Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 1 | Usher | Raymond v. Raymond |
329,000 | 330,000 |
| 4 | Erykah Badu | The New Amerykah Part Two |
110,000 | 110,000 |
| 6 | Monica | Still Standing | 81,000 | 266,000 |
| 10 | Black Eyed Peas | The E.N.D. |
43,000 | 2,387,000 |
| 11 | Ludacris | Battle of the Sexes | 40,000 | 284,000 |
| 12 | Method Man, Ghostface Killah & Raekwon | Wu-Massacre |
38,000 | 38,000 |
| 47 | E-40 | Revenue Retrievin’: Day Shift |
12,000 | 12,000 |
| 49 | E-40 | Revenue Retrievin’: Night Shift |
12,000 | 12,000 |
| 179 | Jedi Mind Tricks Present: Army of the Pharaohs | The Unholy Terror | 3,200 | 3,200 |
| 184 | Brotha Lynch Hung | Dinner and a Movie |
3,100 | 11,000 |
Hollywood’s 10 Highest-Paid Men. Coming in at number four is the mastermind behind the Madea franchise – producer, writer, director Tyler Perry – pulling in over $80 million. Others who top the list included: George Lucas ($170M), Steven Spielberg ($150M), Jerry Bruckheimer ($100M), Jerry Seinfeld ($85M), and Dr. Phil McGraw ($80M).
This year, VIBE’s putting together the battle of the beats with their Greatest Producer Of All Time tournament. First round of voting begins today. The winner will be announced May 24th.
HOMEGROWN SOUND
Dr. Dre (1) VS DJ Toomp (16)
Mannie Fresh (2) VS David Banner (15)
The Bomb Squad (3) VS Mr. Lee (14)
Prince Paul (4) VS Shock G (13)
Juicy J (5) VS Rick Rock (12)
Luke (6) VS Johnny J (11)
Beats By The Pound (7) VS Wyclef (10)
Ant Banks (8) VS DJ Quik (9)
MASS APPEAL
The Neptunes (1) VS will.i.am (16)
Timbaland (2) VS Polow Da Don (15)
Swizz Beatz (3) VS Dust Brothers (14)
Diddy and The Hitmen (4) VS Herbie Luv Bug (13)
Teddy Riley (5) VS Kay Gee (12)
Trackmasters (6) VS Larry Smith (11)
Jermaine Dupri (7) VS Irv Gotti (10)
Scott Storch (8) VS Lil Jon (9)
SOUL SAMPLE
Kanye West (1) VS The Heatmakerz (16)
Pete Rock (2) VS Cool & Dre (15)
Organized Noize (3) VS 9th Wonder (14)
Erick Sermon (4) VS Daz (13)
Just Blaze (5) VS Hi-Tek (12)
J. Dilla (6) VS 88-Keys (11)
Mark the 45 King (7) VS Salaam Remi (10)
No I.D. (8) VS The Alchemist (9)
BOOM BAP
DJ Premier (1) VS Bangladesh (16)
RZA (2) VS Rocwilder (15)
Marley Marl (3) VS Dame Grease (14)
Rick Rubin (4) VS The Beatnuts (13)
Jam Master Jay (5) VS Easy Mo Bee (12)
Large Professor (6) VS Q-Tip (11)
Diamond D (7) VS DJ Muggs (10)
Havoc (8) VS Da Beatminerz (9)
“Hip Hop King of Bling” Jacob the Jeweler was transferred from federal prison to a halfway house on March 25. The King of Bling, 44, real name Jacob Arabov, was sentenced in 2008 to 2½ years for lying to investigators probing money laundering by Detroit’s Black Mafia gang. The judge cut the sentence by seven months citing Jacob’s good works for charity. Arabov, who is given shout-outs in 62 different rap songs, is scheduled for full release in September. Meanwhile, during the day he can help wife Angela run Jacob & Co. He just has to return to the “residential re-entry facility” each night.
Ice Cube is gearing up to release his new album ‘I Am The West’ on July 13 and he’s coming straight at your favorite rapper’s heads!
He unleashed two new tracks at the Paid Dues Festival in San Bernardino, California Friday (April 3), Cube performed his brand new single “I Rep That West“. In it he disses Lil Wayne.
Medical Marijuana is now LEGAL is 14 states.
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Pictured above, President Obama blowing a dooby in his younger days.
Yesterday afternoon, Dr. Dre stepped into the batting cage at Fenway Park before the Boston Red Sox’s season opener. The Doc and Jimmy Iovine were promoting Beats By Dre headphones and the Interscope boss hog reveals the title of the rumored track by Dre and Jay-Z.
***HOT FIRE*** New Jadakiss Mixtape “Al Qaeda Jada 3” after the Jump…..Ahhhhhh Haaaaaa (Kiss Laugh)!
Notorious B.I.G. became a TOP 5 Dead Or Alive MC off the strength of just two albums. A testament to how great his wordplay and delivery was.
Who could have known that a senseless beef with another rapper Tupac Shakur would cost him his life?
In this rare interview with Uncle Luke at one of his famous Peeps Shows Biggie and Luke chop it up. Along with Lil Cease they talk about the beef, Lil Kim, Biggie’s plans to become an entrepreneur/ millionaire and his forthcoming album ‘Life After Death‘
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