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Loose Links: Kanye West's Rants, Lil Wayne's False Covers, Jay-Z's Success

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Three of the biggest acts in Hip Hop get the Loose Link treatment, complete with rants, fake album covers and big business gone bad. From his celebrated music to his often outrageous outfit choices to even his unabashed ego, there's very little about Kanye West that isn't entertaining. But perhaps Yeezy's most entertaining moments come when he opens his mouth and says whatever comes to mind. Now, on the six-year anniversary of his infamous (and utterly awesome) Hurricane Katrina-inspired spat against George Bush, Complex put together a list of 'Ye's 10 best rants. From verbally chin-checking Canadian radio hosts to crashing nearly ever music award show stage imaginable, Kanye's antics don't get much more audacious than this. Read Complex's "The 10 Best Kanye West Rants" As deep as Lil Wayne's discography already is, the list of rumored collaborative projects is utterly overwhelming. And it doesn't help that Birdman keeps tacking projec...

Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 8/28/2011

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Game gets his first #1 album in nearly five years, edging out his rap-rival Jay-Z. Tyler, The Creator climbs nearly 100 spots to kick in the charts, as Jay and Kanye out-sell Beyonce, overall. b y   ALLEN JACOBS posted  August 31, 2011 at 7:04AM PDT  |  307 comments Game got a #1 album, within a margin of 5,000 units. Compton, California emcee   Game   got his first #1 in nearly five years, since  The Doctor's Advocate . The Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records star's   R.E.D. Album   slid by   Jay-Z   & Kanye West's  Watch The Throne  to take the throne at just under 100,000 first-week units sold.  R.E.D. features 2011 sensations Tyler, The Creator, Kendrick Lamar and Lex Luger, along with album narration by Game's mentor, Dr. Dre. Beyonce's   4   slipped out of the Top 10 . The Destiny's Child alum's fourth solo offering features an appearance by Outkast's Andre 3000, along with production fr...