Only 4 New Rappers Albums Have Gone Platinum Album Since 2006

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Leading The Charts & The Game!



  1. Nicki Minaj


Released November 19, 2010
1."I'm the Best" 


2."Roman's Revenge" (ft. Eminem)


3."Did It On'em"  


4."Right Thru Me"  


5."Fly" (featuring Rihanna)


6."Save Me"  


    7."Moment 4 Life" (ft. Drake)


    8."Check It Out" (ft. will.i.am)


    9."Blazin'" (ft. Kanye West)


    10."Here I Am"  


    11."Dear Old Nicki" 


    12."Your Love"  


    13."Last Chance" (ft. Natasha Bedingfield)
    Pink Friday is the Debut album of Hip Hop/Pop Sensation Nicki Minaj. The album was promoted with 8 singles including international hits "Super Base" and "Fly." Within the first week the album sold 350,000 copies solidifying Nicki Minaj as a serious threat in hip-hop. Pink Friday features some of the hottest artist in the industry, from Kanye West, Eminem, to Drake and Rihanna. Currently Nicki is planning to release her 3rd studio album within the upcoming months (2014).

    2. Drake

    Released: November 15, 2011

    1."Over My Dead Body"  


    2."Shot for Me"  


    3."Headlines"  


    4."Crew Love" (ft. The Weeknd)


    5."Take Care" (ft. Rihanna)


    6."Marvins Room"  


    7."Buried Alive Interlude" (ft. Kendrick Lamar)


    8."Under Ground Kings"  


    9."We'll Be Fine" (ft. Birdman)


    10."Make Me Proud" (ft. Nicki Minaj)


    11."Lord Knows" (ft. Rick Ross)


    12."Cameras / Good Ones Go Interlude"  


    13."Doing It Wrong"  


    14."The Real Her" (ft.Lil Wayne and André 3000)


    15."Look What You’ve Done"  


    16."HYFR (Hell Ya Fucking Right)" (ft. Lil Wayne)


    17."Practice"  


    18."The Ride"  
    Take Care is the second studio album from Hip-Hop/Pop Sensation, Drake. Experiencing several delays and multiple track leaks, Take care still managed to sell 631,000 within the first week of its release, and eventually went double platinum by 2013. Take Care features top artist and rising stars, well at the time of the release, both Kendrick Lamar and singer The Weekend were rising stars. The album credited Drake with his first Grammy Award for Best Rap Album of 2013. Following his awards, Drake released his third studio album, Nothing Was The Same, and currently has multiple projects in store for us for 2014.

    3. Mackle More 

    Released: October 9, 2012
    1."Ten Thousand Hours"  

    2."Can't Hold Us" (ft. Ray Dalton)

    3."Thrift Shop" (ft. Wanz)

    4."Thin Line" (ft. Buffalo Madonna)

    5."Same Love" (ft. Mary Lambert)

    6."Make the Money"

    7."Neon Cathedral" (ft. Allen Stone)

    8."BomBom" (ft. The Teaching)

    9."White Walls" (ft. Schoolboy Q and Hollis)

      10."Jimmy Iovine" (ft. Ab-Soul)

      11."Wings"  

      12."A Wake" (ft. Evan Roman)

      13."Gold" (featuring Eighty4 Fly)

      14."Starting Over" (ft. Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses)

      15."Cowboy Boots"  

        The Heist is the Debut album of hip-hop duo sensation Mackle More & Ryan Lewis. Without mainstream promotion the album reached #1 on itunes within hours of the release, and physically sold 78,000 copies within the first week of the albums' release. The independent hip-hop duo received multiple Grammy Nominations for The Heist, one which included Album of the Year. The Heist unexpectedly  won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album of 2014.

        4. Kendrick Lamar
        Released: October 22, 2012

        1."Sherane a.k.a. Master Splinter’s Daughter"  


        2."Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe"  


        3."Backseat Freestyle"  


        4."The Art of Peer Pressure"  


        5."Money Trees" (featuring Jay Rock)


        6."Poetic Justice" (featuring Drake)


        7."good kid"  


        8."m.A.A.d city" (featuring MC Eiht)


        9."Swimming Pools (Drank)" (Extended Version)


        10."Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst"  


        11."Real" (featuring Anna Wise)


        12."Compton" (featuring Dr. Dre)
        Good Kid M.a.a.d City is technically the second album for hip-hop star, Kendrick Lamar, following his successful album Section 80.Selling 242,000 within the first week of the albums' release, everyone crowned him the king of hip hop. Leading with hit singles Swimming Pools, Poetic Justice, which features Drake, and Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe, which feature Jay-Z on the remix. Good Kid M.a.a.d City received rave reviews and multiple Grammy Nominations. Hip Hop lovers are excited to see what Kendrick Lamar has in store next.

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