#The album was certified gold in Brazil in 2001.

[enchantedzuyorker]

"Near the beginning of the 2K1, I entered the 2001 Epic Bowl Battle Rap Championship, where the grand prize was a replica of the Vince Lombardi Trophy, and $1,000,000,000 in prize money. I took on all of my opponents and finished them all ruthlessly. I str8 up ATE 'em. Wowed the crowd in the process. I got to the championship and faced Jim Beam, who won 3 consecutive championships -- and dethroned that nigga. Thanks to me becoming the new Epic Bowl Champion, relish wasn't hard to come by no more. That $1,000,000,000 prize money was MINES. To celebrate, I finished recording Thermilliation into 2001, and in 2001 was when I founded my Sick Touch label, while still on the Universal umbrella. After I won that Epic Bowl Battle Rap Championship, I toured in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Britain, Colombia, Cuba, Canada, Dominica, France, Fiji, Germany, Greece, India, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Italia, Japan, Jamaica, Korea, Libya, Lebanon, Malaysia, Malawi, Mexico, Malta, Maldives, Netherlands, New York City, New Zealand, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Peru, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Syria, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, and Yemen in Q1 2001. After that tour, I released my debut EP, Thermilliation, in June 7th, 2001, and that shit sold like, 1,000,000 copies in it’s first week. Eventually, on September 7th, 2001, them sales multiplied by 128x that. I would sell 1 BILLION, baby. I would go Diamond off that EP alone. The shit had 25 tracks on it, it felt more like an album. However I had 75 more tracks made around that span -- and made that shit into a compilation. BOOM. Released that shit months later in September 7th 2001. DIAMOND CERTIFIED. I still make mills off this EP to this day." - SAM+GOLD.