I wonder how many copies of the album were shipped, the album not leaking could be a decent indicator of that which is why bigger artist's (as in charts/expected sales) albums leak earlier
hope they've not undershipped
Nas albums always receive a decent number of shipments. I worked at Best Buy during the periods where both HHID and Untitled were released and there was always a huge crate of CD'S wrapped up on a huge pallete waiting for the release date, and he always gets the " new release" spot right near the front of the department