Kendrick Lamar is profitable 2024. The rapper has been topped the victor within the highly-publicized battle between him and Drake (rightfully so). He scored his second solo primary with “Not Like Us,” and he additionally secured quantity three and 6 hits along with his different Drizzy disses. It will get higher. Lamar’s iconic victory has impressed followers to dig again into his catalog and stream his albums at a fee they have not been streamed in years. The proof is within the numbers. The rapper’s seminal 2012 debut, Good Child, M.A.A.D Metropolis, is promoting like a brand new album.

DJ Akademiks, the person who championed Drake all through the battle, ceded Lamar’s dominance. He identified the rapper’s debut was on tempo to promote 26K copies the week of Might 12. To place this staggering quantity into perspective, the album’s first week of gross sales (with successful single) was 242K. This implies Lamar has amassed over 10% of his unique first week gross sales with out doing any type of promo or repackaging. All of it stems from the standard of the music. The 26K in gross sales can be sufficient to push Good Child, M.A.A.D Metropolis into the highest 20 of the Billboard 200. One other staggering achivement for an album that is over a decade outdated.

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Kendrick Lamar’s Debut Is Again On The Charts

The irony of Good Child, M.A.A.D Metropolis doing so properly in 2024 is that Drake is featured on one of many album’s greatest songs. “Poetic Justice,” the album’s fourth single, peaked at 26 on the Billboard Scorching 100. It additionally peaked at quantity eight on the US Scorching R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, finally going 2x Platinum. The remainder of Lamar’s catalog has additionally seen a pointy spike in reputation. Billboard reported that streaming for Lamar’s music went up a staggering 49% from Might 3-6. By comparability, Drake’s numbers have been down 5%.

Good Child, M.A.A.D Metropolis has additionally maintained its vital standing. Many cite it as the best hip-hop debut of all time, and one of many style’s best albums, interval. It is regularly been in comparison with the likes of Illmatic and Able to Die. It at the moment has a Metacritic rating of 91, which is his second-highest behind To Pimp a Butterfly. Drake’s highest Metacritic rating, by comparability, is Nothing Was the Identical with a 79. Okay. Dot followers keep profitable.

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