Travis Scott's "Days Before Rodeo" Could Have The Biggest Hip-Hop Debut Of 2024

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WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 24: Travis Scott celebrates after throwing the opening pitch prior to a game between the Washington Nationals and the Houston Astros at CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches on February 24, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images)
Travis Scott's rerelease of the classic mixtape is doing even better than previously expected.

Travis Scott's Days Before Rodeo could end up being the most successful hip-hop album to debut on the Billboard 200 in 2024 as early projections for the rereleased project's first-week sales continue to increase. According to HipHopAllDay, Days Before Rodeo is expected to sell closer to 300,000 units in the seven days following its release. The project originally dropped back in 2014, but to celebrate its 10th anniversary, Scott added it to streaming services while releasing a deluxe version that features guest appearances from Young Thug three times, Quavo, Playboi Carti, and Mike Dean.

Depending on where exactly Days Before Rodeo's sales land, it could outrank the previous most successful hip-hop album, Eminem's The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce). The Detroit legend dropped that effort back on July 12 and moved 281,000 album-equivalent units in the first week.

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When DJ Akademiks shared the latest expectations on Instagram, fans in the comments had mixed reactions. One fan wrote: "He’d be bigger than Drake if that Astro world tragedy didn’t happen, only rapper selling out stadium’s & performing for 80k people imagine what he’d be doing if that didn’t slow down his momentum." Others were more critical of the way he's been earning pure sales. "Anyone with a brain knows this is bc his clothes are hot right now lol," one user argued. "These are t shirt bundle sales [laughing emoji]. Album did 20k from streaming numbers. Its all fugazi."

Travis Scott's "Days Before Rodeo" Continues To Dominate

In addition to fans criticizing Scott, Sabrina Carpenter, who is also competing for the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 with Short n’ Sweet, tweeted, "this one’s for nicki," last week. She appeared to be referring Scott beating out Minaj in 2018 as his album, Astroworld, competed with her album, Queen. Be on the lookout for further updates on Travis Scott on HotNewHipHop.

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Cole Blake is currently an Editor at HotNewHipHop based out of Brooklyn, New York. He began working at the site as an intern back in 2018 while studying journalism at St. John’s University. In the time since, he’s graduated with a bachelor's degree and written extensively about a wide range of topics including pop culture, film & television, politics, video games, sports, and much more. He’s also covered music festivals such as Gov. Ball and Rolling Loud. You can find him publishing work for HNHH from Monday to Wednesday or on weekends. On the sports front, Cole’s a passionate NBA and NFL fan with his favorite teams being the Indianapolis Colts and Los Angeles Lakers. He also roots for the Yankees whenever he finds himself at Yankee Stadium or the Red Storm when in the company of other SJU alumni. His favorite hip-hop artists are billy woods, Earl Sweatshirt, Cam’ron, MIKE, and Mach-Hommy.
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