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Weekly Sales

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Several new releases hit the charts last week but only one managed to make a big splash.  Trey Songz new album, Passion Pain and Pleasure sold 240K in its first week and is sitting at number 2 on the charts.  Eminem is right behind him with 89K sold this week.  The other usual suspects are still sitting in the 15-30 range.  Check it out

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
2 Trey Songz Passion Pain & Pleasure
 240,000 240,000
3 Eminem Recovery
 89,000 2,590,000
15 Drake Thank Me Later 20,000 1,071,000
16 Usher Versus 18,000 104,000
26 Rick Ross Teflon Don
 13,000 395,000

And for the bottom

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
40 B.o.B. The Adventures of Bobby Ray
 10,000 404,000
101 Bilal Airtight’s Revenge
 4,600 4,800
117 Fabolous There Is No Competition 2: The Grieving Mixtape
 3,900 22,000
129 Black Milk Album of the Year
 3,600 3,700
137 Atmosphere To All My Friends, Blood Makes The Blade Holy
 3,500 13,000

Black Milk’s Album of the Year sold 3,700 in its first week while Bilal did 4,800.  I think those both go as no surprise though.  Go buy Black Milk’s album and support one of the best albums of the year.  John Legend and The Roots, Wake Up dropped yesterday and it is pretty dope as well.  Until next week.

Weekly Sales

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It’s Wednesday again, wishing it was Friday but you know what that means.  HipHopDx provided the weekly sales once again.  The biggest story this week is not Eminem selling another 98,000 copies but Drake breaking the Platinum mark.  Congrats to Drake for reaching Platinum with his debut album.  Check the top. 

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
3 Eminem Recovery
 98,000 2,328,000
4 Usher Versus
 46,000 46,000
17 Rick Ross Teflon Don 21,000 353,000
18 Drake Thank Me Later
 20,000 1,014,000
19 Usher Raymond v. Raymond
 20,000 1,037,000

And the bottom

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
49 Big Boi Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty 8,700 154,000
55 Bun B Trill O.G.
 8,000 76,000
72 Mike Posner 31 Minutes To Takeoff
 5,700 44,000
77 The Roots How I Got Over
 5,300 136,000
160 Various MTV’s Jersey Shore Soundtrack
 2,900 33,000

I guess the Jersey Shore Soundtrack is moving more units than a lot of rappers.  That’s funny.  The Roots, Bun B and Big Boi are all moving a few thousand a week still.  I wish the charts would reverse a little.  Oh well.  Until next week…….

Weekly Sales

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This week spelled double platinum for Eminem, who is back at number one moving, 133K this week.  Ricky Rozay moved another 30K sitting at number 7.  Mike Posner dropped his debut album and is sitting right below Rosssssss at number 8 moving 29K.  And the Trill OG, Bun B moved another 17K in his second week.  Check the top

Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
1 Eminem Recovery
 133,000 2,113,000
7 Rick Ross Teflon Don
 30,000 309,000
8 Mike Posner 31 Minutes To Takeoff 29,000 29,000
11 Drake Thank Me Later
 24,000 970,000
17 Bun B Trill O.G.
 16,000 57,000

And the bottom

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
44 Big Boi Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
 8,000 138,000
75 The Roots How I Got Over
 5,300 125,000
103 Nas & Damian Marley Distant Relatives
 4,100 174,000
144 Street Sweeper Social Club Ghetto Blaster EP 3,100 3,200
192 Fat Joe The Darkside Volume 1
 2,400 19,000

Big Boi moved another 8K, despite having the best album of 2009, he can’t quite manage to do legendary numbers.  Damn shame.  The Roots and Damian Marley are still moving a few units as well.  So far the best albums of the year go, 1. Big Boi, 2. The Roots, 3. Damian Marley and Nas.  The Roots and Damian Marley and Nas are pretty much tied for 2nd in my opinion.  Until next week…..

Weekly Sales 7/28/10

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Eminem is still proving why is the man since the release of his album, Relapse.  He moved another 187,000 this week and is sitting strong at number one.  The bawssssssssssse, Ricky Ross came in at number two moving 177K with his new album, Teflon Don.  Drizzy Drake is moving closer to a millie sitting at number four moving another 47,000 this week.  Check the top

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
1 Eminem Recovery
 187,000 1,670,000
2 Rick Ross Teflon Don
 176,000 177,000
4 Drake Thank Me Later 47,000 880,000
11 Usher Raymond v. Raymond 21,000 956,000
15 Big Boi Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
 18,000 107,000

And the bottom

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
47 The Roots How I Got Over
 8,700 106,000
72 Damian Marley & Nas Distant Relatives 5,800 159,000
86 Curren$y Pilot Talk
 5,100 16,000
124 Paul Wall Heart of A Champion 3,800 11,000
187 Capone-N-Noreaga The War Report 2 2,500 7,200

Big Boi surpassed the 100K mark.  Nas and Damian Marley moved another 5,800 and The Roots broke 100K as well.  The new Rocafella’s first, Currensy moved 5,100 in his second week, sitting at 16,000.  Stay tuned for more updates and as always, shout out to HipHopDx for the weekly numbers.

The Roots “The Fire” featuring John Legend Video

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For anyone who doesn’t know, I have been bumping The Roots new album, How I Got Over TOUGH since it came out and even bought myself a copy for my collection.  They recently dropped an odd video for the song, The Fire featuring John Legend, which I absolutely love.  I guess I like the direction of the video but I just didn’t really understand what was going on.  Nevertheless, the video is pretty cool and different from what I expected.  I guess I have to watch it a few more times to figure out who these people are and what exactly is going on.  Go buy The Roots new album now.  One of the best albums of the year for sure.

Big Boi Live

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I know I have been going pretty hard for Big Boi in the last couple weeks but yesterday evening just reaffirmed the fact that, Big Boi is AMAZING.  I sound like I have a middle school crush. I got the opportunity to go to the Pitchfork Music Festival yesterday in Chicago and see Big Boi rock live with a band.  We were pretty damn close to the stage so we could feel the energy and hear every word Big Boi was saying.  He played old tracks, new tracks and even rocked Kryptonite with his artist/hype man, C Bone.  I’ve seen a lot of shows and a lot of people who can’t rock live.  Big Boi sounds just as good live as he does in the studio.  I definitely urge anyone who has the chance to see Big Boi live, buy tickets.  You will not be disappointed.  In spirit of Big Boi’s shows last night, I wanted to share a couple videos of him performing live on Jimmy Fallon with The Roots and on Lopez Tonight.  Happy Monday and go buy Sir Luscious Left Foot right now.

Man I can’t wait until The Roots drop that OFFICIAL, Live on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon project.  They artists that they have been backing have just been incredible collaborations.

Weekly Sales 7/14/2010

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This has been a pretty exciting week for me especially because I have purchased three albums in the last week, probably the most music I have bought since like 2001.  Three incredible albums that needed to be supported though.  I was anxious to see how many units Big Boi could move especially after dropping such a SICK album.  My predictions were pretty solid but they are a little  disappointing.  Big Boi debuted at number three behind Eminem and Drake, moving 63K.  One of those being mine of course.  Eminem moved another 229 THOUSAND this week and Drake did another 74 K.  Check the top.

Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
1 Eminem Recovery
 229,000 1,287,000
2 Drake Thank Me Later
 74,000 783,000
3 Big Boi Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
 62,000 63,000
12 The-Dream Love King 23,000 82,000
17 Usher Raymond v. Raymond
 19,000 918,000

And for the bottom

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
25 The Roots How I Got Over
 14,000 86,000
46 Kelis Flesh Tone
 7,800 7,900
55 Juvenile Beast Mode
 6,400 6,600
92 Young Money We Are Young Money
 4,600 504,000
127 Drake So Far Gone
 3,700 497,000

The Roots sold 14K this week, Kelis appears to be needing that child support money more than ever and the Hot Boy, Juvenile has seen better days moving 6,600.  It’s amazing to see all these rappers that once went platinum to selling next to nothing.  But you know what they say.  Until next week………..BUY BIG BOI’S ALBUM NOW!!!!!!!!

Weekly Sales 6/30/10

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This week has been perhaps the biggest week in sales for quite some time.  As you all might know, Eminem dropped his album, Recovery last week and managed to move almost 750K in its first week.  It is the highest first week sales in nearly two years.  I honestly am pretty shocked by these numbers, i figured Drake would do more than Eminem but MAN, props to Em.  Drake is now at number 2 on the charts and broke the gold mark in just two weeks.  The Roots also hit the charts at number 6, moving 51k.  Here is the top.

Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
1 Eminem Recovery
 741,000 744,000
2 Drake Thank Me Later
 157,000 604,000
6 The Roots How I Got Over
 51,000 51,000
14 Usher Raymond v. Raymond 24,000 874,000
20 B.o.B. Presents The Adventures of Bobby Ray
 19,000 268,000

And for the bottom

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
43 Nas & Damian Marley Distant Relatives
 8,900 134,000
47 Eminem Relapse
 8,400 1,986,000
112 Drake So Far Gone
 4,500 489,000
131 Z-Ro Heroin
 3,900 4,100
179 Lil Jon Crunk Rock
 2,900 17,000

B.o.B. is still doing well.  His feature on Big Boi’s new LP is pretty dope.  Props to B.o.B.  Hopefully Nas and Damian Marley can keep crawling towards gold.  It’s still a little disheartening that The Roots still only moved 50K in their first week especially after touring the world for years and putting out dope album after dope album.  Oh well, until next time, BIG shout out to Eminem.

How I Got Over

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I meant to post this on Monday but I just got too busy and didn’t get a chance BUT I have been listening to The Roots new album for almost a week now and I’m in love with it.  First listen, I wasn’t blown away but by the second one, I was addicted.  As if anyone expected The Roots to NOT drop a dope album and reinvent their sound again, How I Got Over is maybe my favorite Roots album in recent years.  That is saying a lot because I love everything they drop.  Despite the delays, How I Got Over is nearly flawless from beginning to end.  There are a few guest features I could do without and maybe one or two hooks but the album sounds incredible and doesn’t need one skip.  There are only a few artists/groups that manage to continuously put out amazing music regardless of the current state of music.  Outkast, The Roots and UGK were a few that seem to bring dope music every single time.  I wish other of rap’s most beloved stars could take a page from The Roots book.  I not only recommend listening to How I Got Over but go purchase a copy and support good music.  It’s hard to even pick a favorite joint but right now it has to be Right On.  This album is simple the SHIT.  Check the video for How I Got Over below.  I’m not sure what happened to Dear God 2.0 but as soon as I find it again, I’ll repost it. 

The Roots “Dear God 2.0″ Video

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UPDATE: This video appears to be removed from the net so here is a viral video someone made and a live performance.

One last video for everyone today.  The Roots just released a new video for their song, Dear God 2.0, which is really dope.  I’ve got a chance to listen to the new album, How I Got Over a couple times and it’s definitely solid.  I like their last album, Rising Down a little better but any new Roots music is a breath of fresh air.  Their single, How I Got Over is still my favorite track on the album though.  Check out the video for Dear God 2.0 and shout out to the homie, Add-2 for getting a chance to perform live with The Roots in NYC.  Dream come true.