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Not only is it already Wednesday, but we’re also back at our usual time with another Shuffle playlist full of new songs. Double win. Today’s mix has a freestyle from the Man on the Moon that’s actually off-the-dome, a cut from Young Money’s newest member, one of the hottest chicks in the game, and more. There’s not much left of the week and in some weird way, we feel like a bunch of new music will help it go by quicker. Keep reading to get started…

SONG: “Cuditastic”
ARTIST: Kid Cudi
DOWNLOAD: [LINK]
• We suggest you check out Cudi’s debut album for a true measure of his talent, but we’re not mad at this freestyle over a couple Dilla beats. And he actually freestyles, which never happens anymore.

SONG: “Shine”
ARTIST: Bow Wow
DOWNLOAD: [LINK]
• It’d be too easy to say something snarky about the newest member of Young Money’s latest track. We’ll give him props for improving instead. But please start rapping about something besides how rich you are, dude. How about those nervous breakdowns on Twitter from over the summer?

SONG: “Doesn’t Mean Anything”
ARTIST: Alicia Keys
DOWNLOAD: [LINK]
• We always expect hits from Alicia and it sounds like she has another one on her hands. For the record: Lil’ Mama doesn’t show up in the middle of the song.

SONG: “Strung Up From The Sky”
ARTIST: Pelican
DOWNLOAD: [LINK]
• This Los Angeles-via-Chicago band rocks out for over five minutes without the aid of any vocals. Fortunately, it’s good enough to keep even the most impatient of folks listening.

SONG: “Can’t Hide It”
ARTIST: Raekwon
DOWNLOAD: [LINK]
• Fresh off news of impressive first-week sales (almost 70K) for OB4CL2, another track from The Chef hit the blogs. The sound is a departure from his album, but it’s still hot in its own right.

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Since the label has started inviting refugees from other labels to join its roster, we decided to suggest some other artists in need of a career boost who could benefit from getting down with Cash Money. Check out the fake album covers and details behind our proposed projects below…

ARTIST: LL Cool J
CASH MONEY DEBUT: Baby Said Knock You Out
THE PITCH: After failing to go gold for the first time in his career with 2008’s Exit 13, Uncle L is a free agent in need of some serious career counseling. Who better to get him back into fighting shape than Birdman? Please, call it a comeback!
STANDOUT TRACKS: “Purple Syrup In a Styrofoam Cup Getting Drunk By Weezy,” “Tuesday & Thursday (Time To Take My Heart Pills),” “Jingling, Baby” (f/ Birdman’s Balls)

ARTIST: The Game
CASH MONEY DEBUT: 1,000,000 Degreez
THE PITCH: First Juvenile put Cash Money on the map with his album 400 Degreez. Then Weezy threw a subliminal at him with 500 Degreez. Then Juvenile responded with 600 Degreez. And now The Game ups the ante (as he always does), rehashing and name-dropping everything his labelmates did before he joined the team, with even more degreez. A million of ’em!
STANDOUT TRACKS: “I Feel Like Dying, Too!”, “I’m So Whodi,” “One More Blood,” “Slim’s Advocate,” “I Am The Hot Boyz”

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Despite naming his album after the classic drug-gang film, Bow Wow sticks to what he knows best—making poppy records for the 106 & Park crowd. We recently asked Bow Wow our always-interesting Complex 7 questions. Read on to find the out his ultimate turnoff, the stupidest shit he’s ever done, and making up with Soulja Boy…

Interview by Jaeki Cho

#1: WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER ONE DEAL-BREAKER FOR A POTENTIAL GIRLFRIEND?

Bow Wow says: Being needy. I hate that. ‘I have to dress up, and I have to put on makeup.’ No! Just to go to Boston Market? You have to put on makeup? I’m a simple dude. I just rock Jordan shorts, a fresh pair of kicks, a wife beater and keep it pushing. If I’m going in just chilling, with no cameras, then why do you need to throw it up? I’ve always been a person who could be impressed by just simple things because I’m used to seeing all the great things in life, and that stuff get boring.

#2: WHAT’S THE WORST WAY YOU’VE BROKEN UP WITH SOMEONE?

Bow Wow says: I’ve only had two girlfriends in my lifetime. They just ran out. It might sound weird but most girls were just like, ‘I don’t want to see you anymore.’ And I’m like, ‘Aight.’ Nothing crazy. I got busy. They got busy. I became Bow Wow, and I was never home. I was ready to keep it moving because my career was more important.

#3: WHAT’S YOU FAVORITE SNEAKER OF ALL TIME?

Bow Wow says: Probably the Air Jordan Retro IVs. I don’t think you can go wrong with those. I have just one pair. I just got the black and red colorways yesterday.

#4: WHAT’S THE MOST EMBARRASSING PIECE OF CLOTHING YOU’VE EVER WORN?

Bow Wow says: Man, one time I wore boxers to school. Stupidest [thing] I’ve ever done in my life. I was probably about 7. They were Tampa Bay Lightning boxers. They were big as hell. So I wore boxers and another pair of boxers on top, thinking they were shorts. Throughout the whole day of school walking around like that. I’ll never forget that. Some caught on but some didn’t because they really looked like shorts. That was embarrassing.

#5: IF YOU HAD A WEEK HOLIDAY, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

Bow Wow says: I would just sleep all week, everyday, wake up, eat, and go right back.

#6: WHAT HAS TO BE IN YOUR FRIDGE AT ALL TIMES?

Bow Wow says: I still play ball a lot so, Gatorade all the time.

#7: WHEN’S THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?

Bow Wow says: Shit, I don’t remember what to cry about really. When [Def Jam exec] Shakir Stewart passed away it was more of a shock than anything. Of course, Jermaine and those guys were around him all the time. But to me it was more of a shocker, ‘Like what? What the fuck?’ I couldn’t understand it, and I couldn’t believe it. One of them type of hurtful feelings.

BONUS QUESTIONS: Bow Wow comments on his sneaker game, and his current relationship with Soulja Boy.

Complex: You had a public dispute with Soulja Boy because he disrespected your sneaker game. At this point, do you still consider yourself the “King of Jordans”?

Bow Wow says: First off, me and Soulja cool. We just did a spring break thing in Florida. We spoke, and I ain’t got no problem with him. He’s doing his thing, and I’m doing mine. As far as the Jordans? I’ve been slacking. I’m a sneaker fanatic though. Chris Brown and I, we probably have the best sneaker collection. His shit is like a Foot Locker how he got that shit up. I thought I was doing something crazy; he really made me go hard at it. We’re out in the road, so we’re getting sneakers. I was at Flight Club NYC just yesterday.

Complex: Do you have any regrets for beefing with Soulja Boy over sneakers?

Bow Wow says: No, not at all since everything happens for a reason. He does what he does, and I do what I do. I think you learn from experience and keep it moving.

If you’re gonna go the digital route, though, you might want to take a second and get familiar with the new art of war, as pioneered by the original catfighters: rappers! Read on to see the 5 best ways to win a shit-talking video battle…

#1: NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF SLOPPY SECONDS
See: 50 Cent taking Tia Shopping
Spouses, flames, jumpoffs, bustdowns and baby mamas: everyone’s fair game, and it’s tough to come back when the next man shows up on camera with your ex girl.

#2: EMBRACE THE DISS
See: Pimpin’ Curly
The new 8 Mile stylee. So RAWSE! tells people that the South doesn’t care about Curtis, and that people down there call him Curly. What does 50 do? Puts on a wig and unleashes some thespian chops that far outshine anything he tried to make people buy a ticket for.

#3: WHEN IN DOUBT, SHOW YOUR TOYS
See: Bow Wow and Soulja Boy’s Murcielago vs Gallardo showdown
Boo hoo, we both have Lambos. Mine is better. Nyeah nyeah, we both look like baby asparagus with tanktops on.

#4: DO YOUR RESEARCH
See: Shawty Lo offering money for T.I.’s high school yearbook picture
When you rep (the Lollipop Guild) hard, it’s worth it to call out the imposters. Or just talk sideways about another dude’s braids. Really, Shawty? Is that what’s hot in the salon?

#5: TAKE THE MORAL HIGH ROAD
See: Joe Budden deflating Ransom
Sometimes it’s not about record sales. Or record deals. Or, uh, ever having a record out. Sometimes it’s about pride. And sometimes it’s just better to kick your feet up and lay your head back on your girl’s preternaturally fat ass.

Bow Wow has teamed up with Stephon Marbury to design a new line of affordable apparel under Marbury's “Starbury” imprint. We're guessing t-shirts and hoodies splashed with FRESH AZIMIZ on them. [Sohh]

Everyone's favorite indie Swedish singer Lykke Li covers Paul Blart's Rick Ross's “Hustlin” in this video you should definitely watch. Style and design? No, but eff it. [Prefix]

Ask anyone who really thinks their cool and they'll tell you Common Projects is what’s up. Check out the brand's Spring/Summer 2009 collection. [HighSnobiety]

We've called around NYC to find out who's stocking these Nike Free Hybrid Boots, and it seems that Niketown got first dibs on them. Get 'em there for $160 if you're feeling them. [Marcus Troy]

Building on the initial “Crank Dat” success, Mr. Tellem has expanded his brand with Yums, a sneaker company that he co-owns, as well a new Soulja Boy-themed video game that he says will release in 2009 for the Xbox 360. Oh, and on December 16, he plans to drop his sophomore album iSouljaBoyTellEm. Complex caught up with the youngest in charge to talk about having another huge hit, why Interscope didn't want him on Busta’s “Arab Money Remix” and why he feels like anything Bow Wow does in the sneaker game, Soulja Boy could do better.

Interview by Joe La Puma

Complex: How many tracks did you produce on the new album?

Soulja Boy: I would say about a good 45 percent. I also worked with Jim Jonsin, Mr. Collipark, Polow Da Don, Zaytoven, Drumma Boy, and a couple underground producers who aren't mainstream yet.

Complex: You recently put out a joint called “Turn My Swag On.” How do you feel your “swag” matches up to people on the “Swagga Like Us” song?

Soulja Boy: I think my swag is on a whole different level. I think Kanye, Jay-Z, T.I., and Lil Wayne are four hip-hop heavyweights right now in the eyes of hip-hop heads who are really in depth with the music, in the whole history of hip-hop. I think my swag compared to them is very different because the type of music that I make and the type of style that I bring is on a new generation type of level. I think the person who you can say my swagger is like the most would be Kanye West, because he's on a more of a new school level. I feel like Jay-Z was back around those days when New York was running hip-hop and I came into the game when the South was running hip-hop, so my swagger is on some next generation type level as far being one of the youngest artists in the game.

Complex: So Sean Kingston was originally on your joint “Yamaha Mama,” and now it seems like Chris Brown has replaced him. Why the switch?

Soulja Boy: Chris Brown wrote the song. Originally, Chris Brown and I did the song together. And then they sent it to Sean in some kind of way, and Sean did his verse on it. Basically there are two versions. The Sean Kingston [version] wasn't supposed to be leaked, but I think somebody from the label or somebody from the studio leaked the record and it was all over the Internet. Then the Chris Brown version was released too. Now, we have two different records all over the Internet. The one on the album is the one featuring Sean Kingston.

Complex: Where would you say your career would be without the Internet?

Soulja Boy: Without the Internet man, I probably wouldn't have a career to tell you the truth. There probably wouldn't be Souljaboytellem, there wouldn't be any “Crank Dat.” You wouldn't know me period. I would have never been brought to life. I would never be mainstream. I know a lot of artists basically wouldn't know who I am. I was in such a small city, once I started my career and if I continued to stay where I was living, nobody would have found out who I was.

Complex: Some people think that it's impossible for you to follow up “Crank Dat.” Do you think there's a chance to top that?

Soulja Boy: I don't think it's possible to top “Crank Dat.” I think it’s possible to have another song that will be a hit, that will go number one on the Billboard chart, but I don't think it'll be a song that can top “Crank Dat” as a whole movement, as a whole dance, and have the impact it had on me being a new artist. Everybody knows who Soulja Boy is; everybody knows the numbers that I put up; everybody knows the “Crank Dat” dance. As far as topping the song? I think my chances of topping “Crank Dat” on the charts will be' I'll say like, 8-out-of-10. I think I could do it. I don't think it's that hard. But as far as topping the overall impact it had? I think it's impossible to do that.

Complex: In rap, you've dealt with some controversy, after folks like GZA and Ice-T said negative things about you. Which situation was hardest for you to deal with?

Soulja Boy: The hardest situation? None of them really, because I'm speaking from what I know. I'm speaking from the heart. I ain't scared to say nothing. I ain't scared to diss nobody, I ain't scared to address nobody who got opinions on me, and want to make comments about Soulja Boy. So as each situation comes, I handle it. I don't really put too much time and energy on it but I address it as it comes. So it's not really a situation that came that is hard to deal with.

Complex: Why do you think some of the older heads would come at you?

Soulja Boy: I think because they feel like I'm not supposed to be here. I'm not supposed to be doing what I'm doing because I came in the game when I was 16, and I'm still only 18. Most of them are old enough to be my granddaddy. They’re old enough to be my father; they’re old enough to be my granddaddy. So they look at me like, “This guy is same age as my kid and he's out here messing with what I do.” But I don't care. I'm just like a kid. I could do what I want to do. They look at me like they want to be my parents and tell me what to do, but they can't.

Complex: Have you seen Ice-T since the situation at all?

Soulja Boy: No, man. I ain't never seen Ice-T ever in my life. I ain't never talked to him ever in my life.

Complex: What about the comment you made about slave masters to Touré? Care to speak on that?

Soulja Boy: I would take that back, because the whole situation I was tricked into. The way he came at me, I wasn't really feeling the whole vibe from the jumpoff. When I do interviews, the actual interview is talking about Souljaboytellem as an artist or what I bring to hip-hop or what I have going on in my career. So basically, the interview, he was asking me how I want to die, and you know asking me like who do I hate in the industry, and which historical figure do I hate. And I was like, “Man, I don't hate nobody.” I would take that comment back because it was just the wrong place at the wrong time to even joke about anything like that.

Complex: Right. So shifting gears, how’s the deal with Yums going for you?

Soulja Boy: Yums is going good man. We great baby! I met with the company executives and they're shipping all of my Soulja Boy shoes in all the Finish Lines across America. I met with Finish Line marketing. We sat down, I did an in-store signing and there were at least 400 people there who bought the tennis shoes and I autographed the tennis shoes and they bought the Soulja Boy t-shirt. It was great. Finish Line was telling me it was great. The numbers is great. I love the deals and decision that I made with this because it turned out to be great.

Complex: You orignally came out wearing Bapes. Are you still allowed to rock whatever you want, or does Yums lock you down and you only get to wear them?

Soulja Boy: I can, but it's my company'I own a percentage in the whole Yums company'so I wouldn't wear another product to mess with my money. So basically, at the end of the day, I could wear whatever I want but I wouldn't disrespect my own line.

Complex: So if you had to choose between rocking a lifetime supply of Bapes or Air Force Ones, which would it be?

Soulja Boy: It would probably be Bapes.

Soulja Boy: [Directs a question to Arab] Arab, if you could rock a lifetime supply of Bapes or Air Force Ones, what would it be?

Arab: Bapes.

Soulja Boy: He said Bapes too.

Complex: Speaking of Arab, is he pissed that he wasn’t included on the “Arab Money” remix?

Soulja Boy: He did the whole “Arab Money” remix, but the whole situation with that, I guess they wanted me to do a verse on the song with him. But I couldn't do the remix, due to label situations. You know, Busta just had a situation over at Interscope, and now he has a situation at Universal Motown. So I didn't want to disrespect the boss. I didn't want to disrespect Jimmy Iovine by jumping on the new project when he just let that artist go. It just was loyalty and respect. I didn't want to disrespect the boss, Jimmy Iovine.

Complex: So Busta wanted you on it, but you didn't because of Jimmy?

Soulja Boy: Yeah, they wanted me on the song. Busta, I know Busta personally. He reached out to me, and I came to the video shoot. I told him about my boy Arab'since the song is called “Arab Money”'to put him on there. But you know Arab did his verse, and I was going to do my verse, but the label and the management were saying, “It would be disrespectful to Jimmy Iovine to do the song, when Busta just left Interscope, it would be like supporting his project over at Universal Motown.” I didn't really want to get caught up in the whole situation, so I just reached out to Busta and let him know what it was. But Arab has his own version of Arab Money with 200,000 plays right now.

Complex: Interesting…getting back to the kicks, what sneakers are your all time favorites?

Soulja Boy: Jordan IVs. I can wear them everyday, errday. I got a pair of Jordan IVs that I could wear right now straight because that's my favorite shoes of all time. There are no shoes that top those.

Complex: So Bow Wow's been on the net saying he’s the Jordan king. Is there any competition there?

Soulja Boy: At the end of the day man, all that stuff Bow Wow is doing, if I wanted to, I could do the same thing. The Nike factory sends me everything. Every time I see a new Bow Wow video, he showing his Jordans off. I'm like, “Man, they just sent me those same shoes” But I don't put it out like that, because when “Crank Dat” was the number one song in the country, I was out there in LA and I met up with Nike. And I went in, and they hooked me up. They sent me the Lebron James and all the Jordans. They send the shoes straight to my house. They send them a month before they come out in stores. All I know is that every time I see a new Bow Wow video, I already got those shoes on my doorstep at the crib. But I don't go and be like, “Look, I got these shoes!” like Bow Wow does.

Complex: I see…

Soulja Boy: I don't really want to get into that because I'm promoting Yums. Why would I even be involved in showing off something that the Nike factory is sending me? Every time I see Bow Wow's videos, I'm just like, it's cool, whatever. It ain't really no competition. Because if I really wanted to, I could make a video two days before Bow Wow and be like, “Look Bow Wow is about to show them in two more days but I got 'em already!”

Complex: You're also big into video games. What are your favorites right now?

Soulja Boy: We're on our tour bus we got the Gears of War 2 running everyday all day. Grand Theft Auto 4, Call of Duty, and Madden.

Complex: Would you ever want your own video game?

Soulja Boy: I'm glad that you brought that up. Soulja Boy video game is coming for Xbox 360 in 2009. After I put the Xbox 360 challenge up on the Internet, it was over all these video game sites. And a couple video game companies hit me up on my email because I put the email on there too. And hit me up like, “Blah, blah, blah, blah.” So I was like, “Oh snaps!” So I forwarded to my management, and they forwarded to my label. And now we’re doing the video game. It was the same way I got signed for my music. It's like history repeating itself, but instead of music this time it's about video games.

Complex: Wow, congrats, is there anything else you want to say before we go?

Soulja Boy: I just want everybody to know my brand new album is in stores December 16th, iSouljaBoyTellEm. I promise you'll love this album. And shout out to Kanye, I got that 808s & Heartbreak. I love the album, man. My favorite song on there is “Pinocchio Story.” Kanye did his thing on the album and merry Christmas to everybody holding it down.

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