2. Lupe Fiasco feat. Jill Scott - Daydreamin'
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Lupe Fiasco headlined a free concert at Houston's Hush Nightclub last Saturday. The show also featured comedian / gigolo-rapper Nick Cannon and DTP crooner Bobby Valentino.
3. Nas - Hip-Hop Is Dead
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"Hip Hop Is Dead" finds Nas waxing poetic over Will.i.am's thumping break beat. The song is sonically similar to "Thief's Theme" from Nas' last album Street's Disciple.
4. Akon feat. Snoop Dogg - I Wanna Love You
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Akon currently has two songs on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. "I Wanna Love You" camps at No.30, while "Smack That" is only one spot shy of No.1.
5. Young Jeezy - I Luv It
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Young Jeezy and DJ Drama have hooked up for a Gangsta Grillz mixtape, I Am the Street Dream, scheduled for November 14. The Inspiration, Jeezy's follow-up to the double platinum-selling Thug Motivation 101, slated for December 12.
6. Snoop Dogg featuring R.Kelly - That's That
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About "That's That," the second single from Tha Blue Carpet Treatmet, Snoop says it's "theme music for a classy gangsta party--that's when you ladies pull out the high heels and the playas pull out the three-piece suits. You'll see in the video! Me and R. Kelly had a lot of fun shooting this one." The video for "That's That" will make its debut on November 7th on MTV.
7. Talib Kweli - Listen!!!
Talib Kweli has been added to the virtual community known as Second Life. Second Life is a popular 3D social network, in which users build and own their content online. Anyone who logs in and creates a (free) membership in Second Life is able to interact with the Brooklyn rapper via his 'avatar,' or virtual world persona.
8. Jay-Z - Show Me What You Got
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Jay-Z is currently featured on the cover of Life magazine as well as the December issue of XXL.
9. Eminem, 50 Cent, Ca$his, and Lloyd Banks - You Don't Know
Eminem recently unveiled the hand-drawn album cover for The Re-Up. The cover depicts his Shady Records artists including Proof and 50 Cent.
10. Clipse - What It Do (Wamp Wamp)
Part of the reason for delaying the Clipse's Hell Hath No Fury stemmed from failure to agree on a second single. Jive Records execs wanted "Dirty Money," a 'ladies song', to be the follow-up to "Mr. Me Too" but Pusha T and Malice insisted on releasing "What It Do (Wamp Wamp)" as the second single. I'm sure you know who had the last laugh.
