Aone10 wrote:francesco wrote:ICP's last album sold 12k first week or something I think, Twiztid did better & sold like 30k or something but Em never went at them. EM did wreck ICP's rep & their credibility. Their juggalo movement fans remained loyal but outside of it they have been outsiders after the beef.
No. ICP's last album was the Mighty Death Pop and it debuted at #4 on Billboard with sales of 41,000 in it's first week. I feel Eminem did hurt their credibility and turned the rest of the world away from ICP (with the exception of the juggalos, ofcourse).
However, since their beef with Eminem, here are their album sales...
The Wraith (2002) - Certified Gold.
Hells Pit (2004) - Can't find these numbers
The Tempest (2007) - 31,000 first week
Bang Pow Boom (2009) - 100,000
Mighty Death Pop (2012) - 41,000 first week
They obviously aren't going platinum and aren't as relevant as they were back in the late 90's, but they've definitely done a decent job at selling records. Point is, nobody who has beefed with Em are doing ICP numbers. I respect their hustle.
I didn't even know they dropped an album last year... I kinda of remember their 2009 one sold like 12-15k first week & they were followed by Twiztid at some point & they did like 30k or whatever.
Anyway, yeah 41k is definitely good.
I only respect they kind of invented their own sub genre & their own culture if I could put it this way, obviously this juggalo thing still works & they have their own following but to me they were never 100% hip-hop act. Esp. the make up... & those embarrassing diss songs they were doing, I mean there was nothing creative about them & I can never count them as hip-hop songs... it's like I'm listening that Korean dude right now.
Whitey Ford was wack already & was singing like a hoe on his albums but when he went at EM it was hip-hop... & even EM said some lines were hard. Like the one Em better don't run up on Whitey Ford with an empty gun like he did to that dude who was going out with Kim.
Still they're doing good esp. considering they are really old music act so those numbers are very good.
