pathetic year really.

I was surprised by LAX…thought it had at least gone plat. And fortunately, Soulja Boy is still under 100K.

who the fuck is buying the KanGay album?

G-unit putting up ja rule numbers…..

I bet Khaled pissed he spent all that money marketing and promoting Ace Hood, for him not to even sell 60,000. Im surprised that Recession and L.A.X arent plat yet.

Outta all the aforementioned, E40 & Cube r prolly the only cats that made real paper.

Them niggas go hard for themselves, without major backing. Cube practically funded his project alone, I’m pretty sure the same goes for Fonzarelli.

So even if those cats didn’t get outrages sales, comfortability is a decent second choice, to me @ least.

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Killer Mike - I Pledge Allegiance to the Grind – 16,800
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Swear 2 God Im disappointed in these numbers. IMO. This was album of the year. When U speak of beats & rhymes wit substance, this shit was the hardest shit I’ve heard in a long time, along wit Face! Luckly he can get show $$$. He need to come to Milwaukee

sadly enough that’s actually an improvement!

your missin’ some there buddy…..Bun-B & The Roots, 2 of the best of 2008

it’s saddening when Q Tip sells only a pinch more that SOULJA BOY.

here’s hoping 2009 is LOADS better than 08!

The Q-Tip #s are not encouraging. Hopefully you cats downloaded it for the freeski like me and are planning on seeing the live show. Pay this man.

Nas-Untitled should have definitely sold more. Ludacris too. Kanye deserved to go plat for taking a risk that pushed boundaries.

Wow. Now there goes five minutes I’ll never get back. Soundscan numbers. Thanks Number Nazi!

this is y hip hop sucks now. yall buy a kanye alum where he is singin n bullshit. yall buy a wayne album where he claims 2 b a so called thug. killer mike album was amazin dough. if most southern artist were lik him i wouldnt have a problem. also y do yall buy these rappers album where they r singin? aint hip hop suppose 2 b about MCs not r&b singers?
great albums: killer mike
good albums: e-40, ice cube, nas
garbage: wayne, kanye, g-unit
the rest were average at best
n the reason y soulja boy wasnt in garbage is cuz his music is 4 kids.so stop hatin on him cuz he aint makin music for adults.

didnt T.I go Plat? why no mention?

lol @ lil mama outselling Ace never been to the Hood

Where is T.I and JAY-Z?????????????????????????????????

looking at #’s is part of whats killing hiphop (thanks 50). True talent, artistry, and skills have taken a back seat to numbers as to whats really important in hiphop. I remember back in the mid-late 90’s when rappers would say these corny ass label heads and A&R would destroy what we built. And low and behold its true. They are all about the dollar. Fuck if you actually have skills, they want to know if you can sell make them money and dumb down your culture at the same time.

PLIES & G-UNIT BEAT CUBE..HIP-HOP IS FUCKED…& Luda sold out along with NaS..and i dont record sales..those albums sucked…going over it the best cds were CUbe’s, Common’s[Which wasnt even that good] & Jeezys

Damn, for someone that the general public no longer has an interest in, Nas out-sold most of the people on this list. Eat a dick Curtis.

Cube cd was a classic should have went GOLD i dont give a fuck what nobody say & i aint saying that cuz of who Cube is

Nas cd should have went platinum in 3 or 4 months

Game - LAX should have went platinum

G-Unit – T.O.S. = lol Nas outsold u Curtis if you’re so relevant to the general public u should at least go Gold pussy nigga

damn… bad year for sales…… loved jeezy, hated common, hated nas, loved killer mike, liked black milk, LAX was good. carter 3 was good stop tryna act like u fucks didnt like it. i love TI and im glad hes gonna go 2x plat but damn that cd was bad. didnt expect ace to flop so hard!!! cd was ok!!

[...] Champion hoody for tight jeans and a skateboard. Then G-Unit’s T.O.S. album barely sells 241,000 copies. Then Before I Self Destruct gets pushed back (so 50 can finish a second DVD that he wants to [...]

thats the grind part 2 for killa mike and that was a very good album. i didn’t know forty water dropped something last year. ace hood dropped really who knew. i thought lil mama was dropped in 07 but what do i care i was not looking for it anyway. another thing foxy dropped a album where the fuck have i been must have been a shit sandwhich.

Terminate On Sight was one of my favorite albums. Uncontested. That ablum was serious! I haven’t listened to Ice Cube’s Raw Footage but I heard it was desent. Shout out to Common &
Q-Tip.

It’s sad that the best album of 2008 sold the 3rd lowest on the albums listed. Killer Mike’s “I Pledge Allegiance to the Grind II” was, hands down, the best album of 2008. It’s a damn shame. 16,800? Those numbers seem a bit low too.

Oh, and for anyone that purchased T.O.S. and thought it was a good album, you should stop commenting on hip hop sites; being a fan of G-unit period is grounds for excommunication from the hip hop world.