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What’s Selling: Circles Records & Tapes

By Benjamin Leatherman Hip-hop and R&B are king at Circles Records & Tapes, 800 North Central Avenue in Phoenix, as evidenced by the store's top 10 best sellers for the week of August 25-31. Here's what's poppin: 1. The Game, L.A.X. (Geffen) 2. Immortal Technique, The 3rd World (Viper) 3...
By Benjamin LeathermanSeptember 2, 2008
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By Benjamin Leatherman

Hip-hop and R&B are king at Circles Records & Tapes, 800 North Central Avenue in Phoenix, as evidenced by the store’s top 10 best sellers for the week of August 25-31. Here’s what’s poppin:

1. The Game, L.A.X. (Geffen)
2. Immortal Technique, The 3rd World (Viper)
3. Ice Cube, Raw Footage (Lench Mob)
4. SPM, When Devils Strike (Dope House)
5. Young Jeezy, The Recession (Def Jam)
6. Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III (Cash Money)
7. Mariah Carey, E=MC² (Island)
8. Rick Ross, Trilla (Def Jam)
9. Plies, Trilla (Atlantic)
10. Nas, Untitled (Def Jam)

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Benjamin Leatherman is a staff writer for Phoenix New Times where he focuses primarily on arts, culture, music and nightlife. He joined New Times in 2003. Prior to that, he contributed to magazines such as Tips & Tricks and The Wrestler. Benjamin has earned multiple awards from the Arizona Press Club including an award for sports enterprise reporting in 2009 and an award for statewide arts reporting in 2014. He holds a bachelor’s of arts in journalism from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

benjamin.leatherman@newtimes.com

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