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Wrestler's Debut Release 'You Can't See Me' Hits #1 Slot On Top Internet Album Sales Chart
LOS ANGELES, June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- World Wrestling Entertainment® champion and rapper John Cena has beaten new releases by Audioslave (#2), Dave Matthews Band (#3) and every other album in the country this week as YOU CAN'T SEE ME, his debut album, took over the #1 slot on the Top Internet Album chart, according to Nielsen/SoundScan. The album debuted at #15 on the Billboard Top 200 best-selling albums chart the week of its release in mid-May.
Recorded in 2004 at Chaos and Order Basscamp Studios during Cena's rare breaks from the ring, YOU CAN'T SEE ME features 17 original tracks. Paying tribute to the classic two-man rhyming crews of the past, Cena and Tha Trademarc (Marc Predka) nimbly trade verses throughout the album. "You almost never hear a rap crew today working like EPMD or 3rd Bass," says Cena. "I wanted to bring that style back a little and get away from one MC up there doing his thing. Working this way let us attack a song from different directions and create a more dynamic flow."
The album's first single, "Bad, Bad Man," is backed by Chaos' insistent beat and respected rap legend Freddie Foxx (aka Bumpy Knuckles), who created the song's chest-pounding chorus. The new video for "Bad, Bad Man" parodies the classic A-Team television show, features modern special effects and stars: John Cena as Col. John "Hannibal" Smith, Bumpy Knuckles as Sgt. Bosco Albert "B.A." Baracus, Tha Trademarc as Capt. H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock, also a cameo with Different Strokes star Gary Coleman.
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