HIP HOP INDUSTRY http://www.queenscartel.com/apps/blog/ Webs.com http://www.queenscartel.com/apps/blog/show/1157890 <p>NEW YORK &#8212; Eminem's new album, "Relapse," has sold more copies in its first week of release than any other album this year.</p><p>Nielsen SoundScan says the Detroit rapper's first album in nearly five years sold 608,000 copies.</p><p> "Relapse"is Eminem's fifth straight No. 1 album. His last disc, 2004's "Encore,"sold 711,000 in its first week _ though that was only across four days.It went on to sell 5.1 million copies.</p><p>Last week's chart topper, Green Day's "21st Century Breakdown," slidto No. 2, adding 166,000 copies sold to the 215,000 copies the bandsold in its initial, abbreviated three-day sales week.</p><p>&#160;</p><p><br/></p> Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:54:00 -0400 http://www.queenscartel.com/apps/blog/show/1157890 http://www.queenscartel.com/apps/blog/show/1154955 <p>Yea i do think hip hop is dead, cause all these wack rappers making millions of dollars saying bullshit...<br type="_moz"/></p> Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:47:00 -0400 http://www.queenscartel.com/apps/blog/show/1154955