BILLBOARD TOP 10 RAP ALBUMS.

10. FLO RIDA- R.O.O.T

9. DON OMAR- IDON.

8. SOULJA BOY- ISOULJABOYTELLEM.

7. T.I- PAPERTRAIL.

6. TECH N9NE- SICKOLOGY 101.

5. ASHER ROTH- ASLEEP IN THE BREAD AISLE.

4. UGK- UGK 4LIVE.

3. JADAKISS- THE LAST KISS.(20,110)

2. MIKE JONES- THE VOICE.(24,757)

1. RICK ROSS- DEEPER THAN RAP.(51,125)

THE RICK ROSS AND 50 CENT BEEF HAS HELPED THE SALES OF THEIR PREVIOUS ALBUMS.

The beef between 50 cent and rick ross turned out to be beneficial, as their previous albums have increased in sales.


In a feud that has seen mock funerals [click to watch], jheri curl-wearing pimps [click to watch] and a touch of pornography, there can be only one real victor. According to Billboard magazine, Universal Music Group (parent company to both Aftermath/Interscope and Def Jam) may be the real winner.

According to Nielsen SoundScan, the sales of Ross' previous albums Port of Miami [click to read] and Trilla [click to read] have increased by 62%. Meanwhile 50's three previous albums, Get Rich or Die Tryin' [click to read], The Massacre [click to read] and Curtis [click to read] saw their sales grow by 74%.

"And the more the bloggers wrote about the battle, according to the online chatter tracker Nielsen BuzzMetrics, the more the two artists reaped the benefits," notes Billboard's Mariel Concepcion. As one of the most significant battles fought primarily over the Internet, the question of how both artists can turn beef into dollar signs was raised.

As of Tuesday, Ross' third effort has him nearly halfway to a gold record with 200,000 copies sold. Ross and his camp at Island/Def Jam maintain they have not relied solely on beef to promote the Deeper Than Rap [click to read]. And various online viral marketing campaigns would seem to back the statement up.

With 50 having reworked his upcoming, Before I Self Destruct [click to read], the only remaining question is if the fans will lose interest in the feud before the album sees a physical release date.

"Of course anything [Ross] does may help 50 Cent sell more albums as well," adds Concepcion. "And when 50 releases 'Self Destruct'--no doubt accompanied by a fresh round of bravado--Ross' album may get a boost from the album as well."

HIP HOP NEWS.

Fabolous, the new york rapper is soon going to be dropping his second album on def jam, after being brought on the label by jay-z about 3 years ago. The album, "loso's way" he says is going to cater for for bought his male and female fan base.


There has always been rumors of eminem's drug adiction. His ex wife, kim always used to talk about it in interviews, but nobody took her seriously, but the man himself has come out to talk on his drug addiction.

This is what he had to say.

"I wanted to make an overall statement--I'm back," Em said. "It was a slow process. You gotta remember I hadn't recorded a song sober in seven years. So it took me awhile to even feel like I could record a song sober...I don't know the last time I shot a video sober, without drinking or taking anything. It's been years...I almost feel like a little kid again with rap. I wanna play around with different flows. If I don't feel like it's what I'm fully capable of, if there's one weak line, I wanna change it. Rap was my drug. It used to get me high and then it stopped getting me high. Then I had to resort to other things to make me feel that...now rap's getting
me high again." (Rap Radar)

I wasn't ready to give up drugs," Em explained. "I didn't really think I had a problem...I felt like I wanted to pull back, because my drug problem had got so bad. I felt like, maybe if I take a break, maybe this will help. I started to get into the producer role more."

BILLBOARD TOP 10 RAP ALBUMS.

10. SOULJA BOY- ISOULJABOYTELLEM.

9. GORILLA ZOE- DONT FEED THE ANIMALS.

8. JIM JONES- PRAY IV REIGN.

7. SLIM THUG- BOSS OF ALL BOSSES.

6. UGK- UGK 4 LIFE.

5. T.I- PAPER TRAIL.(11,600)

4. FLO RIDA- R.O.O.T.S(16,000)

3. JADAKISS- LAST KISS.(30,4000

2. AHSER ROTH- ASLEEP IN THE BED AISLE.(62,000)

1. RICK ROSS- DEEPER THAN RAP.(158,000)


Amidst all the beefing, it seems rick ross comes out the winner. All the character assasination 50 cent has been trying for a couple of months now didn't do any good. Rick ross's third studio album, "deeper than rap" debuts at number one on the billboard top 200 albums this week, moving 158,000 copies in its first week in stores.
Asher roth, new comer rapper, that has been co-signed by eminem, after em heard the new kid, and admitted he liked him, debutes at number 2 this week.
Jada is still holding it down this week at number 3, and hoping to go gold anytime soon.

NAS TALKS ABOUT HIS RELEVANCE IN HIPHOP.

Starting off at a tender age of 18, he feature on "large professor's" jam, live at the babercue, and he has been a phenomenum since. He later dropped his debuted with his first studio album, three years later, in 1994, and his flawless rp skills was exposed to the world. The album, "illmatic" went down to be a classic, and receive 5 mics rating from the source magazine. That is the highest rating you can get on an album review. He has since then blessed the world with raw lyrics, sticking to the fundamentals f what real hip hop should be. 15 years since dropped his first albm, and he is still a relevant emcee, a name to reckn with in the rap world. He has dropped 9 studio albums through his career so far.


He was recently inntervied by sohh.com, and he had some words for the public:

"[The nod] showed that I'm here and my voice is relevant," Nas said. "It shows my work is appreciated...It tends to scare people and offend them, a record is supposed to do that every once in a while. We have it good here in America, we're spoiled. We don't realize that people are poor, don't have food, no water in this same world we live in. Those are the things I'm concerned with and need to talk about."


Here are a couple of comments from enthusiastic rap fans and what they feel about nas and hip hop.


By BlasfemiAuthor Profile Page on April 27, 2009 2:01 PM

It irks me the hell out when muthafuckers think Nas aint relevant in todays hip hop. What? Illmatic was a blueprint for your favourite rappers favourite rapper, word up. I went bananas when a pal said Weezy has more classic hits than Nas. See, with this dumbed down music churning out of CDs these days, muthafuckers wil tell u Weezy is the GOAT and all that shit. Jayz said it better 'what, nigga u drank fluid?'



By muvaphkn_megatron on April 27, 2009 2:26 PM

To say NaS isn't relevant would be like saying the beetles aren't relevant to Rock. He's a legend and one of the voices that allowed hip-hop to reach its highest peaks. Anyone who contributed to this game like he did is forever relevant that goes for dudes like Rakim, Wu-Tang, NWA, Ice Cube, KRS-1, etc. They built this and I'll always lend an ear to what they got to say.
By Black Dutchman on April 27, 2009 3:11 PM

Give credit were credit is do. Nas is that dude who nobody right now can fuck with him o the mic
By CJAuthor Profile Page on April 27, 2009 3:32 PM

Nas is my favorite rapper of all time. Therefore it really hurts to admit this, but he is not Relevant because he refuses to dumb down his lyrics and subject matter. I had like 5-6 kids talk about Nigger when it came out, and most of them were white. Nas makes real music, but his fan base is now an older more educated crowd. That's why he can go gold without any promotion, because people like will ALWAYS buy his album. But the kids, nah. The white kids def nah. And he's way too complex for the avg. fan that likes their rappers gay (lil wayne/Kanye) and fake (ross).

But I'm glad he's that way. like he said, fuck it "i'll go gold with it".
By nh1234 on April 27, 2009 3:33 PM

yoooo who said weezy had more classics then Nas?!?

dudes is retearded man lol

cosign the hell outta blasfemi

ne way legends will always be relevant thats wat makes them legends
By nh1234 on April 27, 2009 3:37 PM

by the way just wanted to point that im only 17 give the youngins some credit we dont all bump weezy lol
By DIRK DA GOD on April 27, 2009 4:04 PM

@ nh1234

GOOD TO SEE YOU WERE BORN WITH GOOD EARS THEN YOUNGIN!!!
By Clo-freshAuthor Profile Page on April 27, 2009 4:41 PM

@CJ...I beg to differ my man...We were those same kids when Nas first came out...I copped his album when I was a freshmen in High School..I was only 14 at the time and I felt and understood the whole album..I didn't know that I craved an album like that until I first heard it... The conusmer at an age so young really don't know what they like until they actually witness for themselves what it is...Many people my age copped Nas's album when it dropped...So I rather Nas not dumb down his lyrics for no damn body and keep giving the people who really want that deep lyrical Hip-Hop and the consumer who may not know what great lyricism is... Lyrical rappers today do not get as much attention as the bubble gum, ring-tone rappers simply cause of promotion..
Case in Point: Mims damn near got more promotion then Jada!
By gasface on April 27, 2009 4:42 PM

NAS IS & ALWAYS BE RELEVANT.... HE IS THE GOD MC.
By CJAuthor Profile Page on April 27, 2009 7:14 PM

@clofresh

I don't understand your point?
By RUDE on April 27, 2009 7:28 PM

Damn it's good to see the younger generation knows the real REAL... NAS is the top MC in the game right now.. "NIGGA" was beyond description. There are no words that can convey how much that album was hip hop at it's finest and in this day and age it's incredible for my man not to have succumbed to the preassure of not only album sales but the whole who sold more mentality.. Dude is hold'n us all down at the moment. Didn't like the fact that he worked wit "officer ricky" though. Gotta keep it real!
By cat360 on April 27, 2009 8:54 PM

More inspirational based music. Thats why I love Nas music. Music is perfect outlet to talk about IMPORTANT issues. Rock does it all the time and remains relevant, why can't hip-hop in this day and time?......TRealist.com - Black Community News, Hip-Hop, Videos, and more
By senoner on April 27, 2009 9:09 PM

Nas is the realest MC in the game. No one can get at him on the mic. His creativeness and lyrics are what makes him a legend. I mean look at Fried Chicken off of his latest album that is creative at its finest. He dont need to change his rhymes for no one, if you dont get it, it probably aint for you. His true fans will make his album go gold
By Clo-freshAuthor Profile Page on April 27, 2009 9:16 PM

@CJ...If you really didn't understand my point, then you really are dumb..I can't dumb down my comments more than than that.. I apologize, I thought you had at least a lil sense!... Even a highschooler can understand what the fuck I was saying..So which leads me to believe that you were just getting smart...For your sake, I hope you were..My apologies though, I'll never come at you again for you'll never understand anything..
By senoner on April 27, 2009 9:23 PM

@CJ...How is Nas not relevant because he doesnt dumb down his lyrics but still goes gold? Halve these other bubblegum rappers cant even deliver a gold album. Like Clo-fresh said, mims got more promotion than jada, but who came on top?
By yirmiyah on April 27, 2009 9:26 PM

Nas is a God he is the truth but He will never get the promotion or even the cake that the bumble gum ring tone rappers will make cause his music is not for kids who like to pop lock and drop it crowd. the booty shakin crowd will neva understand his music. many of our young black youth are to fixed on wayne and God knows what else. Nas is for the educated crowd. those who do not want to grow spiritually and mentally, emotionally have no use for a NAS. 40 yr old men who want to continue to act like they sixteen have no use for Nasir jones

BILLBOARD TOP TEN RAPALBUMS (23/04/2009)

10. SOULJA BOY- ISOULJABOYELLEM.

9. BOW WOW- NEW JACK CITY 2.

8. PASTOR TROY- FEELME OR KILL ME.

7. GORILLA ZOE- DON'T FEED THE ANIMALS.

6. FLO RIDA- R.O.O.T.S.

5. T.I- PAPER TRAIL.

4. SLIM THUG- BOSS OF ALL BOSSES. (7,409)

3. JIM JONES- PRAY IV REIGN.

2. UGK- UGK 4LIFE. (14,750)

1. JADAKISS- THE LAST KISS.(44,785.)




There is really no new entry this week,andjada sits at the top of the charts for a second week running. Lets see if rick ross would be boss enough to bump him the top next week.

SHOULD ALBUM SALES DETERMINE HOW GOOD AN ALBUM IS?

Naturally, when something is good, people would want to have it, whether its a vehicle, a home appliance, a movie, a c.d. So people have that believe at the back of their heads that once an album sells hundreds of thousands of copies, then it is a good album. But that is not usually the case with all c.d's. What if the rap artist made you believe the album is good, cos you only get to hear about 2 or three songs from the album before you purcahse it. I'm sure you have heard of one hit wonders? So what if the rapper was a one hit wonder, and the other songs on the album are a dud?
There is also the fact that some rap styles can be hot now, and not some time later. So if a particular rap style is the thing now, and the rap star falls into that category, then he could go on to sell hundreds of thousands of copies without being too good. That is why a lot of rappers come and go. Right now, the hot thing is to be a flossing/gangsta rapper.Shoot videos with a lot of jewels, expensive cars, talk about things you don't have, and people get interested. Because whether you like it or not, 70% of c'd buyers are teenagers and nerdy white guys that believe anything they hear and want to associate with it. And the way they feel they can be associated with the rappers is to own a cd by one of the gangsta rappers they hear.
As far as rap goes, there have been great rap albums, that didn't have any of the gimicks that all the new rappers use, all the expensive videos, all the heavy promotion, all the interviews, and they don't do so well. So people just believe that the album is not great, and so they write it off. But that should not be the case. If you really apprecites good rap, then you should not be one to follow the crowd. You should have your own yardstick to judge a good rap album. An example of a very good rap album that did poorly in sales is sheek louch's first album, "walk with me". The album was a classic by many standards, but because it did not get the right promotion or it didn't have all the ingredients that wack rappers use to make their albums sellable, it didn't do good numbers.
There are different elements that a very good rap album should have, like good lyrics, good flow, delivery on beat, the beat itself, these are some of the stuffs that make a good rap verse. These elements, i can say a lot of the new rappers do not have. But the formular they use, that i talked about earlier, carries them through. But if you look at, the truth would always come out sooner or later. Judging from a lot of list of top five rappers, dead or alive, these following names always pop up, tupac, biggie, nas, jay-z and eminem, but it does not mean that they have been the highest selling rappers, or that they are the ones selling the most right now. All it just means is that they are really great rappers that have stood the test of time, and the other rappers are just a fard.