Best selling rap albums in the US by release date, 1987-2012

by **Spiderpig** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:50 am

HUR wrote:Well done, the best topic, the best user. The best.

I love you too :lol:

so who's your favorite rapper HUR ? :lol:

by **MJDangerous** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:53 am

Spiderpig wrote:
HUR wrote:Well done, the best topic, the best user. The best.
I love you too
so who's your favorite rapper HUR ?

MC Mercury :lol:

by **HUR** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:55 am

Spiderpig wrote:
HUR wrote:Well done, the best topic, the best user. The best.
I love you too
so who's your favorite rapper HUR ?

I'm trying to gain a vote by being nice with other people:

http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=47367

Nah just joking. :lol:

My favourite rapper is Vanilla Ice because he gave Queen and David Bowie yet another number one everywhere. :lol:

Seriously, I don't know much the genre in itself. Jazz, rap, R&b, reggae, always the same, I never paid much attention to them. :roll:

by **Spiderpig** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:55 am

by **Spiderpig** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:59 am

HUR wrote:Seriously, I don't know much the genre in itself. Jazz, rap, R&b, reggae, always the same, I never paid much attention to them.

so you don't like "black music" ? how sad...

by **HUR** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:02 am

lol at both. :lol:

I don't know about rap, but surely, you don't know much about groups like Kayak, Valensia, Frank Zappa, do you?. There are always gains and losses when comparing.

Spider, it isn't like I don't like "black music", it is just I never heard any of the main acts of each genre. I can´t dislike it, simply because I just don't know them. Maybe if you want, you can recommend something.

In general, I don't like the genres, I like that artists.

by **GUS** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:21 am

HUR wrote:lol at both. :lol: :lol: I don't know about rap, but surely, you don't know much about groups like Kayak, Valensia, Frank Zappa, do you?. There are always gains and losses when comparing.

Spider, it isn't like I don't like "black music", it is just I never heard any of the main acts of each genre. I can´t dislike it, simply because I just don't know them. Maybe if you want, you can recommend something.

In general, I don't like the genres, I like that artists.

How about Fugees / "the score", Lauryn Hill / "the misseducation of lauryn hill", Outkast / "speakerboxxx-the love below" to start?

by **Spiderpig** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:28 am

HUR wrote:lol at both. I don't know about rap, but surely, you don't know much about groups like Kayak, Valensia, Frank Zappa, do you?. There are always gains and losses when comparing.

Spider, it isn't like I don't like "black music", it is just I never heard any of the main acts of each genre. I can´t dislike it, simply because I just don't know them. Maybe if you want, you can recommend something.

In general, I don't like the genres, I like that artists.

I know a lot about Frank Zappa darling

anyway I can understand you don't like rap, jazz or reggae (given that you like Queen, the Backstreet Boys and co.) but r&b ? Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder...etc ?

by **zago** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:47 am

argentino78 wrote:
HUR wrote:lol at both. I don't know about rap, but surely, you don't know much about groups like Kayak, Valensia, Frank Zappa, do you?. There are always gains and losses when comparing.

Spider, it isn't like I don't like "black music", it is just I never heard any of the main acts of each genre. I can´t dislike it, simply because I just don't know them. Maybe if you want, you can recommend something.

In general, I don't like the genres, I like that artists.
How about Fugees / "the score", Lauryn Hill / "the misseducation of lauryn hill", Outkast / "speakerboxxx-the love below" to start?

great start!

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message
Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock
Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C.
Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full
Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell
Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
EPMD - Strictly Business
Eric B. & Rakim - Follow the Leader
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
Ultramagnetic MC's - Critical Beatdown
De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising

Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels
Gang Starr - Step in the Arena
Ice-T - Original Gangster
De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead
Naughty by Nature - Naughty by Nature
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91 The Enemy Strikes...
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill
Ice Cube - Death Certificate
Redman - Whut? Thee Album
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
Gang Starr - Daily Operation
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
KRS-One - Return of the Boom Bap
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
Scarface - The Diary
Nas - Illmatic
Common - Resurrection
The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
2Pac - Me Against The World
GZA / Genius - Liquid Swords
Mobb Deep - The Infamous...
Outkast - ATLiens
Fugees - The Score
2Pac - All Eyez On Me
The Roots - Illadelph Halflife
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Outkast - Aquemini
The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
Gang Starr - Moment of Truth
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
The Roots - Things Fall Apart
Pharoahe Monch - Internal Affairs

Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
OutKast - Stankonia
Common - Like Water for Chocolate
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
Jay-Z - The Blueprint
Nas - The Lost Tapes
The Roots -Phrenology
Dizzee Rascal - Boy in da Corner
Eminem - The Eminem Show
The Streets - Original Pirate Material
OutKast - Speakerboxxx / The Love Below
Kanye West - The College Dropout
Saul Williams - Saul Williams
Jay-Z - The Black Album
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Kanye West - Late Registration
cLOUDDEAD - Ten
Dalek - Absence
Why? - Elephant Eyelash
Common - Be
CunninLynguists - A Piece of Strange
Jay Dee (J Dilla) - Donuts
Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
The Roots - Game Theory
El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
Madvillain - Madvillainy 2: The Madlib Remix
Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint..
Dalek - Gutter Tactics

by **HUR** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 2:21 am

Spiderpig wrote:
HUR wrote:lol at both. I don't know about rap, but surely, you don't know much about groups like Kayak, Valensia, Frank Zappa, do you?. There are always gains and losses when comparing.

Spider, it isn't like I don't like "black music", it is just I never heard any of the main acts of each genre. I can´t dislike it, simply because I just don't know them. Maybe if you want, you can recommend something.

In general, I don't like the genres, I like that artists.
I know a lot about Frank Zappa darling
anyway I can understand you don't like rap, jazz or reggae (given that you like Queen, the Backstreet Boys and co.) but r&b ? Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder...etc ?

What does the fact that I like Queen and Backstreet boys have to do with the other genres?.

I have already explained it. See your example: you like Britney Spears, Radiohead, yet you are also a fan of many Jazz or r&b acts. And I repeat, I didn't say I don't like those genres. I just don't know them. In any case, I repeat, I don't like any specific genre, I like the artists. Is it clear?.

Thank you for the recommendations, you, Gustavo and Zago. 8-)

by **gillyberto** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 2:40 am

Hip hop sales get better and better

by **NothingFails** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 2:53 am

HUR wrote:lol at both. I don't know about rap, but surely, you don't know much about groups like Kayak, Valensia, Frank Zappa, do you?. There are always gains and losses when comparing.

Spider, it isn't like I don't like "black music", it is just I never heard any of the main acts of each genre. I can´t dislike it, simply because I just don't know them. Maybe if you want, you can recommend something.

In general, I don't like the genres, I like that artists.

you don't like Stevie Wonder or old-school Michael Jackson? They seem to fit the "good voice + good music" criteria. Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Prince too. Check some of it out. I am not a hip hop fan either but all those classic r&b artists are great.

by **Willypedia** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:59 am

Nice lists Zago. But you'd better put Jay-Z' "American Gangster" and Nas' "Hip Hop Is Dead" and "Untitled" in the last one.

Well my favourite rappers are Jay-Z, Biggie and Nas.

Other I like are Rakim, KRS-One and all Wu-Tang Clan members just to name a few. :wink:

by **Lehmann** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:01 am

Willypedia wrote:Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III 3,012,110
T.I. - Paper Trail 1,694,521
Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak 1,327,998
Young Jeezy - The Recession 775,473
Rick Ross - Trilla 750,000**
The Game - LAX 675,969
Plies - Definition Of Real 570,000**
Ludacris - Theater Of The Mind 554,739
T-Pain Th33 Ringz 488,261
Nas - Untitled 480,000**

** These are estimations...the albums aren't in charts anymore.

So Flo Rida, Nelly, G-Unit & Snoop Dogg are out from the top 10! They all sold less than 400k!

numbers from latest rap chart
36 ATLG 24 19 19 PLIES DEFINITION OF REAL 2,489 2,277 9 565,739
31 DEF 32 29 26 NAS NAS 1,935 1,568 23 439,213
50 DEF 33 32 32 ROSS*RICK TRILLA 1,661 1,464 13 718,550
49 GEFN 53 50 53 SNOOP DOGG EGO TRIPPIN' 1,023 953 7 384,341
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by **Lehmann** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:04 am

i think they will end up like that
Lil Wayne - 3,5m
T.I. - 2m
Kanye West - 2m
Young Jeezy - 900k
Ludacris - 750k
Rick Ross - 730k
The Game - 700k
Plies - 580k
Nas - 450k
Plies Realist - 420k

by **HUR** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:06 am

NothingFails wrote:
HUR wrote:lol at both. I don't know about rap, but surely, you don't know much about groups like Kayak, Valensia, Frank Zappa, do you?. There are always gains and losses when comparing.

Spider, it isn't like I don't like "black music", it is just I never heard any of the main acts of each genre. I can´t dislike it, simply because I just don't know them. Maybe if you want, you can recommend something.

In general, I don't like the genres, I like that artists.
you don't like Stevie Wonder or old-school Michael Jackson? They seem to fit the "good voice + good music" criteria. Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Prince too. Check some of it out. I am not a hip hop fan either but all those classic r&b artists are great.

Yes, I love Micheal Jackson. But I'm mostly familiar with his stuff from "Off the wall" onwards. I don't know much about him prior to that. Steve Wonder is a musical geniues to me, great songwriter with great interpretation.

by **Spiderpig** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:44 pm

Lehmann wrote:i think they will end up like that
Lil Wayne - 3,5m
T.I. - 2m
Kanye West - 2m
Young Jeezy - 900k
Ludacris - 750k
Rick Ross - 730k
The Game - 700k
Plies - 580k
Nas - 450k
Plies Realist - 420k

I think T.I. could sell 2,2/2,3m, if not more, also if it ends up like this it'll be the first Snoop album to not be in the top 10

maybe the beginning of the end for him...

by **Spiderpig** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:46 pm

HUR wrote:Yes, I love Micheal Jackson.

so you like r&b :lol:

by **HUR** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:53 pm

Spiderpig wrote:
HUR wrote:Yes, I love Micheal Jackson.
so you like r&b

For the millionth time, I don't like the genres or musical styles, I like the artists. Understand?.

Anyway, isn't Micheal Jackson a lot more pop oriented?.

Spider, still waiting a reply to this:

" What does the fact that I like Queen and Backstreet boys have to do with the other genres?."

:lol:

by **Spiderpig** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:36 pm

rappers in the top 100 this week :

13 T.I. PAPER TRAIL 23,302 23,578 -1 1,796,022
16 WEST*KANYE 808S & HEARTBREAK 20,376 22,500 -9 1,428,867
41 LIL WAYNE THA CARTER III 12,174 13,859 -12 3,070,643
66 SOULJA BOY TELL'EM ISOULJABOYTELLEM 7,715 8,360 -8 167,479
74 PLIES DA REALIST 7,223 9,267 -22 307,024
79 LUDACRIS THEATER OF THE MIND 6,796 8,055 -16 590,604
87 YOUNG JEEZY RECESSION 6,365 7,220 -12 805,509

seems like T.I. could sell 2,5m in the end

Ludacris starts falling apparently, I guess he won't sell more than 700k, the same for Plies who will struggle to sell more than 400k...

by **Lehmann** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 2:11 pm

If T.I. releases successful single after Dead & Gone, he can reach 3 million mark... Who knows, will T.I. release any singles?

by **Willypedia** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 2:31 pm

He's going to jail by the end of this month (if I'm not wrong), so I don't think so...

by **mattsky** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 3:17 pm

Khia - Thug Misses (almost 900,000) Gold

by **Spiderpig** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 4:41 pm

Lehmann wrote:will T.I. release any singles?

well the album is supposed to be re-released soon, with the first single being another duet with Justin, so wait and see...
but even if the album "only" sells 2.5 million, I dunno if you guys realize but it would mean T.I. is now bigger than 2Pac, Jay-Z, Biggie or DMX have ever been

by **Spiderpig** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 4:43 pm

mattsky wrote:Khia - Thug Misses (almost 900,000) Gold

not enough to be in the top 10 of 2002 :wink:

(if that's what you mean)