Official Hip Hop/Rap Music Thread

[ProfessaPackMan]

My list would be the same as Streets. I just added a few more names to it.

You right, I would put Face in the Gold Tier but ONLY because The Fix was so ******* good. If that joint was only average at best, couldn't do it then.

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[ProfessaPackMan]

Anybody know when Big Boi's and Devin The Dude's albums are supposed to drop?

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T.I and Luda FINALLY Squash Beef

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Ludacris and T.I. ended their beef and recorded the track On Top Of The World together that is causing a lot of attention. The song with former foe T.I. is featured on Luda's new set Theater Of The Mind that will be in stores on October 21 via DTP/Def Jam. "We had been talking under the radar for a long time," 'Cris told an audience of fans at a listening session. "We were just trying to figure out the right opportunity to surprise everybody." "With that being said, we live in Atlanta, and Atlanta is small as hell, compared to New York and we've got the same circle of friends. It was never really beef between me and him. We felt, with everything going on in the business, there was no better time to make it happen," Luda added. Furthermore Ludacris and T.I. are planning a tour together, but no details have been revealed so far. As previously reported, 'Cris just released the video to his first single What Them Girls Like, a track that features R&B crooner Chris Brown and Sean Garrett. His second video Undisputed is set to be released as well anytime soon.. Theater Of The Mind will be in stores on October 21.

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Jadakiss might be a fast worker, but Def Jam is proving to be pretty swift, too. The Yonkers MC is still “a few joints away” from finishing up his third album, Kiss My ***. But his new label is pushing forward with his project right away. They—not him, he said–recently leaked the Jay-Z-assisted “Who Run This.’ “They rolling the ball a little quicker than me,” Kiss told XXLmag.com about his Roc-A-Fella debut. That’s why it’s going down [like that.] “I still got my mixtape I got to finish, then the album,” he added. So far Kiss has secured features with Young Jeezy, Lil Wayne (“Death Wish”), and he’s cooking up something with Ghostface and Raekwon. No official release date has been set yet for the album. The potential first single, “By My Side,” featuring Ne-Yo has recently been serviced to radio. However, Jada still isn’t sure if that’ll be the first clip from his album. He also has records with Avery Storm, Barrington Levy, and his D-Block brethren to choose from. It’s been four years since the release of his last album, ‘04’s Kiss of Death (Interscope), but the LOX front man is happy to still be relevant enough to be releasing material. In between albums, the rapper dealt with a gun charge that was hanging over his head and a change in labels, from Interscope to Def Jam, that, according to Kiss, has inspired his material. “This [album] I did by myself,” Kiss explained. “I do all of them by myself, but I did this whole project in the D-Block studio. It gives it a raw sound, just gives it my whole element. It’s all me, all inspired by me.” Next up for Kiss will be a mixtape, then he’ll drop his LP. Right after that, a D-Block compilation titled No Security Needed will hit the streets. By 2009, he said, the trio of Sheek Louch, Styles P, and Kiss should be ready to come together for their long-awaited LOX LP. “We riding the wave right now,” Kiss said of juggling all his projects. “We got the surf boards, we just waiting on all the waves.”

For the first time, I actually can't wait for a Jadakiss CD. Can't wait to hear the track he's doing with Ghostface and Raekwon.

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Talib Kweli, David Banner, Little Brother and B.O.B. Merge Rhymes and Live Instrumentation on the 2nd year of the Groundbreaking National Hip Hop Live! Tour Presented By Sony. HIP HOP LIVE!, the groundbreaking national tour presented by Sony, and produced by The Agency Group, is proud to announce the sophomore version of their critically acclaimed annual outing. Beginning September 28th at Cane's in San Diego and making its way east to end at the Nokia Theater in Times Square, NYC on October 25th, Hip Hop Live! brings you Hip Hop notables Talib Kweli, David Banner, Little Brother and B.O.B (who split duties as the tour's opener). Each of the acts will take the stage backed by heralded 10-Piece live band Rhythm Roots All Stars for unique versions of the songs they have made mainstays. The 19 city run will make history again featuring the cultural straight shooting of visionary Talib Kweli, moving forward full steam off his incredibly successful and acclaimed Ear Drum LP; David Banner riding the success of his chart topping smash single "Get Like Me" off his new album The Greatest Story Ever Told; Little Brother, fresh off a wave of high profile festival appearances, bring a top-notch, high energy live show; B.O.B., much hyped guitar wielding ATL rapper and producer, rounds out the dynamic line up. Also, look for special guest appearances in various cities along the tour. The Rhythm Roots All Stars are a collective of the industries best musicians, who have performed/recorded with such notables as Black Eyed Peas, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake,Outkast, and the list goes on. Last year's Hip Hop Live! Tour featured Ghostface Killah, Rakim and Brother Ali, all backed by the All Stars, and was a huge success, selling out nearly all of the 18 shows. "Hip Hop Live! proved that hip-hop lives", XXL Magazine 09/30/08 @ House of Blues (West Hollywood, CA) Buy Tickets 10/01/08 @ CSU East Bay (Hayward, CA) 10/02/08 @ Regency Center @ The Grand (San Francisco, CA) Buy Tickets 10/03/08 @ Roseland Theater (Portland, OR) Buy Tickets 10/04/08 @ McDonald Theatre (Eugene, OR) Buy Tickets 10/05/08 @ Showbox SoDo (Seattle, WA) Buy Tickets 10/08/08 @ Fox Theatre (Boulder, CO) Buy Tickets 10/10/08 @ First Avenue (Minneapolis, MN) Buy Tickets 10/11/08 @ Washington University (St. Louis, MO) 10/13/08 @ Bluebird Nightclub (Bloomington, IN) Buy Tickets 10/16/08 @ Revolution (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) Buy Tickets 10/18/08 @ Georgia Theatre (Athens, GA) Buy Tickets 10/19/08 @ The Orange Peel (Asheville, NC) Buy Tickets 10/20/08 @ 9:30 Club (Washington, DC) Buy Tickets 10/21/08 @ Trocadero (Philadelphia, PA) Buy Tickets 10/22/08 @ Rec Center - Univ of Mass (Lowell, MA) 10/23/08 @ Clark University (Worcester, MA) 10/24/08 @ Showcase Live (Foxborough, MA) Buy Tickets 10/25/08 @ Nokia Theatre (New York, NY) Buy Tickets

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