this week's charts

[Stone Cold is Bout It, Bout It]

Moving up one slot to #4 is the Black Eyed Peas. BEP are handling their business with Monkey Business. With this week's sales Monkey Business has struck gold by moving an additional 103,271 copies. The group brings its total to 549,429 LPs sold according to Soundscan.

Right behind at #5 is the Boyz N Da Hood. Their self-titled debut album gives due props to ATL. "Dem Boyz" is putting Bad Boy South on the map as they pushed 101,602 units in their opening week.

A new entry at # 9 is Cash Money's Fast Money. The new release from Birdman builds a small birds nest. Only one week on the charts, and the Birdman flies 64,879 CDs off the shelves.

50 Cent drops one spot to #14 this week. The Massacre continues to slay'em week after week. 50's sophomore joint moves 53,927 records this week. To date Fiddy has sold 3, 970, 553 copies according to Soundscan.

In at #20 is Swishahouse's Who Is Mike Jones? Mike Jones has come along way from pushing his product on the Houston streets. This week, Jones' certified gold album sells 41,087 copies; rounding off its total at 646,757 units.

Common lets it Be at #22. His latest release has fans on the "Go!". Chi-town's own has sold an additional 38,481 copies this week. Com's latest stroke of greatness moves sales totaling 396,206 LPs.

Fat Joe takes over the 24th slot this week. All Or Nothing, Joe took a hit this week dropping from #6 to #24. This week, Joey Crack pushes out 37,543 more CDs as the LP totals 144,555 copies.

Next at #39 is Master P.'s Ghetto Bill: The Best Hustler in The Game. In its first week out, P didn't hit big numbers but still held down the Top 50. His latest release pushed a disappointing 26,091 units opening week.

Finally, Will Smith is still holding it down at #40. Down three positions from last week, Big Will moved 23,969 more albums this week. Lost & Found has sold 503,083 copies to date according to Soundscan.



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