Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "GUNNA AKA BIGGEST GANGSTER IN ATL SELLS 81K FIRST WEEK"

Episode Date: August 30, 2025

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So it's time to go over the entire hip hop industry because once again, you come to realize Gunna just may be the biggest gangster in Atlanta. But then you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip hop. Like, what's going on? Now, of course, when it comes to the analytics, when it comes to a lot of different rappers in the game in the year of 2025, some would say hip hop has not had the greatest standing amongst the other genres in the music industry.

And you will be correct. As when it comes to hip hop and the other genres being considered, usually you see hip hop percolating in the top 10 as far as throughout the entire year. Like last year, some of the outstanding up-and-coming artists was of course Glovilla and Sexy Red. And then of course the whole side seven, I mean, uh, Kendrick and Drake beef kicked off. Right. So as far as Gunna in 2025, having a phenomenal day. debut as far as debuting at number three and selling 80,000 equivalent units to the point where

his second week, which I'm currently looking at, is 47,000. And he held, well, he slid one place into the fourth most listened to album. But when he debuted, he was at number three and now he's at number four. That's not bad, especially for Gunna and what he's dealing with as far as the perception against certain artists I'm about to get into in the second. But ultimately, when you look get the cream of the crop in 2025. You have to talk about Playboy Cardi. There's a reason why PlayBee Cardi made everybody wait hours and hours and seemingly it was never going to end as far as the roll out for his album because guess what? Everybody was going to listen to it no matter when it dropped. So with that being said, his album music ended up selling 300 plus in his first week. Now another big

dog as far as topping the charts hip hop wise in the year of 2025 was tyler the creator with his album actually no that wasn't the right one i was about to say uh chromocopia what is it don't tap the glass that's the right one right don't tap the glass tiler the creator uh tyler the creator Tyler the Creator sold 215 units with less than four days of tracking. So he's doing he had a phenomenal first week sales. As far as Travis Scott and the Jack Boys, they had in their first week 253,000. I'm just naming the big dogs and hip-hop right now because of course, as far as longevity, a lot of these albums aren't sticking.

But as far as the first week, it's very interesting how these are all. these artists are are top performers in the game of hip hop as far as out the gate longevity wise i would have to say kendrick drake and big x the plug has had more long lasting hip hop music in the year of 2025 so anyways getting back to the first week sales little baby surprisingly his album wham was on pace to sell 130 000 first week actually i end up i forget what he actually so first week. Wham ended up selling, let me see, it was 100,000. I don't think it was 100,000.

Okay, I'm seeing 130,000. I'm not seeing it right now. Anyways, Wham did well as far as his first week sales. This is essentially what I was trying to get across. I believe it did around 140,000 units first week. But don't quote me on that. But it's around their number.

So it did phenomenal. as far as in the year of 2025. Now, of course, when you look at Playbricardi, when you look at Jack Quees-Webster, aka Travis Scott, when you look at Tyler the Creator, play Beacardi, those are the top performance out the gate as far as hip-hop.

But of course, when I say the longevity statistic, Drake, Big X, the plug, and Kendrick is towards the top. Now, this segment, as far as me running off all of those numbers, you would have thought this was about Gunna. And it is. It's just Gunna's the main

focal point of the hip hop portion of this episode. So specifically, I wanted to highlight the hip hop field and then get into specifically why I believe Gunna is the biggest gangster in the industry. I know somebody's out there thinking, some sexy songs for you is a hip hop album. Well, I hate to break it to you. Some sexy songs for you is primarily an R&B album, so I don't think that quantifies as hip hop. So anyways, getting back into the longevity of the analytics as far as hip-hop some would say the hip-hop hasn't had his greatest year in 2025 and aside for the top-tier

first week sales that I just listed off I would say that's correct like I keep saying Drake Kendrick and even Kendrick his tracks have disappeared like Houdini from the charts nobody can tell me what his tracks are the only tracks he has left on billboard is with Siza I think something's up with that but hey you know I mean I want to come off as a side seven I mean as a Kendrick hater So when it comes to the charts, Kendrick currently has the highest track as a hip-hop artist, I believe, is a him. I mean, technically Shabuzzi, if you want to call him a hip-hop artist,

but actually, you know, it's Kendrick. So Kendrick with his track with Siza, Luther is the 21st most played track in the world, and then you have 30 for 30, which is the 38th most played track in the world. So both of the track, the only two tracks Kendrick still has on the charts is with Siza. Make that make sense.

You guys. See, that's the problem And then of course The goat of hip hop As far as Drake What did I miss Is currently the 45th Most Played Track in the world

Nokia is the 46 Most Played Track in the world And then you have which one Featuring Central C Which his verse is hilarious On which one I just catch myself randomly Walking around saying

You back side weighing You're down one ton I mean like his verse Is amazing Anyways It's amazingly funny With that being said Drake is also

Another hip hop artist Has had his music last the test of time as far as 2025. Big X to plug. He's another one that I do not like to get into because of course when it comes to Big X to plug

being in hip hop and naming his hip hop album, take care. Ladies and gentlemen, I think that's some of the most disrespectful thing you could do in the sport of hip hopped into the NBA and played for the Bulls and it was like, you know what? I want to wear number 23. But then you know what I'm saying?

I was like, damn, look at the state of hip hop. Like, what's going on? That's the correlation I'm giving because that's exactly what it is. Him titling his album, Take Care as a Hip Hop Artist is very disrespectful. If anybody titled their album as a hip hop artist blueprint or graduation, I know the old hairs would be up in arms. So as far as me, being able to talk about my favorite artists and still, you know, not have any gray hairs.

His album should not be touched by any other hip hop artists as far as the name, right? Obviously, you can have samples, things of that nature, but to do that. to title your hip-hop album take care as a hip-hop artist in the big year of 2025 is just uh i just think it's disrespectful but maybe that's just me anyways big x the plug and his track with bailey zimmerman uh titled all the way as the 33 most play track in the world and then of course you have hell at night featuring ella langley with of course big x the plug and that's the 61st most play track in the world now all of those numbers was to let you know that hip-hop is not completely dead of of course but when it comes to the year of 2025 compared to the year of 2024 safe to say we had a

lot more impactors of the masses when it comes to sales people clamoring for their music and engaging with their content in the year of 2025 a lot of rappers in are flopping left and right to the point where i'm looking at it thinking to myself or is hip hop falling off i don't ever want to say hip hop is falling off but ultimately objectively speaking it definitely fell off compared to last year now that being said for the topic at him gunna just sold 80 000 first week as far as his album the last one and before you say as a flop you do have to keep in mind that gunna usually sells around this number and usually as far as his discography he's sold in the past four albums around the 80 to 90 000 mark actually he consistently does almost 100 honestly because he started with drip harder that was

well not started but that was his hit album his first hit album drip harder sold 130 000 first week dripper drown 2 sold 90 000 first week one or sold 11 000 first week slime language 2 sold 113 1st week d s forever sold 150 000 a gift in the curse which i think is his best album because of course i love when artists put their life into the music and with gunners back against the wall he bawled but then you know what i'm saying i was like damn look at the state of hip-hop like what's going on so that out the way one of one which was the album before the last one so 91 000 first week and of course now we have the album as far as the last one and that ultimately ended up selling 80 000 units first week now i didn't want to do it to him but like i said

surprisingly little baby's numbers is not really talked about that much and he's doing phenomenal like people be like oh he's cloud chasing on black boy max's stream he's he's cloud chasing on on so-and-so stream this man is doing better numbers than 95 99.999% of the field so little baby's not falling off another artist who i like his music i like his flows i think his selection of beats is the greatest i think he has the greatest ear for beats and hip-hop but with that disclaimer said to the side i have to keep it eight more than 92 i know that ain't who i think it is i look at the album kiara selling 28 000 first week and i said to myself i know that ain't who i think it is ladies and gentlemen this can't be the same person that was out here doing all type of

promos all type of tours all type of interviews with every single hip-hop influencer that had a mic and ultimately still sold 28 000 first week i know that ain't who i think it is so to be fair offset did have a flop as an album judging by his marketing rollout because I would assume that offset could sell a little bit more than 28,000 first week, especially being under a major label. But then, to keep it fair, my favorite artist, you know, a soft drink, Big Sean with his latest album that was, what it was better me than you. Let me just type that in. Better me than you.

That album did not sell well. And he also had a similar marketing strategy. so yeah big shans better me than you so the whopping 22 000 first week now ladies and gentlemen the reason why i read off these numbers is because of course i covered the entire music industry so when i deep when i deep dive into hip-hop i want to give you an overall picture of why people are saying hip-hop is falling off right big shan's a legend in the game and he's unequivocally at this very moment a legacy act when i heard that he was opening and you know no disrespect to big shan obviously When I heard he was opening up for Russ, which, to be fair,

Russ did have a very phenomenal album with Wild. And I believe his first week sales was a little higher. And he's completely independent. I believe Big Sean is still under a major label. Russ is completely independent. And with his album, I can't find it. Russ album Wilde first week sales. with Russ's album Wild

as a complete independent act it sold 36,000 first week so of course not too much higher than Big Sean but ladies and gentlemen if you're independent let me tell you the market share for independent artists as of right now independent acts have 5% of the entire music market share UMG has 62%

Warner has 16% Sony has Warner has 18% Sony has 16% and others which is independent acts and smaller labels. They have a whopping 5%. But then you know what I'm saying? I'm like, damn, look at the state of hip hop. Like, what's going on? So ultimately, when we're covering the entire genre of hip hop, I'm basically laying it out as far as who's the top impact is in 2025 and what we can do to correct the course as far

as people putting our music that's not sticking and not lasting in a landscape of 2025. Because this has to be fixed. Some would blame certain. rap battles for the ecosystem of hip hop analytics i would be one of those i'm not going to lie to you i do believe that's one of the main factors of people not being as interested because what more how much more entertainment can we get from the genre of hip hop after we've arguably received the best hip hop rap battle of all time it's like an mc u we saw iron man thor captain america yeah i know i'm a superhero nerd had to give a crazy side tangent going up against thanos right they getting whooped captain america shield is broken and guess what as soon as thanos brought out his army and he was about

to kill captain america falcon hopped on the intercom and said on your left and guess what black panthers showed up spider man showed up star lord showed up all the superheroes showed up it was just an all out battle i mean people was dying left and right and guess what at the end of that they came out with ant-man quantum man you guys see that's the problem ladies and gentlemen that's a direct correlation not I give the hip-hop right now we've literally had the greatest rap battle in history as far as lyrically and commercial sales and critical acclaim as far as the gramees that we've ever will see in this sport of hip-hop so now the the cash that dracon built up that Drake and Kendrick built up to even have that entertaining battle, where do we go from here?

And that's ultimately what we are trying to figure out. In 2025, we don't know the pivot. We don't know what it's going to be. We then finished our end game, which literally Drake called the red button. I mean, he's suing. He knows it's the end game. He said, forget a rap career. I'm suing everybody who helps size seven in that battle, right? So ultimately, now we're trying to see what is the pivot as far as hip hop. And I think that's the reason why a lot of this music is sticking because it's not Infinity War and it's not in game. There's a bunch of other Lusies that people be like, ah, it's a right, but it's not this, right? It's all right, but it's not the lead up to this. That's the ultimate comparison that I would give as far as the current landscape of hip hop.

And that's why you should follow and subscribe because nobody can give a superhero analogy like that. I ain't going to cap to you. So at the end of day, shout out to Gunna. This whole segment was about him, but also because he's the main focus. for the hip-hop segment or the episode i wanted to dive into the entire landscape but also do you keep in mind that the reason i didn't touch on um the other person as far as why i call gunna the biggest gangster in alanta is because you know i don't want to be the person analytic dreams video on spotify to see the video along with the audio i don't want to be the person to showcase

a whole interrogation interrogation footage ruining that man's um gangster persona right like if i I was to show an entire video and have the title up there for you to look at on your own time and watch the whole hour and 51 minutes of him singing. But it wasn't Mariah the scientist. It was Young Thug. Anyway, it's my fault. With that being said, yeah, I definitely didn't just show y'all where y'all could go see that whole interrogation.

And we thought it was AI. They didn't young thug commented on it. It let us know. Like, yeah, I was saying that, but they didn't use any court. I was like, hold on now. You guys. See, that's the problem. So y'all do it.

the information which you will at the end of the day i've been said gangna gunner's the biggest gangster in the industry i know he snitched but at least he owned up to it he said yes ma'am in that courtroom he wasn't playing around he wasn't like can y'all give me something from mcdonald's why y'all giving me a bologna sandwich he said yes ma'am wya sells a gang and young thugs should go to jail now he ain't said that last part but he might as well so ultimately gunna on another hand is also hosting a want to run 5k which is a run event happening on september 3rd and with that being said it's in brooklyn's prospect park new york the event is hosted by gunna in partnership with his non-profit gunna's great giveaway so that being said um if y'all want to go run with gunna on september 3rd hey

have fun so that be it said click my link sure in my bio let me know one of my social medias what do you think about gunna selling 80 000 first week with his album debuting at number 3 and currently holding the number fourth slot as far as the most listened to album and when it comes to the hip hop of when it comes to the landscape of hip hop where do you think we can correct the chorus to get hip hop back on the right track