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Could Lil Wayne Top Billboard From Prison

Kicking a man while he’s down is what Rikers officials tried to do by suspending Wayne’s contraband violation. They waited till it was clear sailing and he was on the way out to invoke his 23hr lockdown. So the next time Wayne’s gets more than an hour of personal time will be when he’s released.

Wayne kept up with fans while at Rikers through his website WeezyThanxkYou which could be one of the factors having some believe He’s Not Human and defying all odds. And by doing so might just end up on-top of the Billboard charts from the penn.

Lil Wayne staggered release of “I Am Not A Human Being” might just pay off in a No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart next week.

Industry prognosticators are projecting that the CD edition of the album — which was released this week, two weeks after the digital version came out — could help propel the set to the top of the list with perhaps around 80,000 to 90,000 sold by week’s end on Oct. 17. (The digital album opened at No. 2 last week with 110,000.)

The physical version of “I Am Not A Human Being” adds three extra songs to the original 10-track digital lineup. Fans who bought the digital album but want the three new songs can purchase them a la carte through digital retailers, or as part of a new three-song EP.

Hootie & the Blowfish frontman-turned solo country star Darius Rucker may bow at No. 2 with his second country set, “Charleston, SC 1966,” with perhaps 65,000 to 75,000. His last release, 2008’s “Learn to Live,” debuted and peaked at No. 5 off a 60,000-unit start, according to Nielsen SoundScan.