TDE rapper Reason is trying to assist Saweetie together with her pen recreation following the alleged dismal gross sales of her latest mixtape, The Single Life.
In a collection of tweets on Monday (November 28), the Los Angeles native shared his ideas on why the tape allegedly solely moved 2,000 models in its first week and supplied his answer.
“The Saweetie album sales is funny etc but it’s also (in my humble opinion) a representation in the lack of artist development,” Reason wrote. “Saweetie is a star, she’s confirmed that! But you continue to should develop artist and assist them make higher data. I’d love to jot down with Saweetie.
“And no this ain’t no pick me shit this is from one artist to another, I personally believe we should bring back artist development and not just worry about social media. My 2 cents!”
And no this ain’t no choose me shit that is from one artist to a different, I personally consider we should always deliver again artist improvement and never simply fear about social media. My 2 cents! 🤞🏾 https://t.co/dubkhoEc8X
— REASON TDE (@reasonTDE) November 28, 2022
The estimated gross sales had been reported by a Twitter account that was not linked to official sources like Billboard or HitsDailyDouble, and had been posted earlier than the total week was over. They have since not been reported by the aforementioned websites, however it’s confirmed that the trouble didn’t land on the Billboard 200 for the week of November 26, 2022.
Reason is certainly one of a handful of notable names in music who’ve spoken out relating to The Single Life‘s sales. Producer Hitmaka placed the blame on Saweetie’s A&R, whereas Sonny Digital couldn’t determine how the ICY GRL’s tens of millions of followers didn’t equate to no less than just a few extra gross sales.
“Saweetie selling 2k is bad A&R vibes,” Hitmaka wrote on Twitter. “Someone’s supposed to tell u this ain’t it! I also have issues with her having multiple platinum singles & not sticking with same formula that got her here. Someone gotta get fired.”
Sonny tweeted, “13 million followers, a whole lot of 1000’s likes on all footage however album bought lower than 2000 copies. That’s loopy. The math ain’t including up.
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“If I had millions of followers and my album sold 2k I probably would just delete all my social media cause y’all lying to me,” he continued. “Before I came here to give my opinion I did listen to the album. I actually listened to everything that dropped that day. Just out of curiosity to see what the competition was on.”
DJ Vlad of VladTV additionally spoke out, saying Saweetie would have bought extra if her group hadn’t denied an interview along with his platform. A back-and-forth ensued, however ended with Vlad ultimately apologizing.
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