NaS Leads Album Sales This Week

About time Wayne gets taken out.

Via HipHopDX.com

After endless weeks of controversy, Nas' Untitled [click to read] album reigns the charts with 186,600 copies sold in its first week. Grabbing the #2 spot is Lil Wayne's Tha Carter 3 [click to read] with just under 105,500 copies sold. If Wayne's sales continue at this pace, he'll be due for a double platinum plaque by next week! David Banner's latest effort The Greatest Story Ever Told [click to read] debuted this week at #8 selling 51,800 in its first week. Rihanna maintains her spot in the top 10 with the re-release of Good Girl Gone Bad selling 41,200 copies in its 59th week on the charts. Usher's Here I Stand [click to read] rounds out the top 5 leading Hip Hop/ R&B artists at #19 with 26,000 copies sold this week.

Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)

Rank Artist Album This Week Total
1. Nas
Untitled
This Week: 186,640
Total: 187,078

2. Lil Wayne
Tha Carter 3
This Week: 105,490
Total: 1,912,052

8. David Banner
Greatest Story Ever Told
This Week: 51,805
Total: 51,902

10. Rihanna
Good Girl Gone Bad
This Week: 41,269
Total: 1,482,574

19. Usher
Here I Stand
This Week: 26,071
Total: 906,641


G-Unit takes a drop from #9 last week to #24 this week with Terminate On Sight [click to read] selling 21,200 copies this week--a 42% decline from last week's numbers. Plies' Definition of Real [click to read] comes in at #26 selling 20,500 copies. Three 6 Mafia grabs the #29 spot with Last 2 Walk [click to read] selling 18,431 units this week. After reports surfaced that the self-proclaimed drug pushin', gun toting "boss" Rick Ross is in actuality a former corrections officer, his sales have yet to suffer this week. Trilla [click to read] sold 9,700 copies this week, only a 4% decline from last week. However, next week's numbers (the first full sales week after this week's revelations about Ross' past) will be the true sign of any fan backlash.

Other Notables

Rank Artist Album This Week Total
24. G-Unit
Terminate On Sight
This Week: 21,219
Total: 159,369

26. Plies
Definition of Real
This Week: 20,522
Total: 400,789

29. Three 6 Mafia
Last 2 Walk
This Week: 18,431
Total: 156,835

58. Rick Ross
Trilla
This Week: 9,702
Total: 629,610

74. Tech N9ne
Killer
This Week: 8,076
Total: 57,771


Will August heat up on the charts with new albums on the horizon from heavy-hitters like The Game, Ne-Yo and Nelly? Or will the youngins get schooled by new projects from Ice Cube and LL Cool J? Can femcee/ producer Missy Elliot come in for the sneak attack and shock the charts? Stay tuned as DX brings the play by play.

Young Buck Attempted Suicide

After all that beef with 50 and G-Unit...Someone needs to get this dude some help. Grown gangsta rapping man getting all emotional and crying...Anyways

Via HipHopDX.com

rumor has surfaced that David Darnell Brown - also known as Young Buck – overdosed on prescription pain pills in what has been called a suicide attempt. HipHopDX.com caught wind of the rumor through several sources, however, none of this has been confirmed as of yet. According to the sources, Buck was depressed and told cops that he was trying to harm himself. Lizzie Grubman (Buck’s publicist) was allegedly with Buck and stated to police that the former G-Unit member received 40 pain pills and made an attempt to overdose by taking up to five. One source stated that he was treated at Metro Nashville General Hospital for a drug overdose last night and was admitted to an emergency room this morning after suffering an adverse reaction to the painkillers.

Below is the police report that came with one of the emails. In the report, there is no mention of David Darnell Brown or Lizzie Grubman.

“ON 07/08/08 AT APPROXIMATELY 7:45 PM, NV/S WERE DISPATCHED ON A CALL BY NAHSVILLE FIRE AND RESCUE REGARDING COMP ATTEMPTING SUICIDE BY PRESCRIPTION PAIN MEDICATION. UPON ARRIVAL NV/S FOUND COMP BEING STABILIZED BY DFD #705 IN THE AMBULANCE. NV/S THEN RESPONDED TO METRO NASHVILLE HOSPITAL PER DFD'S REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE TRANSPORT AND TREATMENT. RP #1 WAS INTERVIEWED BY NV/S AT METRO NASHVILLE HOSPITAL. RP STATED THAT COMP STATED THAT HE WAS DEPRESSED. RP NOTICED THAT COMP'S PRESCRIPTION PAIN MEDICATION WAS EMPTY AND OBSERVED COMP PUTTING 2 PILLS IN HIS MOUTH. RP ATTEMPTED TO PUT HER FINGERS IN COMP'S MOUTH TO RETRIEVE THE PILLS. NV/S WERE TOLD BY RP THAT THE PRESCRIPTION OF 40 PILLS THAT WAS FILLED ON THE 29TH OF JUNE, AND THAT COMP HAD ONLY TAKEN 5 PILLS UP TO THIS DATE. DURING AN INTERVIEW OF THE COMP, COMP WAS ASKED IF HE HAD TAKEN THE REMAINDER OF THE PRESCRIPTION, AT WHICH TIME THE COMP STATED, "YES". ON FURTHER INTERVIEW OF COMP, COMP WAS ASKED IF HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO HARM HIMSELF, AT WHICH TIME THE COMP STATED, "YES". COMP WAS TREATED BY METRO NASHVILLE MEDICAL STAFF FOR A DRUG OVER DOSE. SGT. NVTOS #5374 AND DUTY COMMANDER WARD WERE NOTIFIED. .NFI. “

Once again, none of this has been confirmed as of press time and DX will bring you the latest as to whether these claims are true or false.

NaS Says What He Thinks About Mobb Deep & 50

There seems to be alot of NaS going around lately. Oh well, It's for the better.

Via Hiphopdx.com

King Magazine recently released some lost excerpts of their interview with Nas. While most of it had to do with Nas discussing his early years in Hip Hop, one question and accusation proved to be a bit eyebrow raising.

"I ran into Prodigy last week and asked him, 'What should I ask Nas?' He said, 'Ask him, ‘What happened backstage at the Central Park show in 2004,’” Thomas Golianopoulos inquired.

“Man, that was some classic Mobb Deep shit. They was rumbling,” Nas replied regarding a fight that took place backstage between Mobb Deep and others. But Prodigy thinks that those involved were Nas’ people.

“He thinks you set him up,” Golianopoulos responded.

Nas went on to discuss his relationship with Prodigy and addressed the situation.

“I did hear that. Nah, I would never do that to him,” Nas retorted. “We had our differences, which was really just hyped up bullshit. I wish everything for Prodigy. They caught a lot of bad breaks. I just wish the best for him. I wish he didn’t have to do this time. And I would love to see them come back again. I would be the first person in the record store buying a Mobb album. I want to see them give it to us however many more times.”

Nas also revealed how he felt about Mobb Deep joining G-Unit.

“I was really happy to see 50 embrace them. I thought that was G because that’s something that doesn’t happen from the higher ups. All these big companies, they don’t care about us. They don’t care about the talented ones that aren’t given a fair shot and I thought it was a good move on 50’s part to give them a deal.”

Nas' Untitled drops July 15th.

One Of 50 Cent's Houses Burns Down

Via allhiphop.com

It has been confirmed that 50 Cent’s ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins and two of her children, including 50 Cent's son, were among those injured in an early morning fire this morning (May 30).

The $1.4 million dollar mansion in Dix Hills, Long Island, was burned to the ground around 5:00 am this morning, just days after a confrontation between Tompkins and 50 Cent.

Six people, including Tompkins and 50 Cent’s ten-year-old son Marquise were taken to Huntington Hospital, where they were treated for complications from smoke inhalation and released.

A firefighter was also injured and treated for an eye injury.

According to the Associated Press, Dix Hills Fire Chief Larry Feld has deemed the blaze suspicious, because of the intensity of the fire, which lasted for almost 45 minutes.

The pair are currently involved in a court battle over the mansion, as 50 Cent is attempting to evict the woman from the residence.

Tompkins claims that 50 Cent bought the mansion for her, a claim the rapper, born Curtis Jackson, disputed in court.

"To have her living there with her boyfriend and several other people is inappropriate," 50 Cent said. "She's in the house with people I'm not responsible to pay housing for."

On Monday (May 26), the pair were involved in a violent confrontation inside of Tompkins’ Manhattan attorney’s office.
Tompkins' lawyer, Paul Catsandonis said an "extremely dangerous incident" took place inside of his office but did not elaborate.
50 Cent was not in New York at the time the house burned down and is currently on location in Louisiana filming a new motion picture.

“Curtis Jackson expressed deep concern over this fire at his property,” a representative said in a statement. "He is extremely thankful that everyone including his son, Marquise, escaped the burning house safely. He is confident that authorities will be conducting a thorough investigation of the incident and is eager to review their findings."

TMZ.com obtained exclusive footage of 50 Cent and Shaniqua Tompkins arguing on the street on Monday, just days before the house burned down.

Tompkins said she heard an intruder around 4:00 am, just before the inferno erupted and burned the mansion to the ground.

The dispute over the mansion will be heard again in State Supreme Court in Manhattan on June 10.