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The hip-hop hybrid's success underscores a rock 'n' roll recession on the charts--and that means a bit of a crisis for record labels rooted in rock and pop. This week, 15 of the Top 20 albums are in the urban genre. This marks not just a period of strong product in the rap and R&B fields, but also a dearth of a dominant rock and alternative sound. Rockers in the Top 20 are rare, represented on the No. 2 Armageddon soundtrack (243,000 units for the week) by Aerosmith, Journey and Yes, as well as Canadian alternative act Barenaked Ladies (No. 10 with 93,000 units). Soundtracks and Shania Twain are the only other non-urban releases in the Top 20.
The hottest debut of the week was Jermaine Dupri Presents--Life in 1472, Jermaine Dupri's solo project with all-star guests like Jay-Z, Nas, Usher, Mase, Lil' Kim, Mariah Carey and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. The album bowed at No. 3 with sales of 162,000.
Immediately behind Dupri's debut was the premiere of Swarm from Wu-Tang Killa Bees, the first of two Wu-Tang Clan spinoffs with Top 20 showings. The second offshoot, Sunz of Man, landed at No. 20 with The Last Shall Be First. Swarm sold 139,000 units to Last's 62,000.
The City of Angels soundtrack was in the fifth slot, followed by the No. 6 debut of Cam'Ron, a Puff Daddy protégé. His Confessions of Fire album entered the chart with sales of 107,000 units.
The other big debuts were Priority Records' rapper Mac at No. 11 with Shell Shocked and R&B crooner Gerald Levert at No. 17 with Love & Consequences. Meanwhile, Tupac Shakur's posthumous spoken-word collection, In His Own Words, opened way down at 127.
Rounding out the Top 10 was the Dr. Dolittle soundtrack at No. 7, followed by Brandy and the Backstreet Boys. Additional urban artists in the Top 20 inlcude 'N Sync, Will Smith, Master P, Monica and Noreaga.
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