Riding high at the Ozone Awards eh Chris? Top nominee for the “Won’t Be Around Next Year” award, Hurricane Chris, might as well get ready to apply at Wal-Mart or maybe “UPS is hiring?” His debut album came in at a pathetic #24 on the charts.
Hurricane Chris stands as this week’s top hip-hop debut on the Billboard 200 album chart with his album 51/50 Ratchet. The Shreveport, La. native, who has been burning up airwaves nationwide with his infectious single “Ay Bay Bay,” will land at No. 24 on the charts this week after moving just over 26,000 copies of his debut. Next up we have underground favorites Little Brother, who have just released their first project since splitting with producer 9th Wonder. Getback, the Raleigh, NC duo’s third studio LP, moved about 9,600 copies during its first week in stores and will land at No. 89 on the charts. Life Goes On, the latest from Houston vet Trae, also hit stores last week. Consumers picked up about 7,500 copies, which will place it at No. 104.
It really is only a matter of time before this mess starts to regulate itself again. You can’t fool all the people all the time. Unfortunately folks slept on Little Brother this time but I wonder if it has to do with the crappy distro and marketing from their label.
