Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 8/5/07

While the Hip Hop world is busy debating if Common's Finding Forever is a classic or a drink coaster, Geffen's Chi-town MC is laughing his way to the bank regardless as the new #1 spot on the SoundScan chart with 156k sold in his first week! Sean Kingston's self-titled debut also does well in his 1st week at #6 with 75k sold. T.I's T.I vs TIP is still holding steady in the top 10 though he slipped from #5 to #8 with 55k sold this week (858k total!).

T-Pain's Ephiphany holds the #19 spot for the 3rd week in a row with 28k sold (529k total), while Fabolous' From Nothin to Somethin slips down once again from #35 to #37 with 19k sold (379k total). News of R&B singer R Kelly's statutory rape trial may have caused his latest album Double Up to drop from #36 to #42 with 17k sold this week (793k total).

Koch record's Keith Murray debuts at #52 this week with 13k copies of Rapp-Murr-Phobia sold, as Yung Berg 's Almost Famous (Sexy Lady EP) nose-dives from #32 to #78 with 10k (29k total).