Wednesday, June 3, 2009
THIS WEEK HIP-HOP & R&B ALBUMS SALES
Eminem's Relapse [click to read] gained over 200,000 second-week sales. With a controversial MTV Movie Awards appearance and performance, the rapper may reach the platinum mark in three weeks, with approximately 180,000 units left to move.
Although the positions fell considerably in the last week, the next three urban releases remained in order. Redman & Method Man's [click to view] sequel, Blackout 2 [click to read], sold approximately 20,000 second week units. The Def Jam release, featuring production from veterans such as Havoc, Pete Rock and Erick Sermon, fell over 10 places.
Universal Motown acquistion Busta Rhymes [click to read] fell four positions back from two the prior wedding, with his Back On My B.S. [click to read] release, which has been garnering mixed reviews.
Neo-Soul songstress Chrisette Michele [click to read] is on the verge of clearing 150,000 units with her Epiphany release. Keri Hilson stayed close behind, out-selling Rick Ross, with her In A Perfect World... [click to read] debut.
Cam'ron's [click to read] Crime Pays [click to read] approaches 75,000 overall units sold. Cam sold just 200 more than Jadakiss' [click to read] The Last Kiss [click to read]. The album has market analyists [click to read] and critics alike talking. The release heads towards 300,000 units overall.
DJ Drama [click to read] cracked 25,000 overall in his second week of his Gangsta Grillz sequel. The Grand Hustle release was one spot behind T.I.'s Paper Trail.
Def Jam's bad-girl-group Electrik Red [click to read], DXnext alums, debuted with a mere 5,000 sold of their Volume 1: How To Be A Lady [click to read].
Mike Jones [click to read] closed out the Top 200 in urban artist, with his The Voice [click to read] release approaching 50,000 overall.
Armored truck drops more than $300,000
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Two good Samaritans returned more than $275,000 that tumbled out of an improperly secured armored truck in Syracuse, New York, last week. But some not-so-good Samaritans seem to have walked away with another $60,000 that fell onto the street.
An armored truck inadvertently strewed bags of money on the ground in front of the Syracuse Antiques Exchange.
An armored truck inadvertently strewed bags of money on the ground in front of the Syracuse Antiques Exchange.
A Brinks armored truck inadvertently strewed more than a dozen bags of money on the ground in front of the Syracuse Antiques Exchange on Friday, according to Sgt. Tom Connellan of the Syracuse police department.
The bags slipped out of an open door on the side of the truck. Apparently oblivious, the driver proceeded to his intended destination, a Brinks facility a few blocks away.
David Jenks, the owner of the antiques shop, and Hanson Herring, who had just gotten a haircut at a nearby barbershop, Cuttin Up, were the first to approach the bags.
Herring said at first he thought the bags merely contained garbage. Only when he began to inspect one did he realize, "Oh man, this is money."
The money was in all different denominations, from coins to $100 bills.
The two men then began to round up the bags and load them into plastic postal bins. Tim Taylor, an off-duty Syracuse police officer who happened to be browsing in Jenks' antiques shop, assisted them.
As word spread that hundreds of thousands of dollars lay in the street, people streamed out of passing cars and adjacent businesses. For the most part the gatherers cooperated in the recovery effort.
Herring attributed the crowd's willingness to turn over the money -- rather than run away with it -- to his imposing stature. "Had I not been the size I was, it might have went a different way."
One man did display some reluctance to part with the bag he found. But Herring said that with a few words, he was able to persuade the man to release his grip on it.
All told, the men recovered $276,160 divided among 14 bags.
But two bags containing some $60,000 are still missing.
Police said it remains unclear whether the missing bags fell from the truck at an earlier point along its route, or whether someone at the scene of the main spill managed to discreetly slip away with them.
Connellan noted that it is grand larceny, a felony, to keep a sack of money one chances upon. "We tip our hats to the people who did the right thing," he said.
As for the Brinks Co., Herring said it rewarded him with a T-shirt and a gold coin commemorating the company's 150th anniversary.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
LeBron James ( COMMENTS )
"It's hard for me to congratulate somebody after you just lose to them. I'm a winner. It's not being a poor sport or anything like that. If somebody beats you up, you're not going to congratulate them. That doesn't make sense to me. I'm a competitor. That's what I do. It doesn't make sense for me to go over and shake somebody's hand."
KIMBO SLICE
Kimbo Slice is BACK…sorta. The controversial heavyweight had joined 15 other contestants the next season of the UFC’s “The Ultimate Fighter” reality TV series.
FREEWAY IS FREE – THANKS TO CASH MONEY!
Trust me people. Freeway did get a raw deal. But he’s about to show ‘em all! Ya heard it here first! Freeway is getting a label deal from Baby of Cash Money Records and the deal is major. Not only does this include a new album from the Philly Fanatic, but it also includes a new label called Free Money Records! So, if you are a fan of Freeway, you can truly thank ya boy Baby for this one.
50 Cent's "Over Valued" Mansion Comes Off The Market
After 722 days on the market, 50 Cent has taken his Farmington, Connecticut mansion out of the running for a new resident.
The Hartford Courant reports that the 50,000-square-foot home’s asking price of $14.5 million was too much to attract potential buyers.
"The house is not worth $1[dollar] over $5 million," Prudential Premier Homes agent Rob Giuffria told the newspaper, as he joined local real estate agents in alluding to the mansion’s Hartford area location, as a possible factor in deterring buyers.
"Celebrities often overvalue a house, so they keep dropping in price,” Giuffria reasoned. “That home in that location is not worth anywhere near $14 million, and it will never sell for that, no matter how long you leave it on the market."
An agent familiar with the estate revealed the mansion has not been re-listed for sale yet, after the property’s listing contract with the Keller Williams office in Ridgefield officially expired in May.
The estate’s removal from the market is the latest development to occur since 50 Cent bought the residence in 2003 for $4.1 million .
Soon after acquiring the 17-acre home, the rapper spent an estimated $10 million on various renovations such as a 40-person hot tub inside a grotto.
Prior to dropping the price to $14.5 million late last year, the mansion was initially put on the market for $18.5 million.
Previous owners of the residence included former boxing champion Mike Tyson and Colonial Realty founder Benjamin Sisti, who built the estate in 1987.
In addition to the hot tub, the mansion included 19 bedrooms and 37 bathrooms, as well as a gym and a disco with a 'dancing' room, complete with stripper poles.
Monday, June 1, 2009
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