No, the title doesn’t have anything to do with T.I.’s stay in prison. The song’s about women. Don’t forget, this is an Usher joint.

It’s going to be on Usher’s Raymond vs. Raymond.

Download | Usher – Guilty (feat. T.I.)

The following is a report on Drake’s debut album, Thank Me Later. It was written by Ace Burpee, who was invited to a listening session for a preliminary glimpse at the album.

1) There’s a song on the disc called “Fireworks” that has the greatest beat ever. Drake has this sidekick producer called 40, and he’s talented. I met him as well this afternoon and he’s also a good kid. He’s about to be very, very busy. “Fireworks” has a hook on it courtesy of Kings of Leon. It’s catchy.

2) There is a Kanye West–produced track on the album that comes with a story. The track was made by Kanye for Beyonce, but Drake really wanted it so he wrote her a handwritten letter asking if he could use it. She read it and thought it was sweet and e–mailed him to give her permission. It’s a great track.

3) There’s a Jay–Z/Drake track that he played for us – minus Jay’s verse. Jay–Z doesn’t let anyone hear his stuff before it comes out. Drake claims it is the greatest verse Jay’s ever done.

4) I think the final track on the album is called “Thank Me Now” or something. He played us a recorded verse then did another one live and it was one of the best. Really cool.

5) He sings on a bunch of tracks on the album.

6) This Saturday Drake will be in L.A. doing a track with Dr. Dre and Eminem.

7) Yes, there is a Timbaland beat on the album.

It is highly possible that the biggest album of 2010 will be from a Canadian, and his name will be Drake.

Source: HHNM.

This random Jim Jones/Gucci Mane record just surfaced. It’s going to be on Jim Jones’s next mixtape.

Download | Jim Jones – Haunted (feat. Gucci Mane)

T-Pain talked to mixtape daily about that T-Wayne album that everyone has been so anxiously awaiting. Here’s what he had to say:

“The T-Wayne album, we’re actually gonna wait until he gets out,” Pain said about Weezy’s jail time. “He has so much going on. He has Rebirth out right now. I don’t wanna interrupt that. We just gonna wait until he gets out to really get in on that. We recorded a bunch of songs. But, right now, it’s time for him and his personal sh–. We definitely got an album’s worth of material, but it’s only an album’s worth. It’s nothing to pick from. We just got an album. We can put out whatever we feel like and say, ‘Hey, this is T-Wayne’s album,’ or we can actually try to make it good. Like we’re actually trying to make an album and say, ‘This is the good T-Wayne album.’ Rather than just record 12 songs and say, ‘Here you go, mutha—-as! I know you want it. You gonna buy it anyway, just ’cause you think it’s good.’“

This is going to carry Ludacris’s album sales for Battle of the Sexes. The song’s fairly old, but it was only officially released now.

Originally, the song didn’t even have Luda on it.

Download | Ludacris – Break Your Heart (feat. Taio Cruz)

Download | Wale – Who Don’t (feat. Fat Trel & Black Cobain)

Bizarre from D12 drops a single featuring the midwest word-slinger Tech N9ne.

“Bizarre is alive, but Proof has been dead”

I have no idea who sings on the hook, but it’s not bad. And Tech N9ne’s verse is fire as always.

Download | Bizarre – Believer (feat. Tech N9ne)

Another one off The Flood. This one features Cory Gunz, and is produced by LG.

Jae  Millz borrows the hook from Lil Wayne’s last verse on “Leather So Soft:”

“You see the paper gone come

If not I’m gon’ get it

I gotta die with money cuz I wasn’t born with it”

Download | Jae Millz – Money Gone Come (feat. Cory Gunz)

If you want to download the whole tape, click here.

Download | Jae Millz – In The City (feat. Lil Wayne & Short Dawg)

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DJ Whoo Kid helped XXL put together this mixtape showcasing the talent of their freshman class of 2010. Here are the artists they chose:

• Jay Rock
• Pill
• Nipsey Hu$$le
• Fashawn
• Freddie Gibbs
• Wiz Khalifa
• J. Cole
• Big Sean
• Donnis
• OJ Da Juiceman

Do you think it’s a coincidence that both of OJ Da Juiceman’s songs come at the very end of the tape? Somehow I doubt it…

Download | XXL 10 Freshmen for 2010 (Mixtape)