The Numbers Game: LL Cool J Lands At #9 (by B-Easy)

I don’t know if this week’s Numbers Game was really anticipated. I mean, as far as debuts this week, Kardinal Offishall & LL Cool J didn’t exactly have the Hip-Hop world waiting. Me personally, I’m at least always semi-interested. Let’s look at LL first: For a guy who’s been rapping since 1983 Read more

The Numbers Game: Young Jeezy Gets #1 Spot (by B-Easy)

Of course we all knew Jeezy would take the #1 spot on the Billboard charts. King Jerm predicted The Recession to go Gold in the first week. I personally said he’ll do about a little over what The Game did last week. With a official total of 260,569, we see who won that contest (Come on Jerm, I write a column every week about this shit!). Read more

The Numbers Game: The Game Is #2 (by B-Easy)

Even though I posted a pic of Game looking sad (He barely ever smiles), dude has a lot to grin about this week. In this day and age selling over 200,000 albums in the first week is a lot to be happy about (Hey, everybody can’t be Lil’ Wayne). Yeah, it was thought that The Game had the #1 spot locked up, but after some “readjusting” it turned out not to be so Read more

The Numbers Game: Ice Cube Debuts At #5 (by B-Easy)

Well, look at this. Even though King Jerm didn’t exactly love Raw Footage, you gotta give props to Ice Cube. He might not sale as much as his last album (Laugh Now, Cry Later sold 144,000 in it’s first week), but Cube’s been it the game for 23 years…and he’s only 39! Looking at it that way, 70,000 album sales isn’t bad at all. Read more

The Numbers Game: Yung Berg Debuts At #20 (by B-Easy)

Ha! You thought I wasn’t gonna make this Numbers Game in time did you? Okay, so you probably didn’t really care, but let me keep fronting. This week we only have one big debut in terms of Hip-Hop. That lone spot is held by Mr. “Dark Butts” himself, Yung Berg. Read more

The Numbers Game: Re-Up Gang Lands At #55 (by B-Easy)

If you are scratching you head and asking yourself, “Why did Easy put the Re-Up Gang’s pic up as if landing at #55 is anything special?” Well, shit, I honestly thought they wouldn’t crack the top 100 (Plus add in that most of album is recycled rhymes from Got It For Cheap Vol. 3…). Also, don’t ask me where the Nappy Roots review is. Read more

The Numbers Game: Plies Readies For Gold (by B-Easy)

Even though Weezy push over the 2 million mark in album sales this week, I just couldn’t bring myself to put his picture in this column again (It’s been like 4 weeks out of 7!). Is Plies a good alternative? Not really, but what can you do. The man has a great chance of doing what G-Unit won’t do this fiscal year; go Gold. Read more

The Numbers Game: Weezy Closes In On 2 “Milli” (by B-Easy)

Every week I tell myself that I will not put Lil’ Wayne’s picture up for The Numbers Game, but almost every week I end up doing it. I’m not a hater or a dick rider; it just seems he can’t be stopped. Even the powerful Hannah Montana has to take notice. Read more

The Numbers Game: Nas Gets #1 Spot (by B-Easy)

Okay, of course we all expected Nasir to grab the top spot from Weezy on the Billboard 200. I’m still suprised that after all that publicity Nigger/Untitled recieved from main media outlets, that it only pulled in around 180,000. I guess everybody can’t leak 2 weeks before the official release date and still sale a million copies. Read more

The Numbers Game: Weezy Will Not Stop (by B-Easy)

Damn Weezy, Tha Carter III will not be stopped. After 5 weeks the album regains the top spot and is inching closer to the double Platinum plaque. I hope some of ya’ll put some money aside to buy a copy of that new Nas. Well maybe you should have gave a little money to Killer Mike also; his recent album didn’t crack 4,000 sales. Other than that, nothing else really made waves this week as far album sales numbers. Read more

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