Top 10 Selling Rap Albums In 2008
Lil Wayne – Tha Carter III 2.8 Million
T.I. – Paper Trail 1.5 million
Kanye West -808s & Heartbreak 1 million
Rick Ross – Trilla 709k
Young Jeezy – The Recession 706k
The Game – LAX 633k
Plies – Definition of Real 552k
Ludacris – Theater Of The Mind 439k
Nas – Untitled 428k
Snoop Dogg – Ego Trippin 379k
Flo-Rida – Mail On Sunday 356Other Notable Figures
G-Unit – T.O.S. 239k (14th including Kanye)
Nelly – Brass Knuckeles – 184k
LL Cool J – Exit 13 – 94k
Nas is the only NY artist to make the top 10 last year. The south has 6 of the top 10 selling albums under their belt showing the South is still on top.
Edit: I forgot Kanye’s album isn’t a rap album. Yes Lupe Fiasco went gold but his album dropped December 18th(143k first week), this is for sales during 2008.
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January 2nd, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Go South!
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:11 pm
isnt ross and plies “south” too? wtf?! wat do yall consider south? caz im lookin on the US map and florida looks souther and than any other state.
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Oh & Go Nas
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:13 pm
damn only three albums only sold over a million
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:19 pm
THE GAME IS FUCKED UP. Hold on, you know the game is fucked up when Def Jam, with as rich of a history as it has in the history of this Hip Hop shit, has only 2 very successful artist…and they are both R&B singers(NeYo & Rihanna). What ever happened to a Hip Hop label??? What ever happened to a label whose sole objective was to produce good Hip Hop music???? Look at these sales, these are awful, where is New York???
Artist that need to be successful to save this game:
-Outkast(together that is!!)
-Jay-Z(on some steady shit, not just a record here and there)
-Nas
-The Roots
-and a couple others, but these are the guys who have previously acheived a certain level of mainstream stature(and yes The Roots did it with “Phrenology” and “Things fall apart” which both went plat)who currently find themselves out of place in what this bullshit industry has become
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:22 pm
SOUTH ON TOP RIGHT NOW!…MEN LIE WOMEN LIE NUMBERS DONT!
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:24 pm
yo rtny, i dunno why u tryna make this into a south vs hip hop shit. you can argue that the south is on top but we all kow that 95% of the garbage hip hop is saturated with is from the south. the other 5% have to do with CORNY-ASS RnB niggaz. metrosexual-ass bow wow niggaz and shit. The south is killing hip hop, and RnB is sure as hell helping it to do so. no more hope in this game, HIP HOP IS DEAD, point blank period. like saigon said “HIP HOP ID GAY”
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
808’s and Heartbreak isn’t a “Rap” album.. making G-Unit on the top 10.
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
i think many of those albums at least are great and not garbage artists,please take out kanyes and yeah my nigga nas there and motherfucker still say he aint relevant prr and he is at 530k worlwide after all this year and fucked industry i mean one of the few las real niggaz relevant and keepin it real
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:30 pm
bullshit
BULLSHIT
BULLSHIT
LUPE FIASCO should also go in that TOP 100.
He went gold off 2 Radio singles and 1 internet single.
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:32 pm
BULLSHIT
LUPE FIASCO should also go in that TOP 100.
He went gold off 2 Radio singles (Superstar & Pais, Tokyo) and 1 internet single (Hip Hop Saved My Life).
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Black London wrote on January 2nd, 2009 at 8:32 pm
BULLSHIT
LUPE FIASCO should also go in that TOP 100.
He went gold off 2 Radio singles (Superstar & Pais, Tokyo) and 1 internet single (Hip Hop Saved My Life).
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool:
The album debuted at #15, moved a spot up to #14 on the Billboard 200 in its second week. It debuted as the #1 rap record and remained there for 9 weeks. It has been certified Gold by the RIAA.
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:42 pm
Rick Ross lied like a motherfucker. He outsold snoop dogg cuz people bought into ross’s bullshit stories. C3 the most overrated rap album of all-times. I cant wait til big homie Jay-Z, Em, 50 cent drop they albums. Wayne made hiphop wack.
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:44 pm
lil wayne 3.3 mill
t.i 1.8 mill
the game 822k
rick ross 773k
young jeezy 756k
plies 585k
flo rida 570k
snoop dogg 560k
nas 530k
ludacris 460k
g unit 360k
nerd 340k
bun b 300k
nelly 290k
three 6 mafia 290k
david banner 210k
the roots 208k
ice cube 205k
common 168k
plies 164k
daddy yankke if couts 160k
fat joe 160k
dj khaled 132k
ll cool j 116k
q tip 101k
and those are the worldwide sales so far
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:45 pm
>Artist
FIASCO, LUPE
>Title
LUPE FIASCO’S THE COOL
>Certification Date
04/15/2008
>Label
ATLANTIC
>Award Description
GOLD
>Format
ALBUM
>Category
SOLO
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Wayne isnt a Legend ! He’s a smoke n mirrors rapper. Jay-Z, Nas, Snoop, 50 cent, Dre, Ice Cube are legends. Stop supporting wack music.
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:46 pm
Rule…..Thats Bullshit.
Wheres Lupe????
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:50 pm
http://www.riaa.com
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:50 pm
if u forgot than why is it still up there??? lol couldnt forget about your “buddy” kanye huh??? lol
and who the hell bought flo-ridas album???
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:54 pm
Around Thursday, December 18, 2008 Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool was around the 555, 276 mark.
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Actuall it might have been around the 539,000 mark!!!
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:02 pm
Edit: I forgot Kanye’s album isn’t a rap album…
no u didnt forget nothing.. ur on kanyes dick realtalkny..u even put a post about kanye going platinum..i never heard u announce anyone else going platinum after 4 weeks.. only kanye gets that acknowledgement on this site..i didnt see a post about TI going platinum? smh
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:06 pm
Hey Realtalk or anyone out there…Ya’ll know what kardinal’s album did???. Most sleeped on nigga in the game.
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:07 pm
some niggaz buying micky Ds with they royalty checks lmao
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:08 pm
If dude was from Ny as opposed to T.O. he’d probably be on that list.
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:09 pm
LUDA!
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:10 pm
SOUTH ON TOP RIGHT NOW I agree with that and I don’t see any problem with that at all. It’s not going to be like this forever though. After a while the game change and the public get tired of the same that’s been popular and want something else new and fresh and then the West or east takes over for awhile. it’s always been like this. What’s hot today is not going to be hot all the time.
Stop hating on the south and just do your thing and sooner or later the mainstream is ready for some other shit of hiphop
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Ice Cube made more money than all them niggas. his shit was straight indy.and the shit was dope. hiphop aint dead yall just listening to the wrong niggas. im glad 50 flopped. he talked shit about half the niggas in the top 10. everybody he talked shit about did double what TOS did.
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:18 pm
this is pathetic! smh
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:25 pm
hiphop ain’t DEAD it’s just that the rappers who are selling aren’t all that but who cares, if you are a big fan of hiphop then you don’t care who sell more records. There are tons of great rappers out there doing great music you just dont find them on billboard lists. Check out Immortal Techniques latest material. That mothafucka is dope as hell and thats quality rap music
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:31 pm
fav songz from all those albums
heartless – kanye
breathe – nas
fried chicken – nas
why everybody hate cris – luda
one more drink – luda
i do it for hip hop – luda
camera phone- game
dope boys – game
with fried chicken being the tippity top fav. the production was crazy and fresh. busta and nas delivered.
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:36 pm
oh year a few joints off TI shit and 1 from jeezy
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Keeping it real, people care too much about record sales. Record sales don’t make an album good. The quality of the music is what makes the album good. Yeah, SoundScan shows you how many copies of a CD were sold, but they don’t show how many people who bought the CD didn’t like it or even felt like they just wasted their money. Just think about that. It’s not about record sales. It’s about the quality of the record.
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:46 pm
black london i think you are right but i take it from a serious page take a look and i dont know if i didnt see lupe are they miss him
check http://www.worldwidealbums.net/
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:50 pm
2009 gonna be so much better, with many platinum albums
50 cent – Before I Self Destruct
Eminem – The Relapse
Dr Dre – Detox (lol)
Jay-Z – Blueprint 3
Lil Wayne – Carter IV (probably coming out soon)
those will go platinum
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:57 pm
da only album im lookin forward to in 09 is loso’s way. maybe bp3
January 2nd, 2009 at 10:06 pm
Im from the south and I think its funny how NY is the only one picked on when it comes to record sales. Wat about the west coast and midwest? lol… and itsa funny cuz a whole lotta niggaz aint release albums from up top this year. Niggaz like Busta, Jay, Talib, and Jada working on they next projects. I cant even think of 5 major artists from NY that even relased albums this year. LOL… But go head south and lets make this money. I’m still waitin on that Blueprint 3 tho… lol
January 2nd, 2009 at 10:21 pm
I’mma a Broklyn nigga and the south make records that sell nobody should hate on that its not the artist or the south fault if the music ain’t good its the fans. to me no one is on top because sale ain’t good. I sugest we all come together NORTH SOuth EasT and WEST and we just KEEP the good MC’s and blackball the garbage one’s. HIP HOP is not about east coast west coast north or south it’s about good outstanding music.
January 2nd, 2009 at 10:32 pm
50 cent – Before I Self Destruct
Eminem – The Relapse
Jay-Z – Blueprint 3
Real hiphop artists that dont rock tight jeans or drink cough syrup.
January 2nd, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Fake is what sells. Rick Ross, Game, Plies, Wayne. Meanwhile guys like Freeway, Beanie Sigel, Lupe dont get noticed. Beanie Sigel is like Scarface & Ice Cube rolled in 1.
January 2nd, 2009 at 10:41 pm
the south is still on top???
im starting to think this site was made by a south nigga that made this just to diss new york artist..how is the south on top??
when late 2008-2009 new york been coming with heat
1.G-unit been making the hottest mixtape in 08
2.Jay-z-brooklyn we go hard hardest shit out
3.busta rhymes-arab money HOTTEST SHIT OUT!
4.Jim jones-pop champagne SEC.HOTTEST SHIT OUT
5.jada killing it to
January 2nd, 2009 at 11:38 pm
Thiz guy black london is an idiot Rule. Don’t pay him any mind. The site is legit. Good lookz. Sales being so important helped kill hip-hop tho.
January 3rd, 2009 at 12:21 am
Superman – Hip Hop wrote on January 2nd, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Wayne isnt a Legend ! He’s a smoke n mirrors rapper. Jay-Z, Nas, Snoop, 50 cent, Dre, Ice Cube are legends. Stop supporting wack music
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All your doing is listing the most famous rappers in the old pop cultures. 50 cent? hahaha.
January 3rd, 2009 at 12:30 am
When are you guys gonna give the honors for best mixtapes, you G-Unit owned that straight up
January 3rd, 2009 at 1:03 am
Only reason south on top bcuz albums not being released in many other places. How many albums came out from ppl in diff regions? Plus, how come Soulja Boy(not tht i like his music) or Q-Tip up there. They both sold more than Exit 13.
January 3rd, 2009 at 1:55 am
yea cuz these were all relle good albums right? these u consider rappers…there are 2 rappers that deserve that top 10 spot, nas and the game…and the games album was completely disappointing, and dun even say shit u know its true, it wasnt close to documentary or doctors advocate…not even close. its like nowadays the only way ppl like u is cuz u make a lot of money and everyones like oh shit their good than beat them and shit…. u guys dunno shit about rap if u thinking like that, 8 of the 10 rappers on this list are nothing but a bunch of sell out motherfuckers get ur paper man that wat rap is all about…thanx for ruining it…AND FUCK YOU IF U LIKE WAYNE UR…KICKS SO FLY LIKE LIU KANG please!, id like to see that guy come up with a rhyme like “At a thousand degrees celcius i make emcees melt, fuck my record label i appear courtesy of myself”…im waiting….
January 3rd, 2009 at 2:37 am
the only albums actually going to the store and buying in that top ten were… paper trail, recession, theatre of mind and untitled… over all 2008 was a bad year for hip hop… when I look back now… late 2006 through 2007 was actually a good period for hip hop… 08 straight up sucked…
January 3rd, 2009 at 2:38 am
just to correct some things:
1. Lupe’s album dropped in 2007
2. to post #15 by rule – those sales are not entirely accurate
3. Flo-Rida is not HIP-HOP
4. danga1181 – I agree if Kardi was from NY they would note him
5. Ice Cube shit was not independent… he had major label distributed he just didn’t get the marketing and promo money from them
January 3rd, 2009 at 4:57 am
Everyone always says it was better before. Don’t worry a lot of posters will talk about how Wayne will shit on any rapper ten years from now.
January 3rd, 2009 at 4:58 am
Everyone always says it was better before. Don’t worry a lot of posters will talk about how Wayne will spank any rapper ten years from now.
January 3rd, 2009 at 4:59 am
my bad I thought they didn’t accept the word “shit”
January 3rd, 2009 at 8:09 am
first.. WHERE IS LUPE?????
there’s a few problems i see with us as hip hop fans… the main one is that we don’t respect those that came before. we’re quick to call them not relevant and washed up. i mean in other genres they salute those before… why are we quick to give respect to the OG’s on the street but not on the mic.
Also, as a whole we always hatin’ on someone and it’s not about disliking their music b/c i really don’t like lil wayne. i’m not a hater, but lyrically he’s not the monster everyone claim him to be. half the time he don’t make sense and since when can a poet (emcee) not be about words. he’s entertaining sometimes. i respect his hustle, he did get a milli in a week but if i never have to hear a milli again i’d be happy.
we over here debating on whether or not kanye should be considered on the list. dude sold a million in a month… that’s a hustle worth respecting expecially since only wayne and ti sold more. ti’s album dropped late september, kanye’s late november… seems like somebody likes him. and maybe when he goes back to his original format he’ll be introducing hip hop to a whole set of new fans. that would be good for hip hop.
January 3rd, 2009 at 8:22 am
2009 Albums must haves:
1.Eminem
2.Jay-Z
3.50 Cent
4.Beanie Sigel
5.Freeway
2009 Joke of the Year album
1.Rick Ross-Deeper than Rap
MiamiDade C.O. greatest hits
January 3rd, 2009 at 11:50 am
I never paid much attention to Plies but i just realized he hustles hard. Two albums in one year and he sold i think over 200k of Defintion of Real his first week which was overlooked due to Wayne’s hyped album released the same date.You may not enjoy the music but i think that his work ethic is respectable.
January 3rd, 2009 at 12:43 pm
What about The Dream album?
He impacted the rap game of 2008, had more #1 hits, and he can’t even sing straight, but he wrote for muhfuckas who could.
But his own album was decent sounding, nice beats on there.
January 3rd, 2009 at 12:44 pm
i wonder if LL gonna blame jayz for this one too. or will he blame 50cent this time
nelly should depart gracefully before he gets the roy jones knock out cuz his numbers are disgusting
and if ya’ll niggas got a problem with the south sellin records, then support other artist. they’re fans support them they just make the music. ny fans dont really support ny artist unless ur really bringing the heat. west and midwest are almost extinct
January 3rd, 2009 at 1:39 pm
You Niggaz Must Can’t Read Or Somethin ..The Title Of This Post Is Called …”Top 10 Selling Rap Albums In 2008″,Lupe Dropped In 07 ..Thats Why He’s Not Up There ..And With That Said ..Nas!!! ..Almost At Gold, Lets Go Baby!
January 3rd, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Sumbody tell black london jump off lupe dick real talk, matter of fact jump of the niggaz dick
January 3rd, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Word!
Where is Lupe.
Jis album was Amazing
And I believe he went Gold cuz he had pics on myspace holding it.lol
January 3rd, 2009 at 4:53 pm
yo realtalkny, I just checked http://www.riaa.com, and it is certified that Nas’s album
“Nas”, is certified gold (date: 9/11/2008). so that means he broke that 428k.
yo check http://www.riaa.com, go to “Gold and Platinum”, and then go to “Searchable Database” and type in the artist and label. for some reason, 50 Cent’s plaqs for his 2nd and 3rd albums ain’t pop up on there though. if these plaqs is lying then the whole industry is lyin on riaa.com. numbers lie?
I typed in Nas and Def Jam for the label. untitled or “Nas” for album title doesn’t search. but Def Jam does.
I don’t give a fuck about album numbers cause most of them albums on that list got “dumbed down” lyrics at it’s worst anyway.
January 3rd, 2009 at 5:33 pm
wait till my record drop
January 3rd, 2009 at 6:10 pm
#55
i assumed it was top SELLING rap albums of 2008 and i’m pretty sure that the Cool sold more in 2008 than let’s say T.O.S…. it’s the same way that Rihanna can be a top selling artist of ‘08… people still buying Good Girl Gone Bad (regardless of a re-release)
January 3rd, 2009 at 6:23 pm
Props to the south BUT im tired of that T-pain/DJ Khaled/ everyone jumpin on each others track shit… Rick Ross, flo rida and Plies didnt have a single that they did solo… lil wayne hustles hard but is a big part of why shitty rappers are on top, Ludacris, Game, T.I. and Jeezy had good cds… ….with jay z em dre(hopefully) and 50 cent droppin albums in 09 shit should change for the best cuz this “chick-hop” is pissing me off
ps.. 808 is nothin but a weed plate to break buds on ..that shit was waaaack!
January 3rd, 2009 at 7:06 pm
man i miss the good ol mixtape days. even though fab is one of the best dudes out there lyrically you gotta admit he retarded. every CD this nigga releases he has a song on it tellin everybody he’s gangsta, wtf?! despite how horrid the tracklisting look i still ordered my shit well in advance. this nigga did not ave one fuckin track that he did my himself, is it a compilation or a fuckin album where fans get to kno u? *sighs* its the trend these days. he says he’s gonna release a concept album dat shit betta b str8 b caz datz the last shit i’ll be buying with my hard earn money. you jus gotta respect those artists that take the time to mold they shit.
January 3rd, 2009 at 7:23 pm
and his bitch ass took shots in his leg and wanted to cry
January 3rd, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Oh Aiight ..@57
January 3rd, 2009 at 8:27 pm
yall know wut wront with hip no originality
jim jones and busta had success w/ ron brownz on their shit
now let see how many nigga will get a song w/ brownz
fat irrelevant ass joe as started already
January 3rd, 2009 at 10:25 pm
LMFAO @ LL! Who’s he gonna blame NOW for this EPIC FAILURE? 94 thousand?! Let’s see if he has the balls to go at LA Reid, for not promoting him enough.
January 3rd, 2009 at 11:14 pm
WOW , AT GUNIT OUTSELLIN NELLY!
January 4th, 2009 at 5:35 am
nessnice 2009 sales predictions…
enimem…. plat. within a month
Wayne??? if it happens.. maybe plat. after 2months.. if he has like 2 hot singles
50? plat in 3.. maybe 4months
Jay-z gonna struggle his way to plat. over like a 8 month span.. but is that really a struggle now days?
detox…(if it happens)close to plat. 800k but its gonna b a disappointment cause of the long ass wait…
Jim Jones-125K
Ron Browz (if it happens) 75K tops
jada?? 450K maybe gold by end of year he might have some monster calabos.
Fab… 375K he 1 of the nicest, but album wise?? he dont go hard
busta.. 300K
Ryan Leslie.. dats my dude but its takin too long to drop… 200K tops.
Bow Wow?? ima give em 450K he been steppin it up plus he like a lil LL, he got the chicks.. he could smash em like jarule(when he was hot) dat lane wide open…
http://www.myspace.com/nessnice
January 4th, 2009 at 11:20 am
Who still buys albums lmao? I’m surprised anybody sold a million with how it is so easy to download songs and wack mixtape DJs leaking everyones shit weeks before their album drops
January 5th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
As many people that hated on The Game he is still a top five rapper. Me personally im hating hip hop right now and 90% of the shyt thats coming out. Hopefully Eminem, Jay-Z and Lupe bring some hot albums in 09 to get my hyped about HipHop again…..only time will tell
January 5th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Yo, dudes! 50 is the best!!!
January 6th, 2009 at 4:59 am
Hola Hovito (Jay-Z)
Bun B
Pimp C
Loso (Fabolous)
Max Bigavells
50
Bank$
Rick Ross
Buck
Plies
Joe Buddens
Paul Cain
Snoop Dogg
Wayne Isn’t A Rapper! Its His Life Fools!
January 7th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
too bad paper trail was a fucking bag of shit. when a bunch of white girls from utah (where i live) know every word of that garbage and i have to listen to their drunk asses screech avery time i here “sex so wet so tight” it makes we vomit and hide in shame from what is considered hip hop today. weezy was meeeeeeeeeeeeh, mediocre. the only good albums on that fucking list were ludas theatre, games LAX, and Nas untitled, only for his three tracks worth a shit, (hero, war, and sly fox). that is my two cents. now lets hope dre and em, fifty, can try to revive this suffering genre i love so much…
January 8th, 2009 at 12:30 am
STUPID NIGGA WHO SAID LAX WAS DISAPOINTING DO U EVEN KNO WAT RAP IS IF U THINK DAT WAS DISAPOINTING U MUXT NOT CUS DAT ALBUM TOOK U BACK 2 WEN ALL DAT WAS ALLOWED WAS REAL RAP LAX WAS BETTER DEN DA CARTER 3 CUS THERE WAS A STORY 2 TELL & NOT JUS SUM IGNORANT NIGGA SAYIN CRAP DA WHOLE TIME (WAYNE) & 4GET 50CENT HE OK & HE SUCH A PUSSY HOW U GONNA ALWAYS TLK BOUT SUM1 DATS WAT WOMEN DO REAL MEN DNT SIT & TLK BOUT EVERY1 & SUMTIMES HE TLKS BOUT SITUATIONS HE WAS IN DAT HE CULD HAVE SAID SUMTHING 2 DA PERSON FACE BUT HE WAITED TIL HE WAS SAFE AWAY 2 SAY SUMTHING DAT NIGGAS A SCARY CAT
January 10th, 2009 at 3:28 am
too bad in brooklyn we go hard jay z steals waynes flow hella bad