T.I. Sells 160,000 First Week

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T.I. who has been in jail now for several months just released his latest project. No Mercy was released at the beginning of December has only sold around 145-160,000 copies. I said this before that until T.i. get focused and gets rid of all the bullshit he will continue to have only medicore success with the music.

DAMN! T.I. LATEST ALBUM ONLY EXPECTED TO SELL - DrewReports.com

T.I. LATEST ALBUM ONLY EXPECTED TO SELL 145000! Incarcerated rapper T.I. is on track to tell around 145000 copies of his new “No Mercy” album in its first week in stores. Based on one-day sales figures, TIPs latest solo effort will ...

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T.I.'s long-percolating next album has been slated for a December 7 release, according to a note the rapper posted on his website late Wednesday:

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TIP's response to the current Fed situation and updates on his work on his latest album

Ice Cube Too Short and E40 the Making of 21st Century G

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The Power 106 fm Cali Christmas Concert just passed and some of your biggest names in hip hop graced the staged. Waka flocka, Rick Ross, and a host of others were in attendance to do their dance on stage. But, what I found to be most interesting was that veteran artist like Ice Cube Too Short and E40 were rapping as well. These are some guys who have been rapping since hip hop began and they are still rapping twenty years later after all the wealth and fame that they have had with their careers. Too Short has put out more albums than any other artist to date. I am really amazed at how focused and centered these artist are about the music.

E40 has been repping the bay area for years. The reason I say these dudes are 21st century G's is because it takes some balls and guts to continue to want to rap and even still be loved by fans after twenty plus years in the game. The funny part is they don't show no signs of letting up, when most rappers do two or three albums and holler im retiring these dudes still keep dropping heat all over again.

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Cali Christmas Hip Hop Concert

Power 106fm just throw its annual Cali X-Mas concert. The concert was packed by some of todays biggest artist ( Rick Ross, Wacka Flocka, Chris Brown, Pit Bull, Ice Cube, New Boyz, and E40. The house was packed in Cali to some of these artist do there thang.

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Power 106 hosted an annual concert titled Cali Christmas. Big Boi, Luscious Liz and Fuzzy Fantabulous introuduced the biggest names in hip hop - Ice Cube, Chris Brown, Rick Ross, Pit-Bull, Far East Movement, Bow Wow, New Boyz, E-40, ...

Chris Brown, Ice Cube, & Rick Ross Come to Town for Cali Christmas

The LA radio station started the weekend off right with its annual Cali Christmas concert at the Gibson Ampitheater in Universal City, Calif. Waka Flocka Flame, New Boyz (with Teairra Mari), and Far East Movement performed early in the ...

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Lebron James Feels The Heat

Image by Getty Images via @daylife Lebron went back to cleveland and felt the sting of the crowds dislike for the way he left Cleveland and went to Miami. Lebron Dewayn Wade played like champions inside the Cleveland arena. Lebron stayed focused inspite of the disappoinment he left behind. Miami stole the vicotry which was even more bitter sweet because Cleveland wasn't able to win at home.

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LeBron James made his triumphant return to Cleveland last night, and it was what we all expected: a straight HATE-fest. The Cleveland fans let it be known to the Miami Heat guard, that Akron, OH is no longer your home.

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Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday Wack

Man what is it to be beautiful and have every man wanting to sex you, but your first album release is wack, and not getting the attention or the sales. Nicki Minaji just dropped here first release a few weeks back, but the hip hop community is saying her album is wack. Rappers around the globe have been waiting to her Nicki put together a full project. She has been featured on albums by Drake, Lil'Wayne, Kayne and many others. Nicki's featured appearances have been deamed hot, but for some reason she dropped the ball on concepts and creativity when putting her album together.

A friend of mine made a little joke on Facebook by saying if "You Want The Pink Friday album it will be on the side highway 285 in Atlanta." This is not a good luck for someone who just started a beef with The Queen B little Kim. The Queen B has been in the game for over 15 years and most of her work is pretty good. Nicki has not been able to deliver a quality project and this may hurt her career. Now most of you know if you can't get pass the freshman, and sophomore jinx then your music career is pretty much over.

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Are You To Old to Rap

I was having a conversation with an artist on how to really build her situation inside the music industry. Many artist reach a point in their career when the industry (corporations) begins to push you out of, and no longer want to support your artistry. The question is are you to old to rap? When hip hop started in the late seventies no one really took it as a valuable source for income until the corporations got behind it and push it through the main stream media.

In the late 80's hip hop started to sky rocket with groups like Run DMC and Ice T NWA gained world wide acceptance from the public and major record labels. Now its been thirty years later, and many of these same artist are still rapping and selling records. For example, Ice Cube just released I Am The West, and Dr. Dre is set to release Detox some time in the spring. May of these artist are now in their forties and still have a fan base of people who enjoy their music.

The thing that I was trying to explain to this sista was that the corporations are only interested in making money off your talent. You can build and audience for your music and still make a decent living off of ones talent without the corporations involvement. After she listen to what I was preaching she got a different take on the music industry and realized she wasn't really to old to rap.

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Obama Got scratched up In B-ball

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Obama got game ! Obama seems to have a little bit of a game on the basketball court. He has played a number of games during his presidency but this time he got scratched like a girl and had to get some stitches.

President Obama Gets 12 Stitches After Being Elbowed In Basketball ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama needed 12 stitches in his lip after taking an errant elbow during a pickup basketball game Friday with a group of family and friends visiting for the Thanksgiving holiday, the White House said.

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