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Top 10 Rap Albums August 5th, 2006

By Henry Adaso, About.com

The top 10 rap/hip-hop albums on Billboard for the week ending on 08-05-06.

1. Pimp C - Pimpalation

The Port Arthur Pimp takes a dive to No. 17 this week with 32,363 copies of Pimpalation sold.

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2. Yung Joc - New Joc City

Yung Joc climbs one step up to No. 11, having sold 42,025 units of his well-received debut, New Joc City. Joc's totals sales have now reached 449,807 after seven weeks on the chart.

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3. Ice Cube - Laugh Now, Cry Later

Thanks to the extra 20,994 units sold this week, Cube's overall CD sales for Laugh Now, Cry Later is now at 353346.

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4. Busta Rhymes -- The Big Bang

Busta loses his bang by dropping to No. 32 this week. The NYC vet added 22,100 scans to his Aftermath debut, The Big Bang bringing his total sales to 423,564.

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5. JR Writer - History in the Making

Dipset rookie JR Writer takes 47 long strides down to No. 72 this week. Writer's History in the Making debut only moved 11,645 units at the end of the business week.

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6. T.I. - King

After seventeen weeks on the chart, you would probably expect T.I.P. to start losing steam at this point. Fortunately for the ATL frontrunner, King brought home 19,489 more scans this week to place him on No.42.

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7. Shawnna - Block Music

Shawnna struggles with 12,824 units, faling 69-71 this week. Block Music has now sold 94,443 since its release four weeks ago.

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8. Field Mob - Light Poles & Pine Trees

Field Mob checks in at No. 85 with 10,271 copies of Light Poles... sold this week.

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9. E-40 - My Ghetto Report Card

E-40 keeps the west coast on the map by moving 10,854 units of his album this week.

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10. Chamillionaire - The Sound of Revenge

Chamillionaire rounds off the top 10 by adding 17831 to his platinum-certified debut, The Sound of Revenge.

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