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It's been six years since Xzibit released his last album but the West Coast MC is ready to return with him seventh studio disc titled Napalm. Yesterday he released the tracklist and features for the project that he is looking to drop in September.

RBX, Prodigy, Travis Barker, B-Real, Demrick, Wiz Khalifa, David Banner and more are scheduled to make appearances.

Peep the full tracklist below.

1. State Of Hip-Hop Vs. Xzibit (Prod. By Beat Butcher)
2. Everything (Prod. By Rick Rock)
3. Dos Equise Ft. RBX
4. Something More Ft. Prodigy
5. Gangsta Gangsta (Prod. By DJ Chill)
6. Forever A G Ft. Wiz Khalifa (Prod. By E. Dan)
7. 1983 Ft. Trena Joiner (Xzibit’s Mom) (Prod. By Insane Wayne)
8. Stand Tall Ft. Slim Da Mobster (Prod. By S1)
9. Spread It Out (Prod. By 21)
10. Up Out The Way Ft. E-40 (Prod. By Rick Rock)
11. Napalm (Prod. By 1500 Or Nothin’) (Drums By Travis Barker; Scratches By Sid (Of Slipknot))
12. Meaning Of Life Ft. Ret. Staff Sargent Shilo Harris (U.S. Army)
13. Louis XIII Ft. King T & Tha Alkaholiks (Prod. By Dr. Dre)
14. Enjoy The Night Ft. David Banner, Wiz Khalifa & Brevi (Prod. By David Banner)
15. Movie Ft. Crooked I, Slim Da Mobster & Game (Prod. By Akon)
16. I Came To Kill (Prod. By !llmind)
17. Killer’s Remorse Ft. Bishop Lamont, B-Real & Demrick (Prod. By Focus)
18. 1983 StringAcapella

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Busta Rhymes takes us behind the scenes of his brand new video "King Tut," featuring Reek Da Villian and J-Doe. The Conglomerate boss will be releasing his highly anticipated ninth studio album Year of the Dragon later this year via Cash Money Records.

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Young Diggy is back with a new freestyle

2 Chainz has revealed the cover for his next single. "Birthday Cake" will feature Kanye West. The song will be released via iTunes on July 24th.

Tity Boi's album Based On A T.R.U. Story will be released on August 14th.

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Cam'Ron called into the Jenny Boom Boom show recently and spoke about what he's been up to lately. Cam explained why he fell back and let Vado do his own thing for a while, spoke on the upcoming Dipset album and talked about why he wouldn't be appearing on Love & Hip Hop New York.

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The suspect in the Denver movie theater shooting, who allegedly killed a reported 12 people and injured at least 38 at a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises," has been identified as James Holmes.

Holmes is reportedly a 24-year-old white American male, the Associated Press reported on Friday morning. The young man opened fire around 12:30 a.m. MDT Friday morning at the Century Aurora 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colo.

Law enforcement officers told ABC News that Holmes was dressed in all black and wearing a bulletproof vest and gas mask.

Moviegoers told the AP that Holmes released some sort of smoke and, at first, they believed the attack was part of the show. He reportedly entered through an exit door at the front of the theater, threw tear gas and then began shooting.

According to CBS News, authorities have found no evidence to suggest the incident was terrorism-related. Holmes was not on any watch list that could have alerted authorities that he was dangerous, NBC reported. He also has no military history.

Police found four guns at the theater including two pistols, a rifle and a shotgun.

Holmes was apprehended by police in the movie theater parking lot and did not resist arrest. The car he was driving had Tennessee license plates.

A San Diego woman who identified herself as James Holmes' mother told ABC News that she was unaware of the shooting when she first awoke Friday morning and had not yet been contacted by authorities. She did, however, express concern that her son was involved in the shooting.

James Holmes

"You have the right person," she told ABC News, speaking on what ABC deemed gut instinct. "I need to call the police... I need to fly out to Colorado."

Holmes had not had any previous run-ins with the law, other than a "minor" traffic ticket in 2011, police spokesman Frank Fania told "Today."

CBS News correspondent Bob Orr reported that police found Holmes' residence "booby-trapped" and discovered "buckets of extra ammunition" and some kind of chemical in his home. Police had the apartment building evacuated.

Thus far, Holmes appears to have been the lone gunman.

Source: Huffington Post

911 calls released

Colo. shooting eyewitness: "I thought it was a stunt"

President Obama on Denver Batman shootings: "Such violence is senseless"

Colo. eyewitness tells harrowing tale of escaping gunfire

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Slaughterhouse MC Joell Ortiz brought it back to the essence during a recent stop at Guz Sports Bar in Brooklyn, New Yorkon Wednesday, July 18th.

Joell told the audience rapping wasn't about fancy clothes or trying to look like a model. He then dropped an acappella freestyle for the crowd.

Check that out below.

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Snoop Dogg and producer Diplo have teamed up to record a full fledged reggae album where Snoop will be singing.

"Snoop Dogg is an icon, man; he's bigger than the music," Diplo told MTV in June. "What we're doing is a reggae record. It's like Snoop Dogg and Major Lazer together. It's all reggae and he's singing and he's doing a f*cking awesome job and I never knew it, but he had his heart in every song. ... We're going to get back into the production of it next month, and I'm really proud of that record. It's the first record I've ever executive-produced and his crew is amazing."

Snoop just released the first song "La La La" from the collaboration. Expect 17 more tracks soon.

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Flo Rida visited Sway in the Morning recently to talk about a variety of subjects. He speaks on what inspired him to become a rapper, his upbringing, his new album "Wild Ones," artists that inspired him, would he do a reality show and recent lawsuit against him.

Flo Rida speaks on what inspired him

Flo Rida speaks on "Wild Ones" album

Flo Rida speaks on possible reality show

Flo Rida speaks on lawsuit

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Let's go behind the scenes with Mr. La Flare. Brick Squad boss Gucci Mane teams up with Grand Hustle CEO T.I. and Rocko to film a new official video for the "Plain Jane" remix. The Mike Will produced track originally appeared on Gucci's Trap Back mixtape.

You can cop that mixtape for free from Datpiff.

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Danny Brown teams up with super producer Araabmuzik for a new heater

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Brooklyn and The Bronx link up as Red Cafe and Cory Gunz link up to shoot an official video for "Brinks Truck." The track can originally be found on Red's mixtape Hell's Kitchen.

Directed by Puma

Download Hell's Kitchen now for free from Datpiff

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A$AP Rocky is in trouble today after getting into a fight with two photographers. TMZ is reporting that the Harlem rapper had gotten into an argument with someone in Manhattan, when two civilians starting taking photos of the incident.

At that point A$AP and a friend turned on the two photographers and a brawl ensued. According to the report, the two victims suffered cuts and bruises with one requiring treatment at a hospital.

NYPD responded to the scene and arrested A$AP. He is expected to be booked for attempted robbery. At this point it isn't known what he's accused of trying to steal.

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When the file sharing website Megaupload was shut down by the feds in January several arrests were made including that of the company's owner Kim Schmitz aka Kim Dotcom. Others arrested included company co-founder Mathias Ortman, as well as chief marketing officer Finn Batao, and developer Bram van der Kolk.

The arrests occurred in New Zealand at the request of the FBI. The four were charged with "with running an international organized criminal enterprise allegedly responsible for massive worldwide online piracy of numerous types of copyrighted works through Megaupload.com and other related sites"

At the time of those arrests Swizz Beatz, real name Kasseem Dean, was cleared of responsibility "because his role in the company was loose and unfinalized." Now according to MTV the federal government is claiming that "Swizz was involved with the company and they are specifically using his involvement in an attempt to try the case in the United States."

Swizz was listed as a CEO of the company at the time it was taken down, but his lawyer would later claim that his involvement was only an endorsement and that Swizz had no real involvement in running the company.

The federal government is now disputing that fact. U.S. attorney Neil MacBridge says that Swizz represented Megaupload in front of the United States Trade Representative in December 2011, which indicates he was officially involved and gives the opportunity for the federal government to try a case against the site within the United States.

"After Defendant Dotcom became Defendant Megaupload's Chief Innovation Officer, the company appears to have employed at least two Chief Executive Officers in the United States: first David Robb and then Kasseem David Dean (also known as Swizz Beatz)," a filing by MacBridge connecting Swizz to Megaupload reads.

Swizz has yet to comment publicly on the most recent filing, but it appears likely he will be served a summons and have to defend himself in the upcoming court proceedings.

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Lo Keys Feat. Los, Envy, & Young Gliss- My Money Right (Prod. By Zone Beats) [Sharebeast]

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A$AP Rocky hit up radio station Power 99 in Philadelphia recently to chop it up with Cosmic Kev. While there A$AP freestyled for five straight minutes over Paul Wall's "Sittin Sideways" and Snoop Dogg's "Pump Pump."

Check that out below.

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Cleveland rapper Machine Gun Kelly was the musical guest yesterday on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The Bad Boy artist performed his new single "Invincible" with an assist from Ester Dean.

MGK's album Lace Up will be out in October.

You can pick up "Invicible" now on iTunes.

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Drake is raking in plenty of cash and has recently used some of it to purchase a plush new bachelor pad in the Los Angeles suburb of Hidden Hills.

The 25-year old rapper plopped down $7.7 million for the new digs, but he he got a hell of a deal because according to TooFab.com the house was listed for $27 millionjust three years ago.

The nearly 7,500-square-foot house comes equipped with seven bedrooms, nine bathrooms, a 24-seat movie theater, game room, gym, spa/massage room and a Gothic-looking wine cellar and tasting room.

The Toronto MC can also entertain guests with his own tennis court, 5-stall horse facilities with a riding area, sand volleyball court and mechanical bull with its own viewing area. Yes, a mechanical bull, a huge pool that boasts waterfalls, an 80 foot slide and a grotto.

Check out pics of Drake's new crib below.

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Former Hot Boys rapper B.G. was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Wednesday for a variety of charges including weapons violation, obstruction of justice and witness tampering. His former label mate Juvenile reached out to AllHipHop.com to talk about the sentencing and to warn kids against following a csimilar path.

“I don’t feel good about it. It’s one of those situations where you get sick in your stomach,” Juvenile told AllHipHop.com. “I wish nothing but good things for him and his family, his kids, because you don’t want to see nobody go get locked up that long and be away from their family."

Though he found plenty of success throughout his 15-year recording career, B.G. battled heroin addiction and couldn't manage to stay out of trouble with the law. Juvenile says B.G.'s story should be a lesson to today's youth.

“I try to tell all the youngsters out there man, if you want to be gangster and go out there and thug-out and go out there and do certain things, just know there’s consequences,” Juvenile said.. “It was a situation where it shouldn’t have happened; I wish it would have never happened. I wish he never would have got pulled over or whatever, but it happened. I just wish and am hoping that all you other cats out there take heed to that and don’t make the same mistake.”

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