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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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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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