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J Cole’s  “Might Delete Later” Sales Projection Forecasts Huge Debut 

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J. Cole’s new mixtape, Might Delete Later, is expected to debut on the charts as the biggest release of the week, with HitsDailyDouble reporting it will move between 140k and 160k copies in its first week of availability. The project features collaborations with Young Dro, Gucci Mane, Ari Lennox, Cam’ron, Central Cee, Bas, Daylyt, and Ab-Soul. It also concludes with a noteworthy diss track aimed at Kendrick Lamar.

Lamar previously dissed both J. Cole and Drake on Metro Boomin and Future’s album, We Don’t Trust You, for his verse on the song, “Like That.” Lamar took issue with being lumped in with Drake and J. Cole as hip-hop’s “Big 3” on the song, “First Person Shooter.” “Yeah get up with me, f*ck sneak dissing / ‘First Person Shooter,’ I hope they came with three switches,” he rapped. “Motherf*ck the big three, n***a, it’s just big me.”

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J Cole Performs At Wireless Festival

LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 02: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) J Cole performs on day 2 of Wireless Festival 2022 at Crystal Palace Park on July 02, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Burak Cingi/Redferns)

On the closer to Might Delete Later, titled, “7 Minute Drill,” Cole raps, “Your first sh*t was classic, your last sh*t was tragic/ Your second sh*t put n****s to sleep, but they gassed it/ Your third sh*t was massive and that was your prime/ I was trailin’ right behind and I just now hit mine.” He also threatens to go even harder if Lamar doesn’t back down.

J Cole Headed For #1 Debut

Despite Cole’s response, Drake has still remained silent on the musical front. He’s seemingly referenced the beef in various Instagram captions, but that’s it for now. He wrapped up his It’s All A Blur – Big As The What? Tour, earlier this week, so perhaps an official response will arrive shortly. Be on the lookout for further updates on J. Cole on HotNewHipHop.

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Future & Metro Boomin’s “We Don’t Like You” Debuts Atop Billboard 200

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Future and Metro Boomin’s new collaborative album, We Don’t Like You, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 251,000 equivalent album units. The figure marks the most successful sales week for any music project thus far in 2024.

When XXL shared the news on Instagram, fans celebrated the success of their favorites in the comments section. “It was a good body of work no doubt,” one fan wrote. “I’m a fan of all the ones beefing so we getting good music overall!! Ion know none of them personally so ain’t no side choosing lol…just give us some [fire emoji] tracks.” Another added: “Metro has separated himself from any other beat maker or producer in dis album …and FURURE did his thing as always…” Others credited Kendrick Lamar’s feature on the chart-topping track, “Like That,” for the project’s overall success. “Only thing I hear about that album is Kendrick diss. I thought it was a EP,” one user wrote.

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Future & Metro Boomin Perform At MTV Video Music Awards

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – SEPTEMBER 12: (L-R) Metro Boomin and Future perform onstage at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

As for that Kendrick Lamar verse, the iconic rapper disses both J. Cole and Drake with his lyrics. “F*ck sneak dissin’, first person shooter, I hope they came with three switches… Think I won’t drop the location? I still got PTSD/ Motherf*ck the big three, n***a, it’s just big me/ N***a, bum, what? I’m really like that/ And your best work is a light pack,” he raps at one point. Cole and Drake previously collaborated on a song titled “First Person Shooter.” Lamar also references Drake’s For All The Dogs.

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Check out our review of We Don’t Trust You here. Be on the lookout for further updates on Future and Metro Boomin on HotNewHipHop.

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French Montana’s “Mac & Cheese 5” Set For Top 10 Debut

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Last week, French Montana released his new album Mac & Cheese 5. The project sports an impressive feature list. It netted appearances from Kanye West, Rick Ross, Lil Baby, Lil Wayne, JID, Lil Durk, Meek Mill, and many more. The project followed his Coke Boys 6 mixtape with DJ Drama which dropped last year and his most recent studio album They Got Amnesia which dropped in 2021. Now the first week sales projections for the album are in. Fans are extra interested in how the project performs because Montana went to extreme lengths in an attempt to get the sales as high as possible.

In addition to the original version of his album, French Montana also dropped numerous other versions of Mac & Cheese 5. Digital streaming platforms got an acapella version, an instrumental version, a slowed-down version, and a sped-up version in addition to the regular album. There’s also a “Versions” edition of the album which brings all of the versions together. It presents an astounding 126-song tracklist featuring numerous different versions of the same songs in a row. The album also got a deluxe edition released on the exact same day as the original which added just one additional track. See what they did to his sales numbers below.

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French Montana Hits The Billboard 200 Top 10

One of the reasons his sales numbers look so impressive is the 44k pure sales. That part doesn’t come from streaming but rather purchases of the album itself. But fans think they’ve figured out why it’s so high. Earlier this year, Montana surprised fans by selling pre-ordered vinyl copies of the album for just $5.

The stunt seems like it’s paid off as he generated more in pure sales for Mac & Cheese 5 than most rap albums, even by major artists have done in the past few years. What do you think of French Montana selling over 50k in his first week and potentially debuting as high as #3? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Yeat’s “2093” Expected To Have Chart-Topping Debut, “Vultures 1” Barely Misses Out On Second Week At The Top

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2093, the latest album from breakout star Yeat, is expected to debut atop the Billboard Album 200. According to Hits Daily Double, 2093 is projected to sell around 72,600 units in its first week, which should be enough to deny Vultures 1 a second week at the top of the chart. However, it is not going to be a runaway debut for Yeat. Vultures 1 is projected to sell a little over 72,400 units in its second week. 2093 is light on features but does have tracks with Future, Lil Wayne, and Drake.

However, Yeat also hinted that he might be stepping away from music after 2024. “Imma give yall a year of music then Imma tuck away and work on something life changing, ok,” he wrote on Instagram. 2093‘s release came after months of teasing and hype from the Portland rapper.

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Yeat Used Young Thug Lyrics As His Yearbook Quote

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LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 07: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Yeat performs during day one of Wireless Festival 2023 at Finsbury Park on July 07, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Joseph Okpako/WireImage)

Meanwhile, last year, Yeat went viral for his alleged yearbook quote. According to images shared online, his yearbook quote is lyrics attributed to “Thugga”. Except the quote is wrong. Or at the very least, it’s not one continuous lyric. According to the image, Yeat submitted “I got hundreds on top of hunnids. That blue cheese, NOT ranch.” But this appears to a mashup of two lyrics. The first part of the quote is from “Problem“. Meanwhile, the second half of the quote is from “Homie”. The two lyrics in full are “I got hundreds sittin’ on hundreds, that blue cheese, I’m not ranchin’” and “I got blue cheese on me, all hundreds/Blue cheese no ranch.”

However, that’s not the only thing people were reacting to in the image. While most people have a very standardized yearbook photo. Meanwhile, he is draped in tartan and wearing ski goggles, which is certainly a look. However, the combination of the irregular photo and the weird lyric has led many people to declare that the image is faked. Furthermore, the image has been circulating since late May, around when Yeat and Young Thug collaborated on “My Wrist”. Do you think it’s real?

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Nicki Minaj Passes Jay-Z In Combined Billboard Charting Weeks

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In addition to the numerous weekly charts Billboard tracks in order to display the most popular songs all around the world, they also have a ton of data on some of the biggest artists around. One of the stats they keep track of is combined weeks between the Hot 100 and Billboard 200. The stat does a good job of showing which artists dominate the charts with both their albums and singles. Among rappers, there was just a shake-up in the top 10 of all-time combined weeks on the two biggest charts.

The top 5 features the kinds of superstars you’d expect. Future clocks in at just over 2000 combined weeks with Kanye West and Lil Wayne also landing in the 2000s. Eminem comes in at second place with just over 3000 weeks. But at number one with an astonishing 6142 weeks, more than double anybody else, is Drake. But looking to join both the 2000 club and the top 5 soon is Nicki Minaj. Her recent chart success has officially propelled her past Jay-Z for 6th all-time among rappers. She currently sits at 1945 combined weeks between the Hot 100 and Billboard 200.

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Nicki Minaj Newest Chart Achievement

Nicki Minaj has added quite a bit to her total combined weeks in the past few months. That started with her new album Pink Friday 2 which dropped back in December. It was her first new album since 2018 and ended up causing increased streaming numbers for a lot of her older albums. The record also dropped numerous songs into the Hot 100.

Fan favorites like “Everybody” with Lil Uzi Vert and “FTCU” are still on the Hot 100 two months after the album dropped. She also got a single extra week of charting from her heavily-maligned Megan Thee Stallion diss track “Big Foot.” What do you think of Nicki Minaj moving to 6th all time among rappers in combined Billboard 200 and Hot 100 weeks? Does anybody on the top 10 list surprise you? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Kanye West & Ty Dolla Sign React Meekly To “Vultures” Going Number One

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Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign’s collaborative album Vultures just went number one on the Billboard charts despite a lot of release issues plaguing its rollout, plus all the antisemitic bigotry associated with it. All that aside, it seems like the album really connected with fans, and both artists seemingly reacted to this news. Of course, they’ve both boasted about it going number one in a lot fo countries before this Billboard confirmation. “It’s a beautiful time,” Ye stated to Complex, whereas Ty posted a video of himself saying, “Huh? Hm? S**t…” to the haters while holding up one index finger.

Vultures sold around 148,000 units in its first week, and this marks Ty Dolla Sign’s first-ever number one album. On the other hand, this is Kanye West’s eleventh number one album, and he technically hasn’t broken this consecutive streak of chart-toppers if you don’t count his G.O.O.D. Music compilation from 2012 or KIDS SEE GHOSTS with Kid Cudi. Even though they’re both huge artists, they should be grateful for having all this work out in their favor, as they are extremely lucky. Still, when you have as much money and infamy as they do, sample clearance issues become much easier to handle.

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Kanye West & Ty Dolla Sign’s Vultures 1 Goes No. 1: The Latter Reacts

Another big problem with Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign’s first collab’s release was its distribution method, as original distributor FUGA took it off streaming services temporarily. “On Friday, February 9, 2024, a long-standing FUGA client delivered the album Vultures 1 through the platform’s automated processes, violating our service agreement,” a statement from the company read. “Therefore, FUGA is actively working with its DSP partners and the client to remove Vultures 1 from our systems.” This resolved itself promptly, though.

Meanwhile, the duo is now looking forward to some European listening events, kicking off in Italy and (at press time) wrapping up in Paris. Perhaps this will be the opportunity they have to celebrate this number one and to celebrate getting a new distributor for it. What do you think about Vultures 1 and how the next installments will shape up? Let us know in the comments and come back to HNHH for the latest on Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign.

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21 Savage’s “american dream” Expected To Spend A Second Week At Number One

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In 2023 it took almost half the year before any rap album landed at the number one spot on the Billboard 200. Artists like Young Thug, Lil Durk, and Gunna landed in the top 5. But it took Lil Uzi Vert’s Pink Tape to finally hit number one. 2024 didn’t have any such drought. The first new number-one album of the year was 21 Savage’s american dream which hit the top spot last week with over 130k sales in its first week. The album stayed well ahead of other new projects from Kali Uchis and Kid Cudi that came out in the same week.

Now early projections are emerging for next week’s Billboard 200 and it’s good news once again for 21 Savage. The rapper is projected to spend a second week at the very top spot on the charts selling just under 70k copies. The biggest challenger among new albums is pop-punk band Green Day. The veteran band just released their new album, Saviors. It’s their first since 2020’s Father Of All and the new record is projected to sell more than 50k in its first week. Another challenger to the top spot are Morgan Wallen’s massive 2023 effort One Thing At A Time. Drake’s For All The Dogs and Noah Kahan’s Stick Season round out the top 5 of the projection. Check out the full top 20 predictions below.

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21 Savage Could Reign The Billboard 200 For A Second Week

The Billboard 200 isn’t the only place where Savage is performing well. Two of the songs from his new album debuted in the top 10 in their first week on the Hot 100. “nee-nah” which featured Travis Scott and Metro Boomin landed at number 10. “redrum” proved to be the album’s breakout hit debuting inside the top 5.

Earlier today, Shannon Sharpe released his new interview with 21 Savage. The rapper appeared on his Club Shay Shay show to discuss a variety of topics. One of the most notable moments came when Savage told the story of being shot on his 21st birthday. He went into incredible detail about his feelings and actions throughout the traumatic event. What do you think of 21 Savage’s new album spending a second week at the top spot on the Billboard 200? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Kanye West’s “The Life Of Pablo” Returns To Billboard 200

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Over the weekend Billboard released the first new version of the Billboard 200 chart tracking in 2024. The chart keeps track of what albums are being listened to on streaming and played on the radio the most in any given week. This week the chart is headlined by numerous Taylor Swift albums in the top 10 alongside artists like SZA, Morgan Wallen, Noah Kahan, and Zach Bryan. But unlike the Hot 100 where hit songs are subject to relegation, albums can stick around on the Billboard 200 for years and years.

That’s why it isn’t too much of a surprise when older smash-hit albums re-enter the charts years later. In recent weeks albums like Future DS2, Juice WRLD’s Legends Never Die, and J. Cole’s 2014 Forest Hills Drive have occupied the back half of the albums chart. Last week, three of Kanye West’s albums landed on the chart. 2007’s Graduation narrowly slipped inside the top 100 with his debut The College Dropout and 5th album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy following behind. Now a fourth one of the rap legends albums has entered the chart. His 2016 effort The Life Of Pablo joins the other four on the newest edition of the Billboard 200 this week.

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Kanye West’s “The Life Of Pablo” Returns To The Charts

Renewed interest in West’s music may have something to do with the pending album Vultures. He announced with Ty Dolla $ign late last year following the single of the same name. The pair first promised that the project would arrive last month with numerous release dates coming and going since then. Most recently the record was scheduled to arrive later this week but that release date has since been removed. Last month, a version of the project was leaked online which may have something to do with the numerous delays it’s faced since.

Kanye West has also been sharing a bizarre series of pictures on Instagram. Many of them contain scantily clad shots of Bianca Censori. In one picture West even promises not to wear pants this year. What do you think of “The Life Of Pablo” returning to the Billboard 200 this week? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Nicki Minaj’s 3rd Number One Album Leads All Female Rappers

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Earlier this month, Nicki Minaj returned with her highly-anticipated new album Pink Friday 2. The album was a major undertaking sporting 22 tracks and a full 70 minutes of music. Included among them were three already successful singles Nicki had dropped dating back to last year. It also featured a number of high-profile features from other major rappers. Drake, J. Cole, Future, Lil Wayne, Lil Uzi Vert, and more appear at various points across the album.

Unsurprisingly, the album soared to massive success on the charts. 14 of the songs from the album landed on the Hot 100 this week including three in the top 50. “Everybody” featuring Lil Uzi Vert leads the way managing to land in the top 30 despite the massive influx of Christmas charts on the song. The album also hit the very top spot on the Billboard 200. It marked Nicki’s first number one on the albums chart in over a decade following her last two albums peaking at number 2. Pink Friday 2 guaranteed its top spot with a commanding first week that saw it netting well over 200k sales. Check out Nicki’s celebration of the achievement below.

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Nicki Minaj’s “Pink Friday 2” Breaks Record

While getting a number one album on its own is an achievement in itself, this one was even more special for Nicki Minaj. It broke a long-standing tie with Foxy Brown for number one albums among female rappers. It’s yet another significant achievement for the artist that many cite as the definitive female rapper.

The chart success doesn’t even end there though. Nicki also scored her first-ever chart-topping single on the Hot Gospel Songs chart. She teamed up with gospel singer Tasha Cobbs Leonard for a track late on the album called “Blessings.” The song immediately debuted atop the gospel charts making yet another impressive achievement for Nicki in the wake of her new album. What do you think of Nicki Minaj breaking the record for most number one albums by a female rapper? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Nicki Minaj Lands 14 “Pink Friday 2” Songs On This Week’s Hot 100

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Despite the massive influx of Christmas music that occupies the Hot 100 this time of year, Nicki Minaj still managed an impressive showing on the chart. A week after releasing her highly anticipated new album Pink Friday 2 more than half of the album’s 22 tracks made their debut on the Hot 100. It puts her among pretty impressive company with artists like Drake, Bad Bunny, and Taylor Swift who made similar album dumps earlier this year.

Leading the way is Nicki’s collaboration with Lil Uzi Vert “Everybody.” The song became the instant breakout hit of the bunch and had numerous celebrities sharing videos of themselves dancing to it on social media. The song made its debut at number 26 on the Hot 100, one of three songs that landed inside the top 50 on the chart. “Needle” which featured Drake continued the rapper’s massive year on the Hot 100 landing at number 34. The hard-hitting “FTCU” also made an impressive debut at number 42.

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Nicki Minaj Has 14 Songs On The Hot 100

Even before the album was released it had already made an impression on the Hot 100. The album’s lead single “Super Freaky Girl” dropped last year and immediately shot up to the very top of the chart, debuting at number one in its first week. She also released the songs “Red Ruby Da Sleeze” and “Last Time I Saw You” which peaked at number 13 and 23 respectively.

Nicki Minaj had an even stronger debut on the Billboard 200. Pink Friday 2 debuted on the chart over the weekend at the very top spot. Not only did the album hit number one but it also sold well over 200k copies in its first week, placing it among some of the biggest debuts of the year. All five of Nicki’s albums have debuted at either number one or number two dating back to 2010. Pink Friday 2 is Nicki’s first number one album since Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded which originally dropped back in 2012. What do you think of Nicki Minaj’s first week numbers on the Hot 100 following Pink Friday 2? Let us know in the comment section below.

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