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Okay here’s this weeks itunes top sellers for today in the Top 100 (This Camila Cabello HAVANA is for real…)  Last week we only had 13 hiphop songs in the top 100 and this week we got back to a full 20 (23 total)  Here’s the numbers and highlights.

• Camila Cabello HAVANA ft Young Thug goes back to num 1 (this is a solid cut…)
• The K-Pop sensation BTS was at num1 for a short time this week but fell to num 3 with MIC DROP ft Desiigner (so Desiigner is on another num1. Hey you can’t argue with the numbers… #ToldYall
• NF LET YOU DOWN is lowly creeping up the sales chart (NF is for real…) and he is on his way to a massive hit (Needs more radio support…)
• On Deck is the Farruko cut Krippy Kush ft Nicky Minaj This cut got a lot of hype from online hiphop media as a diss answer to Nicki’s rivals (I didn’t hear all that.  To me it was just another Nicki feature…)  Dj’s are liking this cut and already there are a few hot remixes in the works..

That's this week’s GetAtMe Top Ten 100 sellers.  Remember “there’s nothing wrong with the record business that a good record can’t cure…”

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Okay here’s this week’s GetAtMe TopTen HipPop single sales.  Camila Cabello gets her num1 with HAVANA ft Young Thug.  Here’s the stats:

• Camila Cabello HAVANA is num 1 (maybe leaving 5th Harmony was the right move for her…) and at num 2 is Eminem WALK ON WATER (this song ft Beyonce…)
• At num 3 is Post Malone ROCKSTAR (this cut would have been num 1 but Camilo & Eminem shot past him. This is a solid cut though…) and at num 4 is Taylor Swift READY FOR IT (Taylor still has the strong buying base…)
• At num 5 is Taylor Swift again with LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO (still selling in spite of the controversy…) and at num 6 is Portugal The Man FEEL IT STILL (these song that are on commercials get that extra boost…)
• At num 7 is Cardi B BODAK YELLOW (and the Cardi B express is still in effect…) and at num 8 is Lil Pump GUCCI GANG (this one showed up out of nowhere/ Strong teen cut…)
• At num 9 is Dua Lipa NEW RULES (this was a GetAtMe spotlight…) and at num 10 is Ty Dolla DARKSIDE (this cut is hot and a surprise. Noone saw this coming from Ty Dolla.  This is a straight mixtape cut…)

That’s this week top ten selling Hip Pop singles…

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Lyor Cohen is an industry legend, Young Thug is on his way to being a legend.  Both come from 2 very different places and existences (both are headstrong…).  Lyor has had his successes; Young Thug has defied the odds.  Will these two men be able to respect the others path (and pathologies…).

Young Thug is like a hiphop Miles Davis as a drum part on a beat (almost like a lyrical beatbox).  His percussive style allows him and the drum loops to create symbiotic relationship that most rappers are not able to create with a beat (part of this due to instinct and the other part is the timing of today’s music…).  This innate ability to ride a beat allows Young Thug to communicate with his fans like no other artist (and believe me his fans understand him grunt by grunt.  It’s almost like a whole different language…#IveSeenIt).  So make no doubt about it, Young Thug and his fans are in one when it comes to his sound and his movement.

Lyor is an idol maker, he likes (to a degree) to shape artist politically (to enhance their marketability and images for potential deals) and sometimes musically.  Lyor will have a real challenge with this one.  Young Thug knows who he is (no matter what some New York intern’s ideas are…).

Both men are correct in their vision and their drive.  The question will be will they be able to meet in a collaborative way that will benefit both.  Thug can benefit from Lyor’s seasoning and Lyor can benefit from Thugs vision on having an awareness of today’s market feel. 

Here’s the rub although.  Young Thug fans are limited buyers and Lyor (fresh off the Fetty Wap wins) likes to market to folks who buy (a lot…).  For Thug to be attractive to those buying fans Young Thug may have to sanitize his sound (something that Thug might not want to do… #FilmAtEleven).  Anyway if this merger becomes nothing else, it will be interesting.   No one can say it’s not gonna be interesting.

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