Dinner and a Movie (album) explained

Dinner and a Movie
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Brotha Lynch Hung
Cover:	Brotha_Lynch_Hung_-_Dinner_and_a_movie.jpg
Released:	March 23, 2010
Genre:	West Coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop, horrorcore, gangsta rap
Length:	77:40
Label:	Strange Music
Producer:	Travis O'Guin (exec.)
Prev Title:	The New Season
Prev Year:	2006
Next Title:	Coathanga Strangla
Next Year:	2011

Dinner and a Movie is the sixth studio album by American rapper Brotha Lynch Hung.^[1] It was released on March 23, 2010, by Strange Music.^[2]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 69 on the US Billboard 200, selling 7,900 copies in its first week of release.^{[3] [4]} It is his best debut on the charts since his album Loaded (1997). Dinner and a Movie sold 3,100 copies in its second week of sales, bringing total sales to 11,000 copies.^[5] According to an interview with the Strange Music Travis O’Guin, the album was under-shipped by retailers. Strange Music was planning to have this shipped between 35,000 and 40,000 copies, and yet it only have sold 12,120 units that were shipped due to difficulties with their distributor, Universal Fontana.^[6] To date, the album has sold over 45,000 copies in the US.

Critical reception

Dinner and a Movie received critical acclaim from music critics. David Jeffries of Allmusic remarked that Brotha Lynch Hung is "not only on top of his game on this 2010 effort, but he’s also found a perfect match when it comes to labels." Jeffries also praised the plot, mentioning that the story "goes from gross to scary to sympathetic and personal, and then back again, all without losing a step or trying your patience."^[7] HipHopDX also gave the album a positive review, saying that its "honesty and delivery that mixes with the horror make this album both a brilliant comeback story, and a career milestone."^[8] iHipHop affirmed this, describing Dinner and a Movie as "one of the best albums of 2010 thus far, and is easily the most polished effort in Brother Lynch Hung's catalogue." All three reviewers gave the album four stars out of five.

Chart positions

Chart (2010)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	69
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[9]	18
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)^[10]	6

External links

• Official album website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Brotha Lynch Hung - Discography, biography, music, MP3s, credits, pictures & videos at SoundUnwound . Soundunwound.com . 2012-02-13.
2. Web site: Dinner and a Movie. Amazon.com. 17 October 2018.
3. Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=brotha lynch hung|chart=Billboard 200}} Billboard 200 Chart History ]. . . 2010-04-01.
4. Web site: Allen . Jacobs . Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 3/28/2010 . Cheri Media Group . March 31, 2010 . March 31, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100710104725/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.10935/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-3-28-2010 . July 10, 2010 . dead .
5. Web site: Music - The Hip-Hop Herald 04.08.10: DETOX IS COMING . 411mania.com . 2012-02-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120929081155/http://www.411mania.com/music/columns/135140/The-Hip-Hop-Herald-04.08.10:-DETOX-IS-COMING.htm . 2012-09-29 . dead .
6. Web site: Paine . Jake . Industry 101: Travis O'Guin | Rappers Talk Hip Hop Beef & Old School Hip Hop . HipHop DX . 2010-04-06 . 2012-02-13.
7. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1727816|pure_url=yes}} ''Dinner and a Movie'' review ]. David . Jeffries . Allmusic.com . Rovi Corporation . 2010-04-09 . 2010-04-09 .
8. Web site: Jake . Paine . Dinner and a Movie review . HipHopDX.com . Cheri Media Group . 2010-03-23 . 2010-03-23.
9. Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=brotha lynch hung|chart=R&B/Hip-Hop Albums B}} R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart History ]. . . 2010-04-01.
10. Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=brotha lynch hung|chart=Rap Albums}} Rap Albums Chart History ]. . . 2010-04-01.