=== MAIN STORIES === - TMZ reports that the booty call txt msg that triggered the assault of rihanna by chris brown was sent from his 40 yr old manager tina davis. It is rumored that the two have dated in the past.
- Coolio is facing 3 yrs in jail after being charged with crack cocaine possession following last weeks arrest at LAX Airport.
- 50 Cent has released stills from a sextape which features rick ross's other baby other - Brooke, the professional escort.
- Allhiphop.com's illseed reports there is a fake lil wayne from philly who is making a small fortune by booking shows as lil wayne.
(press pic to enlarge) DJRooftop.com are proud to be the first to anounce that Swedish rapper MOFO are now a full worthy member of the movement KARTELLEN !!!
2008 was definitely the biggest year for collaborations, here are the artists who put in the most work and the estimated number of tracks they recorded that saw a release.
The weekly show that reports all the developments in Hip Hop from news and new releases to album sales and charts. Hosted by Valerie Lora, this weeks show features:
=== NEW RELEASES ===
Ghostface Killah - GhostDeini The Great Plies - Da Realist Soulja Boy: iSouljaBoyTellem Freekey Zekey - Henny And A Cigarette Jamie Foxx - Intuition Keyshia Cole - A Different Me The Best Of Killah Priest and A Prelude To The Offering Anthony Hamilton - The Point Of It All Hear-It-First.net's Mixtape of the Week is "DJ Dave - The Boss (Pt. 2)"
=== BILLBOARD 200 ===
Last week’s album sales courtesy of NEILSEN’s SOUND SCAN:
1. Beyonce - I AM SASHA FIERCE 159,173 | 1m 2. Kanye West - 808s & HEARTBREAK 126,827 | 719,900 3. Musiq SoulChild - ON MY RADIO 91,498 | NEW ENTRY 4. Common - UNIVERSAL MIND CONTROL 81,663 | NEW ENTRY 5. Brandy - HUMAN 72,772 | NEW ENTRY 6. Akon - FREEDOM 63,033 | 173,894 7. Ludacris - THEATER OF THE MIND 53,078 | 332,499 8. Avant - AVANT 51,971 | NEW ENTRY 9. T.I. - PAPER TRAIL 46,292 | 1.3m 10.Rihanna - GOOD GIRL GONE BAD 37,106 | 2.1m
=== TOP FIVE ===
This week’s top 5 selling digital songs on iTunes:
# 5 Beyonce - "If I Were a Boy" # 4 T.I ft Rihanna - "Live Your Life" # 3 Kanye West - "Heartless" # 2 Kanye West again - "Love Lockdown" # 1 Beyonce's - "Single Ladies (Put A Ring on It)"
The whole world watched as a Record number of voters turned out to elect 47year old Barack Obama , the first African American President with 53% of the votes to John McCains 46%.
Celebrations took place across the universe, CNN featured a Will.i.am hollogram, Jesse Jackson & Oprah cried and every rapper made a youtube obama victory speech video. Earlier in the week in an interview with MTV, Sway asked Obama about his thoughts on banning sagging pants:
We should be focused on creating jobs, improving our schools, getting health care, dealing with the war in Iraq. "Having said that, brothers should pull up their pants. You're walking by your mother, your grandmother, and your underwear is showing"
50 Cent teamed up with Bette Midler to Launch "The Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson Community Garden" in his hometown of Queens, New York.
and finally Jay Z is contemplating running for Mayor of New York City in 2009!
===NEW RELEASES=== Q-Tip - The Renaissance Big Shug - Other Side of the Game Fat Pat - I Had a Ghetto Dream Little Brother - Separate But Equal (Drama Free Version) Sadat X - Generation X J-Boogie - Jae Hood: The Book Of Joshua 2008 A.D (Life After D-Block) DJ Skee Presents: Evidence - The Layover Mixtape
===NEW MUSIC=== Top 10 Best Obama songs:
1. Changes - Tupac 2. Black President - Nas 3. My Presidents Black - Young Jeezy ft Nas 4. Waiting To Change The World - Twista, Joe Budden & John Meyer 5. Letter To Obama - Joell Ortiz ft Dante Hawkins 6. Letter To Obama - Square Off 7. Change - Freeway 8. Mr President - LL Cool J ft Wyclef 9. Open Letter To Obama - Jin 10.Crush On Obama - Obama Girl
===NEW MUSIC VIDEOS=== Ludacris ft. T-Pain One More Drink Jadakiss ft. Ne-Yo By My Side Consequence - Job Song Kool keith Featuring Denis Deft "Executive Suites" 50 Cent - Get Up Freeway Change Akon - Right Now (Na Na Na)
===WTF MOMENT OF THE WEEK=== Lil Obama
==BILLBOARD 200=== NEILSENs SOUND SCAN:
1. John Legend - EVOLVER 132,823(NEW ENTRY) 2. T.I. - PAPER TRAIL 76,560 | 1million 3. Jennifer Hudson - JENNIFER HUDSON 31,752 | 386,719 4. Ne-yo - YEAR OF THE GENTLEMAN 26,574 | 548,027 5. Lil Wayne - THA CARTER III 23,037 | 2.6m 6. Rihanna - GOOD GIRL GONE BAD 20,070 | 1.9m 7. Young Jeezy - RECESSION 17,412 | 578,973 8. Leona Lewis - SPIRIT 15,964 | 1.2m 9. Jazmine Sullivan - FEARLESS 14,972 | 192,078 10.The Game - LAX 14,121 | 545,974
==TOP FIVE SONGS=== Here are this weeks top 5 selling digital songs on iTunes:
# 5 TI - "Whatever You Like" # 4 Akon - "Right Now (Na Na Na)" # 3 Beyonce - If I Were a Boy # 2 T.I feat Rihanna - "Live Your Life" # 1 Kanye West - "Heartless"
===CREDITS=== A JumpOff.TV Production (www.jumpoff.tv)
Democrat Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States on Tuesday, becoming the first African American to win the post and completing a stunningly rapid rise from state senator to the White House. A win in California put Obama over the top, giving him 55 electoral votes — enough to surpass the 270 needed to defeat Republican John McCain and claim the presidency. The Illinois senator won key state after key state Tuesday, with victories in the battlegrounds of Ohio, Virginia, Florida and Pennsylvania being harbingers of the outcome. By early Wednesday, the AP projected Obama had 338 electoral votes. McCain had 141. The popular vote was significantly closer than the electoral vote. With 83% of precincts reporting, Obama led McCain nationally, 51.7% to 47.1%. "If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of the founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer," Obama told thousands of cheering supporters at an enormous rally in Chicago's Grant Park. "I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you."
Rapper Lil' Boosie is facing drug and weapons charges following his arrest by Louisiana police on Wednesday. The Wipe Me Down star was driving in East Baton Rouge Parish on Wednesday afternoon when he was stopped by cops after they noticed the smell of marijuana wafting from his vehicle. But when officers approached Lil' Boosie, real name Torrance Hatch, to question him about the suspected drug, he is alleged to have refused to step out of his car and driven away.
The police caught up with the MC and arrested him on counts of marijuana possession, possession of a firearm with a controlled dangerous substance, and attempting to evade law enforcement, reports Louisiana's The Advocate.
He is currently being behind bars at the local Parish Prison and is due in court at a later date.
The weekly show that reports all the developments in Hip Hop from news and new releases to album sales and charts. Hosted by Wahidah Fowler, this weeks show features:
===MAIN STORIES=== -Alicia Keys leads the American Music Award nominations with 5, followed by Lil Wayne & Chris Brown who have 3 each. -Beef has been sparked between Yung Berg & Ne-Yo, after Ne-Yo said that he'd slap berg and that his music was not original in an interview with Power 106's big boy. -50 Cent's new MTV reality show "The money and the power", which aims to find the next hip hop mogul will air next month -Comedian DL Hughley has a new saturday night comedy talk show on CNN starting Oct 25th -Comedy Central launched - Chocolate news -a new black comedy sketch show hosted by david alan grier. -Diddy adds 2 more names to his "Cross Me and I Will End Your Career" List. In the live finale of Makin The Band 4 he kicked out both Aubrey and D Woods from Danity Kane. -Suge Knights ex-girl friend is missing -DJ AM, survivor of the travis barker plane crash will be JayZ's tour DJ -Former 106 & park host Free will be joining ed lover as co-host for the morning show on new yorks power 105.
===NEW RELEASES=== Diamond D - The Huge Hefner Chronicles Trae - The Beginning Charles Hamilton - "It's Charles Hamilton" B.O.B - Hi! My Name Is B.O.B. DJ Green Lantern, Russell Simmons and Barack Obama- YES WE CAN: The Mixtape Killa Army Presents - 9th Prince - Prince of New York C-Rayz Wallz - Freestyle vs. Written Ticketmaster Tapes Presents: T-Pain - The Ringmaster Baby J - Babyfood
===NEW MUSIC=== Town Bizness ft Too $hort - "Redbull & Vodka" Maino feat. Soul ll Soul - However Do You Want It Lil Wayne Ft. Ashley Williams - Mrs. Officer (Remix) Cam'Ron- Oh No You Didn't Kanye West - Cold Winter Joe Budden,Twista,John Mayer - Waiting on the World to Change 2008″ Eminem - "Im Havin a Relapse" E-40 ft. The Game and Snoop Dogg - "Pain No More"
===NEW VIDEOS=== Beyonce - Single Ladies Beyonce - If I Were a Boy Plies - Heard of Me T-Pain ft Ludacris - Chopped N Skrewed Q-Tip - Move Pitbull ft Lil Jon - Krazy Mike Jones ft Trey Songz & Twista - Cuddy Buddy
==BILLBOARD 200=== NEILSENs SOUND SCAN:
1. T.I. - PAPER TRAIL 176,714 | 746,075 2. Jennifer Hudson - JENNIFER HUDSON 62,672 | 280,392 3. Ne-yo - YEAR OF THE GENTLEMAN 46,904 | 450,356 4. Robin Thicke - SOMETHING ELSE 38,317 | 175,521£ 5. Lil Wayne - THA CARTER III 27,229 | 2.5m 6. Jazmine Sullivan - FEARLESS 26,963 | 134,872 7. Young Jeezy - RECESSION 26,801 | 516,476 8. Rihanna - GOOD GIRL GONE BAD 23,804 | 1.8m 9. The Game - LAX 20,809 | 496,829 10.Joe - JOE THOMAS NEW MAN 12,080 | 91,026
==TOP FIVE SONGS=== Here are this weeks top 5 selling ringtones on iTunes:
# 5 Chris Brown - Forever # 4 Estelle ft Kanye West - American Boy # 3 is T-Pain ft Lil Wayne with "Cant Believe It" # 2 T.I - "Whatever You Like" # 1 T.I feat Rihanna with "Live Your Life"
===BRANDWATCH=== - Common & Microsoft - SubwayFreshBuzz.com Stereotypes
===CREDITS=== A JumpOff.TV Production (www.jumpoff.tv)
Jeezy has been real consistent in his regards to backing up Barack Obama for president. He remains adamant and supportive with election time coming near.
Jeezy even showed love for Biden. "I like Joe [Biden] a little bit better than Sarah," Jeezy said recently. "I understand she's the soccer mom and all that, and that's good. But if something happens to McCain, then what? Do you want a soccer mom to run the country? That's cool. I mean, she can run the house, though. I like Joe, though. Definitely. You got to be tough. I mean, I'm definitely not saying anything against what women do, but at the same time, Joe's firm, Barack [Obama]'s firm. They're straight to the point. They don't beat around the bush. Both parties can do the job, but if I had my pick, I'm definitely going with Joe and Barack. Too much more serious things going on."
As to titling his album, The Recession, Jeezy had this to say.
Yes, we are in a Recession," he said. "Ask [President] Bush, he'll tell you. We got to stand up. We got to be 'We the people' on this one. It's on us, you know what I mean? That's what we got to do. We got to stick together. I really wanted to get me on [the album], expressing my feelings, my concerns about what's going on. I wanted to make good music around this time, but I also wanted to drop a couple gems about what's going on in the economy and stuff like that. Sometimes we look over it. We don't tap into it until election time."
The weekly show that reports all the developments in Hip Hop from news and new releases to album sales and charts. Hosted by Valerie, this weeks show features:
===MAIN STORIES=== McCain's "That One" reference to Obama during the 2nd Presidential debate has angered many African Americans who have accused him of being a racist, here are reactions from Diddy & Scarface. Lil John has signed a multi-faceted deal with Universal Republic Records, where his role will range from Artist, producer and A&R exec for his own label imprint. Esquire Magazine has named 42 year old actress Halle Berry as the sexiest woman alive. Eminem beat Jay Z in the final of vibe magazines best rapper alive online poll. After weeks of denial Rick Ross has finally admitted that he used to be a corrections officer in miami. Jim Jones has dissed T.I stating that "he doesnt posses any swag, its all fabricated".
===NEW RELEASES=== Devin the Dude - Landing Gear Jake One - White Van Music Sway - the signature LP MF Doom - Operation Doomsday Cage - The Best & Worst of Cage Tapemasters Inc & DJ Envy - Purple Codine 19 DJ Krazee Rae & DJ Hitz - D-Block: Street Heroes
===NEW MUSIC=== Sophia Fresh ft. Kanye West - What It Is M.I.A ft Jay Z - Boys Remix Cassidy ft. Murda Mook - Expect The Unexpected Ludacris ft. T-Pain - One More Drink T-Pain ft. Chris Brown- Freeze Timbaland ft T-Pain & Missy Elliott - Talk That Shit Beyonce - Single Ladies(Put A Ring On It) Plies ft Chris J - Put It On Ya
===NEW VIDEOS=== Kanye West - Love Lock Down Ciara ft T-Pain - Go Girl COMMON ft Pharrell - UNIVERSAL MIND CONTROL Jazmine Sullivan - Bust Your Windows Pussy Cat Dolls ft Missy Elliott - Whatcha Think About Tony Yayo - Do It Right (Feat. Max B & French Montana) Nas ft Chris Brown & The Game - Make the World Go Round
===WTF MOMENT OF THE WEEK=== Sway Da Safo from the UK
==BILLBOARD 200=== NEILSENs SOUND SCAN:
1. T.I. - PAPER TRAIL 568,383 (New Entry) 2. Jennifer Hudson - JENNIFER HUDSON 217,185 (New Entry) 3. Robin Thicke - SOMETHING ELSE 136,944 (New Entry) 4. Ne-yo - YEAR OF THE GENTLEMAN 70,059 | 403,452 5. Jazmine Sullivan - FEARLESS 42,032 | 107,909 6. Young Jeezy - RECESSION 38,754 | 489,675 7. Lil Wayne - THA CARTER III 34,553 | 2.52m 8. The Game - LAX 28,105 | 476,020 9. Rihanna - GOOD GIRL GONE BAD 27,955 | 1.8m 10.Joe - JOE THOMAS NEW MAN 24,630 | 78,946
==TOP FIVE SONGS=== Here are this weeks top 5 selling ringtones on iTunes:
# 5 Chris Brown - Forever # 4 Estelle ft Kanye West - American Boy # 3 is T-Pain ft Lil Wayne with "Cant Believe It" # 2 T.I - "Whatever You Like" # 1 T.I feat Rihanna with "Live Your Life"
===BRANDWATCH=== -"Black Sinatra" - Ciroc Vodka -"Stay on her mind" - Rocawear new fragrance for men "99".
===UNDERGROUND HEAT===== This weeks Underground Heat artist is Reef the Lost Cauze from Philidelphia. Check him out on myspace.com/reefthelostcauze
===CREDITS=== A JumpOff.TV Production (www.jumpoff.tv)
No, it isn't Wayne. Nor Jay. Sorry, not even Nas. Vibe has announced that the winner of the best rapper alive, voted by the fans is no other than Eminem.
"It's obviously an honor to have won the fans' support by being voted the Best Rapper Alive," Em said in a statement released Tuesday (October 7). "I don't think that there is any one rapper that is simply the best, though. Everyone who was in consideration and many others are the best at certain things, and at what they do. But since Vibe's offering the distinction, hell yeah, I'll accept!"
In the NCAA formatted style bracket, the fans came down to two of their favorite MCs: Jay-Z, and Eminem. By a landslide, Eminem defeated Young Hova with a whopping 69% of votes going to him.
Vibe's music editor Sean Fennessey had this to say about Eminem's latest victory. "Eminem isn't just one of the most successful MCs of all time, he's also one of the most beloved. The proof is in the voting."
Em hasn't released an album in four years, and is said to be currently working on his next album. Congrats To Mr. Mathers, as he will receive the red carpet treatment in Vibe's November issue that graces Presidential candidate Barack Obama on the cover.
LATEST: Rapper RICK ROSS has confessed he once worked as a prison officer after initially denying the rumours. Ross went so far as to accuse Internet pranksters of faking photos of him in uniform, when snapshots appeared on website TheSmokingGun.com in July (08). But, in the latest issue of Don Diva magazine, he reportedly backs down and admits it really is him in the photographs. He is quoted saying, "Yes, it's me. I never tried to hide my past. I put my name inside my CDs." But Ross insists his prison guard past doesn't make him a 'snitch' and it doesn't diminish his role as one of hip hop's hard-hitting heavyweights. He adds, "I never ratted on a ni**a. I never prosecuted a ni**a. I never locked up a ni**a, that's first and foremost. "I always felt that me being the ni**a that I am, I never owed a ni**a an explanation. When I'm making my music and I'm talking about blow, it's because I did it. When I say that I'm rich off cocaine, it's because I did it. Those are the street principals that apply."
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