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Young Jeezy And Kanye West Put On The Auto-Tune

It must have been annoying for Jeezy to watch Kanye’s song “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” become one of the biggest hits of the Chicago rapper’s career. See, the Graduation single was originally a remix of Jeezy’s 2006 song “I Got Money” that DJ Toomp produced. Unfortunately, Jeezy passed on the song, Kanye swooped in, finished it with Toomp (keeping Jeezy’s ad-libs in for extra trap-rap flavor), and the rest is history. And from the sound of Jeezy’s new single, he knows he lost one.

Young Jizzle has been killing it lately with a slew of R&B guest spots, but his new joint “Put On,” produced by Drumma Boy, definitely recaptures the serious, motivational mood of “Can’t Tell Me Nothing.” Sure, this is Jeezy in his element, but Kanye still manages to upstage him by using the auto-tune/vocoder effect on his memorable verse. Listen to the full song after the jump.

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Lupe Fiasco Ft. Young Jeezy and T.I- Superstar Remix

Chi-town meets the South, as Lupe Fiasco enlists Young Jeezy and a house-arrested T.I for the remix of Superstar.

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Rap Sheet: Observer Gives DJ Kool Herc A Bad Name

• Mistaken identity: Despite what many blogs reported yesterday, DJ Kool Herc ain’t suing Jay-Z for $5 billion over slave reparations and the defilement of downtown Brooklyn for a new stadium. However, someone with the same real name as Herc, a one Clive Campbell is.

• Do-gooder: See rap ain’t all evil. Young Jeezy announced a winner of his “MakeYour Dreams Come True” contest. The contest—coinciding with the release of his album—will give a 13 year-old with cerebral palsy a special wheelchair-accessible van and treat the whole fam to diner at Justin’s in Atlanta.

• Liquidity: Despite Dr. Dre’s forthcoming album being called “Detox,” the Hip Hop producer-mogul is getting into the beverage game with Drinks American Holdings Inc. There’s a cognac in the words followed by a new vodka.

• Courting: Lil Wanye does a concert in NJ, then goes to court in NYC, pleads not guilty for his weapons charges. He even asked concertgoers for some luck, “I would love for you to put me in your prayers tonight; I got court in the morning.”

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