overated as hell!
U know u a hater when u leave MULTIPLE negative comments on a single post.
He probably is a hater but what? Everyone has to like Kendrick?
trying to hard to be different. he made this album to wow other rappers. lyrics are lyrics. an introverted nerd can make an album of lies talking about riches and drugs. can he pass it off as being believable or is he gonna get groomed for lyrical presentation. i can listen to kendrick but i can’t say he’s great cuz of his lyrics. hypocrite at best. false profit at worst.
That’s it? Strike 2 SOHH. ‘Bout to switch over to AHH
lmao, i feel the same way bruh, dont know what happened to this site.
Its at best buy now
Blow my mind? I was expecting them to say 1 million in the first week. Those are like the same numbers J. Cole did(Which was also a great album). With all the hype around his album I was expecting him to at least push 300k copies in the first week.
The leak killed it…
J. Cole’s album is not commercial but it’s traditional. It’s easier to listen to. To Pimp a Butterfly is much more engaging lyrically and musically. That will turn some people off. And I’m not saying the lyrics or music is better, just saying you have to be an active listener to understand what he is saying and where the music is going.
There is nothing traditional about Cole’s album. The only reason Kendrick’s album isn’t going to hit platinum off top is because it leaked to itunes with no physical copies being in stores yet. Which causes people without itunes to have to get a illegal copy. Which is going to hurt his sales altogether in the long run because alot of people that have illegal copies aren’t going to go buy it now. But I will be purchasing a physical copy.
The songs have a traditional industry format. As far hook and verse length and the tracks structure.
Gotta let it grow on me more.. Still say that Lupe and that Cole album better..IMO
Nice project! Has an Outkast feel to it.
Nigga is overated as hell!
U know u a hater when u leave MULTIPLE negative comments on a single post.
He probably is a hater but what? Everyone has to like Kendrick?
trying to hard to be different. he made this album to wow other rappers. lyrics are lyrics. an introverted nerd can make an album of lies talking about riches and drugs. can he pass it off as being believable or is he gonna get groomed for lyrical presentation. i can listen to kendrick but i can’t say he’s great cuz of his lyrics. hypocrite at best. false profit at worst.
That’s it? Strike 2 SOHH. ‘Bout to switch over to AHH
lmao, i feel the same way bruh, dont know what happened to this site.
375k isn’t blowing my mind and I love this fucking album. Those numbers are really low actually. I agree with one of the other posts, I was looking at a mill+
375k isn’t blowing my mind and I love this fucking album. Those numbers are really low actually. I agree with one of the other posts, I was looking at a mill+
Kendrick Lamar is going platinum
Kendrick Lamar is going platinum
His album was al right. Unlike J. Cole who doesn’t seem to have shit to say despite knowing how to spit, Kendrick tries to overthink everything. The album got better on the back end, but it ain’t nothing I’ll be checking for in a few years besides a track or 2 just like his last album.
His album was al right. Unlike J. Cole who doesn’t seem to have shit to say despite knowing how to spit, Kendrick tries to overthink everything. The album got better on the back end, but it ain’t nothing I’ll be checking for in a few years besides a track or 2 just like his last album.
Its inspiring… I just don’t like the funny voices he makes…but its still a damn good album
Its inspiring… I just don’t like the funny voices he makes…but its still a damn good album
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