Rap-Up.com || 2 Chainz Tops Charts with ‘T.R.U. Story’

Yes, it’s truuu. 2 Chainz has the No. 1 album in the country with Based on a T.R.U. Story.

The Atlanta rapper’s solo debut enters atop the Billboard 200 and R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts with 147,000 copies sold in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The Def Jam project features the Drake-assisted single “No Lie” and “Birthday Song” with Kanye West, plus collaborations with Nicki Minaj, John Legend, Chris Brown, and The-Dream.

According to Billboard, 2 Chainz is the third act this year to score a No. 1 album with his debut, following One Direction’s Up All Night and Jack White’s Blunderbuss. The last rapper to accomplish this was Mac Miller, whose debut Blue Slide Park topped the charts in November 2011 with 144,000 copies.

It marks the first No. 1 album for 2 Chainz, who previously released two albums with Playaz Circle. Both failed to enter the top 20 on the Billboard 200.

2 Chainz took to Twitter to thank his fans for their support. “Thank each and. Every one of you that helped me have the NUMBER 1 album n kuntry,” he tweeted.

On the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, 2 Chainz also holds down the No. 1 spot for a second week with “No Lie.”

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31 Comments

Romeo
August 22nd, 2012 at 9:11 am
It’s well deserved. It’s a good album

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Miles
August 22nd, 2012 at 9:16 am
today is a sad day in the world of Hip-Hop

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Jada Reply:
August 22nd, 2012 at 9:18 am
@Miles, oh please. congrats to 2 chainz. he’s winning, you’re not.

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Jake Reply:
August 22nd, 2012 at 9:25 am
@Jada, How do you know that this person isn’t “winning?” You’re on the Internet, on a blog. You don’t have to be a hip-hop artist to be “winning” in some aspect of your life.

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Jada Reply:
August 22nd, 2012 at 9:45 am
@Jake, because they’re too busy hating. just check their history of comments.

and who are you, his mother?

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Jake Reply:
August 22nd, 2012 at 3:31 pm
@Jada, No. I’m a man with some damn common sense.

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Miles Reply:
August 22nd, 2012 at 9:45 am
@Jada, for all you know i could be a millionaire who enjoys music blogs

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Jada Reply:
August 22nd, 2012 at 9:48 am
@Miles, all your comments on this site are filled with negativity. if you were winning, you wouldn’t need to hate on others.

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Miles Reply:
August 22nd, 2012 at 10:19 am
@Jada, Only hate on the musicians that aren’t good

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SaucyMcblast Reply:
August 22nd, 2012 at 11:58 am
@Miles, a hater is a hater. and if you hate on everything, then you a loser as well as a hater. millionaires don’t care about other niggas who are winning.

Miles Reply:
August 22nd, 2012 at 1:54 pm
@SaucyMcBlast, I’m loser because I don’t like 2 Chainz music, haha ok. I never said I was a millionaire. I only said to express that you have no clue whats going on with me. I’m 19, with a decent job and attend MICA(3rd best art school in the country) studying Graphic Design, and have just joined a band. So to me it sounds like I am “winning” in my life. I rarely post negative comments on this site. I only tell the truth on what artist are doing a great job in the music, and what artist aren’t doing a good job. And I feel like its a big slap in the face that someone like 2 Chainz who has no musical talent can make money in music when there are musicians who work their butts off to put out quality music. That gives me a right to hate on him

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yo
August 22nd, 2012 at 9:18 am
congrats. he’s a hard worker, he deserves it.

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Miles
August 22nd, 2012 at 9:21 am
Before anyone jumps on me. I know that 2 Chainz music isn’t meant to be the most lyrical music in the world. Its just the kind of music that people get off to in the car. I just feel as though he gives none of his beats justice, and the lyrics aren’t even decent

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Yasmine
August 22nd, 2012 at 9:26 am
I like his voice, but seriously…smh.

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Um.Well.Sure
August 22nd, 2012 at 9:27 am
Congrats to him! I wish people would stop putting him down. Sure he’s not an artist who will be known for their lyricism, but he makes fun party music just like Waka Flocka. Take it for what it is…

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flysly Reply:
August 22nd, 2012 at 9:32 am
@Um.Well.Sure, AGREED!

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boom boom
August 22nd, 2012 at 9:34 am
@Romeo, no it ain’t

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southernboss
August 22nd, 2012 at 9:41 am
but…

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RG2
August 22nd, 2012 at 9:49 am
Congratz 2 Chainz!

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Realist
August 22nd, 2012 at 9:54 am
Am I the only one who thinks 2 Chainz looks like Romeo from IMx/Immature … just darker and w/ dreads?

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Cassive
August 22nd, 2012 at 10:31 am
I downloaded this, I didn’t really like it TBH, didn’t expect it to do well either. Because I have a negative opinion, am I a hater?

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RDK
August 22nd, 2012 at 12:18 pm
not a fan,but congratz to him,he doing him.

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Here Lies Hip-Hop
August 22nd, 2012 at 1:07 pm
If this is what people are buying, the game is a wrap.

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A$AP Richie
August 22nd, 2012 at 1:16 pm
Stop hating and follow the movement. Well done 2 chainz #TRUUUUU

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saint
August 22nd, 2012 at 1:42 pm
i don’t like his music, those rhymes are lame but i respect him for his hard work in making all features and album. congrats

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3gSpeed
August 22nd, 2012 at 3:08 pm
OMG…. Tupac please save us from ourselves!

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Hank
August 22nd, 2012 at 3:33 pm
This is sad.

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Will
August 22nd, 2012 at 10:11 pm
Ew, why?

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YoungPereezy YMCMB-MMG Chapter 5
August 22nd, 2012 at 10:55 pm
Yo!!! Haters u been hatin’on my ni**a Chainz all the Time.
But at the end of day who wins???

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j to The B down to the Dear Sorreey
August 22nd, 2012 at 11:56 pm
the hater can keep it moving & they ain’t doing nothing but Mkaing him alot of money

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Quentin Reply:
August 23rd, 2012 at 7:03 am
@j to The B down to the Dear Sorreey, Yeah. Commenting on a blog makes 2 Chainz a lot of money. SMH

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