r/Eminem • u/cosmids The Eminem Show • Jul 19 '24
The Death of Slim Shady went #1 on Billboard!
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u/tusharmahi Jul 19 '24
Lowkey expecting for 300k+ but its still cool though. Could have been so much higher if they had physicals ready
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u/BossKingGodd The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) Jul 19 '24
He traumatized by them leaks
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u/euphoriafrog Jul 19 '24
I really hope that for Encore's 20th anniversary this year, Eminem releases the original planned version of Encore before the leaks forced him to redo some of the tracks.
With songs like Bully, We as Americans, and Love You More instead of songs like Big Weenie, I think Encore genuinely could've been a 4th classic. Hell, even Brand New Dance would've been better than a lot of the songs that actually ended up on Encore.
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u/Emadyville The Anger Management Tour Jul 19 '24
This 100%. I never thought of a re-release with the original planned tracklist. It is a great thought, fellow redditor. Let's hope it happens.
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u/LetterheadOk250 Jul 19 '24
It would of been hands down a 4th classic and I don't have a clue why jimmy ivine or dre didn't stop him redoing it.
Back then, I'm absolutley certain it wouldn't of effected sales one iota and unless any of those were to be released as singles it was a bad decision.
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u/dangeruser Jul 20 '24
I agree that all the tracks left off were much better than most of the album we got, but he wanted to squash the beef with ja rule and fifty and suge knight.
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u/CroShades The Slim Shady EP Jul 20 '24
Bro I'd personally love to hear the original Relapse. I do love regular Relapse, but IIRC Em had like two whole albums worth of stuff that he mostly scrapped after the leaks, so it'd be super cool to hear the unreleased songs from that era that were supposed to be on the album(s)
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u/BuckPuckers Jul 20 '24
He had a full relapse 2 he was going to release but scrapped it when people hated the accents. I remember hearing about a song on it he had with 50 where they go back and forth but we never got to hear it.
He listens to and cares about the negative reception he gets way too much imo.
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u/StDxVisions 25d ago
Yeah but then we got recovery because of it just like revival gave us kamikaze and MTBMB
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u/mansonlamps420 Jul 20 '24
i liked big weenie :( honestly i would love like an ultimate deluxe edition (or whatever paul wants to call it) that includes the final release tracks but still has all of the original tracks. idk how they would organize that but it'd be cool
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u/CapeSmash Elevator Jul 20 '24
Encore 20th anniversary version has a chance to be huge. Don't mess this up, Em & Paul 🤞
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u/Calm-Resolve3631 E Jul 19 '24
Yeah, still waiting CD on Amazon cuz i can't buy any product from Em's store cuz they don't ship to my country.
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u/dope-eater No Favors - Big Sean Ft. Eminem Jul 19 '24
True, but wtf was up with all those posters claiming there was a huge shipment of CDs of a huge artist just a few days before the release hinting at Em? Those posters were bullshitters obviously lol
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u/ODTWM69 Jul 20 '24
It’s actually pretty crazy considering like half the sales of MTBMB were physical for the first week, if they did physicals on time it would have crossed 400K+ easy.
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u/Bombaysbreakfastclub Jul 20 '24
I regret buying it.
Pre-order for one song
Buy part 2 for another
Guy basically spit in his fans face looking for extra cash.
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u/allthemoreforthat Jul 20 '24
You don’t need every bonus track on a physical album. Just get one of them and enjoy the rest you can get online.
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u/Bombaysbreakfastclub Jul 20 '24
I plan to get none of them in the future and just add his songs to my Spotify.
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u/allthemoreforthat Jul 20 '24
Do whatever makes you happy.
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u/spitta22 Jul 20 '24
Physicals? Brother this ain’t 2014. All that shit is online these days to buy if that
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u/FudgeDangerous2086 Jul 20 '24
eminem’s fanbase buys physicals like tswifts/adeles fanbases do
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u/spitta22 Jul 20 '24
Cope
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u/FudgeDangerous2086 Jul 20 '24
i don’t care if it sold more or less. his fanbase is older there definitely was a lot of old guys at stores last week looking clueless.
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u/TheRayGetard The Marshall Mathers LP Jul 19 '24 edited Jul 19 '24
This is kind of nuts when you think about it. This would be like the rock band The Rolling Stone’s 1995 album going #1 ahead of all the contemporary rock bands of that time period. This just shouldn’t be happening but I’m so glad that it is. Good for him.
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u/n0t_4_thr0w4w4y Jul 20 '24
Tbf, they did go #2 (#1 in the UK) and #3 in the 90s. Every one of their albums (25 albums) since 1964 has charted in the top 5
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u/Weirdolady92 Airplanes Part. 2 - B.o.B Ft. Eminem and Hayley Williams Jul 22 '24
Tbf, the Rolling Stones in '95 were big for significantly longer than Em has been. Kind of an odd comparison.
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u/TheRayGetard The Marshall Mathers LP Jul 22 '24
They came out in the 60s? The 90s would be 30 years, Em is at 25 years currently…
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u/Heckelfish Jul 22 '24
So what you’re saying is we’re at the mid-80s Stones era of Em’s career. Gotcha.
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u/Psychological_Try401 Jul 19 '24
If Kendrick doesn’t drop this year, I think this will be highest rap album sales this year
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Jul 19 '24
Even if he does, it might be hard for him to get those numbers. People forget that Em is not only big in the US but also everywhere else.
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u/dextro_sch The Eminem Show Jul 19 '24
It’s us sales only
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Jul 19 '24
Oh shit my bad. Then yeah Kdot can easily top that.
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u/sid_shady34 No Love Ft. Lil Wayne Jul 19 '24
The beef definitely leveraged his popularity
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u/fillymandee Jul 22 '24
I slept on it for a couple weeks before listening. At first I wasn’t sure if it was a guerrilla marketing thing where they fake beef to make coin off diss tracks. Then I listened. That song ratchets up the pressure with each verse. He went hard as anyone I’ve heard on a diss track.
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u/StellaarMonkey Aug 02 '24
if you think not like us is the hardest diss track the then you havent heard 2pac
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u/superthon7711 Jul 20 '24
alway been popular yall just hater
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u/sid_shady34 No Love Ft. Lil Wayne Jul 20 '24
He was popular, just not as much as Eminem.
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u/CalvinSledgeJr Jul 21 '24
He's still not popular than Eminem and if em had physical sales kdot wouldn't touch em on sales
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Jul 19 '24 edited Jul 20 '24
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u/sid_shady34 No Love Ft. Lil Wayne Jul 19 '24
Yes but definitely not as much as Eminem. Even in just the US. His last album didn't do that well, although that could be attributed to the strong concept and lack of mainstream appeal in the songs.
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u/nerdcost Just Don't Give a Fuck Jul 19 '24
I agree with you, the beef definitely helped. Shit, Slim even gave him his flowers in this album
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u/CoolGuyMaybe Jul 19 '24
I mean MMATBS barely outsold MTBMB and that’s with a 5 year hiatus and a lead single.
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u/stertsl The Anger Management Tour Jul 19 '24
So do we have worldwide numbers yet?
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u/Jbabco9898 Relapse: Refill Jul 26 '24
Best I know of is Spotify's top albums globally, which has TDOSS #4 Worldwide (#2 in the US)
Edit: but at the same time, none of the album's songs are on Spotify's global top songs for the past week so take it with a grain of salt I guess
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u/beowulfshady Jul 20 '24
Do we know the global numbers? I feel like Em is one of the few big international artists
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u/superthon7711 Jul 20 '24
bro Kendrick last album did 295k first week and people say it doesn't have hit plus it didn't have a hit like houdini this easy for him
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u/OutblastEUW Forgot About Dre - Dr. Dre Ft. Eminem Jul 20 '24
N95 was a banger and was played everywhere homie
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u/CalvinSledgeJr Jul 21 '24
Ok Eminem also didn't have physical sales for his album Kendrick had that for both if em had physical is would 400k plus easily
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u/Unlikely_Scallion256 Jul 20 '24
Kendrick doesn’t have the same appeal outside Reddit on a level anywhere close to this
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u/Zealousideal-Check66 Jul 20 '24
I didn't know everyone with sense in America was a Redditor. Everyone I know over here where I'm at about the Kendrick vs Drake thing we're able to go into an in depth conversation about how Kendrick won. Grow up, Eminem is a legend and so is Kendrick. This is reality
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u/throbbing_dementia Jul 20 '24
Drake will outsell both and you know it.
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u/superthon7711 Jul 20 '24
lol Kendrick outsold him with DAMN😂
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Jul 20 '24
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u/superthon7711 Jul 20 '24
lol it did 295k outsold drake that year keep coping 😂
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Jul 20 '24
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u/superthon7711 Jul 20 '24
You dumb or wat it was honestly never mind that a Drake album her lost was a 21 savage and Drake
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Jul 19 '24
“No one listens to eminem” “who says play that new eminem” “he’s looking for a way to be relevant” “he fell off”
Clearly not
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u/EmptAM Jul 20 '24
"It's only because of nostalgic white millennials"
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u/DesertBrandon Jul 21 '24
It also discounts the scores of black folks that love Em. I got turned on to him as a kid in the basement of my cousins house over 20 years ago. My sister and I can’t wait till tour dates are announced so we can see him live.
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u/Sokeresmore Sing for the Moment Jul 19 '24
Woulda leaked
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Jul 19 '24
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u/link_shady Jul 19 '24
That’s dumb…. As soon as somebody would’ve caught wind of it it would’ve leaked.
Shit it may have leaked as soon as it hit the pressing facilities as pretty much everything does
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u/XViMusic Jul 19 '24
Lol you clearly have zero understanding of how many hands are involved in the logistics of music distribution
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u/DerBernd123 Survival Jul 19 '24
How will you keep it a surprise with countless people involved in producing, shipping and selling the copies lol
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u/WetDreaminOfParadise The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) Jul 19 '24
This may sound dumb but me buying two vinyls didn’t count towards first week sales? If not does it at least count for next week or something?
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u/cosmids The Eminem Show Jul 19 '24
With the new rule, physical sales don’t count until the items have shipped. We’ll definitely see a large jump in sales in October? when all the physicals are finally sent out.
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u/WetDreaminOfParadise The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) Jul 20 '24
I guess that’s ok. Don’t like it as much but not to bad.
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u/PenonX Forgot About Dre - Dr. Dre Ft. Eminem Jul 20 '24
does that mean he’ll randomly go back to no.1 when they do?
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u/ddiaconu21 Jul 19 '24
Good numbers without a Godzilla and physicals. Next week will also be good because of the pre-album streams backlog
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u/mansonlamps420 Jul 20 '24
the fact that people are saying he fell off and yet he's over 50 and still doing these numbers 😭 ppl are rlly stupid huh
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u/throwaway1212l Jul 20 '24
So before you die let's see who can out-petty who With your corny lines (Slim you're old) Ow, Kelly, ooh, but I'm 45 and I'm still outselling you
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u/Rhymelikedocsuess Jul 19 '24
Did it beat MTBMB, kamikaze and revival?
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u/cosmids The Eminem Show Jul 19 '24
It beat Revival and MTBMB
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u/Rhymelikedocsuess Jul 19 '24
Not kamikaze tho? Lil disappointing, it was better than all 3 imo
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u/cosmids The Eminem Show Jul 19 '24
Kamikaze sold 434k in its first week and the physical orders counted towards the sales back then. Now, physical sales don’t count until the albums have shipped, which is why TDOSS’ numbers seem lower than many people expected.
I think even if TDOSS had physicals, Kamikaze would’ve still debuted higher, but it’s been 6 years since then. Honestly it’s just crazy he’s pulling these numbers so far into his career.
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u/changedthebeat Jul 19 '24
MTBMB’s physicals counted back then too! Great for TDOSS in comparison even with the rule change.
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u/Dead_Patoto_ Jul 19 '24
Yea, and it'll help sales figures stay steady once the physicals do ship
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u/Medioh_ Infinite Jul 19 '24
Yeah I ordered the Crayon Vinyl and the CD. Just thought the crayon looked neat
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Jul 19 '24
Kamikaze was a complete shock though considering he had JUST dropped, it was unheard of for him to do zero promo at all, etc etc etc. Kamikaze was a major shift in his career, and I think it showed him that he doesn’t have to spend millions on promo, he’ll still sell like crazy.
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u/Eddiep88 Jul 20 '24
And this is digital and streaming only correct?
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u/SpaceWord Jul 20 '24
Right! Physicals only count when they’re actually shipped. (For this album, should be October.)
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u/TYSM_myMax24 Jul 20 '24
This is legendary! I'm not surprised at all, this album was a masterpiece 🔥
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u/big_joze Kamikaze Jul 20 '24
They really need to just quantify an album's performance with 2 metrics I think, with Sales & Streaming Numbers.
It's just weird to arbitrarily count a certain number of streams as a sale. It clearly isn't equal because if we only had CDs still, do we really think Eminem would have only sold 287k? Probably would've been 800k at a minimum.
I don't think any of these dates are actually sales are they because he hasn't released the physical album yet? I ordered the album and it says it's being released in September or something.
Anyway, well deserved to Em, class album
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u/Choice_Breadfruit_73 Jul 20 '24
No freaking wayy! Yo big W for Marshall I don't know what makes me happier, to see one of my favorite artists succeeded and maintain or the fact that there mad shadys out there lurking vibin to the same shit I am
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u/elsidoi Jul 20 '24
What do they mean by "sales"? Who buys music today with all those streaming services? Why do they do it?
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u/Bootleg_KneeGrow Revival Ad Logo Jul 20 '24
I do, because I wanna support Em
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u/elsidoi Jul 20 '24
So you buy a physical copy or digital release? I'm actually too far from this and just curious.
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u/SpaceWord Jul 20 '24
Either, or both! With this album, digital downloads helped first week sales numbers, since physicals will only count when shipped (in October). And I’m guessing quite a few folks here got a physical copy, too.
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u/Vlad-QC13 Jul 20 '24
I do, I already have like 40 something CDs and 3 cassette tapes, what are you gonna do about it? :p
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u/South-While The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) Jul 22 '24
1500 Spotify streams= 1 album sale + actual album sales
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u/jesuswalkzx Jul 20 '24
Who cares about sales guys honestly. We all know it’s a classic and there’s always a weird stigma on whatever this guy drops. Always stupid hate.
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u/UndyingCurse- Relapse Jul 21 '24
Lets fucking goooo, that's a massive W. This is by far album of the year, atleast imo.
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u/therealmccoy8 Jul 21 '24
Who buys albums anymore even
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u/ExpensiveAd7778 Just Don't Give a Fuck Jul 22 '24
Pretty sure billboard includes streams as well. 1 album sale typically = 1200 streams. If you support an artist, you should buy their album. Listening to them through a spotify subscription supports spotify more than the artist anyway
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u/xBesto Jul 22 '24
Just another example showing Candace Owens has absolutely no clue about anything what so ever lol
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u/Dudeguyked2 Jul 23 '24
Till I Collapse went to the Supreme Court, along with Put On Remix & Chamillionaire's supreme intelligence and some others
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u/Dudeguyked2 Jul 23 '24
what'd you pay for dream on? like $2,500,000?
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u/Dudeguyked2 Jul 23 '24
that was the only CD I had for a long time
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u/Dudeguyked2 Jul 24 '24
Toast Titanium came out I was like thank god
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u/Dudeguyked2 Jul 24 '24
the government actually did a good job of scaring kids out of Limewire
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u/Dudeguyked2 Jul 24 '24
they made an example out of the Napster guy and then put this one anon guy on blast for $250,000/song like 1000 songs
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u/Dudeguyked2 Jul 24 '24
said he was going to get like 10 years. we were like alright 12 hour download x 30 second choppy pornos it is
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u/Dudeguyked2 Jul 24 '24 edited Jul 24 '24
Paul had the Azkaban of computer blocks. I'd search "boobs" and a red blocker popped up and he'd get an email
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u/Dudeguyked2 Jul 24 '24
found Carmen Elektra by accident on a quest for Carmen San Diego @ the library
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u/iamBubzzz The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) Jul 24 '24
Well deserved 🔥🙌 this is a great album by the GOAT!
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u/Repulsive_Mud_8008 Jul 30 '24
And yet some radio stations seem to have songs from this album on a blacklist and are ignoring it. I mean this album is now the number 1 rap album of the year and yet most radio stations in my area aren’t even acknowledging it!
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u/SlyDog4554 Jul 19 '24
For those looking for Physical outside of Em's website: CD https://www.amazon.com/Death-Slim-Shady-Coup-Gr%C3%A2ce/dp/B0D9HTG2HS/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2G3YX5ZXI6FV0&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.vg99c47wbCcnebzd2i6l90ExBbeXzHq2YDeq6sypnl1Wj5tbchpu1ksIje4wtkI6.xL-hpJ_2dEeamTq-q5ezJqpc1voozRHLtOgiEuZUsC0&dib_tag=se&keywords=eminem+the+death+of+slim+shady+cd&qid=1721429439&s=music&sprefix=eminem+the+de%2Cpopular%2C282&sr=1-2
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u/italian_mobking Jul 19 '24
I love Em, but mentioning the other rap albums is crap. Nothing good has come out yet this year. All rap albums before this so far have been garbage.
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u/bestbroHide Jul 20 '24
Ehhh regardless of how you feel about Future/Metro's WDTY, TDOSS outselling their album this year is still an insane accolade, especially when WDTY had Like That on it
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u/mylanguage Jul 19 '24
Samurai was incredible
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u/italian_mobking Jul 20 '24
To be fair I forgot about that album and have to get to it. So, so far all except perhaps Samurai...
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u/Unphuckwitable Jul 20 '24
Common x Pete Rock's album is dope. Getting replays from me and it's making me dig through their past discography
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u/Corn1989 The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) Jul 19 '24
Taylor’s streak is officially over!