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Just like that, the week is over. If you’ve been keeping up with our Shuffle posts, that means there should be another 25 songs in your Recently Added playlist. Today’s installment has new records from pop stars, rap stars, and rock stars alike. As usual, streaming embeds and download links wait after the jump. Keep reading to get started…

SONG: “Bad Romance”
ARTIST: Lady Gaga
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• This new single from the re-release of Gaga’s debut album was scheduled to premiere on this weekend’s SNL episode. Of course, the Internets got a hold of it first, but according to Gaga, this version makes her “ears bleed” and the final version should be out soon. We know you don’t care that much, but your girl might.

SONG: “Hits For Days”
ARTIST: Busta Rhymes f/ J. Holiday
DOWNLOAD: [LINK]
• Nobody wants to hate on Bussa Buss, but when half-assed, out-of-touch records like this leak, what else are you supposed to do? Dude’s flow is innately solid, but it needs to be put to better use than this.

SONG: “Love Like A Sunset (Animal Collective Remix)”
ARTIST: Phoenix
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• Rock’s “it band” of the moment, Phoenix, has gotten all the other cool bands to remix their latest album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. Of all the notable remixers putting in work (i.e. Passion Pit, Friendly Fires), there’s a good chance that Animal Collective’s will get the most attention. Look out for the remix album in digital music stores on October 13.

SONG: “Rollerskate”
ARTIST: Matias Aguayo
DOWNLOAD: [LINK]
• Drew Barrymore’s roller derby movie Whip It comes out today. We just counted down The 9 Hottest Roller Girls ever. Then this guy shows up with a song about rollerskating? Way to go. Now make a music video with some of the hotties from our list.

SONG: “Ugly Bitch”
ARTIST: D12 f/ Swizz Beatz
DOWNLOAD: [LINK]
• Without Eminem and Proof (R.I.P.) these guys are more like D8. Oh well. Here they rap about the benefits of keeping a not-so-attractive chick on the roster, and on the low, we know just what they’re talking about.

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Roc Raida’s 20-plus years in the game also included production duties for such artists as Big L, Smif N’ Wessun, Fat Joe, Ghostface, Black Thought, and Linkin Park. As the hip-hop community mourns his tragic death, Complex pays tribute to the master with highlights from his career behind the decks…

1995 DMC World Championship
Winning the DMC Worlds is the ultimate goal of any serious turntablist. Roc Raida won in 1995 with a routine that incorporated some of the craziest body tricks ever seen in the history of the competition. Jump to 5:27 for the infamous “Roc Raida Bodyroll.”

X-Ecutioners 1999 DMC Showcase
As much as Roc Raida will be remembered for his individual talent and accomplishments, he will live on in people’s memories as a member of The X-Ecutioners. We can’t even figure out what he is doing on this one…

“It’s Going Down,” X-Ecutioners feat. Mike Shinoda and Mr. Hahn
The single off the X-Ecutioners’ 2002 album Built From Scratch helped Roc Raida and his crew crossover into the mainstream.

Pepsi Speakerboxx 2006 Commercial
Pepsi features Roc Raida alongside Rahzel for a national spot. So much cooler than polar bears…

Roc Raida’s The Gong DJ Battle
You think the crowd at the Apollo is tough? Try getting gonged off the stage. Thanks to Roc Raida, we can now keep wack DJs in check.

Roc Raida as Busta’s DJ
As Busta Rhymes’ tour DJ for the past couple of years, Roc Raida brought even more energy to the Flipmode Squad frontman’s robust live sets. On the day of his death, Busta tweeted: “So unbelievably talented and most importantly such beautiful spirit. I love you my brother. I will never let your name die DJ Roc Raida! We love you, we miss you and we’ll never stop reppin’ you!” R.I.P., Roc Raida.

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With his new album Back on My B.S set to drop March 24, we sat down with Busta for a candid interview where he spoke on the aforementioned issues, as well as Dre's Detox , Bill O'Reilly and who's verse he thought was the strongest (it'll surprise you) on the “Arab Money” remixes. Oh, and the “heated meeting” he had with Jimmy I that got him dropped from Interscope? Spoiler alert: it never happened. Read on for the real story…

Interview by Joe La Puma

Complex: How would you compare this album to your previous work?

Busta Rhymes: That's not such an easy question for me to answer because I hate the cliché answer of “this is the best album I've ever made.” But what I can tell you is I've recorded about three albums in the time frame since the release of The Big Bang and one of the albums titles was called When Hell Freezes Over. Another version of the album that I recorded was called Blessed and then I went back in and recorded an another album called Back On My B.S. I can honestly say that it feels like this is the album that is the more appropriate body of work for defining this moment in time for me as a man, for me as an artist, and also for the state of the music as far as hip-hop is concerned. With that being said, I don't think that I could have made a better album for this time frame, whether or not you feel it's my best album, I'm going to leave that up to you.

Complex: “Arab Money” was a huge hit in New York, and a lot of people jumped on the track. Whose verse do you think was the strongest?

Busta Rhymes: I'm going to be perfectly honest with you'Diddy shocked the shit out of me, and I think, everybody. Diddy just said shit that was dope to me and it was right. The timing of that kind of verse and just the cleverness of it was really outstanding to me. I can't front, he was one of favorites on the whole, on the three remixes he was one of my favorites, if not my favorite.

Complex: Obviously there was a lot of controversy about the song. As you were making it, did you ever stop and think that it might piss some people off?

Busta Rhymes: No, I didn't think that it would piss any people off because that wasn't the intent. The intent of the record was to embrace the awareness level that I felt needed to be embraced by the people about the greatness and the significance of this beautiful culture. I felt like the Arab culture and Arab people have exemplified being able to value the significance of the rich qualities in what they value as their spirituality and God all the way down to the financial and economic stability. I have a lot of friends that are Arab and I got a lot of friends from the Middle East in general, I just didn't think it was fair this culture was being subjected to so much that it just didn't deserve it.

Complex: Interesting…

Busta Rhymes: Being a black man, I understand that kind of targeting and that kind of agenda that's set out to really demoralize the value and the integrity and the beauty of the culture that I live and represent. You don't see white men or Spanish men or Chinese men or Indian men getting shot while they're handcuffed on the ground by police when they're 22 or 23 years old. You don't see Rodney King getting his ass beat in the white community or Indian or Spanish community, you don't see people getting plungers in their ass in all of these other cultures, you only see this shit throughout the history of time happening to black people. I just think that is something that I identified with when I started to see the Arab culture get shitted on the way that they were, and I wanted to change that. It's cool to be Arab, and we should embrace the culture.

Complex: How has the response been from foreigners?

Busta Rhymes: I have quotes from 36-year-old school teachers from Egypt all the way down to real estate developers from Kuwait, and engineers from Baghdad, Iraq, pediatricians from Syria, lawyers from Lebanon, etc, etc. A lot of great people came out to offer their support and make sure that it was clear that we understood that as much people out there shining a light on the negative of the song, there's quadruple the amount of people that support what the movement is. These are high-caliber people, it's crazy I could read the quotes from all of these people to you.

Complex: Was there one that stood out to you, like, above the rest that you could just say?

Busta Rhymes: The one that stood out to me in a major way was from a 60 year old investment banker from Morocco his name was Rashid Ali. And he said “If Justin Timberlake came out with a song tomorrow titled ‘I'm Getting European Euros,’ would anyone have a problem with it? Myself and so many other people in my country are so honored that Busta has chosen our region of the world as an inspiration for this new song.” This is a 60-year-old investment banker from Morocco. That shit is unbelievable that a man of that age, that demographic, would even feel a need to come out and support something that is not even usually considered to be something that appeals to people of his age or demographic, and that's hip-hop music.

Complex: In 2008, you were dropped from your previous label Interscope. The rumors all said it was because of a heated argument with [label chairman] Jimmy Iovine. Can you speak on it?

Busta Rhymes: Absolutely. Just for the record, there was no heated argument with me and Jimmy Iovine, and I kind of tried to take some time out to investigate why that rumor hold so much weight. What actually happened was when I realized that I wasn't getting the things that I felt that I needed facilitated from the record company at the time, I set up a meeting to speak with Jimmy Iovine and we had a sit-down with each other and you know he really appreciated what I built as a legacy for 17 years before I even got to Interscope.

Complex: Interesting…

Busta Rhymes: So, he basically was like, “You know what, I understand and I respect your concerns and if you don't feel that we can facilitate what you need so that you can continue to grow and evolve as an artist and as a business man, then I don't want to get in the way of allowing you to be able to do that with someone else or do that on your own. It was kind of a mutual agreement and a mutual understanding. And with that kind of support and understanding, I actually sing Jimmy Iovine’s praises because not only did he let me leave, but he let me leave with my album.

Comple: But you were in fact “dropped.”

Busta Rhymes: I had to be dropped, because I asked to be let go. There wasn't any situation where I had to go in and fight to get off and they were trying to keep me from wanting to be let go. It wasn't that kind of a situation, it was really an understood discussion that we had and I kind of made it clear that I didn’t want to put out my album out over there. There were a lot of things that were going on that could have went down differently, that could have been facilitative more effectively. I wish it could have transpired differently, unfortunately in that situation it didn't, but fortunately for me I'm in a much better space now.

Complex: Aftermath seems to be slow when it comes to putting out records. From your experience, what do you think is the biggest delay that they have over there?

Busta Rhymes: Dre's a perfectionist and he set a high standard. I've never seen a man that's so meticulous and so patient. I've been around the world so many times and I've been blessed with the opportunity to come across many walks of life, of different kinds of geniuses and people who have contributed so much on every level to music and art and culture. I've just never seen anything like this before, man.

Complex: Obviously people look at Kanye and say he's a perfectionist, but I mean, for Detox to be delayed so much, people wonder, What's really going on?

Busta Rhymes: I'm going to be honest with you, to this day I haven't really been able to put my finger on what's going on either. Because I've heard shit in that studio that almost is crazy to not expose it and share it with the world'it's phenomenal. So much shit, for years, he will make the most unbelievable shit. Yo, I've been in sessions where I've listened to beats and have cried because I couldn't have it.

Complex: Do you think it'll come out?

Busta Rhymes: I definitely believe that Detox is going to come. And I'm putting that energy out there because that's all I have to go on, and I want it as a fan. On the reality level, I cannot begin to tell you if that is really going to come to fruition, but I am going to wish for it. I'm going to do everything that I can on the outside to support the energy of Dr. Dre. I'm still one of his biggest fans and I'm still a friend, and whatever he needs from me to help push that along, I'm going to do it.

Complex: You said in a recent interview that President Obama makes you want to be respectable. How so?

Busta Rhymes: He pretty much exemplifies a greatness that we've never lived to see on this level of mainstream America. And I just feel like there's been a new standard that's been set as a result of him being able to successfully achieve the highest position in the world, not only in this country but as a leader for the world to follow and to embrace, support, and welcome as an example. He doesn't feel unreachable, he doesn't feel untouchable. He is someone that has listened to a Jay-Z album. He has listened to a Biggie album. He was around when Yo! MTV Raps started. None of these other presidents, even if they were around at that time frame, they had no interest in those things. They didn't even glimpse at those things a little bit to even see and say, well, we can identify with it, appreciate it and understand it. This man had Jay-Z perform at his Inaugural Ball. Beyonce, Mary J. Blige too. All of the people that we love, he loves.

Complex: How do you feel about Bill O'Reilly coming after Jay-Z and Young Jeezy for the “My President” performance in Washington D.C.

Busta Rhymes: I really think Bill O'Reilly, sometimes, like my mother always said, she said…sometimes it's best to let a sleeping dog lie where they lay. Because karma can come back and bite them way more severely than anything you could possibly do to them. I really have no feelings about Bill O'Reilly. I just think he needs to, at some point, come to terms with the fact that he's a dude that needs to find happiness somewhere, because…for a guy that's so negative, he's got to be a really unhappy dude. He kind of reminds me of J. Edgar Hoover.

Complex: Right

Busta Rhymes: That dude [J. Edgar] was never married, never had any children. He was just an unhappy dude and he died a very unhappy man. You know, it seems like Mr. Bill O'Reilly, this is all he has and he has to do this kind of thing to garnish some kind of attention because he's ain't getting it from nowhere else. His life is probably really shallow and dull, man, and I hope that he can find peace in himself, in his life, and happiness somewhere so that way he can start sharing a little of that happiness.

Complex: So, on a lighter note, no pun intended, I heard that you challenged N.O.R.E to a weight loss competition. Are you concerned with your weight?

Busta Rhymes: Nah, but I'm concerned with being in shape, and I definitely experienced the results of being in shape. And I know how incredible it makes me feel, so when I feel like I'm gaining a little weight, I make a conscious effort to return back to being in shape. Being shape has given me a feeling and an ability to perform in many different areas. [Laughs]

Complex: How Internet savvy are you? Do you read the blogs?

Busta Rhymes: Yeah. Actually, I've been starting to develop my awareness level of how involved I need to be involved on the Internet level in the last 6-8 months and um…I'm not really technologically savvy, I still can't go on a laptop and log onto all of this shit myself. But I keep up with Kanye's blog a lot, I go on Q-tip's blog a lot, I go on Diddy's blog, Pharell's blog. As far as the websites that I usually go to, I usually go to Nahright.com, Allhiphop.com, Sohh.com, and Worldstarhiphop.com. But, nobody is fucking with Nah Right right now, that shit is crazy. It's actually been like that. They've been shitting on everything else for a long time. They're unanimously killing everybody.

Complex: You've been through a lot in the past several years. The death of your bodyguard, legal and label troubles. Is this the happiest you've been or the most content you've been in awhile?

Busta Rhymes: I am extremely happy. I haven't been this happy in years. I haven't been at peace like this in years. It's just an amazing feeling to be in this space at this stage of my life after all that I've gone through and still be able to make the music that is garnishing this powerful momentum in the game right now and you know, get the excitement of my record company and my family and my kids, coming home from school, talking about how their friends declare me the unanimously as the hottest artist in the game right now. All of that is the rewarding feeling you can't put a price tag on. I go to sleep every night like I'm a baby and I sleep so peacefully now, like, I wake up every morning and I don't have to stress. I mean, I'm on probation, and my probation officer is the coolest in the world, you know they ain't stressing me. I'm traveling the country, doing what I want. They ain't stopping my hustle, they ain't getting in the way of my work. I don't got the police following me around like they were. It's just, everybody that kind of tried to make me out to be an individual that I wasn't'the truth ended up being undisputed as it always is, came out on top and proved a lot of people wrong and it's just good to see how time tells everything.

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.

RAP: Busta Rhymes f/ Ron Browz “Arab Money”

DANCE/ELECTRONICA: Annie “Two Of Hearts”

REGGAE/DANCEHALL: 77Klash f/ Johnny Osbourne “Mad Again”

R&B: Avant f/ Alfamega “Perfect Gentleman”

ROCK: Kaiser Chiefs “Never Miss A Beat”

So, “Team Blackout,” huh? Yeah, the group is a little cheesy and it features JoJo Simmons'son of Reverend Run, star of Run’s House'but c’mon, who can get mad at wholesome rap for the kids? We were totally fine with letting them live…until our inbox was bombarded with emails promoting the group’s Lights Out album, which dropped last Tuesday. Noooooooooope!!!(c) Jim Jones. Time for a lil’ kufi-smacking.

Like Jigga said'men lie, women lie, but numbers don’t. Sadly, Team Blackout didn’t even make the Billboard Top 200 album chart, so we had to hit our homey with Soundscan access to get us the first-week sales. The numbers? 210 units. As in: Two. Hundred. Ten. And that includes copies bought by the Simmons clan. Fuck, we could pull three rugrats off the street and move more units! Still, Team Blackout is hardly the first act to exploit family credentials en route to a failed rap career. We present the top 5 worst cases of rap nepotism below…

ARTIST: FLATLINERZ
RAP RELATION: Redrum, nephew of Russell Simmons

Horrorcore? If you think this shit is scary, don’t go near any peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

ARTIST: RAMPAGE
RAP RELATION: Cousin of Busta Rhymes

Spliff Starr’s armpit hair has more personality.

ARTIST: HARLEM WORLD
RAP RELATION: Baby Stase and Blinky Blink, twin sister and brother of Mase

What is this, the RingDing Bros. Circus? FOH.

ARTIST: BRAVEHEARTS
RAP RELATION: Jungle, Nas’s brother

They’ve had their moments, but two albums’ worth? That’s a negative, boss.

ARTIST: LIL E
RAP RELATION: Son of Eazy-E

Well, we tried to find an official music video from this dude on YouTube. We really tried.

[Nah Right]

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