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[Ken Masters]

Snoop Dogg - noted for one hit (the one sampling Atomic Dog) and last seen in a British price comparison website advert. What a star.

That's why his number one billboard song came 10 years after that?

 

[BadAss2961]

It's so anti rap. At it's heart the genre is still supposed to be competitive.

Pretty much.

Is she crying?

There's no crying in hip-hop.

 

[Zero Hero]

They should both redo All in the Family by Korn and Fred Durst.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AenHMOVAaLM

 

[tbm24]

Here's what I can find:

Albums For The Week Ending 09/21/2014

#2. Chris Brown - X - 145,644 (145,644)
#8. Lecrae - Anomaly - 31,243 (118,829)
#14. Jeezy - Seen It All: The Autobiography - 21,537 (176,076)
#15. Jhene Aiko - Souled Out - 20,733 (90,577)
#28. Wiz Khalifa - Blacc Hollywood - 9,194 (161,348)
#30. Iggy Azalea - The New Classic - 8,998 (360,547)
#35. Trey Songz - Trigga - 7,631 (250,224)
#45. Joell Ortiz - House Slippers - 5,876 (5,876)
#53. August Alsina - Testimony - 5,105 (206,258)
#55. Beyonce - Beyonce - 4,909 (2,072,735)

Last time the album showed up in top 10.

​

Album Sales - Week Ending 10/12/2014

#9. Keyshia Cole - Point Of No Return - 25,511 (25,511)
#16. Childish Gambino - KAUAI - 19,317 (35,485)
#17. Tinashe - Aquarius - 18,821 (18,821)
#19. Flying Lotus - You’re Dead - 17,170 (17,170)
#21. Chris Brown - X - 16,429 (222,609)
#22. Prince - Art Official Age - 15,013 (66,016)
#35. Lecrae - Anomaly - 9,356 (158,688)
#36. Jeezy - Seen It All - 9,244 (211,342)
#47. Prince & 3rdEyeGirl - Plectrumelectrum - 7,046 (33,406)
#55. John Legend - Love In The Future - 6,045 (636,512)

Most recent week of top 10 album sales info.​

Info from HipHop DX. A complete list from top to bottom would be great to show a better overall comparison.

Maybe Phoenix can find that for us.

Nice to see Jhene Aiko is doing good and Iggy is not.

 

[Rastafarian42]

^^^ damn at my boy John Legend the album itself was overlooked heavily dat. slow burn

 

[depths20XX]

I'm sorry, but when you write a song like this, you can insult whoever you want.

 

[Zuhzuhzombie!!]

Do you also dock points for sample use and getting actual musicians in to make it sound like music?

Nope.

 

[JackLongRod]

Went back to read Iggy and Snoop's twitter.

Trash and trash. Right now Snoop looks the worst, but a quick google of some of the stuff Iggy has said makes it pretty even.

That culture, whatever it is, is fucking toxic.

Rap culture ? Black culture ? What are you trying to say here ?

 

[ghostofsparta]

FUCK Iggy and her racism. And her name too. Don't think I've heard a stupider name.

 

[tbm24]

Rap culture ? Black culture ? What are you trying to say here ?

I'm hoping she means twitter culture.

 

[Krassus]

FUCK Iggy and her racism. And her name too. Don't think I've heard a stupider name.

I thought it was her real name

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Iggy is showing her true colors here. Snoop was clowning. It's a part of the culture and part of the reason people give him a "pass" when he clowns is because who he is and who he was. Iggy reaps those rewards as well. It's why she can say stupid shit like this:

and she pretty much gets a pass on it without anyone raising a peep. Can you imagine if Taylor Swift or carrie Underwood tweeted something like that? But Iggy can because she's a rapper, and the public perception is that rappers are edgy and controversial and say some outlandish/offensive/clownish things. She was all fine with that when it was in her favor but now Snoops clowns her a bit and she wants to get all serious and turn it into an episode of Dr. Phil. Give me a break.

 

[JMDSO]

I thought it was her real name

Nope, Amethyst apparently. Which isn't much better.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

Looks like Iggy sent her Secretary of Defense, T.I., to squash the beef

http://instagram.com/p/uL1Y8SP9KD/

 

[chris121580]

Speaking as a Brit, and looking it from the perspective of how he has crossed over to mainstream, if at all, he is a one hit wonder. And that basically puts him par with MC Hammer in the 'one hit wonder who's song is just an appropriation of an earlier hit'.

You should probably sit the next few plays out Champ. Maybe not talk for awhile

 

[Pinko Marx]

Weirdest part about this thread is people thinking Snoop is broke, is somehow jealous of some rapper that just only now dropped her debut that is struggling to make gold, is trying to stay relevant as if he needs something to prove anymore.
it's like people know nothing of pop, forget hiphop. Snoop has been a household name for over a decade now.

 

[Starfish Hero]

Weirdest part about this thread is people thinking Snoop is broke, is somehow jealous of some rapper that just only now dropped her debut that is struggling to make gold, is trying to stay relevant as if he needs something to prove anymore.
it's like people know nothing of pop, forget hiphop. Snoop has been a household name for over a decade now.

I don't know what's weirder: people thinking Snoop is broke or that Iggy is rich.

 

[Camp Lo]

Looks like Iggy sent her Secretary of Defense, T.I., to squash the beef

http://instagram.com/p/uL1Y8SP9KD/

LOL that smirk. iggy must have been legit shook over those comments, her wack ass.

I'm hoping she means twitter culture.

She had no qualms calling out gun culture in the other thread. I don't see why putting twitter here would be so hard.... if that's what she meant.

 

[Anton Sugar]

Iggy is showing her true colors here. Snoop was clowning. It's a part of the culture and part of the reason people give him a "pass" when he clowns is because who he is and who he was. Iggy reaps those rewards as well. It's why she can say stupid shit like this:

and she pretty much gets a pass on it without anyone raising a peep. Can you imagine if Taylor Swift or carrie Underwood tweeted something like that? But Iggy can because she's a rapper, and the public perception is that rappers are edgy and controversial and say some outlandish/offensive/clownish things. She was all fine with that when it was in her favor but now Snoops clowns her a bit and she wants to get all serious and turn it into an episode of Dr. Phil. Give me a break.

Actually, lots of people HAVE raised a "peep" about Iggy's cultural appropriation, and Swift's, for that matter.

But in terms of public perception, I agree.

 

[see5harp]

People did mention Taylor for that video. Those people are all idiots though.

 

[IrishNinja]

- hip hop icon Snoop isn't "relevant"
- much less broke
- or "one hit" jesus christ
- poor Iggy for trying to son him & getting shat on
- sampling OMG
- fronting like iggy's not a recycle-bin classic tier rapper at best

thread has it all

Time to go back to pop and flop. Not that she isn't flopping as a rapper too (album isn't close to going gold despite multiple hits). People recognize she's a clown.

Is Snoop an ass? Yea but this is no different from most juvenile rap disputes. If she can't handle it (despite saying ugly shit about minorities and other rappers on twitter) go to fucking church.

 

[Byakuya769]

I love Eminem, but remember when Eminen dropped and angsty kids who never had an interest in hip hop were dropping, "I don't listen to rap, but Eminem is the best/only one worth listening to."

Iggy is to pop fans what Em was to those kids.

 

[TheOMan]

Went back to read Iggy and Snoop's twitter.

Trash and trash. Right now Snoop looks the worst, but a quick google of some of the stuff Iggy has said makes it pretty even.

That culture, whatever it is, is fucking toxic.

What culture are you referring to here???



Also, when did Snoop Lion transmute back into Snoop Dog?

 

[Camp Lo]

I love Eminem, but remember when Eminen dropped and angsty kids who never had an interest in hip hop were dropping, "I don't listen to rap, but Eminem is the best/only one worth listening to."

Iggy is to pop fans what Em was to those kids.

Pop GAF don't want Iggy.... or do they?

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

I love Eminem, but remember when Eminen dropped and angsty kids who never had an interest in hip hop were dropping, "I don't listen to rap, but Eminem is the best/only one worth listening to."

Iggy is to pop fans what Em was to those kids.

Iggy is the first mainstream female rapper in years to actually have something to say.

 

[The Light]

I love Eminem, but remember when Eminen dropped and angsty kids who never had an interest in hip hop were dropping, "I don't listen to rap, but Eminem is the best/only one worth listening to."

Iggy is to pop fans what Em was to those kids.

Remember the same being said for Mike Shinoda.

 

[Camp Lo]

Remember the same being said for Mike Shinoda.

That shit always cracked me up when that first Fort Minor album dropped.

 

[RobotChant]

Talking about Azaelia Banks or whatever? She talked shit about him directly, not just about iggy, iirc.

Banks was being her usual self but was only discussing Iggy. TI jumped in with some slick shady comments of his own which prompted Banks to address him.

 

[FourMyle]

lmao

 

[JMDSO]

So it's just 'insta' now?

 

[aly]

People did mention Taylor for that video. Those people are all idiots though.

What video? Also lol at Iggy's twitter. That is some dumb and offensive stuff.

 

[Cagey]

Banks was being her usual self but was only discussing Iggy. TI jumped in with some slick shady comments of his own which prompted Banks to address him.

#nerveofdiscretin

 

[Sun Bather]

Pop GAF don't want Iggy.... or do they?

Does pop gaf even know what pop gaf wants?

 

[see5harp]

A lot of dudes in here sounding a whole lot like Pop Gaf talking about album sales. Snoop is an icon, sure, but he's also still writing lines like BIKINI TANKINI MARTINI.

What video? Also lol at Iggy's twitter. That is some dumb and offensive stuff.

Earl said something about the video for that awesome Taylor Swift song sounding real dumb.

 

[Ferny]

People actually think artists make their money from album sales?

 

[EightBitNate]

This isn't offensive at all. As a black man. Iggy definitely exemplifies coonish behavior.

She acts in a way she THINKS how black people act. Just listen to her voice. She Australian but puts on this fake southern accent in order to sound 'hip"

and again just look at her previous tweets. She's no victim. She literally just couldn't take a joke.

Ok this is from a couple pages back but I wanna respond. Not all black people speak in slang, but if they naturally didn't no one would bat an eye if they forcibly took it up. Everyone can speak in fully articulated English. Skin color should have nothing to do with someone's style of speech.

 

[maruchan]

Lol people think snoop is poor. He was recently on Forbes on the top 10 richest hip hop artist with net worth of more than 100 Mil..

 

[Anton Sugar]

Not twitter culture, and I really hope that's not what "black culture" is. Disclaimer: I know nothing about black culture, but I don't need to, to hope that this isn't it. I personally am guessing this is more "gangster rap" culture... but since I don't actually have any experience in that, I don't want to label it that.

(recent tweets from Snoop:

"Iggy was a man So says Todd. Hahahahahahah goodnight bitch !! Kangaroo yo pink punk ass bac to the land down unda !!"
"One more. Iggy. Suckn dick. Like the punk bitch she is now post some more shit hoe !! I'm jus Getn started on ya fake wanna b black bitch #wrongnigga2fucwit n yo nigga Betta not say shit��"
"Now I said what I said bitch now let it go before I go all in on ya pink punk ass yeah u bitch !!"
"My homegurl Cleo lookn to fuck a bitch up bout the dogg u hea me !!"

Or that one video when he tells Iggy's bf to "check her before I do."


or any of this:

)
^- We can probably agree that this is fucked up though, even without trying to dismiss it.

But, the culture where that kind of shit is being dismissed/excused as "competitiveness" or normal "trash talking" is insane. Violence and rape is just wrong.

I don't know WHAT culture it is; I certainly hope it's not "rap/hip-hop" culture... but whoever claims that kind of shit is okay because "lol that's just how it is., that's how they fight/compete."

Yeah no fuck that noise, it's toxic whatever it is. "I'm going to fuck you up, I'm going to rape you, oh hey -male guy- you better keep your property, uh, I mean girlfriend, in check before I do. Blah blah racism, racism, and more racism." No, no, no, and no.

Nail on the head. "Part of the culture" is not an excuse.

 

[chris121580]

I weep for the future if we consider this news now

 

[Camp Lo]

snip

Yeah, I can see why you can't pin that on a particular culture because, honestly, shit talking like that is prevalent in just about every group. You say this isn't normal but it really is. Twitter just allows you to put it out there; this is how most people talk, albeit not as severe.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

As Phoenix said, if you're scared go to church. She should be able to take some banter from another person on Instagram and not feel compelled to respond and then get caught up in the trap. Even if it is from an icon like Snoop.

also, LMAO at this thread. As if any of you "losing respect" for Snoop maters in the slightest. Snoop can say whatever the fuck he wants. He's a legend. If she (or anyone else) is that damn sensitive about someone sharing some shit about you they found funny on social media, maybe you're too sensitive to be in the spotlight.

 

[Mammoth Jones]

I love Eminem, but remember when Eminen dropped and angsty kids who never had an interest in hip hop were dropping, "I don't listen to rap, but Eminem is the best/only one worth listening to."

Iggy is to pop fans what Em was to those kids.

Haha, yup.

 

[zeemumu]

Several meme sites have probably beaten Snoop to the punch on that joke a thousand times over.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

Iggy's just holding Fergie's spot in line anyway.

 

[The Leviathan]

Man,the first page of this thread and its responses!

 

[faridmon]

Yeah, I can see why you can't pin that on a particular culture because, honestly, shit talking like that is prevalent in just about every group. You say this isn't normal but it really is. Twitter just allows you to put it out there; this is how most people talk, albeit not as severe.

Is it?

 

[Chie Satonaka]

Is it?

Uh, yeah.

This is nothing new. The same vernacular might not be used, but every single group of humanity has been involved in hardcore shit talking.

 

[FeenixRising]

Rah Digga weighs in.

 

[SecretMoblin]

Rah Digga weighs in.

she didn't lie

 

[PhoenixDark]

Rah Digga weighs in.

What is this stupid shit? Last I checked there are plenty of arguments, articles, papers, etc about misogyny in rap, especially as it pertains to black women.