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The Friday Hip Hop Report - Jan 30

The best weekly online hip hop show reporting all the developments from news and new releases to album sales and charts. Hosted by Valerie, this weeks show features:



=== MAIN STORIES ===
- The New York post reported that Fabolous had to resort to stacks of cash after 5 of his credit cards were declined in a restaurant in Atlanta.

- Monicas Husband rapper Rocko has been sentenced to 48hrs in jail & community service after pleading no contest to assaulting a woman in an atlanta nightclub in 2007.

- Koch Records has changed its name to E1 Music, bringing all of its global subsidaries under the same name.

- Kelly Rowland has amicably parted from manager Mathew Knowles' Music World Entertainment.

- Lil Wayne is planning to release a rock only album titled 'Rebirth' by April.

- Amongst all the hype & drama that usually plaques hip hop, this week there was a brief moment of class, Newcomer Charles Hamilton and battle vet Serius Jones got into a lil freestyle battle at SOB's in New York City. Who won isnt as important as how it went down, no beef, great lyricisim and fun!



=== NEW ALBUMS ===
Here are this weeks new album and mixtape releases:

Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes - Eye Legacy
Cappadonna - Slang Prostitution
X-Clan - Mainstream Outlawz
RZA Presents - Afro Samurai Resurrection: The Soundtrack
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique: 20th Anniversary Edition
John Robinson - Who Is This Man? [Prod. by MF Doom]
OJ Da Juiceman - The Otha Side of the Trap
and finally "The Kickdrums - Smash The System"
is the Hear-It-First dot Nets Recommend Mixtape of the Week.



=== NEW MUSIC ===
This weeks 5StarHipHop.com song of the week is "Lil Waynes - Prom Queen"

Other hot new songs this week are:
Rick Ross ft John Legend "Magnificent"
Q-tip ft Busta Rhymes, Raekwon & Lil Wayne "Renaissance Rap Remix"
Rhymefest - "Supersonic (Charles Hamilton Diss)"
Raekwon ft Ghostface “Criminology 2″
Maino ft T-Pain - "All The Above"
50 Cent - "Try Me (Rick Ross Diss)"
The Dream ft DJ Khaled, Fabolous, Juelz Santana, Rick Ross, Ludacris - "Rockin That Shit Remix"



=== NEW VIDEOS ===
Here are this weeks best new Music Videos:

Ron Browz - Jumpin Out The Window
Jazmine Sullivan - Lions, Tigers, & Bears
Scram Jones ft Haffa, Saigon & Rhymefest - Yes We Can
Raphael Saadiq - 100 Yard Dash



=== WTF MOMENT OF THE WEEK ====
This weeks WTF Moment of the Week is the sighting of T.I.'s neanderthal crotch in Las Vegas.

During a show at Jet nightclub the rapper rubbed his white tee against his private parts before throwing it into the crowd.




=== BILLBOARD 200 ===
Here are last weeks top 10 album sales chart courtesy of NEILSENs SOUND SCAN:

1. Beyonce - I AM SASHA FIERCE 50,927 - (1.7million)
3. Kanye West - 808s & HEARTBREAK 39,234 - (1.2million)
5. Keyshia Cole - A DIFFERENT ME 31,275 - (601,669)
4. Jamie Foxx - INTUITION 30,270 - (509,881)
2. Various - NOTORIOUS SOUNDTRACK 28,989 - (72,024)
6. Akon - FREEDOM 19,300 - (420,000)
7. T.I. - PAPER TRAIL 16,178 - (1.6million)
8. Rihanna - GOOD GIRL GONE BAD 15,100 - (2.3million)
9. Lil Wayne - THA CARTER III 14,355 - (2.9m)
10. Ne-Yo - YEAR OF THE GENTLEMAN 14,966 - (842,105)



=== TOP FIVE ===
Here are this weeks Top 5 Selling Ringtones on Thumbplay:

# 5 "Put It On Ya" Plies
# 4 T.I. ft Rihana "Live Your Life"
# 3 "Single Ladies - Put A Ring On It" - Beyonce
# 2 "Pop Champagne" by Jim Jones & Ron Browz ft Julez Santana

And the number 1 selling ringtone on Thumbplay is
Soulja Boys "Kiss Me Thru The Phone"



=== BRANDWATCH ===
Keri Hilson is the latest artist to be snapped up by Microsoft Zune for their MP3 Zune player tv campaign.

So will teaming up with hip hop & rnb artists help microsofts zune dethrone Apples ipod?