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Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 9/12/2010
Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 9/12/2010
Eminem's "Recovery" officially out-sells "Relapse," while Atmosphere, Young Buck, Fabolous and Dorrough all crack the charts.
Eminem's Recovery officially outsold Relapse this week. Although Recovery's critical response and awards have far exceded the emcee/producer's 2009 return album, the numbers now suggest the same. Earlier this week, Eminem spoke to The New York Post about the two releases, noting his own disapproval of some of Relapse's deliveries. Recovery came in at #2 this week, behind singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles' Kaleidoscope Heart. The Aftermath/Interscope release has now cleared 2.5 million units.
Drake's Thank Me Later sat at #13 last week, three units higher than the previous. The Toronto emcee, along with Eminem, B.o.B. and Kanye West was among Rap's performers at Sunday night's MTV 2010 Video Music Awards. TML's "Fancy," featuring Mary J Blige and Swizz Beatz was Drake's song of choice.
Usher's EP, Versus held the #15 spot. The supplementary release to this year's Raymond v. Raymond fell just two spots. Drumma Boy, Polow Da Don and Jim Jonsin are amoung the producers on the EP, which cleared 85,000 units. Another R&B star, Lyfe Jennings has released his final album in I Still Believe. The Toledo, Ohio singer's latest release from Warner Brothers/Asylum Records features Anthony Hamilton. Jennings has previously indicated he will leave music after this year, after a meaningful-yet-short six-year career.
Rick Ross approaches 400,000 units sold with Teflon Don. The Def Jam rapper's fourth official album features work from veterans such as No I.D., DJ Clark Kent and Cee-Lo. The Miami, Florida rapper also made a brief cameo at the MTV VMA's this past week, in a sketch with host Chelsea Handler.
* Please note: figures below approximated to nearest thousandth.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 2 | Eminem | Recovery | 81,000 | 2,501,000 |
| 13 | Drake | Thank Me Later | 18,000 | 1,051,000 |
| 15 | Usher | Versus | 17,000 | 85,000 |
| 22 | Lyfe Jennings | I Still Believe | 14,000 | 50,000 |
| 24 | Rick Ross | Teflon Don | 13,000 | 382,000 |
New releases dominated the 35-100 place of the charts.
Veteran Minneapolis, Minnesota duo Atmosphere released a digital-exclusive 12-track collection called To All My Friends, Blood Makes The Blade Holy. Released on their own Rhymesayers Entertainment imprint, the work is billed as a double EP. The work sold nearly 10,000 first week units, despite little marketing, further solidifying the RSE strength with fans.
New material from Young Buck surfaced in Rehab. Released on Real Talk Entertainment, and distributed my Fontana, the collection of songs have been officially licensed by the onetime G-Unit member, however sources close to the Nashville, Tennessee star assert that this is not to be considered his third album, after two previous big budget releases through Interscope. Veteran Bad Azz and Bizzy Bone producer Big Hollis handled a bulk of the beats for this collection of songs that sold over 6,000 first week units.
The latest in the retail mixtape movement, Brooklyn, New York star Fabolous released There Is No Competition 2: The Grieving Mixtape through Def Jam Records. The Street Fam head's EP release features Cam'ron, Red Cafe, Vado and production from Ryan Leslie. After two weeks on the charts, the sequel to Fab's acclaimed No Competition installement has sold nearly 20,000 units.
Dallas, Texas rapper Durrough sold over 5,000 units of his sophomore album, Get Big. The E1 Entertainment homegrown sensation featured label-mates on his release such as Juvenile
, Slim Thug and Jim Jones.
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 37 | Atmosphere | To All My Friends, Blood Makes The Blade Holy | 9,400 | 9,400 |
| 55 | Young Buck | The Rehab | 6,400 | 6,400 |
| 61 | Fabolous | There Is No Competition 2: The Grieving Mixtape | 5,700 | 18,000 |
| 67 | Durrough | Get Big | 5,500 | 5,500 |
| 86 | Eminem | Relapse | 4,600 | 2,049,000 |
From HipHopDX.com
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.12233/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-9-12-2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 9/5/2010
Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 9/5/2010
by J-23
posted September 08, 2010 03:34:00 PM CDT
Shady rules. Eminem stays number 3 with Recovery and remains top 100 with Relapse and top 200 with Curtain Call
Eminem continues to dominate the charts with 3 entries in the Top 200. He failed to regain the top spot with releases from Disturbed and Now 35 taking the top spots. But Mr. Mathers still holds down the 3, 87, and 137 spots. While Usher lost ground on both his entries, Drake moved up a couple spots to 16.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
3
Eminem
Recovery 92514 2420354
13
Usher
Versus 22450
68379
16
Drake
Thank Me Later 19849
1033575
16
Rick Ross
Teflon Don
16106
368746
30
Usher
Raymond v. Raymond
13866
1051181
Fabolous debuted on the charts this week, his official Def Jam mixtape debuting at the 32 spot. Outkast's Big Boi fell from the Top 50 to #62. Meanwhile his southern counterpart Bun B fell 11 spots as he approaches 100,000 for Trill O.G.
Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
68
Big Boi Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty 6447
160918
66
Bun B
Trill O.G.
6541
82773
119
Mike Posner
31 Minutes To Takeoff
3954
48098
131
Ludacris
Battle of the Sexes
3744
528575
145
The Roots
How I Got Over
3474
139994
Kill Devil Hills, the acclaimed collaboration between DJ Muggs and Ill Bill failed to crack the Top 200. Tune in next week to see how releases from Young Buck, Dorrough and Q-Unique perform.
From HipHopDX.com
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.12168/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-9-5-2010
by J-23
posted September 08, 2010 03:34:00 PM CDT
Shady rules. Eminem stays number 3 with Recovery and remains top 100 with Relapse and top 200 with Curtain Call
Eminem continues to dominate the charts with 3 entries in the Top 200. He failed to regain the top spot with releases from Disturbed and Now 35 taking the top spots. But Mr. Mathers still holds down the 3, 87, and 137 spots. While Usher lost ground on both his entries, Drake moved up a couple spots to 16.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
3
Eminem
Recovery 92514 2420354
13
Usher
Versus 22450
68379
16
Drake
Thank Me Later 19849
1033575
16
Rick Ross
Teflon Don
16106
368746
30
Usher
Raymond v. Raymond
13866
1051181
Fabolous debuted on the charts this week, his official Def Jam mixtape debuting at the 32 spot. Outkast's Big Boi fell from the Top 50 to #62. Meanwhile his southern counterpart Bun B fell 11 spots as he approaches 100,000 for Trill O.G.
Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
68
Big Boi Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty 6447
160918
66
Bun B
Trill O.G.
6541
82773
119
Mike Posner
31 Minutes To Takeoff
3954
48098
131
Ludacris
Battle of the Sexes
3744
528575
145
The Roots
How I Got Over
3474
139994
Kill Devil Hills, the acclaimed collaboration between DJ Muggs and Ill Bill failed to crack the Top 200. Tune in next week to see how releases from Young Buck, Dorrough and Q-Unique perform.
From HipHopDX.com
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.12168/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-9-5-2010
Busta Rhymes, L.O.N.S. Sued Over '91 Song
Busta Rhymes, L.O.N.S. Sued Over '91 Song
by Salima Koroma
posted September 07, 2010 at 3:08PM MST
Busta and members of the Leaders Of the New School
face a lawsuit for a song they performed 19 years ago.
Busta Rhymes and other former members of the Leaders Of the New School
are being sued for copyright infringement on a song they made in 1991. 19 years after the song released, executives at the Drive-In Music Company say the track, "Case of the P.T.A." on the group's debut album is an illegal sample of the Dyke and The Blazers song "Let A Woman Be A Woman, Let A Man Be A Man." The company explained that it had no clue of the song's existence until recently.
In addition to suing the group, Drive-In Music Company is also filing suit against the group's former home, Elektra Records.
The lawsuit asks the judge to place a permanent injunction on the sale of the album and insists that copies of the CD be removed from shelves.
From HipHopDX.com
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.12157/title.busta-rhymes-lons-sued-over-91-song
by Salima Koroma
posted September 07, 2010 at 3:08PM MST
Busta and members of the Leaders Of the New School
face a lawsuit for a song they performed 19 years ago. Busta Rhymes and other former members of the Leaders Of the New School
are being sued for copyright infringement on a song they made in 1991. 19 years after the song released, executives at the Drive-In Music Company say the track, "Case of the P.T.A." on the group's debut album is an illegal sample of the Dyke and The Blazers song "Let A Woman Be A Woman, Let A Man Be A Man." The company explained that it had no clue of the song's existence until recently.In addition to suing the group, Drive-In Music Company is also filing suit against the group's former home, Elektra Records.
The lawsuit asks the judge to place a permanent injunction on the sale of the album and insists that copies of the CD be removed from shelves.
From HipHopDX.com
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.12157/title.busta-rhymes-lons-sued-over-91-song
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
J. Cole To Drop New Mixtape, "Villematic"
J. Cole To Drop New Mixtape, "Villematic"
by Slava Kuperstein
posted September 07, 2010 at 12:12AM MST
Inspiration strikes as J. Cole readies a project for his fans.
You can count J. Cole among the fans of Kanye's latest song, "Devil In A New Dress
."
In fact,J. Cole
is such a fan of the song that it has inspired him to do an entire mixtape, which he has titled Villematic.
"I'm in a zone. Fuck it. I'ma do a mixtape," wrote the Roc Nation signee on his Twitter account (@JColeNC).
"That beat is incredible, shout to Yeezy," Tweeted Cole regarding Kanye's latest offering. "Much Love. Shout to Bink. I could write a million verses to that."
Although no release date has been set for the project, J. Cole
leaked an image that will presumably serve as its cover. The image is a play on Illmatic's, with a translucent picture of an infant J. Cole over top of a picture of a building.
From HipHopDX.com
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.12150/title.j-cole-to-drop-new-mixtape-villematic
by Slava Kuperstein
Inspiration strikes as J. Cole readies a project for his fans.
You can count J. Cole among the fans of Kanye's latest song, "Devil In A New Dress
."In fact,J. Cole
is such a fan of the song that it has inspired him to do an entire mixtape, which he has titled Villematic."I'm in a zone. Fuck it. I'ma do a mixtape," wrote the Roc Nation signee on his Twitter account (@JColeNC).
"That beat is incredible, shout to Yeezy," Tweeted Cole regarding Kanye's latest offering. "Much Love. Shout to Bink. I could write a million verses to that."
Although no release date has been set for the project, J. Cole
leaked an image that will presumably serve as its cover. The image is a play on Illmatic's, with a translucent picture of an infant J. Cole over top of a picture of a building.From HipHopDX.com
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.12150/title.j-cole-to-drop-new-mixtape-villematic
Friday, September 3, 2010
Snoop Dogg Partners With Norton For Anti-Cybercrime Rap Contest
Snoop Dogg Partners With Norton For Anti-Cybercrime Rap Contest
by Danielle Harling
posted September 03, 2010 at 10:51AM MST
Rapper Snoop Dogg and Norton team up for "Hack Is Wack" anti-cybercrime, rap contest.
Rapper Snoop Dogg has just teamed up with software company Norton for quite the unique online contest.
The contest, which is sponsored by Norton and backed by Snoop, will give amateur rappers the chance to show off their skills by submitting a video (two minutes or shorter) of them rapping on the subject of cybercrime.
Cleverly titled “Hack Is Wack” the contest states that participants videos must consist of them rapping about cybercrime and the harmful effects it can have on computer users.
Contests are asked to rap on one or more of the following topics: hacking, identity theft, computer viruses, and protecting yourself against online crime
The winner of the "Hack Is Wack" contest will receive a pair of tickets to a concert by Snoop, airfare for two to Los Angeles, hotel accommodations, a Toshiba laptop with software from Norton, and the opportunity to meet with Snoop’s management team.
To enter the "Hack Is Wack" contest visit HackIsWack.com. Contest entries will be judged on or around October 10, 2010.
From HipHopDX.com
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.12134/title.snoop-dogg-partners-with-norton-for-anti-cybercrime-rap-contest
by Danielle Harling
posted September 03, 2010 at 10:51AM MST
Rapper Snoop Dogg and Norton team up for "Hack Is Wack" anti-cybercrime, rap contest.
Rapper Snoop Dogg has just teamed up with software company Norton for quite the unique online contest.
The contest, which is sponsored by Norton and backed by Snoop, will give amateur rappers the chance to show off their skills by submitting a video (two minutes or shorter) of them rapping on the subject of cybercrime.
Cleverly titled “Hack Is Wack” the contest states that participants videos must consist of them rapping about cybercrime and the harmful effects it can have on computer users.
Contests are asked to rap on one or more of the following topics: hacking, identity theft, computer viruses, and protecting yourself against online crime
The winner of the "Hack Is Wack" contest will receive a pair of tickets to a concert by Snoop, airfare for two to Los Angeles, hotel accommodations, a Toshiba laptop with software from Norton, and the opportunity to meet with Snoop’s management team.
To enter the "Hack Is Wack" contest visit HackIsWack.com. Contest entries will be judged on or around October 10, 2010.
From HipHopDX.com
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.12134/title.snoop-dogg-partners-with-norton-for-anti-cybercrime-rap-contest
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