Free Gucci: Download The Diplo Mixtape Free

Those that know Diplo’s music understand that his production in an acquired taste. Diplo is widely known for his work with eccentrics like M.I.A., Santogold and Spankrock, but this “Free Gucci” mixtape may just get him a serious dose hood recognition. The beats are original and they bounce playfully, changing often. Oddly, Diplo’s production gives […]

ChartWatch: Gucci Mane, Snoop, Timbaland, Clipse – Sales are IN!

AllHipHop ChartWatch for December 16, 2009      I’ve spent the last few weeks pointing out the sales of reality TV star Susan Boyle which has raise a lot of questions amongst readers.  Mainly, Who the f— is Susan Boyle?  Well, I’ll tell you.  She’s a British, reality show star.  Now British music artist + Reality TV should […]

ChartWatch: Boyle Bodies R.Kelly! Snoop, Timbo, Gucci Mane & Clipse Are Up!

AllHipHop ChartWatch for December 09, 2009    This week R. Kelly enters the charts at the fourth spot selling 115,000 copies of his latest album Untitled. Not even the pied piper could dethrone the unlikely pop superstar, Susan Boyle, who continues her dominance on the charts with her debut, I Dreamed a Dream.  The reality […]

ChartWatch: Rihanna Gets Bodied! Black Eyed Peas Return! 50 Cent Slips!

AllHipHop ChartWatch for December 02, 2009   Last week’s column may have received the most comments we’ve ever gotten on ChartWatch and you can pretty much attribute it all to 50 Cent.  Whether you love him, hate him, or generally could care less about him, the queens MC gets people talking.  This week the controversial […]

AllHipHop ChartWatch: Rakim Cometh! Jay-Z & BEP Hold It Down! MJ Makes SoundScan Change Up!

ChartWatch for November 18, 2009  Here is something interesting. Michael Jackson has caused SoundScan to make some changes in how they report album sales. With the renewed success of Thriller and his Greatest Hits album, older catalog release will be included in the new releases. So, as the highest selling artist of 2009, Taylor Swift […]

AllHipHop ChartWatch: Jay-Z Is IT!! Wale & MF Doom Approach The Charts!

ChartWatch for November 11, 2009Let’s see here.  Top ten for the week.  There….is…no…Hip-Hop…in…the…top…ten.  Not one album.  The highest rated album is Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3 which is ranked at the 13th position.  Sean Carter manages to move another 36,000 copies. That’s followed by The Black Eyed Peas and their chart topping album The E.N.D.  The group […]