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T.I. Says Eminem Helped His Recovery

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Mac Miller Blue Slide Park Tops Billboard

It’s Mac, bitch! By tomorrow, Mr. Miller’s debut Blue Slide Park, will premiere at the top of the Billboard charts. According to Hits Daily Double, the album sold an estimated 148, 915 copies. And now, for some stats: Mac becomes the first artist in 16 years (and of the 21st century) to debut independently at number one. Congrats to him and the entire Rostrum team. Final tally manana. UPDATE: Final number via SoundScan: 144,487 Digital: 109,300 |CD: 35,187

Drake Challenges Wayne To Sound Clash

Now that Drake’s sophomore album is out, he told Billboard that he wants to have a release concert in Jamaica and battle Weezy song for song. Lawdamercy! “I don’t want to just do an album release concert. So, me, I go to Jamaica a lot — I love Jamaican culture — so what I’m gonna do, I’m challenging Lil Wayne to a sound clash, that’s what I want to do. I don’t want to just perform by myself,” he told […]

Mac Miller Billboard Cover Shoot

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Mac Miller Covers Billboard

No major label? No problem. Mac Miller makes his cover debut on this week’s edition of Billboard. Rumble young man, rumble! Blue Slide Park drops November 8th. Cover feature available to read here. No album out, yet emerging “Donald Trump” rapper Mac Miller’s already racked up quite the teenage cult. Will sold-out live crowds and a million+ Twitter followers (and an overall social push) translate into sales for his indie-label debut LP? Our writer went full-on “Almost Famous” on the […]

DJ Pauly D Working With 50 Cent

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Wiz Khalifa & Amber Rose Making Music

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Game Breaks Down The R.E.D. Album

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Drake Talks “Marvin’s Room” Remixes

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Bad Meets Evil Tops Billboard

Billboard will have a new number one tomorrow with Bad Meets Evil’s Hell: The Sequel claiming the top spot. According to Hits Daily Double, the EP sold approximately 166,992 copies. This will be Eminem’s eighth number one and Royce’s first. Congrats guys. UPDATE: Final numbers in 171,135.

Billboard Hip-Hop Maximum Exposure List

Not sure how accurate these figures are, but according to Billboard‘s annual Maximum Exposure list, if you wanna make it in this business, the Double R’s one of the places to be. The other two sites include Eskay and Q‘s hubs. Bullshit with the ‘net if you want, muthafuckas.

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