Lil Wayne's Rebirth Debuts At #2 On Billboard 200

by The Chosen Few on February 11th, 2010

http://media.defsounds.com/uploads/assets/2426/31/32102/asset.pngLil Wayne's experimental rock album finally hit the shelves last week after months of delays and being accidently shipped and leaked by Amazon in December, and the question everybody wanted to know was how much could a Weezy rock album sell. The numbers are in, and his total of 175,600 landed him at #2 on the Billboard 200.

His label's debut album, We Are Young Money moved a little over 20k to push their seven-week total to 291,300.

Weezy recently spoke about Tha Carter IV with Tim Westwood.

"Yeah, Tha Carter IV, interesting," Wayne told radio host Tim Westwood. "Very interesting. It's interesting, I hope so, I hope it's incredible and all those things. But like I said, I think they know the velocity of Carter IV without me even having to speak on it. I think they know what that's gonna be. It should be [a defining moment]. It should be. Honestly, it should be."

 
 
 
 

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mch1c6 months ago
Who expected this album to sell? I think he did alright considering he still moved almost 200,000 which seems like the average for an artist with some buzz these days. I just hope C4 is better than C3.

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blackhaze1876 months ago
he flopped cuz him and the young money flunkies are a bunch of homos
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nocartel6 months ago

Let’s be real, That’s Not Hip Hop. No one wants to buy a Rock Album especially that has been leaked 2 months ago for free.


He should’ve did about 10k with that shit…..
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rhymes1056 months ago
your a homo blackhaze
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makaveli776 months ago
sure I’ll agree, in my opinion and alot of people on this site.. the album has alot of shitty music… that said.. drop the world is one of my favourite songs in a long time… plus seriosuly, people hate on wayne so much whenever he puts out bad music, but the guy just loves making music and nobody works harder. he’s just experimenting, because with the amount of rap music he makes its bound to get boring.. after watchin the carter documentary (youtube) you can gain a whole new respect for him (even though you notice he’s a complete syrup addict).. plus only about once a year does he ask you to spend 12 bucks on his music, the rest is free.. and in todays record sales.. 175k is more than average, especially for an album without a number 1 hit….everyone in the industry seems to respect weezy, because overall he just does it for the love of the music “love me or hate me, i swear it won’t make me or break me”
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50kingz6 months ago
Lil Wayne cant play the guitar..it takes a talent that he just doesn’t have..
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alwaysstrapped6 months ago
This exact album has been avail for download for 2 months for free some of the songs have been out for a while downloadable for free can you imagine how many copies have been downloaded and still outsells your favorite artist
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hustletrees4206 months ago
LOL NOW HE CAN FINALLY STOP BEIN COCKY ABOUT SELLIN A MILLIE IN A WEEK
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rickrossbososo6 months ago
REBIRTH>BISD

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

BOSS!!
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publicenemy6 months ago
dammit
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ypcthedon6 months ago
raekwon had the best album of 2009 an he only sold a lil so wat does tht tell you 1 week number an sells dnt meen shit
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bigchucker6 months ago
Wow….that all i got to say about that….
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bigchucker6 months ago
I just listened to the Rebirth and that shit is beyond whack! even for a supposed rock album.
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chalieboy6 months ago
the only thing keeping you from being a complete homo is that avatar of Berserker
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jersey9736 months ago
Thats pathetic that such a low quality album can sell… anyone who bought this shit or even downloaded it is just a leaf in the wind and should be shot
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chalieboy6 months ago
umad?
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seahawkzboii6 months ago
50’s album leaked to
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thugbaby6 months ago
he sold more then 50 with a rock album…lmao
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nocartel6 months ago
^^
Yeah that’s what I was thinking, Hip Hop has got to be dead.

Plus I just read that 50 may be deporting from Em and Dre….

Em – has been working with Wayne
Dre- has been working with Ashanti and possibly signed Game again








Not looking good for 50 cent “as a Hip Hop artist”
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thuglife4life6 months ago
Yeah, with a rock album… But 50 is lucky that Weezy hasnt released Carter4. Dis shit will sold a least 500k first week
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mch1c6 months ago
People place too much importance on first week numbers. All first week numbers show is the buzz you have pretty much. That’s why 50 was able to go gold not too long after the first week.

Who cares if an artist goes platinum in a week?! If I was an artist I’d rather sell zero copies in my first week then make it multi than to go platinum the first week and barely go multi. It shows longevity, first week numbers have to much importance places on them.
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seahawkzboii6 months ago
50’s album was better tho
so who cares who sold more.

you niggas crack me up
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cypressds6 months ago
to be real though 50 got enough money from other shit that it really doesnt matter how much he sells.

50 next album title: Get Rich & Stop Tryin
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thuglife4life6 months ago
charlie? 400k ?
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chalieboy6 months ago
was fucking with the wayne haters. I pulled that number out my ass. Either way, sold more than 50, so its a success lmfao
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andrei1876 months ago
@ thuglife4life
haha you beat me to it
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cali7606 months ago
lol or lmao all he says ^^
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bknaptown6 months ago
the problem is with this rebirth shit is that real hip hop and wayne fans dont give a fuck about him making a rock album. and the rock crowd aint gonna feel it because it aint real rock music, its rap over a lot heavier beats, so them cats aint gonna cop it. so the only cats who gonna cop it are the ones who will cop anything with waynes name on it
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mch1c6 months ago
50 May go independent but I mean I can’t see him ever disrespecting Em or Dre (just what I think) in any way.

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virginiasw6 months ago
I mean I thought it would have done more because its wayne but it shows that kanye is a better artist than wayne because he went platinum on a RnB and wayne will struggle to go gold.
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chalieboy6 months ago
ya considering that this album was leaked 2 months before the release LOL
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insaiyanone6 months ago
@ virginiasw…until more time has passed the only thing you can compare first week sales to are other first week sales…and even then…kanye basically made a genre for his 808’s album…wayne is just steppin’ in on an established one.
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whoyoube6 months ago
dont tell me you needed this album to tell you kanye’s a better artist.
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andrei1876 months ago
some of the songs aren’t bad on the album
but i still wouldn’t buy it
ps good music is good music no matter what the genre is
pps this album is lackin good music
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bws086 months ago
haha theres 175,000 homos out there..so far
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dedication36 months ago
I think it’s so funny how mad people are that Wayne still did numbers with this album lol. Let’s review some of these comments so far.


“haha theres 175,000 homos out there..so far”
“Hip Hop has got to be dead.”
“Thats pathetic that such a low quality album can sell… anyone who bought this shit or even downloaded it is just a leaf in the wind and should be shot”
“he flopped cuz him and the young money flunkies are a bunch of homos”

^ Oh word? He flopped?
lol I’m not gonna sit here and lie. The album was bad in my opinion. But to sit here and call all the people that bought it homos? Are you serious?

Your life is waaaaay too stressful if you have to take out frustration on Defsounds.com against people who wanted to support Wayne’s music. lol.
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seahawkzboii6 months ago
^
what you dont understand is lil wayne is not the nigga he think he is.
listen to how this nigga rapped & llok at how he dressed in 1999-2004

the nigga has changed.
completely. now this is juss my opinion…..but i dont like niggas like that/
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dedication36 months ago
^ I somewhat agree. But that doesn’t have anything to do with people calling others homo because of their decision to buy a cd lol.
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bws086 months ago
dont get your panties tied up in a knot..its a joke
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cypressds6 months ago
i didnt call anybody homos or nothin like that but i think its funny how your defending wayne or his supporters in some way when your name is d3. coincidence…i dont think so hahahaha
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dedication36 months ago
cypressds

That’s the second time you’ve mentioned my name being Dedication 3.

Get a clue bitch.
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cypressds6 months ago
well nigga your name is d3 meaning most likely your going to defend wayne.

that is the clue bitch
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dedication36 months ago
You really have no idea what the fuck you’re talking about.
Seriosly, shut the fuck up.

SOMEBODY TELL THIS CLUELESS DICK HEAD THAT MY NAME ISN’T BASED OFF THE MIXTAPEDEDICATION 3”.

lol I thought I made the point clear when I made an entire blog about why my name is what it is. But I guess not.

So message to cypressds:
Leave me the fuck alone and quit replying to my comments talking about my name.

That’s the clue I wanted you to get.
Bitch.
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2eaglesonehead6 months ago
I cant stand Wayne for the most part but I applaud anyone who makes an album because of their love for music.

I might not ever listen to it but its not bad to go outside of your box and trying something new.
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robbyfresh6 months ago
WOW!!!
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mvpeace6 months ago
Only song I’ve heard off the album is Drop the World. Haven’t really cared enough to check any others out. Any recommendations for songs to check out, for people that people who hate on lil wayne?
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rhymes1056 months ago
i dnt hate on wayne..
but i will tell yu the songs that i like from this album

- One Way Trip f/ kevin Rudolf
- Runnin’ f/ Shanell
- I’m So Over You F/ Shanell
- Ground Zero
+
-On Fire

hands down tha best ones from the cd
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chalieboy6 months ago
paradice is a good ass song too
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mvpeace6 months ago
goodlooks! ill check em out
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rhymes1056 months ago
oh yeaa i left that one out. also top 5 from tha album
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mvpeace6 months ago
lol @ mad ppl trashin me for being honest
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dedication36 months ago
^That’s the way Defsounds is now mvpeace.
You can’t say anything against “the norm” or else you get trashed.
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moodog6 months ago
Incredible how some cats pray for a niggas downfall. How in the fuk is anybody calling 175k a flop in the age of music stealing fans? A dude that has traveled the globe, sold millions, sells out tours, is being called a flop by an e-thug? lol!! You cats are funny as fuk, and ur hate just illuminates waynes success. The fucked up part is…i dont even fuks wit wayne like that…i just dont knock the grind of a workaholic artist that understands that hustle pays.
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murderinc6 months ago
i’m truly happy for lil wayne . Rappers like lil wayne r keeping me excited about the futur of hip hop
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dreallday886 months ago
Good for him, bad for hip hop. if i wanted a rap rock album i would’ve pulled out my rage against the machine cds.
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vistreets6 months ago
lil wayne flop hard he went from selling 1milli a week to 175,600 that nigga flop and that young money trash floped 2 lol
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nocartel6 months ago
It might be a flop but -


According to Billboard – Young Money have 3 Albums in the Top 50 right now….


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dhildreth6 months ago
well i dont to much care for the album but cant hate on him for actually pushing some units which is average or more then most people selling these days..
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dhildreth6 months ago
lol…
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seahawkzboii6 months ago
who GIVES A FUKK?
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swaga7276 months ago
Shit like Lil Wayne, Drake, and Gucci Mane or just helping to define more clear boundaries between Rap and Hip Hop.

I think we should just stop caring about how much Wayne and other mainstream sell, we all know the only people who cop their shit are idiots that only care about banger beats, and lyrics about money, drugs, and women. This isnt Hip Hop, theres no fucking message behind the music.
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whoyoube6 months ago
cosign. this just separates the men from the kids. drop the world was hot, but seriously, who would buy this album? only stans.
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rhymes1056 months ago
if yu actlly fkkin wld even giv new shit a chance yu wld understand that summ of these actlly do got a msg. fro ex:
-runnin
-paradice
-drop the world
-die for you
and “Ground Zero” dnt tlk about that shit either
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superman26 months ago
N1gga made an album waay out of his genre and what his fans expected just for his love for music, it leaked 2 months earlier, had no hit singles and still sold more than n1ggas rap projects ? Well damn weezy.
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whoyoube6 months ago
well damn, dickrider.
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insaiyanone6 months ago
It had two singles so far…get ur shit right…
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whoyoube6 months ago
why do you people care about sales? wayne and his label are the only ones that should care. why do his fans care? i dont get it.
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superman26 months ago
You care too nigga..you posting about it.

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superman26 months ago
my bad, i mean cracka. You white.
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whoyoube6 months ago
lol na dumb nigga, just cause i dont type like an idiot, doesnt mean im white. im just saying, why you care how much he sells? i comment on this shit to fuck w dickriders like yourself. i dont think wayne sucks, he aight. thats it. a lil above average. i bet you copped this album. admit it, dont be embarrassed.
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sparkfirehot6 months ago
anything with lil wayne name on it will sale
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jaffar6 months ago
I’m sure this nigga’s label bought like atleast 50K itself… Fuck Wayne
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youngviz6 months ago
fuck lil wayne. how can u be a rapper and make a rock album? What a homo, he cant even play the guitar and just holds it in his videos
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scarter8036 months ago
why niggas always gottta dwn somebody when dey jus doin dem? lil wayne’s gettin money by doin dis, of course some niggas dnt like rock bt he jus tryin to broaden his range of listeners from jus niggas from dha hood. red=gardless of what yall say dis man gettin money, love em or hate em
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scarter8036 months ago
by dha way, erbody kno dha album leaked 2 months ago and it still sold more den some of yall favorite rappas(for yu gucci fans)
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hennessey6 months ago
As much as I hate to do this but I gotta give him props this shit leaked like 2 months ago and he still pushed 175
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dzznutzz25lb6 months ago
lil waynes killing the game! so what stop hatin! people hatin cuz hes successful shit get over it . wayne is here to stAY hes a SUPERSTAR. jail or no jail dudes buzz will never stop hahaha its funny how someone else succuss brings pain lol

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moodog6 months ago
LOL @ MVPEACE! Dont worry homie! Telling the truth will get u trashed on def sounds OFTEN! HAHHAH! I tell ya…hate is a powerful thing! Just look at it like this: This is the only way that a lot of cats can feel powerful! In their actual lives, they possess no power…so the trash makes em feel goooooddddd! lol!!!
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