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Waka Flocka Flame is gearing up for his next solo album 'Triple F Life.' This Lex Luger produced joint is the first single.

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Check out the latest visuals from Pittsburgh's Wiz Khalifa, off of his 'Rolling Paper's album, which is in stores now.

'Watch The Throne' has everyone buzzing. Everything from the album not leaking, to the volume of units reportedly sold without a real lead-in radio tune.

Kind of looked over in all the hoopla was whether or not the album actually lived up to it's lofty billing.

Check out a few reviews from critics coast to coast, and see if you agree.

Chicago Tribune: When two of the biggest names in hip-hop – Jay-Z and Kanye West -- collaborate on an album, is there any way it can live up to the hype? Likely not, and that’s the burden “Watch the Throne” faces. 2/4

USA Today: Star collaborations don’t always work out as well in practice as they do on paper (see: Jay-Z and R. Kelly). But in this case, they’ve created an artistic Throne that other rappers can aspire to. 4/4

AllHipHop: The Neptunes-produced “Gotta Have It” is pleasant, but the real gem is “New Day,” a song Jay and Kanye pen to their fictional unborn sons. It shows both as vulnerable and honest, backed by RZA and Kanye’s production. Kanye starts, “And I’d never let my son have an ego, we gon, be nice to everyone wherever we go / I mean I might even make him be Republican, so everybody know he love white people.” Jay vows to his son, ”Promise to never leave him even if his momma tweaking / Cause my Dad left me and I promised never repeat him.” 9/10

L.A. Times: Over the course of the album, West and Hova name-check with cultural equanimity, shouting out both Too Short and Larry Gagosian, bragging on their Rothkos and Basquiats, offering a nod “to the leader of the Jackson 5,” to Dale Earnhardt, Plato and Malcolm X. Interwoven are brand-name endorsements of Hermes, Audemars Piguet, Margiela and Gucci.

Huffington Post: These verses aren't aspirational, they're autobiographical. West's mother passed away in Los Angeles from complications from cosmetic surgery. Jay-Z can't give an interview without being asked when him and Beyonce are planning on fathering a child (in a recent surprise Hot 97 interview, he said he was "looking for the exits" as soon as Angie Martinez asked him when he wants to be dad). In an age of "I love you, love me" synth pop of Ladies Gaga, Spears and Perry, listening to Watch The Throne feels like coming off of happy pills and realizing that it's OK that sometimes, life doesn't just love you the way you were born.

New York Post : Watch the Throne” is neither West’s nor Jay-Z’s best, but count it as a success, especially getting two performers as dynamic and egomaniacal as this duo to mesh into a cohesive team.

TIME: But dig deep into Throne, past the bacchanal celebration of the finer things in life, and you'll find the album's heart: two men grappling with what it means to be successful and black in a nation that still thinks of them as second class.

The finest example of this is "Murder to Excellence," which compares the murder rate in Chicago to the death toll in Iraq. Jay-Z raps about Black Panther member Fred Hampton, killed in a police raid in 1969, and about Danroy Henry, a 20-year-old Pace University student who was shot outside a Pleasantville, NY bar by police in October 2010. "Is it genocide?" Kanye muses, "Cause I can still hear his mama cry." The song isn't angry and it isn't accusatory. It just seeks to catalog what's happening in urban communities ("The paper read murder / black-on-black murder" runs the chorus) and to understand why it seems like the violence will never stop.

Beanie Sigel pleaded guilty to tax evasion charges today in Philadelphia.

The former Roc-A-Fella Records signee earned more than $1.3 million between 2002 and 2004, but was accused of failing to file tax returns for those three years according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. 

His attorney, Fortunato Perri Jr., said he will contest the government's calculation of taxes owed at Sigel's sentencing hearing in November.

The 37-year old Sigel could face up to three years in prison.

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A new rap beef has popped off between Mr. Cheeks and Joe Budden. I'm not sure where this originated, but it has Mr. Cheeks of Lost Boyz fame in a mood to smack somebody.

"Yall n*ggas gonna make me get on my motherf*cking '89 sh*t again. Where n*ggas used to smack n*ggas when we see them," Cheeks said. "Aint no motherf*cking internet sh*t no more. When n*ggas see each other they throw them hands up. N*ggas talkin bout Joe Budden coming at me. N*gga you still living?"

Budden has yet to respond, but given his history in rap beefs he probably will.

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New "Pacman" video from Atlanta's dynamic duo, Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka Flame.

'Ferrari Boyz' album in stores now.

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Affion Crockett tackes on the characters of Jay-Z, Kanye West, Cory Gunz and Lil Wayne in this promo spoof for his TV show 'In The Flow.'

The show premiers Sunday August 14th at 9pm on FOX.

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Damon Dash is really going through tough times right now. The former Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder made no attempts to hide his money problems in a recent interview on Shade 45's 'Sway in the Morning.'

"I owe way more than $2 million in taxes. That must've just been the IRS," Dash said, responding to a question about his finances. "Nah, nah, I'm f*cked up. If I say I owe $2 million to the government and I got it -- they're coming to get it. I aint got it."

People may wonder how a man that at one point was raking in millions of dollars ended up owing more that $200 million to the IRS and other creditors. Dame says it's the price of doing business.

"It's the price of business man... it is what it is," he said "I owe taxes I gotta pay. "They're auditing me -- when you're a businessman and you own a lot of businesses. A lot of the time they think you're laundering money, or you're pretending you're writing things off that you don't. But I'm a true businessman and I believe in my independence, I have no partners. So every dollar I make goes right back into every business I have."

If early numbers are an accurate indicator then 'Watch The Throne' is a smashing success.

The debut album from The Throne (Jay-Z and Kanye West) is on pace to move between 400,000-500,000 copies in it's 1st week. Those sales would make the album 2nd in first week sales only to Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way,' which moved 1.1 million units out of the gate according to Billboard

The album is being sold exclusively through iTunes, and won't be available to all other retail outlets until August 12.

Not bad for an album nobody knew was coming less than a year ago.

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Kreayshawn is new to the business and it's obvious she's still trying to adjust.

The Oakland rapper stopped by Philadelphia's Power99 radio station to freestyle for Cosmic Kev, which might not have been her best moment.

Check out young Kreayshawn spitting and weigh in below.

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Kanye West took the stage at the Big Chill Music Festival in Herefordshire, England on Saturday (August 6) feeling ill. But the rapper had a lot on his mind.

Telling the crowd he was sorry for being late, West then launched into a seven minute long speech. At the end of which, he said something that in retrospect he might not have.

"I walk through the hotel and I walk down the street, and people look at me like I'm f*cking insane, like I'm Hitler," he tells the crowd beginning at the 4:15 mark. "One day the light will shine through and one day people will understand everything I ever did, ever said, was to throw myself on the blade for the sake of someone else."

Kanye spoke about a lot more than that, but that is all anybody is going to be talking about for the next day, so check the clip below. 

What do you think of Yeezy's comments?

Compares himself to Hitler at 4:15

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Check out Cee Lo Green's latest visuals for "Cry Baby."

Thris throwback clip stars Jaleel White as Cee Lo.

'The Lady Killer' is in stores now.

50 Cent is set to headline yet another festival this year.

Fresh off of his July 30 gig at Ireland's Waterford Festival, 50 will be traveling to Dubai for a performance at Shoppiesta.

Shoppiesta is a 5 day "lifestyle extravaganza" being held in Meydan, Dubai that features concerts, games, and exhibitions. 50 is scheduled to close out the event on September 4 with a special show according to organizers.

“It’s going to be an exclusive show just for Dubai,” Radhesh Menon, Shoppiesta’s director told The National. “He should be performing several songs he hasn’t played in the Middle East before."

This will be 50's first performance in Dubai since 2007.

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Big Snoop Dogg is back with some new music.

Produced by Battlecat and directed by Dah Dah, these latest visuals show Snoop doing what he loves the most.

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Female celebreties were having a hard time keeping their breasts inside their revealing outfits this weekend.

After the Nicki Minaj incident on Good Morning America Friday, singer Kelly Rowland suffered a similar fate Sunday (August 7).

Rowland's wardrobe malfunction happened while she performed at Club 4Sixty6 in West Orange, New Jersey. As she danced her black bra style top slid up to expose both breasts to the audience.

After rushing backstage to fix her top, the singer came back out to finish the show.

The singer took the accident in stride and later joked about it on Twitter.

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On Saturday the NFL inducted Richard Dent, Marshall Faulk. Chris Hanburger, Ed Sabol, Les Richter, Deion Sanders and Shannon Sharpe into the Hall Of Fame.

Check out their career statistics and watch emotional speeches from Faulk, Sharpe, Dent and Sanders below.

Richard Dent

1983-1993, 1995 Chicago Bears, 1994 San Francisco 49ers, 1996 Indianapolis Colts, 1997 Philadelphia Eagles … 15 seasons, 203 games … Selected by Chicago in eighth round (203rd player overall) of 1983 NFL Draft … Played in every game as rookie … Became full-time starter early in 1984, beginning a 10-year period in which he recorded 10 or more sacks in eight of 10 seasons … An intimidating player, could speed rush or power rush the quarterback … Twice, once in 1984 and again in 1987, recorded 4.5 sacks in a game, both vs. Raiders … One of game’s premier pass rushers with 137.5 career sacks, which at time of retirement third all-time best … Led NFC with team record 17.5 sacks, 1984 … Following year, led NFL with 17 sacks as an integral part of Bears dominating defense … His three tackles, 1.5 sacks, one pass defensed and two forced fumbles earned him Super Bowl XX MVP honors following Bears lopsided 46-10 win over Patriots … Career statistics include eight interceptions (one touchdown), a safety, and fumble recovery for a touchdown … Named first- or second-team All-Pro four times, All-NFC five times … Selected to play in four Pro Bowls (1985, 1986, 1991, 1994) … Born December 13, 1960 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Marshall Faulk

1994-98 Indianapolis Colts, 1999-2005 St. Louis Rams … 12 seasons … 176 games … Selected by Colts 1st round (2nd player overall) in 1994 draft … Finished season with 1,282 rushing yards and AFC-leading 11 TDs … Also caught 52 passes for 522 yards, 1 TD … Named Rookie of the Year … Rushed for 1,000 yards in seven of first eight seasons … In 1999 became second in NFL history to eclipse 1,000-yard mark in both rushing and receiving and set then-record for yards from scrimmage (2,429) and was named NFL’s Offensive Player of the Year for first of three straight times … Named NFL MVP in 2000 after setting single-season record for touchdowns (26) that included league-leading 18 rushing touchdowns … First-team All-Pro three times, All-AFC twice, All-NFC three times ...Second-team All-Pro in 1994, 1995, 1998 … Voted to seven Pro Bowls…First player in NFL history to gain 2,000 yards from scrimmage in four straight seasons (1998-2001) … Retired as NFL’s ninth-ranked rusher (12,279 yards) … Recorded 767 receptions (16th all-time at retirement) for 6,875 yards, 36 touchdowns … His 19,154 yards from scrimmage was sixth all-time

Chris Hanburger

1965-1978 Washington Redskins … 14 playing seasons, 187 games … Selected by the Redskins in 18th round (245th player overall) in 1965 NFL Draft … Made mark as a rookie as big-play maker … Was “defensive quarterback” and one of most dependable and steady linebackers of era … An integral part of dominant Redskins teams of the 1970s … Selected first-team All-NFL four times in five-season span (1972-76) … Named All-Eastern Conference, 1968 and 1969; All-NFC six times in seven seasons (1970-76) … Voted to nine Pro Bowls ... Outstanding play in 1972 helped lead the Redskins to first Super Bowl berth … Recorded numerous game-changing plays throughout season as team won NFC East with 11-3 mark … Shared team lead with career-high four interceptions … Strong play continued into postseason as the Redskins downed Green Bay 16-3 in divisional playoff before facing Dallas in 1972 NFC Championship Game … Recorded two tackles and six assists as Redskins routed Cowboys 26-3 … Added another strong game in Super Bowl appearance recording four solo tackles, assisting on two in 14-7 loss to Dolphins in Super Bowl VII … In all, Hanburger recovered three fumbles for touchdowns, an NFL record at time of retirement … Also recorded 19 career interceptions for 347 yards and 2 TDs … Born August 13, 1941 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Les Richter

1954-1962 Los Angeles Rams ... Nine playing seasons, 112 games … Selected by New York Yanks in first round (2nd player overall) of 1952 draft …Yanks folded two days after NFL Draft … Team assets, including signing rights to Richter, were granted to expansion Dallas Texans … Los Angeles Rams dealt 11 players to Texans to obtain Richter ... Rams waited two years while Richter served in military … Upon return signed with Rams and embarked on nine-season career that earned him reputation as one of the best linebackers of his era … Known for rugged, punishing style of play … Was selected to eight straight Pro Bowls, missing only final season in 1962 … Also named a first- or second-team All-NFL each season during a six-year span, 1955-1960 … Also saw some time at center and handled Rams placekicking duties early in career … Led Rams in scoring, 1955 and 1956 … In all, totaled 193 points off of 29 field goals and 106 extra points during career … Recorded 16 career interceptions for 206 yards … Twice had four picks in a season (1957 and 1961) and was Rams leading interceptor in 1957 … Battled through various injuries but never missed game during 112-game career … Born October 6, 1930 in Fresno, California … Died June 12, 2010 at the age of 79.

Ed Sabol

1964-1995 NFL Films ... Man behind idea of NFL Films ... Aspiring filmmaker, who at age 45 hatched idea of forming Blair Productions, a film company named after daughter … In 1962 contacted NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle with offer to double $1,500 bid for rights to film 1962 NFL Championship Game … Rozelle accepted and Sabol’s film company was off and rolling … From start, incorporated unique creative angles inspired by his background in drama society at Ohio State and brief stint on Broadway … Rather than single camera located high in stadium, Sabol added sideline camera to catch intensity of players … Blair Productions continued to shoot NFL action for next two years before Sabol convinced NFL it needed own motion picture company … With that, NFL Films was born … Served as President until 1985 when he turned over role to son Steve … Senior Sabol continued to serve as Chairman through his retirement in 1995 … During tenure, NFL Films won 52 Emmy Awards … With Ed Sabol’s vision, NFL Films revolutionized manner in which sports are presented … Firsts in film include use of microphone on coaches, referees and players; use of reverse-angle replay; adding popular music to footage; and popular bloopers videos … Began producing weekly NFL highlight shows in the late 1960s, introduced first sports home video in 1980 … Born September 11, 1916 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Deion Sanders

1989-1993 Atlanta Falcons, 1994 San Francisco 49ers, 1995-99 Dallas Cowboys, 2000 Washington Redskins, 2004-05 Baltimore Ravens ... 14 seasons, 188 games … Selected by Atlanta in 1st round (5th player overall) of 1989 draft … Returned punt 68 yards for touchdown in NFL debut … Scored total of six touchdowns on punt returns, three TDs on kickoff returns, and returned nine interceptions for scores during career … Multi-faceted athlete returned one fumble for TD and had 60 receptions for 784 yards and 3 TDs … In all, recorded 53 career interceptions including five with Ravens when he returned to field after three-year retirement … Member of NFL’s All-Decade Team of 1990s as both cornerback, punt returner … Led NFL in punt returns, 1998, with 15.6 average … Led NFC in kickoffs in 1992 and interceptions in 1991, 1993 … Was widely regarded as “shutdown corner” during career … Named first-team All-Pro nine times at cornerback in addition to receiving All-Pro as kick returner in 1992 and punt returner 1998 … Elected to eight Pro Bowls … Retired second all-time in interception return yardage (1,331), tied for second for most interceptions returned for touchdown in a career (9) and a season (3) … His 303 yards gained on interception returns in 1994, third best in NFL at retirement …. In 1994 became first player to have two 90-yard interception returns for touchdowns in same season … Named NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year, 1994 … Born August 9, 1967 in Fort Myers, Florida.

Shannon Sharpe

1990-99, 2002-03 Denver Broncos, 2000-01 Baltimore Ravens ... 14 playing seasons, 204 games … Three-time All-America at Savannah State … Selected by Broncos in the seventh round (192nd player overall) of the 1990 NFL Draft … At time of retirement, his 815 career receptions and 10,060 yards and 62 TDs were all NFL career records for a tight end … His 214 receiving yards vs. Kansas City in 2002 is an NFL single-game record for a tight end … Tied NFL record with 13 receptions in single post-season game (vs. Raiders, 1993) … Three times during career amassed over 1,000 yards receiving … Earned first- or second-team All-Pro honors five times and first- or second-team All-AFC honors six times … Selected to play in eight Pro Bowls (1993-99, 2002) … In 1996 led all tight ends in receptions (80), receiving yards (1,062 yards), and receiving touchdowns (10) … Following season had career best 1,107 receiving yards for career best 15.4 yard average … An integral part of Broncos Super Bowl XXXII and XXXIII and Ravens Super Bowl XXXV championships … Born June 26, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois.

Stss From ProFootBallHOF.com

Shannon Sharpe Hall of Fame Speech 2011

Deion Sanders Hall Of Fame Speech 2011

Marshall Faulk Hall Of Fame Speech 2011

Richard Dent Hall Of Fame Speech 2011

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Tracklist:
01. Bring Em’ In- Made this in ATL during the “single hunt” phase. Even though it wasn’t a single and won’t make the album, I love this shit!
02. Roll Call- Just some real shit. Venting
03. Be Freestyle- “Put on for my city like my favorite jacket… “man, you gon’ where that every got damn night??”.. “know what I paid for this shit?? bitch, you got damn right!!”

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