The hip hop charts this week start off with Young Jeezy and U.S.D.A. debuting at #4 with Cold Summer selling 95k in its first week. 6 spots below is Ne-Yo, whose album Because of You moves another 40k ths week, edging the R&B singer closer to gold (435k overall). Coming in at #15 are Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, with Strength & Loyalty selling 33k this week (206k overall).
Also debuting this week are Lil’ Boosie & Webbie, taking the #17 spot. Their album Survival of the Fittest manages to move 30k units in its first week. It looks like Akon’s Konvicted is finally starting to lose some steam, as it moves further away from the top 10. The album comes in at #19, with 28k on the week (2.3 million overall).
Timbaland continues his steady decline as Shock Value drops from #33 to #38, with 14k on the week (343k overall). Young Buck’s story on the charts is much the same, as Buck The World drops 14 spots to #71 with 9k on the week (321k overall). Another debut this weeks is Shady Records’ very own Cashis, whose County Hounds EP comes in at #106, with only 6k on the week.
Hip hop legends KRS One and Marley Marl’s album Hip Hop Lives debuts at #140 on Koch with 5k. Koch lablemate Duke Da God’s Dipset: More than Music, Vol. 2 continues its decline as it drops a mind-boggling 70 spots to #157, with only 4k this week (36k overall).
