Sometimes the only thing separating a Fif from a Ja is one smart move.

Pesky decisions swarm us daily in life, like a troop of blind killer bees. Most of us just swat them with the slipshod petulance of a dog’s tail. But our hip-hop heroes know better, because when it comes to running a career into the ground or digging a hole bigger than the U.S. deficit, no one knows better than rappers. Here are 13 hip-hop artists to meditate on next time you run into an occupational obstacle, for they are the ones who made modern rap’s worst career moves. (– Rizoh)

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Ja Rule’s Mirror LP has been in the works since 2007. Ja tried everything in the book to garner some buzz for the album to no avail. He recruited Lil Wayne for the lead single “Uh-Ohhh,” tried to reignite that lame feud with 50, tried the whole NSFW music video thing. No dice. Exasperated with his inability to get The Mirror off the ground, Ja resorted to the oldest stunt in the book — he went and got himself arrested. Unfortunately, that story died 2 days later.

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Ja Rule – Message to Mankind
Ja Rule’s The Mirror LP (or whatever is left of it) will be released online on Friday FREE.

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♣ New Kids On The Block Perform At The Waffle House [Broken Cool]

♣ Ma Dukes: “Charles Hamilton Is Insane!” [Ill Roots]

♣ Hulk Hogan’s Top 5 Matches [The Smoking Section]

♣ Lil Wayne movie Hurricane Season runs out of $$$ [Woooha]

♣ Biggest hiphop battle of 2009: Clipse versus Jay-Z? [Seattle Times]

♣ Hip-Hop Stars (Auto-) Tuning Out Jay-Z’s ‘Death’ Wish [Washington Post]

Just what I’m feeling at the time, Ladies and Gents.

If “Sunset” is any indication, Ja may be saving his best cuts for November. Is it just me or is Little Brother + Lil Wayne (”Breakin’ My Heart”) the surprise collaboration of the year? They really need to shoot a video for that one. Oh, if you’re still not up on the amazing talent that is Donny Goines, it’s not too late to get familiar. Start with The Excerpt.

Enough talk, let’s get to the program. Start your weekend right with these bangers:

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Two Access Denied versions of the “Body” video have surfaced on the Internet. I can’t tell the difference, except that one has more backshots than the other.

The problem with desperate moves like this is that if The Mirror tanks, Jeffrey will be remembered as that guy who tried so hard to launch a comeback but not even two soft porn videos could bring him back. Bad move, Jeff.

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Here’s the full version of the “Body” video I posted earlier.

Poor Ja. He picked the wrong time to launch his comeback. While BET was premiering his video last night, the whole world was busy googling “Blue Magic.” But watch out, world. Ja Rule is coming back on a muthaf*ckin horse!

(Props to Roy P for the clip)

Not for the faint of heart (aka NSFW)

This is why Ja is hot (no Larry Craig). He always does something sooo different from what everyone else is doing. Hip-hop is alive and well.