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Hip-Hop Music Round-Up

This week's top 10 albums in Hip-Hop and R&B, according to Billboard.com:

1. T.I. - Trouble Man: Heavy is the Head
2. Alicia Keys - Girl on Fire
3. Rihanna - Unapologetic
4. Cee-Lo Green - Cee-Lo's Magic Moment
5. Chief Keef - Finally Rich
6. The Game - Jesus Piece
7. Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, m.A.A.d. City
8. Wiz Khalifa - O.N.I.F.C.
9. Keyshia Cole - Woman to Woman
10. The Weeknd - Trilogy

NEWS:
We started rolling out some of our Year-End Lists for 2012. Check them out below. (More coming this week)

The Best Music Videos of 2012
The Best Mixtapes of 2012
The Best Memes of 2012
The Best of Sports on the Internet in 2012
The Best of Television in 2012


Pro Era member Capital Steez was found dead at the age of 19. Condolences to friends, family and the rest of the Pro Era Crew.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are expecting a child. Also, he donned strange masks at his Atlantic City shows.

Raekwon released the artwork for his upcoming EP, Lost Jewelry, and it will be released Jan. 8th.

Kendrick Lamar may be shooting a short film for GKMC. He is also actively trying to recruit Janet Jackson for the "Poetic Justice" video.

ASAP Rocky had a few words to say about the early leak of his latest album.

YouTube has deleted nearly 2 Billion fake views on videos from Universal, Sony and others.

Wyclef Jean reflects on affair he had with Lauryn Hill and how it affected the end of the Fugees.

Houston rapper Lil Flip was recently arrested on drugs and gun charges.

Torae dropped a new (free) EP on Christmas.

Jay Electronica went on a very entertaining Twitter rant last week.

Wale will be putting out a go-go album after his next album.

Nas is being sued for $10 Million for an alleged Angola kidnapping.


THIS WEEK'S DOWNLOADS AND STREAMS:

(Since the 'new music' is slow during the holidays, I've thrown the past two weeks into this round up)

Cocaine 80s - Lucid

J. Cole - 2012 [Unreleased]

Ludacris - Tell Me What They Mad For feat. Pusha T and Swizz Beatz (YMCMB Diss) [Ludaversal]

Cocaine 80s - Higher Self

Mixtape: Joey Badass and Pro Era - Peep the Aprocalypse

Stream: Frank Ocean - Wiseman [Django Unchained B-Side]

Free EP: Currensy - 3 Piece Set

Mixtape: Wale - Folarin

Mixtape: Dizzee Rascal - Dirtee TV Vol. 2

Lil Wayne - Good Kush and Alcohol feat. Future and Drake [I'm Not a Human Being II]


THIS WEEK'S VIDEOS:

Live: Big Boi - Lines feat. ASAP Rocky and Phantogram [Live at SOBs, Official Live Video]

Music Video: 2 Chainz - I'm Diff'rent [BOATS]

Music Video: ASAP Rocky - LongLiveASAP [LongLiveASAP]

Music Video: Fabolous - Life is So Exciting feat. Pusha T [The SOUL Tape 2]


ALBUMS DROPPING THIS WEEK

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ALBUMS OUT NOW:

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Yeesh, Kanye masks hopefully won't be a recurring thing.

And I'll trust Wale on a go-go album after I hear a good song from it. Right now it sounds like a pretty half-baked idea, does he produce or play anything or would he like just be putting the right people together to make it?

i can almost guarantee the kim k and kanye child will be the antichrist. with that being said i hope kanye puts out a new album soon.

Pull up to tha scene with mah ceilin missin

cheef keef is absolute shit

Originally Posted by Archael

cheef keef is absolute shit

Chief Keef's "Laughin' To The Bank" is the most important thing to happen to hip-hop pretty much ever. Learn your place.

Originally Posted by volta

Chief Keef's "Laughin' To The Bank" is the most important thing to happen to hip-hop pretty much ever. Learn your place.

one could also say nicki manaj is super important to hippity hop

but she is almost as shit as chief keef.

Originally Posted by Archael

one could also say nicki manaj is super important to hippity hop

but she is almost as shit as chief keef.

Hold up guys. The voice of objectivity is trying to talk about hip hop. Please, enlightened one, tell us what we should be listening to.

Originally Posted by volta

Hold up guys. The voice of objectivity is trying to talk about hip hop. Please, enlightened one, tell us what we should be listening to.

krispy kreme or t millz cuz they're shit but slightly less shit than chief keef and nicki manaj

Originally Posted by Archael

krispy kreme or t millz cuz they're shit but slightly less shit than chief keef and nicki manaj

A JOHN CENA AXXIYON FIGURR

A Wale go-go album? Let's see if he's still got it

Ohh Lil Flip... dare I say it, game over?

Originally Posted by volta

Chief Keef's "Laughin' To The Bank" is the most important thing to happen to hip-hop pretty much ever. Learn your place.

-__-

Originally Posted by incognitojones

Yeesh, Kanye masks hopefully won't be a recurring thing.

And I'll trust Wale on a go-go album after I hear a good song from it. Right now it sounds like a pretty half-baked idea, does he produce or play anything or would he like just be putting the right people together to make it?

dude i think the masks are fuckin' awesome. mainly because they're so stupid and some people just hate his weirdness.

Originally Posted by CastlesXClouds

i can almost guarantee the kim k and kanye child will be the antichrist. with that being said i hope kanye puts out a new album soon.

that child is indeed the doom of the world. what if that kid is a boy and marries blue ivy? the world will implode.

Originally Posted by volta

Chief Keef's "Laughin' To The Bank" is the most important thing to happen to hip-hop pretty much ever. Learn your place.

Originally Posted by Archael

krispy kreme or t millz cuz they're shit but slightly less shit than chief keef and nicki manaj

you two are funnie

Originally Posted by Numero10

A Wale go-go album? Let's see if he's still got it

let's see if he actually puts it out

Originally Posted by Cameronisonfire

Ohh Lil Flip... dare I say it, game over?

haha, i think that's a safe bet. also: