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It has been a great year for Hip-Hop albums and Wale has kept the trend alive with his fourth studio effort, The Album About Nothing as it has become his second No. 1 album atop the Billboard 200. The D.C. rapper also has the bragging rights of not only besting the Furious 7 soundtrack (which […]

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Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly has taken on a new historical context, and that means outside of earning perfect ratings.

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Big Sean’s willingness to bare his personal turmoil on his third studio album, Dark Sky Paradise has resulted in the Detroit rapper’s first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 Charts.

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Barring any sort of miraculous reemerged from the Frozen soundtrack, Big Sean is poised the nab his first No. 1 album for his fantastic third album, Dark Sky Paradise.

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Despite a colorful promotional campaign and positive album reviews, Nicki Minaj’s The Pinkprint couldn’t quite snatch the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 following its release.

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Earlier this week, a pretty forceful statement was made when J. Cole topped the Billboard 200 after selling 360,000 copies of his third album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive with very minimal promotion and no singles on the radio. To quote Young Simba himself, maybe [the industry] needs to “stop serving trash?”

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Lecrae used his gifts from God to his advantage and his seventh studio album in Anomaly is the #1 album in the country as a result.

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Hip-Hop has been a definitive force in the sales department this year and we’re only three months into 2014. YG and his recount of his Krazy Life thus far followed in the footsteps of ScHoolboy Q and Rick Ross to mark high on the Billboard 200. His debut album entered the mix at #2 with […]

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Jay-Z is still making #newrules and new records. The Brooklyn rapper/mogul’s latest album, Magna Carta Holy Grail, debuts at No. 1 on the album charts while breaking a Spotify record for the most first week streams in its history.