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Poll: Kanye & Thicke get the last laugh over JT & Jay-Z.
View Poll Results: In your opinion, did Ye & Thicke get last laugh over JT/Jay?
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Clearly. Kanye and Robin Thicke definitely have the last laugh.
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Nah. Kanye and Robin Thicke absolutely do not have the last laugh.
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My thought is that nobody asked you, and nobody has ever asked you, and yet you keep getting attention here. It's actually more fascinating than your actual thread content.
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Originally posted by RudeBoyy
According to Meta critic Rated R, Talk that Talk, Loud and GGGB are all better than any Whitney Houston album.
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But they are though….
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Originally posted by Belle
My thought is that nobody asked you, and nobody has ever asked you, and yet you keep getting attention here. It's actually more fascinating than your actual thread content.
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CLOCK iT
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Member Since: 5/25/2010
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Originally posted by AstroBall
How did Robin Thicke win though when he hasn't even released an album yet?
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Because Robin Thicke released his first single and consumers IMMEDIATELY loved it and
sent it straight to number one, as opposed to Justin Timberlake, who needed a massive
media storm to only push his first single "Suit & Tie" -- which was said to be a
Robin Thicke ripoff at the time -- to only number three on the chart.
...Vin
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Something tells me that, after the hype dies down, RT will not be moving a lot of album copies, certainly not enough to beat JT.
And Yeezus > MCHG.
So you're kind of half-right.
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Originally posted by Vin
So, in your opinion, quality isn't an issue, just
as long as sales are there (due to payola, might we add.)
...Vin
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Quality is completely subjective, so your point is moot. Sales are not.
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Originally posted by DAP
Quality is completely subjective, so your point is moot. Sales are not.
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You're proving my point. "Smurfs" and "Cars" are successful franchises and
make a lot of money, but doesn't mean that they're good films. If you're
ruling out quality as moot, then sales are moot as well.
...Vin
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It's all about sales for me, not some reviews. Sales show what the public enjoys. Robin got the last laugh over first singles, Justin get's the last laugh with album sales over Robin and Vin's prediction. Waiting for Jay and Kanye because I wonder if getting the album for free is gonna hurt his physical sales. He may end up around the 350-400 mark as well.
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"Lost Without U" alone practically got The Evolution of Robin Thicke to 1.7 million in U.S. sales, so while it's not very likely for Blurred Lines to reach the success of The 20/20 Experience, I don't think it will do as badly as some of you think. It will definitely outsell his last few efforts for sure.
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Originally posted by Cap10Planet
"Lost Wihout U" alone practically got The Evolution of Robin Thicke to 1.7 million in U.S. sales, so while it's not very likely for Blurred Lines to reach the success of The 20/20 Experience, I don't think it will do as badly as some of you think. It will definitely outsell his last few efforts for sure.
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Originally posted by bobbymfw
I do think that's a factor, but if I just heard "Blurred Lines" for the first time and didn't see the video, I would have thought it was John Legend or some new/obscure/up-and-coming black R&B artist. It's a great song plain and simple. It would have been huge regardless of Robin's race. "Suit and Tie" on the other hand...that was all about payola and brand.
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Perfect.
...Vin
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Originally posted by ECNEICSNOC
But they are though….
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I disgaree Whitney's debut album ***** all over those rihanna albums. I could understand if someone said rated r was even on the same level, but TTT tho
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Originally posted by Walley
This doesn't really matter. I personally think 20/20 and MCHG are much better than Yeezus.
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This tbh.
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We already know that Robin's album won't sell 900k in the first week, so saying that is kind of irrelevant at this point
The point is that NO ONE expected for him to ever have a hit as big as " Blurred Lines," let alone a hit outside of Urban AC radio For Robin Thicke's own career, he has "won" because he beat the odds. Hits like "Blurred Lines" don't come often not just for R&B artists, but for ANY artist.
If we're going just by album sales, JT and Jay obviously "won," but Robin gets an honorary mention for being the dark horse
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Originally posted by NikkiFloresFan
It's all about sales for me, not some reviews. Sales show what the public enjoys. Robin got the last laugh over first singles, Justin get's the last laugh with album sales over Robin and Vin's prediction. Waiting for Jay and Kanye because I wonder if getting the album for free is gonna hurt his physical sales. He may end up around the 350-400 mark as well.
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Jay-Z most likely shares your same mentality. Knowing his record was satisfactory, he decided to promote the album using Samsung. Samsung got a sweet deal, too, though -- their name has been constantly mentioned since the deal took place. Samsung essentially paid 5 million for promo, but using Jay-Z's "Magna Carta... Holy Grail" as the vehicle.
Who benefited more? That's a whole other argument.
...Vin
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Jay & Robin >> Kanye & JT
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Originally posted by BlackJesus
Jay & Robin >> Kanye & JT
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pretty much
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Vin, please shut the **** up for once and stop writing mini novels trying to knock JT because you're pressed about his success.
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Quote:
Originally posted by RudeBoyy
According to Meta critic Rated R, Talk that Talk, Loud and GGGB are all better than any Whitney Houston album.
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This is true.
Whitney ablums were full of boring filler with absolutely nothing to offer. There's a reason why no one stans for any of her ablum tracks, like ever.
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