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The Adventures of Ichiban on the CMJ Charts

I realized earlier this week that a lot of you amateur journalists might be confused about the news we have been reporting regarding the CMJ Hip Hop Charts.

This is because The Official CMJ Website does not post a new chart for the public to see until usually 2 or 3 weeks after that chart is released.

So for the sake of clarity, we have chronicled the rise of "Psycle Analysis", the debut album from Rapper Ichiban of Denver, on the CMJ Hip Hop Top 40.

















CMJ Issue #1084: In his fifth week on the CMJ Top 40 Hip Hop chart, Ichiban dropped out of the Top 20, and landed at #21 on the CMJ Hip Hop chart.

TW	LW	2W	PK	WKS	Artist	Recording	Label
1	1	1	1	13	MURS	Murs For President	Warner Bros.
2	2	2	2	9	JAKE ONE	White Van Music	Rhymesayers
3	4	3	3	7	MIGHTY UNDERDOGS	Droppin' Science Fiction	Definitive Jux
4	3	6	3	5	AZEEM	Air Cartoons	Oaklyn
5	6	4	4	5	STREETS	Everything Is Borrowed	Vice
6	7	9	6	5	ILLA J	Yancey Boys	Delicious Vinyl
7	10	10	5	9	MADLIB THE BEAT KONDUCTA	WLIB AM: King Of The Wig Flip	BBE-!K7
8	8	5	2	9	PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS	Fun DMC	Gold Dust
9	5	11	5	5	KABOOSE	Excuse Me	Syntax
10	-	-	10	2	88-KEYS	The Death Of Adam	Decon
11	12	12	1	13	COMMON MARKET	Tobacco Road	Hyena-Massline
12	13	7	5	7	ROOTS MANUVA	Slime And Reason	Big Dada
13	11	17	11	4	THE KNUX	Remind Me In 3 Days	E Pluribus Unum
14	9	8	8	6	CYNE	Pretty Dark Things	Hometapes
15	14	14	1	18	NAS	Untitled	Columbia-Def Jam
16	16	19	13	10	JOSH MARTINEZ	The World Famous Sex Buffet	CamoBear
17	-	-	17	1	EVIDENCE	The Layover [EP]	Decon
18	26	-	18	4	MIKE RELM	Spectacle	Radio Fried
19	17	13	6	10	DJ K.O.	Picture This	Shaman Work
20	-	-	20	1	MC FRONTALOT	Final Boss	Level Up
21	18	33	18	5	ICHIBAN	Psycle Analysis	Life
22	32	-	17	10	IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE	"The Third World" [Single]	Viper
23	21	23	1	30	ATMOSPHERE	When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold	Rhymesayers
24	20	27	20	7	YO! MAJESTY	Futuristically Speaking... Never Be Afraid	Domino
25	30	21	14	7	RESTIFORM BODIES	TV Loves You Back	Anticon
26	-	-	26	1	JEDI MIND TRICKS	A History Of Violence	Babygrande
27	28	28	4	11	DAN LE SAC VS. SCROOBIUS PIP	Angles	Strange Famous
28	15	15	4	11	LARGE PROFESSOR	Main Source	Gold Dust
29	19	-	19	2	Q-TIP	The Renaissance	Universal Motown
30	-	32	30	2	MOKA ONLY	Carrots And Eggs	Urbnet
31	-	-	31	1	GRIEVES AND BUDO	88 Keys And Counting	Black Clover
32	31	34	31	3	MENAHAN STREET BAND	Make The Road By Walking	Daptone-Dunham
33	22	18	5	12	DJ MUGGS AND PLANET ASIA	Pain Language	Gold Dust
34	25	16	13	10	C-RAYZ WALZ AND KOSHA DILLZ	Freestyle Vs. Written	Modular Moods
35	34	-	6	9	BUFF1	There's Only One	A-Side Worldwide-LTP-A-Side
36	29	-	29	2	TITTSWORTH	Twelve Steps	Plant Music
37	-	-	37	1	BSTC	Music For A Saturday Evening EP	All Natural
38	-	37	30	5	TECH N9NE	Killer	Strange
39	-	-	30	6	D-SISIVE	The Book	Urbnet
40	-	-	40	1	NOW ON	Tomorrow Already	A-Side Worldwide

CMJ Issue #1083: In his fourth week on the CMJ Top 40 Hip Hop chart, Ichiban reached his highest mark yet, breaking the Top 20, and landing at #18. This is especially important because now YOU can go to CMJ.COM, next week, and Ichiban's music will be featured on the Top 20 Hip Hop Chart. Cracking the Top 20 provides Ichiban with many more benefits than before, because many publications only show the Top 20 for Hip Hop.

TW	LW	2W	PK	WKS	Artist	Recording	Label
1	1	1	1	12	MURS	Murs For President	Warner Bros.
2	2	2	2	8	JAKE ONE	White Van Music	Rhymesayers
3	6	14	3	4	AZEEM	Air Cartoons	Oaklyn
4	3	3	3	6	MIGHTY UNDERDOGS	Droppin' Science Fiction	Definitive Jux
5	11	21	5	4	KABOOSE	Excuse Me	Syntax
6	4	7	4	4	STREETS	Everything Is Borrowed	Vice
7	9	35	7	4	ILLA J	Yancey Boys	Delicious Vinyl
8	5	4	2	8	PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS	Fun DMC	Gold Dust
9	8	8	8	5	CYNE	Pretty Dark Things	Hometapes
10	10	6	5	8	MADLIB THE BEAT KONDUCTA	WLIB AM: King Of The Wig Flip	BBE-!K7
11	17	31	11	3	THE KNUX	Remind Me In 3 Days	E Pluribus Unum
12	12	9	1	12	COMMON MARKET	Tobacco Road	Hyena-Massline
13	7	5	5	6	ROOTS MANUVA	Slime And Reason	Big Dada
14	14	12	1	17	NAS	Untitled	Columbia-Def Jam
15	15	11	4	10	LARGE PROFESSOR	Main Source	Gold Dust
16	19	13	13	9	JOSH MARTINEZ	The World Famous Sex Buffet	CamoBear
17	13	10	6	9	DJ K.O.	Picture This	Shaman Work
18	33	33	18	4	ICHIBAN	Psycle Analysis	Life
19	-	-	19	1	Q-TIP	The Renaissance	Universal Motown
20	27	24	20	6	YO! MAJESTY	Futuristically Speaking... Never Be Afraid	Domino
21	23	20	1	29	ATMOSPHERE	When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold	Rhymesayers
22	18	16	5	11	DJ MUGGS AND PLANET ASIA	Pain Language	Gold Dust
23	24	18	11	12	EMC	The Show	Traffic Entertainment Group
24	-	37	24	3	NEW JACK HUSTLE	Sound Check	Tres
25	16	15	13	9	C-RAYZ WALZ AND KOSHA DILLZ	Freestyle Vs. Written	Modular Moods
26	-	29	26	3	MIKE RELM	Spectacle	Radio Fried
27	31	32	27	5	BLVD	Music For People	Self-Released
28	28	-	4	10	DAN LE SAC VS. SCROOBIUS PIP	Angles	Strange Famous
29	-	-	29	1	TITTSWORTH	Twelve Steps	Plant Music
30	21	25	14	6	RESTIFORM BODIES	TV Loves You Back	Anticon
31	34	-	31	2	MENAHAN STREET BAND	Make The Road By Walking	Daptone-Dunham
32	-	27	17	9	IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE	"The Third World" [Single]	Viper
33	-	-	33	1	FOREIGN EXCHANGE	Leave It All Behind	Nicolay
34	-	-	6	8	BUFF1	There's Only One	A-Side Worldwide-LTP-A-Side
35	30	40	1	19	DOOMTREE	Doomtree	Doomtree
36	-	-	4	20	PRESTO	State Of The Art	Concrete Grooves
37	-	-	31	3	JOHNSON AND JONSON	Johnson And Jonson	Tres
38	-	36	3	14	FACTOR	Chandelier	Fake Four
39	20	17	17	4	FORT KNOX FIVE	Radio Free D.C.	Fort Knox
40	-	-	10	21	RAASHAN AHMAD	The Push	Om

CMJ ISSUE #1082: In his third week on the CMJ Top 40 Hip Hop chart, Ichiban held down the #33 position he had claimed in Issue #1081. At this point he could have either gained momentum, or lost it completley.

TW	LW	2W	PK	WKS	Artist	Recording	Label
1	1	1	1	11	MURS	Murs For President	Warner Bros.
2	2	2	2	7	JAKE ONE	White Van Music	Rhymesayers
3	3	5	3	5	MIGHTY UNDERDOGS	Droppin' Science Fiction	Definitive Jux
4	7	11	4	3	STREETS	Everything Is Borrowed	Vice
5	4	3	2	7	PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS	Fun DMC	Gold Dust
6	14	38	6	3	AZEEM	Air Cartoons	Oaklyn
7	5	6	5	5	ROOTS MANUVA	Slime And Reason	Big Dada
8	8	16	8	4	CYNE	Pretty Dark Things	Hometapes
9	35	-	9	3	ILLA J	Yancey Boys	Delicious Vinyl
10	6	7	5	7	MADLIB THE BEAT KONDUCTA	WLIB AM: King Of The Wig Flip	BBE-!K7
11	21	17	11	3	KABOOSE	Excuse Me	Syntax
12	9	4	1	11	COMMON MARKET	Tobacco Road	Hyena-Massline
13	10	8	6	8	DJ K.O.	Picture This	Shaman Work
14	12	10	1	16	NAS	Untitled	Columbia-Def Jam
15	11	9	4	9	LARGE PROFESSOR	Main Source	Gold Dust
16	15	13	13	8	C-RAYZ WALZ AND KOSHA DILLZ	Freestyle Vs. Written	Modular Moods
17	31	-	17	2	THE KNUX	Remind Me In 3 Days	E Pluribus Unum
18	16	21	5	10	DJ MUGGS AND PLANET ASIA	Pain Language	Gold Dust
19	13	18	13	8	JOSH MARTINEZ	The World Famous Sex Buffet	CamoBear
20	17	28	17	3	FORT KNOX FIVE	Radio Free D.C.	Fort Knox
21	25	14	14	5	RESTIFORM BODIES	TV Loves You Back	Anticon
22	26	15	3	11	HIGH DECIBELS	HD	Rolling Jack
23	20	27	1	28	ATMOSPHERE	When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold	Rhymesayers
24	18	12	11	11	EMC	The Show	Traffic Entertainment Group
25	19	19	9	9	PARIS	Acid Reflex	Guerrilla Funk
26	22	-	22	2	FANNYPACK	Ghetto Bootleg	Tommy Boy
27	24	20	20	5	YO! MAJESTY	Futuristically Speaking... Never Be Afraid	Domino
28	-	22	4	9	DAN LE SAC VS. SCROOBIUS PIP	Angles	Strange Famous
29	28	23	14	9	CECIL OTTER	Rebel Yellow	Doomtree
30	40	35	1	18	DOOMTREE	Doomtree	Doomtree
31	32	31	31	4	BLVD	Music For People	Self-Released
32	-	-	32	1	MOKA ONLY	Carrots And Eggs	Urbnet
33	33	39	33	3	ICHIBAN	Psycle Analysis	Life
34	-	-	34	1	MENAHAN STREET BAND	Make The Road By Walking	Daptone-Dunham
35	34	29	16	9	ARAM DANESH	The Grind	Mammoth
36	-	-	36	1	TOBACCO	Fucked Up Friends	Anticon
37	-	30	30	4	TECH N9NE	Killer	Strange
38	23	25	23	6	MIKE MICTLAN AND LAZERBEAK	Hand Over Fist	Doomtree
39	30	24	20	9	FOREIGN LEGION	The Secret Knock	Hunger Strike
40	-	-	40	1	NIGHTMARES ON WAX	Thought So...	Warp

CMJ ISSUE #1081: In his second week on the CMJ Top 40 Hip Hop chart, Ichiban proved that his album charting was no fluke, as he didn't just remain on the chart, he actually climbed from #39 up to #33.

TW	LW	2W	PK	WKS	Artist	Recording	Label
1	1	1	1	10	MURS	Murs For President	Warner Bros.
2	2	2	2	6	JAKE ONE	White Van Music	Rhymesayers
3	5	10	3	4	MIGHTY UNDERDOGS	Droppin' Science Fiction	Definitive Jux
4	3	4	2	6	PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS	Fun DMC	Gold Dust
5	6	8	5	4	ROOTS MANUVA	Slime And Reason	Big Dada
6	7	5	5	6	MADLIB THE BEAT KONDUCTA	WLIB AM: King Of The Wig Flip	BBE-!K7
7	11	-	7	2	STREETS	Everything Is Borrowed	Vice
8	16	18	8	3	CYNE	Pretty Dark Things	Hometapes
9	4	3	1	10	COMMON MARKET	Tobacco Road	Hyena-Massline
10	8	6	6	7	DJ K.O.	Picture This	Shaman Work
11	9	7	4	8	LARGE PROFESSOR	Main Source	Gold Dust
12	10	9	1	15	NAS	Untitled	Columbia-Def Jam
13	18	15	13	7	JOSH MARTINEZ	The World Famous Sex Buffet	CamoBear
14	38	-	14	2	AZEEM	Air Cartoons	Oaklyn
15	13	13	13	7	C-RAYZ WALZ AND KOSHA DILLZ	Freestyle Vs. Written	Modular Moods
16	21	19	5	9	DJ MUGGS AND PLANET ASIA	Pain Language	Gold Dust
17	28	-	17	2	FORT KNOX FIVE	Radio Free D.C.	Fort Knox
18	12	12	11	10	EMC	The Show	Traffic Entertainment Group
19	19	16	9	8	PARIS	Acid Reflex	Guerrilla Funk
20	27	22	1	27	ATMOSPHERE	When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold	Rhymesayers
21	17	-	17	2	KABOOSE	Excuse Me	Syntax
22	-	-	22	1	FANNYPACK	Ghetto Bootleg	Tommy Boy
23	25	26	23	5	MIKE MICTLAN AND LAZERBEAK	Hand Over Fist	Doomtree
24	20	25	20	4	YO! MAJESTY	Futuristically Speaking... Never Be Afraid	Domino
25	14	14	14	4	RESTIFORM BODIES	TV Loves You Back	Anticon
26	15	11	3	10	HIGH DECIBELS	HD	Rolling Jack
27	26	-	17	8	IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE	"The Third World" [Single]	Viper
28	23	17	14	8	CECIL OTTER	Rebel Yellow	Doomtree
29	36	-	29	2	MIKE RELM	Spectacle	Radio Fried
30	24	24	20	8	FOREIGN LEGION	The Secret Knock	Hunger Strike
31	-	-	31	1	THE KNUX	Remind Me In 3 Days	E Pluribus Unum
32	31	36	31	3	BLVD	Music For People	Self-Released
33	39	-	33	2	ICHIBAN	Psycle Analysis	Life
34	29	-	16	8	ARAM DANESH	The Grind	Mammoth
35	-	37	35	2	ILLA J	Yancey Boys	Delicious Vinyl
36	-	-	3	13	FACTOR	Chandelier	Fake Four
37	37	-	37	2	NEW JACK HUSTLE	Sound Check	Tres
38	-	-	38	1	GHETTO	"It's Nuthin" [Single]	Stay Focused
39	-	-	39	1	BLACK MILK	Tronic	Fat Beats
40	35	30	1	17	DOOMTREE	Doomtree	Doomtree

CMJ ISSUE #1080: In his first week on the CMJ Top 40 Hip Hop chart, Ichiban just barely made it, pushing his way into the #39 position. With this accomplishment, Ichiban got a special congratulations from Dave Herrera in the Westword.

TW	LW	2W	PK	WKS	Artist	Recording	Label
1	1	3	1	9	MURS	Murs For President	Warner Bros.
2	2	2	2	5	JAKE ONE	White Van Music	Rhymesayers
3	4	4	2	5	PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS	Fun DMC	Gold Dust
4	3	1	1	9	COMMON MARKET	Tobacco Road	Hyena-Massline
5	10	32	5	3	MIGHTY UNDERDOGS	Droppin' Science Fiction	Definitive Jux
6	8	8	6	3	ROOTS MANUVA	Slime And Reason	Big Dada
7	5	6	5	5	MADLIB THE BEAT KONDUCTA	WLIB AM: King Of The Wig Flip	BBE-!K7
8	6	7	6	6	DJ K.O.	Picture This	Shaman Work
9	7	5	4	7	LARGE PROFESSOR	Main Source	Gold Dust
10	9	9	1	14	NAS	Untitled	Columbia-Def Jam
11	-	-	11	1	STREETS	Everything Is Borrowed	Vice
12	12	11	11	9	EMC	The Show	Traffic Entertainment Group
13	13	15	13	6	C-RAYZ WALZ AND KOSHA DILLZ	Freestyle Vs. Written	Modular Moods
14	14	22	14	3	RESTIFORM BODIES	TV Loves You Back	Anticon
15	11	12	3	9	HIGH DECIBELS	HD	Rolling Jack
16	18	-	16	2	CYNE	Pretty Dark Things	Hometapes
17	-	-	17	1	KABOOSE	Excuse Me	Syntax
18	15	18	15	6	JOSH MARTINEZ	The World Famous Sex Buffet	CamoBear
19	16	14	9	7	PARIS	Acid Reflex	Guerrilla Funk
20	25	33	20	3	YO! MAJESTY	Futuristically Speaking... Never Be Afraid	Domino
21	19	10	5	8	DJ MUGGS AND PLANET ASIA	Pain Language	Gold Dust
22	23	13	4	8	DAN LE SAC VS. SCROOBIUS PIP	Angles	Strange Famous
23	17	19	14	7	CECIL OTTER	Rebel Yellow	Doomtree
24	24	20	20	7	FOREIGN LEGION	The Secret Knock	Hunger Strike
25	26	29	25	4	MIKE MICTLAN AND LAZERBEAK	Hand Over Fist	Doomtree
26	-	-	17	7	IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE	"The Third World" [Single]	Viper
27	22	23	1	26	ATMOSPHERE	When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold	Rhymesayers
28	-	-	28	1	FORT KNOX FIVE	Radio Free D.C.	Fort Knox
29	-	26	16	7	ARAM DANESH	The Grind	Mammoth
30	31	40	30	3	TECH N9NE	Killer	Strange
31	36	-	31	2	BLVD	Music For People	Self-Released
32	-	31	31	2	JOHNSON AND JONSON	Johnson And Jonson	Tres
33	-	-	33	1	88-KEYS	The Death Of Adam	Decon
34	-	-	26	8	RZA AS BOBBY DIGITAL	Digi Snacks	Koch
35	30	28	1	16	DOOMTREE	Doomtree	Doomtree
36	-	-	36	1	MIKE RELM	Spectacle	Radio Fried
37	-	-	37	1	NEW JACK HUSTLE	Sound Check	Tres
38	-	-	38	1	AZEEM	Air Cartoons	Oaklyn
39	-	-	39	1	ICHIBAN	Psycle Analysis	Life
40	35	-	10	20	RAASHAN AHMAD	The Push	Om

Stay tuned to see how much longer this Denver MC can hold down a position on this national Hip Hop chart.


And don't forget, it made news when this dude hit #39, it still hasen't made news that he has made it to #18, so you heard it here first!