Well it looks like what they say about Joe Budden fans being “downloading bastids” is true. Padded Room‘s first week sales clock in at a disapointing 13,860 units. I personally thought he would have done around 30k.

Another interesting thing is K’naan’s Troubador sold just over 15k. Now if you don’t know who K’aan is he’s like a Somali-Canadian Mos Def/Bob Marley/Q-Tip type rapper. He’s also had a fairly considerable internet buzz to people within a certain demographic -tree hugging/anti-war/liberal internet douce bags. He’s managed to outsell Budden because his fans don’t bootlegg because it is “stealing from the artist” and they are all in their twenties and thirties and can afford to buy an album.

What do you think about Padded Room‘s first week sales?