Top 10 highest selling rap albums of all time (10-6)

by Jokesta on March 19th, 2007

Top 10 highest selling rap albums of all time (10-6)

It’s time for another edition of “who’s really bawllin?”...If you remember..the first time around we counted down the top 10 richest rappers by the end of 2006. This time around we’re going to take it a step further and count down the Top 10 highest selling rap albums of all time in the US. It’s a sad thing that the forthcoming numbers will probably never be achieved again. Anyways, lets start it off with 10-6:

10. Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (Ruffhouse, 1998)

Released on August 25th, 1998, the debut solo album of the former Fugee Lauryn Hill set an unimaginable landmark for female MCs worldwide. Selling over 8 million copies and sweeping the Grammies for 11 nominations and 5 wins, The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill also claims the title for one of the highest selling debut albums of all time.

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The album has also been declared one of the greatest albums of all time coming in at number 37 on VH1’s Greatest Albums of all Time list and number 312 on Rolling Stone Magazine’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of all time.


Audiobit: Lauryn Hill – Lost ones

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9. Will Smith – Big Willie Style (Columbia, 1997) http://media.defsounds.com/uploads/assets/131/137/2604/asset.jpg

Who would’ve thought Will Smith would be on this list? Released on November 25th, 1997, during the big screen take off of the Fresh Prince’s acting career, Big Willie Style has sold over 9 million. With numerous hit singles such as “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It”, “Just the two of us”, “Men In Black”, and “Miami” Will Smith returned to music industry with a bang after splitting with Dj Jazzy Jeff.


Audiobit: Will Smith – Men In Black

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8. 2Pac – Greatest Hits (Death Row, 1998) http://media.defsounds.com/uploads/assets/133/139/2606/asset.jpg

Released two years after the death of Tupac Shakur, the double disc compilation sold well over 9 million records and included 21 hits as well as four unreleased tracks including “Changes.” The Greatest hits compilation is also considered one of the highest selling posthumous rap releases.


Audiobit: 2Pac – Changes

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7. 2Pac – All Eyez On Me (Death Row, 1996)http://media.defsounds.com/uploads/assets/135/141/2608/asset.jpg

Released on February 13th, 1996, All Eyez on Me reached platinum status in just 4 hours. Selling over 9 million copies, the album is considered one of the most influential in hip hop history and is considered one of the landmarks of 90’s rap. The 27 track double album was recorded in a mere two weeks following a highly publicized 2pac arrest and qualifies for Diamond album status since each disc in a double album counts towards RIAA certification.


Audiobit: 2Pac feat. Big Syke - All Eyes on Me

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6. Beastie Boys – Licensed to Ill (Def Jam, 1986)http://media.defsounds.com/uploads/assets/137/143/2610/asset.jpg

What has been dubbed the first rap album to reach mainstream success, Licensed to Ill was the debut rap album from the Beasties Boys. Released in 1986, Licensed to Ill became Columbia Record’s fastest selling debut record going 9 times platinum. It has been ranked amongst the greatest albums of all time by both The Source Magazine as well as Rolling Stone Magazine.

The album has also been recognized as the first major full-length album by a white hip hop group.
Audiobit: Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn

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Sale numbers are for U.S. only..not worldwide margins

 
 
 
 

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trigga2 years ago
yo 1st 2 comment…but on a real Pac iz bigga dan big…nigga sold a million in da 1st 4hrz of releasin an album he recorded in jus 2 weekz…..damn nigga waz “ballin”
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charismatic2 years ago
I LOVE IT…. Lauryn and the Fresh Prince @ 10-9…. Hip-Hop HISTORY 4 y’all headz…
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notorious2 years ago
lol the lil g-unot click should be up in this later talking their smack. probably will be up in the 5-1 page since their boy 50 is obviously gonna be up there. funny how they love to argue an artist is great because hits and album sales but yet will smith is up there. i guess will smith is better than nas, mos def and other good rappers. then they wanna call everyone a 50 hater who says the dude isnt good meanwhile ull find those same dudes callin ppl 50 haters but they hate on lil wayne because what? i got my reasons i dont like dude but im pretty sure he fits their lil standards of omg he has a great flow on his music. lol when yall make ur lil posts dont forget to do ur lil studder thing.
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bti43c2 years ago
outkast number 1 mc hammer number 2
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bti43c2 years ago
maybe eminem number 2
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bti43c2 years ago
are maybe its a tie between eminem and mc hammer, but it sure outkast is number 1
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nabizzle2 years ago
i smell bullcrap
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bti43c2 years ago
hammer could be number i,but those are my top three outkast,hammer and eminem
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svjdareal12 years ago
Yeah I think Hammer is number one to, I think hammer, outkast n Biggie was the only rappers to ever go diamond. But didnt The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory go about 25x platinum?
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wadley20072 years ago
hey wen will we find out who topped the no1 n shit??
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mromerta742 years ago
IT JUST NEW YORK, HATING BECAUSE THE SOUTH HAS CHANGE THE GAME, HIP HOP DEAD IS NOT DEAD IT JUST WANTED TO LIVE IN THE SOUTH AND TAKE A WEST COAST VACATION, DID WE CRY I MEAN THE SOUTH, WHEN OUTKAST GOT BOOED AT THE SOURCE AWARDS, NO WE KEPT GRIDING WE MAKE MORE MONEY IN THE SOUTH, BY STAYING AS ONE, WHEN WE COULD NOT GET THE EAST COAST TO PLAY OUR SHIT, OR BET TO PLAY OUR VIDEOS, WE JUST KEEP IT SOUTHERN GOT IT THE INDY WAY, NOW LOOK AT THE RAP GAME EAST COAST NIGGAZ WANNA GO THE INDY ROTE NOW, GET SOUTHERN NIGGAZ ON THERE SONGS AND SHIT, SNEAK DISSIN, STEALING OUR MUSIC, LIKE THAT MIMS BULL SHIT, THATS A DIRTY SOUTH SONG, EVEN EAST COAST CATS DONT LIKE DAT SONG, NOW THATS STEALING FORM UNDER THE TABLE, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY BLAME IT ON DFL, DFB AND FOR KILLING HIP HOP, NAW JUST KILLING EAST COAST SALES, JAY-Z THE KING OF NEW YORK, AND HE FUCKS WITH THE SOUTH JUST LOOK AT HIS GIRL SHE IS FROM THE SOUTH, EVEN HE KNOW THAT NEW YORK RECORDS SALES ARE WASH UP, WHEN WAS YALL LAST PLATINUM PARTY, 2005 OR 04 BESIDE JAY-Z, AND 50 CENT, THATS WHY YALL WHAT TO GO BACK TO THE 80’S WHERE GOING GOLD WAS THE SHIT, HA-HA, HATE IT OR LOVE IT THE SOUTH AND THE WEST COAST IS ON TOP, OR SHOULD I SAY NEW-FLOP, SON… PS GET IN THAT CHIPER CIRCLE AND SAY “YO SON, WE CANT SALE SON, U FEEL ME DON, JUST FACE IT NEW YORK BETTER YET NEW FLOP CITY IS DONE,” HA-HA, GO BACK TO THE GRIMMIE DAYZ WHEN THERE WAS WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE IN THEM STREETS, WERE NIGGAZ TAUGHT NIGGAZ THE RULES OF THE GAME, AND SHOULD DEM WHAT WE ALL IS ONE, ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL, BUT KNOW THIS MUSIC THAT IS OUT NOW, BESIDES THE REAL NIGGAZ AND BITCHEZ IS STR-8 BOOTLEG OF THE SOUTH AND WEST COAST, ENUFF SAID…………….
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svjdareal12 years ago
^ WTF???
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krazykrown2 years ago
STATING IT WITH CAPS DOES NOT GET YOUR POINT ACROSS ANY BETTER. CHILL IT UP.
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charismatic2 years ago
Are y’all SERIOUS? THE FUGEES, THE SCORE will be #1!
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datruth2 years ago
The top 5 is probably 50 Cent and 50 cent and Notorious B.I.G-Life After Death and Tupac
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datruth2 years ago
The Score will also be up there
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charismatic2 years ago
I take that back; the Marshall Mathers LP will be #1… I don’t know where the Score will come in. Dre 2001, sold mad copies. Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ sold mad copies. We shall see…
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charismatic2 years ago
Best Selling Albums For A Male Solo Artist (Worldwide)


Though no single source can give a definitive number, the following are considered by most all accounts to be the best selling albums worldwide, of all-time, for a male solo artist:

Michael Jackson – Thriller (1983)
Copies Sold: 54 Million

Meat Loaf – Bat Out Of Hell (1978)
Copies Sold: 37 Million

Michael Jackson – Bad (1987)
Copies Sold: 27 Million

Michael Jackson – Dangerous (1991)
Copies Sold: 27 Million

Santana – Supernatural (1999)
Copies Sold: 25 Million

Bruce Springsteen Born In The USA (1984)
Copies Sold: 24 Million

Lionel Richie – Can’t Slow Down(1983)
Copies Sold: 22 Million

MC Hammer – Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ’Em (1990)
Copies Sold: 20 Million

Ricky Martin – Ricky Martin (1999)
Copies Sold: 20 Million

Elton John – Greatest Hits (1974)
Copies Sold: 20 Million

In addition to the above, the following is a list of ten other albums recorded by male solo artists having reached an estimated 15 million in sales worldwide:

Prince – Purple Rain (1984)
Eminem – The Marshall Mathers (2000)
Peter Frampton – Comes Alive (1976)
Michael Jackson – History (1995)
Andrea Bocelli – Romanza (1997)
Garth Brooks – No Fences (1991)
Eric Clapton – Unplugged (1992)
George Michael – Faith (1987)
Michael Jackson – Off The Wall (1979)
Eminem – The Eminem Show (2002)
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charismatic2 years ago
Best Selling Albums For A Female Solo Artist (Worldwide)


Though no single source can give a definitive number, the following are considered by most all accounts to be the best selling albums worldwide, of all-time, for a female solo artist:

Shania Twain – Come On Over (1997)
Copies Sold: 35 Million

Celine Dion – Let’s Talk About Love (1997)
Copies Sold: 30 Million

Celine Dion – Falling Into You (1996)
Copies Sold: 29 Million

Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill (1995)
Copies Sold: 28 Million

Mariah Carey – Music Box (1993)
Copies Sold: 27 Million

Britney Spears – Baby One More Time (1999)
Copies Sold: 24 Million

Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston (1985)
Copies Sold: 23 Million

Madonna – The Immaculate Collection (1990)
Copies Sold: 23 Million

Carole King – Tapestry (1971)
Copies Sold: 22 Million

Mariah Carey – Daydream (1995)
Copies Sold: 22 Million

In addition to the above, the following is a list of ten other albums recorded by female solo artists having reached an estimated 15 million in sales worldwide:

Madonna – True Blue (1986)
Madonna – Like A Virgin (1984)
Britney Spears – Oops I Did It Again (2000)
Whitney Houston – Whitney (1987)
Shania Twain – The Woman In Me (1995)
Celine Dion – All The Way A Decade Of Song (1999)
Mariah Carey – Mariah Carey (1990)
Janet Jackson – Janet (1993)
Mariah Carey – Butterfly (1997)
Mariah Carey – Merry Christmas (1994)
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joovyxlabout 1 year ago
fuck me! i didnt know mariah carey was n the grind lik that!
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charismatic2 years ago
TOP TEN BEST SELLINGALBUMS” OF ALL TIME:

Michael Jackson – Thriller (1983)
Copies Sold: 54 Million
Though no-one can give a definitive number, Thriller is considered by most all accounts to be the best selling album of all-time, with an estimated fifty-four million copies sold worldwide and multiple number one hits.

AC/DC – Back In Black (1980)
Copies Sold: 42 Million
After Bon Scott’s death it was questionable whether AC/DC could reach previous levels of success, but with the song writing started while Bon was still alive, and Brian Johnson taking over the mic, AC/DC were indeed Back in Black.

The Eagles – Greatest Hits 1971-75 (1976)
Copies Sold: 41 Million
Released in 1976, it was the first album to receive platinum status and to date is the best selling album of all-time in the United States at almost thirty million copies, and worldwide has achieved over forty million in sales.

Soundtrack – Saturday Night Fever (1978)
Copies Sold: 40 Million
The number one best-selling soundtrack of all-time, primarily recorded by the Bee Gees, was equally helped by the enormous popularity of the movie starring John Travolta. For a moment the disco era was mainstream.

Soundtrack – The Bodyguard (1992)
Copies Sold: 37 Million
One of the most successful films in history also produced one of the most successful soundtracks. Whitney Houston’s cover of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You” helped bring the album to number eight all-time worldwide.

Meat Loaf – Bat Out Of Hell (1978)
Copies Sold: 37 Million
After every record label refused to pick up the album, Cleveland International Records decided to take a chance. After an appearance on Saturday Night Live, the album started to receive huge fanfare in America and eventually the world.

Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973)
Copies Sold: 35 Million
Though this post Syd Barrett conceptual album focusing on the human experience stayed at number one for only one week on The Billboard 200, amazingly it managed to stay on the chart itself for a record fourteen consecutive years until 1988.

Shania Twain – Come On Over (1997)
Copies Sold: 35 Million
This is the biggest selling album by a female solo artist, and is due to the successful team collaboration of the highly talented Shania and her husband, producer/writer Robert “Mutt” Lange, the producer for AC/DC’s “Back in Black” (see above).

The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
Copies Sold: 32 Million
Considered by many to be the most influential rock album ever, this ground-breaker came at the end of the Beatlemania craze. The Beatles, who were no longer touring, took major leaps in the studio by incorporating new sounds and recording styles into their music.

Soundtrack – Dirty Dancing (1987)
Copies Sold: 32 Million
The best-selling soundtrack for the movie included many hit singles such as “Hungry Eyes”, as sung by Eric Carmen, and an Academy Award for Best Original Song for “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life”, sung by the duet of Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes.
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danstaah2 years ago
Haha all i can say is ALL EYEZ ON ME
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radamez2 years ago
I would not be surprised if Biggie, Hammer, or Eminem is number one.
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notorious2 years ago
whats the one dude blabbing about east n south?
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phattykid2 years ago
Outkast is number 1. They got Diamond on there double cd.
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sketchnine2 years ago
LMAO at that dude saying hes dre and talking shit cause dude is white, stupid muthafucka dres top selling artist is white u dum fuck
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joeycrack2 years ago
First of all, to the fake ass Dre postin talkin bout Im the real Dre, nigga you need help, you pretendin to be another man, that automatically puts you homo suspect status, yous a clown….

Tupac I knew would be on there, but Im anticipating Notorious BIG Life after Death may be in the top 5 also, 50 will definately be up there because of GRODT, and Em will be there as well…..Im not sure that Jigga will be in there, but it’ll be interesting to see whos number 1…..Radamez, it better not be Hammer!!! Cant Touch This!! LOL….
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bobbydigital052 years ago
pretty sure number 1 is outkast
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radamez2 years ago
J-Crack,

I will be mad as hell if Hammer got that top spot..“Hammer Dont Hurt’em”…too fuckin funny.

I forgot to mention that I think Mr. Omerta74 is on his period this week.
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radamez2 years ago
By the way I don’t think Jay is up there. His best-selling album was about 8 million.
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charismatic2 years ago
Hammer’s definitely UP THERE! $20 million…. as well as The Score… The Marshall Mather’s LP … Dre 2001 … GRODT … That should round out the top 5! Oh, yeah, Outkast’s Double LP… we’ll see…
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charismatic2 years ago
And 4 the record, HAMMER MAY BE wack NOW, but in his PRIME, he was ON TOP OF THE WORLD. NOBODY was clownin’ Hammer; admit it, YOU were feelin’ him!
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fromda3142 years ago
I’m not the biggest of Pac fans, but plantinum in 4 hours and recording a double disk in 2 weeks is unheard of no matter what style of music or who the artist is. If I remember correctly, VH1 did a behind the music on Pac and I think Shock G (of digital underground fame for you fake internet wannabee hip hop headz) said Pac recorded 4 different songs in one take and 2 or 3 with only one error, in one night and that was the same night he was released from jail. Supposedly they went straight to the studio from the jail, spent about 10 hours in the studio and came out with 6 or 7 songs completed. That is just insane if its true. But I guess its possible if 20 plus songs for a double disk where done in 2 weeks
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charismatic2 years ago
Just like people who call themselves “hatin’” Will Smith… When Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince were in their PRIME (plus they had Ready Rock C!), they were on TOP too, and had MANY CLASSICS: “Girls Ain’t Nothin’ But Trouble”, “Parents Just Don’t Understand”, “The Magnificent Jazzy Jeff”, “Brand New Funk”, this joint I LOVE called “Rock the House”, and of course, THE ONLY JAM TO BE PLAYED ON EVERY RADIO STATION, WORLDWIDE, EVER SUMMER, GUARANTEED, “SUMMERTIME”!!!!!!
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charismatic2 years ago
I gotta ? 4 Pac fans, concerning All Eyez on Me… did he go in and freestyle those tracks or did he have most of them already prepared and just finally laid them down, all at once, in a 2 week span? What producers did he work with? Where they all in house @ Death Row? There’s a big difference in somebody layin’ an album down in 2 weeks if they already had the stuff prepared or doin’ some “Canibus” type stuff and goin’ in and freestyling an album… And, if anyone responds, please include HOW YOU OBTAINED your in4mation.
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radamez2 years ago
Matic,

I never fucked with Hammer. I respect what he did but that’s where it ends for me. In Livin Color didn’t have a problem clowning on him. That skit was too funny.
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milehigh12 years ago
To Let yall know pac is number one, Makaveli sold 28 million the highest rap album ever
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milehigh12 years ago
Matic i think we all are older enough to know when get jiggy wit it came out
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milehigh12 years ago
matic lol their you go again taking us back to 1987 lol
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joeycrack2 years ago
LOL @ Radamez…..I’m not gonna front, I had me a copy of that album, and back in the day, that shit was fire!! LOL, I wonder what the album sounds like now……hmmmmmm…….
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joeycrack2 years ago
Shit I remember that joint, what was it….“We got to pray just to make it today….” Hammer was doin his thing, come to think of it, he may be in the top 5, we’ll just have to wait and see…..aight im out yall, peace to the usual suspects, yall know who yall are…..1
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charismatic2 years ago
Actually I was FEELIN’ the “song” ‘Gettin’ Jiggy Wit’ It’… I ALWAYS knew there was somethin’ I liked about it; then, I found out years later, in The Source, that Nas wrote it (as well as co-wrote OTHER songs on the album), and I was like, “I knew it, lol!” Not that I knew Nas wrote it, but I knew that there was some’n special about it!

By the way, Big Willie Style went Double Diamond and MIGHT actually be up there! I TOLD y’all Nas got $$$$$$!
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milehigh12 years ago
YEAH MATIC NAS GOT CAKE, BUT HE DONT GOT THAT JAY-Z AND 50 CENT CAKE, NAS IS BALLLLIN BUT SOMEWHERE IN THE 20MILLIONS WAY MORE THAN I CAN SPEAK OFF
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milehigh12 years ago
lol and that get jiggy wit was the shit
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milehigh12 years ago
Actually I was FEELIN’ the “song” ‘Gettin’ Jiggy Wit’ It’… I ALWAYS knew there was somethin’ I liked about it; then, I found out years later, in The Source, that Nas wrote it (as well as co-wrote OTHER songs on the album), and I was like, “I knew it, lol!” Not that I knew Nas wrote it, but I knew that there was some’n special about it!

By the way, Big Willie Style went Double Diamond and MIGHT actually be up there! I TOLD y’all Nas got $$$$$$!


big willie style is up their its number 9, it didnt go double diamond if it did that it would number 3 or something
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charismatic2 years ago
Ha and Jay gotta line that goes, “…still sold more records than Will Smith…” … I DOUBT IT.
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charismatic2 years ago
It DID GO DOUBLE DIAMOND! I think they’re just going off U.S. sales… That means the score probably won’t be up there… It sold 17x million worldwide, but in the U.S. I think it only did 6 or 7 which IS STILL SMASHING what groups and artists do today; lucky if they go gold or platinum just once, lol.
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milehigh12 years ago
I FEEL YOU, RIGHT THE U.S DONT COUNT OTHER COUNTRIES SALES, THE BILLBOARDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT DONT COUNT OTHER COUNTRIES STUFF.

AND I KNOW PAC GOT 3 DIAMOND RECORDS SO U GO CATCH HIM UP THEIR 3 TIMES AND HE WILL BE NUMBER 1
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milehigh12 years ago
jay-z aint never really been a big seller on his albums, if u comine all 10 of his albums sales together he probably sold like 25 million with 10 . jay-z has sold that many records
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blackdirtent2 years ago
6. And Then There Was X- DMX (5X)
HardKnock Life Vol. 2- Jay-Z (5x)
Very Necessary- Salt n Pepa (5x)
5. Get Rich or Die Tryin’- 50 cent (6x)
NellyVille- Nelly (6x)
The Chronic- Dr. Dre (6x)
The score-Fugees (6x)
4. No Way Out- P. Diddy (7x)
To the extreme-Vanilla Ice (7x)
3. The Eminem Show-Eminem (8x)
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill- Lauryn Hill (8x)
2. Country Grammat- Nelly (9x)
The Marshall Mathers LP-Eminem (9x)
Big Willie Style- Will Smith (9x)
All Eyes On Me- Tupac Shakur (9x)
Greatest Hits- 2Pac (9X)
SpeakerBox/The Love Below- Outkast (9x)
1. Please Hammer Don’t Hurt Em’- MC Hammer (10x)
Life After Death- Notorious B.I.G. (10x)
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blackdirtent2 years ago
OOps…I 4got Licensed to Ill by Beastie Boys (9x)
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danstaah2 years ago
Dr.dre u motherfucker whos the wannabe hahaha “YOOO BUSTAA GET THE CHORNIIIC AIIIGHT” fuck u little wannabe ur mexican asshole suck my cock like ur mom did cocksucka. we sex money and murda u niggaz aint no playin round with this rap shit banana clip macks spit bodys rap in plastic
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danstaah2 years ago
I aint talkin more got enought from u the wannabe and this internet beef u fakeass
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milehigh12 years ago
WE NEED A DEFSOUNDS CONVENTION
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talkofnj2 years ago
Notorious i still see your bitch ass has a few people stuck on your mind myself included but im not going to even start with you there is no room for debating on this topic numbers dont lie and if 50 is going to be in the top 5 which most likely he is then so be it you cant call for a recount haha but you cant judge an artist on records sales right? right? right?


and blackdirtent those numbers are wrong homie…whatever site you got that from needs to be updated unless those are just US sales
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talkofnj2 years ago
lmao milehigh that would be funny…everyone rockin t shirts with thier defsounds name on it lol
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natorade2 years ago
Pac iz 2 raw sold a million in da 1st 4hrz of releasin an album he recorded in jus 2 weekz….Thats crazy many peeple now cant even reach dat in like 5 months DAM
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tigh2 years ago
Yeah them are just U.S. sales and for Dre this nigga mispell a word everytime he type I bet you like 10 y.o. that shit is so fucking immature kiddie nigga
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charismatic2 years ago
If y’all go back and look @ the 3 posts I put up earlier showing the greatest selling artists and cds of all time, you’ll see that ONLY THREE have a year greater the 1999 on them: 2 of Em’s and 1 of Baldheaded’s. The QUALITY OF MUSIC, OVERALL, HAS GONE DOWN IN THE ’00s. How I miss the 80s and 90s.

All I know is, lol, Jennifer Hudson & Amy Winehouse might be the SAVIORS! They can blow. I’m waitin’ 4 J.Hud’s album now…see if she can stick it on MORE than that 1 song. Amy’s a legend in the making, providing the fame & $$$ don’t get 2 her head, with all the dumb ish she’s done lately.

As far as hip hop… what did Nas say a couple months ago? LOL. Need I NOT repeat it.
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milehigh12 years ago
lol matic i dont know what u be on, thats whats killing hip hop all these old school hip hop fans wanting to go back tothe old school hip hop but things ass change. what yall wantt these new school rappers to talk about fight the power and shit. yall wantt them to be positive in their raps. what for when yall the rappers that rapped aboutt that shit is no longer in business. I love the old school hip hop and i love this kind of hip hop just to different generations talking about other stuff. and i bet matic if your favorite rappers had money like these boys do today they would rap aboutt the same thing. money, cars, and bitches.

KING
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joeycrack2 years ago
“what yall wantt these new school rappers to talk about fight the power and shit”

….LOL, that was good….

TalkofNJ, what up nigga, let that no-name nigga be dead, he RIP’d ya feel me??
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notorious2 years ago
lol funny how niggas mentioning my name and shit but i aint saying not a damn thing to them. guess they must be them g-unots i was referring to. lol niggas stay on numbers but i aint gotta prove nothing. i know whats really good.
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mjofthamic2 years ago
Camron- “Killa Season”: 27 million records sold worldwide.
O my bad it was a misprint take the million out, it was 27 copies sold worldwide.
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mjofthamic2 years ago
Did yall know Elvis sold over a billion records? Yea that was Billion with a “B”.
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makaveli14902 years ago
But didnt The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory go about 25x platinum?

yo svj dats worldwide, sold over 28 million, and if nobody believe it, i will give u tha link. this list is for u.s sales

http://www.hitemup.com/tupac/lawsuit-agnant.html/>
go down until u see END Footnotes and read tha first three paragraphs
makaveli14902 years ago
supposedly so did michael jackson MJ
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mjofthamic2 years ago
My top 5:

5. BIG- “Life ater death”-10 mill
4. Puffy-“No Way Out”-10 mill
3. Vanilla Ice- I don’t which one but one of them sold close to 15 million
2. Hammer- “Please hammer don’t hurt em”-15 mill
1. Pac- 7 day theory- somewhere in the 20 mill area

These are just my guesses
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radamez2 years ago
I heard “Thriller” sold over 100 million copies worldwide. Not much is fuckin with that. Biggest selling album in history. That nigga sold more records than bibles. LOL!!
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makaveli14902 years ago
“i luv to go back
to when we played a kids
but things change
and dats tha way it is” – G.O.A.T
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eazyc10 months ago
Shorty u sexy
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makaveli14902 years ago
and why r yall talkin bout otha albums, this is hip hop not rock-n-roll or pop
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radamez2 years ago
Makaveli,

It for good convo nothing more.
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mjofthamic2 years ago
^^As much as ppl don’t want to admit it, Hammer and vannila Ice were rappers.

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radamez2 years ago
MJ,

I’m one of those motherfuckas. Fuck it!
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mjofthamic2 years ago
LOL They still left their mark cause we talking bout them. Are we gon be talking bout Nelly or some body else from this era in 15 years?
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radamez2 years ago
That mark they left is more like a shit stain in a babies diaper. lmao!!

I’m just fuckin around. I understand what your saying MJ.
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mjofthamic2 years ago
^^^LMAO. Ayo Rad they don’t call him Hammer for nothin. MC Hammmer will bust a cap in your ass. LOL
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radamez2 years ago
Imagine getting your ass kick by a nigga in parachute pants! HAHAHAHAHAHA!
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doctp2 years ago
eminem will b number 1
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uptownzfinest2 years ago
MR.Omerta74 This 4 u if u read it again or 4 any 1 out there he talkin bout hip hop lives in the south that shit yall put out aint hip hop its not rap its music ya need a seperate catergory 4 that sht cause it aint that real hip hop or rap. its dead right now niggas in ny aint puttin out shit but best believe the top 5 dead or alive or the top 5 out is all newyork niggas we started rapp dont get outta line 4 real nas 50 jay jada the list goes on will kill any nigga in the south on a track Newyork is were it at step ya money up peace
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notorious2 years ago
yall annoying on that dumb east coast vs. south shit. stfu up with it already. ignorannt fools damn. all this bs in hip hop make niggas wanna stop listening to it. all this record sales garbage, who done it, who beef with who, whos hood etc. its all getting out of hand and ruining this shit. u dont see that shit in reggae, r&b, rock, pop w.e.. shut ur ignorant asses up already.
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faresl22 years ago
If yall do your research Nas wrote hit songs for Will Smith,,, When i was young i always thounght those lyrics meant sumthin epecially in one song where will shouts out to Ill Will ( yah know who dat is right ,,,Nas’ right hands got shot be4 Illmatica dropped) but yea i can give you a couple of track names if yall are intereted but my fav rapper Nas was gettin paid one of those days to lay down lyrics for hit makers lol…
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faresl22 years ago

charismatic — about 11 hours ago

Actually I was FEELIN’ the “song” ‘Gettin’ Jiggy Wit’ It’… I ALWAYS knew there was somethin’ I liked about it; then, I found out years later, in The Source, that Nas wrote it (as well as co-wrote OTHER songs on the album), and I was like, “I knew it, lol!” Not that I knew Nas wrote it, but I knew that there was some’n special about it!

By the way, Big Willie Style went Double Diamond and MIGHT actually be up there! I TOLD y’all Nas got $$$$$$!






Someone already knows it that’s tha shit but Nas never bragged about it like ghostwriters today that’s why no1 found out till the thing sold millions….Im glad charismatic is on point


Eminem, 50 cent,Pac, Biggie, Mc hummer, Dr Dre and shit like that yall know the people that sell records…..
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floridaboy2 years ago
“Did yall know Elvis sold over a billion records? Yea that was Billion with a “B”."

Please show me where you got the info from MJ, cuz that sounds way too hard to believe…
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ghost1n2 years ago
There are 6 Billion people on Earth.. 1 bil stay in China, another in India, 2 bil don’t have money, the rest are living paycheck to paycheck excluding about 1% of that..and I doubt of the 2 bil left 1 bil bought MJ’s Thriller.. LOL
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ghost1n2 years ago
I meant Elvis’ Music
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milehigh12 years ago
why the fuck is we talking abojut elvis. what chuck d say about homie well thats the same way i feel about him so why his we talking about him. how many records did james brown sell can somebody tell me that
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hyfeebayridah2 years ago
Pac still seeling albums….. how many rapperz out there that are dead still have new material you haven’t heard? *****NONE*****

Not even biggie.. we heard all of bigggie musik but pac still droppin albums… hahahahaha
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mjofthamic2 years ago
3rd paragraph says it not 2nd, my bad
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realtalk2 years ago
damn
will smith
more power to him
black actors and rappers big ups
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floridaboy2 years ago
well I’ll be damn MJ, it does say a “BILLION” on the website. if that’s true then that’s just crazy! you learn something new everyday…
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jaysmooth19782 years ago
I love Outkast, but they are gonna be #5..Speakerboxxx/Love Below. #4 Life after Death. 3#Eminem Show 2.Marshall Mathers LP. 1.Please Hammer Don’t Hurt em.
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bigl139th2 years ago
yall 4 gettin nelly sold round 11 mil or sum like that
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bigl139th2 years ago
^ wit country grammar
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chaos962 years ago
PAC is a beast…DA GOAT!!
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talkofnj2 years ago
i dont think Hammer is gonna be #1 cause Please Hammer Dont Hurt Em went 10x plat..and Nelly wont be on the list cause Country Grammer went 8x plat…i think the top 5 is gonna be…


The Marshall Mathers LP (9x)
Ready To Die (10x)
The Eminem Show (10x)
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (11x)
Get Rich or Die Tryin (12x)
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chaos962 years ago
Yeah I agree…

But I think you mean Life After Death rather than Ready to Die
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talkofnj2 years ago
^^ yea my bad i ment to say Life After Death (10x)
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milehigh12 years ago
why is yall keep debating on who is number one. makaveli the 7 day theory is the highest saling rap album ever if u dont believe me look it up
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phattykid2 years ago
Elvis sold 1 Billion out of 50 records..
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talkofnj2 years ago
then this list is fucking stupid….how are you gonna have the top 10 best selling ablums when there is more then 10 artists selling the same amount of albums…maybe they are just doing solo artists in that case no Outkast and Get Rich will be #2 and The 7 Day Theory to #1….idk but im getting sick of waiting they need to post the top 5 lol
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milehigh12 years ago
nah get rich probably number 4 or 5 because i know for a fact the one of em cds sold more than get rich and then makaveli is number and then big probably number 3
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joeycrack2 years ago
Makaveli 7 Day Theory was Pac’s greatest album, it was his realest and most heart-felt work……
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joeycrack2 years ago
I think Notorious BIG Life after Death will be in the top 5, along with 50, Em, Pac, and the last Im not sure of……guess we’ll have to wait and see….TalkofNJ, hold on my nigga, they gonna reveal the list soon! LOL….
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chad44012 years ago
joey thats sound about right
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fresh252 years ago
its a list live wit it, y all ths talk sounds like a fuckin vh1 special up in this bitch
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dasa2 years ago
hey as i always say im a aussie and i no most of the people ur talking about except for “hammer” who is “hammer”?
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albie2 years ago
LADIE AND GENTLEMEN OF THE OPIONATED FLOOR ,…..LESS WE FORGET ABOUT VANILLA ICE WHO HAD SOLD A WHOOPING 18 MILLION COPYS OF TO THE EXTREME. AND BY ROBERT VAN WINKLES 2ND ALBUM (VANILLA ICE) ONLY SOLD 5MILLION COPYS WHICH IN TURN WAS THE SOUND TRACK TO TUN IT LOOSE MOVIE WHICH STARED THE ONCE FAMED RAPPER. BEEST LINE IN THE MOVIE IS…..DROP THAT ZERO AAND GET THE HERO.NOW SOUNDING MORE LIKE A CLICHE CATCH PHRASE. AND BESIDES THAT FACT THAT MOST OF THESE BEST L.P OF ALL TYME HAVE YOU THINK ABOUT ONE THING THAT WASRESPOSIBLE FOR THER CARRER END WAS THEM LARYNN HILL ONCE SAID THAT ‘’ IF I KNEW THAT WHITE PEOPLE WERE BUYING MY MUSIC IWOULDN’T MAKE ANY’’ SINCE THAT STATE MENT WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE SAID DID YOU HEAR THAT NEW LARYN HILL SONG AND I GUESS LARYN HILLL FORGOT THAT 85% OF WHO BUY BUYS HIPHOP-RAP IN AMERIICA IS WHITE.SOW/THAT ,…… MOVING ON W/ THE LIKE OR DISLIKES OF VANILLA ICE HE HAS SAID HE WAS ONCE FROM THE GETO OF DETRIOT THEN HE SAID HE WAS FROM FLORIDA GETO THE BIG PART OF WHAT HELPED AIDED THE DEMISE OF OF HIS MUSIC CAREE IS NOT KEEP IT ‘REAL’.WE WIL DO THIS LAST ARTIST M.C HAMER HE START WAS HUMBLE HE WAS MORE FOCUSED THAN OTHERS BEFORE HIM HE FIRST STARTED SELLINGOUT THE TRUNK OF HIS CAR. HE HAD CREATED ENOGH BUZZ IN THE STREET THAT IT CAUGHT THE EAR OF AN A N’R WHO HADBEEN WRKIN IS AN ENTERN AT THE TYME OF TRYING GET M.C HAMMER TO SIGN W/CAPITAL SO AFTER MANY NEGOTIONS AND SETTLING ON WHAT EVER WAS SETTLED AHIP HOP CLASSIIC WAS DISTRUBUTED THE ALBUMWAS ALREADY DONE BUT HAD TO GET MANUFACTURED TO THE MASS HIS FIRST WORLD TOUR HAMMER EMPLOYED A HALF OF DOZENOLD FRIENDSFROM HIS NIEGHBETRHOO ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT WHEN ALLWAS SAID AND DONE THAT THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAD HIS BACK WAS HIS WIFE AND THE ALBUM FUNKEY HEADHUNTER WAS CONSIDERD A COMMERICAL FLOP ONLY SELLING 5 MILLION UNITS WHEN THE ALBUM BEFORE THAT HAD COLD 17 MILLION CAPITAL HAD DECIEDED TO DROP M.C HAMMER AFTER ALL THAT HE STILLIS OUT HERE DOING WHAT EVER THE ONCE KNOWN FAMED RAPPER IS DOING.LIKE I ALWAYS SAY DO YOUR HOMEWORK BEFORE A OPION IS VOICED ON SUBJECT THAT ISBEING TALKED ABOUT
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souljaprodigy2 years ago
are these really “rappers”?!
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crazedhiphop2 years ago
hey guys, your list is off and wrong. i’m sorry to call you out jokesta but your list is not correct with the top 10 highest selling albums in the US. the list is as the following. please correct it…you completely left out Nelly an the order is incorrect. I don’t know know if you don’t consider him hip hop or not, but this list is according to the RIAA. Link information is provided at the bottom

1. Outkast (speakerboxxx/ the love below – 11 mil
2. Hammer ( Hammer Don’t Hurt Em ) – 10 mil
3. Notorious BIG ( Life After Death ) – 10 mil
4. Tupac ( All Eyes On Me ) – 9 Mil
5. Tupac ( Greatest Hits ) – 9 Mil
6. Beastie Boys ( Licensed to Ill ) – 9 Mil
7. Eminem ( The Marshall Mather LP ) – 9 mil
8. Nelly ( Country Grammar ) – 9 Mil
9. Will Smith ( Big Willie Style ) – 9 Mil
10. Eminem ( Them Eninem Show ) – 8 Mil

http://www.riaa.com/gp/bestsellers/topalbums.asp
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nwa4life2 years ago
i reckon that eminem marshal mathers lp will be up there in the top 5 somewere
but number 1 has to be hammer or something
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quintonn2 years ago
lean and rock with the best.
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ravenh202 years ago
Top Selling Albums have nothing to do with being a great MC! So i can care less about this topic. Because if the truth be told the people that dont sell should be the top selling!Although Lauryn Hill Had a great album! Thats a true MC!
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ravenh202 years ago
triGGA — 3 months ago
yo 1st 2 comment…but on a real Pac iz bigga dan big…nigga sold a million in da 1st 4hrz of releasin an album he recorded in jus 2 weekz…..damn nigga waz “ballin”


Niggaz like u get no respect! Bottom Line!
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weeazybaibee2 years ago
i wake up in the morning do the three ss.. i can stretch like jeans baby… like an rv….get paid….were the shit….freeze a ho….black gantsta….white prepster….everyones same …and weezy the man
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number12 years ago
only speak the truth. if your opinion is not based on your own personal experience, or extensive research, then u r just talking out of your ass. words to live by. that, and Never cheat someone you suposedly “LOVE”. If u do or did, then u never knew what love was, and probably never will. Beauty may fade, But Dumb people take forever to change, maybe they don’t know how or are too full of self-pride, that they never really listen.
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number12 years ago
oh yeah… michael jackson dyes his skin so as to not look like his father. Like most cases of abuse, the abused either become the abuser or are totally against it. check out his song “man in the Mirror” michael has issues and needs professional help. i think strongly in the opinion that he did abuse those children. He needs to go someplace to deal with his childhood trauma.
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stillballinabout 1 year ago
i Fucking love Tupac Special “All Eyes On Me”
Tupac Amura Shakur Is the fucking only one who is a real gangsta
Fuck All the others Fakeass like Lil Wayne, Lil Scrappy, Lil Flip, Chamillionair You know. Fuck tha fake ass G’z !
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captainabout 1 year ago
Lauren Hill spit 1 of da realest album i ever heard, that album also got to be 1 of the greatest album ever made in hip hop Top 5
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