Name Rappers Who Are Still Capable Of Going Platinum

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Dooms Day
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Name Rappers Who Are Still Capable Of Going Platinum
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  • Dooms Day
    Dooms Day Members Posts: 74
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    Eminem
    Kanye West
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  • Carlos Bruise-Her
    Carlos Bruise-Her Banned Users Posts: 925 ✭
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    Threezie .
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  • NevaChange
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    edited January 2010
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    Rakim
    Hell Rell
    Nas
    Lupe Fiasco
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  • Dooms Day
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    NevaChange wrote: »
    Rakim
    Hell Rell
    Nas
    Lupe Fiasco

    WTF ? LOL gtfoh
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  • bull6599
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    Eminem
    Kanye
    Wayne
    T.I.
    Jay-Z
    And I woulda said 50 previous to BISD, but it appears thats not the case anymore.
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  • Dooms Day
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    bull6599 wrote: »
    Eminem
    Kanye
    Wayne
    T.I.
    Jay-Z
    And I woulda said 50 previous to BISD, but it appears thats not the case anymore.

    I have a doubt on wayne, I think he is no longer capable of doing them #'s, rebirth gonna Flop

    but I agree on Eminem,Kanye, T.I , jay-Z

    50 ? If he wants he can <-- what I mean is, a mainstream album (like Curtis, massacre)
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  • mattee c
    mattee c Members Posts: 693 ✭
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    You're always gonna have artists who can pretty much go platinum off of their name like Jay-Z, Eminem, Lil Wayne, Kanye, etc. Because let's be real, Blueprint 3 and Relapse are not great albums. They're still better than most of last year's rap releases, but compared to past Jay-Z and Eminem albums, they're not as good. But these days, I think any rappers are capable of going platinum. Album sales as a whole are way down, so you're not gonna have as many artists go platinum as you used to. But I think rappers like Soulja Boy and Gucci Mane going platinum are evidence that it's not about talent. If a label gets behind an artist by promoting them and giving them a budget that allows them to get the best production available, there's a good chance that artist could go platinum. If an artist gets shoved down people's throats (or ears) for long enough, eventually they'll get put on a remix for a popular r&b single.
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  • KillaCham
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    T.I.
    Jay-Z
    Eminem
    Kanye
    Drake
    Lil Wayne
    Ludacris

    50 can't go platinum without a gimmick...Curtis?? That ? basically sold half of its total sales in its first week because of the competition with Kanye.
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  • Dooms Day
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    KillaCham. wrote: »
    T.I.
    Jay-Z
    Eminem
    Kanye
    Drake
    Lil Wayne
    Ludacris

    50 can't go platinum without a gimmick...Curtis?? That ? basically sold half of its total sales in its first week because of the competition with Kanye.

    Aight , Luda, Wayne,Drake ? <
    I Highly doubt that
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  • CJ
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    edited January 2010
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    em
    kanye
    Jay
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  • Dooms Day
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    cj012890 wrote: »
    em
    kanye
    Jay

    acceptable, but I doubt jay will hold that plag for a long time (maybe 1 more album)
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  • Question Authority
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    I doubt if 50 will ever go platinum again. The 50 fad seems to be long over. No one cares about him anymore.

    Em
    Jay
    T.I.
    Kanye

    Those seem to be the four rappers who'll pretty much go platinum every time.
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  • bdbdbd
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    Dooms Day wrote: »
    Aight , Luda, Wayne,Drake ? <
    I Highly doubt that

    maybe u should stop getting high then
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  • gak7
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    Chamillionaire
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  • KillaCham
    KillaCham Members, Moderators Posts: 11,417 Regulator
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    bdbdbd wrote: »
    maybe u should stop getting high then
    Word...50's official album is being outsold by Drake's mixtape EP that's been avaliable via free download for over a year now...

    Drake >>> 50

    Did we forget that Wayne went 3x plat just 2 years ago? If he stops this rock ? , he can do at least half of that again.

    Wayne >>> 50

    Luda's last album was a mistake..he had like no single-worthy tracks on it..but How Low is already doing better then all 5 failed singles from BISD

    Luda >>> 50
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  • cuttadc13
    cuttadc13 Members Posts: 1,626 ✭✭
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    Wayne(excluding this Rebirth album), Jay-Z(unfortunately), Eminem...Kanye ? himself...T.I. is a strong maybe....50..just NO....and everyone else besides maybe Drake dont really stand a chance anymore...Internet and media has destroyed all hopes of high sales
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  • Dretox2010
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    Eminem (Relapse is now Multi Platinum with over 1.7 Million sold in America)
    Jay Z
    Lil Wayne
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  • cuttadc13
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    Dretox2010 wrote: »
    Eminem (Relapse is now Multi Platinum with over 1.7 Million sold in America)
    Jay Z
    Lil Wayne

    LMAO at that
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  • sTaY_TrUe
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    Em, Jay, Wayne, T.I., Kanye
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  • mattee c
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    Dretox2010 wrote: »
    Eminem (Relapse is now Multi Platinum with over 1.7 Million sold in America)
    Jay Z
    Lil Wayne

    Relapse will not be multiplatinum until it sells 2 million. But I can guarantee that all artists nowadays do not take going gold or platinum for granted. I'll be surprised if we ever see another diamond plaque, for an album that came out after '05-'06 anyway. I remember in the late 90's going gold just meant you didn't flop and your label wouldn't drop you. If you sold 200,000-300,000 your first week, that was a falure. You had artists like The Dayton Family and Brotha Lynch Hung going gold off of albums (F.B.I. ; Season of da Siccness) that received no video or radio play. The good ole pre-Napster days.
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  • CMac
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    Jay, T.I, Em, Wayne, Kanye I think Nas too if he gets more promotion on his albums and radio play. Untilted went Gold and had no promotion at all and hardly any radio play tracks. So if he did that with a new album I think he could go Plat.
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  • KillaCham
    KillaCham Members, Moderators Posts: 11,417 Regulator
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    Nas could go plat IMO...but I don't think he ever will again based on the music he'd put out.
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