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Hip-hop stars Drake and Kanye West can move over. They've been pushed out of the top spot on Amazon Music's charts by an unlikely competitor.

September 9, 2021 Drake Reflects On His Rap Game Run The OVO Sound boss knows hes left a serious imprint on the rap game, but he still might need to drop a deluxe version of CLB to beat Bolt. The hip-hop heavyweight has shared a reflection on how much hes grown since taking overthe music industry over a decade ago. The 6 God went to Instagram with a snapshot of himself dating back to when he dropped his 2010 debut Thank Me Later through this months Certified Lover Boy. The painting also shows the order of projects hes dropped along with the different phases and looks hes showcased in the fashion world since 2010. Whats Next? The post ignited a co-sign from rap star Rich The Kid who crowned Drake a certified greatest of all time contender. Drakes CLB Headed For Massive Debut The OVO Sound boss is going to have much morethan bragging rights when those Certified Lover Boy album purchases and streams tally up in the opening week. Fresh estimates have the project set to body its competition with well over 500,000 units in its first 7 days. Based on those initial numbersand media speculation, the 6 God is going to easily dominate the competition. The project could give Drake the biggest first-week numbers of 2021 for any studio album of all genres. With his first day U.S. streams over 230 million,DrakesCertified Lover Boy(OVO/Republic) is headed for a massive debutthe biggest sinceTaylor Swiftsfolklore(Republic) opened with 846k in July of last year.CLBis projected to collect between 650-700m streams by weeks end. Drake (OVO/Republic)575-625k total activity, 45-55k albums ( ) Noah 40 Shebib Shows CLB Blueprint The OVO Sound boss go-to producer Noah 40 Shebib knows Certified Lover Boy was not an overnight concept The hip-hop hitmaker recently shared a sneak peek into just how much work went into crafting the must-hear studio effort. 40 hit up his Instagram pageto share a slideshow of moments from the albums making. Shebib also shared some heartfelt words about the overall process of putting out the LP to the masses with a major salute to Drake. Thank you to everyone and anyone who was a part of this project. Its always a pleasure and Im just happy to be on the journey with you all. thank you for letting me be a part of your vision nothing makes me happier in this world then to see it come to fruition. Congratulations my friend Shebib also shared another postpersonally sharing the nitty gritty details of the numbers in his slides. Ok after these last few (see last slide) Also dont watch the numbers on my little graph table I was trying to explain about samples and digital audio and how in math class you would have to chart out and draw parabolas and all that and was just trying to draw a picture of a graph. Anyways, the numbers dont make any sense. Maybe Im the only one that cared but lord.. that was bothering me Read more