Oct 31, 2017

That's what happens when you are Yelawolf

 

Oct 31, 2017

He needs a revival

 

Oct 31, 2017

That’s what happens when you release a album with only 6 new tracks.

 

Oct 31, 2017

That's what happens when Eminem draws a line in the sand.

 

Oct 31, 2017

Friday, October 27 saw a lot of new albums within the Hip-Hop space, all of them from almost different sub genres from each other. The first week sales projections are now in.

Out of the pack, Big K.R.I.T. is leading with his double album 4eva Is A Mighty Long Timeas it’s set to move 30-35k copies in the first week. About 21-24k out of that will be purely from sales. Ty Dolla Sign’s amazing new album Beach House 3, released by Atlantic and featuring plenty of A-list collaborations like Lil Wayne, Pharrell, Future and more, is projected to move 27-30k copies (5-8k pure sales).

Yo Gotti’s new album I Still Am, which released last Friday after less than 10 days of promo, is looking at 21-24k copies moved in the first seven days (10-12k pure sales) while Yelawolf’s third album Trial By Fire will struggle at bit at 14-17k (12-15k pure sales). This will be the Shady Recording artist’s lowest first week number till date. Stay tuned for the final first week numbers later this week.


Source: http://hiphop-n-more.com/2017/10/fi...-ty-dolla-sign-yo-gotti-big-k-r-i-t-yelawolf/

 

Oct 31, 2017

one positive though n im reaching, he projected to sell 14k with 12k from pure sales. atleast it shows that whoever f---s with him buys his music instead of streaming

 

Oct 31, 2017

The album was supposed to come out late 2016 or early 2017.He build a little hype with the strong first single 'daylight' and everyone expected the album to drop soon but instead he waits a whole f---ing year.Imagine Em releasing a single on Nov 17th and Revival coming late 2018.That's bad marketing.So Yela and Shady Records f----- up.

 

Oct 31, 2017

I bought it. His label really let him down

 

Oct 31, 2017

Boogie >> The Redneck rapper

Dont @ me.

 

Oct 31, 2017

I thought the album has a lot of personality and its pretty good but Yelawolf is just really niche. Not sure what percent of this outcome is the label's fault or consumers' as opposed to just kind of the fact that a lot of people don't vibe with the dude.

 

Nov 1, 2017

he didnt do any interviews or press, no Em or Slaughterhouse feature, Barely tweets anymore, rarelhy uploads on instagram. No way for casual fans get a hold of trial by fire

 

Oct 31, 2017

I dont know
Yall blaming Ye(L)awolf himself for this is kind of harsh
I mean how do you all know how much control he had over the release schedule and things like that?

Like Daylight came out about a year ago, and sure it would have been smart to push the album earlier in 17 but, Yelawolf probably has little control with the marketing system.

In my personal opinion without going too in depth, I listened to Trial By Fire in its entirety today for the first time and I definitely land it above Radioactive-- ppl would be insane to put that above any projects to follow. TBF has a lot of heart. More than Love Story I think. But also this-- Love Story's release was around Shady XV plus it had the Em feature on Best Friend. Maybe Love Story was the raw lyrical delivery mixed with a country tinge that Yelawolf fans were into but Trial By Fire seems like a more mature and deeper endeavor.

I'm not ranking it above Love Story necessarily but lets think about it. Love Story was released between album cycles for Eminem, the verse was on the table along with a bit of XV promotion with Twisted and Til Its Gone and whatnot. But with TBF and Yelawolf's well documented breakdown and general shift in artistic direction, I think these sales numbers are neither surprising nor lacking in sense. It's likely that he did not want to collaborate with Eminem on this album not because Em wasn't willing to but maybe more because he didn't want a feature to draw attention to his album. He's not speaking to Stans, he's just putting a record out. The only rap feature he even had was Juicy J rigjht? TBF is Yelawolf's story.

Also I'm not defending this album's sanctity or whatever. I've heard it once from start to finish and I thought it was like... good? Maybe a comfy 6/10? I just think the sales aren't so bad if you consider these things; 1) the interest of a genral (especially hip hop geared) audience 2) the nature of its release (a label decision to place it in the shadow of Revival promotion) and most importantly 3) the personality of the project-- Yelawolf's stronger-than-ever decision not to pander and to tell his own story--even if you think it is s---. I think it's respectable that he got his word out there. I respect that he did so despite Eminem working on his own album and either not wanting to contribute or not accepting a feature.

Yelawolf is down to earth and realistic despite sharing a label with one of the most successful artists in the world. Most of you stans would get ur d----s surgically removed to be on the same cut as an Em verse and yet here you are criticizing. The project is OK but Yelawolf did his thing at the end of the day like??? If it didn't sell it didn't sell but the hustle is real and u really wanna hate on that alright

Idk man this is a huge drunken essay. I'm not a Yela fan and probably won't revisit TBF but its really a goofy a--- move to blame its sales on the consumers cause we just listen to what we like. I wouldn't personally buy a copy of the album but I respect the effort enough put in it to realize he isn't just a label puppet desperate for money. There are moments of genius and artistry and that's cool when you're on the same label as Eminem.

 

Oct 31, 2017

I believe this is the case. I don't f--- with yelawolf at all. But if I were to listen to him, I need hip hop beats. I'm a hip hop head. I will absolutely never f--- with this country/rock/hip hop fusion bs. That s--- hurts my ears.

So yea, I think as he went even more country and rock, more casual fans were turned off. Plus not having an eminem feature definitely hurt his sales.

 

Oct 31, 2017

Well guess a eminem feature definitely would’ve helped best friend has 94 million views on YouTube

 

Oct 31, 2017

Underwhelming sales for an underwhelming album.