Drake continues to give his rivals good cause to pause and reflect on their careers today, doing so with the release of his surprise EP ‘If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late.’
For, hours after its release, the project is now predicted to cross sales of 500,000 units by the end of this weekend and top the Billboard 200 by the time next week’s chart swings by.
Indeed, despite being sold as a mixtape, its original production has some given some industry spectators reason to believe it is actually an album, set to help the rapper cut ties with the Cash Money music group as it faces heat from its banner act (and his mentor) Lil Wayne.
Congrats Drake, the EP is great, I didn’t skip one track. I know Tiger will be in his feelings when this gets back to him.
It’s basic. Only about 7 songs out of 17 are good. You could tell they’re reject tracks that he’s releasing so he could get out of his contract with Cash Money.
Well that’s even more amazing, some reject tracks is about get him his fourth platinum album. Personally I like all the songs, even if they’re throwaways.
Wow LOL Slay a bit, Drizzy!!!
When will Rihanna?
Unnecessary shade.
guess rihanna is spelled d r a k e now…
#haterz
you know, I don’t even like Rihanna but the only other people who can successfully release an album the “beyonce way” are Drake,Rihanna,Justin Timberlake,Jay z and Kanye (okay,maybe(a strong maybe)Gaga and Madonna too).
Rih won’t be selling the 618k in 3 days that Bey did or the 500k Drake is going to, but she’ll def do well! Probably will be her first release to scan over 300k first week if she did it that way.
Justin Timberlake? LMAO
yes Justin Timberlake,Oh and I’d forgotten Eminem and Adele.And that’s it
Hello? What about Taylor Swift? She sold more than Beyonce!!!!!!!!!
What all these people above are trying to say is… NEVER
Still not a Drake fan~> carry on folks!!
And we care cuz………..?
Ok Drake!!!! I see you!
Uhhhhm.
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Jeffree star was a better rapper
I thought it was free, nevermind.
When will Lana?
please do tell…when will lana leave your mind?
Goodbye!!!!
Do you ever NOT talk about Lana?
Why is this about to outsell Chartbomb in a week?
thats major!!!, hope it has longetivity.
UHM EP ? NOT LP?
I won’t lie, I did miss his gay ass music.
IDGI? It’s not even on iTunes chart top 50? Fifty shades Of grey is currently @ #1…
Itunes is not the only music retailer
Seriously. That was stupid. There are other places you can buy music. She’s one of those type of people that’s stays perched on iTunes charts.
I know that smart ass. But the album was surprise released on iTunes and iTunes is the biggest digital music retailer. N it’s nowhere on iTunes chart 100.
Maybe he signed a deal to have those copies accounted for, or maybe Lil Wayne purchased them all… Because it is NOWHERE listed on iTunes charts…. LMFAO, Something is fishy, especially with this being a mixtape, I agree with you Metzo!
Bey sold more
when in doubt…shut your mouth
NO! Taylor Swift sold more than Beyonce!!!!!
Taylor swifts new music video is out for Style 🙂
not one mention of taylor in this article
#thanksforcoming
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HER NEXT #1 .. LEMME CHECK IT OUT
It’s very “We found Love” and “What Now” -esque with all the double exposure. It’s terrible. Sorry. 🙁
WW sales: @taylorswift13, “1989” 124,000 (6,164,000 total)..
@Blue answer the question b**** when will lana ?
When will Fad?
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when will she do what? Give you peace? Stop making you pressed? Not be in your thoughts every single waking moment? Let you have a life? When will lana what?
#ihatepressedbitches
When they asked “When will Rihanna?”, they meant when will she sell this much in the first week or even manage to scan 300k…
Beyonce styled surprise album phenom.
D’Angelo dropped a surprise albums, Miguel dropped a surprise album, J Cole dropped a surprise album, and now Drake….who’s next?
When did Miguel drop an ALBUM?
This past December…it was a surprise EP.
I think you mean David Bowie styled surprise album phenom.
No, I mean a BEYONCE SURPRISE ALBUM PHENOM, since everybody and there mother, from this generation of music artist, thought that it would be good idea to drop a surprise album after December 13, 2013…CARRY ON.
Yes,after David Bowie did it first!! Check your facts!!!!!
Um check your facts! David Bowie released a promo single then dropped the album!! Beyonce was the FIRST to drop a surprise album and start this phenomenon #Carryon
Drake better scalp! He was the only one selling on Cash Money, that label is done for without him. He sold more in a week than all there artist excluding Wayne do in years.
Drake can sell 500K easily so what is Nicki’s excuse?
Nicki on their mouth like liquor.
her excuses? she didn’t pull a surprise release, she’s a female, she has the second highest selling female/rap album opener of 2014, by Wednesday precisely u’ll be commenting on a post that reads “THE PINK PRINT is gold” in 8 weeks so?, she’s also one of the highest sellers on cash money, which other female rapper are pushing through?, they have different fan bases, what kinda comparison was that? “want some more”
haters will do anything to call her name! remain pressed
i just love you come in giving your two cents worth of sense in comments you havent even read…L A N A does not spell rihanna. #obsessedmuch
and i know what he was asking, im asking him why would he be asking about lana in a drake post, why is lana on his mind in a drake post?
Why is rihanna on your mind?
Stfu b**** f*** Rihanna and Lana.
Idc. Somebody asked when will Rihanna? So when will she?
Right also when will Lana?
Huge numbers for 2015.
i know, but he usually does 600k first week so its more in line with that only in half the time… I just hope he can do double platinum this time and 4mil ww
Well, YMCMB was cool while it lasted.
Has Lana ever done more than 200k first week?
do you have any other thoughts that dont revolve your hate for lana?
Nope, but all her albums are platinum so your point?
Slay Sis!!!
This f** blue is in his feelings?
Blue go choke on Dykesies strap on and stfu
If it’s released physically it’ll do even greater things.. Nicki’s album is doing well. It’s sold about half a million copies. All of her singles have gone gold/platinum/multi-platinum.
Hip hop numbers always sell great first week but he probably wont even sell over 3 million in the long run. Congrats though?
What kinda witchery is this?!
Mad cuz Drake sold more in a weekend than Ciara’s entire discography. Well at least Ciara has one thing going for her… she’s more beautiful than R****.
He could $hit out an album and the the ghetto drones would lap it up. When he releases a quality album like Macklemore, then I’ll check for him, i.e NEVER.
Drakes a better lyricist than Macklemore.
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Meanwhile, Birdman is busy screwing whats left of his younger male artists…..
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I wonder if Drakeisha let him hit it!….
Not “I Bet” debuting at #96 and then falling out of the Hot 100 the following week. LOL. Your shady posts are just funny to me knowing your talentless fave is struggling at everything. You need to be rechristened. LMFAO
Oh… (Files Nails)
DEATHHHH. STAAAHHP
Gold in 3 days yet nicki is struggling to hit gold after two months kii #epicfail wonder how her pinkprint tour ticket sales are doing
He does nothing for me. My brother ALWAYS be blasting that n*****’s music. Ugh, oh god… All I’ma hear is Drake, 24/7 for the next month…
Okay sis, And hes ugly AF
LOL! stephon is your brother homosëxual? Glad to see you’ve re-embraced MC after you scalped her for her weak vocals kïi!
Not here for South Africans trying to inform me about what a flop is…. Worry about your failing economy and public fights in #SONA2015 at a political event, instead of worrying about ANY chart positions, US charts at that.
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BYE!
Wow. Comment lyk this r why people hate America. Even here in the UK there r political problems. Ure a sad liitle one arent u? And whos ciara? Lololololololol. Kidz…
I don’t even hate America, and I’m not even ashamed of saying that when it comes to music, their artist accumulates 99% of my music collection…but I really don’t understand why people like Future Ciara has to down play our country like that, as if we are not worthy to share our views on music…I mean these artists release their music here too, we also contribute to their success…I look up to a lot of Americans,because obviously they are leading urbanization…but lets be clear about something, S.A is a beautiful diverse country, there is more equality in S.A than there is in America, we have Natural Resources that Americans buy from us, and most importantly we are 1 of the very few people who are cultured.
people like her really make Americans appear as bullies, and it’s a damn shame when you have live for the country….but I bet she won’t even see how wrong she is because she has to keep this “draging” trend that happens here….have a little respect because you don’t know what the future holds…maybe one day you’ll be dying in a hospital bed in need of an organ to survive,and the only person with immediate help is a South African.
3 likes? Who would lyk that? Lololololololol. Keep on lyking ur own comments. Smh Americans…. Lolololololol
WW sales: @taylorswift13, “1989” 124,000 (6,164,000 total).
Why does this f** Rima have literally 7 comments on this post, all mentioning Lana? It should be concerned about the fact that this will outsell its fave’s heavily promoted and discounted ~GrAmMy wiNniNg!!~ jazz standards holiday special/”career comeback” album in 3 days also.
Not to mention it will outsell Chartflop by Wednesday/Thursday.
Future Ciara, you really are a dumb ass arn’t you?
what does South African politics have anything to do with music?
why should we worry about it when you are all up in our business anyway?
fot someone who loathes South Africa, you sure do keep up with our business
Why are you so concerned about S.A anyway, and why would you bring up politics or the economy in a music based blog
I hardly ever comment here, but you are too damn ignorant to ignore further
you always pressed about every artists as if the person you Stan for is the second coming of jesus
you should have absolutely no say in any artist whatsoever, especially when you Stan for someone who dumb enough to open her legs to a s**** donor and expecting it to stick around,I mean really which guy would want to be seen with someone with the same if not more muscles than him, a person with toes like spiders nest in them
you are the most delusional person in this blog, it’s like you live a really sad life
do you lack love from home?
do you have friends, like real friends that exist outside from social networks?
sweetie get yourself together, because you are disgustingly pathetic.
Girl I clearly struck a nerve, and you could have kept this energy you put into this essay, for your college admission essay to get you up out the slums boo!
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And your clearly the ignorant one here, as I have never even mentioned SA until today. Getting your receipts mixed up is clearly a newb move, and you should have continued to spectate instead of typing your stupidity.
Why hate on South Africa? It’s the only country in Africa worth a damn.
Yes you did strike a nerve because mentioning my country was uncalled for….2.I will type as much as I want to since it’s my phone,and my data I am using…3.No I am not a newbee, I just don’t happen to invest my life on a blog 24/7, but I understand why you would take pride in a little blog fame, ypu obviously are a complete opposite of me…4.I am a university student,so that college “read” is laughable, mostly because your attempts at “dragging” were solely based on assumptions,with not even a little fact in it…so Save your little attempts at insulting my life because you know nothing about my life and most importantly, I just don’t care….but I do care very much about my Country that you disrespected for no reason.
FYI ‘I STAN(D) FOR TALENT’ (a psychotic virgin) and ‘Cherylsoldierr’ both drag S.A on a weekly basis. Go @ them
Lol Beysus. Ur obsessed wit that thing dat u use her name. Lololololololol.
I love drake. He makes good music 4 a rapper. I hope queen ora works with him 4 her album. Im so xcited already.
He makes good music for a half-White, Jewish, upper middle class, Canadian, child star rapper right? The struggle to be credible lol.
Calm down idiot. Rappers dnt make gud music nowadays. Now u gonna turn dis into a race thing? Lolololololol. Are u dat disgusting racist ciara fan in another name?Lololololololol
Yes u are. U trying to redeem urself. Plus u dont lyk drake. Lolololol. Idiot. Lololololol
Those dislike come 4rm FutureCiara. Notice how every 1 of her comments hav 3 likes. Lololololol. That b**** is disgusting. Racists shud not be allowed in society.
Lololololololol. Dis disgusting racist called futureCiara has a twitter account. Lololololol. Shes a struggle lyk those ghetto slums she comes 4rm. https://mobile.twitter.com/futureciara
Stop disliking my comment futureCiara. Dats not nice. Yet u lyk ur disgusting racist comments. Lolololololololol. Wat a flop. A poor ghetto slum flop perched on twitter. Lolololololol
Lolololololololol. Stop it.
Lmaoooo @FC . You iz readingggg!!
Another American. U guyz r disgusting. Liking ur own comment many times. No wonder u get hit by terrorists n hackers n stuff. Lololololol
People 4rm Europe r nice. I hope that nigerian haram hits America. Blame dat disgusting racist called futureciara. Lololololol
Whers tyler when u need him. He wouldnt let that disgusting rasict thing called futureciara live. He is 1 of my favorite Beyhive.
Is futureCiara OMG LOGIC? Lolololololol. Cant u see? Shes trying 2 redeem herself 4 her disgusting racist remarks. Shes so stupid lyk her twitter account. She glued on twitter like thesse tgj ads. Lolololololol
Well done Drake. Now this is what I called a surprise album. No promo whatsoever but making that entry is super huge!!?