Archive for October, 2007
Daily Recap - 10/31/07
Album Sales
The good people over at RealTalkNY published this list of album sales. Very interesting:
Akon 2.7 million
Kanye West 1.5 million
Robin Thicke 1.4 million
T.I. 1.1 million
50 Cent 1.025 million
Ne-Yo 830k
Timbaland 760k
Rihanna 756k
T-Pain 703k
Fabolous 493k
Keyshia Cole 470k
Common 417k
UGK 354k
Plies 297k
Sean Kingston 265k
Soulja Boy 200k
J. Holiday 170k
Talib Kweli 156k
Young Joc 150k
Chamillionaire 145k
Trey Songz 114k
I wonder what the ringtone sales are looking like…
Beans Online Series
Via the woman who gave illmatic 5 Mics….
Daily Recap - 10/30/07
Ignorant Shit 2007
Pac & Madonna???
From NY Daily News:
O’Brien says Madonna, in her mid-30s, “desperately wanted children and had various relationships with unlikely men.” The singer’s friend Alison Clarkson recalls when she was briefly dating Tupac Shakur, one year before his death.
“She was going out with him … but homegirls were saying to him, ‘I can’t believe you’re going out with a white girl,’” - so she got dumped!
…I didn’t know she was talking bout her bra!
Daily Recap - 10/29/07
Nas Talks To RS About New Album Controversy While Politicians Join Fight To Prevent Title
Mixtape Monday: Jay-Z Explains Jadakiss’ Roc Deal; Lil Wayne Has The ‘Craziest Song’ For Eminem
Why Albums Used To Matter (Jay Smooth cracks me up and speaks the truth at the same time)
Also see: Jay-Z: The Real Return Of The King
Both via NahRight
So you may or may not have gotten your hands on the leaked version of American Gangster. My first impression: Reasonable Doubt meets Blueprint
Hello Brooklyn is a hot song (f/ Lil Weezy), but it doesn’t fit the rest of the album. Take out that track and American Gangster plays out like a movie with a blaxplotation soundtrack.
I’m really feelin the beat for Fallin….other early favorites include Pray, American Dream, No Hook, Success (f/ Nas)
Kanye’s Book
And Ye Says:
It’s dope….10 bucks. I teamed up with co-author J. Sakiya Sandifer to make my literary debut with Thank You And You’re Welcome!, an entertaining volume of “Kanye-isms “– the creative, humorous and insightful philosophies and anecdotes used in creating my path to success. It captures the same wit, playful irony, and piercing insight found abundant in my lyrics. In Thank You And You’re Welcome! I deliver my personal message uncensored, without any five-second delay or media distortion. I’ll post some sample pages within a week…
T.I. Released On Bail
T.I. Released on $3 million bail [Read Article]
Daily Recap - 10/26/07
The Clipse Signs With Columbia
GALLERY: Ludacris’ “Down In The Dirty” Video Shoot
Notorious B.I.G. Immortalized In Wax, While Biopic Still Awaits Leading Man
Pete Rock Announces First Album In Four Years
Nas Controversy Continues, NY Politician Says Change Album Title Or UMG Loses $84 Mil In Funding
Lil Wayne Beats The Bootleggers: Tha Carter III: The Leak Coming On December 18
