1997 album tops hip-hop poll
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Eric B & Rakim's Paid in Full tops a poll of influential albums, which also features De La Soul and Notorious BIG.
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Arts & entertainment: 50 Cent bumped down to number two by highest-selling album in two years.
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Rapper Kayne West's debut album collected 10 nominations.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - A day after reaching No. 1 on the U.S. album charts, hip-hop star Kanye West took the top spot on the singles chart Thursday.
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R&B chanteuse Ciara's "Goodies" featuring Petey Pablo jumped two places to take the top spot on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, ending the three-week reign of Terror Squad's "Lean Back," which dropped to No. 2.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Rapper Soulja Boy's "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" began a sixth non-consecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart Thursday, while Kanye West's "Stronger" held at No. 2.
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Teen rapper Soulja Boy&#39;s breakout  single &quot;Crank That (Soulja Boy)&quot; began a second week atop the  U.S. pop singles chart Thursday, and the three subsequent  tracks held their same positions from last week.
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Chicago-based church The Faith Community of Saint Sabina has attacked ten of the most popular rap artists of the U.S., including 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, and Nelly, for "demean(ing) women and perpetuat(ing) violence" says AllHipHop.com. The group...
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Grandmaster Flash &amp; the Furious Five are among the nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame &#151; the first rap artists to get that distinction &#151; joining U2, Randy Newman and the O'Jays on the ballot.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - For the second week in a row, Terror Squad&#39;s &quot;Lean Back&quot; topped Billboard&#39;s Hot 100 singles chart, even as the East Coast rap act&#39;s sophomore album &quot;True Story&quot; tumbled 17 places to No. 31 on the Billboard 200.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - T.I.'s "T.I. vs. T.I.P." maintains its lead on the Billboard 200 for a second week after moving 175,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
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Before 2007 is out, Eve, Missy  Elliott, Foxy Brown, Trina, Shawnna and Remy Ma should have new  albums in stores, setting the stage for a banner year in the  world of female rap. For the long-suffering genre, that would  mean that more than two or three titles could finish in the top  100 of Billboard&#39;s year-end Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
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When Nas and Jay-Z set aside their  feud and joined forces last October, it was a great moment for  hip-hop, but an even greater moment for Nas. Having been  Columbia's staple rap artist for more than a decade, the  acclaimed yet commercially unreliable MC seemed poised to reap  the benefits of Def Jam's hip-hop savvy.
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The hip-hip duo took top honors Wednesday as the recording industry handed out its first awards for music sold through Internet-music services like Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes.
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Rapper The Game goes straight into the US album charts at No 1 with his album Documentary.
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The CD will stay the most popular music format until at least the end of the decade, according to a new survey.
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In yet another big week for new  releases on the U.S. albums chart, the MTV-constructed band  Danity Kane trumped hip-hop duo OutKast to take the top spot,  while Paris Hilton scored the highest debut for a new solo  female pop artist this year with a No. 6 entry.