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“When a rapper’s rapping, you should be able to smell the dope cooking.”

In the first episode of our new 10-part series on Atlanta, host Thomas Morton meets longtime stick-up boy Curtis Snow (Snow On Da Bluff) while explaining what Atlanta means and why it’s become the center of drug trafficking and rap music. Later, we find ourselves in iconic Patchwerk Studios with Black Mafia Family’s Bleu Davinci. He explains the rise and fall of BMF, the city’s scene over the last decade, and what he thinks it takes to make it today. After a game of pool, we head to the strip club to meet Migos.

Noisey Atlanta is a 10-part series documenting unprecedented access into the city’s rap scene. Hosted by VICE / HBO / Noisey’s Thomas Morton and directed by Andy Capper

 Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA reveals new info on “Once Upon A Time In Shaolin”, the group’s secret album while speaking with Forbes about his partnership with Boombotix and Boombot Rex product launch at CES in Las Vegas.
source: Forbes

zero-platinum-records-2014 2014 will mark the first year since its inception in 1976 that only 1 artist will be certified as platinum from sales. The award is given by the RIAA to mark one million units sold. Taylor Swift sold over 1.2 million copies of “1989” in her 1st week. Read More

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Directed by Melina Matsoukas.

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Dr. Dre could be days away from being the first rapper turned BILLIONAIRE … thanks to a mega-deal for Apple to snatch up his Beats Electronics brand.

Apple will reportedly buy Beats for a whopping $3.2 BILLION — and since Dre and Interscope honcho Jimmy lovine created the brand … it’s a safe bet they will walk away with a huge chunk of that cash.
Source: TMZ

1.  Sean “Diddy” Combs $700 m

2.  Andre “Dr. Dre” Young  $550 m

3. Shawn “Jay Z” Carter  $520 m

4. Bryan “Birdman” Williams  $160 m

5. Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson  $140 m

Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 1/5/2014

#2. Beyonce – Beyonce –  130,000 (503,000)

#3. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP 2 – 55,000 (1,781,000)

#11. R. Kelly – Black Panties – 31,000 (269,000)

#15. Drake – Nothing Was The Same – 24,000 (1,368,000)

#17. Justin Timberlake – 20/20 Experience Complete – 20,000 (801,000)

#18. Childish Gambino – because the internet – 16,000 (173,000)

#21. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist – 14,000 (1,246,000)

#36. B.o.B – Underground Luxury – 9,000 (63,000)

#39. Justin Timberlake – 20/20 Experience – 9,000 (2,436,000)

#41. Yo Gotti – I Am – 8,600 (120,000)

#65. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d. city – 5,900 (1,132,000)

#69. Kanye West – Yeezus – 5,600 (630,000)

#76. Jay Z – Magna Carta…Holy Grail –  5,300 (1,104,000)

#148. 2 Chainz – B.O.A.T.S. II #MeTime – 3,300 (221,000)

* data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousand for units above 10,000, nearest hundred for units below 10,000.

Beyonce fifth album was released early Friday morning exclusively on iTunes. Apple said Monday that it sold 617,213 in its U.S. iTunes Store. It sold 828,773 internationally.  No promotion. No Marketing

The album is being sold by iTunes exclusively for a week at $15.99. It will be sold in retailers and others websites this week.

“Beyonce” broke the first-week digital sales record for an album in the United States. It also marks the singer’s best first-week numbers.

The album will debut at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top 200 albums chart this week.

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5.  Bob Marley $18 million

4.  Elizabeth Taylor $25 million

3.  Charles Schulz  $37 million

2.  Elvis Presley  $55 milllion

1.  Michael Jackon  $160 million

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#4. Drake – Nothing Was The Same – 58,000 (947,000)

#14. Pusha T – My Name Is My Name – 20,000 (95,000)

#29. Dom Kennedy – Get Home Safely – 10,000 (10,000)

#41. Jay Z – Magna Carta…Holy Grail – 8,000 (1,034,000)

#48. 2 Chainz – B.O.A.T.S. II #MeTime – 7,000 (143,000)

#51. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist – 7,000 (1,112,000)

#54. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d. city – 7,000 (1,065,000)

#57. Young Dro – High Times – 6,000 (6,000)

#88. Game – OKE Deluxe Edition – 5,000 (5,000)

#155. Nelly – M.O. – 3,000 (23,000)

* data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousand for units above 10,000, nearest hundred for units below 10,000.