The Numbers Game: Atmosphere Shocks At #5 (by B-Easy)
May 1, 2008 by nappyafro.com Staff
Here we go again. Another dose of your weekly Numbers Game. Well, in today’s edition: Mariah still rules, Atmosphere does what a lot majors can’t, & Prodigy gets no appreciation. Now that I think about it, only 1 Hip-Hop artist is in the Top 10. Does next week bring any hope? With releases from Lyfe Jennings, Lil’ Mama, and Estelle; it depends on who you ask. Now, enough of me rambling, time for the actual rankings:
#1 Mariah Carey/E=MC2 (Last Week: #1) - 181,900; Total: 646,100 (Gold)
#5 Atmosphere/When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold (Last Week: NA) - 36,500; Total: NA
#15 Rick Ross/Trilla (Last Week: #11) - 22,600; Total: 465,700
#20 Jordin Sparks/Jordin Sparks (Last Week: #16) - 19,300; Total: 697,00 (Gold)
#24 Alicia Keys/As I Am (Last Week: #30) - 16,400; Total: 3,415,800 (3x Platinum)
#25 Danity Kane/Welcome To The Dollhouse (Last Week: #14) - 16,100; Total: 438,800
#27 Flo Rida/Mail On Sunday (Last Week: #31) - 15,600; Total: 201,200
#30 Amy Winehouse/Back To Black (Last Week: #39) - 14,200; Total: 1,900,600 (Platinum)
#35 Snoop Dogg/Ego Trippin’ (Last Week: #37) - 13,200; Total: 291,300
#39 Prodigy/H.N.I.C. Pt. 2 (Last Week: NA) - 13,300; Total: NA
#37 Mary J. Blige/Growing Pains (Last Week: #36) - 12,600; Total: 1,434,500 (Platinum)
#39 Chris Brown/Exclusive (Last Week: #38) - 12,000; Total: 1,488,400 (Platinum)
#40 Keyshia Cole/Just Like You (Last Week: #40) - 11,400; Total: 1,356,500 (Platinum)
#47 Gnarls Barkley/The Odd Couple (Last Week: #20) - 10,600; Total: 131,800
Who the fuck is Atmosphere?
I said the same thing! But we HAVE to review it now!
“Who is Atmosphere?”…Are you serious? Atmosphere (Slug & Ant) are a great Hip-Hop group that has been in the Underground scene for a while now. The group is legendary when it comes to Underground Hip-Hop. Their previous album ‘You Can’t Imagine How Much Fun We’re Having” was just as good as their recent release. Yeah a review on their new album has to be done cause it’s really good! It’s great to see them #5 on the list. Hopefully that’s a sign that people are starting to wake up about real Hip-Hop and not buying this trash anymore. It’s a damn shame though that the only Gold and Platinum albums are R&B and none are Hip-Hop (smh).
Hip Hop record sales are really declining like crazy. R&B is sweeping up the sales right now. These so called rappers nowadays better step their game up, and offer something more original because the fans are no longer buying gimmicks, and people are getting tired of rap in many ways. 2008, its time to step it up folks.
Or just go to a different genre, thats good too.