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Jay-Z climbed three spaces with Blueprint 3, as his "Empire State Of Mind" takes on radio as his third album single. Jay joins Eminem and The Black Eyed Peas as the lone three platinum 2009 Rap albums. The trio is within 300,000 units of each other, making for an interesting finish by year end. Speaking of, the Peas refuse to quit. The E.N.D. climbed an astonishing 17 spots in the last week, after being out for over three months. The California veterans are striking new chords with their latest single "Meet Me Halfway." R&B occupied the rest of the top urban chart placements. Mario debuted this week, with D.N.A. The singer's fourth album serves as a premier to G.O.O.D. Music family nephew Big Sean on the song "Before She Said Hi." Mariah Carey's latest, Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel remained in the Top 10, clearing the 250,000 mark. This effort gained street support with help from Gucci Mane on "Obsessed (Remix)." Whitney Houston slipped two spots from last week with I Look To You, one of the biggest comeback albums of 2009. The effort still stands a chance of reaching platinum by year's end. * please note: figures below approximated to nearest thousandeth. Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B) Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total 3 Jay-Z Blueprint 3 55,000 1,116,000 6 Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D. 40,000 1,235,000 9 Mario D.N.A. 32,000 32,000 10 Mariah Carey Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel 31,000 254,000 15 Whitney Houston I Look To You 24,000 731,000 The charts were quite bottom-heavy last week too. Fat Joe's J.O.S.E. 2 took a dive on the charts. The latest from the once plaque-guaranteed star fell 103 places from its already dismal debut week. The album fell just ahead of T.I.'s Paper Trail, an acclaimed Rap album released over a year ago, returning to the charts for the first time in several weeks. Ghostface Killah dropped 36 places with Ghostdini: The Wizard Of Poetry In The Emerald City. Ghost is already in talks with Raekwon and Method Man about a trio album, that RZA officially wants to be involved with. Snoop Dogg debuted in the Top 150, with his shelved recordings between 1992 and 1998, during his tenure at the controversial Death Row Records imprint. Lost Sessions Volume 1 features vintage Dr. Dre production, as well as appearances from Lady Of Rage, Nate Dogg and a much younger Dogg Pound. Based off of the super-collab hit from Drake, "Forever," the Music Inspired By More Than A Game is one of the bigger Rap soundtracks of the last two years. The Interscope release boasts tracks from Jay-Z, Rich Boy, T.I. and Black Wall Street artist Ya Boy. Ghostface Killah Ghostdini: The Wizard Of Poetry In The Emerald City 4,600 31,000 129 Snoop Doggy Dogg Death Row: The Lost Sessions Volume 1 4,400 4,400 149 More Than A Game Original Soundtrack 3,600 15,000 176 Fat Joe Jealous Ones Still Envy 2 2,900 11,000 177 T.I. Paper Trail 2,900 2,023,000 Will Fashawn, Cormega and Royce Da 5'9" swarm the charts in independent Hip Hop glory?