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In this week's Hip-Hop and R&B charts, Akon stays on top, Timbaland descends and Robin Thicke steps up.

Still leading the pack for the second week in a row at No. 6 is Akon. According to Nielsen's SoundScan, Konvicted scanned 52,000 copies this week. The album's tally stands at 2,180,400.

Slipping five spots to No. 10 is Timbaland. Shock Value bags up 39,800 units in its third week on the charts. To date, the album has sold 236,700 copies.

Robin Thicke, who has been on a steady incline, jumps eight spots to No. 11 this week. Evolution Of Robin Thicke has moved 980,970 copies thus far, with 38,200 representing the week-in total.

Also moving up is Fergie, leaping nine spots to No. 12. Dutchess shelves off 38,000 discs this week. After 31 weeks, the album has sold 1,780,900 copies.

Beyonce trips six spots to No. 13. B'Day reels in 37,200 units this week, pushing the album's total sales to 2,580,700.

Amy Winehouse slides two spots to No. 14. Back To Black shifts 34,400 discs this week. After 6 weeks, the album has sold 262,700 copies.

Floating at No. 18 is Justin Timberlake. FutureSex/Love Sounds continues to be a hot seller, cashing out 28,800 CDs this week. So far, the album's tally stands at 3,140,900.

Paul Wall dips seven spots to No. 20. In its third week on the charts, Get Money, Stay True hustles 27,400 copies. The album's total sales read off at 156,870.

Posted at No. 23 is G-Unit's Southern spokesman Young Buck. Buck The World shells out 23,400 discs this week, bringing the album's total sales to 250,900.

Taking two steps up the ladder to No. 24 is Corrine Bailey Rae. Her self titled album pushes 22,400 CDs this week. The album has sold 1,420,390 copies to date.

A sharp decrease in sales pushes Joss Stone nine spots to No. 25. Introducing Joss Stone, which is on its fifth week on the charts , reins in 22,400 discs. The album's total sales read off at 276,300.

One step below is Lloyd at No. 26. His sophomore album, Street Love, moves 22,000 copies this week. After 6 weeks , the album's tally stands at 314,600.

A slight increase in sales pushes Musiq Soulchild six spots up to No. 29. Luvanmusiq has sold 306,400 thus far, with 20,752 representing the week-in total.

MIMS continues to struggle to find a solid spot on the charts as he slips nine slots to No. 41. Music Is My Savior nets 16,800 copies this week, bringing the album's total to 161,600.

Debuting quietly at No. 44 is Lumidee. Her latest album, Unexpected, which features appearances from Snoop Dogg and Jim Jones, sold 16,000 in it's first week.

Rich Boy's downward spiral on the charts continues as he tumbles nine spots to No. 47. His self titled CD only moves 14,800 copies this week, pushing the album's total sales to 257,100.

Young Jeezy holds on tight to the No. 55 spot this week with 11,400 fans picking up The Inspiration. The album's total sales numbers stand at 1,024,400.

A couple of floors down, Ciara staggers six spots to No. 67. Evolution sold 9,900 copies this week, pushing its tally to 1,125,300. Diddy moves up thirteen spots to No. 85. Press Play shifts 8,260 discs this week, rounding its total to 617,600. Pretty Ricky slides six spots to No. 87. Late Night Special shelved off 8,200 CDs this week. After thirteen weeks, the album has sold 424,800 copies. Baby Boy Da Prince moves up two spots to No. 88. Across The Water lugs in 8,100 copies this week, bringing the albums total sales to 69,500. Things are beginning to get rocky for Lil' Flip as he plunges seventeen spots to No. 93. His double disc, I Need Mine, ropes in 7,900 copies this week. After 4 weeks, the album has sold 79,900. After moving up a couple spots last week, Marques Houston slumps hard thirty seven spots to No. 95. Veteran, which has sold 128,300 copies thus far, moves 7,700 units this week. Still trying to stay alive in the marathon is The Notorious B.I.G.'s Greatest Hits at No. 99. The compilation scans 7,468 discs this week, bringing its total sales to 206,300. Wrapping things up is Redman at No. 101. Red Gone Wild hustles 7,400 CDs this week. After four weeks the album has sold 79,200.

Next week look for, Joell Ortiz' (Dr Dre's lastest protege) koch debut The Brick and Snoop Dogg's California comp The Big Squeeze to make appearances on the Hip-Hop and R&B charts.


source-sohh.com

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THE ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE
For a city that is so filled with the history of crime, there has been little preservation of the landmarks that were once so important to the legend of the mob in Chicago. Gone are the landmarks like the Lexington Hotel, where Al Capone kept the fifth floor suite and used the place as his headquarters. But most tragic, at least to crime buffs, was the destruction of the warehouse that was located at 2122 North Clark Street. It was here, on Valentine's Day 1929, that the most spectacular mob hit in gangland history took place..... the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.

The building was called the S-M-C Cartage Company and was a red, brick structure on Clark Street. The events that led to the massacre began on the morning of the 14th. A group of men had gathered at the warehouse that morning, set up by a Detroit gangster who told Moran that a truck was on its way to Chicago.
One of them was Johnny May, an ex-safecracker who had been hired by George "Bugs" Moran as an auto mechanic. He was working on a truck that morning, with his dog tied to the bumper, while six other men waited for the truck of hijacked whiskey to arrive. The men were Frank and Pete Gusenberg, who were supposed to meet Moran and pick up two empty trucks to drive to Detroit and pick up smuggled Canadian whiskey; James Clark, Moran's brother-in-law; Adam Heyer; Al Weinshank; and Reinhardt Schwimmer, a young optometrist who had befriended Moran and hung around the liquor warehouse just for the thrill of rubbing shoulders with gangsters.
Bugs Moran was already late for the morning meeting. He was due to arrive at 10:30 but didn't even leave for the rendezvous, in the company of Willie Marks and Ted Newberry, until several minutes after that.

While the seven men waited inside of the warehouse, they had no idea that a police car had pulled up outside, or that Moran had spotted the car and had quickly taken cover. Five men got out of the police car, three of them in uniforms and two in civilian clothing. They entered the building and a few moments later, the clatter of machine gun fire broke the stillness of the snowy morning. Soon after, five figures emerged and they drove away. May's dog, inside of the warehouse, was barking and howling and when neighbors went to check and see what was going on... they discovered a bloody murder scene.

Moran's men had been lined up against the rear wall of the garage and had been sprayed with machine-guns. They killed all seven of them but had missed Bugs Moran. He had figured the arrival of the police car to be some sort of shakedown and had hung back. When the machine gunning started, he, Marks and Newberry had fled. The murders broke the power of the North Side gang and Moran correctly blamed Al Capone. No one will probably ever know who the actual shooters were, but one of them was probably Machine Gun McGurn, one of Capone's most trusted men.

Surprisingly, while Moran quickly targeted Capone as ordering the hit, the authorities were baffled. Capone had been in Florida at the time of the massacre and when hearing the news, he stated, "the only man who kills like that is Bugs Moran". At the same time, Moran was proclaiming that "only Capone kills guys like that".
Moran was right.... Capone had been behind the killing and this was perhaps the act that finally began the decline of Capone's criminal empire. He had just gone too far and the authorities, and even Capone's adoring public, were ready to put an end to the bootleg wars.

Chicago, in its own style, memorialized the warehouse on Clark Street. The place became a tourist attraction and the newspapers even printed the photos of the corpses upside-down so that readers would not have to turn their papers around to identify the bodies.
In 1949, the front portion of the S-M-G Garage was turned into an antique furniture storage business by a couple who had no idea of the building's bloody past. They soon found that the place was visited much more by tourists and curiosity-seekers than by customers and eventually closed the business.
In 1967, the building was demolished. However, the bricks from the bullet-marked rear wall were purchased and saved by a Canadian businessman. In 1972, he opened a night club with a Roaring 20's theme and rebuilt the wall, for some strange reason, in the men's restroom. Three nights each week, women were allowed to peek inside at this macabre attraction.

The club continued to operate for a few years and when it closed the owner placed the 417 bricks into storage. He then offered them for sale with a written account of the massacre. He sold the bricks for $1000 each, but soon found that he was getting back as many as he sold. It seemed that anyone who bought one of the bricks was suddenly stricken with bad luck in the form of illness, financial ruin, divorce and even death.
According to the stories, the bricks themselves had somehow been infested with the powerful negative energy of the massacre!
Whatever became of the rest of the bricks is unknown..........
Or that's what the legend says....

In recent years, other bricks have emerged that claim to have come from the wall. These were not bricks purchased from Patey but were smuggled out of the lot by construction workers and curiosity-seekers. It was said that from these bricks come the legends of misfortune and bad luck. Are these bricks authentic? The owners say they are... but you'll have to judge for yourself!

Whatever the legend of the bricks themselves and whether or not they have somehow been "haunted" by what happened, there is little doubt about the site on Clark Street itself. Even today, people walking along the street at night have reported the sounds of screams and machine guns as they pass the site. The building is long gone but the area is marked as a fenced-off lawn that belongs to the nearby nursing home. Five trees are scattered along the place in a line and the one in the middle marks the location where the rear wall once stood.
Passerby often report these strange sounds and the indescribable feeling of fear as they walk past. Those who are accompanied by dogs report their share of strangeness too.... Animals appear to be especially bothered by this piece of lawn, sometimes barking and howling, sometimes whining in fear. Their sense of what happened here many years ago seems to be much greater than our own.

The garage was located at 2122 North Clark Street and the area is now marked by a fenced lawn and five trees. The center tree marks the area where Bugs Moran's men met their deaths.

Check out Mario Gomes' "Al Capone Museum"!





© Copyright 2001 by Troy

Tehgame

^Nah just because these artists aren't selling, doesnt mean they dont have more listeners... Remember that Internet File Sharing is becomeing more and more popular. So Game, 50 and all are probably being downloaded ALOT... so they have alot of listeners. Record sales dont reflect talent OR how much appeal they have.(To some degree)

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johnwehbe

joells album is sick, cnt wait to cop it

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unitymama

propssssssssssss.....

heelz211

surprised timbaland isnt sellin better, you'd think that single w/ nelly furtado & JT would help him sell more....

akon just isnt slowing down, he might make it to 3x plat...

hopefully Bucks next single will give him momentum to make it to gold...

Tehgame

Joell Ortiz is crazy good

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.........................WHO?

leb

damn akon doin it fkn big and buck is doin ok comapred to other rappers that have cum out this year and recently so yeah but he still doin bad imo

Tehgame

Newely signed Aftermath Artist, he's fucking dope!

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YounG AleX

yeah joell ortiz album is dope...doubt he will sell cause' this album is on koch, but it's a good start to create a buzz for his aftermath release

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Tehgame

HIs new remix with Jadakiss and Saigon is REALLLLY dope!!!

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Renegade25

GAme sold 920 000 to date in USA Only, That aint bad FOr a raw Album...HE is re releasing the album so he will be just fine...


Dont forget that Snoop, JAy, NAs, ARe off the chart too, but they are still doing SOmething around 3-4 000, its just the new artists that Cmoing up, knocking the them off the charts..

At least Game WEnt Platinum in the world, ANd he will probably Go 2x Platinum in a half a year....

CHOSEN ONE

oh i seen son 4 a minute but i aint know his name dough i aint know he was signed 2 aftermath etha.he aight.new breed nigga i got 2 keep record of him from now on

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Tehgame

^ The rEmix to that first song is SO much better


Here it is

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oh i seen son 4 a minute but i aint know his name dough i aint know he was signed 2 aftermath etha.he aight.new breed nigga i got 2 keep record of him from now on

Proof

buck needs 2 release 2 more singlez, cuz his album is still doin good

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NEWSKULL

Yep he is still standing in the charts and he is looking pretty good compared to other hip-hop artists ... And I believe he'll go gold like Diddy...

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savageassnigga

say that akon is unstoppable when 50's album drops
then well see who will be stopped

Lil_E

buck will not go gold.. LOL

g-unit_is_hiphop

Buck Still Doin The Damn Thang! Get Em Buck!

T bøN3z

props on the info

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Mail Man

cks done. hell be off the charts in 3 weeks

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Komplex

LOL @ Joell Ortiz naming his album "The Brick" cuz that's exactly what the album do..brick.

and I KNOW yall niggaz aint got the nerve to be makin fun of Game sales when he sold over 900,000.......and then yall turn around and celebrate the fact that Buck sold 250,00 and sayin he's doin good?........LMAO.

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