Method Man and Redman are back in the studio together after nearly 10 years, recording a new collabo project Blackout 2, the follow up to the duo's platinum selling disc Blackout!
Washington, D.C. rapper Wale has finally landed himself a label by signing to Interscope Records as part of an agreement involving producer Mark Ronson's imprint, Allido Records.
Wale, who has created a major buzz over the past year thanks to his various mixtapes and his hit “Nike Bootz”, signed a production deal with Ronson’s Allido Records in 2007 and has been involved in a major label bidding war over the past six months.
According to Wale, Intersope’s consistent success is one of the major reasons he decided to sign with the label.
“Look at their track record,” Wale explained via a statement. “Dre, Eminem, 50, Pharrell, Timbaland, Black Eyed Peas, Soulja Boy…the list goes on.”
Wale’s untitled debut album will hit shelves this fall and will be executive produced by Ronson, who has crafted hits for Amy Winehouse, Rhymefest and Lily Allen, among others.
The album will also feature production from Osinachi, Best Kept Secret, Just Blaze, Pharrell, Kanye West, 9th Wonder, Justice and DJ Toomp.
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So is The Game in jail or not? The answer to that question continues to conflict daily as a representative for the Los Angeles Twin Towers Correctional Facility recently revealed that the rapper is a free man.
Dipset affiliate Juelz Santana is expected to appear in New Jersey Municipal Court this morning (March 12) to face charges of driving with a suspended license and being in the possession of marijuana and hollow point bullets.
According to The New York Daily News, Juelz was pulled over in his Bentley by police last week as he was approaching his home in Teaneck, NJ.
Authorities would smell marijuana coming from the rapper’s vehicle and saw a green leafy substance on the car’s center console as well as marijuana roaches and Dutch Master and White Owl cigars.
A hand rolled cigar laced with marijuana would be found in Juelz shoe.
In the car's trunk, cops would find 29 hollow-point bullets wrapped in a sock and $19,500 rolled in small bundles in a plastic bag also filled with Jolly Rancher candies.
A plastic bag with marijuana would also be found in the backseat of the car where Juelz was seated after he was arrested.
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The calm before the storm of Fat Joe, Snoop Dogg and Rick Ross affected the charts little this week. As Country star Alan Jackson, and former accomplice of Rock-rappin' outfit G. Love & Special Sauce, Jack Johnson held down the #1 and #2 spots, R&B occupied much of the Top 10, with queens throughout the '80s, '90s and present-day holding the slots with four very distinctly-created albums.
For the second week in a row, Baton Rouge, Louisiana's Webbie proved to be Asylum/Atlantic Records' latest success story, with Savage Life Volume 2 holding the #11 position, based off the the strong single "Independent."
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Total |
| 3 | Janet Jackson | Discipline | 57,398 | 238,850 |
| 6 | Erykah Badu | New Amerykah | 41,466 | 165,591 |
| 8 | Alicia Keys | As I Am | 38,486 | 3,245,328 |
| 11 | Webbie | Savage Life Vol 2 | 28,652 | 101,459 |
| 13 | Mary J Blige | Growing Pains | 37,507 | 1,321,304 |
Other Notables…
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Total | |
| 35 | Lupe Fiasco | The Cool | 16,218 | 392,488 | |
| 46 | Shawty Lo | Units In The City | 13,774 | 44,942 | |
| 55 | Soulja Boy | SouljaBoyTellEm.com | 12,600 | 826,382 | |
| 141 | Lil' Flip | All Eyes On Us | 5,347 | 5,393 | |
| -- | Joe Budden | Mood Muzik 3 | 734 | 1,893 |
