You can fool some of the people some of the time, but this seems ridiculous.
An unknown rapper out of Boston named Sam Adams has sent shock waves through the hip hop community by outselling the likes of hip hop titan Lil Wayne and DJ Khaled with his debut EP 'Boston Boy'.
Speculation has been further fueled due to the fact the majority of his sales have come from one region.
Adams and his team have quickly come to his defense by releasing a 3,500-page document reporting each individual sale sorted by region.
He recently spoke to the Boston Herald about the controversy.
“I know there has been a considerable amount of controversy about my album release and hitting No. 1,” Adams said. “In response I’d like to say that the numbers are legit . . . In this day and age where numbers are tracked, I’m shocked people would accuse me of buying my own records. Sometimes people don’t want others to succeed.”
In this business overnight success stories are very rare. For every Drake you have maybe 1,000 other rappers who have to grind it out just to get a mixtape hosted by a reputable DJ like DJ Whoo Kid or DJ Drama.
Adams meanwhile is meeting with executives at Warner Bros, Universal Records and Atlantic based on his quick ascent to the top of the charts.
This is all coming from a rapper who admittedly just started rapping seven months ago.
The MC does have his defenders though. Boston DJ Mr Peter Parker told the Boston Phoenix.
"Everybody is pissed the f*ck off because Sam Adams is blowing up and they're not. The bottom line is that he found his fan base, and now he's riding it as far as he can."
Sam himself says he's shocked by his quick rise to fame adding,
“We were really suprised we jumped so fast,” he said. “Word-of-mouth is an amazing thing. People hear my stuff and like it and pass it on. It’s pretty perfect how everything worked out.”
As of yesterday afternoon, “Driving Me Crazy” was No. 8 and Adams’ album was No. 3 on their respective hip-hop charts. “I Hate College,” Sam’s auto-tuned remix of Asher Roth’s 2009 hit “I Love College,” has been viewed on YouTube more than 1 million times.
Peep Sam's single "Driving Me Crazy" below and leave your opinions.
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