Power of the Label! Akademiks speaks on Lil Baby selling 140k first week w Wham & Bigs up QC!

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  • Опубликовано: 14 янв 2025

Комментарии • 285

  • @LordCyan
    @LordCyan 17 часов назад +95

    Naaaahhh I can’t believe that Aint heard no singles, no feats, just random drop 140! Thats crazy

    • @BDKane87
      @BDKane87 17 часов назад +12

      Facts! That’s unheard of

    • @Uncldiesel
      @Uncldiesel 17 часов назад +12

      Yall gotta stop hating

    • @DavidL20247
      @DavidL20247 16 часов назад +6

      The song with him, Thug and Future is the hottest song out rn!!!!

    • @LordCyan
      @LordCyan 16 часов назад +17

      @@BDKane87cap that jont is garbage

    • @LordCyan
      @LordCyan 16 часов назад +3

      And future is my favorite rapper

  • @joooowoood
    @joooowoood 16 часов назад +52

    QC was definitely behind those 50k pure sales, and not to mention those fraudulent streams

    • @jayvito1850
      @jayvito1850 15 часов назад +8

      Fraudulent I have this album playing back to back

    • @Youtuber-dq9wm
      @Youtuber-dq9wm 13 часов назад

      @@jayvito1850same and everyone i know and we in Europe i can imagine its going crazy in atlanta

    • @mneytimetv1849
      @mneytimetv1849 12 часов назад +5

      @@jayvito1850So what 😂 doesn’t mean we all are some of us have a brain 🤷🏾‍♂️

    • @jayvito1850
      @jayvito1850 12 часов назад

      @@mneytimetv1849 just listen to the music take it for what it is

    • @dandreugwu5104
      @dandreugwu5104 12 часов назад +2

      @@mneytimetv1849 nah Ik hella ppl that I hang with bumping this shit the fact that y’all commenting about this album is giving it more push

  • @MentionThegod
    @MentionThegod 17 часов назад +151

    With out the label baby wouldn’t even see 50k first week

    • @Gekayos
      @Gekayos 17 часов назад +34

      Still outsold gunna😂😂😂

    • @kimboslice5053
      @kimboslice5053 17 часов назад +42

      I see them numbers got you guys BIG MAD

    • @trapgod3505
      @trapgod3505 17 часов назад +29

      No rapper would 😂 yall mad asf

    • @BDKane87
      @BDKane87 17 часов назад +17

      @@Gekayos Gunna got nothing but hits since he got out

    • @norrismoonjr9762
      @norrismoonjr9762 17 часов назад +12

      With a label you wouldn't see 50k quit hating

  • @CoreyFreeman-q6p
    @CoreyFreeman-q6p 16 часов назад +116

    It’s really sad that us as Black peoples always trying to tear each other down. Just sad

    • @cashouttjayy
      @cashouttjayy 14 часов назад +3

      facts

    • @DaProfitChaser
      @DaProfitChaser 13 часов назад +7

      Facts Ak a weirdo

    • @HalaMadridYNadaMas24
      @HalaMadridYNadaMas24 12 часов назад +13

      What are you talking about ? AK didn’t say one lie . U will be okay

    • @johnleanord4548
      @johnleanord4548 11 часов назад +1

      @@HalaMadridYNadaMas24he’s a hater

    • @windshieldwasher6919
      @windshieldwasher6919 10 часов назад +6

      its nothing to do with our color and everything to do with integrity and healthy skepticism, i havent even watched the video but baby sellling 140k (if you REALLY know how this shit work) is blasphemous and in no way authentic, i fw baby but nobody copped that shit.

  • @nicoleb6253
    @nicoleb6253 14 часов назад +18

    He was going do like close to 100k the label pushed to drop a deluxe for people to actually buy mid week to boost sales ain’t no secret

  • @JoystickJa
    @JoystickJa 16 часов назад +30

    🤦🏾‍♂️ Damn AK, I thought they cut u a check to fall back😅😆

    • @mneytimetv1849
      @mneytimetv1849 12 часов назад +4

      Right 😂

    • @bleedwolf5
      @bleedwolf5 10 часов назад +1

      Only Before the Album Release!

    • @SIRKHEEM
      @SIRKHEEM 4 часа назад

      nah all publicity is good

  • @PressureENT864
    @PressureENT864 16 часов назад +35

    This is AK at his best. When he talks numbers & the industry it’s solid content.

    • @rickywarren9951
      @rickywarren9951 16 часов назад +5

      He has no idea what he’s talking about and he’s pushing his own opinions so hard. If he doesn’t like lil baby why keep fighting against it the music isn’t for him

    • @troyyoung4750
      @troyyoung4750 15 часов назад

      AK not doing any numbers always talking about other people 😂😂😂

  • @DoubleOTone
    @DoubleOTone 17 часов назад +83

    Bro 140 is good af these days yall gotta stop the propaganda

    • @BDKane87
      @BDKane87 17 часов назад +7

      Yea but no hit single says it’s all the labels. He promoted by at least 3 major labels 🤷🏾‍♂️

    • @rickywarren9951
      @rickywarren9951 16 часов назад +1

      @@BDKane87thats not what no hit single means what are you talking about

    • @Dsharryl
      @Dsharryl 16 часов назад +3

      @@DoubleOTone his last album did 250k...come on.. thats a big drop.. kendrick dint drop over 5 years n did more numbers than lil baby.. Dropped a surprise album n did over 350k....What excuse does lil baby have???

    • @jhaialx2399
      @jhaialx2399 15 часов назад +3

      50k of those sales came from bundles meaning he only sold 90k off streams alone which is the same as gunnas recent project

    • @DoubleOTone
      @DoubleOTone 15 часов назад

      @@jhaialx2399 by that logic Gunna actually did 40k

  • @laks05
    @laks05 17 часов назад +27

    Isn’t it the labels job to make the artist seem bigger than they are? The biggest artist get Bots lol and lames arguing in the comments lmao

    • @SIRKHEEM
      @SIRKHEEM 4 часа назад

      exactly bro mad bout what

  • @LeaWilson-zc2zm
    @LeaWilson-zc2zm 16 часов назад +21

    Lil baby album is fire🔥 literally burn it trash can 🎉

    • @marjase9172
      @marjase9172 16 часов назад +3

      Lool ya had me there

  • @kevinholmes6948
    @kevinholmes6948 17 часов назад +7

    lil baby is clearly a victim of his success

  • @john.8272
    @john.8272 15 часов назад +25

    AK just let it go bra ngl he beat the 'fell off' allegations for now, u was saying that he was gonna flop and he didn't. 140K in 2025 is amazing numbers for an artist

    • @jordanb.8746
      @jordanb.8746 14 часов назад

      His label bought 50,000 of those... Come on now

    • @john.8272
      @john.8272 14 часов назад +1

      @ proof?

    • @PeeweeStuntinn
      @PeeweeStuntinn 13 часов назад +1

      No he didn’t the music still doesn’t sound like it did it fell off quality wise

    • @john.8272
      @john.8272 13 часов назад

      @@PeeweeStuntinn can't win with yall if the music sounded the same as before yall would still hate lmao

    • @PeeweeStuntinn
      @PeeweeStuntinn 13 часов назад

      @@john.8272so youre telling me the hooks and melodies are the sake quality as they once were between 2017-2021 lets be real there is a decline maybe its just because hes rich as shit now that would make sense to me

  • @GAMED0G
    @GAMED0G 17 часов назад +84

    Ak hating

    • @Kk1st
      @Kk1st 17 часов назад +5

      You alr kno it baby the goat idc😂

    • @kimboslice5053
      @kimboslice5053 17 часов назад +5

      😂😂😂😂FACTS

    • @TaeKeyYGRN
      @TaeKeyYGRN 17 часов назад +6

      I fw dawg too since 2014 but that is a fact. Straight up hating

    • @BDKane87
      @BDKane87 17 часов назад +1

      @@Kk1st your goat doesn’t have a hit single tho lol

    • @Ogzay202
      @Ogzay202 16 часов назад +1

      @@BDKane87 everybody I know playing that shit, y’all gotta go outside

  • @Dsharryl
    @Dsharryl 17 часов назад +47

    lil bebe should be doing over 350k at this point in his career...If gunna did 90k without the industry support n no features.. Lil baby should be doing minimum 3times that.. n to make it worse gunna had a hit song later on from the album.. Which i dont think lil baby has..

    • @williamvanburen5640
      @williamvanburen5640 17 часов назад +3

      It just came out 😂

    • @trapgod3505
      @trapgod3505 17 часов назад +8

      Gunna had Offset , Roddy Rich , Normani , & Leon Bridges on his album lmao

    • @Toxic_4041
      @Toxic_4041 17 часов назад +2

      Why wasn’t gunna doing numbers even before jail?

    • @chefbaxter2211
      @chefbaxter2211 17 часов назад +10

      350? Stop😂 the fkn cap

    • @DJAddo
      @DJAddo 16 часов назад

      350?

  • @blackneji1701
    @blackneji1701 13 часов назад +3

    lmao this comment section and twitter is two different realms when it comes to this album

  • @traiquansmith7235
    @traiquansmith7235 17 часов назад +14

    Someone is hatinnnnggg if the lil baby was a flop he wouldn’t have sold that with or without a label so obviously someone still listening to him

  • @ghostface3652
    @ghostface3652 14 часов назад +25

    I’ve never seen so many people scrambling because a album sold well 😂 if Baby would’ve sold under 100k y’all would’ve used that as confirmation he fell off. But 140k doesn’t fit y’all narrative so y’all grabbing for anything smh

    • @SIRKHEEM
      @SIRKHEEM 4 часа назад +1

      exactly AK facilitating baby fall off singlehandedly

  • @Dayv613
    @Dayv613 17 часов назад +8

    Let's get it

  • @SlimeWodie
    @SlimeWodie 7 часов назад +3

    If Carti would have dropped wham AK would glaze ngl

  • @glogangsammy
    @glogangsammy 7 часов назад +2

    WHAM IS #1 IN THE WORLD AINT NUN ELSE TO TALK ABOUT !!!!!!!

  • @Shontae-tae
    @Shontae-tae 11 часов назад +1

    2:06 👏🏽😂🤣”I’m dead”!!!💀☝🏽 😅

  • @Kk1st
    @Kk1st 17 часов назад +5

    Aka a glazer baby the goat

  • @tajiri7
    @tajiri7 16 часов назад +11

    Ak has to pick a side on album sales. Either they don’t matter because they are easily controlled, or they are an indicator of genuine popularity and something to hang their hat on. He only mentions one side depending on if he likes the artist or not.

    • @phines93
      @phines93 16 часов назад +4

      You'll realize that's basically just life and relationships in a nutshell bro

  • @Motiveshortz973
    @Motiveshortz973 17 часов назад +4

    Let’s go ak

  • @TyreseMcDonald-g4n
    @TyreseMcDonald-g4n 2 часа назад

    Y Ak find it’s so important to talk bout baby the way he does like there countless good rappers or up coming rappers wish they get this highlight

  • @MicRossTelemundo
    @MicRossTelemundo 17 часов назад +15

    Idk anybody who heard the album but it sold this much? I kinda call cap too

    • @Nigel334
      @Nigel334 16 часов назад +2

      The hood fw it

    • @Trimothyyy
      @Trimothyyy 13 часов назад +2

      Do you know everybody in the world?

    • @mneytimetv1849
      @mneytimetv1849 12 часов назад

      @@Nigel334That’s where he will have to do his shows at too 😂not stadiums 🏟

    • @SIRKHEEM
      @SIRKHEEM 4 часа назад

      how many people you know fr

    • @sjd283
      @sjd283 3 часа назад +1

      I listened to the entire album and I’m not even a rap enthusiast unless it’s Drake or Cole. I loved all the beats. lol. Overall good album.

  • @casper56g
    @casper56g 16 часов назад +10

    Fake streams

  • @timkruse9912
    @timkruse9912 17 часов назад +6

    lil baby album doing numbers yet he flopping on tour lol

  • @Keemsparta
    @Keemsparta 13 часов назад +2

    I’m not goin lie when you sit and actually listen to the album it’s pretty solid, i feel like it’s better on 🔀

    • @mneytimetv1849
      @mneytimetv1849 12 часов назад

      Yeah if you’re a short bus shawty 🤣

  • @PhumelelaSokopo
    @PhumelelaSokopo 17 часов назад +19

    Whatever AK says goes 🗣

  • @FbgAbe
    @FbgAbe 17 часов назад +14

    This album is fading away in a month literally can’t remember one song beside dum dumb dumber shit was hot trash

    • @PaballoKobe-xh9ve
      @PaballoKobe-xh9ve 17 часов назад +2

      21 verse is heat and dum dumb and dumber and trav

  • @LexxNova
    @LexxNova 10 часов назад +6

    This some generational hating lmao

  • @ShadyParkKid
    @ShadyParkKid 17 часов назад +8

    QC glaze baby I think his streams Fake aka rigged

    • @kimboslice5053
      @kimboslice5053 17 часов назад

      Them numbers gotem Hating 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂Wih the I just ate a 🍋 face

  • @YCBanksMusic
    @YCBanksMusic 17 часов назад +6

    Livingston, If you’re reading this.. sign me.

  • @mixedbylmg
    @mixedbylmg 11 часов назад +3

    Ima keep it p, album been on repeat past week. Stop the narrative.

  • @tidey4
    @tidey4 14 часов назад +5

    AK realised he don't have no real power in the industry.

  • @shoboijohnson4665
    @shoboijohnson4665 16 часов назад +5

    I heard more Gelo G3 then I heard Lil Baby this yr😂

  • @bleedwolf5
    @bleedwolf5 10 часов назад

    Hope Baby can get over this Decline in Momentum.

  • @Htkmoremotion
    @Htkmoremotion 13 часов назад +1

    People lie numbers don’t.

  • @TedG-w8x
    @TedG-w8x 4 часа назад

    140K the first week is great in this era!

  • @youngrob2121
    @youngrob2121 10 часов назад +8

    So if his numbers was low it's because AK has that kind of power to kill a rappers career, but if he sells well it's because of the label and not because AK isn't as important to the culture as he thinks he is.. Got it 🤣🤣🤣

    • @ggggggg1965
      @ggggggg1965 8 часов назад +1

      Ak literally has said multiple times he doesn’t have the power to manipulate people to not buy music - baby just needs to drop hits. Said it himself. If this album was full of hits it would’ve streamed more than 90k

  • @gspadez
    @gspadez 13 часов назад +2

    Stream bots working overtime 😂to get

  • @Badazzsolo
    @Badazzsolo 14 часов назад +3

    Y’all sound salty ass hell bro why y’all hating on lil baby like that ak you pure hater I see

  • @dthornt1017
    @dthornt1017 11 часов назад

    140k......very surprising considering most of the album reviews have not been good. Label definitely pushed the button on this one.

  • @JarrodBateman
    @JarrodBateman 2 часа назад

    That BS free on audio mack

  • @jordangotgame13
    @jordangotgame13 10 часов назад

    Is durk album still coming out the end of the month?

  • @BUDSTRO357
    @BUDSTRO357 17 часов назад +2

    2025 year of the “smacked up” that LeBron shit gonna get you touched 🤷🏽‍♂️

  • @alexhoward1516
    @alexhoward1516 17 часов назад +2

    Yes lil baby still on top come now

    • @mneytimetv1849
      @mneytimetv1849 12 часов назад

      Of the hood yes globally hell naw 🤣

  • @szaszrobert7452
    @szaszrobert7452 14 часов назад +3

    U keep calling it fake and that stupid free hate shit...listen bro ...im from Romania that stupid peasant country....and even here lil baby is mega popular every1 rocks with the new album ...chill out my friend u just hate

  • @OB_TUCK
    @OB_TUCK 9 часов назад +1

    Did yall not hear I Promise Stiff Gang or the rest of the solo songs 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @ut3283
    @ut3283 16 часов назад +13

    People keep saying AK hating, he not. Wham would've sold in the 90K range. But the digital deluxe only on his website which he dropped 2 days after the album, increased it to 140. 2 days later was fishy

    • @ghostface3652
      @ghostface3652 14 часов назад +4

      Bro do you not realize how much digging and reaching you and Ak doing just to justify baby album doing well 😂😂 just take the L bro. I’ve never seen an album sales get researched this hard. It’s sad

  • @Slimdabooster
    @Slimdabooster 4 часа назад

    This album hard!!! He won!!!!

  • @Lepara_la_Maftown
    @Lepara_la_Maftown 12 часов назад

    That's why I only watch AK because he knows how to break things out

    • @LexxNova
      @LexxNova 10 часов назад +3

      Mann that man hating on baby like I’ve never seen before 😂😂 let it go

  • @1.Mil.Views...Dendfamrecords
    @1.Mil.Views...Dendfamrecords 9 часов назад +1

    They only love big numbers if its Drake😅

  • @kkrezagang4606
    @kkrezagang4606 3 часа назад

    The label pulled some tricks. Nobody actually purchased a lil baby album.

  • @Realest-p4t
    @Realest-p4t 17 часов назад +2

    2020 Wham back?

  • @RonaldKennedy-l3h
    @RonaldKennedy-l3h 11 часов назад +1

    Lets talk about your numbers Ak. Why do you have 22,000 views but only 100 comments? How are you any different from the artists that your trying to shit on

  • @Melancholic.0
    @Melancholic.0 17 часов назад +1

    Maybe Carti wasn't saying he would drop music in 2024...maybe it's just the name if the album

  • @odantebeckford4172
    @odantebeckford4172 9 часов назад

    Ak used to say Rappers cant sell bundles but now that its Wham its all QC n not the fans get ya hating ass outta here

  • @drewwill1983
    @drewwill1983 5 часов назад

    The Big artist dropping in the next few weeks he’s talking about is Lil Baby 😂🤣

  • @Trimothyyy
    @Trimothyyy 13 часов назад

    Mf said he fell off but when he sells over 100k now you saying the label helped him 😂😂 The label can't force nobody to listen to the music

  • @MD-dw7yv
    @MD-dw7yv 3 часа назад

    all lil baby albums sale,I see the hate is real for baby

  • @OG_ZOOMR
    @OG_ZOOMR 5 часов назад

    Lil Baby is popular. Why are yall surprised he sold well in the first week? What matters is the numbers a couple weeks after

  • @catrontate6445
    @catrontate6445 8 часов назад

    Thug did that, if we being honest it’s the 1st time thug is being heard can’t be that surprising. Keed past away, he don’t fw gunna, future dropped twice already. Baby was the only option

  • @Golden_family123
    @Golden_family123 15 часов назад

    Waiting patiently for bardi to drop 🎉

  • @Himduncan_
    @Himduncan_ 8 часов назад

    This wild. Kdot did over 300k first week and yall killed him for it 😒

  • @doicare01
    @doicare01 13 часов назад +1

    Durk was suppose to drop in January 😢

  • @ZaviorVanRheede
    @ZaviorVanRheede 13 часов назад

    Baby never fell off AK just admit you were wrong damn

  • @TutStore
    @TutStore 16 часов назад

    “El draaké”

  • @Risktaker8300
    @Risktaker8300 5 часов назад

    It’s not hard to see gunna was writing for baby

  • @YerkStar
    @YerkStar 14 часов назад

    Without durk ! Baby & Wave going to have to carry!

  • @DinxroTV
    @DinxroTV 4 часа назад +1

    The hating on baby 😂😂😂

  • @JoystickJa
    @JoystickJa 16 часов назад

    If Drake Album not called 20v1 I don't want to hear it

  • @troyyoung4750
    @troyyoung4750 15 часов назад

    AK I've been watching your channel since War n Chiraq Stop being Bias smh always putting your personal feelings with your Takes

  • @LesleyRess
    @LesleyRess 17 часов назад +7

    Eo what your saying is qc botted the sales😂😂😂

  • @1.Mil.Views...Dendfamrecords
    @1.Mil.Views...Dendfamrecords 9 часов назад

    Ak Goin out sad

  • @2coldjames648
    @2coldjames648 15 часов назад +2

    Ak let it go that album was solid

  • @Thisjaymoney
    @Thisjaymoney 6 часов назад +1

    You are hating gang , he do good and somehow you make it seem like he not 😂😂😂 just chill on hating on rappers for a bit gang it’s a bad look gang💯

  • @SIRKHEEM
    @SIRKHEEM 4 часа назад

    140K could be just atlanta tbh... ik i listened to the album and it was okay.. it just doesnt fit your narrative AK. but im sure this exposure will bring more sales to it ...

  • @vino2239
    @vino2239 51 минуту назад

    Y’all gotta remember lil baby big Illuminati 😂😂 he even said he locked in with the Jews

  • @trapgod3505
    @trapgod3505 17 часов назад +5

    Yall said he fell off & he sold 140k 🤣 dont move the goal post or make these excuses !! if he fell off he wouldnt have sold over 100k

    • @2coldjames648
      @2coldjames648 15 часов назад +3

      They glaze their favorite artist for selling 65k but 130 is “he fell off”

    • @mneytimetv1849
      @mneytimetv1849 12 часов назад +1

      @@2coldjames648My favorite artist sold 350k tf is 140 ninja 🤣

    • @2coldjames648
      @2coldjames648 2 часа назад

      @@mneytimetv1849 😂😂😂

  • @Swollsp
    @Swollsp Час назад

    He want people to suffer soooo bad! How long are u going to last acting like u can talk down on every single person? You just get drunk and hate. U wanted him to sell 5K so u could take credit for ruining his career.

  • @tobifighter6877
    @tobifighter6877 17 часов назад

    Someone said Aks been bought...

  • @tntproductions999
    @tntproductions999 17 часов назад

    Paper route?

  • @realgems24
    @realgems24 16 часов назад +3

    Stop hating Ak

  • @Goyarxrd
    @Goyarxrd 4 часа назад

    Ain’t no way this sold 100k I barely heard about this album 😂 nobody be posting too it or nothing 😂

  • @drlove994
    @drlove994 15 часов назад +3

    Album is kinda 🔥

  • @pastqr
    @pastqr 17 часов назад +3

    Baby still in the fight. Wham was decent

    • @flxxgang1
      @flxxgang1 11 часов назад

      Yeah facts. They thought it was over

  • @DenroyRoss-m8f
    @DenroyRoss-m8f 14 часов назад

    AK said lil baby falloff.how he gone #1

  • @Youdumdum-n8p
    @Youdumdum-n8p 4 часа назад

    Dude you hating just admit it! You really tried to hate on him

  • @Bpf33
    @Bpf33 12 часов назад

    Y’all are hilarious!!!!!! Just don’t like to see a W. Whether you liked it or not EVERYONE was listening to it. Get over yourselves.

    • @mneytimetv1849
      @mneytimetv1849 12 часов назад +1

      The fact you think you know everybody is insane 🤣

    • @Bpf33
      @Bpf33 12 часов назад

      @ it’s a lil baby album everyone listened at least once. Tf you talking about

    • @mneytimetv1849
      @mneytimetv1849 11 часов назад

      @@Bpf33 Read my comment slower 🤣

    • @Bpf33
      @Bpf33 11 часов назад

      @ said what I said

  • @AGUIDANCE
    @AGUIDANCE 8 часов назад

    How can we compare lil baby with bad bunny ??? Us market but AK not hating?

  • @KingShonutw
    @KingShonutw 9 часов назад

    The views on RUclips doesn’t add up to 150k sales drake might be on to sum

  • @SIRKHEEM
    @SIRKHEEM 4 часа назад

    OH YEAH?? GO LISTEN TO THE ALBUM YOURSELF AND CREATE YOUR OWN OPINION ON IF HE FELL OFF

  • @katina9187
    @katina9187 12 часов назад

    Ak be half hating he no numbers tho but yo label suppose to help you this is why u sign too them lil baby a hustle first rapper second

  • @PoDakid
    @PoDakid 7 часов назад

    DJ Ak so black they counted him 4xs at the million man march

  • @justhejus
    @justhejus 14 часов назад

    150 for cardi still ehhhh

  • @GivenB4EVER
    @GivenB4EVER 5 часов назад

    😂 ak is wack his word is not bond son....no juice money can't unlame a lame

  • @tommysplace
    @tommysplace 16 часов назад +2

    you just mad he sold more then yb n carti

  • @troyyoung4750
    @troyyoung4750 15 часов назад +2

    Yall remember AK had that event and nobody Showed up 😂😂😂