Mar 25, 2017

1998-2003

He was way bigger...go look at your charts

 

Mar 25, 2017

Hate to say it, but it's Eminem, and it's not even close either.

And that's to any rapper's popularity. He was in a class of his own from 00-02.

 

Mar 25, 2017

kinda crazy eminem sold so much without making club songs

 

Mar 24, 2017

792k *

 

Mar 24, 2017

Then you KNOW exactly how big Eminem was from 2000-2002. That type of popularity will never be duplicated by anybody much less Drake.

 

Mar 24, 2017

not arguably

how old were you in 2000 ?

 

Mar 24, 2017

but that comparison dont work here, when it comes to music... recognition is def. = popularity

 

Mar 24, 2017

How old are you man?

This is a f---ing stupid argument/ comparison, and take that from someone who was old enough to remember.

Drake is undeniably popular, but it's not even close. This is a new era. We didn't have twitter/facebook back then. And em was shifting millions upon million of physical units before I-tunes even existed.

50 cent had a 2 album streak. That's it. I love 50 but his name neither drakes should even be talked about if your tryna compare their popularity to the white boy.

You could even argue that even now when em isn't exactly in his prime.... Em is STILL more popular than drake. I personally think this is the case. You Americans man, you are 1 track minded, you forget that the rest of the world actually exists. EM has been a global megastar for a long f---ing time now. I'm not saying drakes not popular on a global scale, but my dude..... em is a f---ing ICON of our times to a lot of people in a lot of places that I doubt you've even heard of before.

We will see when the numbers come out after 1st week sales when em drops. He will outsell drake. at 44 years old. So how can we have a conversation about who was more popular em (IN HIS PRIME) or drake now? It makes no sense because em is still more popular than drake, even now!! lol.

Put it this way;

My Grandmother knows who Eminem is. She doesn't have a f---ing clue who drake is.

 

Mar 24, 2017

Nelly for a very small period of time was the closest i saw, he was compared to Eminem on a weekly sales basis

 

Mar 23, 2017

Oh absolutely, I don't disagree at all that Britney and nsync and s--- like that definitely got a ton of radio plays. And maybe this was region specific, but Real slim shady was played at least once an hour on the mainstream pop/hip hop/rnb station in the northeast (where I grew up). I don't think I'm overstating how much eminem was all over the radio when real slim shady came out, but again, this might be specific to where you lived at the time. Plus, I didn't mention Britney or someone else who got more spins because I'm comparing em's radio play to drakes radio play and how they were different (Em being played on underground college radio and rock and roll stations whereas this doesn't happen with drake, as far as I know).

The Real slim Shady charted on the Billboard Alternatives chart at 19, which is the rock and roll chart. As far as I know, Drake has never charted on rock and roll stations.

 

Mar 23, 2017

Honestly don't know how this is even a debate

 

Mar 23, 2017

This thread is hilarious considering Eminem is going to do minimum of 1 million in the first week in 2017, quote me on that. Numbers are the most concrete reflection of popularity, nobody in hip hop has, had, or will have better numbers than Em.

 

Mar 23, 2017

eminem's worst selling solo album outsold drake's highest selling solo album

 

Mar 23, 2017

It did 792K, for what it's worth.

 

Mar 23, 2017

Eminem wasn't popular on the radio cause of his content, hence his poppy first singles. Streams count towards sales, that combined with Drake's "safe" content for radio makes him way more accessible and popular on the radio. It's not really that great of an argument. Drake probably does have more Hot 100 hits, and that's cause fans are more in control than ever before.

It's the only thing Drake has on Eminem in terms of popularity. He was more popular all over the world (literally worldwide) whereas Drake has the US, Canada, UK and other parts of Europe.

I haven't cared for Eminem in years but you can't take that away from him.

 

Mar 23, 2017

Not even close. Eminem is still selling more than Drake as well...

 

Mar 23, 2017

So just end it before he finds this thread and starts shaking and froffing at the mouth at all the potential stats he can post here

 

Mar 23, 2017

Actually nevermind don't even bother, looked at page 1 and you're clearly trolling or a complete moron.

 

Mar 23, 2017

Everybody was f---ing with Em in his prime.

 

Mar 23, 2017

You are the stupidest poster I have seen.
Can't answer a question without smearing your Eminem hate all over the thread?
Who asked you if Drake would outrap Eminem? stick to the question you a------.