Post Malone‘s new album Hollywood’s Bleeding debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with the biggest streaming week of 2019. His album sold 489,000 units in its first week, led by 365 million on-demand streams (which is equivalent to 278,000 units). This gives Post two of the five biggest streaming weeks ever, as his previous album, Beerbongs & Bentleys, also debuted to massive streaming numbers.
All 17 songs from Hollywood’s Bleeding are on the Billboard Hot 100, led by “Goodbyes” featuring Young Thug at No. 3 and “Circles” at No. 4. Both songs were released as singles before the album dropped. Of the new songs debuting this week, “Take What You Want From Me” featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Travis Scott was the highest at No. 8.
Lizzo‘s “Truth Hurts” remained at the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for the third straight week. Much like “Truth Hurts,” Lil Nas X used DaBaby for a remix of one of his songs, as “Panini” jumped from No. 29 to No. 14.
EARTHGANG sold just short of 12,000 units of their new album Mirrorland in the first week. This gives the Dreamville duo the No. 40 spot on the Billboard 200.
Fresh off dropping his banger filled album Baby on Baby back in March, the Charlotte rapper is back releasing new music. Earlier in September, DaBaby confirmed his new album Kirk with Beats 1 music host Charlie Sloth after the host asked the rapper “When is it coming?” DaBaby then answered with, “ On God, Charlie, three to four weeks.”
DaBaby announced via Instagram that he dropped a new song to lead off the campaign of his new album. He decided to drop his “Intro” off the album which goes over some pretty personal stuff from the North Carolina rapper’s life. Still, DaBaby utilizes his adored flow and lays down a pretty solid track. Personally this gets me excited to see what the artist formerly known as Baby Jesus, is gearing up for us to enjoy. We can most likely expect Kirk to drop sometime in the upcoming two weeks
The fiery track pays homage to British MC Wiley, who recently had a pop at the remix of “Take Me Back To London” (which Stormzy appears on) calling it “weird” for Ed Sheeran to be making grime music.
Freddie Gibbsannounced on his Twitter that a new video, from the entirely Madlib produced album Bandana, would be a new video out today. Gibbs even posted a sneak peek at the video showing what song got a video made. It was “Half Manne Half Cocaine”.
The video was uploaded today and the has already garnered over 40k views. The video continues from the previous release of the dynamic duo of Freddie Gibbs and Madlib the music video of “Giannis” ft Anderson Paak. the video start off in a hospital where Gangsta Gibbs waked up from a coma and seeks vengeance to the man that put him in one. the beat switches in the song go along with the scenes of the video since they are only two different settings in the video. The video has cameos including a ridiculous, but always funny Eric Andre as a doctor. And we are even blessed with a rare Quasimoto appearance as well. Check out the music video, directed by Nick Walker, “Half Manne Half Cocaine” down below.
This Friday will see the return of gritty British drama Top Boy, which will make it’s Netflix debut. The resurgence of the popular British series, currently executive produced by Drakewill be accompanied by a soundtrack curated by the rapper’s record label OVO Sound.
The soundtrack is made of music that inspires the current series and includes music from a number of artists, such as Little Simz and Dave who both appear in the new series.
Lil Tecca’s debut album, We Love You Tecca, had a strong first week as it sold over 60,000 units. The young rapper was able to claim the No. 4 spot on the Billboard 200. Around half of his sales are from the success of his hit song “Ransom,” which is currently No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Lizzo earned her second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 as “Truth Hurts” continues its run on top.
Chris Brown and Drake‘s “No Guidance” saw its numbers rise as it spent its 13th week on the Billboard Hot 100 in the No. 6 spot.
Young Thug‘sSo Much Fun remained in the top 5 of the Billboard 200 chart after debuting at No. 1 three weeks ago.
Travis Scott‘sAstroworld returned to the top 10 thanks to the success of his Netflix documentary. The album had the highest jump of any album this week.
Looks like we aren’t the only ones who are big fans of VH1’s classic reality TV show, Flavor of Love.
Maxo Kreamteams up with Megan Thee Stallion to premiere a music video for the song, “She Live”, showcasing their own twist on the hit show. The Omar Jones directed video portrays Maxo and Megan enjoying the company of attractive “game contestants” competing for their love. Check out the creative video below.
IDK, or Jay IDK as some people know him, has been rising fast among underground trap rappers over the last number of years. He originally gained traction from his album Empty Bank which went viral a few years ago. He also gained went viral in a couple of ways over the last year, first with his song ‘Trippie Redd’s Freestyle,’ which makes fun of the fact Trippie Redd did not participate in the XXL Freshman freestyles even though he was a member of the class. IDK also had a song go viral earlier this year called ‘Trigger Happy’ because it is supposedly a diss on the rapper Logic.
At 14 songs long, you would think IDK’s Is He Real? is a pretty long and substantial album. Although it is hard as hell and definitely hits on all the points he is trying to get across, this album is not long at all. Is He Real is in fact very short and sweet, having a run time of only 35 minutes. These short, dark trap instrumentals are perfect for IDK’S rapid fire and descriptive approach to rapping; although this album is not very long, it still gives the listener so much to think about. Is He Real? is a super solid debut record that makes me excited to hear what he can do in the future. Stream it below right now!
