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| by kenn on 11/19/2003 08:51:00 PM |
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Back In Black
 Despite only being on sale for three days, the Jigga ran his consecutive chart-topping-debut streak to six as The Black Album moved more than 463,000 copies during the sales week ended Sunday, according to SoundScan figures out today.
Originally intended for release November 28, The Black Album had its drop date rushed up two weeks to fight CD piracy (Jay-Z claimed tracks had already been circulating on song-swapping sites). The farewell disc, whose release coincides with an all-black version of the rapper's signature Reebok shoe, features production by Eminem, Kanye West, Rick Rubin and Jay-Z's longtime collaborators the Neptunes, who worked on the lead single "Change Clothes."
Jay-Z just edged out the soundtrack to the MTV-backed biopic Tupac: Resurrection, which followed at two selling north of 430,000 copies. The disc features four previously unreleased cuts, including the Eminem-produced "Runnin' (Dying to Live)" with Notorious B.I.G. and "The Realist Killaz" with 50 Cent. Tupac Shakur was gunned down seven years ago.
The 50 Cent-led group G-Unit, which joined Jay-Z in moving their release date up to last Friday, debuted at number three, selling 377,000 copies of Beg for Mercy. In addition to 50 Cent, the G-Unit crew includes rappers Lloyd Banks, Young Buck and the currently incarcerated Tony Yayo (fans might remember Eminem's "Free Yayo" shirt at the 2003 Grammy Awards).
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