Sunday, December 13, 2009

Whos Selling in rap


So this last week allot of rappers dropped their final albums of the year. Gucci Mane, Snoop Dogg, Clipse, Timbaland, B.G. and Chris Brown. And the top selling one so far is Chris Brown! Not really being a rap or hip hop act he still has the hip hop flavor though. he is projected to sell 120,000 to 130,000 in his first week which is pretty good for him in his first album out since him beating Rihanna's ass.(I Dont condone spousal abuse) Gucci Mane is projected to sell 85,000 to 90,000 units in his first major album debut. Gucci is right now like it or not the hottest in the game you cant turn on the radio or listen to a mixtape with out hearing "GUUUCCCIII" or "BBBBUUUURRRR" he is everywhere! For him to only sell 85k to 90k is kind of disappointing. I know allot of people dont like Gucci for obvious reasons his lyrical content is not spectacular, but must people like his energy and his style and his work ethic in the game, which I agree with. Snoop Dogg's album is expected to sell 55,000-60,000 units. Snoops last couple albums were very forgettable "Ego Trippin" his last album was his first not to go gold. i didnt like the first single "sexual eruption" so i can see why it didnt sell. With his latest "Malice in wonderland" his first single "I wanna rock" is ok but when i heard the album i was really disappointed again sounds like snoop just dropped his usual bullshit record just to hop on the jerk fad. Clipse are expected to sell 30-35K "til the casket drops" was the album i was waiting for all year! their last album "hell hath no fury" was voted best album you never heard and i thought it was a classic! but with this album they kind of ventured away for in house producers the neptunes, which i didnt like. I dont know why they would do that neptunes gave them hot original beats and the clipse would drop hot original lyrics! to say i dont like the album is not true, it is a good album but compared to there last "hell hath no fury" it doesnt compete! and lastly B.G.'s Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood is projected to sell around 40-50K, Timbo’s Shock Value II is believed to fall somewhere between 35,000 and 40,000

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