Album Year First Week Sales U.S Sales Total Source Reasonable Doubt 1996 43,000 1.5 million+ Forbes In My Lifetime Volume 1 1997 138,000 1 million+ The Source Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life 1998 354,000 5 million+ MTV Vol. 3… Life and Times of S. Carter 1999 462,000 3 million+ Sway’s Universe The Dynasty: Roc La … Read more
Juvenile released Solja Rags, his Cash Money Records debut album, on May 13, 1997. Though its sales would pale compared to his subsequent 400 Degreez album, it sold 200,000 units independently, an impressive number considering the lack of commercial funding. After Cash Money Records’ famous Universal deal, they would re-release the album in 1999. When … Read more
If you’ve watched Kid 90 on Hulu, you probably heard Brian Austin Green reference his hip hop album, One Stop Carnival. Yes, it’s true; Brian Austin Green recorded a hip hop album in 1996 under the label Yab Yum Records (owned by Tracy Edmonds, the spouse of Babyface). Why Did Brian Austin Green Make a Hip-Hop Album? … Read more
Chopper City In The Ghetto was B.G.’s fourth solo album, all of which had been released under the Cash Money Records imprint. Chopper City in The Ghetto is his highest-selling album by far. B.G. (Christopher Dorsey) was a veteran member of Cash Money’s roster and had previously released group albums (with Lil Wayne & The … Read more
Most fans know Brian Austin Green as David Silver of Beverly Hills 90210. But for a select few, Brian Austin Green is a hip-hop artist. In 1996, Brian Austin Green released his debut album One Stop Carnival under Yab Yum Records. The album’s sound imitated other West Coast hip-hop acts from the era, including Souls … Read more
400 Degreez was Juvenile’s 3rd solo album but the first to enter hip hop’s mainstream and ultimately change the genre’s trajectory. Having previously released Being Myself on Warlock Records in 1995 and later Solja Rags on Cash Money Records in 1997, Juvenile released 400 Degreez, his 2nd album under Cash Money, on November 3rd, 1998. … Read more