Yes they were. There's no other mixtape that comes to my mind that had basically all the internet talking about him, downloading it..Then off the internet you could find that mixtape everywhere. From the normal hip hop head to cheerleaders. It was everywhere. If there's numbers somewhere, it's probably the best downloaded mixtape this decade. If Datpiff ALONE had 300,000+ downloads, there's no telling what other places numbers did.
And 5 Years ago no one was bumping him? lol..The Carter 1 came out in 2004, Carter II came out in 2005.
It's a pointless argument that if you don't like a certain artist, you're obviously not going to respect them or have anything good to say. February will show he's not a fad I guess lol.
Guess if you don't like him, then that sucks..Albums and mixtapes are coming
Edit: H.E., don't have time to read your Hitler post right now. Maybe later today I'll respond to hit. Gotta leave and go take a final. But so far, it's pretty bad that Tebo's posts hold more logic and sense than your strong reaches at Wayne lol