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Download - Rubba Band Business 2

Last night, Juicy J and Lex Luger released the follow up to their well received collaborative mixtape, Rubba Band Business.

Unlike the original, which solely featured Lex's production, Rubba Band Business 2 also sees the Juice man go in over some self-produced tracks, beats from Sonny Digital ("Racks on Racks"), and some production from Rostrum Record's in house producers.  That being said, Lex Luger is still responsible for producing 18 of the 26 songs on this project.

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Download: Ashes To Ashes [Dirty/Clean]

Over the last few years, Rick Ross has developed a niche for making the listener feel like they're larger than life.  Whether he's thinking like Larry Hoover, Big Meech, or even Bo Diddly, Rozay has done a great job of guiding his audience's imagination.

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Tity Boi and Bigga Rankin's Trap-A-Velli 2: The Residue mixtape is already being called a classic, despite having only been released last month.

The Atlanta rapper, who makes up one half of DTP's Playaz Circle, is most well known for the hit song "Duffle Bag Boy" with Lil Wayne.  Having said that, the success of this new project is already broadening the Southside Atlanta native's reach and bringing more demand to his solo career.

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Yo Gotti teamed up with DJ Drama and DJ Whoo Kid to release Cocaine Muzik 4.5, a follow up to the extremely well-received Cocaine Muzik 4. By keeping the features on this tape to a minimum, Gotti was able to focus in on the street talk which he's become known for.

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On August 31st, Big Sean and Don Cannon completed the Detriot emcee's mixtape trilogy with the release of Finally Famous Vol. 3.  If you haven't already been following Sean along his journey to fame, be sure to catch up with Finally Famous Vol. 1, Vol. 2, and Vol. 3!

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On July 13th, Curren$y released his third studio album and major label debut, Pilot Talk. All things considered, the album sold well, as it moved close to 11,000 copies in it's first week.  For reference, Bun B's 5 Mic album only pushed 40,000 units during its first week.

What keeps this body of work together and gives Pilot Talk a ridiculous amount of replay value is Ski Beatz's smooth production. Ski ("Dead Presidents II" & "Luchini") produced eleven of Pilot Talk's thirteen tracks and, therefore, is as invaluable to the album as the hot spitta himself.

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If you've been paying attention, you knew that Big Boi was capable of putting out this album. Although Andre 3000's half of Speakerboxxx/Love Below is more discussed due to the eccentric direction he took it, Speakerboxxx stands on its own as one of the better releases of 2003. When "Royal Flush" leaked over two years ago (it's really been that long), the hype machine started up for this release.

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On May 27th, Rick Ross released what was expected to be yet another free project in a long line of EPs and mixtapes to hit the scene in early 2010. Quickly, however, The Albert Anastasia EP's buzz exploded as street singles "MC Hammer" and "BMF (Blowing Money Fast)" took on lives of their own.

Minus "Super High," all of the EP's tracks were new and most of them featured big named artists. This provided the fans with a good deal of free content two months before Ross' album release date.

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Last month, DJ Drama and Gucci Mane released their Mr. Zone 6 project, in celebration of Atlanta's annual Birthday Bash concert.  The Gangsta Grillz mixtape featured all new material, despite Gucci having only been out of jail for a little over a month at the time of its release!

Amidst the new material, we find the title track for Gucci Mane's upcoming album, The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted. While the album doesn't have a firm release date, Gucci did premiere this trailer before his performance at Birthday Bash.

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After hearing Tiron's impressive Ketchup project, Boston-based hip hop clothing label, Society Original Products, decided to sponsor the artist's MSTRD mixtape.  In addition to getting their logo on the mixtapes of artists whom they believe in, a number of Society's products have been spotted on emerging emcees such as Wiz Khalifa and J. Cole in the last month alone.

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