AllHiphop ChartWatch: B.O.B. IS ON TOP!

ChartWatch for May 5, 2010 Happy Cinco De Mayo!  You know what that means…the radio is going resurrect reggaeton for the day.  If you’re a fan…enjoy it.  Go celebrate.  Hit a bar and have a drink….and if you’re a fan of rap take an extra shot because a Hip Hop artist finally made it to number one on the charts.  Granted a lot of it was due to the one song that I hate on his album but congratulations should go out to B.o.B for grabbing the number one spot this week.  The Adventures of Bobby Ray sells 83,747 copies with the success of its first single “Nothing on You.”  If you haven’t had a chance to listen to this album then do yourself a favor and pick it up because it has a little something for everyone. Next up is The Black Eyed Peas and their latest album, The E.N.D which sells another 19,836 copies and moves up two spots to 15.  Will.I.Am may have gotten roasted by the Boondocks (D***riding for Obama may be the Black Eyed Peas best song yet) but I’m sure he’s got some solid gold Kleenex he can cry into.  Either that or he was laughing at the episode while watching a solid gold flatscreen.  I don’t know what he’s doing but I imagine some solid gold is involved.  What I want to know is where did 19,000 people come from that hadn’t bought this album?  Where do these people come from?  Let’s move on because I’m starting to rant. Luda!  Ludacris drops two spots, from 18 to 20, selling 17,393 copies of his latest album, Battle of the Sexes.  He was in “Dropping” last week and makes it onto the charts this week.  Daddy Yankee enters the charts with his ninth studio album, Daddy Yankee Mundial.  The latin rapper sells 12,349 copies and takes the 33rd spot.  Finally, Lil Wayne and his rock experiment, Rebirth, continue to sell records, proving that once you get popular enough your fans will buy anything.  Somehow a rapper…who can’t play the guitar…or any musical instrument that I know of…managed to sell another 11,381 copies…of a rock album…and take the number 35 spot.  Dude actually moved up five spots from number 40 last week and all he had to do was hold a guitar.  Let this be a lesson to you aspiring artist out there.  I don’t know what that lesson is but I’m sure there’s one there somewhere. Shoulda Been It came out last week.  It wasn’t in the top ten this week…but it shoulda been.  Honestly I was ready to put B.o.B on here because I know how ya’ll are about buying music (especially when its good music), but he took the top spot this week.  That means shoulda been actually happened this week and we don’t even have to worry about it.  I guess if you want me to just say an artist….ummmm…..Daddy Yankee.  He was on the charts but I guess he should have been in the top ten.  Maybe…?  Yeah, that works.  On to “Dropping”. Dropping This WeekFirst up is Memphis duo Eightball & MJG.  I didn’t even know they were coming out with an album but the southern rap pioneers drop their 11th studio album, Ten Toes Down, this week.  This is their first album since being released from Bad Boy and signing to Grand Hustle.  The album will feature Young Dro, Bun B, Soulja Boy, Lil Boosie, David Banner, Slim Thug, and, of course, T.I.  I can’t even see how this could disappoint.  I mean…I said that about the last album but I didn’t really believe it.  If anybody has listen to Eightball & MJG or heard them and T.I together then you should know that his album won’t disappoint.  Pick it up.  Next up is Miami’s own Trina who releases her fifth studio album Amazin’.  Go take a look at her album covers and you can see that Trina has come a long way since Da Baddest B####.  On her debut album she looked like a nurse that might give you syphilis and now she looks like Beyonce’s best friend…without syphilis…I’m assuming.  Trina’s last album rated well but never really picked up in sales so this time the rapper returns with an arsenal of guests.  The new disc features Diddy, Kerry Hilson, Shonie, Lady Saw, Nicki Minaj, Flo Rida, G## Fresh, Monica, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Lyfe Jennings, and Kalenna of Dirty Money (not the girl you know from Danity Kane…the other one).  Trina says fans can expect versatility on this one so fans might want to give it a listen. Next up is a group I thought I would never get tired of hearing until I got tired of hearing them.  I haven’t bought one of their albums in a minute but it’s good to see them still doing their thing.  Bone Thugs N Harmony return with their eighth studio album, Uni-5.  The album features a few rappers that only the most die hard Bone Thugs fan would know anything about but what is more important is that all five members are on this album.  Bone Thugs is really like a family, where at least one member is fighting everyone else (Bizzy), one member is missing for whatever reason (Flesh), and one tries to keep it all together (Krazyie?), but they meet once a year for the family reunion.  True fans should be happy that this finally happened and go pick up an album with the complete Bone Thugs N Harmony. That’s it for Dropping this Week and ChartWatch.  Go pick up an album or two and we’ll see who makes it next week.