Alleged cover art for Nas’ 2nd Lost Tapes installment

-I finally put down the PS2 to give y’all a 10-song [p]review of Snoop’s forthcoming album Tha Blue Carpet Treatment.

-Diddy debuts at No. 1 with 176,000. The Game has the rest of this week’s SoundScan.

-Eminem to announce a new Dr. Dre-produced track from The Re-Up. Apparently, “Produced by Dr. Dre” means a lot more these days.

-Jay-Z responds to Cam’ron in the December issue of XXL. Or so says the grapevine.

-Despite all those platinum-selling posthumous releases, Pac is nowhere to be found on Forbes’ Top-Earning Dead Celebrities list.

-Pitbull says Cocaine Cowboys is better than Scarface. Check out the interesting promo videos featuring Trick Daddy.

-Jay-Z is No.2 “Man of the Year” for 2006, if you’re into that sort of thing.

-New interview with AZ who I’m also rooting for this quarter, even though he’ll probably sell below 500 copies the first week.

The Game – Soundscan [Lloyd Banks - 48,000]
The Game runs through this week’s SoundScan figures, mispronouncing Evanescence on the way, before butchering Jay-Z’s “Kingdom Come” beat over some sh*t that you probably don’t give a flying f*ck about. Lloyd Banks jacked his logo from po-po, really? Still, I had to laugh at this G-Unit dissfest.

Your boss sings songs/Only R&B n***as with bling on…Me & Dipset seem to be the only muthaf**kas BAAALLLINNN!

Track List
01 RZA – RZA Meets Rizoh – ‘The Rap Up’ Intro
02 Jay-Z – Show Me What You Got
03 AZ – Show Me What You Got
04 AZ & Rakim – The Format (DJ Dub Floyd Screamixx)
05 Black Thought of The Roots – Don’t Say Nuthin’ (Hurricane Blend)
06 Mos Def – Undeniable
07 Papoose & Harold Melvin – Wake Up Everybody
08 The Game & 50 Cent – Hate It or Love It (DJ RefleX Blend)
09 2pac, T.I. & Ashanti – Pac’s Life
10 Eazy-E – Hittin’ Switches (Hurricane Blend)
11 50 Cent – What Up Gangsta (Hurricane Blend)
12 Eminem, 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks & Cashis – You Don’t Know
13 Proof – Girls Wit Da Boom (Hurricane Blend)
14 Jay-Z, Kanye West, Young Chris & The Temptations – Baby Girl (Hurricane Mix)
15 Busta Rhymes, Kelis, will.i.am, Styles P & Rashad – Love My Bitch b-w Favorite Drug (Hurricane Double Blend)
16 Jadakiss – T.R.O.Y. (Reminisce)
17 Pharoahe Monch, Showtyme, Mela Machinko & Tower of Power – Push
18 Joe Budden – Broken Wings
19 Xzibit – Thank You
20 Jay-Z & Pharrell – Allure (Hurricane Blend)
21 AZ – Never Change (Hurricane Blend)
22 Hi-Tek, J Dilla, Nas, Common, Busta Rhymes & Marsha of Floetry – Music For Life
23 2pac & Rick James – My Block (Hurricane Blend) – Outro

The Rap Up Mixtape

You’re welcome.

So, I head over to Snoop’s listening sesion for Blue Carpet Treatment at Club Touche, and all kinds of videos start dropping like confetti. Scrazy. Move over YouTube, Smash Tube is where it’s at right now.

Another Video to Check 4:
-The Game – “Let’s Ride” (Strip Club) | Download Link

How will the hip-hop community respond to this guy?

*Sighs* Slow news day.

According to the official Blacksmith website, Kweli’s Ear Drum LP has been pushed back to 2007.

-I know we’ve discussed this before, but I still don’t believe it. Judging by the ephemeral life span of celeb-relationships, it’ll only be a matter of time before Jermaine starts looking back in regret.

-Photos of Steve Irwin in his final moments. Meanwhile, Ras Kass has been catching some flack for that ignorant Stingray metaphor.

-Music critic Robert Christgau, who got fired by Village Voice last month, finds new home at NPR.

-I like this new UGK single better than “Like That.”

-Busta Rhymes due in court today for allegedly beating up a kid.

-Some more pictorials from this year’s Vh1 Hip-Hop Honors.

-More on the Making of Kingdom Come: Dr. Dre sends Jay-Z 25 beats out of nowhere.

-R.I.P. Lebo Mathosa

(K-Fed pic via Dlisted.com)

Tracklist
1 – Mick Boogie – Superman Returns Intro
2 – Jay-Z – Hov Is Back (produced by The Kickdrums)
3 – Jay-Z – Kingdom Come
4 – Jay-Z Speaks On Coming Out Of Retirement
5 – Jay-Z – Show Me What You Got [produced by Just Blaze]
6 – Jay-Z & Biggie – Whatchu Want
7 – Jay-Z – Dear Summer
8 – Jay-Z & Lupe Fiasco – Pressure
9 – Jay-Z Speaks On Being The President
10 – Jay-Z – Show You How To Hustle (Mick Boogie Mix)
11 – Jay-Z & Lupe Fiasco – Sittin’ Sidewayz
12 – Jay-Z & Biggie – The Commission (Mick Boogie Mix)
13 – Jay-Z, Jeezy & UGK – Get Throwed
14 – Jay-Z – 44 4’s
15 – Jay-Z – PSA (Just Blaze remix)
16 – Jay-Z Speaks On Hip-Hop
17 – Jay-Z & Kanye West – Diamonds remix
18 – Jay-Z & Young Jeezy – Go Crazy
19 – Jay-Z & Angelous – Brooklyn (Mick Boogie mix)
20 – Jay-Z Speaks On Success
21 – Jay-Z – Allure (remix)
22 – Jay-Z, Ray Cash & Scarface – Bumpin’ My Music (Mick Boogie mix)
23 – Jay-Z & Beyonce – Upgrade You
24 – Jay-Z & Beyonce – Dejà Vu (remix)
25 – Jay-Z, Mary J Blige & T.I. – Turn Your Lights Down Low
26 – Jay-Z & Pharrell – Young Girl
27 – Jay-Z feat. Nas & Chris Martin/Coldplay – Dead Presidents Live
28 – Jay-Z – Dec 4th (J.U.S.T.I.C.E League remix)

Mick Boogie Presents: Superman Returns [Buy it from MixtapeUSA]
(Courtesy of Hurricane Ivan – The Rap Up’s official DJ/Mix Master)

Bonus Cut
Jay-Z – “Show Me What You Got” (Remix) featuring DJ Chops
Could someone please email Sir Hova Chops’ phone number. This remix is fun, fast, and feisty, with such hacking grace. Plus, Chops rips Just Blaze a mean one (something about beat biting) on his verse.

I rest my case.

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To: Ivan, who hates me for “messing up” his Full Circle review.

Seriously, I thought Xzibit had an opportunity to make a damn-near classic LP, an opportunity he inadvertently tossed in the bin. I could slap “The Whole World,” “Thank You” and “Family Values” on repeat all day. I even dig “Moving in Your Chucks” and “Rampart Division” a bit. Still, Full Circle is hackneyed as fuck.

“Concentrate”? Jelly Roll and his Anthony Hamilton impressions? “On Bail”? I guess when you have a lineup that reads: Game, Daz , T-Pain, and Xzibit on the same song, you should lower expectations with the quickness.

At the rate people are having “surprise” birthday parties these days, I wonder if the element of surprise still exists. I bet you Snoop woke up on his birthday like “Yeah, what time does my surprise birthday party start?” Snoop just turned 35.

Snoop’s Cheerleaders

Snoop + Gabrielle Union — Snoop + Warren G

Nick Cannon — Snoop + Wifey

Noelle — Ice Cube + Wifey

(L – R) Snoop, Jimmy Iovine, Will.i.am