JAY Z DOES IT FOR THE TENTH TIME

Hip hop mogul Jay-Z just keeps redefining his greatness as a rapper and musical entity. The rapper tied Elvis Presley this week when he scored his tenth Number One album. Jay-Z’ American Gangster moved over 425,000 copies its first week in stores to debut at Number One on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Presley and Jay-Z are now tied for second place while the Beatles are Number One on the all-time list with 19 Number One albums.

Island Def Jam Records chairman Antonio “LA” Reid said in a released statement, “It’s a true testament to Jay-Z’s greatness to create this amazing conceptual body of work clearly not intended to be measured by commercial standards; yet he still achieves this monumental and historic accomplishment of his tenth Number One and tying Elvis.”

“That’s why I was really excited about the movie. You know cause it took me back to a place that I hadn’t been for a minute. And you know it just sparked all these ideas and all these thoughts and all these emotions that, you know, that I wasn’t dealing with while I was over there living my life. Having a great time.”

Jay-Z was inspired to record the album after seeing the movie, American Gangster, the rapper shared what that moment was like. He said,

R&B singer Chris Brown entered the charts at Number Four after selling 294,000 copies of his new album, Exclusive. Philadelphia-based rapper Cassidy rounds out the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 albums chart this week. The rapper’s latest album, B.A.R.S. (The Barry Adrian Reese Story), sold over 63,000 copies its first week in stores to land at Number 10.