He only has moderate hits doesn't he? And he wasted his hype.
You don't need much hype for hip-hop albums. People already know who he is.
The only people that he needs to keep his hype up for are his fickle pop fans.
If Thank Me Later was released last year and "Best I Ever Had" was the lead off single, then I could see HUGE numbers. I do see him with strong numbers, but I think some people get carried away with the milli talk, especially since his label only shipped a milli to stores. Eminem's album is doing better than his digitally.
I don't mean to offend anyone by saying this buy whoever is saying thank me later will sell less than 400K is clueless about music !!!! People are saying 100 K ? 200 K ? common get a clue
If rebirth Which leaked 2 months in advance and 80% of people Hated it, still sold nearly 200 K how can you say that it will sell 100K or 200 K