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Halloween comes almost two weeks early in the form of Chris Brown's new video.

Breezy bares his fangs while he takes a stab at The Throne's "N*ggas In Paris" instrumental. T-Pain throws in a few ad libs.

When Method Man speaks it's always a good idea to pay close attention. The Wu Tang Clan rapper has seen it all in his 21 years in the business.

With four solo albums, five Wu Tang discs, two Blackout! projects with Redman and last year's Wu Massacre cd with Raekwon and Ghostface Killah under his belt, Johnny Blaze has quite a few stories to tell. Luckily for us he lets us in on more than a few little known secrets in a new interview with Complex, as he breaks down his "25 Most Essential Songs."

Here are just a few of the highlights:

* Wu Tang Clan was originally only supposed to have three members, Ol' Dirty Bastard, GZA and RZA.

* The first time he saw the "Method Man" video on tv he was dead broke, eating white rice with ketchup on Thanksgiving, thinking "this f*cking rap sh*t is weak."

* Raekwon and Ghostface Killah didn't like Notorious B.I.G.

* He was on angel dust when he recorded 'Tical'

* He recorded four different versions of "All I Need"

* Ol' Dirty Bastard's first album was written by RZA and GZA with the exception of "Brooklyn Zoo."

* True Master did a lot of the production on Only Built For Cuban Linx.

* He was high on mushrooms out in L.A. at a party during the height of the Biggie/2Pac beef and feeling uncomfortable. 'Pac approached him and let him know if there was anybody on the East Coast he would f*ck with it would be Wu Tang Clan.

* He lost interest halfway through recording "Extortion" with Mobb Deep because he was so high

There's a lot more to the interview. To read it in full head over to Complex.

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Lil Wayne can't say enough good things about Drake and his upcoming album, Take Care.


Even though he hasn't heard the entire disc, the songs he has heard has him very excited about the project.


"I actually haven't got a chance to listen to all of it, but I heard a few songs," Wayne told MTV. "I can tell, you know, I don't know nothing else out there that can touch it, including my stuff. That kid is on another planet."


Wayne thinks that part of Drake's success has been his ability to put out music his fans can relate to.


"Drake excels at... I call him a conversational artist. Meaning he can make a hit song out of a regular conversation that you would love to have with any woman or anybody," Weezy said. "I think that's his expertise. And the songs I heard he just capitalized on that like crazy."

Take Care drops November 15.

Lloyd Banks unveils the sick artwork for his upcoming mixtape, The Cold Corner 2.

Coming soon.....

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Brisco aka The Opa Locka Goon took the stand yesterday to testify in the trial of one of four men accused of pistol whipping and robbing him.

The incident happened in August 2009 at a Miami barbershop. The Cash Money artist was getting a haircut when four men stormed the place, ordering everyone to lie face down before robbing them.

Brisco, who was also pistol whipped, had his Range Rover stolen as well as his Louis Vuitton wallet, more than $1,000 in cash, and more than $35,000 worth of jewelry.

In court Brisco was asked to identify one of his attackers.

"Out of these pictures right here he looks like the guy," Brisco told the court. "One of those guys hit me with a gun--like on the side of my head."

The rapper has evidently been catching some flack for testifying. He retweeted several messages of fans supporting him and wrote: "Them crackers will twist your words!!!!!!!"

What do you think of Brisco taking the stand?

Brisco testifying in robbery case

Video footage of Brisco being robbed

Due to an 11-month jail stint T.I. missed out on promoting his last album, No Mercy. The disc has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, but that's not the kind of numbers the Atlanta rapper has come to expect.

Tip plans on being around for his next album which is already being recorded. He's currently trying to decide between two album titles for the project.

"The first of two album titles I'm debating is Kill the King because in all that I've gone through I've observed how people respond to my circumstances, and I always wonder 'Why y'all coming at me like this?' But I thought, 'How do you expect them to act?'" he tells Rolling Stone. "Life is a game of chess and the object is to kill the king. If you anoint yourself king, you have made yourself a target. The second one is self-explanatory – Trouble."

Tip has dropped two new songs since his release. "Hear Ye, Hear Ye" featuring Pharell Williams and the Big K.R.I.T. produced "I'm Flexin'." The latter is aimed at his core Bankhead audience.

"I've heard some East Coast DJ's have mediocre feelings toward 'I'm Flexin'' but that's expected because the record's not for y'all," TIP says. "It's for my foundation, my people. I'll come back for y'all."

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Since Prodigy's release from prison in March, he and his Mobb Deep partner Havoc have been banging out hits at a hectic pace in preparation for the release of their upcoming EP, Black Cocaine.


The duo have recorded tracks with Nas, Tony Yayo, Waka Flocka, French Montana, LEP Bogus Boys, Jay Electronica and more.


One of the more surprising collaborations is a song they have recorded with Officer Ricky.


"When I came back [from prison] we made sure we did a lot of those [collaborations]. We got a joint with Rick Ross that we did. Got a joint with Gunplay, Rick Ross' artist. And just different people that people might not have expected us to do some sh*t like that," P said.


Prodigy mentions that the 3-year bid he did has made him even more hungry.


"I'm a little more hungry because I know how it feels to have my family, my career and everything snatched from me. So now I appreciate it even more."

Black Cocaine drops on Black Friday, November 25.

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Kelly Rowland is "Down For Whatever" in the video for the latest single off her third album, Here I Am.

The clip was directed by Sarah Chatfield.

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Soulja Boy was released from a Temple, Georgia jail yesterday (October 17) after posting a $10,000 bond.

The rapper and four other men were arrested at around 2:15 a.m. yesterday morning after a routine traffic stop. Cops says they smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming from the Escalade they were riding in. A subsequent search turned up 5 ounces of weed, guns and $40,000 in cash.

TMZ is reporting that the drugs, money and one gun were found inside a briefcase that belongs to Soulja.

Soulja, real name, DeAndre Cortez Way, 21, Dontay Lamar Bates, 27, Camron Wagner, 22, James Raymond Smith, 35, and Gregory Latimore, 56, were all charged with felony possession of marijuana, possession with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.

As he left jail Soulja told his fans who had gathered outside that he loved them and that he was innocent.

"I got love for all yall, I'm innocent," Soulja said before being driven away.

The Atlanta rapper didn't waste time getting back to work. He hit up Twitter after his release to promote his new dvd Soulja Boy: The Movie, which was released yesterday. He also thanked his fans again for their support.

"Thank you and i'm sorry. love you forever, seeing your letters and you standing outside that jail made me feel the love. my fans r the best," he wrote. "They locked my ceo up, but i'm the ceo... f*ck. I missed 10 interviews today for my new movie! to those companies i'm sorry! you can see I had a lil situation. the show must go on."

T.I. gets an assists from Pharrell Williams on the second track he's released since leaving prison last month.

Tip is currently in the studio working on his eighth album.

Young Chris is getting ready to release his new mixtape, The Revival. Red hot producer Cardiak will handle the production duties on the project which is expected to drop on Halloween.

Lea on the set of her music video for "November Skies (11-11-11)"

G-note's leading lady, Lea, just released her new single "November Skies (11-11-11)" a few days ago and the song is already getting great reviews.


The ballad was written by producer Ken Lewis, a music industry veteran who has worked with Kanye West, Jay-Z, Justin Bieber and Usher to name a few.



Lewis is especially pleased with the work he did with Lea. The producer sees big things in the Latin singer's future.

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"The song that I did with Lea Quezada, November Skies' that’s out next month, might be my number one," Lewis told HipHopDX during an interview that was published Saturday (October 15). "Me and my production partner Brent Kolatalo did all of the music, and I wrote 100% of the top line. When you’re pitching songs as a songwriter, trying to get an artist to fall in love with your songs, you always want the 'Oh my god' response. You want someone to hear what you did and say, 'Oh my god, I must do that,' Lewis explained. "I brought the song to Dre McKenzie, the A&R for G-Unit, and got the 'Oh my God' response. He sent it to Lea, and said Lea lost her mind over it and loved it. Lea has one of the best voices I’ve ever worked with, girl is amazing. Six days later, she’s at my studio cutting the record, and she absolutely sung the hell out of it. This is a record that, the range is epic. When you hear it, you’re going to be like, 'Holy sh*t.' It’s one of my favorite songs I’ve ever written, I think Lea is a super dope artist, she sang the top of it, and I wrote 100 percent of the top line. There are all these elements about it that are very near and dear to my heart that would put it high on the list, if not on top of the list. That’s the direction I’m going in my career right now: I want to write songs that connect with people the way that song connected with Lea, and hopefully, the way that Leah’s version of that song connects with the world. That’s my mission right now."

The video for "November Skies (11-11-11)" will be dropping in the very near future.


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When Chris Brown hopped into this year's BET Cyphers, he showed how far he's come in the short amount of time that he's been rapping.

In a new interview with Fuse TV, Breezy breaks down why he decided to test his mic skills.

"I think it's more acceptable. It's kind of like in the 80's when everybody was trying out the rap thing," Chris said. "Everybody was doing it, but they were dancing and incorporating everything. You had MC Hammer and so many other people who used hip-hop and dance. That was kind of the essence of hip-hop, b-boying, the whole street art. Everything kind of incorporated into one."

Chris also said that fans these days are more accepting of artists trying new things.

"Kids these days, they don't have a one-track mind," Breezy explained. "They don't like just one thing... they like everything, so that makes them who they are. I think that's what it is with me. A lot of different genres--a lot of different things I bring to my music. That's why I wanna do rap. That's why I wanna do any other kind of song I can do. It's just one of those things that's more acceptable now."

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Slim The Mobster drops new visuals for a track off his upcoming street album, War Music.

The Dr. Dre protege tells a story about coming up on the mean streets of L.A. and making it out on the Sha Money XL produced "South Central Blues."

Video directed by Eif Rivera.

War Music drops November 8.