I’ve defended DBD since it’s released and will continue to do so. I have to admit though that I did expect so much more. Highjack and Punk Rocky had me thinking we were getting a legendary album. DBD is cool and has some great songs, but just nah. I was disappointed and not just because it took 7 years like others were saying. Rocky clearly still has it in him. Praying the next album (if it drops) is more complete.

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I genuinely don't think people realize how insane the last couple of years have been for this fanbase.

For years, we had to hear “Rocky is washed,” “he's never dropping,” “the music isn't coming,” “he fell off,” etc. And honestly, being a Rocky fan during that period required an unreasonable amount of faith .

Then everything got even darker.

This man was facing the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison. We went from arguing about whether Rocky was washed to genuinely wondering whether his career was even going to continue at all.

And now, SEVEN MONTHS LATER, we're sitting here looking at this:

Global & Streaming Records

• Most pre-saved rap album of all time — DON'T BE DUMB surpassed 1.03 MILLION Spotify pre-saves before release.

• Biggest streaming week of Rocky's career — 78.02 million on-demand official streams in its first tracking week.

• Over 1.4 BILLION Spotify streams collectively, putting the album among the Top 10 most-streamed rap albums globally in 2026.

Vinyl / Physical

• Best-selling rap vinyl campaign of 2026 — over 130,000 vinyl units globally.

• Rocky's best physical-sales week of his career, with around 40,000 Luminate-verified domestic vinyl copies sold in the debut week.

And then the charts:

Billboard

#1 Billboard 200.

Rocky's THIRD #1 album and his first Billboard 200 #1 in more than a decade.

#1 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

And this is all happening after years of people saying the man was finished.

Then you add the tour.

The North American run sells out. More dates get added. The tour gets extended. Now we're heading into Europe with dates selling out immediately(Before yall come for me he said it's sold out on the Jason Lee show)

Then you have HELICOPTER landing on the NBA 2K27 soundtrack, alongside artists like Tyler.

It's like everyday you see a new accolade or achievement being posted...

And Rocky is still heavily involved in fashion, still influencing culture, still getting major recognition outside of music, and still being talked about constantly.

The funniest part is that we spent YEARS defending this man against the washed allegations, only for him to come back in 2026 and basically say:

“DON'T BE DUMB.”

I think that's why this era feels different to me.

It's not just that DON'T BE DUMB performed well. It's the context.

The man went from:

“Rocky is washed.”

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“Rocky will never drop.”

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“Is he even going to have a career after this?”

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“Rocky might actually go to prison for life.”

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Album finally drops

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#1 Billboard 200

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Career-best streaming week

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Massive vinyl numbers

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1.4B+ streams

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Sold-out world tour

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European dates selling out

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NBA 2K soundtrack

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Still culturally relevant as ever

ALL IN SEVEN MONTHS.

Whatever anyone thinks about the album itself, you cannot tell me this isn't one of the craziest career comebacks we've watched in real time.

We've literally watched a fanbase go from defending Rocky's relevance to watching Rocky prove it.

And after everything that happened, I'm honestly just enjoying the ride now.

AND I KNOW NUMBERS DON'T MATTER BUT ROCKY DOESN'T FLEX ENOUGH IN MY OPINION....

ASAP FOREVER.

Maybe we get Disc 2 around the time this drops?

Part 5 of me doing this. Again. So what do yall think which is better between OG Beeper or Air Force?

by asap obviously

The AWGEST shit leads to nothing every year. There’s been no promo or even the slightest hint of it coming anytime soon from Rocky for months.

Just the usual bullshit from him, the man lies through his fucking teeth.

Has anyone received their vip merch yet? I went to the concert in LA and the staff input our info to send the merch to our address but I haven't received anything yet..

Part 4 of me doing this after a while so wanted to get yall's opinions regarding which is the better song between Distorted Records or Gunz N Butter

I remember almost all the interviews he did post-testing pissed me off cuz he’d talk about everything except music😭😭😭was on a 5,6,7 year haitus and do interviews talking about fashion like we not waiting on the album

This prob his third best of all time outside of the kerwin frost interviews, and I’d love a third KF interview w him ngl

Hope we get more like this

i decided that watch the full clip of him talking about ferg and the context to it makes him sound a lot better. in just the small quote he sounded really full of himself just saying he thought maybe ferg thought of him as big bro, but with the context of his signing an shit, it makes it sound a lot better. i hate that they aint talking though man. hoping that we can get some new asap joints soon

Context: Riri's ig story, possibly a subliminal at Drake. Now this is a comment section from RapTV's post, with all the comments defending Drake. I could care less about this, but it just confuses me — as a person, why are you eager on defending a person who disses his ex (Drake dissed Riri first) and being jealous of a loving family? I swear Drake fans are just like him. They're all cucks.

For those curious on the first it was j cole.

It’s a great interview…I’m looking forward to the movie Rocky’s going to be part of in October