*Cue action movie soundtrack* Something magical happens in hip-hop in the last 3 months of every year. Labels pull out the biggest big name artists money can buy and blast them off into the air, with hopes that holiday shoppers will stop to scoop up a CD or two. Sometimes the 4th Quarter rush yields great music. At other times, we get a bunch of hastily packaged albums. As we enter 2008's final lap, I've sifted through the noise to bring you a preview of the most wanted rap albums.
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- Jay-Z - 'Blueprint III'
- Kanye West - '808s & Heartbreak'
- QTip - 'The Renaissance'
- Mos Def - 'The Ecstatic'Mos Def
- Jadakiss - 'The Last Kiss'
- Scarface - 'Emeritus'
- Common - 'Universal Mind Control'
- 50 Cent - 'Before I Self Destruct'50 Cent - Before I Self Destruct
- Ludacris - 'Theater Of The Mind'
- Ghostface Killah - 'Ghostdeini the Great'
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