The South proves that they still run shit..

Heres a list of the top 10 selling albums for 2008.

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III 2.8 Million
T.I. - Paper Trail 1.5 million
Kanye West -808s & Heartbreak 1 million
Rick Ross - Trilla 709k
Young Jeezy - The Recession 706k
The Game - LAX 633k
Plies - Definition of Real 552k
Ludacris - Theater Of The Mind 439k
Nas - Untitled 428k
Snoop Dogg - Ego Trippin 379k
Flo-Rida - Mail On Sunday 356

Only 1 out of 10 on the list is a NY cat and 6 rappers are from the South... You do the math!

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My Best Friend Is My Grind
//DJ Rooftop

Hip-Hop Album Sales Report: The Game is #1

The Game's latest album, LAX, debuts at #1 with 239,213 copies sold. His previous album, The Doctor's Advocate debuted at 358,988 on its first week.

Lil Wayne is still doing impressive numbers after 12 weeks in the charts, even gaining one spot at #6 with 54,030, a total of 2,316,064.

Beyonce's sister, Solange, makes the top 10 at #9 with 46,291 units sold.

For his second week on the charts, Ice Cube sold 30,330 albums and has reached 100,000 sales.




Here's a few other notables (this week - total sales)

RIHANNA 37,343 - 1,713,348

SHWAYZE 18,362 - 65,048

NAS 12,274 - 362,525

USHER 11,092 - 999,418

LLOYD 10,861 - 99,858

M.I.A. 9,231 - 292,272

YUNG BERG 5,427 - 32,699

G-UNIT 5,698 - 210,574

GZA 3,837 - 13,089

Source: HipHopGame.com