Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre‘s Missionary album is set to debut next week’s US Billboard 200 chart and its not going to be on high place as we were probably expecting.
According to HITSDailyDouble, the much-anticipated album from the iconic West Coast duo is projected to earn just 36,000 equivalent units in its first week. With that number, the project will likely debut at number 20 on the Billboard 200, behind previously-released rap albums such as Tyler, The Creator‘s Chromakopia and Kendrick Lamar‘s GNX.
If the forecast is accurate, Missionary would be one of Snoop’s least commercially successful albums and by far Dre’s worst performing release, even though album includes some heavyweight features like Eminem, 50 Cent, Sting and Jelly Roll. Snoop has dropped a series of low-selling projects in recent years, with Bible of Love, Algorithm and Bacc on Death Row all struggling to crack the top 100 on the Billboard 200.
Dre (who produced Missionary but isn’t technically billed as a lead artist) has never debuted outside of the top 10 or sold less than 200,000 first-week units. Despite this, the N.W.A legend has heaped high praise on Missionary in terms of its quality, calling it one of the best efforts of his decorated career.
