Well, not quite.
A little soundtrack calledHigh School Musical 2took care of that.
But it was still a pleasant surprise to find the ever-clever Brooklyn emcee at No.
2 onthis weeks Billboard albums chartwhen the numbers came in last night.
That includes rap producer Swizz Beatz, whose solo debutOne Man Band Mansold 45,000 copies for a seventh-place finish.
Its hard to predict CD sales in advance these days, but Id never have guessed that one.
After all, Swizzy has a much bigger mainstream profile than Kweli.
Kweli, despite the many moments of brilliance in his past releases, has yet to crack pop radio.
So what gave him the edge this time?
Just a few weeks ago, Kwelis fellow poetCommonnabbedthe first No.
