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The Friday Hip Hop Report - May 1st 2009

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 ===
- Best Buy will be looking to re-introduce vinyl into their stores later this year for certain releases as 2008 saw an 89% increase in vinyl sales.

- LL cool J has denied rumors that Sears have dropped his clothing line due to lack of sales.

- Former clipse manager anthony gonzalez has been indicted for running a $10million drug ring

- Snoop Dogg testified against a fan who is suiing him for $22million in a civil suit where he alleges to have been taken back stage and beaten after coming on stage.

=== ALBUMs & MIXTAPES ===
Here are this weeks new album & mixtape releases:

Mike Jones - The Voice
Tech N9ne - Sickology 101
Hell Rell - Hard As Hell
Del The Funky Homosapien - The Stimulus Package
Chris Brown - Writings on the Wall 3
and the hear it first .net mixtape of the week is Trap-A-Holics And DJ Drama - Trap Music 10 (Expect The Unexpected)

=== NEW MUSIC ===
This weeks allHipHop.com song of the week is:
"Hottest In Da Hood (Rmx) by Red Cafe ft Diddy,
Jadakiss, Rick Ross, Fabolous & OJ Da Juiceman

Other hot new songs this week are:
Jadakiss - hangover
Statik Selektah ft Styles P & Talib Kweli - "THE THRILL IS GONE"
Kanye West & Malik Yusef ft Common & John Legend - "MAGIC MAN"
drake & nicki minaj - best i ever had
Rick Ross - "TAKIN ME ALIVE"
Method Man & Redman ft Raekwon & Ghostface "4 MINUTES TO LOCKDOWN"
Ciara ft Missy Elliott - Work

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

Asher Roth ft Cee Lo Green - Be By Myself
Busta Rhymes ft Jadakiss & Lil Wayne - Respect My Conglomerate
Professor Green - Hard Night Out
Skull Gang - I Am The Club

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

1. Rick Ross - DEEPER THAN RAP 158,027 - (NEW ENTRY)
2. Asher Roth - ASLEEP IN THE BREAD AISLE 61,987 - (NEW ENTRY)
3. Day 26 - FOREVER IN A DAY 36,982 - (150,296)
4. Jadakiss - THE LAST KISS 30,412 - (210,118)
5. Keri Hilson - IN A PERFECT WORLD 23,089 - (213,696)
6. Prince - LOTUS FLOW3R 20,500 - (277,700)
7. Beyonce - I AM SASHA FIERCE 20,000 - (2.1m)
8. The Dream - LOVE VS MONEY 17,000 - (331,500)
9. Flo Rida - R.O.O.T.S 16,800 - (122,600)
10.Jamie Foxx - INTUITION 15,700 - (862,800)

=== BRANDWATCH ===
This weeks Brandwatch is Adidas partnering with Young Jeezy
to launch the Snowman Sneaker.