Thanks to Roshan for putting this together:

Hip-Hop Music Round-Up

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

1. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV
2. J. Cole - Cole World: The Sideline Story
3. The Throne - Watch the Throne
4. Johnny Gill - Still Winning
5. Beyonce - 4
6. Bad Meets Evil - Hell: The Sequel
7.DJ Drama - Third Power
8. Mindless Behavior - #1 Girl
9. Mayer Hawthorne - How Do You Do
10. Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday


NEWS:

Kanye West and the rest of his G.O.O.D. Music will be dropping a posse album in Spring 2012.
Talib Kweli released a track with Big K.R.I.T. to support Cancer Research. More info on the song here.

Jay-Z and Kanye West have added more dates to the Watch the Throne tour.

Just Blaze will Executive Produce XV's debut LP.

Exile said his newest collaboration album with Blu is "almost finished."

In the WTF news of the week, Lil Wayne will release sequels to I Am Not a Human Being AND Rebirth.

50 Cent plans on giving away one million meals in a week.

Big Sean plans on releasing his sophomore album by next fall.

T-Pain will drop his album on December 6th.

Justin Bieber wanted to be on the BET Hip-hop Award cyphers, but DJ Premier said "no."

Kinda "rap" news: Will Smith is now one of the part owners of the Philadelphia 76ers.

Andre 3000 will be on the next B.o.B. album.

T.I. is deciding between Kill the King and Trouble for his next album title.

Tech N9ne has released the artwork and tracklisting for Welcome to Strangeland.

Soulja Boy has apologized publicly for his felony gun & drug arrest. Thanks?

Samuel L. Jackson will narrate TM103's DVD for Jeezy. He also has another release date for it.

Common's album has been pushed back to December.

Rick Ross' "I'm a Boss" was written by Nicki Minaj for Lil Wayne. Shinfo.

Young Jeezy and T.I. are thinking of doing a collaborative album. In related news, T.I. and B.o.B. may do one as well.

Pusha T hinted at a new G.O.O.D. Music signee in French Montana.

Mos Def recently performed new songs that were produced by J Dilla. Good news, clearly.

ASAP Rocky allegedly destroyed the stage at the Fader Fort because it wasn't big enough.

Drake says The Weeknd will show up 4 times on Take Care.


THIS WEEK'S VIDEOS:

Live: Mos Def & The Brooklyn Philharmonic - Troy Davis tribute show

Music Video: Beyonce - Love on Top

Live: Drake on Saturday Night Live

Music Video: B.o.B. - Epic f. Meek Mill and Playboy Tre

Music Video: Jesse Boykins III - I Can't Stay [Way of a Wayfarer]

Music Video: Wale - Bait [Ambition]

Interview: Pusha T - Interview with 107.5 in Chicago


THIS WEEK'S DOWNLOADS:

The Throne - ****** in Paris Remix f. T.I.

Gym Class Heroes - Life Goes On f. Oh Land [The Papercut Chronicles II]

Stream: The Roots - Make My f. Big K.R.I.T. [Undun]

T.I. - Hear Ye Hear Ye f. Pharrell

Kid Cudi - Bigger Than You [Unreleased circa 2008]

Lupe Fiasco - Lightwork f. Ellie Goulding and Bassnectar [Friend of the People]

Drake - The Real Her f. Lil Wayne [Take Care]

Mixtape: Outasight - Get it Together

Beyonce - Party (Remix) f. J. Cole

Free EP: Cocaine80s & Common - Ghost Lady


ALBUMS DROPPING THIS WEEK:
Melanie Fiona - The MF Life
Boyz II Men - Twenty
Jedi Mind Tricks - Violence Begets Violence



ALBUMS OUT NOW:
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So stoked on so much of this.

1) Can't wait for the G.O.O.D album. The way Pusha talked about it excites me
2) XV needs to drop his fucking LP already. Stoked for it though
3) Blu and Exile = boner
4)lol at Lil Wayne sequels to shit projects.
5) Stoked for another Big Sean album boi.
6) LOLOL at Bieber wanting to do a cypher.
7) Nice about 3stacks working with Bobby.
8) French Montana on G.O.O.D would be cool
9) stoked for new Mos
10) Why the hell would ASAP destroy a stage for it being to small?
11) CAN'T FUCKING WAIT FOR TAKE CARE.

The thing about Bieber is hilarious

Man, thought Wayne was retiring. And I bet it will take three years for Kanye to follow up MBDTF with a solo record.

1-Why Lil Wayne WHY release another Rebirth...I'm just disappointed now & I have a terrible feeling that it will go gold like the other one did (how 500,000 people can be so wrong).
2-The Justin Bieber thing was a good call...How are you going to ask another MC to write your lines when you are rapping with other talented MC's/writers?
3-Really excited for that new T.I., Kill The King sounds like a good title.
4-I like what 50 is doing.
5-Take Care cannot come out soon enough.

Kill the King > Trouble. The latter seems a bit generic-sounding.

Originally Posted by AdamChildress

1-Why Lil Wayne WHY release another Rebirth...I'm just disappointed now & I have a terrible feeling that it will go gold like the other one did (how 500,000 people can be so wrong).
2-The Justin Bieber thing was a good call...How are you going to ask another MC to write your lines when you are rapping with other talented MC's/writers?
3-Really excited for that new T.I., Kill The King sounds like a good title.
4-I like what 50 is doing.
5-Take Care cannot come out soon enough.

Originally Posted by WhoSaidThat?

Kill the King > Trouble. The latter seems a bit generic-sounding.

i really like that title too, though i hope he stylizes it like so:

xKILLTHEKINGx

*trollface*

Kill the King is better but Doomtree already did that

What the fuck? I want new Pusha T already.

i need some new Common already

When is Nas supposed to be coming out with his new record?

Originally Posted by BusterBluth

When is Nas supposed to be coming out with his new record?

I've been curious about that, too.

Originally Posted by themostdeplete

i really like that title too, though i hope he stylizes it like so:

xKILLTHEKINGx

*trollface*

Hahaha you're funny.

No one gives a shit about some of the opinions in this thread.

This Lil Wayne news is a perfect example of why I started to not give a shit after Da Drought 3. If he doesn't care, then I won't either. Fair trade.