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2012

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July 18, 2012

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Big Sean, Doughboys Cashout, Dusty McFly

#2. Frank Ocean – Channel Orange – 131,000 (131,000)

#4. Chris Brown – Fortune – 45,000 (180,000)

#13. Maybach Music Group Presents… – Self Made, Volume 2 – 21,000 (154,000)

#20. Aesop Rock – Skelethon – 14,000 (14,000)

#23. Flo Rida – Wild Ones – 13,000 (44,000)

#40. Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded – 9,600 (578,000)

#54. Drake – Take Care – 7,000 (1,817,000)

#84. Waka Flocka Flame – Triple F Life: Fans, Friends & Family – 4,900 (67,000)

#87. B.o.B. – Strange Clouds – 4,800 (196,000)

#138. Big K.R.I.T. – Live From The Underground – 2,900 (74,000)

* data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousandth for units above 10,000, nearest hundredth for units below 10,000.

DJ Mo Beatz – D-Boy

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July 17, 2012

The tradition of exceptional music coming out of Detroit continues as DJ Mo Beatz brings together some of the city’s most talented artists over this Lifted production with ‘D-Boy’, featuring HBK of Doughboyz Cashout, Dusty McFly, SayItAintTone & Big Sean. Watch this visual, directed by Mike Carson & Mike Waxx

The Art of 16 Bars [documentary]

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July 13, 2012

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Features The Notorious B.I.G., Eminem, Talib Kweli, Busta Rhymes, Ghostface Killah, Phife Dawg, Raekwon, Nas, Redman, Q-Tip, Rakim, Too Short,Guru, Supernatural, Common, Krs-One, Shock-G, Mc Lyte, Slick Rick, Kool Moe Dee, Jurassic 5, Pharoahe Monch, Twista, and more.

Michael Jordan Laughs At Kobe Bryant For Saying 2012 Olympic Team could beat 1992 Dream Team

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Kobe Bryant did an interview a couple days ago and said that he thought this year’s Olympic basketball team could beat the 1992 Dream Team. Charles Barkley responded yesterday by saying that there was no way in hell that the 2012 squad could beat the 1992 team. Then, AccuScore did a bunch of computer simulations to determine that, if the two teams played, the Dream Team would win about 53 percent of the time. And, now, Michael Jordan has officially spoken and, of course, he says that there’s “no comparison” between the Dream Team and this year’s team.

“I absolutely laughed,” he said earlier today when asked about Kobe’s comments prior to a celebrity golf tournament in Charlotte. He added that Kobe’s prediction “is not one of the smarter things he ever could have done.”

via AP

Fabolous “Swag Champ”

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Directed by Aristotle

Beanie Sigel Sentenced to 2 Years for Tax Evasion

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Philadelphia rapper and self-proclaimed broad street bully, Beanie Sigel was sentenced to two years in prison at the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia today, for failing to pay more than $728,000 in taxes dating back to 1999.

Damn. Hold ya head Beans!

Alibaba Buys Back 20% Stake From Yahoo for $7.1 Billion

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Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba has bought half of Yahoo’s stake in the company — 20% of Alibaba’s shares — back from Yahoo for $7.1 billion.

Under the terms of the agreement, Yahoo will sell half its stake in Alibaba for at least $6.3 billion in cash and up to $800 million in new Alibaba preferred stock. Read More

Jim Jones “Paper Chase”

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Jim Jones drops an official video for “Paper Chase” featuring Trav, off his “Vampire Life 2” mixtape.

Stalley “Midnight Satori”

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Stalley drops an official video for “Midnight Satori”, off his “Songs By Me” EP. Directed by Slick Jackson

8 Ball “Good Girl, Bad Girl”

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July 10, 2012

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8 Ball drops an official video for “Good Girl, Bad Girl”.

Spike Lee Working on Michael Jackson Documentary

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July 10, 2012

Filmmaker Spike Lee is currently in the final stages of post-production of a Michael Jackson** documentary that focuses on the King of Pop’s album Bad and ensuing world tour.

The film, which syncs up nicely with the album’s 25th anniversary, features 40 interviews done by Lee with Jackson’s confidants, choreographers, musicians and other collaborators. Lee also interviewed contemporary stars from Kanye West to Sheryl Crow (a backup singer on the Bad tour) about the album’s lasting influence.