Young Thug Why isn't Thugger a superstar?

Started by Charlie Work, Dec 10, 2015, in Young Thug Add to Reading List

  1. Charlie Work
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    Let's have a discussion about why Thug sold 16k opening week and why Check and Best Friend performed about half as well on the charts compared to Stoner despite him being a valuable feature to artists like TI and Jamie XX. He has 300 behind him as well as some of the best producers alive. Why isn't his trajectory similar to Future's?
     
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  2. Charleyboy
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    Not hating or anything but maybe it's because he sounds like this
     
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  3. Michael Myers
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    Don't think its weird at all tbh. Not saying he doesn't deserve it tho
     
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    I think it's still pretty early for him despite the amount of projects he has put out...I also feel like he's had to dig himself out of a hole (his image of being a joke or whatever you want to call it), but people are finally starting to come around to him now.
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    His time will come
     
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  5. Charlie Work
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    Charlie Work Level 5 Goblin

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    Stoner is his biggest solo song. Lifestyle, infamous for the mumbling, was a smash hit. Ur wrong fukkboi
     
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    Hey doesn't have a Billboard hit song, simple as that.
     
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    Charleyboy Return of the bad guy, nigga!!

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    But Young Thug is like the worse rapper in Rap History, my man. It's a known fact tbh.
     
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    He does though. People know who he is. It's not a question of exposure.
     
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    A radio hit I should say
     
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  11. Charlie Work
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    Stoner charted higher than anything by Future according to the Billboard website.
     
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    needs to do rap about real life problem
     
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  13. Narsh
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    Aren't with that and best friend performing better than stoner?
     
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    :camby:
    :camby:
    :camby:
    :camby::camby::camby:
     
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    Charleyboy Return of the bad guy, nigga!!

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    :sweatt:
     
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    Barter 16 had next to no promotion from 300..it wa entirely hinged on controversy with Wayne which generated more hate than anything else.

    Since then, I'd say he's been on a clearly upward trend commercially.

    Good times, best friend, the Vogue spot. slime season two did big numbers streaming wise first week. His shows overseas seem to be doing extremely well
     
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    Logic sold 100k.
     
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    So?
     
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  20. Narsh
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    I feel it's pretty clear why someone as eccentric as thug doesn't sell as much as f---ing logic or j cole this early in his career lol
     
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