Soundscan for this week

[Meho]

More flops. Obie flopped like crazy, same with Ross. Busta finally reached gold 

2 JENNINGS*LYFE PHOENIX 135,582 999 480 136,065
#4 CHERISH UNAPPRECIATED 90,733 999 165 90,900
#7 ROSS*RICK PORT OF MIAMI 78,724 -58 187,269 266,571
#8 TRICE*OBIE SECOND ROUND'S ON ME 73,850 999 297 74,150
#11 GNARLS BARKLEY ST. ELSEWHERE 50,091 -7 53,747 772,226
#14 CASSIE CASSIE 40,814 -59 100,065 141,188
#15 PUSSYCAT DOLLS PCD 39,496 0 39,576 2,006,292
#20 LETOYA LETOYA 33,926 -23 43,879 308,225
#21 YUNG JOC NEW JOC CITY 33,789 -14 39,240 605,874
#22 RIHANNA GIRL LIKE ME 33,327 -8 36,384 887,291
#25 DMX YEAR OF THE DOG AGAIN 28,120 -40 47,147 201,849
#28 FURTADO*NELLY LOOSE 27,438 -14 31,757 647,941
#33 NE-YO IN MY OWN WORDS 24,840 -7 26,663 1,220,369
#36 PHARRELL IN MY MIND 22,941 -26 30,904 247,499
#38 INDIA.ARIE TESTIMONY:VOL.1,LIFE & RELATIO 20,703 -17 25,038 408,898
#50 BUSTA RHYMES BIG BANG THE 16,301 -10 18,059 503,487
#53 CHAM GHETTO STORY 15,264 999 111 15,375
#66 E-40 MY GHETTO REPORT CARD 12,787 7 11,900 398,567
#67 BROWN*CHRIS CHRIS BROWN 12,776 3 12,405 1,506,894
#76 T.I. KING 11,753 -20 14,732 1,442,740
#77 CHAMILLIONAIRE SOUND OF REVENGE 11,701 -14 13,618 1,148,000
#83 BLIGE*MARY J. BREAKTHROUGH 10,660 -10 11,888 2,527,893
#84 ICE CUBE LAUGH NOW CRY LATER 10,587 -19 13,125 408,515
#85 PAUL*SEAN TRINITY 10,535 -6 11,194 1,164,958
#93 JURASSIC 5 FEEDBACK 9,612 -10 10,734 70,651
#95 BLACK EYED PEAS MONKEY BUSINESS 9,220 2 9,067 3,928,816
#98 PIMP C PIMPALATION 8,992 -23 11,734 176,632
#115 OMAR*DON KING OF KINGS 7,921 -17 9,553 245,471
#125 COLE*KEYSHIA WAY IT IS 6,672 1 6,632 1,346,561
#128 JONES*DONELL JOURNEY OF A GEMINI 6,475 10 5,896 134,535
#134 ISLEY BROTHERS BABY MAKIN' MUSIC 6,312 -9 6,949 329,271
#135 EMINEM CURTAIN CALL 6,267 -4 6,539 2,503,367
#139 THREE 6 MAFIA MOST KNOWN UNKNOWN 6,018 -9 6,641 932,936
#146 FRANKLIN*KIRK HERO 5,580 -3 5,730 615,689
#148 AVANT DIRECTOR 5,522 -14 6,388 357,380
#149 LIL' WAYNE CARTER II 5,503 2 5,421 1,023,161
#152 BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY GREATEST HITS 5,434 -1 5,471 595,414
#153 SHAWNNA BLOCK MUSIC 5,406 -22 6,930 123,971
#163 CAREY*MARIAH EMANCIPATION OF MIMI 4,965 3 4,825 5,691,350
#173 FIELD MOB LIGHT POLES & PINE TREES 4,620 -22 5,892 159,356
#193 MARY MARY MARY MARY 4,089 -6 4,348 460,182
#197 MARLEY*DAMIAN WELCOME TO JAMROCK 3,977 7 3,701 559,308

[Diabolical]

My Ghetto Report Card is Gold now.

[ABN]

well Obie and Shady fucked up with the marketing. most people don´t even know that Obie got an album out and he don´t have a commercial single in heavy rotation so of course this was gonna flop.

[QuietTruth]

Good to hear for Busta but Lyfe at #2....that's what's up!! I'm goin' to pick that shit up today.

[Minkaveli]

At least for Obie, the video for Cry Now is starting to pop up.

[$do11a biLL$]

That Rick Ross is actually doing pretty good. I didn't expect him to go past 125,000 the first week and hes amost got 300,000 sold now. I wish Bustas album did that good his first and second week.

[Narrator]

More flops. Obie flopped like crazy, same with Ross. Busta finally reached gold 
#7 ROSS*RICK PORT OF MIAMI 78,724 -58 187,269 266,571
#8 TRICE*OBIE SECOND ROUND'S ON ME 73,850 999 297 74,150

Rick Ross ain't exactly flopped...266K in 2 weeks on the first single isn't bad.  Chances are he'll at least go Gold with Jay-Z behind him.

Obie...yeah, disappointing, but then again, his first album took something like a year to go Platinum.  Still, this has definitely not been a good year for the G-Unit/Shady/Aftermath camp, with Mobb Deep flopping, Busta barely going Gold, and now Obie charting poorly in his first week.

#25 DMX YEAR OF THE DOG AGAIN 28,120 -40 47,147 201,849

And obviously, this wasn't no "year of the dog".  After 5 straight #1-charting, Platinum-selling records, X is experiencing his first flop.

#66 E-40 MY GHETTO REPORT CARD 12,787 7 11,900 398,567

Has it really been certified Gold?  Guess the label must have shipped 500K even if they ain't sellin.

#84 ICE CUBE LAUGH NOW CRY LATER 10,587 -19 13,125 408,515

The chart position ain't great, but he should still hit Gold by year's end.

#93 JURASSIC 5 FEEDBACK 9,612 -10 10,734 70,651

Now THAT to me is dissappointing...

#95 BLACK EYED PEAS MONKEY BUSINESS 9,220 2 9,067 3,928,816

...while THIS is just disgraceful.

#149 LIL' WAYNE CARTER II 5,503 2 5,421 1,023,161
#152 BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY GREATEST HITS 5,434 -1 5,471 595,414

And I'm surprised these records are still selling, considering how long they've been on the charts.

[ABN]

Cube´s chart position is excellent this far into the album. especially since he put it out on his independent label.

[westkoastanostra]

poor obie.....guess he'll have to go to koch...looks like 2006 is the fall of shady/aftermath/g-unit....good to c e-40 and ice cube pushing to gold.....

[Jome]

So there is no Dr.Dre, Alchemist, 9th Wonder, Red Spyda, Hi-Tek, Mr. Porter, Fredwreck, Scott Storch or Timbaland like originally planned/promised for the album..

^^ No wonder Obie flopped.
It's like promising a Ferrari for Lada price, but delivering the Lada instead.

[Logic]

Obie is not worth the budget 

[BigBDrugStores]

#197 MARLEY*DAMIAN WELCOME TO JAMROCK 3,977 7 3,701 559,308

i just bought that last week

[DipsetGeneral]

#197 MARLEY*DAMIAN WELCOME TO JAMROCK 3,977 7 3,701 559,308

i just bought that last week

how is it? I dont usually feel music like that.

[Mo Z. Dizzle]

Good to hear for Busta but Lyfe at #2....that's what's up!! I'm goin' to pick that shit up today.

lemme know how that cd is dude

[BigBDrugStores]

#197 MARLEY*DAMIAN WELCOME TO JAMROCK 3,977 7 3,701 559,308

i just bought that last week

how is it? I dont usually feel music like that.

i like it alot. i had been listening to it for about 3 months before i went out and bought it.