The bad news for Yeat is that his Lyfestyle album's first-week projections were downgraded midweek from 95K to 85 K.
The good news is the 24-year-old is set for the first number album of his career.
85K will be enough to hold off longtime holdover Sabrina Carpenter for the top spot on the Billboard 200.
Rod Wave's Last Lap is set 60K in its second week and Glorilla's Glorious 54K in its.
Other than that, there is not much rap and hip-hop near the top as the genre slump continues.