Even with the leak, Tha Carter IV has now broken iTunes records for most sales in a week (beating out Watch The Throne). So how many copies did ‘Shit buy? Is this guy really going to sell 925K?
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This album is so bad it should be free.
This just tells me that people would buy anything without actually knowing what they are getting.. an album this bad shouldn’t be selling like it is smh oh well get ya money weezy
lol if “‘Shit” went with 600k-700k sales, in this day of age and this climate they could have at least made it believable that wayne legit sold that many albums.
“we know, we know, we know”
I do not understand how Nicki Minaj Sold a million, and I definitely dont understand how Wayne is doing these numbers with such lacklustre material.ah well, get your money Wayne!
I honestly believe them. I don’t know why. I just do. I mean c’mon it’s Wayne. You have any idea what this nigga’s fanbase is like? Way more kids are checking for C4 over WTT. Even tho I prefer WTT.
This cant be for real. carter 4 was garbage
And to tell you the truth, I figured this album would be worse than C3 by the time John came out.
birdman bought 700,000 copies. drake bought the rest.
this album getting slandered on the internet. he should be worried.
THIS SHIT AINT REAL PEOPLE. WE ALL KNOW CASH MONEY/UNIVERSAL PAY THE PEOPLE @ SOUNDSCAN TO PUT OUT FAKE NUMBERS FOR ALL OF THERE ARTISTS ESPECIALLY WAYNE….. NO ONE IN MY CITY KNEW OR EVEN GAVE A FUCK ABOUT THIS ALBUM.. NIGGAS AINT EVEN WANT A BOOTLEG COPY.. FUCK OUTTA HERE ..
Well, then I guess that he won’t mind that I got my copy for free.
Mazel tov, Wayne!
2dopeboyz are such fags.
This nigga only ever sells good because his name is “Lil Wayne” niggas will buy it just for the name, yeah it might of broken an itunes record but look all online at peoples reviews, i bet they regret buying this shitty ass cd because the majority of people say this album was not good at all, more like a wack ass mixtape.plus do you niggas know how much money BIRDMAN has ?? dude is close to a damn billionaire and theres no doubt in my mind that he could purchase like 500,000 or copies if he wanted to with his money.
i dunno wtf happened to wayne in prison but he put out a shit album. fuck the best verse wasn’t even his own.
Waynes numbers are probably real folks cause it aint all people who listen to real hip hop buying Wayne albums. Waynes fanbase isnt just hip hop fans , its pop music and rock fans also and if theres some ten year old out there asking his parents to buy him the new Wayne album , its not like that kid is all the way familiar with Waynes older material. Those type of fans only know Wayne from C3 and after so they dont give a fuck about real hip hop all they care about his whats popular and Wayne is there hero. There aint no fans of Raekwon and Nas buying an album from Wayne at this point.
Rebirth, We Are Young Money and IANAHB aren’t platinum yet and you mean to tell me Carter IV is going plat in only one week ? FOH.
Birdman bought at least 300k.
Nigga is gettin money and y’all niggas is just sittin around hating. Get yo motherfuckin hustle on. Either you gonna wine or you gonna climb..
C4 is actually really good, it just that the tracks are arrangement in the wrong way to the point that it dont sound like an album and more like a mixtape and it just fuck up the whole flow.
This fake it leaked everyone had for free a week before how did they priject 600k after 1day then go all the way up to 900 the next somebody is biying them in bulk sane with eminem and how his old albums are still selling eventho em fans already been had them I refuse to believe wayne is selling this much he was beibg slandered like crazy on twitter #thingbetterthencater4 wwas trending for 2days and after that vma performance wit the spandex a large number of fans turned on him
@JETSxYMCMB wtf are you saying ? he has BABY money
AND I DON’T CARE ABOUT LIL WAYNE. So right on! Glad we both don’t care about something!
The best tracks wayne wasnt on and that.megaman track is the same beat as ransom ft drake
Look at this though, After waynes cd dropped, #ThingsBetterThanCarter4 was trending and like someone said for 2 days worldwide. Now his cd numbers might be real BUT there is alot of people who dislike this cd, so Young Money stans please stop calling this a classic cause it is a mediore album at best and i gurantee half the people who bought this album want their money back.
this nigga career over after this trash ass shit.i cant see him putting shit else out.son is done.
Finally it’s over…Finally…He’s on his decline and soon nobody is going to care. People have moved on to “Wiz Khalifa” & “Mac Miller” It’s about damn time, it took 3 years but it’s finally over, thank god.
^ This album is a classic. Everyone on this site is just jaded as shit and probably only listened to it once, like most dumb NiGGERS do.
im just waiting on kanye to sign tyler the creator and the rest of them odd future niggas.imagine tyler & earl on good music with frank ocean. shit about to change the game. fuck wayne
No one gives a fuck about this cat anymore…Scratch that real Hip Hop heads don’t give a fuck about this cat anymore. He hasn’t been nice since pre-C3
People are so naive. They don’t realize how many people in the streets and hoods love this shit, they’re eating it up!! And guess what, they’re not the internet type. They don’t have AUX ports in their car. They’re not sitting on the cpu waiting for a leak, downloading it, slapping it on their iPod and jetting off in a Jetta bumpin’ into the sunset. They go out and buy CDs. But everyone will stick to the “it’s white girls” and “Birdman/Drake bought x amount” ..but oh well. I’ve already stated the CD wasn’t up to par of the Carter namesake, so save the stan comments. Section.80 is Album of the Year for me, WTT and C4 are ehhh.
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Kanye whack as shit now too. He hasn’t been nice since Late Registration. And Odd Future is a bunch of faggot ass dudes
It’s really not just the order of the songs that made this album suck, it’s an almost compete lack of good material. 6’7”, President Carter and Abortion are the only songs that are even close to Carter 3′s level, and the 2 best verses on the album belong to Nas and Tech N9ne.
The more people buy this album, the more people are gonna pass up his next one after this disappointment.
yea Baby bought all them albums smh! not to mention Wayne’s gigantic fanbase! jus like Jay & Kayne bought they own!
@who cares
earl a better rapper right now than 90% of the niggas rapping..
when the dude releases a single like How to Love you have to expect an assfuck of an album
@who cares
kanye shitting on the game you shitfaced monkey! And I have Late Registration. shit aint even that good. fuck you talking about?
and odd future raped your mom
You guys need to understand the music industry business outside of the art of hip-hop. Look how his singles performed on the Billboard Hot 100:
6’7 – 9th
John – (Terrible Song) 22nd
How To Love – 5th
She Will – 3rd
Compare that to WTT:
H.A.M. – 22nd
Otis – 12th
I think we all agree that WTT is a better album than Carter IV but Carter IV has had much more success on the charts. And for people saying Birdman skewed the numbers…hahaha…what dream world are you guys living in? Acting like Birdman is an influential force in the world or has any sort of real world power or pull.
He has a very strong mainstream audience. He has a pop appeal. Imagine the women who bought this album just for How To Love. All the high school kids. All the suburban kids. So maybe it’s not being supported “in a hood near you” but guess what…the hood would bootleg that shit anyways. So Wayne is appealing to a huge crowd that stretches way beyond hip-hop whether we like it or not.
Plus he’s been hinting on retirement hahaha…so breath easy.
Theres no way wayne sellin like this, eminem couldn’t do these numbers, gaga would not have, even if the 99cent price tag never happened, and her music is loved by everyone old, young, gay etc…not to mention her singles are killin it. C4 reviews are lackluster. Wayne doesn’t even have that ‘lollipop’ single this time and he gon sell a mill, no fuckin way. sumthin real fishy going on here.
Regardless of what people say Lil Wayne has the throne. Jay z and kanye took their eyes off of it a second and cash money took it, ran with it, and hid it. So good luck trying to find it jay and kanye.
^^^ Rappers on the throne of hip hop dont dress up in girl pants.
Plus Drake been hotter then wayne for three years now just like Ross and Jay and Kanye and some more people so Wayne is no where close to the throne of hip hop.
I am sure Wayne figured this album would sell regardless of what was on it. Hence, we as fans get a very scattered brained album. I do give him credit for touring and making music outside of just the urban radio records like How To Love. Marketing and touring aside though, the best thing about Carter IV is the production. Personally, I prefer substance over style and actual content. More records like Nighmares At The Bottom and a couple other songs are the only few that held my attention. I really thought after being locked up for 8 months Wayne would have more to rap about aside from eating pussy, being a blood and rambling rhymes that make no sense what so ever. I guess I was wrong about that so I think I will stick with the Carter II album and call it a day. Because content wise the Carter IV is so bad that my friends said it made them appreciate Carter III but hey to each his own. If the album does sell whatever the numbers all it proves is having a dedicated fanbase trumps good music these days. Aw well, I’ll just wait for some music I can relate to to be released.
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It’s because all his die hard fans buy 2-3copies
& Wayne probably bought a couple of hundred copies to give away
Plus every mainstream artist associated with Wayne buys a copy or two
Yea I second everyone else’s motion. CD was garbage. Not worth the DL. Thank god I didn’t.
YO SHAKE listen to this
IsaiahThe3rd – Understand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGjCsYFlRr0
top ten favorite rappers:
1. Lil’ B
2. Soulja Boy
3. Tyler The Creator
4. The Game
5. Kid Cudi
6. Tech N9ne
7. T.I.
8. Kanye West
9. Big Sean
10. Lil’ Wayne
ten favorite albums of 2011 (So Far):
1. I’m Gay (Lil’ B)
2. Illusions Of Grandeur (Lil’ B)
3.The Red Album (The Game)
4. F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown)
5. All 6′s & 7′s (Tech N9ne)
6. Goblin (Tyler The Creator)
7. Ferrari Boyz (Gucci Mane & Waka Flocka Flame)
8. The Carter IV (Lil’ Wayne)
9. The Last Crown (Soulja Boy)
10. Self Made (Maybach Music Group)
sheeeeeeit i wouldnt care neither if i sold 925k first week .. this nigga damn near did amillie first week again damn… i guess its a good thing he got a big ass white fan base not to mention a bunch of black teenagers supportin his ass…
So many mad Jay-Z & Kanye stans here.
Carter 4 sold what it sold because the fact is since like 2008 Wayne has been and still is the biggest force in hip-hop.
Get your money bro, I wouldn’t give a fuck either
WTT
The Red album
Finally Famous
Greatest Story Never Told
Section 80
Lasers
Return of 4ever
Shaolin vs Wutang
Even – Goblin and Rolling papers
were all better albums then C4 keep it real and Take Care and God Forgives I Dont will also be better albums. So as for mainstream hip hop wayne just dropped one of the worst rap albums of the year ( not in sales but in quality of skills musically ). Cats and Dogs >>> coming soon…
^^^So let me guess Andre 3000, Nas, Busta, Bun B, Rick Ross and Drake was not hip hop enough for you. Was it the singing on How to Love and How to Hate that has you pissed of his success. Or was it the Jay-Z feature missing that you were looking for. Damn dog stop hating on Wayne, he is a smart musician he does music that he likes and the people love enough to buy, the people you just named, half of that list is underground and not commercial enough to succeed. Wayne deserves this shit because he put out as many mixtpes(free music) that he has albums (regular music). Give dude a break man.
Okay I discussed this earlier in school and here I go. Wayne will always do stupid numbers because he caters to the people who BUY albums! And those are the people who are the radio listeners and clubbers and shit. And those people think Weezy is the best because they havent heard much. They only hear what they’re given and out of those garbage ass radio dudes Wayne is pretty good compared to em, not to mention the constant rotation he gets. And those fans usually arent on the internet everyday hopping on 2dopeboyz. Jay-Z & Kanye and others cater to more of the hip-hop heads who are on this internet shit quite often. Which also exposes us to the piracy of the internet. We complain that Wayne is selling like this but how many of us actually BOUGHT Watch The Throne opposed to the colossal amount that DL’ed illegally. Just imagine if everyone who has WTT actually bought it, it would easily have gone 1 million in a day. That’s the thing, we cant be hypocrites, we’re not giving artists any incentive to actually make great music anymore because they dont get rewarded as much as people making Lil Wayne type music. And people go “oh but Tha Carter IV is getting killed online” you think Wayne gives 2 shits? People are still buying his album with it leaking early and having shitty reviews. He’s WINNING in every sense of the word. This, all of this, is the reason why the Hip-Hop landscape is the way it is now. We’re not supporting the artists we swear are dope, but the ones we swear are trash have fans that’ll damn near put their life on the line for em. So we’ve made a do you wanna make great music and do crappy numbers or make crappy music and do great numbers. We’ve made it the Love of Money vs the Love of Hip-Hop and for these poor kids from the ghetto……the Love of Money wins everytime.
@WOW even if I give wayne props will that make the quality of music any better on his album? So its really not hate because if he was dropping heat rocks then I would say his shit is fire and so would other people. I like Nightmares of the Bottom and Mirror and She Will and thats it. He has other good artists on his shit but that dont mean its automatically dope. @LouisArtisan , Wayne caters to internet fans also and Jay and Kanye have millions of fans outside of just the internet so I dont get where your coming from but lets say wayne sales a billion albums, does that mean the material on C4 was the best of this year so far? Or even top 3? NO cause wayne aint pushing the hip hop culture forward like WTT , hes trying to bring rock and pop music to the table now.
Just when i had hope dude would stfu and take a serious break from music in general, this album sells a mill pretty much…i’ve been hearing wayne on everything for five fuckin years straight…even when he was locked up, he dropped mad music videos and even a garbage album…i think it’s more of people wanting this nigga to just STOP for at least a full year or even two of no features/singles all that…with numbers like this, he’s never going to leave…fuck…my…life ugh lol…even 50 cent went platinum in a week and he fell off pretty hard since people bought the massacre and didn’t really feel it…i saw the post about singles being high and all that…that’s usually based off the first week sales and how high it DEBUTED on the chart…i have yet to hear she will (which is one of the few dope tracks) and how to love heavy on the radio, PERIOD…it’s just wild to notice his last two albums combined have sold just over 1.6 mill or around that area yet C4 which is of the same garbage quality pretty much top that after one week
wayne is falling off plain and simple…he always gets killed on his own shit or any features lately…blah…oh well *bumps C1 and smh*
People have moved on to “Wiz Khalifa” & “Mac Miller” It’s about damn time, it took 3 years but it’s finally over, thank god.
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lol wait..thats supposed to b a good thing????
C4 album had some great tracks, some crappy ones, but it wasn’t at flat out boring as WTT. There’s basically no point to listen to anything Jay-Z made after black album. WTT was just..like, who wants to listen to a couple rich assholes rap about how luxurious their bathrobes and shit are? No one under age 35 paid money for watch the throne.
Tech N9ne bodied that whole album with one verse………
Lol @ the stans out today. WTT got shit on in terms of sales and guess what? That’s what matters to the ARTISTS themselves. It’s their “stats” to compare with each other. What album is whoever’s favorite depends on the listener. Some people love WTT, some love C4, and yes… some even love I’m Gay. Fighting over opinions is the lamest shit and biggest waste of time. You wouldn’t try to argue with someone over what kind of foods they like to eat, would you? (if you say yes, gfy) … Anyways that being said, album sales are hard numbers that can be viewed however you want, but they are there for all to see. I don’t get why this is a surprise to anyone that Wayne is doing numbers like this. Love him or hate him, dude is a giant in the rap game.
^^^Agreed I’m kind of surprise myself considering that fact that I’m not a human ep and rebirth barely got restock but none the less I’m happy dude is getting his numbers. We all complain about who we think should sell this or that when in reality, the people who are “hip hop” are just that. Many of them being underground artist, Wayne is smart as hell, he jumps on every hot track whether it’s a feature or a remix for a mixtape and he also is connected with everybody. I bet at this day and age it’s almost impossible to find somebody who listen to music in general not know who this guy is. Hell, he even played guitar at the Country Music Award festival I believe, he capitalize on all oppurtunites and he makes music that people like. (Just about in all Genres). I don’t see no other rapper other than a handful taking a step like that, that’s exactly why he deserves whatever is being given to him.
carter 1 & 2 better than anything the camel has ever made.
rebirth & 808′s & heartbreak were also amazing albums you niggas wouldnt know amazing if it slapped you in the fucking face. kid cudi’s wizard album will be amazing also
You can praise the numbers that C4 brought in all day and thats cool but thats where its stops because you cant praise the album musically or lyrically. Lyrically C3 smashes C4 and I think you better look at WTT sales again before you act like they didnt do numbers but even if you take away the numbers you still gotta speak on the subject matter of some of they songs cause the same people saying WTT is all about money be feeling New Day and Murder To Excellence and Why I love You, but wanna act like Wayne be making some powerful statements instead of talking about money. C4 sales were great but the props for lyrical excellence only goes so far. Wayne is posed to drop nothing but damn near material at all times just like Jay and Kanye , Why? cause he’s capable of that but that didnt happen on C4.
damn near CLASSIC …
Too much hatin I bet if it wasnt someone from the south yall would be congratulating smh dis site way too bias yall pose to be supportin hiphop instead yall complainin and hatin when something like this is achieved
What people don’t understand is Wayne has a unique fan base across the board. There’s broads I’ve known since middle school that were a fan of his when he was in the hot boys (all the young broads liked wayne back then). These fans have grown up with wayne and still buy his shit. That’s damn near 13 years of loyalty. What rap artist has that type of following? And that’s just one portion of the shit. My slacking ass cousin has been sending a few pics of bitches “grabbing the new wayne album for friday night”, white girls, old head bitches, moms with their daughters, droves of bitches man smh. Beyond the debatable shitty nature of his music, nobody mobilizes a fan base like wayne. And he capitalizes on areas few artists arn’t willing to “sell out” for, which are the areas that drive sells (radio play ability, women friendly songs, club shit, cross genre features, etc.) Muafucka is like the mayweather of rap, he don’t care about awards or accolades and shit he going for the money any way he can. I think what LouieArtisan said up there is the truest shit. Wayne got fans willing to actually make it a adventure, and i mean “hey let’s go grab starbucks and get lil’ waynes new album” type shit vs. muafuckas that are half-ass fans of “good music” and sit around and argue about the hip-hop game when they are part of the so-called mainstream rap problem. FANS control the mainstream and who is visible not the artists.
STOP these mtv posts cause people who dont live in the US cant even view the video. put a different source or something
yeah i mean goblin was shit but people bought it
Section.80 > Watch The Throne > Tha Carter IV
#TRUTH
And out of those artists, Wayne is my favorite… so that says a lot.
am i the only one NOT suprised that wayne is doing these numbers? its not about the material. its about popularity. and whos the most popular as far as ppl who buy albums? wayne. its not a mystery. selling records isnt about who has the best music anymore, its about whos most popular. thats how nicki was able to go platnium. and shes not even in a top 75 in anything other than popularity.
So no ones going to speak on drake spitting a rap he wrote for wayne on that jayz diss track..listen to drakes verses sounds like he wrote it for way..talkn bout jail n stuff rapping in waynes perspective
I work at best buy and hide all waynes cd’s behind the country section shit, if you go to best buy in woodbridge NJ you’ll see and you can thank me. i love the look on lil kids face just lookin all dumbfounded thinkin its sold out haha nah it aint sold out lil nigga i hid them shits. lmaoo
lol @parkerr
“I work at best buy and hide all waynes cd’s behind the country section shit… nah it aint sold out lil nigga i hid them shits.”
^I’m really high right now, but this is hilarious.
@Parkerr: I’m snitchin’, nigga! …you gon’ get fired, bruh… like off top, real talk, that’s gay muh nigga.
Nah… just kidding, that shit made me laugh. But that’s fucked up. LOL
Like niggas saying it doesn’t live up to C3. NIGGA THE CARTER 3 WAS GARBAGE!!! And so is C4. And to the nigga that said C4 is a classic KILL YOURSELF!!!And I mean it! I wouldn’t feel bad if you actually did. Like are you fucking retarded? Must be to think C4 is anywhere close to classic.
tell wayne he needs to get his old ghost writer back. cuz drakes fucking his shit up.
SHAKE IS A FAGGOT! anyone with a brain would realise birdshit didnt buy his albums dumbass.. first off its illegal second of all he would have to have over 300, 000 itunes accounts as you cant buy an album more than once.. also i think people would notice and report a bald headed individual purchasing 500k copies of an album
I wouldn’t care either. He’s still on the way to 1 million sales, lol. I remember listening to Show Me What You Got by him yesterday, I see he fell off BIG TIME.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0d6XG6dDLc
Same. I wouldn’t care either. He’s still on the way to 1 million sales, lol. I remember listening to Show Me What You Got by him yesterday, I see he fell off BIG TIME.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0d6XG6dDLc
Did anyone besides me like Wayne pre-Carter III
lol these posts are sooo funny. Everyone is so fucking upset that wayne sold like this and its hilarious. everyone is crying about how section .80 is so much better (what a fucking joke). everyone is crying that wayne isn’t hip hop anymore. hahaha well i guess it turns out that you faggots on the comment sections of these blogs all day don’t know shit about what music the real world enjoys. haha and no i havent bought the carter IV but maybe i will just so you fucking faggots who think you know everything about hip hop and rap will cry some more like the little broke bitches you really are.
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dumb… ass…
a legality argument, really, you’re fucking retarded
you’re on a hip hop blog and somehow you still fail to realize how corrupt the hip hop industry is…
I heard the album is doing 100mil the first week and with the She Will video, 200 mil by two weeks. Men lie, women lie, and apparently numbers do too. Birdman baby 7 star chief of commander I see you homie, keep buying those Bugattis with that Carter money.
ok…this is only the 2nd time ive posted on this site in about 2 years…but lets be realistic….this is album is NOT good…save for a few moments scattered thruout…..its the same punchline f*ck the world material weve been hearing forever now..no substance or even cohesion for that matter..Not sure if Wayne has gotten lazy or just becoming way too comfortable..whatever the case may be he has lost a listener in the process….
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Im pretty sure 90% of Lil Wayne’s fan base anymore is 10-14 year old white girls, and wannabe ‘rappers’.
Something tells me the Jumpoff TV crew will be “discussing” this…
this isnt hard to believe, dont be ignorant haters.
i dont even like lil wayne but lets be real, he has a stupid crazy fan base and wayne is the biggest thing in music.
hes crazy popular on the radio and on peoples ring tones so of course everyones gonna buy the shit..
even tho albums like section 80, im gay, watch the throne are way better.
I totally understand Yall have no concept of marketing and having a strong fanbase! Cash money marketed dis project amazingly and Wayne is seeing dat work pay off! Wayne does not have the traditional hip hop fan base as 99.9999% of other rappers he has arock audience pop audience r n b audience and hip hop audience so those numbers are easy to reach for him! Did Yall know dat Wayne has broken records for the amount if people that shows up to his tours! Wait until Wayne has a concert in your city and just wait 3 days and go to ticketmaster and i gaurantee its sold out! So if u don’t like Wayne data to option! But dont say da numbers fake because to favorite rapper didn’t sell dat many cds in a month!
I’ve seen a couple comments saying tech n9ne and andre 3000 had the best verses…I bought the album (enjoyed it) and I read the credits that say D. Carter wrote Tech N9ne’s and Andre’s verses and he also wrote parts of the outro with Nas who is also crowned for best verse. Wayne did a decent job with the album imo
the previous comment may be the most misguided thing ive ever read………
^ lmao
Kill yourself, “Chrissy P”. So that must mean that Wayne wrote Tech’s verse on Fuck Food? Or his verses on All 6′s and 7′s? What about Andre? I guess Wayne must have written the verses in those platinum albums right? Fuck outta here.
^LMAO iight she thought that cause of Wayne’s name in the credits, so I see how she made that mistake. Where did you get Wayne writing OutKast’s plat records and Tech’s verse on his album from?