Whoa…did not see that one coming!  Snoop utilized the entire forumla; released a racey and buzz worthy first single, showcased his wide variety of A list and iconic producers on his own top rated reality show, press junkets surrounding both his album and show…on and on.

I thought SURELY Snoop was rolling in at old numero uno.  How could he not? Put everything else aside (including my personal preferance for rock over hip hop), he’s the D.O. double G, HE is an icon, whatever he touches doesn’t even turn gold…it turns PLATINUM.

But alas, not this time. Snoop debuted at a (respectable, yet surprising) number 3. Don’t even get me started about the other piece of commercial crap that knocked him down off the top 2 spots “Now That’s What I Call Garbage Volume 27″. 

What does Rick Ross have other than his owns Cribs episode? 

Someone, please explain this to me…

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I’m so torn over today’s charts.  I know that as a member of the music community, whose rate of pay is directly correlated to the number of albums sold, I should be happy today.  I should be happy to see that once again the entire top 10 is above 100k sold-it should give me pride and hope…

But, there’s the other side of me.  The side that although claimed by a major label, has NOT yet sold out.  And this side of me thinks that the Top 10 is gross.

I’m sorry but for the most part it is consumed by mass marketed crapola that I’d rather gauge my eyes out with a fork than listen to.  Josh Groban singing Christmas music? Pass.  High School Musical 2? Pass. Now 26, Pass pass pass pass pass….

Where is MY music? Down at number 71, the Foo Fighters-One of the only remaining great bands putting out real music today and in 9 weeks they haven’t even gone gold.

 And then again, down to #77, Nine Inch Nails…selling a personally disapointed 17k copies in this, their first week….

What is going on here? Someone help! Save the music, save the bands who play instruments and write their songs….Someone SAVE ROCK!!!

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Now we all know by now how much I love Wednesdays, so usually I avoid reading all the official and unoffical soundscan forecasts that start circulating Monday of every week.

However this week, being one of the most crucial in the industry, essentially the last chance for labels to deliver albums for the year and have them hit big for the holidays, but before radio turns to Xmas programing, I decided to take a peek…

And its GOOD! It’s all GOOD! If even for a minute we’re back baby! All top 10 albums estimated to sell over 100k with A-Keys leading the pack with what is looking to be 750k first week sales.

Also in the Top 10 will be Zeppelin’s re-release of Mothership and the Eagles selling ANOTHER 200k.

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This week in Soundscan Bon Jovi “Lost Highway” sold 291,532 making it the #1 selling record this week and the White Stripes “Icky Thump” sold 223,056…what is wrong with the world when an over the hill band outsells a great current band?

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