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Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won’t rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies.

Single of the Week

Nosaprise (above), “All In The Family”

Wire to Wire

Trae > Mike Jones

Slim Thug and Devin the Dude are back, bitch.

DJ Vlad is suing Rick Ross for beating him up at the Ozone Awards, but c’mon, can you really blame Ross for wanting to?

Turns out, according to the Westboro Baptist Church, God hated Bernie Mac.

The Source will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a re-launch. That’s cute. Remember when the magazine was relevant?

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Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won’t rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies.

Single of the Week

Lower Life Form’s “Small Town Talk”

Wire to Wire

As reported by Chris Gray, this little Houstonian Yao Ming-ed his way to a free trip to the Olympics.

Don’t front: You jam Slim Thug, too.

Rappers to auction jewelry for charity. Somehow, this is ironic. (And honestly, we never would’ve pictured Biz Markie as the jewelr- wearing type. The braces type? Definitely).

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Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap/hip-hop post, keeping you in the loop on new music, music news and other tidbits related (at least somewhat) to rap and hip-hop. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies.

Single of the Week

“Never Die,” Hueston Independent Spit District

Wire to Wire

Local news always cuts to the front of the line: Hip-hop conglomeration HISD are releasing their seasonal digi-tape Summer Sessions for free via www.peaceuvmine.com. These guys are dope, plus there’s a shitload of members, so chances are you probably know one of ‘em anyway.

Shocker: Hanging out at rappers’ parties is not safe. Not even Jermaine Dupri’s.

Ludacris, who was recently inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, went out of his way to prove Republicans right by support Barack Obama’s bid for presidency with the above ditty...

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Welcome to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap/hip-hop post. From here on out, we'll attempt to bring you new music, news and other tidbits related (at least somewhat) to rap and hip-hop. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies.

(Note: Since this is the “rap/hip-hop post,” from heretofore, all commenters will be expected to sign off with a snazzy rap phrase, like “See you later, alligator,” or “Raise the roof.” Thank you.)

Single of the Week: “Nuthin 2 A Boss,” Trae tha Truth feat. Slim Thug

Wire to Wire:

Of course - of course - we have to start out with Trae getting his own day named after him. Naturally, on Trae Day, July 22nd, you will be expected to swing your slab and lean to the left.

Miami’s (former) rap queen Trina and her NBA boyfriend Kenyon Martin were in a car crash. We assume they were on their way to speak at either the “Past Their Prime” Festival or the “Perpetually Overrated” Conference.

Murs and 9th Wonder – two guys you don’t know about now but eventually will - are giving away their latest LP for free right here. No catches or anything.

Former 2 Live Crew bad ass Luke Campbell got married. God, what we would have done to go to that wedding. We heard there was an ice sculpture for each of the steps in 2LC’s “One and One,” and that the bride came down the aisle to “Bust A Nut.” We’re sure it was a beautiful service.

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Welcome to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. From here on out, we'll attempt to bring you new music, news and other tidbits related (at least somewhat) to rap and hip-hop. Look for it Mondays around noon. It probably won’t rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies.

Local Single of the Week: Sy Smith's "Fly Away (Remix feat. Kay of the Foundation)"

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Ozone Magazine announced the nominees for its annual awards show, scheduled for August 8-11 at the George R. Brown Convention Center. Several Houston artists made the ballot, including (but not limited to) Bun B (too many categories to list), Pimp C (Tastemaker Award), Trae (Mixtape Monster Award), and Z-Ro (Most Likely To Stab Someone During The Show). Attention, Z-Ro: We. Are. Kidding.

Kelly Rowland says Destiny's Child are still "like sisters" and thus will be having a family reunion in the studio soon...

And they said Soulja Boy had no sense of history...

Puff Daddy’s show got an Emmy Nomination and The Wire didn’t? Ugh.

We’re not really big fans of Memphis’s Kia Shine, but we’ll side with him here in his beef with Three 6 Mafia if for no other reason than because "Lolli, Lolli" is terrible.

Let us get this straight: Barack Obama is not a terrorist? Whoops.

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