Thanks to Roshan for putting this together.

Hip-Hop Round-Up

This week's top hip-hop/rap albums according to Billboard.com:

1. Michael Jackson - This Is It (Soundtrack)
2. Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3
3. The Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D.
4. Wale - Attention: Deficit
5. Trey Songz - Ready
6. Drake - So Far Gone EP
7. Maxwell - BLACKSummers' Night
8. Tech N9ne - K.O.D.
9. Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day
10. Ryan Leslie - Transition

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News:

Read my review of Wale's Attention: Deficit.

Beanie Sigel continues to bait Jay-Z.

Nine people were shot outside of a radio station in San Francisco. Luckily, no one died.

Former Motown executive Shanti Das helped bury many of Detroit's unclaimed bodies as a part of a charity program.

Pete Rock and CL Smooth reunited in London.

Chris Brown isn't ready to date again, he's "chillin."

Gucci Mane released a statement from prison.

Jay-Z scored his first #1 hit in 13 years with "Empire State of Mind."

Kid Sister claims she's the front runner for a new genre.

Kanye West finally resurfaced this past week at a Beyonce show in London.

Similarly, Jay-Z and Young Jeezy both showed up for a Rihanna gig in London as well.

B.o.B. recently spoke to HipHopDX about artistic integrity.

T.I.'s record label Grand Hustle Records main offices were attacked this past week. Explosives were in the mix.

Drake, Kid Cudi and Wale were all awarded by GQ magazine.

50 Cent tidbits:

-Before I Self Destruct will be his first album that will not debut at #1.
-50 refuses to work with The Game.
-50 also posed in pictures with...Rick Ross' family with Floyd Mayweather? Someone's bored or upset about album sales.

DMX is being sued for $1 million for backing out of the celebrity boxing match last month.

Jay-Z has cancelled the rest of his remaining tour dates on the college run of The Blueprint 3 tour.

What really happened with Mase's Bad Boy Records contract.

KRS One will aide the homeless on Thanksgiving.

Members of Fabolous' entourage are implicated in the theft of a Lamborghini.

Check out an interview Game did with Complex.com

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This week's videos:

Live: Jay-Z - Death of Autotune + Run This Town

Music Video: Chris Brown - Crawl + mp3

Music Video: Clipse - Popular Demand f. Cam'Ron + mp3

Music Video: K-os - I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman f. Nelly Furtado + mp3

Misc: Charles Hamilton is back.

Interview: Lupe Fiasco and The Wikipedia Files

Live: Kid Sister - Right Hand Hi on Jimmy Fallon

Misc: Clipse - Further down the road Till The Casket Drops

Music Video: B.o.B. - No Man's Land + mp3

Music Video: P.ersonal - Doomsday Do it Alls

Music Video: Gym Class Heroes - Live a Little + mp3

Live: B.o.B. - Monster + Generation Lost

Music Video: N.A.S.A. - Spacious Thoughts f. Tom Waits and Kool Keith + mp3

Live: Kid Cudi - Cudi Zone

Live: Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind Pt. II

Music Video: Fabolous - Imma Do It

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This week's downloads:

Doomtree - Coup for the King

Mixtape: B.o.B. - ...Presents the Features

Blakroc - On the Vista f. Mos Def

Quest - Lyrics to Go

Theophilus London - Humdrum Town

Remix: Consequence - Whatever U Want rmx f. Kanye West, John Legend, Common, Kid Cudi and Big Sean

Kidz in the Hall - The Grizzly Man

Mixtape: Tyga - Black Thoughts

Timbaland - Crazy Girl f. Justin Timberlake

Mr. Hudson - Hungover Pop Song

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Albums hitting the shelves this week:

Jay Sean - All or Nothing
Birdman - Pricele$$
Glasses Malone - Beach Cruiser
Rihanna - Rated R
Z-Ro - Heroin
Blakroc - Blakroc

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Albums out now:

Felt 3 - A Tribute to Rosie Perez
Blak Madeen - Sacred Defense
Boyz II Men - Love
Pretty Ricky - Pretty Ricky

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Contributors: themostdeplete

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Kid Sister lol... and Birdman needs to take his non rapping ass somewhere...

Originally Posted by deezee

Kid Sister lol... and Birdman needs to take his non rapping ass somewhere...

What about Birdman?

Originally Posted by eman83

What about Birdman?

I think he needs to retire...

fuck kanye west.

Originally Posted by Thug_Nasty

fuck kanye west.

This dude is cool, with his purple font and whatnot.

And I'm fairly certain Curtis didn't debut at #1, either.

Beanie Sigel needs to take a seat.

Beanie is looking for publicity, and it's working. I don't care how on top of the world Jay is, you have to put the lower ranks in line once in a while.

I love how 50 is working his ass off trying to make himself stay relevant.

Originally Posted by WhoSaidThat?

This dude is cool, with his purple font and whatnot.

And I'm fairly certain Curtis didn't debut at #1, either.

Exactly. I think Kanye and 50 Cent released their records on the same day and Kanye crushed him.

Blakroc album is pretty fuckin' good. Brought to my attention NOE, who sounds like Jay-Z, but is actually a better rapper. Also, Raekwon has a killer verse on the album, but he's always consistent. It's just great to hear some song structure and musicianship in hip-hop these days. All this FL bullshit needs to stop.

And they couldn't have picked a better band to write the songs.

Originally Posted by vegasbabyvegas

Exactly. I think Kanye and 50 Cent released their records on the same day and Kanye crushed him.

Yes, who doesn't remember that?!
But that little detail aside, dropping 3/4's is quite a testament of the record buying climate.

50's garbage, Beanie will get murked by Jay if he responds, and Pete Rock & CL Smooth reunion is a nice surprise. B.O.B. is my dude, any idea when his album's coming out?

Jay-Z should crush everyone who tries dissing him.

Can't wait for Clipse