Eddie Vedder has knocked Jay-Z from the top spot on the Billboard 200, but it won't be long before his Blueprint 3 reaches platinum status.
By David Sutherland for SarcasticDBag.Blogspot.com
After sitting pretty for 2 weeks at the top of the charts, Jay-Z's eleventh solo album The Blueprint 3 has been knocked down to the No. 2 spot by Pearl Jam, and moved a respectable 134,100 units in its third week of release. Doing those kind of numbers in this economy means that Jay can comfortably boast to his haters, "I sold what your last album sold in my third week". The total sales for The Blueprint 3 now stands at 908,100, just shy of that illusive platinum plaque.
If you're counting, this will be Jay's 15th project to garner a platinum plaque or better and he's managed to do it in only 13 years. I have to ask, what's better: going 15 times platinum, or platinum 15 times? Both would be pretty damn good, but I'd rather have the satisfaction of a long and successful career...and Beyonce.
Next up on the charts is Toronto's finest, aka Drake, who's clinging to that top 10 spot as his So Far Gone EP holds on at No. 9. With 36,100 units moved in the last week, Drake's 2 week tally now stands at 109,700. Hey, that's platinum in Canada!
Kid Cudi's superb Man On The Moon: The End Of Day dropped from n0. 4 to the 17 spot after a strong showing last week. Cudi's debut had one of the biggest drops of any artist in the top 10, and he only moved 28,300 records bringing his total to 132,600. Cudi may think that the "Sky Might Fall", but the only thing plummeting are his numbers and it's a shame because his album is one of the year's best.
After a turbulent week of legal drama, Lil Boosie's troubles got worse as his latest record drops from the no. 7 spot to no. 30 moving 15,000 copies. The Louisiana MC has moved 63,900 copies of Superbad: The Return of Boosie Bad Azz so far, and he'll have to move a few more if he wants to be straight before he does a 2-year bid for gun and drug posession.
Raekwon, who in my opinion released the best hip-hop album of the year, sold another 12,000 copies of Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...Pt. 2 landing at no. 40 on the charts. His total now stands at 101,200 units sold and that's good news for hip-hop culture in general. If you're only going to buy one album this year, make it OB4CLP2!
Finally, Brother Ali's third album Us managed to sell 8,600 units in its debut week and landed in the no. 56 spot which is Ali's highest chart debut to date. Us is definitely worth checking out if you're into thinking man's rap because hearing about bitches and rims only goes so far. The MC from Minnesota also proves once again that he's one of the best in the game when it comes to those mic skills, and the album's production (provided by ANT) is on point.
That's all for now, and be sure to check back next week to see how Ghostface's new record debuts.
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