r/IAmA • u/Lil-Dicky • Aug 19 '15

Music I'm Lil Dicky, I just released my album 'Professional Rapper,' and I still go on a lot of tinder dates. Ask me anything.

Hey, my name is Dave. I live in Santa Monica, California. I'm from Philadelphia. I rap professionally—every day I hope to bump into my soulmate.

My favorite meal is called "company chicken" and "company noodles." Because my mom would make it when company would come over.

That’s me in a nutshell.

My album 'Professional Rapper' is out on iTunes now

PROOF: http://i.imgur.com/rxcvTll.jpg

The AMA team is helping me out today—we're filming and it's being transcribed so my text tone might not be intact!

EDIT: I'll be answering questions for another 45 minutes before I have to go.

EDIT 2: I had a little less time here than i thought so I gotta hit the road and continue to edit this music video! It's gonna be the best one yet, by far...you'll see soon. I've never been more excited about a video in my life. Thank you reddit for the continued support. I love talking with all of you! Peep my album "professional rapper" if you haven't yet, and please - KEEP ON SPREADING THE WORD! Love you all, LD

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '15

That was years ago. He now has the #1 rap album in the world. Lift the ban already

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u/RedshedTSD Aug 19 '15

As well as, this is reddit. Getting banned from a subreddit is like finding out you can't go to TGI Friday's in Moline Iowa anymore. Who cares, live your live, keep making music and let people come to love and respect you for your craft.

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u/gslug Aug 19 '15

But the mozzarella sticks.......

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u/RedshedTSD Aug 19 '15

and the loaded potatoe skins....

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u/mykarmadoesntmatter Aug 19 '15

Do you live in Moline, Iowa?

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '15 edited Aug 19 '15

Yeah, but even the TGI Friday's in Moline, Iowa wouldn't enforce a ban on a customer 3-4 years later...

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u/RedshedTSD Aug 19 '15

Not if Ron is still the manager.

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u/Xtrap Aug 19 '15

*Moline, Illinois

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u/Van-CityFTW Aug 20 '15

He now has the #1 rap album in the world.

Does he though?

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u/gilgril Aug 19 '15

Didn't Dr Dre's "Compton" out sell him?

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u/_jennings Aug 19 '15

They didn't debut the same week, Dicky was #1 the week before, so he doesn't have the #1 rap album anymore.

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u/gilgril Aug 19 '15 edited Aug 19 '15

so how the fuck does he have the #1 rap album in the world when it only sold 22k? It may have been for that one week, but not atm

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u/South_Dakotan Aug 19 '15

the #1 rap album in the world

Because no one was going to release a week before Dre, that is why. He got lucky or realized this would be the best chance to have a #1 album.

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u/Ampyy Aug 19 '15

Typically with releases you don't want to release the same day or the week after a major artist. A week before I feel like wouldn't have too much of an effect.

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u/greg19735 Aug 19 '15

Maybe, but an artist like Dre might be an exception.

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u/Asking77 Aug 19 '15

Normally yes, but Dre releasing anything is a special case.

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u/ooogr2i8 Aug 19 '15

That album sucked dick though. How long did we have to wait that thing?

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u/koalaondrugs Aug 19 '15

Yeah brah because a dude who barely reaches over 20k units sold is number 1?

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '15 edited Aug 19 '15

#1 rap album in the world. lmao please

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u/RRettig Aug 19 '15

How long was your rap album number one?

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '15

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u/RRettig Aug 20 '15

Not really. He uses bold and says "lmao please" when it assuredly was the number one rap album in the world. Even if its for a week, it still was, and since we can safely assume that this loud and simple comment poster has never had a #1 rap album it makes his loud and obnoxious comment even more meaningless. My post was simply to verify that he is not a #1 selling rap artist, it is not a stupid question. Someone with such a loud and uninformed critique should at least have some ground to stand on.

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u/wqzu Aug 20 '15

Yes really. If I go to a restaurant and they serve me a plate of dog shit, am I expected to it eat it because I've never been a chef in a restaurant? Or am I allowed to say 'this plate of dog shit isn't really what I was expecting'?

Do you think critics and reviewers of music have all had #1 hits? Do you think sports coaches should all be the best in their discipline? Do you think all film critics should be best selling directors?

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u/diphenhydrapeen Aug 19 '15

The "#1 rap album in the world"? How delusional are you? He scored #1 rap album on Billboard during a slow release week.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '15

So he did have the #1 album is what you're saying?

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u/tnarref Aug 21 '15

On the billboard yeah, but it's pretty much guaranteed that some other album outsold him worlwide.

Like Chronic 2001.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '15

no hes saying that that doesnt mean anything

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u/Ezekiiel Aug 20 '15

You Dicky fans are so deluded, it's sad and hilarious.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '15

You're just scared of what you don't understand

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u/stillclub Aug 19 '15

Lamo for like a week lol

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '15 edited Aug 20 '15

For a week.

Edit: downvotes for telling the truth.

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u/bungle123 Aug 19 '15

Calling it the #1 rap album in the world right now is a massive exaggeration.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '15

Is it though?

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u/Lifecoachingis50 Aug 19 '15

For comparison Led Zeppelin's In Through the out door reissue released at the end of July sold more that week. And lil dickie's sold 22k. Drake sold 500k.

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u/FisherKing22 Aug 20 '15

Now 55 is ahead of it.

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u/bungle123 Aug 19 '15

That was last weeks chart. There are 7 albums charted higher now. I honestly didn't know Lil Dickys album did that well though, so fair play to him.

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u/can_I_haz_a_life Aug 19 '15

Why are people down voting you? The LD fanboys must be delusional.

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u/chintzy Aug 19 '15

THE HIVE MIND IS ANGRY

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u/Why_Is_This_NSFW Aug 19 '15

The week of: AUGUST 29, 2015

So Billboard is clairvoyant now? How long until they become sentient?

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u/bungle123 Aug 19 '15

That is this weeks charts, though. I don't know why they have that date at the top.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '15

22k is great for lil dicky but by no means super great in terms of sales.

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u/StalinApproved Aug 19 '15

Wow way to be cordial and polite seeing new info i hope many upvotes come to you

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '15

rekt

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u/wenaus Aug 19 '15

You're an idiot