ChartWatch for November 11, 2009Let’s
see here. Top ten for the week. There….is…no…Hip-Hop…in…the…top…ten.
Not one album. The highest rated album is Jay-Z’s Blueprint
3 which is ranked at the 13th position. Sean Carter
manages to move another 36,000 copies.
That’s
followed by The Black Eyed Peas and their chart topping album The E.N.D.
The group moves another 26,000 copies.
Well….That
was depressing. Onto dropping…
Dropping this Week
That
charts this week were dismal. Is that really news? The charts
have been dismal for the last few weeks (months). Maybe somebody
below will make it into the top ten for next week. I’d say that
the best bet for an artist coming anywhere close to the top ten for
next week is Wale. We’ll see…
First
up, Olubawale Victor Folarin, also known as Wale, drops his debut album
Attention Deficit
. There has been some decent music comingout of D.C. for the last couple of years on account of his the three
successful mixtapes, 100 Miles,
The Mixtape About Nothing, and Back To The Feature
. Wale’sdebut features Bun B, Chrisette Michelle, K’naan, J.Cole, Gucci Mane, Jazmine
Sullivan, Pharrell, Melanie Fiona, and Lady Gaga with production by
Cool & Dre, Mark Ronson, The Neptunes, Best Kept Secret, and Dj
Green Lantern. Wale’s album sprung a leak last week so I know
a lot of you have it, but the good news is the disc has been getting
some pretty favorable reviews out there. This one shouldn’t
disappoint so, if you get a chance, go pick it up.
Next
up is MF Doom with his latest album Unexpected Guest. This
is archived material of MF Doom and guests including Talib Kweli, J.
Dilla, Masta Killa, John Robinson, and Sean Price. It’s older
material but if you’re a fan of MF Doom, or want to hear what he’s
all about, you should probably pick this one up.
DJ
Drama
and Wyclef Jean join forces to bring us the next album FromThe Hut, To The Projects, To The Mansion. The album is pretty
much all Wyclef with appearances from Lil Kim and….Cyndi Lauper.
Hey, you never know…the Lauper song might surprise you.
About
five years ago Babygrande Records released a compilation album of
The Wu Tang Clan featuring various other Hip Hop artists. The
first album, Wu-Tang Meet The Indie Culture,
Vol 1, was supposed to “introduce hip-hop fans in general, and
specifically, the famously large, loyal and diverse fan-base of the
Wu-Tang to the burgeoning world of underground hip-hop.” All
I know is there was a collaboration on that volume between RZA and MF
Doom
that that needs to be heard by…well, everybody. Now FrankRadio and iHipHop Distribution seek to do it again with Wu-Tang Meet
The Indie Culture, Vol 2. This time there is a little twist
with the goal of this album being “to expose another untapped resource
of underground talent, skill and artistry to this very same avid and
intrepid fan-base.” It’s Wu-Tang with dubstep or electronic
music. Sounds like it will be interesting.
Last
but not least is Philly Rapper Freeway. The former Roc-A-Fella
MC returns with his new album Streetz Is Mine. This one
came out of the blue so I don’t know if it’s real or not but it
does feature Young Chris and Beanie Sigel. Someone out there give
it a shot and let the rest of us know.
That’s
it for dropping. Pick up an album.