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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 ...

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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Rick Ross gave his fans The Albert Anastasia EP over Memorial Day weekend to help hold them down until the July 20th release of Teflon Don.

If the next album is anything like Ross' previous releases, Port of Miami, Trilla, and Deeper Than Rap, we can expect a summer full of Maybach music!

The EP, named after an infamous mobster, marks the beginning of Rick Ross' summer-radio onslaught, as it features all new material minus the boss' hit single "Super High."

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HipHopAtLunch.com spoke to Big K.R.I.T. about his recent meeting with Bun B and a possible collaboration with the southern legend.  Also, K.R.I.T. walked us through his thought process behind select tracks off of the K.R.I.T. Wuz Here album.

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Jadakiss' third installment of his The Champ Is Here mixtape series plays out like a true Pay-Per-View event, complete with fight commentary and skits put together over stock audio of a cheering crowd.  Also, in honor of the boxing theme, DJ Drama, who hosts the tape along side DJ Green Lantern, changed his name to Dram King, ha!

Jadakiss comes out hard on The Champ Is Here 3, with cocky lyrics that show his confidence and willingness to fight.  The first skit even has Jada recalling how he's been training for this tape by "running five and a half miles every morning."

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HipHopAtLunch.com has been covering Travis Porter since the launch of the site, and now we're pleased to present, along with LiveMixtapes.com, the group's 5th official release, Proud 2 Be A Problem.

This tape marks our site's first sponsored mixtape and comes at the highest point in the group's career as all of the major labels are offering them record deals.

What's special about this tape compared to the previous four is its presentation. An hour before releasing the mixtape, fans were invited to watch the group's movie and chat about it on this custom made landing page.

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On February first, B.o.B. gave his fans the May 25th mixtape, commemorating what he thought to be the release date of his debut album, B.o.B. Presents The Adventures of Bobby Ray.

To the rapper's delight, however, the album release date was pushed forward due to the extremely successful lead single, "Nothin On You," featuring Bruno Mars. The song has since produced the Atlanta artist's first platinum plaque.

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