Kreayshawn's New Album Is Not, In Fact, the Worst-Selling Ever

FunkMnkyz

Jesse Camp...I hope somebody got fired for greenlighting that release.

Jay Adelberg

And Chaz, thanks for taking the time to respond. Much appreciated.

Jay Adelberg

Right, but that album was also not available at any of the traditional big box music retailers. No Best Buy, no Target, no FYE, no Wal-Mart. What do you expect?

TheMusicGuy

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Why does this site defend shitty artists (Lil Wayne, Kreayshawn) but attack good artists (the worst hipster bands article)?

TerrellOwens

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obviously this writer is doing damage control for the labels. you can mask it all you want but the bottom line is that labels still don't know what the f@$% they are doing.

ChazKangas

@TerrellOwens I don't think it would be any sort of "damage control" to specify that something is just barely not the worst selling of all time. The only controlling aspect here is controlling our own excitement at the chance to talk about Jesse Camp.

Timmy

@ChazKangas @TerrellOwens Kreayshawn is garbage and you people keep talking about this nobody like she is talented. She can't rap, and she can't write songs.

SuperiorSt.

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Any article on poor first-week sales that doesn't mention Carly Hennessy's MCA debacle is missing the BIGGEST MAJOR LABEL DUD of all-time. Not only did it sell far less than Kreay's record, it sold a combined total of 300 copies in its first 90 days of release.

checkyourfacts

Go check out Nielsen soundscan, their are major label bands that have sold less than 100 copies of their record first week.

ChazKangas

@checkyourfacts It costs a pretty hefty yearly subscription fee have access to Soundscan, so the option isn't readily available for the public to just "check out" these numbers. But, since you have access, who are some of these major label bands who've failed to move 100 units?

gunshotglitter

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@ChazKangas @checkyourfacts Former Dexy's Midnight Runners leader Kevin Rowland's solo album My Beauty (aka "the one where he dresses like the world's ugliest woman on the cover") sold like 500-600 copies in the UK its first week and is now at around 20,000 copies through the entire world, after 13 years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Beauty

chocolatechipsmusic

Personally I would love to sell 2,600 albums in a week. Sign me up!

john_rules

@MrSinyster I quite enjoy it myself

vocabthemc

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Still does't top Kool G Rap's Half A Klip, which sold around 600 copies. Also I think Ron Artest sold around 300

and yes those are hundreds, not thousands.

ChazKangas

@vocabthemc Both of those were independent releases, with considerably less overhead than a heavily promoted major label release like the ones in the article.

vocabthemc

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@ChazKangas If it was worth mentioning K-Feds independent release I don't understand why these wouldn't warrant mention as well. Especially when you consider Ron came out in the same year as K-Fed, and the album featured P Diddy, Mike Jones, and Juvenile.

Chaz Kangas

Jay, I don't really see how her album being a digital only Hot Topic exclusive changes our story. We're giving context to her sales, pointing out gross exaggerations and dispelling outright lies that have echoed in the music blogosphere in regard to how her album sold.

fuckmypassword

@LAWeeklyMusic hahaaha i remember that kid. & 4k is pretty good considering the only shelves Kreay stocked were @hottopic anywho #Audiences

LAWeeklyMusic

@fuckmypassword @HotTopic Yeah no doubt that's right word

Alon Aloni

"All Ya'll Haters" (Saying in my most annoying uneducated teenage girl voice... And sorry for not misspelling my quote, as even for effect its rather difficult... )

Jay Adelberg

You story fails to mention that this was a digital only release, and available only on CD at Hot Topic. It did so well there first week that the label is now looking to take it to everyone. Kind of kills your story, no?

jayforklift

This article completely fails to mention that this release is digital only, and only available as a CD at Hot Topic. It did so well in fact, that now the label is looking to take it everywhere. Kind of kills your story, eh?

LAWeeklyMusic moderator editortopcommenter

@jayforklift That's a good point, thanks, we will add that. It certainly doesn't kill our story -- but it does add weight to our point that this work wasn't the disaster everyone claimed.

Siri

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@LAWeeklyMusic @jayforklift LA Weekly, your effort to defend Kreayshawn is beyond the point. It doesn't really matter if she sold less or more than Jesse whatever. The facts are: she lacks talent (she can't rap and she is off key when she sings) and her arrogance is not very attractive. I can hear her complaining, "It's because I am a white girl and it's so tough to be white in the hip hop world". How ignorant! She has a tattoo of a fried chicken in her arm? How disrespectful to African Americans! LA Weekly, it seems that you are not getting it and she doesn't either.

HELVETICA

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@ChazKangas @Siri @LAWeeklyMusic @jayforklift Hold up. Are Kreay's #s going to be listed w/ an asterisk b/c the label decided to limit the distribution to 1 shop and all digital?? There are tons of releases that go to digital only. No excuses. Besides, her demo is all about digi sales/iTunes generation. Stop making excuses. The same chicks/demo they went after simply don't give a sh*t. Records ppl want get the support, mp3 generation or not.

ChazKangas

@Siri @LAWeeklyMusic @jayforklift We at the Weekly believe misinformation anywhere is a threat to information everywhere. Her race and gender have nothing to do with it. When it comes to upholding important trivia such as "worst selling albums," or the chance to talk about Jesse Camp, we'll go to the ends of the Earth to make things right.

Siri

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@ChazKangas @LAWeeklyMusic @jayforklift I understand your point but around the internet everyday inaccurate reports are happening. Why waste your time with Kreayshawn? Being a "white girl" does help. Sorry but I really believe it. If she was Black or Latina nobody would worry about how accurate those facts are. Sorry LA Weekly! She would be long time gone!

ChazKangas

@Siri @LAWeeklyMusic @jayforklift No, Siri, the purpose of this article was to correct an inaccurate claim against Kreayshawn that's been echoing around popular internet news sites, before it becomes blindly accepted. The fact that she sold more than Jesse Camp matters because it means she didn't break any sales records for the lowest selling major label release. The same goes for Soulja Boy. The name of the game is accuracy.

You can debate her talent/arrogance/ignorance/tattoos all you want, but those all fall into the realm of criticism. In terms of Journalism, we're debunking a highly-circulated internet myth by presenting actual facts that clearly disprove such allegations.

Alex Starski

"Folks like to hate on Kreay just like they enjoy ridiculing Soulja Boy" We like to hate because its awful and people need to realize it. It's more of a public service.

Marcia Saucedo

- not just that, but she also sucks live!!! me and a friend went to her cd release party and she was not into the crowd and just stood there, like an idiot, doing her live "dj set"!!! stick to "rapping" hun!!!!!!!!