ChartWatch for April 7, 2010 It’s
R&B week in the top ten. Ordinarily
I don’t included R&B acts in the charts because this is a Hip Hop site but
there’s not a lot of Hip Hop on the charts so here we go. At number one this week is Usher with Raymond vs. Raymond. The A-town crooner (that’s a word I don’t get
to use often) sells 346,000 copies of his comeback album because of successful singles
like “Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home)”, “Lil Freak” featuring Nicki Minaj, and “Papers.”
Next
up is the recently controversial Erykah Badu.
But c’mon…was it really that controversial? It’s Erykah Badu. She’s an artist that’s kind of known for
being out there. This is the same woman
that dated Common, Andre 3000, and Jay (when’s the album coming out?)
Electronica (and after seeing her video I don’t blame them…at all). Well, good
music is good music, and 112,000 people purchased New Amerykah, Part Two (Return of the Ankh) pushing it to number
four this week.
Next
up is Monica who drops from two to six selling 80,000 copies of her latest
album Still Standing.
That
means the only representative for Hip Hop in the top ten is…drum roll please…The
Black Eyed Peas. This week the group
sells another 43,000 copies of their hit album The E.N.D which I just refuse to believe. Are you telling me that there are 43,000
people out there that haven’t purchased this album? Forty-three thousand? I
think everyone on the face of the earth has this album. When new mothers are leaving the hospital the
nurses hand them their baby…and a copy of The
E.N.D. Immigrants entering the
country get a green card…and a copy of The
E.N.D. Its written into the
healthcare bill that insurance companies can’t discriminate against people with
preexisting conditions…and all new patients must get a copy of The E.N.D. I don’t even listen to this group but I checked
my ipod the other day and guess what was there? The E.N.D. The Peas hold the
ten spot this week and I’m sure another 50,000 people will discover this album
next week.
Moving
beyond the top ten we have Ludacris who falls from six to eleven but still
manages to sell 39,900 copies of his latest, Battle of the Sexes.
He
is followed by Method Man, Ghostface, and Raekwon with their collaborative album
Wu Massacre (that’s right…they
almost made the top ten). The trio sells
39,600 copies this week and claims the number 12 spot.
Lil
Wayne was number twenty last week. He’s
number twenty this week. His rock experiment,
Rebirth, moves another 25,000 units and is followed by
his label Young Money. The group album, We Are Young Money, drops from
thirty-four to thirty-nine selling 14,000 copies.
Dropping
This Week
She’s the kind of girl you think about in bedB****** Betty givin’ real good h***B*** a l*** n**, r**** n** in her jawS**** on her cheeks is all ya sawShe could b*** more h*** than a whale blows waterB******* Betty make your d*** get h*****
–
Todd “Too Short” Shaw B****** Betty
Quoting Too Short seemed
like a much better idea when I started out but, as you can see above, the
veteran MC isn’t the cleanest lyrically.
That still hasn’t stopped him from becoming a commercially viable artist
given that Shaw has been releasing full length albums since 1980. This week the Oakland MC releases his 19th
studio album, Still Blowin. There is never too much to say about a Too
Short album. If you like him then you
already know what the album is about so pick up a copy.
Next up is, arguably, the
hardest working man in Hip Hop this year.
Madlib is on schedule to release 12 Beat Konducta mixtapes, has already
done some work with the likes of Strong Arm Steady and Guilty Simpson, and now
releases another jazz album under the moniker Young Jazz Rebels. His first jazz album for this year was
released under the name The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion
Ensemble and titled Miles Away. This new album is called slave riot so if you’re into Madlib then pick it up.
That’s
it for the week. Pick up an album or
two.
