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Ok, so I did a posting earlier this month on Serius Jones. A real serious battle MC that has made a name for himself, crushing worthy competition. Every since I first saw him get down on Fight Klub, I’ve been a fan of this guy. When I saw him go up against Jin, I didn’t think Serius Jones had a “serious” chance at winning. We all know Jin from ripping up his competition on BET’s 106 & Park. Since then, Jin had got himself a deal with Ruff Ryders, but pretty much flopped.

On MTV2’s Fight Klub, these 2 battle warriors got down, and you see a regular guy in Serius Jones become a very well respected MC. You also get to see Jin “Tha Emcee” get made look like an amatuer here……Check this shit out!!

As I was checking the Billboard 200 rankings this week, I was so sure that there was going to be another change up, but of course, when you expect it, it doesn’t happen. JadaKiss is still our leader which is a great thing! WHY? Because it shows that a rap artist can still be popular by not following “what’s hot” at the moment. The biggest shame is when an old rapper tries to rap exactly how these new rappers do. So, I’m pullin’ for The Last Kiss to stay in the lead for a minute. Flo Rida’s R.O.O.T.S. ranks 2nd this week at #21 with UGK 4 Life behind him at #28. T.I.’s Paper Trail came in at #32 this week, only dropping 2 spots, while Kanye West’s 808’s & Heartbreak gained some ground this week and has popped back up in the top 5 hip-hop albums on the Billboard 200 chart. Not as many albums as last week, but it could be worse!

# 6 Jadakiss - The Last Kiss

# 21 Flo Rida - R.O.O.T.S.

# 28 UGK - UGK 4 Life

# 32 T.I. - Paper Trail

# 51 Kanye West - 808’s & Heartbreak

Remaining Hip Hop Albums Within The Top 100

# 57 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III

# 58 Soulja Boy Tell’em- SouljaBoyTellem.com

# 66 Slim Thug- Boss Of All Bosses

# 73 Bow Wow- New Jack CitY II

# 75 Jim Jones- Pray IV Reign

# 81 Gorilla Zoe- Don’t Feed Da Animals

Throughout hip-hop’s history, it’s usually been about the underdog, and the little guys beating the big guys. With that said, I wanted to take this time big up Las Vegas’ “Stash Spot TV!”

Mouth Stash Spot Drop

Here you have little guys getting together with a bunch of other little guys, and banning together to do something bigger than your average people who have a dream to get on TV and be seen by the public or heard by the public. These guys have created opportunities for the music industry in the Las Vegas area. NOT just for hip-hop either. For ALL genres of music.
Raw Scale Entertainment have put together shows throughout the valley as well as made affordable muisc video, TV commercial, etc. available to average people who don’t necessarily have deep pockets.All Those

Hip-hop appreciates people who do things like Raw Scale Ent has done and is doing for hip-hop and for music in general with “The Stash Spot“.
BIG-UPS TO STASH SPOT TV, RAW SCALE ENTERTAINMENT, AND AFFISHUL RECORDS.DON’T MISS “THE STASH SPOT” ON VEGAS TV CHANNEL 14 SATURDAYS @11PM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As 2009 moves on, so do the now-shifty Billboard 200 chart rankings from week to week. Of course I’m speaking of hip-hop albums on that chart. Though I was kind of not liking the way things began to look, as hip-hop juggernauts began to fall. But when one falls, another rises!
With that said, I’m once again a true fan of this weeks leader, even though it is different than last weeks leader. Jadakiss’ The Last Kiss debuted at #3 this week. Jadakiss is one of hip-hop’s few solid artists. Throughout his career he’s never tweaked his sound to conform to what everyone was feeling at the moment. If you don’t like Jadakiss, you have to at least respect him. This man has lots of skill and is actually quite humble.
Flo Rida has expectingly held on to the second spot at #17, with UGK 4 Life right behind him at #20. Paper Trail is still holding on Strong!! So T.I. has to be happy about that.
Another album debut this week was Mims’ Guilt, which debuted at #53. Not very strong at all, but then that also depends on marketing expenses and effort.
Once again…your Weekly Top Hip-Hop Billboard 200 Update

# 3 Jadakiss - The Last Kiss

# 17 Flo Rida - R.O.O.T.S.

# 20 UGK - UGK 4 Life

# 30 T.I. - Paper Trail

# 48 Bow Wow - New Jack CitY II

Remaining Hip Hop Albums Within The Top 100

# 53 Mims- Guilt

# 56 Kanye West - 808’s & Heartbreak

# 62 Slim Thug- Boss Of All Bosses

# 66 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III

# 73 Jim Jones- Pray IV Reign

# 78 Soulja Boy Tell’em- SouljaBoyTellem.com

# 93 Gorilla Zoe - Don’t Feed Da Animals

At the beginning of the year I did a post on a couple of unsigned artists, that me and some of my people felt were the best of the best, that we’ve heard that are not at all signed. The very first post was on Dutch Shaw, whose made some crazy progress in the business part of getting his career off the ground.

The 2nd post was on Kaution! A young beast on the mic! This guy is crazy with his punchlines and storytelling abilities. His lyrics are far from what you hear every time you turn on some rap music. So I decided to do an update post on this youngster. I’ve been in direct contact with this lyricist and he will soon be dropping his debut underground album, titled Booth Camp. Though there isn’t yet a definite release date, it will be sometime in the early to mid summer 2009! He is also working on a documentary that he will be releasing with his next album, Locked In Tha Booth

Needless to say, youngin’ has been getting his husltle on. His goal is to release 3 documentaries, 2 albums and get his collaborative beat-making campaign off the ground, he has going on with Dijon Musik, before this year’s end.

To listen, support, contact, or just check out !Kaution! visit his myspace page!

Ok…so I want to know where and how it is legal to turn something that is clearly a civil issue, such as not returning a leased Bentley by it’s expiration date, into a criminal issue like grand theft auto?

If anything, not returning a leased vehicle by the contract’s expiration date is a breach of contract. Somehow, hip-hop super producer Scott Storch has been charged with grand theft auto for keeping a leased Bentley too long.

When I first saw the headlines, I was thinking ‘publicity stunt’ too!!! But this is pretty dumb. This is one of those situations where Biggie was talking about ”Mo Money, Mo Problems!” Because we know that this wouldn’t have been turned into a criminal issue if it wasn’t someone of Scott Storch’s status……

So, all of us who wanted to see something new happen on this chart, have finally received our wish! I am particularly happy about seeing UGK 4 Life debuting as our leader this week. I really hope that this album hangs in there for a few weeks, so make sure you go cop that!!! Flo Rida is pretty popular right now, so I regularly wouldn’t expect his album to fall out of the top 10 for a hot minute, and that still may occur. But, I’m very suprised that his sophmore album’s debuted under UGK. 

I’m a UGK fan to the core so I’m glad this happened, but suprised nonetheless.

Anyhow, Bow Wow has made his return, and dropped New Jack CitY II which is our bronze album this week at #16. T.I.’s Paper Trail is still standing very strong, eventhough it is in 4th place this week at # 24. None of the other hip hop albums in the top 50 have been out nearly as long as Paper Trail. Slim Thug’s Boss Of All Bosses proved to be a bit stronger than Jim Jones’ Pray IV Reign in week 2. My how things have shaken up………….

# 6 UGK - UGK 4 Life

# 8 Flo Rida - R.O.O.T.S.

# 16 Bow Wow - New Jack CitY II

# 24 T.I. - Paper Trail

# 32 Slim Thug - Boss Of All Bosses

Remaining Hip Hop Albums Within The Top 100

# 41 Jim Jones - Pray IV Reign

# 52 Kanye West - 808’s & Heartbreak

# 55 Gorilla Zoe - Don’t Feed Da Animals

# 63 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III

# 82 Soulja Boy Tell’em- SouljaBoyTellem.com

Like the previous article I linked ya’ll to, which features the bottom half of the top 10 rappers of the new milenium, the order and artist on this list isn’t what we typically see on a top 10 MC list nowadays. The fact that #1 isn’t 2Pac, B.I.G., or Jay-Z  is already a testament to who may be on this list.

But then again, it is the top artists of the “new milenium”……

Pac and B.I.G. are always #1 and #2 on an all time list.  Anyhow, I think that it is important to remember that everyone has their own opinion. But what I like about how these informative article are written is the information provided about the artist and why he is in the position that he is in on the list. So without further or due, here are a list of the Top 5 Rappers of The New Milenium.

CHECK IT OUT RIGHT HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

While I don’t necessarily agree with the order listed in this article, I do think that the points that are brought up about each of these talented guys are very interesting! I also thought that the selection and it’s order is different from what we normally see nowadays when people are asked who the best out are…..

I also like the fact that this article for the most part leaves out Rap Artitsts who got major before the year 2000. So, there’s no automatic 2Pac, B.I.G., Big L, Jay-Z, & NaS at the front of the list.

CHECK IT OUT HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’ve seen some crazy battles in hip-hop. Most of them were lopsided. The others were like 2 NBA teams within a point of each other, with 10 seconds left in the game.

Serius Jones is mostly known for his slaughtering of Jin Tha Emcee on Fight Klub. I have to admit, I was a witness to that broadcast, and I didn’t think Serius had a chance, but he rolled right over Jin.

Anyway, after witnessing many of his manslaughterings on Fight Klub and other venues, I’ve come up with the best single round that Serius Jones battled in. Now when I say best single round, I’m also saying that his opponent actually challenged him in the round and in the battle overall. So without further or due, it’s the Fight Klub Overtime round between Serius Jones and Big Ace……

Now the chart is looking different, but hey, that is what happens when you have 20 new albums debut on the chart in the same week. Didn’t think it would hurt hip-hop this much, but then again, the true test will be next week when these new releases show their week 2 rankings. Hopefully I will still have a top 5 to report over these next few months. Plies, Ludacris, and Young Jeezy are all off the list now! Jim Jones is our new leader ranking at #8 which is a new release,  followed by Slim Thug who’s album debuted at # 15.

# 8 Jim Jones - Pray IV Reign

# 15 Slim Thug - Boss Of All Bosses

# 24 T.I. - Paper Trail

# 33 Gorilla Zoe - Don’t Feed Da Animals

# 37 Kanye West - 808’s and Heartbreak

Remaining Hip Hop Albums Within The Top 100

 # 55 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III

# 73 Soulja Boy Tell’em - SouljaBoyTellem.com

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Finally! The Billboard 200 list is beginning to look a little different. With some strong yet new releases beginning to take control of things, such as, Kelly Clarkson, U2, The-Dream, Jamie Foxx, and your usual Beyonce and Taylor Swift, our regular hip-hop juggernauts are being forced to take lower positions on the chart. With one new release in Gorilla Zoe’s Don’t Feed Da Animals, we have this album as our new leader for this week. The real test will be where he places next week. Our 3 consistent leaders are now our 2nd, 3rd, and 4th placed albums on the chart. I suspect that if Don’t Feed Da Animals drops out of the leading position, Paper Trail, 808’s and Heartbreak, and Tha Carter III will remain our chart leaders, in that order. Soulja Boy Tellem has knock Plies out of the Top 5, but….because of seeing the same albums every single week….I have decided to start listing all hip-hop albums in the Top 100….Soon, I will start monitoring the hip-hop chart itself.

***Update: Due to my error, I completely overlooked the fact that Twistid debuted on the chart at #11 this week. Thanks to Ted, for pointing that out to me! My mistake…Looks like Soulja Boy Tell’em’s album has been pushed down to the “Best of the Rest” and everyone else other than our current leader has been deranked as well…. 

# 8 Gorilla Zoe - Don’t Feed Da Animals

# 11 TWISTID - w.i.c.k.e.d.

# 12 T.I. - Paper Trail

# 18 Kanye West - 808’s and Heartbreak

# 38 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III

Remaining Hip Hop Albums Within The Top 100

 # 60 Soulja Boy Tell’em - iSouljaBoyTellem.com

# 80 Plies - Da REAList

#88 Ludacris - Theater of the Mind

#99 Young Jeezy - The Recession