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Soldiers and police guard detainees next to packages of seized marijuana during a presentation for the media in Tijuana, Mexico.

TIJUANA, Mexico — Mexican security forces seized at least 105 tons of U.S.-bound marijuana in the border city of Tijuana on Monday, by far the biggest pot bust in the country in recent years.

Soldiers and police grabbed the drugs in pre-dawn raids in three neighborhoods after police arrested 11 people following a shootout, army Gen. Alfonso Duarte Mujica said at a news conference.

The marijuana was found wrapped in 10,000 packages, which were displayed to journalists by soldiers in masks. Duarte said the drug had an estimated street value in Mexico of 4.2 billion pesos, about $340 million.

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What is the state of Today’s Music?

According to  R&B star Erykah Badu, the sound you’re hearing is most likely “cornball a** music“.

Check out Erykah’s view on today’s hip hop, courtesy of RTNY.

“How y’all gone stand by and let our music turn into pop techno cornball ass music. We don’t own our music no more. Come to think of it, did we EVER own it? when I say own our music , I’m not talkin bout the artist I’m talkin bout the people … let me be quiet. I wanna hear from the young people? easy for me to complain about this techno-pop cause i have a taste for something else. but how do u feel? These rappers ought to be shame of they damn selves, I’m talkin bout the mc’ s rappin over this pop techno music. I believe in pimpin the system buy got DAMN! not like this. #pop-technosongs. I like the idea of no distinction in race when it comes 2 music, but SOULkeepers, U dont give up the boom bip and the hump 4 the payday. I love house and techno as a side dish .But now it’s served as the main course AND that’s ALL u gone get. like chittlins in the back house. I love music PERIOD. just not ready to say goodbye to the boom bip and the hump .. kinda painful for my generation to see. just strange 2me. Yes, no1 wants 2B poor again. artist have2 sacrifice integrity of the music sometimes 2 make ends meet. this is understood.but gotDAMN now. if you’ve never tasted good p*ssy your satisfied with ass hole. (that’s terrible ain’t it .) lol”

-Erykah Badu

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Full list after the jump.

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Top 100 Most Powerful Women

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As of today, text from Jay-Z’s book Decoded will be featured in locations throughout NYC, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Miami and London until the Nov. 16th release. The pages will be located in areas corresponding to each excerpt.

“If in certain pages Jay-Z is talking about something related to Times Square, then those pages might be on billboards in Times Square,” said David Droga, creative chairman Droga5, the New York agency heading the campaign.

Fans will be also be able to find them through Bing/Jay-Z and will be eligble to attend Hov’s New Year’s Eve concert in Las Vegas.

During the 2008 presidential race, Jay-Z joined Barack Obama on the campaign trail to encourage young people to vote. With the crucial November elections just a month away, the rapper/ entrepreneur is once again calling on fans to hit the polls. Watch Jay-Z’s new PSA for Vote Again 2010 and HeadCount.org above. “Fight for what’s right, fight for what you believe in,” says Jay-Z.