Rap Albums on The Billboard Charts

No new rap album this week, so lupe fiasco is still untop with his lasers album. He moved 29,000 copies this week, bringing the total to 280,000 copies sold so far. Gucci is up next with his latest mixtape, Return of Zone 6. I don't understand how this guy keep dropping, whether it is EP, or mixtape, or album, like every 6 months. Although he don't sell massive units, but the cumulative sales must add up to something. His latest mixtape sold 25,000 copies in its first week. That is how many copies some people's albums sell.

Kanye West is still on the charts with his 5th album, My Beautiful Twisted Dark Fantasy. He sold 10,000 copies this week, bringing his over all total to 1,095,000. I was really thinking the song with Rihanna, ALL OF THE LIGHTS, would have a heavy buzz and give the album a boost, but i think i guessed wrong.

Lil Wayne's I Am Not A Human Being EP is still selling, and i am wondering why this album is still selling- who is buying it? I have had it in my store for so long, it is gathering dust...in fact i am ready to give it out to the next person that comes in. I am just kidding. But seriously, i am really surprised that it is still selling. Anyway, its sold 9,800 copies this week, bringing the total to 827,000 copies sold so far.

Pharoahe Monch just dropped a new album, W.A.R (We Are Renegades), which sold 9,700 copies after a week in stores. Raekwon's Shaolin vs Wu-Tang album album sold 6,500 copies this week, bringing the total to 45,000 sold.

Wacka Floca Flames Home Gets Raided

It is funny that Wacka Flocka Flame's home got raided and it is Gucci Mane that got arrested; i know they are close, but does gucci live there now?

Anyway, check out the story below:

According to a search warrant obtained by TMZ, police raided Waka Flocka's house seeking "marijuana, articles, pictures, and communications relating to gangs and gang paraphernalia." Waka wasn't home at the time, but police told TMZ that marijuana, prescription drugs and two firearms were found. Two men were arrested in the raid and charged with possession of less than an ounce of weed; Gucci Mane, who was also in the house at the time, was briefly detained. (Rolling Stone)
According to neighbors, there are still four cop cars parked outside. We're told Waka is not there -- and his mom tells us, if he doesn't show up soon ... cops will issue an arrest warrant. UPDATE: We're told Gucci Mane has since been let go. Waka is still AWOL. (TMZ)

 Below is what Wacka had to say about the incidence on his twitter page:

COURT LOL. N THEY F*CK MY WHOLE HOUSE UP TALKING BOUT THEY GOT A TIP ...... HELLO I F*CKING RAP .... NEXT TIME (PO PO) GET A BETTER TIP. IF I DONT STAND FOR NOTHING I'LL NEVER B SH*T AND THATS REAL TALK #FLOCKANOON. #BeAware " BIG BROTHER" IS WATCHING." (Waka Flocka Flame's twitter page)

All i am going to say is that these dudes need to stop getting into trouble all the time

Rap Albums on The Billboard Charts

Yeah, it's that time of the week again, although a bit late this time, when i bring you the list of top selling rap albums on the Billboard Top 200 album charts.

Eminem is still killing it, although he is slowly dropping in sales, but his RECOVERY album still maintains it's position at thie top this week. I knew he would continue that reign with the release of his latest single- NO LOVE, featuring another top selling artist, LIL WAYNE.
Recovery, which is his 6th studio album, has sold a total of 2,768,000 copies in the U.S and over 4 million copies worldwide. This week, the album moved 52,000 copies.

Flockavelli, the debut album of newcomer, Wacka Flocka Flame, did not live up to expectation; selling 37,000 copies after 7 days in stores. I guess we can officially term him a ringtone rapper.

Lil Wayne's "i am not a human being" EP, which dropped last week as a digital only cd has totalled 133,000 copies, selling 23,000 copies this week. I think that is looking good, considering the fact that it is not a full lenght cd- not a mixtape, but more like a compilation of some songs he recorded before going to jail. I guess that is more money for CASH MONEY RECORDS C.E.O's- Brian "baby" Williams & Ronald "slim" Williams. I think you can say that it has been a CASH MONEY/YOUNG MONEY take-over for a while now. Wait till Nikki Minaj Drops next month, and then Tyga, and then Wayne drops his CARTER 4 when he comes home.
I am not a big Fan, but i guess they got the kids on LOCKDOWN for now, and i kinda respect their Hustle- Keep getting your money Holmes!!!

The Appeal; Georgia's Most Wanted, Gucci Mane's latest album sold 20,000 copies this week, bringing the total sales of the album to 80,000 copies. Why does this guy have to name all his albums about jail, or a court-related, i guess that is what keeps him going to jail. I can't get it with all these rap artist, they make a little money,and instead of living the Hood, and finding a better life, they want to be the Boss's of the hood, and there is no way you would not get into trouble with all that money, still living in the hood.
It is just parthetic; i heard T.I is heading back to Jail. I was feeling his vibe until 2008 when he went to jail, and he just broke that VIBE he had going for him.

Ice Cube's "i am the west" is not doing too well; it moved 8,400 copies this week, bringing the total to 31,000 copies. Wow! If Cube IS the west, that means the west is DEAD. I guess that lives GAME to revive it. I think the Game gives the west MOUTH TO MOUTH, anytime he drops his shit. I am not dissing Cube in no way, i still bump old NWA albums, and even though i never really had time to feel his solo albums, i know how successful they were, and the once or tiwce that i did listen, i Testified to Greatness, but i guess no one wants to listen to those old Gangstar stories anymore.
The only reason Snoop is still relevant is becuase he has gone POP- SO, please, to all the game haters, you got to give it to the kid. At least game's lat album, although it didn't go platinum, sold 239,000 copies in first week, and did a total of 800 copies in the U.S alone.

Okay, i will be back next week, and i hope i didn't piss anybody off- i was just spitting the fact.

a look at the rap albums on the billboard charts

Ludacris is still at the lead of rap albums moving units on the charts. His 6th album, "battle of the sexes" moves 21k units this week, bringing the total sold since its release to 356,000 copies.

The veteran rap group of the early 90's, "cypress hill" are on the charts this week with their new album, "rise up". The album debuted last week, and has sold 18,000 copies in one week.

Gucci mane's "burr print 2" cd moved 8,600 copies this week, bringing the total to 28,000 copies sold. Not bad, so far, for a mixtape/street album.

Devin the dude also debuted with his new album this week, "suite #420. The album sold 6,200 copies in its first week.

The trio of method man, raekwon, and ghost face sold 4,900 this week, bringing their total sales of their "wu massacre" album sales to a total of 60,000 copies.

Kurrupt also dropped a new cd last week, and he is on the charts this week. The new cd is titled "streets lights". After one week, he has sold 2,900 copies.


All in all, i think the numbers are not really encouraging at all. Rappers need to step their marketing games up.

A LOOK AT THE RAP ALBUMS ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS

Another week has run through, so fast if you would ask me. Anyway, it is that time of the week when i give you the stats of how rap albums are doing on the billboard chart.

Ludacris's "battle of the sexes album is still the most relevant rap album on the charts for now; 25,000 copies this week, bringing the total to 335,000 copies sold so far. I am still yet to have a feel of the album, i would probably cop it this weekend; must definitely.

Gucci mane's mixtape, "burrprint 2" sold 19,000 copies in it's first week in stores. Nice numbers, concidering the fact that it is a mixtape.

All the other rap albums are not doing to good with the numbers; the trio of GHOST FACE KILLA, METHODMAN AND RAEKWON sold 6,600 copies this week, of their joint effort, WU MASSACRE, bringing the total to 56k.
E-40'S revenue retrieving: day shift sold 3,700 copies this week, bringing the total to 21k. Snoop doggs "more malice" cd sold 3,400 copies this week, bringing the total to 34k.


That is it for this week, see you next week.

WHICH RAPPER WOULD HOLD IT DOWN FOR 2010.

Which rapper do you think is going to hold it down for this year? We know JAY-Z had it on lock last year, and LIL WAYNE had the rap game in a chock-hold the better part of 2008, so who do you think is going to hold down the rap game this year?

Let me add that I have to recognise GUCCI MANE, even though I don’t really feel his style of rapping and I don’t know why he was so hot for a time. He started building steam around late last year (2009), and then he held it down through out, till earlier this year, before heading off to jail. But you still view his videos on MTV, every now, and then, and also video’s of other artist in which he was featured.
I still would like to know what got every body crazy that made them start putting him on their songs. It was like he was the new weezy.

Gucci could have had it good, he could have had a chance to reach the peak of his career if he had not gone off to jail, or rather gone back to jail for violating parole. I never get biased in any of my decisions or what I say, so if I say I am not feeling Gucci, and I still mention him, then you know I am just keeping it real. I have to admit though that there is a guest appearance I heard him on that blew me a way. His guest appearance on the YOUNG MONEY album; the track he did with lil wayne, “steady mobbing”, now, his verse on that song, I must confess, always gives me goose bumps when ever it comes on.

Enough of Gucci and off to the next one; I think T.I has a chance to hold the rap game down this year. Although it is march, and there is nothing new from him, and there was nothing new from him through out last year, because he was in jail for a year and a day, I think he has the right energy to pull off something before summer.
I have followed T.I since his inception; since when he had the beef with LIL FLIP (I have to say that I was riding with flip at first.), and I know the kind of energy the guy has when he wants to achieve something. He might not be the most lyrical, but I can say he is one of the most consistent rappers to date, along side JAY-Z. So, I feel T.I can be the hottest rapper for 2010.

Another mention would be YOUNG JEEZY. I have to tell you, I like his singles, and I like when he guest appears on other people’s songs, but I always find it hard to listen to a jeezy album from start to finish; maybe it is because his style never really changes. But he has managed to gather a lot of fans since his 2004/2005 debut, and he has promised to bring a lot to the table this year. Plus, Defjam as a recording label, have said they are all behind jeezy for his upcoming album; his 4th, so far.

I can’t but mention THE BOSS, RICK ROSS; the dude is one determined individual. He had one of the best rap albums of last year, DEEPER THAN RAP, behind Jay-z’s BLUEPRINT 3, and REAKWON’S ONLY BUILT FOR CUBAN LIINXS2. You would think the dude would relax and enjoy some royalties from the album, but nope, he is out and working, appearing hear and there to keep his name fresh in the media.
He is about to drop his 4th album, TEFLON DON, sometime in the summer, and he has guest appearance on DJ KHALEED’S VICTORY album, and has shot a video for one of the features.

The last, but not the least person on the list is none other than the Compton Top dog, THE GAME. He already has a street single, BIG MONEY, which is bumping on most people’s deck’s and has shot the video to the official first single, SHAKE, produced by COOL N DRE.
I tip my hat to game, as he managed to make it back with the master producer, Dr Dre, something that a lot of people thought was impossible, a couple of years back. I think with the guidance of the good doc, he could pull out a masterpiece with his upcoming album, R.E.D; which is his official fourth album.

Yep, those are all the rappers I give it to hold down the rap game for this year. What do you think of the list?