Thursday Billboard Update - 10/4/12

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 debuts at #5 with 89,000 copies sold.

Not too much going on in the Hot 100 this week, we'll see if Gangnam Style can takeover the #1 spot next week.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Mumford & Sons - Babel (1)
2. Green Day - ¡Uno! (2)
3. No Doubt - Push & Shove (3)
4. P!nk - The Truth About Love (1-4)
5. Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 (5)
6. deadmau5 - album title goes here (6)
7. G.O.O.D. Music - Cruel Summer (2-7)
8. Dave Matthews Band - Away From The World (4-8)
9. Little Big Town - Tornado (5-9)
10. The Killers - Battle Born (3-10)

The Billboard Hot 100 1-10
first time top 10's in bold

1. Maroon 5 - One More Night (1-1)
2. Psy - Gangnam Style (2-2)
3. fun. - Some Nights (3-3)
4. Taylor Swift -  We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (4-4)
5. P!nk - Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (5-5)
6. Justin Bieber - As Long As You Love Me (7-6)
7. Taylor Swift - Begin Again (7)
8. Flo Rida - Whistle (6-8)
9. Alex Clare - Too Close (9-9)
10. Owl City & Carly Raw Jepsen - Good Time (8-10)

• Rihanna's Diamonds debuts at #16.
• Kendrick Lamar's Swimming Pools (Drank) hops 9 spots 81-72.
• Trey Songz's uber corny Dive In also hops 9 spots 86-77.
• Flo Rida's I Cry debuts at #81.
• Usher's Numb jumps 15 spots 97-82 in its 2nd week.
• Pitbull's Don't Stop The Party debuts at #89.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 9/6/12

Slaughterhouse sold 51,800 copies of their new album Welcome To: Our House, which is good for a debut at #2 on the Billboard 200. And after a one week vacation, Adele's 21 unsurprisingly returned to the top 10 (12-10).

Flo Rida's Whistle (2-1) bumps Taylor Swift's We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (1-2) from the #1 spot, and that's about it.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. TobyMac - Eye On It (1)
2. Slaughterhouse - Welcome To: Our House (2)
3. Trey Songz - Chapter V (1-3)
4. Various Artists - Now 43 (3-4)
5. Alanis Morissette - Havoc & Bright Lights (5)
6. Maroon 5 - Overexposed (6-6)
7. 2 Chainz - Based On A T.R.U. Story (2-7)
8. Carrie Underwood - Blown Away (21-8)
9. fun. - Some Nights (11-9)
10. Adele - 21 (12-10)

• Dwele's Greater Than One debuts at #30 with 10,800 copies sold.

The Billboard Hot 100 1-10
first time top 10's in bold

1. Flo Rida - Whistle (2-1)
2. Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (1-2)
3. Maroon 5 - One More Night (4-3)
4. Ellie Goulding - Lights (3-4)
5. fun. - Some Nights (5-5)
6. Neon Trees - Everybody Talks (11-6)
7. Katy Perry - Wide Awake (7-7)
8. Owl City & Carly Raw Jepsen - Good Time (9-8)
9. Justin Bieber - As Long As You Love Me (10-9)
10. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (6-10)

• Ne-Yo's Let Me Love You jumps 16 spots 74-58.
• Lupe Fiasco and Guy Sebastian's Battle Scars debuts at #73.
• 2 Chainz's Birthday Song featuring Kanye West hops 12 spots 91-79.
• Karmin's Hello debuts at #89.
• Kelly Rowland's Ice with Lil Wayne debuts at #100.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 8/23/12

Def Jam continues to win as wack rapper du jour 2 Chainz's debut solo album Based On A T.R.U. Story starts off at #1 with 146,900 sold. Former Eminem victims Insane Clown Posse's Mighty Death Pop debuts at #4 with 40,800 sold.

After one whole week atop the Hot 100, Flo Rida's likely shitty Whistle is dethroned by Taylor Swift's We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, which soars to #1 after debuting at #72 just last week. Also cracking the top 10 this week is Justin Bieber's As Long As You Love Me featuring Big Sean (12-8) and Maroon 5's One More Night (15-9).

The Billboard 200 1-10

first week debuts in bold

1. 2 Chainz - Based On A T.R.U. Story (1)
2. Various Artists - Now 43 (1-2)
3. Rick Ross - God Forgives, I Don't (2-3)
4. Insane Clown Posse - Mighty Death Pop (4)
5. Maroon 5 - Overexposed (10-5)
6. Justin Bieber - Believe (7-6)
7. One Direction - Up All Night (8-7)
8. Adele - 21 (9-8)
9. Zac Brown Band - Uncaged (6-9)
10. Yellowcard - Southern Air (10)

The Billboard Hot 100 1-10
first time top 10's in bold

1. Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (72-1)
2. Flo Rida - Whistle (1-2)
3. Ellie Goulding - Lights (2-3)
4. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (3-4)
5. Katy Perry - Wide Awake (4-5)
6. fun. - Some Nights (8-6)
7. Maroon 5 - Payphone (5-7)
8. Justin Bieber - As Long As You Love Me (12-8)
9. Maroon 5 - One More Night (15-9)
10. David Guetta - Titanium (7-10)

• Chris Brown's Don't Wake Me Up jumps 12 spots 53-41.
• French Montana's Pop That featuring Rick Ross, Drake, and Lil Wayne slides 9 spaces 70-61.
• Miguel's Adorn also moves 9 spots north 77-68.
• Ed Sheeran's The A Team hops 10 spots 85-75.
• 2 Chainz's Yuck! featuring Lil Wayne debuts at #80.
• Ne-Yo's Let Me Love You jumps 9 spots 97-88.
• Lupe Fiasco's Lamborghini Angels debuts at #92.
• Brandy's Put It Down featuring Chris Brown debuts at #95.

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Lupe Fiasco - Lamborghini Angels

I had this song playing and wasn't paying attention then I heard, "Told him take off all his clothes and put ya penis next to mine." That snapped me back into like a Chad Johnson head-butt to the temple. This song is much deeper than I anticipated, but that's Lupe for you, and I love it. Can't wait for Food & Liquor 2!

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Lupe Fiasco - Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free) Video

I still don't see the big deal with Lupe sampling T.R.O.Y., but whatever, September 25th can't get here fast enough! (September 25th is of course the release date for Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1.)

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Lupe Fiasco - Bitch Bad

What a awesomely clever song that will go completely over 99% of the heads it was meant to influence. Regardless, just off 2 songs, Food & Liquor 2 is already better than Lasers.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 5/31/12

John Mayer's Born & Raised debuts at #1 selling 219,300 copies in the first week. Mayer has a throat condition called granuloma, which has severely limited his ability to promote the album, so this is a bit of a surprise.

Another boring week on the Hot 100 as Phillip Phillips' Home debuting at #10 is literally the only change from last week.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. John Mayer - Born & Raised (1)
2. Adele - 21 (2-2)
3. Carrie Underwood - Blown Away (3-3)
4. Slash - Apocalyptic Love (4)
5. One Direction - Up All Night (10-5)
6. Lionel Richie - Tuskegee (9-6)
7. MercyMe - The Hurt & The Healer (7)
8. Sara Bareilles - Once Upon Another Time (8)
9. Various Artists - Now 42 (6-9)
10. Norah Jones - Little Broken Hearts (4-10)

The Billboard Hot 100 1-10
first time top 10's in bold

1. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (1-1)
2. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (2-2)
3. Maroon 5 - Payphone (3-3)
4. fun. - We Are Young (4-4)
5. Nicki Minaj - Starships (5-5)
6. Flo Rida - Wild Ones (6-6)
7. One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (7-7)
8. The Wanted - Glad You Came (8-8)
9. Justin Bieber - Boyfriend (9-9)
10. Phillip Phillips - Home (10)

• Karmin may have fallen out of the top 100 most subscribed on YouTube, but they just entered the top 20 on the Hot 100 as Brokenhearted jumps 23-16.
• Lupe Fiasco's Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free) debuts at #76.
• Chris Brown's Don't Wake Me Up debuts at #89.

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Lupe Fiasco - Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free)

Not sure why I never got around to posting this (especially with all the back and forth between Lupe and Pete Rock), but here is it 6 days later.

...And I still can't find an mp3 for it. Damn.

Anyway, Food & Liquor 2 hits stores September 25th.

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The Game - Skate On (feat. Lupe Fiasco)

This is just one of a few new tracks off The Game's California Republic mixtape (which drops tomorrow) that has hit the net recently. This particular track is an oldie that was supposed to be on The R.E.D. Album (hence the reference to freeing Weezy), but didn't make the final cut for whatever reason. Enjoy!

The Game - Skate On (feat. Lupe Fiasco) (Prod. By Pharrell)

Hard body! How many dope tracks like this didn't make The R.E.D. Album?? I'm now totally amped for this new mixtape tomorrow.

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Lupe Fiasco - American Terrorist III

American Terrorist III? Sweet! American Terrorist is one of my favorite 1 or 2 Lupe songs. Wait, what happened American Terrorist II? Did I miss something or does that not exist? *Checks all Lupe folders on computer.*

Lupe Fiasco - American Terrorist III

Lyrically, this American Terrorist III is top notch. Possibly even better than the original. Sadly, the same can't be said about the track, which is Kavinsky's Nightcall from the "Drive" soundtrack. Now I would be lying if I said it didn't fit the feel of the song, I'm just not in love with that sound musically. You understand, right Lupe?

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Thursday Billboard Update - 7/21/11

Six new albums debuted this week, but unfortunately none of them are really worth mentioning.

Nothing worth mentioning on the Hot 100 either.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Blake Shelton - Red River Blue (1)
2. Incubus - If Not Now, When? (2)
3. Adele - 21 (2-3)
4. Chris Young - Neon (4)
5. Beyonce - 4 (1-5)
6. Colbie Caillat - All Of You (6)
7. Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party (6-4)
8. Theory of a Deadman - The Truth Is... (8)
9. Sublime With Rome - Yours Truly (9)
10. Selena Gomez & The Scene - When The Sun Goes Down (3-10)

• Brian McKnight's Just Me debuts at #39 with 10,400 sold.
• The Cool Kids' When Fish Ride Bicycles debuts at #76 with 6,500 sold.
• MellowHype's Blackenedwhite debuts at #81 with 6,200 sold.
  

The Billboard Hot 100 1-10
first time top 10's in bold

1. LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem (1-1)
2. Pitbull - Give Me Everything (2-2)
3. Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (4-3)
4. Adele - Rolling In The Deep (3-4)
5. Nicki Minaj - Super Bass (5-5)
6. Lil Wayne - How To Love (7-6)
7. Lady Gaga - The Edge Of Glory (6-7)
8. OneRepublic - Good Life (8-8)
9. Hot Chelle Rae - Tonight Tonight (9-9)
10. Demi Lovato - Skyscraper (10)

• Lupe Fiasco and Trey Songz's increasingly annoying record Out Of My Head jumps 15 more spots 57-42.
• T-Pain's Booty Wurk (One Cheek At A Time) debuts at #44.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 7/14/11

Beyonce's 4 remains at #1 for a 2nd week with 115,200 sold. Lloyd's King Of Hearts debuts at #10 with 26,400 sold. I told you showing homegirl naked in his video would help with his sales.

Nothing poppin' over on the Hot 100, LMFAO is still #1 and there are no new entries in the top 10.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Beyonce - 4 (1-1)
2. Adele - 21 (2-2)
3. Selena Gomez & The Scene - When The Sun Goes Down (4-3)
4. Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party (6-4)
5. Bad Meets Evil - Hell: The Sequel (9-5)
6. Jackie Evancho - Dream With Me (8-6)
7. Jill Scott - The Light Of The Sun (5-7)
8. Lady Gaga - Born This Way (12-8)
9. Big Sean - Finally Famous (3-9)
10. Lloyd - King Of Hearts (10)

The Billboard Hot 100 1-10
first time top 10's in bold

1. LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem (1-1)
2. Pitbull - Give Me Everything (2-2)
3. Adele - Rolling In The Deep (3-3)
4. Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (4-4)
5. Nicki Minaj - Super Bass (5-5)
6. Lady Gaga - The Edge Of Glory (6-6)
7. Lil Wayne - How To Love (8-7)
8. OneRepublic - Good Life (9-8)
9. Hot Chelle Rae - Tonight Tonight (10-9)
10. Katy Perry - E.T. (7-10)

• Lupe Fiasco and Trey Songz's increasingly annoying record Out Of My Head jumps 12 spots 69-57.
• Trey Songz's Unusual slide up 9 spaces 77-68.
• Frank Ocean's Novacane debuts at #82.
• J. Cole's Work Out debuts at #85.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 6/16/11

Just a brief 2 week after selling a million copies first week, Lady Gaga's Born This Way has been overtaken for the #1 spot by the steady hands of Adele's 21. With 114,000 sold, 21 gets its 10th non-consecutive week at #1. Question: has there ever been a shorter time spent at #1 after selling 1 million in their first week than Lady Gaga's Born This Way? Anyway, the big story on the Billboard 200 this week is The Book Of Mormon blasting back onto the charts at #3 with 60,700 sold. The Broadway musical by the creators of South Park debuted 3 weeks ago at #31, then gradually fell off of the albums charts, but after winning damn near every Tony Award, The Book Of Mormon album finally found its way. And last, but not least, Tech N9ne enjoys his best sales week ever as his 6's & 7's debuts at #4 with 55,800 sold. That's HUGE for an independent artist.

Adele's Rolling In The Deep stays hot and grabs a 6th week at #1. Entering the top 10 this week is Jason Aldean's Dirt Anthem (23-9) and Nicki Minaj's Super Bass (11-10). Believe it or not, this is Nicki's first top 10 single as a lead artist. Her only other top 10 hits was Trey Songz's Bottoms Up which peaked at #6 last year. Yes, sad, but true.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Adele - 21 (2-1)
2. Lady Gaga - Born This Way (1-2)
3. Original Cast Recording - The Book Of Mormon (-3)
4. Tech N9ne - 6's & 7's (4)
5. Ronnie Dunn - Ronnie Dunn (5)
6. All Time Low - Dirty Work (6)
7. Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party (8-7)
8. Brad Paisley - This Is Country Music (6-8)
9. Various Artists - Now 38 (7-9)
10. Death Cab For Cutie - Codes and Keys (3-10)

The Billboard Hot 100 1-10
first time top 10's in bold

1. Adele - Rolling In The Deep (1-1)
2. Pitbull - Give Me Everything (2-2)
3. LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem (6-3)
4. Katy Perry - E.T. (3-4)
5. Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song (4-5)
6. Lady Gaga - The Edge Of Glory (7-6)
7. Jennifer Lopez - On The Floor (5-7)
8. Black Eyed Peas - Just Can't Get Enough (8-8)
9. Jason Aldean - Dirt Anthem (23-9)
10. Nicki Minaj - Super Bass (11-10)

• Super doucher Lupe Fiasco's Out Of My Head featuring Trey Songz jumps 17 spots 87-70.
• Pitbull's Pause debuts at #73.
• Beyonce's Best Thing I Never Had hops 9 spots 84-75.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 6/2/11

Adele's 21 has ruled the Billboard 200 thus far in 2011...then Lady Gaga's Born This Way dropped. Born This Way sold 1,108,400 albums first week, the most any album has sold since 50 Cent's The Massacre in 2005. All isn't bad for Adele though as 21 sells another 126,000 and is rounding the bases on double platinum. Also, Maybach Music Group's Self Made Vol. 1 debuts at #5 with 58,900 sold.

Adele's Rolling In The Deep remains #1 for a 5th consecutive week, but the big story today is DJ Khaled's I'm on One featuring Drake, Rick Ross, and Lil Wayne skyrocketing 68 positions 78-10. Now if you ask me, it's the most overrated song of the year, but the people seem to love it so there you have it. And this marks DJ Khaled's first career top 10.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Lady Gaga - Born This Way (1)
2. Brad Paisley - This Is Country Music (2)
3. Adele - 21 (1-3)
4. Glee Cast - Glee, The Music: Season 2, Vol. 6 (4)
5. Maybach Music Group - Self Made Vol. 1 (5)
6. Various Artists - Now 38 (3-6)
7. New Kids On The Block & Backstreet Boys - NKOTBSB (7)
8. Foster The People - Torches (8)
9. Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party (4-9)
10. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More (5-10)

• Jadakiss' I Love You mixtape debuts at #40 with 11,200 sold. Not bad for a mixtape.
  

The Billboard Hot 100 1-10
first time top 10's in bold

1. Adele - Rolling In The Deep (1-1)
2. Pitbull - Give Me Everything (3-2)
3. Katy Perry - E.T. (2-3)
4. Jennifer Lopez - On The Floor (5-4)
5. Black Eyed Peas - Just Can't Get Enough (4-5)
6. Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song (6-6)
7. Britney Spears - Till The End (7-7)
8. Lady Gaga - The Edge Of Glory (19-8)
9. LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem (8-9)
10. DJ Khaled - I'm on One (78-10)

• Beyonce's Girls (Run The World) soars 21 spots 50-29 in its 6th week on the charts.
• Lady Gaga's You And I debuts at #36.
• Beyonce's 1+1 debuts at #57.
• Rihanna's California King Bed flies 14 spots 80-66 in its 2nd week.
• Lil Wayne awful new single How To Love debuts at #69. If this song does well, maybe Tha Carter IV will be pushed up instead of back?
  
• Lady Gaga's Marry The Night debuts at #79.
• Mac Miller's Donald Trump debuts at #80.
• Rihanna's Man Down debuts at #94.
• Lupe Fiasco's Out Of My Head featuring Trey Songz debuts at #98.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 5/26/11

Nothing of importance on the Billboard 200 as Adele's 21 remains #1.

Adele's Rolling In The Deep remains #1 for a 4th straight week. LMFAO's Party Rock Anthem featuring a bunch of folks you've never heard of cracks the top 10 by soaring 12 spots 20-8. Lupe Fiasco's The Show Goes On ascends 3 spots 12-9, and gives him his 2nd career top 10.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Adele - 21 (1-1)
2. Seether - Holding Onto To Strings Better Left To Fray (2)
3. Various Artists - Now 38 (2-3)
4. Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party (10-4)
5. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More (12-5)
6. Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 (6-6)
7. Lonely Island - Turtleneck & Chain (3-7)
8. Justin Bieber - Never Say Never (11-8)
9. Fleet Foxes - Helpessness Blues (8-9)
10. Il Volo - Il Volo (10)

The Billboard Hot 100 1-10
first time top 10's in bold

1. Adele - Rolling In The Deep (1-1)
2. Katy Perry - E.T. (2-2)
3. Pitbull - Give Me Everything (4-3)
4. Black Eyed Peas - Just Can't Get Enough (5-4)
5. Jennifer Lopez - On The Floor (6-5)
6. Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song (7-6)
7. Britney Spears - Till The End (8-7)
8. LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem (20-8)
9. Lupe Fiasco - The Show Goes On (12-9)
10. Chris Brown - Look At Me Now (9-10)

• Lady Gaga's Hair debuts at #12.
• Chris Brown's She Ain't You hops 10 spaces 53-43.
• Young Jeezy's Ballin' featuring Lil Wayne debuts at #57.
• Nicole Scherzinger's Right There featuring 50 Cent debuts at #77.
• Rihanna's California King Bed starts at #80.

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Lupe Fiasco - Lasers (Review)

I said I might do it last and I came through this week. That's right, this is the very first audio album review. It's about 38 minutes, so check it out if you have time and are interested in my opinion. Enjoy!

Lupe Fiasco - Lasers (Review)
(Alt. Link)

3/5

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Thursday Billboard Update - 3/17/11

Coming in at #1 this week is Lupe Fiasco's Lasers with 204,300 copies sold. I don't think I've been this far off on a This Week In Flops guess in the history of this website. Oh well, congrats to Lupe.

Lady Gaga's Born This Way and Cee-Lo's Fuck You are still deadlocked at numbers 1 and 2, but we have a new #3 in Katy Perry's E.T. featuring Kanye West (8-3). And breaking into the top 10 this week is Britney Spears' Till The World Ends (20-9).

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Lupe Fiasco - Lasers (1)
2. Adele - 21 (1-2)
3. Glee Cast - The Music, Season 2: Vol. 5 (3)
4. Avril Lavigne - Goodbye Lullabye (4)
5. R.E.M. - Collapse Into Now (5)
6. Sara Evans - Stronger (6)
7. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More (3-7)
8. Marsha Ambrosius - Late Nights & Early Mornings (2-8)
9. Justin Bieber - Never Say Never: The Remixes (4-9)
10. Various Artists - Now 37 (5-10)

The Billboard Hot 100 1-10
first time top 10's in bold

1. Lady Gaga - Born This Way (1-1)
2. Cee-Lo - Fuck You (2-2)
3. Katy Perry - E.T. (8-3)
4. Rihanna - S&M (3-4)
5. Jennifer Lopez - On The Floor (5-5)
6. P!nk - Fuckin' Perfect (4-6)
7. Bruno Mars - Grenade (6-7)
8. Enrique Iglesias - Tonight (I'm Lovin' You) (9-8)
9. Britney Spears - Till The World Ends (20-9)
10. Ke$ha - Blow (7-10)

• Dirty Money's Coming Home jumps 11 spots 22-11.
• The Black Eyed Peas' Just Can't Get Enough flies 16 spots 38-22.
• I don't know who Jessie J is, but her song Price Tag with B.o.B hops 20 spots 78-58.
• Wiz Khalifa's The Race debuts at 66.
• Lupe Fiasco's Beautiful Lasers (2 Ways) debuts at #70.
• Bruno Mars' The Lazy Song jumps 26 spots 98-72.
• Snoop Dogg's Boom featuring T-Pain debuts at #76.
• Nicki Minaj's Did It On'em jumps 12 spots 92-80.
• Miguel's Sure Thing debuts at #94.
• Jennifer Hudson's Where You At #96.

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This Week In Flops 3/8/11

Welp, this is the first This Week In Flops of 2011 and I must say, it is LONG overdue. Lets get started.

I know on the podcast Friday I said I was gonna review Lupe Fiasco's 3rd album Lasers, but after listening to it once, I really have no motivation to hear it again. And its not that it sucks, like a lot of dimwits say, its because its rather boring. Whatever, I'm still gonna write the review, just don't expect anything super long.

As far as sales go, don't expect much. An album that kept getting pushed back + bad reviews = bad times when the SoundScan numbers comes out. I'm guessing 30-60k.

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Thursday Billboard Update - 2/24/11

Justin Bieber's Never Say Never: The Remixes debuts at #1 this week with 165,000 copies sold...and that's pretty much it on the Billboard 200 this week.

Lady Gaga's Born This Way remains at #1 on the Hot 100, but we have a new #2 as Cee-Lo's Fuck You continues to have a post-Grammys renaissance. After debuting at #5 2 weeks ago, Dr. Dre's I Need A Doctor feating Eminem and Skylar Green fell all the way down to #32 last week. Then he performed at the Grammys and now it flies 28 spots to #4. Madness. And the last Grammys based bump hits Justin Bieber's Never Say Never featuring Jaden Smith, which hopped 25-8. Maybe it was the leopard print tights Jaden wore during the performance?

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Justin Bieber - Never Say Never: The Remixes (1)
2. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More (2-2)
3. Various Artists - Now 37 (1-3)
4. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now (17-4)
5. Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (6-5)
6. Eminem - Recovery (7-6)
7. Various Artists - 2011 Grammy Nominees (11-7)
8. Justin Bieber - My World 2.0 (3-8)
9. Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday (4-9)
10. Rihanna - Loud (8-10)

• Ginuwine's Elgin debuts at #30 with 19,100 sold.
• Saigon's Greatest Story Never Told finally comes out and it lands at #61 with 11,300 sold.
  

The Billboard Hot 100 1-10
first time top 10's in bold

1. Lady Gaga - Born This Way (1-1)
2. Cee-Lo - Fuck You (7-2)
3. Bruno Mars - Grenade (3-3)
4. Dr. Dre - I Need A Doctor (32-4)
5. Katy Perry - Firework (2-5)
6. P!nk - Fuckin' Perfect (5-6)
7. Rihanna - S&M (8-7)
8. Justin Bieber - Never Say Never (25-8)
9. Enrique Iglesias - Tonight (I'm Lovin' You) (6-9)
10. Wiz Khalifa - Black & Yellow (4-10)

• Adele's Rolling In The Deep continues to ascend, going up 15 more spots 41-26.
• Katy Perry's E.T. featuring Kanye West debuts at #28.
• The New Boyz are back? I guess so because a song called Backseat debuts at #37. Who would've thunk it?
• Lupe Fiasco's The Show Goes On jumps 13 spots 57-44.
• After debuting at #91 last week, Justin Bieber's Pray soars 30 spots #61 this week.
• Justin Bieber's Born To Be Somebody debuts at #74.
• The Black Eyed Peas' Just Can't Get Enough debuts at #92.

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Lupe Fiasco Tim Westwood Freestyle

Wow, an actually freestyle is oh so rare these days, I almost don't know how to react to it. Well whether you like it or not, we all should just be happy he didn't come spit a few verses from his album and spoil that song for us in advance.

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