According to early projections from Nielsen Soundscan, Jay-Z is on pace to score his tenth No.1 Album when first week record sales are tallied next Tuesday. According to Soundscan’s newly implemented Building Chart, which tracks early sales of new releases, Hov moved 179,000 copies of American Gangster during its first day in stores. Another chart topping album for the Def Jam president will tie him with Elvis Presley as the artist with the second highest amount of No. 1 debuts in history. The Beatles currently hold the title for the most, with 19 No. 1 debuts. The Building Chart, which Billboard estimates to represent about 79% of the U.S. retail market, also predicts a debut in the Top 10 for Philly MC Cassidy, whose latest, B.A.R.S. (The Barry Adrian Reese Story), also hit stores this week.
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November 8th, 2007
at 11:06 am
KidKash says:
As always, I already copped 2. 1 to listen to and the other stays wraped in plastic!! American Gangster another classic!!
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November 8th, 2007
at 11:07 am
cannon the catalyst says:
19 #1 debuts?!?! Wow, I knew the Beatles had top selling albums but not that many.
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November 8th, 2007
at 11:41 am
5yearslockeddown says:
i dont kno bout yall . i aint kno dick rider but i luv this album.
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November 8th, 2007
at 11:56 am
JOEY VERDUCUTI says:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^dickryder^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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November 8th, 2007
at 5:11 pm
Deez Nutz says:
Ha! When yo have to say your not a dickrider, that means your a dickrider…sound like lil dude from the Boondocks on the Thugnificent episode…lol
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November 8th, 2007
at 11:50 am
Marvin says:
There can only be ONE!!! HOVA, fuc%$$k the haters!
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November 8th, 2007
at 11:55 am
Cello says:
Personally I rate CD’s by first lyrics then I rate on how many window’s down banging it as loud as possible tracks it has. Lyrically Jay always brings it, but he even has 8 out of the 15 tracks that are windows down tracks. That is a good number for a Cali player like me, which makes it easy to get numbers from parking lot pimpin with out having to change disks for another banger.
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November 8th, 2007
at 11:56 am
Cassadean says:
That nigga doing the unknown. Hip-hop is dead my ass niggas!
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November 8th, 2007
at 12:10 pm
Durty says:
THAT’S COOL, I HOPE HE BEATS ELVIS RECORD..
BUT 2 BEAT THE BEATLES RECORD…I DOUBT IT
19#1 DEBUTS, SHIT I’LL LOVE 2 OWN THE COPYRIGHTS 2 THEY SHIT, BUT U KNOW WHAT? THEM MUTHAFUCKAZ AINT HAVE TO DEAL WITH BOOTLEG TECHNOLOGY LIKE JAY-Z, SO THAT STILL IMPRESSIVE
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November 8th, 2007
at 12:15 pm
Lo-Doe says:
It’s an official wrap! Now Jay has to make more albums so he can be #2 and not share the position with anybody. When he drop his next (I know he definately dropping another now) that will drop Elvis to #3. Jay keep rising to new heights. This is TIMELESS & PRICELESS. This will be a moment like when Three 6 Mafia won a grammy. I’m proud of Jay-Z. For years I’ve been telling people he is the G.O.A.T. (Nas runner-up then Pac)
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November 8th, 2007
at 12:21 pm
Hatchet says:
Album is Bad!!!! I love it!!
Finally an album about gangsterism, that not all about puttin a Cap in Yo ass!! 50 take notice!!!
ive been waiting for an album like this for ever, well since biggy did ‘Story to tell’
I thought he lost it on Kingdom Come,
this sh!t is Classic!!!
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November 8th, 2007
at 12:28 pm
Men Lie Women Lie...... says:
NUBMERS DON’T! GET EM JAY.
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November 8th, 2007
at 1:18 pm
BOOGOLOGY says:
ANOTHER HISTORY IN THE MAKING! THANK FOR THIS ALBUM! IT WAS WELL NEEDED! 1NE!
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November 8th, 2007
at 1:28 pm
Cedrice Dennard says:
I aint gonna lie…hottest fuckin album out….fuck that new Cassidy and Chris Brown and I cant believe their labels were dumb enough on Jay day….number eleven be beatin….East Macon Ga stand up!!!!!1
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November 8th, 2007
at 2:23 pm
nellz says:
Imma laugh if this nigga aint number 1…still 5 days left 2 buy albums…I’ll be shocked if cassidy sells over 70k
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November 8th, 2007
at 3:03 pm
ryan keech says:
and tha winner is Hova my man
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November 8th, 2007
at 3:37 pm
CAMRON & JIM DONT OWN THE DIPSET BRAND …. JAY-Z PASSES ELVIS …. RAEKWON SPEAKS ON RZA …. T.I DROPS HIS THANKSGIVING REQUEST…….. says:
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November 8th, 2007
at 3:37 pm
CAMRON & JIM DONT OWN THE DIPSET BRAND …. JAY-Z PASSES ELVIS …. RAEKWON SPEAKS ON RZA …. T.I DROPS HIS THANKSGIVING REQUEST…….. says:
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November 8th, 2007
at 4:17 pm
Big Grim says:
“Scarface the movie did more than Scarface the rapper to me” ….while i guess i will have to keep saying b**** b****
BK all day
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November 8th, 2007
at 4:24 pm
G High says:
overrated
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November 8th, 2007
at 4:52 pm
2WACK says:
THE ALBUM IS GARBAGE,MAKES CURTIS LOOK LIKE A CLASSIC
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November 8th, 2007
at 5:34 pm
dark vanilla says:
Dis album wuz way better than dat Kingdom CUM garbage. In fact I liked it better than Kanye’s Graduation. My favorite songs were Success and Blue Magic. Still, I liked Cassidy’s B.A.R.S album better. i give American Gangster 8/10.
PS: 2WACK: The only way Curtis iz a classic iz if u compare it to Brittney Spears and Jennifer Lopezes albums. I fuckin hate G-Unit dickrydin groupies.
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November 8th, 2007
at 6:04 pm
BIG RON says:
i bought 1 copy downtown brooklyn on saturday for self then bought another on tuesday for my niece the album is fire it has a liitle reasonable doubt a touch of the blueprint plus a splash of the black album, another classic!!!!! E.N.Y. STAND UP FUCK JEN JONES LAME ASS HOMO THUG!!
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November 8th, 2007
at 7:30 pm
Biggie says:
got it, heard it, another #1 & classic
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November 8th, 2007
at 8:46 pm
Durty says:
I JUST HEARD THE ALBUM
YEAH IT’S TIGHT
RESPECT
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November 8th, 2007
at 10:38 pm
rome says:
catch up hataz!
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November 9th, 2007
at 1:22 am
REESE says:
MASTERPEICE.
“AMERICAN GANGSTER” = “BLUEPRINT 3″
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November 9th, 2007
at 1:44 am
TEXAS BOI says:
PEOPLE FINALLY SIT BACK AND LISTEN TO SOME REAL MUSIC. AMERICAN GANGSTER IS A AMERICAN CLASSIC,JAY-Z DONE IT AGAIN. JIM JONES, CAMRON,CASSIDY TALKING SHIT, Y’ALL NEED TO SIT BACK AND TAKE NOTES OR GO SIT THE FUCK DOWN. YOU NIGGAS AIN’T HAD A HIT IN A WHILE, GO BE PRODUCTIVE. JAY STILL RUNNING THIS RAP SHIT. TEXAS MADE BITCHES, HOLLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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November 9th, 2007
at 2:37 am
Mpho says:
well i ain’t by no means a Jay fan and i listened to this album and its jst average for me, but than again i guess i have that Jay-Z thing, bt u gotta respect his music coz he makin history, but you know what’s funny, all the niggas that is throwing Jabs at Cassidy B.A.R.S ain’t even heard it… to me i like it more than AG, i’d just exclude bout 2 songs from there, that I Pray and Never Tell, either than that it’s cool, for Jay album i’d take out that awful Pharell Song
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November 9th, 2007
at 8:52 am
sean_izzle says:
Jay-Z has dropped 10 albums and not everyone has debuted at no.1
i love Jay-Z but dont understan how this is possible, explain to me XXL members
btw This album is fuckin great, i think the song American Dreamin was dope but nobody seems to talk bout it
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November 9th, 2007
at 11:50 am
JROC says:
yea hov nice but his album shouldn’t be out doin my boy cassidy’s
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November 10th, 2007
at 2:38 pm
Ray says:
HOV STEPPED HIP HOP UP ON THIS ALBUM, THE 1ST LISTEN IS INTERESTING.. THEN THE SECOND LISTEN IS THE COMING, THE TRUTH. NAS JOINT NIGGER SHOULD FINISH OFF THE YEAR WITH GOOD MUSIC, NUFF SAID
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November 10th, 2007
at 2:46 pm
daisean says:
on some real shit this album is a classic it reminds me of reasonable dout and the blueprint 1 because of the life stories that goes on. who ever said this album is trash dont know real music ya’ll niggaz just skim through it. “ya boy is off the wall these other niggaz is tito”
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November 10th, 2007
at 2:47 pm
daisean says:
and” herion got less steps than britney/that means it aint steped on dig me.
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November 10th, 2007
at 5:45 pm
KillinEmQuez says:
Survive the drought/I wish you well/how sick am I?/I wish you health
Anyone hatin on this album should have there hip hop pass revoked. Fuckin’ losers!
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November 12th, 2007
at 4:32 am
Ali says:
sick album…..”got to 2 bricks new cars new whips it seems niggas dont stop til they end up on tha news clip……tha irony of sellin drugs is just like im using it i guess theres 2 sides to what substance abuse is”
haha damn thats sick
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November 12th, 2007
at 11:38 am
MEMPHIS TN says:
#1 ALBUM OF THE YEAR…. I EXPECT THIS AT NEXT YEARS AWARDS SHOW…. HOVVVVVVVV!!!!!
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November 12th, 2007
at 1:44 pm
C.Dennard says:
I cant believe some ass on here said Cassidy’s cd is bettter…I’m from the south but i hate all this tight beat,dumb hook dumb lyrics shit….Jay-Z and Nas are tops..this cd is so fire….”Party Life” is sick just listen to it and you;ll see….also Curtis is classic too….I cant believe yall lames let Kanyes cocky ass out sell him…guess yall want Soulja Boy to be the future of hip hop..”Youooooouuugh” lol Rocafella for life.
East Macon Georgia homie!!!!!!!!!!!
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