Dope video. And I’m not just saying that because my ex-girl Megan Fox is in it.

Well ladies and gentlemen, the numbers are in for last week’s album sales, and according to Billboard, Eminem’s Recovery is the #1 album for the fifth week in a row after selling 187,200 copies (bringing it’s grand total to 1,669,600), and topping Ricky Rozay’s Teflon Don, which sold roughly 176,300 units in it’s first week.

Basically…Ross lost.

I told ya’ll nuccas Rick Ross wouldn’t sell over 200k…I think it was the titties. Well that and the fact the he lacks a strong female fan base, and chicks buy records more than nuccas do. Especially nuccas that think they’re Big Meech…they don’t buy music at all. Couple that with the fact that Rick Ross doesn’t have a Top 40 single off Teflon Don on the chart that really matters, (“B.M.F.” is No. 82 if you’re keeping score at home) and it’s obvious why Ross didn’t sell more albums. I mean, it’s actually more amazing that Eminem is still at the top spot after five weeks…that guy has some true fans.

Not to take anything away from Rick Ross because selling 187,200 albums in one week is still an accomplishment. But when your album has Jay-Z, John Legend, Cee-Lo, Jadakiss, T.I., Mary J. Blige, Kanye West, Ne-Yo, Trey Songz, Gucci Mane, Drake, Styles P, Chrisette Michele AND muthaf@ckin’ Raphael Saadiq, just off features (and I didn’t even mention the producers), that’s one hell of an album budget, and I know Def Jam wants their effin’ money back.

Of course, you can’t judge an album’s success off one week alone, but since we’re in a culture that hangs on to first week numbers like it’s the final score at Super Bowl, artists and labels do like putting up good numbers after 7 days. And in this case, Ross did good, but not good enough. Or like Ricky Bobby would say, “If you’re not first, you’re last.”

Billboard.com: Eminem Still No. 1, Rick Ross Bows at No. 2 on Billboard 200

Somewhat Related Topic: Nanci O and I debate Young Jeezy and Rick Ross | Where Is Hip-Hop? (Episode 53)

Well, the numbers are in, and according to Billboard, Eminem’s seventh album, Recovery, moved 741,00 units in its first week, making it Eminem’s sixth straight #1 album, and the 2nd highest first week sales for a digital album in history at 255,000 (2nd only to Coldplay’s Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends at 288,000).

Let the hip-hop chuuch say… well damn. I guess this goes to show that people will go out and support your music if they’re moved to. If you’re wondering, Em’s Relapse album sold 608,000 copies in it’s first week last year. The difference here, 133,000 heard Relapse and figured that ish was wack, so they didn’t buy it. But hats off to Em for coming correct this time.

Billboard.com: Eminem’s ‘Recovery’ Explodes At No. 1 on Billboard 200 With 741,000

Recovery is due on June 22nd. Hopefully it doesn’t suck like Em’s last album, but I doubt it will.

You think Eminem heard when we said his last album sucked balls? Because this ish right here is 10 x better than anything that was Relapse. The internets are going in today.

Eminem – “Not Afraid” (prod. Boi-1da) (tags)

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Spotted @ RR.

Update: From what I hear, that’s the album cover.

This is the last B.o.B. songs that I’m posting until his album drops. The Adventures of Bobby Ray on 4/27.

B.o.B feat. Eminem & Hayley Williams – “Airplanes Pt. 2″

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Spotted at Elliot’s house.

This is supposed to be on Weezy’s Rebirth album, that got pushed back til February. Pretty cool collaboration. Em ripped another one (but his album still sucked). They need to stop bullsh*ttin’ and just put the fuxing rock album out. Pushing it back ain’t gonna make it any better. Why won’t ya’ll let Weezy be great!

Lil Wayne feat. Eminem – “Drop The World”

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I would have updated The Block more today, but I was stuck at the office without any internet connection all day. Either the weather in ATL has ish fuxed up or Comcast is just fuxing with us, either way I don’t have a clue of what’s been going on online, so I’m doing some catching up right now.

The first thing I saw when I logged on was this video for “Forever” which I forgot was coming out. Hype Williams shoot the video, and the song is off Lebron James’ More Than A Game soundtrack, that’s why that nucca’s pics are all up through the video. Anyways, the video is cool. Coulda been better but hey, “Swagger Like Us” didn’t even have a video last year. I’m just saying.

This must be “remix old Drake records” month. Spotted this at Nah Right. I uploaded the original just for the hell of it (Drake & Weezy went in on that version too).

Drake ft. Kayne West, Lil Wayne & Eminem – “Forever” (prod. Boi-1da)

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Drake ft. Lil Wayne & Kidd Kidd – “Want This Forever” (prod. Boi-1da

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Bonus: I interviewed Boi-1da not too long ago, who’s the dude that produced “Best I Ever Had,” “Uptown,” this song and a bunch of other sh!t. You can view that here if you wanna.

Update: I stole the official artwork from Nah Right, too. Sue me, eskay.

I think the video for “Obsessed” pissed Em off, and if you ask me, this diss is better than anything on Relapse. Damn, Nick, this man dissed you and your wife. You gonna take that?

Eminem – “The Warning (Mariah Carey & Nick Cannon Diss)”

I really don’t know any other way to say this, so I’m just gonna come right out with it…this album sucks. Of course that’s just my opinion, but Relapse leaked to the internet last Thursday, I’ve given it about 3 or 4 listens since then, and I don’t like anyone of the songs None. My issues with the album are: 1) Eminem is rapping about some bullsh!t. 2) These have got to be the worst Dr. Dre beats I’ve ever heard. 3) Em does that freaking high-pitched Slim Slady voice throughout the entire album, and it gets on my damn nerves.

I was having this debate with my homeboy earlier today, and he thinks the album is great. Yeah, Em is a great rapper, I’ll give him that. But the subject matter and concepts on Relapse suck balls. You guys just have to hear it to understand. I can’t really speak about the high points on the album cause I don’t think there are any. But I will speak on the track called “Insane.” The songs starts: “I was born with a d*ck in my brain, yeah, f*cked in the head/My step father said that I sucked in the bed/Til one night he snuck and he said/I want my d*ck sucked, we’re going out back in the shed.” *Blank stare. Confused looked. Baffled. Dumbfounded. Speechless. Pause. Long pause.*

I refuse to go any deeper into that song, but that’s pretty much the theme for the track, and I have to take off a whole chicken sandwich just a gay line like that. Anyways, I could be wrong here (but I’m usually not), Relapse could be a masterpiece. “Maybe I’m buggin’ out, maybe I’m on a spaceship,” (c) Joe Budden. But I seriously doubt that.

Actually, it would be nice if you all left your thoughts about the Em album in the comment section. Lets discuss this. In my opinion, this has got to be the worst album I’m heard since Rocko dropped his debut album. But what do I know. What do you all think?

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