Top 10 Rap Albums for August 19th, 2006

The industry slumps into another slow week with a 16% drop in sales. However, that didn't stop DMX from zooming to the top of the charts for the sixth consecutive time in his career. Or did it? Well, here's the tricky part: While DMX holds the No.1 spot on the Billboard Hip-Hop/R&B charts, Year of the Dog...Again was narrowly denied the top spot on Billboard 200 by the indomitable Now 22 compilation. Still, X's performance is impressive (if not surprising), seeing as many people were unaware that he even had a single out. Check out the rest of this week's Top 10 Rap Albums for details.

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