-DJ R-Tistic- Member since Nov 06th 2008 51986 posts
Sat Feb-21-15 06:54 AM
6. "This new market is extremely different. "Really love" is getting a small" In response to In response to 0
amount of radio play, but that and "Another life" are really the only ones close to radio, and it's really only for Contemporary Adult R&B stations.
We all know it sold so much early because of the shock, and it was mainly his fans who had been waiting for 15 years. Once they all knew about it, it didn't really expand to any new audience. And I mentioned this several times, yet people came at me like "that's not his goal, he's not trying to cater to the young crowd"....so I mean...if they came in here, maybe they would just say "it doesn't matter." But since we're here....eh.
Putting him with Mustard, Drake, Chris Brown, or anyone else "hot" and trendy ain't gonna help it sell to the younger crowd.
I think his best bet is to keep performing all throughout the country. Maybe not doing 4-5 smaller venues per week, but 1-2 big ones. And it might be a lot, but he might have to go grassroots....selling CD's at each stop, signing each one, and taking Instagram selfies with fans. I get the idea that this wouldn't be his personality...and it's a lot of work...but I think it'll help sustain the sales and maintain/build his base.