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Post by nelly on Dec 2, 2017 10:31:49 GMT -5
LOL are you back to your frustrated phase? Welcome back to the club! Seems like lately you were super positive about the album and forgiving of all the shenanigans. Curious to know what changed your mind? I dunno. Thought things would’ve picked up now that we have official confirmation of the album and a release date. Things were still nebulous before and Em was showing up for live appearances and interviews and was posting stuff on Twitter and changing his profile pic. Now all we’ve got are deleted posts and appearances and back to dead silence even though the album is supposed to be released in 2 weeks. I hear you, we know there's a few interviews coming up. That's more than I was expecting. I feel like once the album is out and he is done with the "promo" it will be back to complete silence. That's been the pattern recently.
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Post by kat531 on Dec 2, 2017 11:12:22 GMT -5
I dunno. Thought things would’ve picked up now that we have official confirmation of the album and a release date. Things were still nebulous before and Em was showing up for live appearances and interviews and was posting stuff on Twitter and changing his profile pic. Now all we’ve got are deleted posts and appearances and back to dead silence even though the album is supposed to be released in 2 weeks. I hear you, we know there's a few interviews coming up. That's more than I was expecting. I feel like once the album is out and he is done with the "promo" it will be back to complete silence. That's been the pattern recently. There is not one single tweet or Instagram post about the album from him personally. The only one semi-personal (“I’mmm Back!”) got deleted. Makes me sad.
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Post by matty on Dec 2, 2017 15:33:49 GMT -5
I hear you, we know there's a few interviews coming up. That's more than I was expecting. I feel like once the album is out and he is done with the "promo" it will be back to complete silence. That's been the pattern recently. There is not one single tweet or Instagram post about the album from him personally. The only one semi-personal (“I’mmm Back!”) got deleted. Makes me sad. Yeah when they started back peddling on walk on water I got super confused everyone knows about the freaking album. Just start advertising It's dropping in 13 days
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Post by nelly on Dec 2, 2017 18:30:38 GMT -5
Yeah I'm done trying to figure out what's going on with this promo/album.
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Post by kat531 on Dec 3, 2017 13:00:49 GMT -5
PAUL AND EM, IN CASE YOU’VE FORGOTTEN, THE REVIVAL ALBUM COMES OUT IN LESS THAN 12 DAYS. ARE YOU GOING TO PROMOTE IT? OR...
You can’t just have Em drop one single that doesn’t even enter the Top 10, perform it twice, then go back into his cave until 12/15—and then expect the album to sell well.
Come on!! Critics and haters are going to have a field day if the album sells less than 500k first week.
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Post by tcat on Dec 3, 2017 13:22:27 GMT -5
PAUL AND EM, IN CASE YOU’VE FORGOTTEN, THE REVIVAL ALBUM COMES OUT IN LESS THAN 12 DAYS. ARE YOU GOING TO PROMOTE IT? OR... You can’t just have Em drop one single that doesn’t even enter the Top 10, perform it twice, then go back into his cave until 12/15—and then expect the album to sell well. Come on!! Critics and haters are going to have a field day if the album sells less than 500k first week. WOW went from #14 to #55 in one week. Didn't even get into the Top 10 and that was with having Beyonce on it. That is the worst Em has EVER done. Hi first single off his new albums have always broke the top 10 when they dropped. I guess I'm not the only one who didn't really care for the song. Lets hope the rest of the album isn't like WOW. If so, I predict this will be his last one. www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100
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Post by matty on Dec 3, 2017 13:26:25 GMT -5
PAUL AND EM, IN CASE YOU’VE FORGOTTEN, THE REVIVAL ALBUM COMES OUT IN LESS THAN 12 DAYS. ARE YOU GOING TO PROMOTE IT? OR... You can’t just have Em drop one single that doesn’t even enter the Top 10, perform it twice, then go back into his cave until 12/15—and then expect the album to sell well. Come on!! Critics and haters are going to have a field day if the album sells less than 500k first week. Unless a miracle happens this album is gonna flop. I'm already prepared for it. Wonder if Em's ego is too and when I say flop I mean flop for Em's standards Shadys idea for advertising: put out single for mysterious album...perform single twice probably just for contract purposes. Pretend single doesn't exist. Pretend album doesn't exist. Give release date for non existent album. Continue to not advertise for album that they still haven't decided if it exists or not apparently yep! Right on track!!!
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Post by kat531 on Dec 3, 2017 14:44:07 GMT -5
I think unless Em has a major bombshell to drop as part of the album—which would spread word like wildfire, the album is going to be a flop by Em’s standards.
I mean, I love Walk on Water, but it was a very odd choice for a first single. And it almost feels like he’s setting up a self-fulfilling prophesy by not promoting the album. And people are going to run with the whole “washed up” and “clowned on” themes of the song. But then again, maybe then if the album flops, it can be blamed on the lack of promo. Idk. Nothing seems to make sense.
The announcement of the release date barely made a blip on the public radar. There are more news stories out there right now about his past album royalties. And check Google Trends. It’s telling.
The similar lack of promo really hurt Yelawolf with Trial by Fire. I love that album and think it’s better than Love Story, but it only sold 12k albums first week—down from 50k with Love Story just 2 years ago. The difference? Shady Records, Paul, and Em hardly recognized the album at all—except In the one pic posted by Paul with the Revival campaign poster in the background. Despite Em’s big name, I’m afraid this lack of promo is going to have a similar effect on Revival’s sales.
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Post by kat531 on Dec 3, 2017 14:57:28 GMT -5
Plus Em has been in a cave for 2 years until less than just a couple of months ago. He’s basically coming out of another hiatus like he did with Relapse—which has been his lowest selling album since SSLP. And even then, Em was out promoting it with singles and music videos.
Revival is no longer a surprise release so there should have been at least another single out by now, as well as a music video. I’m starting to doubt we’re going to get any of that within the next 12 days before the album releases. Em and Paul are still pretending the album doesn’t exist at all. I mean, we’ve got nothing. No tracklist, no cover art, nothing.
EM AND PAUL, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS (NOT) DOING WITH THIS ALBUM RELEASE?? Do you want it released at all? Because you’re certainly not acting like it.
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Post by matty on Dec 3, 2017 18:12:32 GMT -5
I'm still confused as to why dre announced the release date and it took Em hours later to put it on his twitter
The whole thing is a freaking messsssss
They better come out a single that breaks the internet
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Post by kat531 on Dec 3, 2017 18:42:34 GMT -5
I'm still confused as to why dre announced the release date and it took Em hours later to put it on his twitter The whole thing is a freaking messsssss They better come out a single that breaks the internet Because Dr. Dre goes along with the whole “prescription” theme. Plus it was more fun for fans to find it that way. It’s one of the only things that has made sense with this promo IMO, Lol. And I’m starting to doubt there is going to be another single before 12/15. I’m not even sure he’s even going to do any music videos this time around. I don’t think he even wants to release this album at all tbh. It’s like he just doesn’t care. He’s certainly not interested in promoting his album, that’s for sure.
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Post by matty on Dec 3, 2017 19:26:17 GMT -5
I'm still confused as to why dre announced the release date and it took Em hours later to put it on his twitter The whole thing is a freaking messsssss They better come out a single that breaks the internet Because Dr. Dre goes along with the whole “prescription” theme. Plus it was more fun for fans to find it that way. It’s one of the only things that has made sense with this promo IMO, Lol. And I’m starting to doubt there is going to be another single before 12/15. I’m not even sure he’s even going to do any music videos this time around. I don’t think he even wants to release this album at all tbh. It’s like he just doesn’t care. He’s certainly not interested in promoting his album, that’s for sure. I feel like Em has given up and doesn't care if it flops at this point Maybe he is hibernating with a secret lover and would rather netflix and chill and Paul is forcing him to drop an album lol
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Post by matty on Dec 3, 2017 20:57:12 GMT -5
Can we talk about how weird Nate is?
He just posted the release date announcement twice on twitter with a winky face
It's like dude...we've been known
I wonder how close Nate is with Em. Or if Em just refuses to talk to Nate about anything business related because he has a history of talking about stuff
Like am I the only person here who thinks Nate is a little weird?
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Post by kat531 on Dec 3, 2017 21:03:40 GMT -5
Can we talk about how weird Nate is? He just posted the release date announcement twice on twitter with a winky face It's like dude...we've been known I wonder how close Nate is with Em. Or if Em just refuses to talk to Nate about anything business related because he has a history of talking about stuff Like am I the only person here who thinks Nate is a little weird? Nate does not seem to be the sharpest tool in the shed
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Post by matty on Dec 3, 2017 21:05:16 GMT -5
kat531He really isn't Probably why Em is so protective of him especially when he was younger
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