A LOOK AT THE BILLBOARD CHART.

Hello people? I have not done this in a while, as a matter of fact, i have been off my blog for a while now, and i know i have lost a lot of readers, but i'm back and better, and ready to continue serving you with only the best gist in hip hip/rap, and my take on them.

On the billboard chart, there are not really any new rap albums doing good, it's still same ol JAY-Z, EMINEM...

The YOUNG MONEY album "we are young money" did 21k this week, bringing it to a total of 232k after about a month. I am not looking at gold for this album, but i wish them luck.

Eminem re-released his RELAPSE album around the end of last year, and it gave the album a boost. I guess he is trying to get the album over 2 million copies sold in the u.s. This week, the album sold 17k, bringing the total to 1,777,000. I think it is still going to have a big problem going double platinum, because people hardly ever talk about the album anymore.

Jay-z on the other hand has a lot going for him; dropping two singles off his latest album in the last 4 weeks, which are getting heavy rotation on radio, and the videos also being played constantly on t.v. I think if he keeps on pushing, he might just make it to double platinum. This week, his 11th album, blueprint 3, sold 15k, bringing the total to 1,549,000.

The biggest disappointment to rap right now, 50 CENT sold just 7,300 of his 4th album this week, bringing the total to 365,000. I can't believe that an artist that was known for selling millions, and even once selling 1.1million in his first week, is finding it hard to go gold after just 4 albums in. I think people are just tired of the same old tactics that 50 cent uses to promote his albums; starting a beef with a well standing rapper, just before he drops his album.

the clipse are still on the charts, although they are not doing high numbers, but they have never been known to sell platinum, but they have always dished out quality rap music. Their new album, "til the casket drops" sold 2,900 copies this week, bringing the over all total to 62,000.

50CENT AND FAT JOE AT IT AGAIN.

On monday, 28th of sept, it was reported that 50cent was rushed to the hospital after he had collapsed while listening to the new fat joe album, j.o.s.e 2. The doctor later confirmed that 50 had a problem with his auditory cortex, the part of the brain that has to do with processing sound. Blah! Blah! If you don't get it, none of that happened, he was just trying to diss joe.
Fat Joe responded to that today, saying 50 should get off his dick.
I wonder where 50 got that album, cos it does not drop till oct 6.

JAY-Z SAYS NOBODY IS SCARED OF 50CENT.

Is it me or has jay-z been talking too much this past few weeks ago. Just a couple of weeks ago, he was talking about rapper, jim jones and his taste in women. Accussing the fellow new york rapper of tending to appeal to the younger audience in hiphop by making songs that are trendy to them. He asked if jones is trying to get teenage chics now, thereby making a song like 'na na na na na na'.
Now, he is jumping in defence of KANYE WEST, concerning a comment 5ocent made about the kanye west/TAYLOR SWIFT INCIDENCE, where 50 says; 'let kanye try and disrupt me when i'm collecting an award and watch me black his eye in front of the whole world'.
Jay said in an interview that he admitts kanye was wrong, but that nobody is scared of 50cent. I have not read anywhere where kanye responds to 50, so why should jay jump on that. Kanye is a man.
I'm begining to think jay is just doing all this for publicity. He is doing all the interviews and reckless talking to stay in the media eye. And in process, move more units.

CAMRON COMMENTS ON MOVE BY 50CENT TO SQUASH THEIR BEEF.

CAMRON HAS COMMENTED ON THE MOVE BY 50CENT TO SQUASH THEIR BEEF. 50 said in an interview that he was planning a gathering that would surprising include one time rivals, d-block(jadakiss, sheek louch and styles p), dipset(jim jones and juelz santana), and he said he might just reach out to camron.
Camron responded to this by saying that he would not squash the beef in 50's old hood, queens. He'd rather sit and talk with 50cent in harlem, where he is from. Both boroughs are in new-york.
Cam said he was not going to be used as a tool to get people to come for 50's show. He said 50 knows he is no longer loved in the hood and is trying all he can to make the show a hot one by putting other artist like d-block as guest performers on that day.
Cam said he wouldn't be a party to that and would rather meet with 50 anywhere inbetween queens an harlem.
The beef between this two heavy weights sprang up in 2007, when 50 called koch records a place for dying artist. This led to an arguement between the 2 artist on radio.

THE FALL OF EAST-COAST RAPPERS IN HIPHOP (PART 2)

I was on a hiphop site yesterday and someone gave a reason for the fall of the east-coast rap legends, especially new york rappers. The two reasons were actions made by jay-z and 50cent.
In mid to late 90's, nas and mobb deep were rap legends, respected for their mic skills. Then jay-z drops takeover in 2001, dissing mobb deep and nas on basis of money and album sales. That should not have been the criateria for judging a good rapper.Making rap legends look like nothing in the eye of the public. He was at his peak then so he rode on that. Thank God nas was able to show him that skills matter a lot.
Then secondly, 50cent, who had been relevant for just about 3years at the time, went on a rampage on more rap legends.
In a bid to promote his 2005 album, the massacre, he dropped a diss track taking jabs at rap legends like nas, fat joe and jadakiss(the l.o.x).
You would never catch t.i taking lyrical jabs at bun b(ugk), even though he's more successful. That's what keeps southern rappers relevant.

THE FALL OF EAST-COAST RAPPERS IN HIPHOP (PART 2)

I was on a hiphop site yesterday and someone gave a reason for the fall of the east-coast rap legends, especially new york rappers. The two reasons were actions made by jay-z and 50cent.
In mid to late 90's, nas and mobb deep were rap legends, respected for their mic skills. Then jay-z drops takeover in 2001, dissing mobb deep and nas on basis of money and album sales. That should not have been the criateria for judging a good rapper.Making rap legends look like nothing in the eye of the public. He was at his peak then so he rode on that. Thank God nas was able to show him that skills matter a lot.
Then secondly, 50cent, who had been relevant for just about 3years at the time, went on a rampage on more rap legends.
In a bid to promote his 2005 album, the massacre, he dropped a diss track taking jabs at rap legends like nas, fat joe and jadakiss(the l.o.x).
You would never catch t.i taking lyrical jabs at bun b(ugk), even though he's more successful. That's what keeps southern rappers relevant.

JARULE'S COMEBACK.(PART 1)

A lot of people believe 50cent ended jarule's career. Personally, i don't totally agree with that. He might have hit ja hard on a couple of comical songs, plus help from eminem, busta rhymes, the whole g-unit squad, and even the legendary producer/rapper, dr dre. Come-on! All those guys against one man. That's crazy. To top it up, 50 was the hottest out at that moment. 50 took the assault to another level by testifying against murder inc as a record label, and keneth 'supreme' griffin(80' mob boss and affiliate of irv gotti and jarule.), claiming supreme issued the 2000 hit on him as a favour to murder inc.
People should be giving ja props for still attempting to rap after all that.
Jarule's last studio album was in 2004(R.U.L.E). And he was supposed to drop an album in 2007(The mirror), which didn't see the light of day, as the two singles dropped prior to the album's scheduled drop date, 'uh-oh' and 'body' refused to gain radio play.
Ja is back in 09 to give the public what they've been missing.

HIPHOP SCENE IS BECOMING PEACEFUL. (PART 2)

In the last 10 months or so, a lot of rap beefs have been squashed:
T.I ended his long time fued with fellow atlanta rapper, ludacris. He also ended beef with shawty-lo, before going in to serve his one year jail term, on gun possesion charges.
50 cent ended beef with the whole d-block clique(jadakiss, sheek louch and styles p). He also ended beef with the dipset clique(juelz santana, jim jones, freeky zeeky and camron).
California rapper, the game, ended his beef with joe budden. And he recenty apologized(via an interview on mtv) to 50cent, dr dre and eminem. Who would have ever thought that would happen.
It would be good to see all the talented rappers in hiphop do collabos together instead of beefing and arguing about who is better than who.