T.I. Vs. T.I.P. is the fifth studio album released by Atlanta rapper T.I. The album was released on July 3, 2007. T.I. revealed on the radio on July 3rd that he already sold 50,000 by 5:00 p.m. in Atlanta at Target.The album has been confirmed to have sold over 234 000 copies on its first day with many Target Stores as well as Best Buy stores reported to have sold out on the first day. As of the evening of July 5th, the album has sold 412 000 copies and is expected to sell over 550 000 in its first week, which would make it the number 1 album in the country and would be T.I.’s highest first week sales (beating King which sold 522 000 in the first week), as well as the highest first week sales for a rap artist in 2007. However, numbers can change very quickly as this is an approximate amount so the album may sell over 600 000 or as little as 450 000. It is most likely to be certified gold in the first week.(500,000 copies).

WITH FAST AND EASY ACCESS TO INDIVIDUAL SONGS PEOPLE WILL HARDLY BUY ALBUMS. IF YOU NOTICE MOST ALBUMS HAVE LIKE 5 GOOD SONGS, AND THEN THE REST ARE FILLERS, OR UNLIKEABLE. SO WHY SPEND $10 OR $13 FOR A WHOLE ALBUM WITH ONLY 5 SONGS YOU LIKE, WHEN YOU CAN SPEND $5 ON ITUNES TO GET THOSE 5 SPECIFIC SONGS??

THE MUSIC INDUSTRY NEEDS TO ADAPT, THEY NEED TO GET FAMILIAR WITH THE INTERNET AGE. I HAVENT BOUGHT A CD SINCE 03. THEY NEED TO OFFER MORE FREE SINGLES AS PROMOTION. LAST AND NOT LEAST THEY NEED TO STOP TRYING TO SHUT DOWN BLOGS WHO GIVE THEIR ARTISTS FREE PROMOTION.

BESIDES LIMEWIRE SHOULDNT BE SHUT DOWN, WHY THE FUCK SHOULD IT BE SHUT DOWN? SOMEONE ABOVE ASKED THAT CONGRESS FOCUS ON SHUTTING DOWN A MUSIC DOWNLOAD SERVICE. WTF? THERES WAY MORE IMPORTANT SHIT CONGRESS NEEDS TO DEAL WITH.

PLUS LIMEWIRE HAS REMIXS AND MIXTAPE TRACKS YOU CAN’T FIND ANYWHERE ON ITUNES OR NAPSTER. NAPSTER DOESNT HAVE ANY MIXTAPE TRACKS FOR THE MOST PART, HOW ABOUT FREESTYLES? AND SOME REMIXS AINT ON NAPSTER.

BUT FUCK NAPSTER TOO, THEY ARE FULL OF SHIT. THEY INCLUDE SOME DMA SECURITY FEATURE WITH THEIR MUSIC, WHICH MEANS YOU CANT EVEN LISTEN TO IT ON ANOTHER COMPUTER WITHOUT INSTALLING NAPSTER ALL OVER AGAIN. WHAT IF THE COMPUTER DONT HAVE AN INTERNET CONNECTION, AND ITS A HASSLE TRANSFERING IT TO OTHER DEVICES.

Concerning the RIAA they report a SALE as “a unit SHIPPED to record stores, not necessarily one that is actually sold to a customer.” (Avalon Moses, Confessions of a Record Producer).

Due to the digital age that we are in, labels are manufacturing and distributing less physical units/CD’s, thus the reason for a decrease in “Sales”.

PLUS, “There is no way for the public to investigate the claim of “lower profits,” since record companies do not publish their profit/loss statements in a public forum, much less to the RIAA.” (Avalon Moses, Confessions of a Record Producer).

The MUSIC INDUSTRY has always gone through technological cycles, so there is nothing to worry about. You may see the sales of Physical recordings become obsolete, but major and independent labels are still seeing millions from publishing, concerts, licensing, merchandising, sponsorships, etc.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtBCvx85STg

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEWft3lh7bg

Gar-Baj..

Only albums worth buying in hiphop in the last year were:

NAS
GAME
JIGGA
LUPE
GHOST FACE
SNOOP
DJ QUIK

End of discussion..

also the market is too weak for all these albumz every 2 weekz there albumz comin out who goin buy all them ablumz? lil white kids are on a fixed income and have computers so what u think they goin do