Best Rapper Alive: Total Albums & US Sales

So for my first post I will compare record sales and total albums. I have decided to use Wikipedia as my source for Discography on each artist. What I will list on this post is the rapper's name, number of album's, and total approximate US sales. Also, I will not be posting any collaboration albums, just individual albums.

• Jay Z - Total Albums: 10, Total Sales: 23 Million Albums (RIAA)
• T.I. - Total Albums: 6, Total Sales: 7.5 Million Albums (RIAA)
• Lil Wayne - Total Albums: 6, Total Sales: 9.3 Million Albums (RIAA)
• Eminem - Total Albums: 5, Total Sales: 29.5 Million Albums (RIAA)
• The Game - Total Albums: 3, Total Sales: 4.2 Million Albums (RIAA)
• 50 Cent - Total Albums: 3, Total Sales: 14.5 Million Albums (RIAA)
  
• Ludacris - Total Albums: 6, Total Sales: 15 Million Albums (RIAA)
  
• Young Jeezy - Total Albums: 5, Total Sales: 3.6 Million Albums (RIAA)
  
• Bun B - Total Albums: 2, Total Sales: 800k Albums (RIAA)

So after getting all this information together, the rapper with the most total album sales goes to Eminem who has nearly 6 million more sales in the US compared to Jay-Z. Once again these numbers are from the US, so they could be altered on a Worldwide level. So far though The Game, and Bun B do not have the commercial appeal I thought they did, but that could also be because they have the fewest individual albums released compared to the rest. The one exception is 50 cent who because of his first album has some pretty incredible numbers. Young Jeezy on the other hand has dropped 5 cd's which I didn't know about, and that seems like it hurt's his appeal based on just numbers.

Sources:

Jay-Z Discography
T.I. Discography
Lil Wayne Discography
Eminem Discography
The Game Discography
50 Cent Discography
Ludacris Discography
Young Jeezy Discography
Bun B Discography

T.I. - Prison, Career, Obstacles, Life

I was reading this article on CNN which asked the question about the implications of jail time on T.I.'s music career. For one, I have followed T.I. for almost six years now and I do know he has had legal issues before, and has succeeded in dealing with being absent in entertainment while handling his legal obligations. So when this article came out I asked myself what position T.I. was in now. The answer is simple, he has a solid cd out in the market which has sold 2 million copies or is reaching that mark, he has a brand which is represented through his artists, and he has features appearing on several other artist's albums. On top of those things, T.I. has a market where his fans are loyal, and he has created that base by being a true person to them through his music. One thing that this man has is charisma and he knows how to use it. The other thing T.I. has is a personality where he allows himself to show himself being vulnerable, humble, thug, educated, and respectable throughout his community. I think T.I. will be just fine.

CNN Article: Click Here