Rap Albums on The Billboard Chart.

Kid Cudi is at the top this week, and i think i am very happy for him. Amidst all the controvercy of being an adict, and several police arrests, his sophomore release- Man On The Moon 2: The Legend Of Mr. Rager, sold 170,000 copies in its first week in stores. It is good news that he broke the Sophomore jinx, and itshows he is improving. His first album(Man on Th Moon), which dropped just last year(2009) sold 104,000 copies in its first week in stores.

Cee Lo Green comes in next on the charts after cudi. Although his album didn't do so fantastic, it ranks 2nd on the charts for rap albums on the billboard charts. Cee lo's The Lady Killer album sold 42,000 copies in it's first week in stores.

I Am Not A Human Being, the EP by Lil Wayne is next on the charts. The album sold 35,000copies this week; that brings is total to 446,000 copies so far. His rock album, Rebirth sold over 500k before it went off the charts earlier this year, and now this EP is on to do 500k and above. I think that is good looking for wayne. Two Gold albums in a year.

Eminem's Recovery album, the most successful rap album of the year, is about to hit the tripple platinum status. The album sold 34k this week, bringing the grand total to 2,971,000 copies sold. He would have sold 3 million by next  week.

Twista's The Perfect Storm album also debut this week, but sold just 14,000 copies after 7 days in stores. Rick Ross's Teflon don is at 472,000 grand total, and it sold 9,600 copies. He has already shipped Gold, and that is why he was celebrating on Twitter a couple of weeks ago, but remains for the physical copies to actually go off the shelf. And i think in another 3 weeks that would happen

Joe Budden's MIXTAPE SERIES is going stronger; he just dropped Mood Muzik 4; A Turn For The Worst, which did 6,200 copies this week. I think that is cool, considering the fact that it is a mixtape.

Let's see what Nelly and Cassidy would do next week.

5 Reasons Why You Should Buy Joe Budden's "Mood Muzik 4"

Joe Budden, a member of the rap group slaughter house(joe budden, royce da 5 9, crooked 1 and joell ortiz) is giving you five reasons why you should buy his latest mixtape, mood muzik 4. I have not been catching up on budden lately, maybe i would use this opportunity to check him out.

Below is what he has to say...to convince you to get the record.

d go out and pick up a few copies.]

1. Ooh Baby I Like It Raw
The number one reason you should buy my record is because it's raw. It's raw. I think that rawness is lacking in hip-hop's current state. It's pretty raw. It gives me the feel of a late 90's record almost.
2. Best In Show
The second reason is it's f*cking immaculate music. It's just really good music. I would go as far as to saying this is my best work to date. Not just to be cliche about it like every other rapper would. During the actual creative process, I'm normally doing and thinking about a million different things. So I don't have time to get into the comparisons [to the previous Mood Muzik releases]. Once it was completed, that's when it started to feel like something I had never done before. Something that was just really, really, special and it felt like I had taken the next step in what we would call my creative maturation.
3. I Got That Heat
We got major producers on here. I got Sean C & LV on there, I have J. Cardim on there, who did a majority of the work. I got Just Blaze on there. I just think that in terms of production, overall, we really just stepped it up a notch as far as chemistry I have with producers and rocking with them.
4. The Gang's All Here
I had reached out to some people who I never reached out to before and they were more than willing to reply. They got into the studio and knocked it out in a timely fashion and it was really good. I want to thank Fabolous, I want to thank each and every member of Slaughterhouse, Styles P and Pusha as well. I didn't go into [reaching out] with any preconceived notion. My mind was like 'I'm only concerned with the effort' so I reached out to Styles, Pusha, Lloyd Banks, all parties and it just felt good to see that these artists were not only willing to participate in the project but they were excited about it.
5. I Can Do More Than Just "Pump It Up"
I want everybody to go out and purchase this, no doubt, but I'm not mad at people who download it. I think this time around, we [targeted] a lot of first-time listeners. I think there's a big misconception that Joe Budden is only [known for] "Pump It Up." You just think "the club" [when referencing me]. Some people don't know any better. They think, 'Oh my God, here's this guy that put out one record and disappeared.' Here, you can appreciate the artistry, the lyrics, the integrity and just passion and emotion in this record that you'll be able to go out and buy.
You Decide. Will you buy Mood Muzik 4?