July 19th, 2008 — Celeb Photos, Hip Hop, Lil Wayne, Music, NAS, Rappers
Rapper NAS untitled Def Jam release — originally set to be called “Nigger” — debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and sold 113,000 copies during its first three days of sales as he leads the Nielsen SoundScan Friday Building chart.
NAS interim total is a tad behind the 116,000 that another rapper, Rick Ross, rang on “Trilla” on the Friday Building chart in March, on the album’s way to a chart-topping total of 198,000.
NAS last No. 1 album, “Hip-Hop Is Dead” dropped in late December 2006, selling 354,000 copies during Christmas week.
Rapper Lil Wayne currently leads the chart with “Tha Carter III” which sold 125,000 copies during the week ended July 13.
June 20th, 2008 — Celebs, Hip Hop, Kanye West, Ludacris, MTV, Rappers
A True Living Legend Of Hip-Hop!
Lil Wayne, who hip-hop’s biggest stars used to Talk Trash about — is now the envy of all his peers. Weezy’s biggest enemies are now publicly recognizing how great a feat it was for the New Orleans native to move over a million units of his Tha Carter III in the first week.
“Congrats to my homie, Wayne,” says Kanye West, who produced on the album, posted on his blog Tuesday. “I’m happy to know this guy! Bow in the presence of a true living legend in hip-hop. Lil Wayne The God!“On Thursday (June 19), while calling in to New York radio station Hot 97, 50 Cent called Tha Carter III’s debut “amazing.”In Atlanta, Ludacris told MTV News that Wayne’s success was hard-earned. “Wayne’s been in the game a long time,” said ‘Cris, while sitting in the studio with DJ Drama. “I’ve done records with him. Apart from everything else that’s going on, it’s well-deserved. Wayne, congratulations. You worked hard for that’s shit, and you deserve it.”
Kanye West – 50 Cent – Ludacris
June 19th, 2008 — Celebs, Lil Wayne, Music, Rappers
March 2005.
With “Tha Carter III” the self-proclaimed “best rapper alive” Lil Wayne becomes the first artist since 50 Cent in 2005 to sell more than 1 million copies of an album in a single week, according to chart reports that will be issued tomorrow morning (June 18) by Nielsen SoundScan.
Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III
(”I’m a venereal disease/like a menstrual I bleed”)
class=”left” In its first week on the market, “Tha Carter III” (Cash Money/Universal) sells just over 1 million units. The last album to top that milestone was 50 Cent’s “The Massacre” in March 2005. This is his follow up to his Smash #1 Hit Single “Lolipop”
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