The heavy hitters are sitting still up towards the top of the charts. Lil Wayne moved another 65,000 copies of his latest project, I Am Not A Human Being, while Eminem manages to to approach triple platinum moving another 43,000. Trey Songz and Waka Flocka are still sitting in the top 50 as well. Check the top
Lil Wayne managed to snag the number one spot on the charts despite being behind bars with his new project, I Am Not A Human Being. He sold 102,000 copies this week putting him at 259,000. I bet his downloads are well over a million though. Eminem is still sitting up top at number 5 while Bruno Mars, Trey Songs and Waka Flocka are all in the top 25. Check the top
Newcomers Chiddy Bang sold 6,000 in their first week while Foreign Exchange managed to move 3,600. Gucci Mane is inching closer to 100K as well. Until next week, go get Nottz new album, You Need This Music.
I wanted to do something a little different today besides my typical daily soundtrack. A lot of dope videos have dropped in the past week so I wanted to share some of my favorites. A few might catch everyone offguard but I like some radio shit just as much as the next man even though I hate pretty hard at times. Drake even make a couple appearances on my list today. The first video is from Drake and Timbaland for their song Say Something. I love this joint and Drake once again solidifies his spot. It’s hard to hate this man right now but I’m sure I can find something.
The second video is Cannon, whichi is of my favorite joints from Cory Gunz mixtape, Heir to the Throne. Despite Cory looking a little uncomfortable handling guns, the song is really dope and its cool to see a video for it too.
The third video is for Gucci Mane’s song Lemonade. This video kind of makes my eyes hurt with all this bright ass yellow. This song is a little too addictive. It’s good to see Waka Flocka Flame in the video too.
The fourth video is for Mos Def’s joint Supermagic from his album The Ecstatic, which is one of the most slept-on albums of they.
The last two videos I will group together because of they are both from Young Money/Cash Money. Young Money’s Bedrock is slowly becoming one of my favorite songs due to the Lloyd hook and the Nicki Minaj line “time to put this pussy on your sideburns.” Need I say more???? The last video is from Birdman’s album Pricele$$ and features Lil Wayne and Drake. Once again, Drake makes the song. Damn am I becoming a Drake fan??????
Tomorrow I will be sharing my thoughts about Alicia Keys new album, The Element of Freedom.
Now I know what most people will think when they see a Gucci Mane feature on my site but as one of the “hottest” rappers of the year and his album getting ready to drop, I figured I would share a few thoughts about the album, The State Vs. Radric Davis. First off, regardless of what I think about Gucci and his music, he RUNS the radio right now. I rarely turn on the radio but when I do, I can be guaranteed to hear back to back to back to back to back Gucci songs. So this man has made his mark on hip-hop/rap regardless of what anyone thinks. Having said that, I also have let go of all rational thought about how or why Gucci Mane is running shit right now and take the music for what it is. I know that seems kind of hypocritical especially after I trash Jay-Z and Drake but my standards and expectations for Gucci are a little different. By the way, I like Drake, I hope Thank Me Later does well. So, I stumbled across a copy of Gucci’s new album The State Vs. Radric Davis, which is the perfect title in light of his future jail time, and decided I would give it a fair, honest listen all the way through. I did so this weekend and this morning. After many conversations with my brother, who happens to really enjoy several songs on the album, I will say that Gucci’s entertainment value is pretty high. I guess it would be like comparing boxing(although rigged) to WWE. Comparing John Cena to Manny Pacquiao doesn’t make any sense, so me comparing Gucci Mane to Mos Def would be unfair. I guess like any other listener, Gucci grows on you and it’s hard not to at least chuckle at some of his songs. The only problem I have, and this isn’t Gucci’s fault, is that when someone turns on the radio or TV to hear or watch hip-hop music, artist’s like Gucci are all they hear. Thus is where it becomes a problem. That is a whole other discussion for another time but I will say this, listen to Lemonade, Kush Is My Cologne and my brother’s personal favorite Gingerbread Man. I promise some laughs. Make sure you turn up your bass loud too because the beats bang. I think hearing just a few Gucci songs will give you the gist of what he’s about. I also recommend listening to Worst Enemy because Gucci gets a little personal. I never saw that one coming. Here are a few of my favorites.
Apparently there is a video for Worst Enemy, check it out
Here is the tracklist as well. If anyone can tell me what Wake Flocka Flame means I will give them all the money in my pocket.
01. “Classical” (Intro)
02. “Interlude: Toilet Bowl Shawty/ Mike Epps”
03. “Heavy”
04. “Stupid Wild,” featuring Lil Wayne, Cam’ron
05. “All About the Money,” featuring Rick Ross
06. “Lemonade”
07. “Bingo,” featuring Soulja Boy Tell’em, Waka Flocka Flame
08. “Spotlight,” featuring Usher
09. “I Think I’m in Love,” featuring Jason Caesar
10. “Bad Bad Bad,” featuring Keyshia Cole
11. “Interlude: Toilet Bowl Shawty/ Mike Epps”
12. “Sex in Crazy Places,” featuring Bobby V, Nicki Minaj, Trina
13. “The Movie”
14. “Volume,” featuring Wooh Da Kid
15. “Gingerbread Man,” featuring OJ Da Juiceman
16. “Wasted,” featuring Plies
17. “Kush Is My Cologne,” featuring Bun B, Devin the Dude, E-40
18. “Worst Enemy”
19. “Interlude: Toilet Bowl Shawty/ Mike Epps”
20. “Wasted” (Remix), featuring Lil Wayne, Jadakiss, Birdman
