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Check out this video of Ludacris & 9th Wonder in the studio together laughing at the recent video of K-Ci & JoJo's flawed performance in Australia.  Hopefully 9th Wonder & Ludacris are working on a song together because just seeing them in the studio has us heavily anticipating a few hot joints.  We'll see come November 11th when Luda's album "Theatre Of The Mind" drops...

Ludacris's new album "Theatre of The Mind" was initially scheduled to be released in October, but it appears that it's been pushed back to November 11th.  In the meantime check out this trailer to Ludacris's new song "Undisputed" featuring Floyd "Money" Mayweather.....

In case you missed all the events that went down during the Labor day...ahem "Luda Day"  weekend in Atlanta...here's a video recap hosted by ya bwoy Ludacris.  Luda recently announced that he's thinking of retiring from hip hop, but we think that's a bad idea. Once you put that word in the air like that it's pretty hard to come back if you get the urge to rap again. It's best for artists thinking of "retiring" to just be quiet about it & simply fade from the scene for a minute just in case you change your mind.  

Ludacris & Chris Brown collaborate in the studio for Chris Lova Lova's upcoming album Theatre Of The Mind due in October

Check out this dope interview with ATL's own DJ Toomp &
his feelings on T.I. & Ludacris doing a song together on
one of his tracks.

Arguably the most popular solo rappers to come of Atlanta in recent memory, T.I. & Ludacris have joined forces & recorded a new song for Ludacris's upcoming album "Theatre Of The Mind". Check it out below! My oh my how things have changed....

Download "Wish You Would" by Ludacris and T.I.

01.Ludacris - And Starring...
02.Ludacris - Still Spittin
03.Ludacris - DTP Magic feat. Willy Northpole
04.Ludacris - Get Up Get Out feat. Block Xchange
05.Ludacris - So Thoro
06.Ludacris - The Vocalizer
07.Ludacris - Bigg Ass House
08.Ludacris - 2 Kings feat. I-20
09.Ludacris - Politics As Usual
10.Ludacris - Look What I Got feat. Playaz Circle
11.Ludacris - Pinky Shinin' feat. Small World
12.Ludacris - Sho'Nuff Revisited feat. Lil Fate
13.Ludacris - Ordinary Negroes
14.Ludacris - Throw It Up feat. Lil' Wayne & Busta
15.La The Darkman - Coogi Down feat. Willie The Kid
16.Ludacris - I'm A Dog feat. Playaz Circle
17.Ludacris - Smokin' Big Kill feat. Shawnna
18.Ludacris - Stay Together
19.Ludacris - We Ain't Worried Bout You
20.Ludacris - Roll The Credits
21.Ludacris - Been Puttin On


Download "The Preview" here

If you haven't heard him support Barack Obama at any time before let
it be known that Ludcaris is officially supporting Barack Obama on his
new mixtape. Listen to his freestyle below where he disses
Hillary Clinton & Jesse Jackson for their past "haterism" toward
Barack Obama. He also says that (Obama) "says I'm one of his
favorite rappers."

Download Politics by Ludacris

Ludacris dropped his new mixtape called "The Preview" yesterday & maybe is giving a us a preview of his aspirations to join the REAL "Billionaire Boys Club". Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Ludacris, & his manager Chaka Zulu took in a basketball game over the weekend in Las Vegas. Check out Ludacris's verse about hanging out with Bill Gates on his latest mixtape... "…Bill Gates whats happenin/When I see you lets get a pound of purp and get higher than Aladdin/Call up some bitches/ hit a couple switches/ Then write a 8 million dollar check, sign it over to Chris Bridges…" --Ludacris

Suburban Philly emcee & now ATL translpant "Asher Roth" has been
enjoying some buzz over the internet about his skills. He's really
been making the rounds here in Atlanta linking up with Akon, T.I., &
other notable entertainers in the game. The word is that Asher Roth
has been signed to SRC which is the label run by Steve Rifkin. Rifkin
was responsible for the successful LOUD record label which brought us
such artists as David Banner, Big Pun, Capone & Noreaga among others.

Asher is being compared to Eminem in terms of his style of rhyming &
clever wordplay, but he & Slim Shady appear to differ in terms of
their backgrounds. Asher is admittedly from the suburbs while
Eminem grew up poor in Detroit. Although being from the hood
has nothing to do with being a great artist it should be interesting
to see how he can eventually bring us into his world with his music.

One thing that's blatantly obvious about Asher Roth is that he appears
to have a good team around him which is probably the most
important element for an up & coming artist in the music game.
Whoever is managing him is making sure he gets face time with
the movers & shakers in the game. Here he is chopping it up with
Ludacris over dinner. Also at the table is Ludacris's manager &
business partner Chaka Zulu who has not only once worked in radio,
but also at a high level position within Def Jam. The music industry is
about 90% business & 10% talent. There are alot of people today have
no talent at all & still manage to make it because they have a
great team behind them. Fortunately Asher Roth appears to have the
talent & the proper people putting him in position to make moves.
Check out the following video & ask yourself......What would you
say to Ludacris during a business dinner? How would you pick his
brain to better your hustle? It's something to think about whenever
you have the opportunity to meet with someone who's making
significant moves in their life.

Ludacris aka "Chris Bridges" stands to have a very busy next few
months as he is set to drop his new album "Theatre Of The Mind"
sometime in October. In addition to droppng his latest album he is
also to star in the latest Guy Ritchie film called "RockNRolla"
alongside Idris Elba. Check out the following trailer below!

Ludacris & Dj Drama appeared on MTV recently to talk about Luda's new mixtape that's about to drop called "The Prequel" as a part of DJ Drama's "Gangsta Grillz" series. They both comment in the video as to why it took them so long to get together in collaborating on a mixtape. Well let's see.....maybe it's because T.I. & Ludacris had beef at one point? (Maybe they still do, but T.I.'s got bigger issues to worry about these days)

It's not a secret that DJ Drama is T.I.'s deejay & they've made big moves together throughout their careers thus far. Sooooooooo...you don't want to appear to be biting the hand that's feeding you so maybe that's one of the reasons why it took them so long to get together. Then again maybe it's because the dollars or business outside of the creative part may have been an obstacle. Anyway who knows & who cares as long as Luda keeps flexing those lyrical talents. Over here we don't care about the business because we are consumers of good music & solely focus on the music. Which is why we all noticed something very interesting in our discussions about Ludacris with his very successful career thus far.

Although Ludacris is a very talented lyricist outshining many other rappers on the same song & has plenty of solo hit singles, it feels like he's never put out an album that you could listen to all the way through. He has yet to make THE classic album like an Illmatic, Ready To Die, Reasonable Doubt, Atliens, The Chronic, KING, Low End Theory, All Eyez On Me, & Only Built For Cuban Linx, among others. Quite simply Ludacris is "Paid In Full", but he's yet to make everyone in the game "Follow The Leader". It's not that he's not talented enough, but maybe he could take the advice of a group of people including one that's already close to him. His deejay...DJ Jaycee. DJ Jaycee is one of the most talented deejays in Atlanta & is very knowledge about hip hop music. Why hasn't Ludacris done a high powered mixtape with the direction & ideas of his own deejay? Jaycee is definitely not a "internet" deejay because the kid has skills & can battle the best of them. We're postive the mixtape would be interesting with the choice of tracks used & the deejaying talents being exploited.

If Ludacris's new album "Theatre of The Mind" is already completed, then it's understandable that some of these ideas couldn't come into play immediately. But for an artist like Ludacris, why not employ a team of a few deejays he respects to A&R or provide a musical & creative direction for the next musical project? Many deejays put out creative mixtapes so for Ludacris's elusive "Classic" album he should have a good A&R team of deejays to sit in the studio & provide ideas. Most artists should employ a team of deejays to maybe go in the studio with the artist & work. It's just a suggestion. Also it would be a wise idea to start at home & to drop a mixtape with one of the few people who probably knows Ludacris best at this point. His name is DJ Jaycee & he's already Ludacris's deejay.


*Editor's note: We're not trying to get Dj Jaycee fired, but it was an observation by many of us here at ATLstatus.com