Rap Albums on The Billboard Charts

Lupe Fiasco's LASERS album is still the number 1 rap album on the charts, but is no longer the number one album over-all on the top 200 album charts. The album dropped 75% in sales, and sold 47,000 copies this week, bringing the total after 2 weeks in stores to 251,000 copies. I think that is still looking good, considering the fact that that is half way to gold status, and a lot of rappers nowadays don't even sell that much their entire album sales.

Next up is Nicki Minaj's PINK FRIDAY album. She is still popping, still a "burning match" as Lil Kim said, although we don't know how next year or the one after would be for her. But right now, let us celebrate her success. Her debut album sold 25,000 copies this week, and now stands at a grand total of 1,239,000 copies sold.

Recovery from Eminem is up next with 20k sold this week. Eminem's 6th album is now at a total of 3,737,000 copies sold. He is moving towards the 4 million in u.s, but has far surpassed that internationally. He has sold over 7 million copies of the album internationally.

My Beautiful Twisted Dark Fantasy, the album from Kanye west sold 11,000 copies this week, and the album sales is now at 1,085,000. Reakwon's new album, Shaolin vs Wu-Tang, sold 9,400 this week, and now at a total of 38,000 copies. Rick Ross has popped back up on the charts and his Teflon Don album sold 4,400 copies this week, and is now at a total of 595,000 sold. And the Christian rapper, Lacre's Rehab album sold 2,600 copies this week, to put him at a total of 87,000 copies sold so far.

Lecrae

Lacrae is an American Gospel Rapper; just like many other rappers, he grew up in a poor community, and rapping became a means for him to get away from the life nf the streets. His real name is Lacrae Moore, and he presently resides in Atlanta G.A. He was raised by his mother, and they moved around a lot; this gives him the versatility that is evident in his music. At some point in his early life, San Diego, Dallas, and Denver were places he called home.

He co-founded Reach Records, which he released his first album through, at the age of 25.

Real Talk, his first album, was released in 2004; although it did not debut on the billboard top 200, it debuted at number 29 on Billboard Gospel Rap category.

His second album dropped 2 years after; "After The Music Stops" dropped on august 15 august, 2006. The lead single was titled "Jesus Muzik", and the album was nominated for a Dove award.

By the time his third album dropped, he was already a household name. Rebel, his 3rd studio album charted on the Billboard 200 albums, which was a first for him. The album entered at number 60. The main single off the album, "don't waste your life", also did well on radio. The album spent two weeks at the top of the Billboard christian rap album charts.

Rehab is his 4th album, which dropped on sept 28 2010. It debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 16. It sold 28,000 copies in its first week in stores, and the lead single off the album is a track titled "just like you".

There is talks of a Rehab: The Overdose, which is scheduled to drop in January of 2011.


I think anybody, regardless of faith, should get all Lacrae's collections. He is a talented rapper with a message to go with it.