The Beginning, as much as I hate the first single, has been out for a few weeks now and is nearing 2 million units sold.
If it stops at this, nobody will argue that it's a flop. But it has every chance to be a big success when all is said and done.
PLUS only pressed people will call Rated R a flop. It may have been a slight disappointment but anyone with a sense for reality will know, that 3 million plus hit singles is hardly a flop.
There are always stans, haters and us normal people in the middle who are holding their heads.