Soundscan for this week

[Uzi2005]

01 NE 01 Ne-Yo, Because Of You 251,264 999 421 251,694
11 06 25 Akon, Konvicted 43,500 -4 45,391 2,274,361
14 02 02 Joe, Ain't Nothing Like Me 33,158 -66 98,090 131,650
17 13 31 Robin Thicke, The Evolution Of Robin Thicke 30,378 -9 33,345 1,045,696
18 12 33 Fergie, The Dutchess 27,976 -17 33,821 1,846,782
20 15 35 Beyoncé, B'Day 27,320 -7 29,266 2,644,294
22 17 34 Justin Timberlake, Futuresex / Lovesounds 25,806 -1 26,093 3,200,803
26 14 05 Timbaland, Timbaland Presents: Shock Value 23,599 -24 31,179 291,495
31 32 08 Lloyd, Street Love 21,165 13 18,767 354,597
35 35 08 Musiq Soulchild, Luvanmusiq 18,351 7 17,166 341,975
38 30 06 Young Buck, Buck The World 17,771 -8 19,278 288,033
45 33 05 Paul Wall, Get Money Stay True 15,419 -15 18,135 190,433
60 38 06 Mims, Music Is My Savior 11,026 -27 15,098 187,821
62 50 08 Rich Boy, Rich Boy 10,954 -12 12,494 280,572
72 69 21 Young Jeezy, Inspiration: Thung Motivation 9,824 1 9,759 1,044,011
79 78 22 Ciara, The Evolution 9,039 2 8,881 1,143,251
100 95 15 Pretty Ricky, Late Night Special 7,555 3 7,333 439,727
109 96 29 Diddy, Press Play 7,289 -1 7,328 632,231
111 92 07 Baby Boy Da Prince, Across The Water 7,228 -4 7,551 84,334
129 104 07 Marques Houston, Veteran 6,153 -11 6,939 141,393
131 137 28 John Legend, Once Again 5,898 5 5,607 1,045,363
132 133 27 Birdman & Lil' Wayne, Like Father Like Son 5,891 2 5,797 717,129
137 143 06 Redman, Red Gone Wild 5,667 7 5,275 90,238
139 RE 01 Ne-Yo, In My Own Words 5,557 39 4,003 1,470,567
144 126 09 Notorious B.I.G., Greatest Hits 5,513 -9 6,069 217,954
147 154 20 Bow Wow, Price Of Fame 5,388 9 4,926 506,514
176 147 07 Crime Mob, Hated On Mostly 4,566 -11 5,111 67,025
180 139 11 Unk, Beat'N Down Yo Block 4,516 -17 5,457 146,827
182 188 22 Eminem, Eminem Presents: Re-Up 4,487 3 4,376 970,331
186 184 32 Ludacris, Release Therapy 4,426 -0 4,441 1,174,997
187 157 21 Mary J. Blige, Reflections: A Retrospective 4,416 -8 4,808 679,469
190 186 72 Mary J. Blige, The Breakthrough 4,372 -1 4,428 2,915,602
191 135 06 Lil' Flip, I Need Mine 4,360 -23 5,651 89,917
194 161 07 Devin The Dude, Waitin' To Inhale 4,296 -10 4,785 65,568
198 171 08 8-Ball & MJG, Ridin' High 4,269 -8 4,619 122,602

[Uzi2005]

Nas lost

[I Got It]

damn at lil flip....dude is doing devin da dude numbers

[Bill O' Reilly]

Lil' Flip lost.......

[Mr. Smoke Weed]

lol@200,000 being the new platinum

[ChiTownStunna]

Damn...all them low numbers...

[Roney]

Hey yo Curtis, how much did Buck sell lol lol


Lil Flip lost

Redman tanked

Devin the dude bricked

So did Marques Houston and Crime mob

and yes - i never thought I could say this, but biggie FLOPPED

HIPHOP really is DEAD

[Bill O' Reilly]

All them wack albums.......

[Mr. Belvedere]

Originally Posted by Roney

Hey yo Curtis, how much did Buck sell lol lol
Lil Flip lost
Redman tanked
Devin the dude bricked
So did Marques Houston and Crime mob
and yes - i never thought I could say this, but biggie FLOPPED
HIPHOP really is DEAD

you're a f@ggot, hip-hop might not be selling but to say it's dead based on that, fuk atta here you cocksucking piglet

[flapjacks]

That's pathetic that all the hiphop/r&b stuff on the 200 can be listed on one screen-length now. No more crying about "the entire industry is slumpin", not when there's like half the proportional hiphop/r&b presence that there used to be, and in the top 50 these weeks you're lucky to see even 3 albums that focus on the RAP aspect of hiphop.

We're in the damn month 5 of 12 and there's only been like 3 major-label RAP releases this entire year so far.

[kingstl]

Originally Posted by Mr. Belvedere

you're a f@ggot, hip-hop might not be selling but to say it's dead based on that, fuk atta here you cocksucking piglet

Yeah i agree wit dude man....it's dead, if aint selling, it aint living

eventually n!ggas gone have to stop rapping and look for real jobs, cuz rap aint fina be paying the bills no mo

[Koolest]

It's downloading for free, each day more and more heads are doing it and it's making an impact.

[musiq]

For an album with the lowest cost to produce and distribute in years Biggie's Greatest Hits has been profitable. He has sold approx 280K worldwide.

280,000 X 15$= 4.2 Million in revenue

No promo, no video, no studio costs, little ad work, recycled tracks.

The only 2 new songs came out of the Biggie Duets budget. That album sold more than 1.4 mill.

What isnt a business sound decision to have a profit margin of 3 to 4 million on a Biggie's Greatest Hits.

[LostInTranslation]

Fergie all the way up there? smh...

[Fatal Lightning]

That Crime Mob joint just shows that purposely doing club songs don't always work....