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Immortal Technique Talks Hiatus & His Investments

Tech talks about his time in Afghanistan, and investing his money in land in South America

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Dr. Dre Working with Dipset

UPDATE: Jim Jones confirms a few sessions with Dr. Dre and points to a 2011 release date for the Diplomats.

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Just Blaze Talks Creating "No Love" With Eminem & Lil Wayne

Just Blaze discusses making Eminem's latest single "No Love."

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Jay-Z, Beyonce & More Perform At Alicia Keys' AIDS Charity Ball

Jay, Beyonce were just two of the stars who showed up to support Keys' 8th annual AIDS event

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Wyclef Still Planning To Become Haiti's President

Despite recent setbacks, Wyclef plans on realizing his dream to preside over Haiti

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B.o.B. Performs For Obama, Makes His iPod

B.o.B. performed for the President last night, talks about finding himself in Obama's iPod

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Lloyd Banks Following Kanye's Lead With "Blue Fridays"

With Hunger For More 2 due in November, Banks plans to release new material each Friday

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Pete Rock & Nas Reunite On Lost Tapes Vol. 2

For the first time since Illmatic, fans will hear Nas over a Pete Rock production

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Dr. Dre Says Eminem/Jay-Z Shows Inspired Him To Finish Detox

The adrenaline rush of screaming fans made Dre want to get back in the studio

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Aloe Blacc - Good Things

When the outstanding "I Need A Dollar" leaked a few months back, it was a thrill to hear Aloe finally finding what he'd been searching for.

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The Five Best Sequels In Hip Hop

Last week we tackled the worst, this week we look at those who kept up the standard on their sequels, including Wu-Tang Clan, Def Squad and N.W.A. alumni.

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You Sampled It Wrong: G. Rap vs. GZA vs. Edan vs. Non Phixion

Some all-time greats in RZA and Primo sampled this Bar-Kays joint, who got the best of it?

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The 5 Worst Sequels In Hip Hop

Rappers love making sequels to their best albums, but they rarely live up. Here are the 5 we like the least, with special dedication to 2001 sequels to '95ers.

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Atmosphere - To All My Friends, Blood Makes The Blade Holy

In wisdom-heavy "The Best Day," a bad day here isn't the stash getting hit, but a day in the life of a nine-to-fiver, high school kid or family man.

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Throwback Thursday Round Up

This week we featured Foxy Brown & Jay-Z, C-Bo, DJ Honda, DJ Premier, Mos Def, Cee-Lo

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You Sampled It Wrong: Mos vs. Cee-Lo, Premo vs. Honda

Throwback Thursday! DJ Honda & Mos Def square off against Lost Boyz, Ranjahz & Premier over a Jerry Butler sample

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Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 9/5/2010

Shady rules. Eminem stays number 3 with Recovery and remains top 100 with Relapse and top 200 with Curtain Call

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Throwback Thursday: You Sampled It Wrong 9/2/2010

Doug E. Fresh vs. LL vs. Redman vs. Pete Rock & CL vs. OC vs. Nas over a Keni Burke sample

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Win A VIP Trip To The American Music Awards

Follow American Express on Twitter to win a VIP trip to the AMAs

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Lil Wayne Offers His US Open Tennis Picks To Sports Illustrated

In a letter to Sports Illustrated, Wayne makes his picks for the US Open

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Throwback Thursday: You Sampled It Wrong

Now a weekly feature, Cube, Tribe and others go toe-to-toe in this edition.

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