Lil Yachty and ScHoolboy Q are two of rap’s biggest stars, but even they were stunned by Lil Wayne’s “insane” album sales.
In an episode of the A Safe Place Podcast that aired on Wednesday (March 27), the two MCs reflected on the changing eras of album sales and how impressive Weezy’s run was.
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Yachty began: “Lil Wayne did a million on a leaked, bootleg album! Tha Carter III. I had that album months before it came out. N-gga at the barber shop had it in the back of his Buick.”
A producer also noted that Weezy’s Rebirth album did 176,000 units in its first week, which blew Yachty away.
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He added: “That’s insane. Everyone clowned Rebirth. That’s his rock album, right? He was Drake before Drake!”
Check out the conversation below, which begins at about the 28:20 mark.
Weezy’s peek was staggering, especially when his bewildering stats are compared the streaming generation.
For instance, ScHoolboy Q’s celebrated new album Blue Lips made its chart peak at No.13 on the Billboard 200, and according to Hip Hop By The Numbers, sold 34,000 units in its first week.
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According to the New York Times, Ariana Grande’s newest release Eternal Sunshine emerged as the biggest first week release of 2024, moving the equivalent of 227,000 sales. Weezy’s peak was staggering.
Though ScHoolboy’s latest effort didn’t come close to eclipsing the Louisiana rapper’s biggest releases, Blue Lips earned plenty of fans, including Hip Hop royalty.
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Earlier this month, shared details about playing the album for JAY-Z thanks to the power of Hip Hop Twitter.
The Top Dawg Entertainment rapper recently stopped by Podcast P for an interview that will go live on Friday (March 29), during which he shared details about playing his latest album for the mogul.
“He was actually listening and yeah, that was all I needed to know,” he told host Paul George. I played shit for Snoop [Dogg] before, Nas, all these motherfuckers, never Jay. [Dr.] Dre, played shit for Dre. So Jay was just like, a guy I wanted to play music for. [I] played shit for Ye [Kanye West].
“So I got to do it and he [JAY-Z] was fucking with it, you know what I’m saying? And giving me the breakdown and the details of it.”
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Elsewhere in the conversation presented by Wave Sports + Entertainment, the “Man of the Year” rapper talked about getting in touch with JAY-Z via X (formerly Twitter).
“I was just throwing it out there,” he explained. “But it was bait. I’m like, I think he’ll fuck around and tap in. You know what I’m saying?… and then Punch sent it to JAY-Z, but it was like this other Twitter account …where he retweeted it and yeah, it was like sent [to Punch] … Shout out to him, you know what I mean?”
