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The Friday Hip Hop Report - Feb 27th

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

=== MAIN STORIES ===
- Lil Wayne's attempt to have a gun possession case dropped has failed and a court date has been set for April 20. If convicted the rapper faces upto 15 years jailtime.

-Nore was arrested after punching a man in the face during an altercation in a miami fatburger restaurant.

- T-Pain had to cancel a show in Guyana after receiving a number of death threats.

- The Jamaican government has issued a ban on any songs that depict sexual acts or glorify gun violence, murder, rape or arson.

- DMX is facing an additional 8 years in jail after throwing a food tray at a correctional officer in an arizona jail. The guard had accused him of stealing food.

- Chris Brown has started to take anger management classes in LA!

=== NEW ALBUMS & MIXTAPES ===
This weeks recommend album is Joe Buddens "Padded Room", other new releases this week include:

B-Real - Smoke and Mirrors
K'Naan - Troubadour
DMX - Playlist your way
Kool Keith - Tashan Dorrsett
Project Pat - Real Recognize Real
Lil Scrappy - Silence & Secrecy: Black Rag Gang

=== NEW MUSIC ===
This weeks 5StarHipHop.com song of the week is Ludacris "Grizzly"

Other hot new songs this week are:
Kanye West & T-Pain "FLIGHT SCHOOL"
Fat Joe ft Akon "ONE WAY"
Mary J Blige ft Ne-Yo "LOVE"
CNN ft Mobb Deep "WOBBLE WOBBLE"
Camron "COOKIES & APPLE JUICE"
Rick Ross ft Busta Rhymes "SHITTIN ON EM"
Jazmine Sullivan ft Consequence "MY FOOLISH HEART REMIX"

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

Jadakiss - Can't Stop Me
Jamie Foxx Ft T Pain Blame It
Flo Rida feat. PLeasure P - Shone
Mike Jones - Next To You

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

1. Charlie Wilson - UNCLE WILSON 58,303 - (NEW ENTRY)
2. Beyonce - I AM SASHA FIERCE 40,540 - (1.8m)
3. Jamie Foxx - INTUITION 32,550 - (650,651)
4. India.Arie - VOL.2 TESTIMONY:LOVE & POLITICS 32,459 - (108,013)
5. Kanye West - 808s & HEARTBREAK 32,458 - (1.3m)
6. T.I. - PAPER TRAIL 29,286 - (1.7m)
7. Keyshia Cole - A DIFFERENT ME 27,600 - (725,800)
8. Bobby Valentino - THE REBIRTH 20,000 - (84,200)
9. Ne-Yo - YEAR OF THE GENTLEMAN 19,400 - (924,900)
10.Akon - FREEDOM 18,900 - (508,700)

=== TOP FIVE ===
Here are this weeks Top 5 selling songs on iTunes:

# 5 Kanye West - Heartless
# 4 Eminem, Dr Dre & 50 Cent - Crack a Bottle
# 3 Soulja Boy - "Kiss Me Thru The Phone"
# 2 T.I ft Justin Timberlake - "Dead and Gone"
# 1 Flo Rida with "Right Round"