Unless you have been under a ROC we all know that Jadakiss sold 134,000 units last week in his first week. Now for the former shiny suit superstar it might not seem like a lot, but that is impressive on multiple fronts and heres why.
1)its a recession, who even buys music in a recession
2)we haven't seen any REAL hip hop artist move units like that in a LONG time..I dont even know if American Gangster or Hip Hop Is Dead moved that many in the first week
3)and here's the biggest reason its a big deal...the majority of so called hip hop fans don't even KNOW who KISS is? The teen boppers who shoulda lean, crank dat, and stanky leg all over the place probably weren't even allowed to listen to the radio when the guy with the funny laugh from YO was tearing it up with the Double R (they also don't know who the Double R is)
For this I say big up to Kiss (insert trademark Kiss laugh here). He's giving hope to the hopeful in hip hop. If you haven't got the album yet, go out and get it so the numbers keep going up. Maybe then labels will get away from this ring tone and dance craze.
Here goes some of my favorite Jada videos
Jadakiss - By My Side Ft. Neyo from Kewellharry on Vimeo.
The Lox - Money, Power, Respect / Reservoir Dogs (Live) from WWW.SP1200.NET on Vimeo.
and if you missed it on 106, the LOX reunited with DIDDY! Half the teenie boppers dont even know the words
The Lox & Diddy perform The Benjamins from SCENESTER TV on Vimeo.
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