Right in the middle of all the talk of the demise of the music biz…Smack! Lil Wayne sells a million.
Lil Wayne now has official numbers to back up his bragging—the rapper’s new CD has sold a spectacular 1 million copies its first week.
In a slumping industry where selling 200,000 albums in one week is becoming a rare feat, Lil Wayne’s achievement is not only a triumph but a much-needed boost—the last CD to sell 1 million or more in its first week was 50 Cent’s “The Massacre” in 2005.
With Coldplay already tearing up the charts in Europe and set for release in the States later this week, this month should be the biggest one in quite a time. Add Magic Ship into the equation and June is a blockbuster.
Semi entertaining but, unrelated Lil Wayne anecdote: Years ago, I sat next to Lil Wayne at a bar at Lambert Airport in St. Louis. I didn’t know who he was. It was maybe, 9 or 10 in the morning and I was on a layover so, I went to have a couple of beers.
The bar was empty when I got there except for a guy wearing a towel around his head and a young lady holding a baby. The two were having what appeared to be a heated discussion. I was carrying a brief case with a pretty good amount of cash in it. The young lady with the baby left, looking angry and the guy came and stood at the bar, right next to me, and ordered a drink. It wasn’t a big place but, the guy had plenty of other places to stand other than right next to where I was sitting. So, I’m thinking; “Is this guy a pickpocket or something?” I took the briefcase, leaned it against the bar and jammed my boot up against it. And, I kept my right hand on my Budweiser bottle just in case the guy tries to make a move for the briefcase or something.
The guy slammed his drink and ordered another one, downed it real quick and left the place. The lady behind the bar shook her head and said; “Glad to see him go.”
I asked, “Do you know that guy?”
“Yeah that’s Lil Wayne.”
I thought she said Luane or, something like that so, I said; “Who the hell is Luane?” She thought that was pretty funny, that I didn’t know who he was. And, she explained that he was a famous rapper with two Gold albums. And, I felt like a complete idiot.
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Pat Darnell and Friendly Types wrote,
“You IDIOT!”
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Link | June 18th, 2008 at 7:03 am
Sans Direction wrote,
I wouldn’t know him from Adam, myself.
Having slept on the floors of Lambert too many times, I will never willingly fly through there. To there and from there? Maybe, but never again through.
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Link | June 18th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
axe victim wrote,
Wrapper? What’s that???
Link | June 18th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Pribek wrote,
“Having slept on the floors of Lambert too many times,”
Wow, sounds like you went through a pretty dark period there, Sans.
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Link | June 18th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Sans Direction wrote,
Mostly it was me flying to Vegas to visit my parents and pilots striking so nothing goes in or out.
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Link | June 18th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Pat Darnell and at least one Friend wrote,
About five years ago, number one son, Guy, worked for FedEx, and took a jumper seat [?is that what its called?] from O’hare to Houston IAH. One time his mom asked him if he could bring a case of tomato sauce from Caputo’s. When young one can do anything, like fly to Vegas to visit parents… yeah sure.
After ten hours, three in Lambert, five cities later, Guy the “Duke” the most loyal, pops out of the docks at IAH FedEx at three AM. And he was carrying a whole case of 22 oz cans of Caputo Chicago sauced tomato. Oh, to be young again. One of those things I can never forget, and now, one of those things you wish you could forget.
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Link | June 18th, 2008 at 8:07 pm