Briefly: Clay Aiken, Tupac Shakur, Ringo Starr, Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz

"Measure of a Man," the debut album from "American Idol" runner-up Clay Aiken , sold 613,000 copies during its first week in stores, and will debut at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 album chart, according to industry sources.

Dropping to No. 2 is last week's No. 1 album, Ludacris' "Chicken & Beer." R&B group Jagged Edge enters the chart at No. 3, while OutKast's "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" dips to No. 4.

Rounding out the Top 5 is Barbra Streisand's "The Movie Album," which sold more than 160,000 copies during its first week out.

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Atlanta-based hip-hop group Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz will release a CD/DVD set titled "Part II" on Nov. 25. The lead single is "Get Low Remix," which features guests Elephant Man and Busta Rhymes. The set also features the rare "Get Low (Merengue Mix)," as well as several previously unreleased recordings, according to TVT Records.

The DVD features behind-the-scenes footage, as well as the group's entire video catalog.

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"Tupac Resurrection," a documentary about the life of late rapper Tupac Shakur, is scheduled to hit theaters on Nov. 14.

The movie is billed as "the only film made in collaboration with Shakur's mother, former Black Panther Afeni Shakur" and "the only film told entirely in his own words."

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Ringo Starr 's "Ringo Rama" album, which was originally released in March, will be reissued as a three-disc set on Nov. 11.

The package includes three new bonus tracks ("OK Ray," "I'm Home" and a remixed version of "Blink"), a 40-minute interview disc and a 70-minute DVD that includes footage from the original "Ringo Rama" sessions with Eric Clapton, David Gilmour, Timothy B. Schmit, Shawn Colvin and others. The DVD also features 20 minutes of new footage from the making of the "Never Without You" video, including extensive commentary by Starr, according to Koch Entertainment.

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