Lil Durk hits paydirt reworking the love ballad.
Lil Durk just hit a personal best this past week, as Love Songs 4 the Streets 2 succeeded in placing 4th on Billboard’s Weekly Album Chart, no small feat for a rapper from such humble beginnings. Only Drake, Ed Sheeran, and Billie Eilish fared better than the 26-year-old vet at the box fice – a gulf nearly 50,000 units sold standing between Drake and Durkio in 4th place.
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Of the 44,000 units equivalent sold between the project’s debut (August 2nd) and the weekly cut f date, 4,000 figure as “traditional sales.” Lil Durk’s previous high occurred in 2015 when Remember My Name peaked at number fifteen. Rounding out the Top 5 was Chris Brown standing pat for the second week in a row.
Trickling down the list were a series companion projects and soundtracks. Oddly enough, Tool stole away with number ten on the list, for an album released back in 1996. The reason for the sudden upshot: their project wasn’t available on streaming platforms up until last week. The band was long considered to be Luddites for resisting the changing conventions the streaming age. A top ten placement is a good way to mitigate the shame. Kudos to Durkio and Tool, you’ve really outdone yourselves this time.