In his latest post on his Huffington Post blog, Island Records Urban Music president Jermaine Dupri commends Jay-Z for refusing to sell his album in single tracks on Apple's iTunes Music store. He goes on, in a detailed rant, to explain why digital music sales sites like iTunes are disrespecting the people who create the actual music...
Jay-Z tops this week's Billboard 200 album sales chart with his American Gangster album, which sold 425,861 records in its first week. While this figure is lower than the first week sales of last year's Kingdom Come (over 680,000), it was still enough to give Jay his tenth number one album, tying him with Elvis Presley for the second highest number of number one albums (The Beatles still have a lo
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.
Atlanta-based blogger Sandra Rose is reporting that the real reason Jay-Z is so passionate about the new Denzel Washington movie is that he was actually passed over for the lead role, and his request to record the official soundtrack was denied:
A confidential source has revealed the real reason behind Jay Z's "concept" album "American Gangster"...