By: Amanda Anderson-Niles
Kanye West continues to be one of the biggest names in Hip Hop, however, his latest album “Yeezus” didn’t pull the kind of album sales he had hoped for. Instead, the album struggled to even go gold and Drake outsold its total sales with “Nothing Was the Same” in just the first week. That’s of course great news for Drake considering he revealed in a recent interview that his biggest career goal is to surpass Kanye, but those close to Kanye claim he’s absolutely upset his album isn’t performing to his standards. While many seem to think the album may be struggling because Kanye took so long to release a single, others seem to think his different approach to music this time around and the whole “I am a god” thing may have rubbed a lot of his supporters the wrong way.
Interestingly enough, a new report is suggesting Kanye is struggling to sell out venues for his latest US tour. In fact, VH1 is reporting that it’s forced him to rethink how he’s promoting the tour. The network writes:
Meanwhile, Kanye West is not happy about the promotion of his U.S. tour. The rapper has been unable to sell out venues and is now forced to do radio spots – something he hates. But hey, what’s bad for him is good for fans. Sweepstakes are the name of the game.
In related news, TMZ is reporting that Kanye was just ordered to stay 10 yards away from the pap who is currently suing him over a recent attack, and the pap was also ordered to stay away from Kanye. As we recently reported, Kanye is claiming the whole incident was self-defense on his end, but he could possibly serve jail time if convicted of misdemeanor criminal battery and attempted grand theft charges.
Kanye messed up with his last album. It makes me not want to go see him either…
It’s that Kardashian curse. LOL.
It sure is and he ain’t help with his arrogance and wack album.
True.
If someone give me a ticket I wouldn’t go to a show of his……24k A-SHOLE
I just want to see Kendrick! So that lets me know I don’t need to go. LOL!
The album is the problem. That and his relationship with Kim has exposed him. Before Kim, Kanye wasn’t in the news every single day. It was more about his music before Kim. Now he’s a part of the media circus and it’s turning people off.
Uh oh. Kanye might be falling off yall.
I don’t want to go either. All he does is scream on Yeezus. No thanks.
My how the mighty have fallen. I do think if Kanye gets back to making some great music, he’ll be fine. I still listen to a lot of his old stuff and he is full of talent. He’s just making some decisions that aren’t working right now.
I miss kanye West 🙁
Me too girl!
So will he rant about this too? LOL.
As much as people hate his relationship with Kim, that wasn’t his downfall, nor the reason older fans no longer support him. Any true Kanye fan knows that he has not been the same since his mother passed. He could be with Kim until people in hell sip lemonade under an air conditioner for all I cared….if his music returned (or surpassed) where it used to be tho?! I’d still be a die hard fan of his. Fact of the matter is tho, while people like Drake praise him for consistency and people like Big Sean feel his music is “futuristic” and pushing the envelope, this new Ye actually sucks, and he’s lost a great deal of support. He’s always been cocky, arrogant, etc., so that’s nothing new. Somewhere along the line my man lost the vision….. So *shrug* I’ve seen him in concert and I’m glad it was before this era.