Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 4/5/2008
Country's Keith Urban took this week's pole position with his Defying Gravity. Hip Hop favorite Prince came close behind though, with his Target-exclusive three-album set, LOtUSFLOW3R independent project.
As predicted at mid-week, UGK [click to read] did earn a Top 10 debut with UGK 4 Life [click to read]. Pimp C's posthumous group album with Bun B outsold its high predictions of 75,000 units, and just as Underground Kingz [click to read] did in 2007, placed the southern Hip Hop icons in the elite company of top artists - this time without the same strong radio backing. The group outsold discs from younger artists, both Flo Rida's R.O.O.T.S. [click tp read], and Bow Wow's [click to read] New Jack City Part 2.
Between Flo and Bow, Interscope feature queen Keri Hilson's In A Perfect World... [click to read] returned for a second strong week, surpassing predictions.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 2 |
Prince |
LOtUSFLOW3R |
168,420 |
168,458 |
| 6 |
UGK |
UGK 4 Life |
76,419 |
76,600 |
| 8 |
Flo Rida |
R.O.O.T.S. |
55,285 |
55,356 |
| 11 |
Keri Hilson |
In A Perfect World... |
37,030 |
131,527 |
| 16 |
Bow Wow |
New Jack City Part II |
30,851 |
30,944 |
The second week for Boss Of All Bosses [click to read], saw Slim Thug [click to read] outsell Sony Records flagship artist Jim Jones [click to read] and his Pray IV Reign [click to read]. Although Jones has more overall units scanned, the two artists surprise many with that close range competition.
Bad Boy Records's Gorilla Zoe [click to read] slid just below the Top 50 with his sophomore Don't Feed Da Animals [click to read]. The Boyz N The Hood front-man moved over 50,000 overall units.
Lil Wayne [click to read] sold just under 10,000 copies of Tha Carter III [click to read], his usual sum from recent weeks.DOOM (formerly MF DOOM and Zevlove X of KMD) fell considerably on the charts with his BORN INTO THIS [click to read] release, selling a third of his first week units, and descending nearly 100 spots. iTunes offers an exclusive Radiohead remix to one of the album's tunes, making it a release to watch.
Other Notables
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 32 |
Slim Thug |
Boss Of All Bosses |
16,891 |
49,612 |
| 40 |
Jim Jones |
Pray IV Reign |
13,704 |
56,686 |
| 55 |
Gorilla Zoe |
Don't Feed Da Animals |
10,862 |
57,685 |
| 62 |
Lil Wayne |
Tha Carter III |
9,964 |
3,102,399 |
| 139 |
DOOM | BORN LIKE THIS |
4,516 |
15,411 |
Can Jadakiss debut #1 for his Def Jam debut? HipHopDX.
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LACES:
In the end it only really matters how much you make off each individual sale and how much the Label fronts you with advance money... Therefor nowadays the people on smaller or independent labels are the ones makin out... But also you have to consider tour money, and for bigger artist ring tone sales, as well as royalty money from advertisements, shows, movies, etc....
Memphis Bleach:
Damn Bow wow caught his first brick i guess
the ladies or not filling him no more or they just upset that he fucked that white girl in that show
Flippity Flop:
"can dat bitch nigga bow wow spell brick? and keri hilson it seem like dey turnin u off...literally..jimmy in a drought he need sum damn rain..lol...zoe dont worry nobody is feedin u....aah hip hop....i still love u.."
lol you stupid man dats hella funny tho ay why bow wow really name his album New Jack City II when he got dat gay ass single for tha bitches "WHOOO WHOO..." like we all 4got he a bitch lol hiphop aint dead tho really tha only sales im surprised about is flo rida jus bcuz i thot white people was feelin him and i expected jimmy to do a lil betta than that HipHopEternal "Pray IV Sales" lol man Rick ross it aint lookin good for you man I mean flo rida had a numba 1 single and look at him ... YIKES
WTF:
My Favorite rappers...
1.Helta Skelta
2.Ghostface killa
3.Chingy
4.Memphis Bleek
5.GZA ...
6. Mase
7. Ja rule
yall niggas cant b serious rotflmao get a life you bum ass niggas wit yo weak ass lists no one gives a fuck man do yall niggas go out at all
MAINO WASTED HIS MONEY:
MAN I HATE TO SAY IT but jadakiss aint gone sell
Anonymous:
To IM Back Man:
"in the future.. he still wont be on 2pac & biggie level.. Him 2 did things rappers are tryin to do..
Thats why they are talked about so much.. YES its alot of rappers that is better/on they level.. like Big L Big Pun.. but they didnt do things them to did.. thats why its diff..
BUT i know twista will NEVER be on they level. / List. lol."
Ay bruh take that dick out yo mouth b4 you talk to me you fag lol u gettin mad and shit... im laffin at you man I neva sed Twista wud b on Pac or Big level i dont even listen to him enuff to say that im just tellin yo ass to quit hatin and quit listenin to dat bubblegum rap Twista go hard why dont yo fag ass start rappin since you think kno it all instead of goin on youporn fuck nigga lol
smokey j1s:
ay what did jr writer- cinecrack sell? anyone no, cant find it anywhere.
South is running things:
They running this shit 6ft underground. Hip Hop has never been so dead. Look at these horrendous sales. I'm glad I gave up hip hop like 3 years ago. Last album I bought was that Ghost Face Fishscale. I feel sorry for the poor saps that have to look up to the losers that put out shit today. LOL. Jim Jones 30k in 10 weeks. Florida. LOLOLOL!!! Nas told ya'll how long ago shit is dead. I'm ashamed that I ever like this garbage. FUCK HIP HOP!! Gimmick ass niggas. I wouldn't even be proud if I was from the south the way it's so wack today. MC hammer might as well drop an LP. He sold more records in 1990 than lil wayne sold his whole career. SMH!!
DR Jam:
Is Bow Wow done? Only 30K? Were did his fan base go? a) they grew up
b) they polished their standards
c) they jumped off to another "teen" rapper, you know who (SB).
Im Back Man:
the clown under me..
you can shut up too.. bcuz he made a list up for NOW.. you talkin bout the FUTURE.. so just shut the fuck up..
& in the future.. he still wont be on 2pac & biggie level.. Him 2 did things rappers are tryin to do..
Thats why they are talked about so much.. YES its alot of rappers that is better/on they level.. like Big L Big Pun.. but they didnt do things them to did.. thats why its diff..
BUT i know twista will NEVER be on they level. / List. lol.
HipHopEternal:
Jim Jones... Pray IV Sales lol ... and to tha pussy nigga rite below me fuck you nigga twista hella clean and he got hella more time ahead of him he just need tha rite people behind him quit hatin nigga and niggas need to stop sayin wayne is on biggie and pacs level im not sayin its impossible to do but wayne has hella far to go still.. and anotha thang why yall fuck niggas b postin yo top ten like anyone gives a fuck. Dam these major labels is doin a horrible job promotin they artists, on top of pushin they album back ... on top of the music bein wack lmao i got respect 4 jim jones but dat pop champaigne was garboso betta luck next album pimpin
Im Back Man:
slickrick4242..
shut up. lol. how am i tryin to be a g. by sayin. twista & wayne shouldnt be on the same list as biggie & 2pac??
whats g about that comment??
you the 1 tryin to be a tough guy..
i dont care what you or anybody say.. twista will never be on the same list as 2pac & biggie.. he dont even have jayz or nas on it.. they better then twista & wayne..
&&&&&&&&&& my fav. rappers are Jadakiss & Styles P.. & i listen to ALOT of hiphop. im not no damn hiphop god.. but i know a good/Ok top10 when i see one..
so i can say. all the ones in here are bad. i dont see a good top10 IN THE game.. or top10 DEAD or STILL IN THE GAME..
POINT BLANK...
theboss.305:
i agree with that dude's top ten same here
1:Eazy e
2:2pac
3:Twista
4:Lil Wayne
5.Biggie
6.Snoop Dogg
7.Eminem
8.Krs-one
9.LL cool j
10.Andre 3000
SlickRick4242:
And get off Tupac and Biggie's dick. There's better rappers than them. You barely even dipping into the all time greats with those two. Furious Five, Big L, Cool J, EPMD, Public Enemy, Pharcyde, Quest, Mobb Deep. All these niggas need to stop thinking Pac and Big the only two hot rappers from back in the day. It's cool if you don't know Golden Age hip-hop but stop fronting like you do.
slickrick4242:
This nigga got Twista & Lil Wayne on the same list as 2pac & Biggie..
Them names will NEVER be on the same list.. You need to listen to hiphop a lil mo.. Or stop listening..
Cuz Twista & Wayne will NEVER EVER be on the same list as 2pac&biggie.. Point blank..
All the top lists in this shit is the WORST.. So STOP doing.. Damn..
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hmmm. News to me that opinions can be wrong. So what if you don't like them are you the hip hop God that you determine what people should listen to? I bet you listen to some whack ass shit that people don't like so fuck you and stop trying to be an internet G.
wouzi:
HAHAHA BOW WOW FLOPED AND JIM JONES IS STILL FLOPPIN. SLIM THUG IS DOIN GOOD CUZ HE RELEASE HIS ALBUM ON INDENPENDENT LABEL. WAT FLOOP 4 DIS CLOWNS. PRINCE WAS OK AND UGK AND SLIM THUG.
biggs50:
u ppl talk bout jada album this & that but where is his sales figure
Im Back Man:
This nigga got Twista & Lil Wayne on the same list as 2pac & Biggie..
Them names will NEVER be on the same list.. You need to listen to hiphop a lil mo.. Or stop listening..
Cuz Twista & Wayne will NEVER EVER be on the same list as 2pac&biggie.. Point blank..
All the top lists in this shit is the WORST.. So STOP doing.. Damn..
Go cop that Jadakiss from the store..
Good Album.. It's what the game been missing.. No ringtone raps.. Real bars.. Real rap..
It's the music you need.. A cd you need to start the year..
enizzy:
Damn That was an ugly week for sales, Flo(p)-Rida(I had to) is proof that astronomically successful singles doesn't guarantee high or even mediocre sales.
Seatownkic:
UGK what!!! its lookin like the consumer is getting smarter buyin less flo rida and more ugk thats whats up "hip hop aint dead it just move to the southhhhhh"
randy the ram:
Top 10 penis eaters:
1.Randy the ram
2.Randy the ram's daddy
3.Randy the ram's granpa
4.Randy the ram's uncle
5.Randy the ram's brother
6.Randy the ram's cousin
and 7-10 i'll gladly accept those spots also cause aint nothin like suckin the jizz off the meat hehehe...and ugk soooooo rocks!!
randy the ram:
top ten tamale eaters:
1. paul rodrigues
2.george lopez
3. cheech marin
4.the taco bell dog
5.julio iglesias
6.chingo bling
7.lil rob
8.carlito
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10.pitbull
bigboss4500:
man whoeva thot bow wow was gone sell shud go murk themself i hope dat jadakiss album sell he got bars and he keep it 100
name:
1. fuck all these niggas top ten lists none of them matter
2. come on, who really thought bow wow was going to sell, rotflmao, what a joke
good day!:
Top 10 artist:
Nas
Common
Kanye
Rakim
Jay-z
Jadakiss
Q-Tip
Andre 3000
Ice Cube
Scarface