The homie Adam Aziz who once worked for Cliff’s StreetCred.com breaks down what the big homie needs to focus on during his time away.

5. WRITE

Countless rappers have written some of their most vivid, emotional and real lyrics while in prison including the late, great 2Pac Shakur. T.I. should throw himself into songwriting and let his feelings about his current position play out on paper…and then in the studio when he gets out. It’s going to be tough for T.I. to write anything resembling happy music while he’s locked behind the walls with people telling him when he eats and goes outside. Selfishly this should give T.I. fans some powerful lyrics once he’s released. Songs like “No Matter What” and “You Ain’t Missin’ Nothin'” were just a glimpse of how deep TIP could get.

Check full list at Broken Cool

Someone has a wicked sense of humor. Ha!

Spotted: Hip Hop Music Dot Com

You can rest easy, Internets.

Previously: Slaughterhouse Signs Deal

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In honor of Clifford’s impending incarceration, Angela Yee and her crew came up with a list of top 10 Rappers who got locked up right when their career was most poppin’. Here’s audio from the show where Ang played clips from each person during their legal troubles. Pretty crazy stuff when you think about it. After the jump, full list with a couple of honorable mentions.

Pt. 1

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Pt. 2

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Pt. 3

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Pt. 4

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Pt. 5

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A version of this leaked a few weeks ago and Da Capo quickly shut it down. Don’t remember if it had Damon Dash’s son Boogie DJing and a Beyonce lookalike with booty-shakin’ back-up dancers. Hov still on your mind much? Ha!

His boss will turn himself in a few but Bobby Ray trudges on. Freakin’ those “Bonita Applebum” drums, this is the full length of Bob’s Reebok Classic Remix collection contribution. I ain’t mad at this.

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Props: Nah Right

Previously: B.o.B.’s A Reebok Vandal

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Female rap game ain’t been the same since Lauryn Hill went loco. But hey it’s her birthday, let’s honor the legacy. Damn shame.

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Swagger jackin’ Weezy, my dude SB visited the morning buzzards at ABC. Look at Barbara Walters askin’ about the sophomore jinx and dude checkin’ her on her gold earrings. Hilarity!

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Here’s the other video Mr. Officer shot in the land of Esco. Damn I didn’t know Avery Storm was so light-skinned. That’s my cousin. It’s our time! Thanks Drake.

Bonus: Gettin’ closer to God in a tight situation.

“Patience is a virtue.”

Here’s the full CDQ version of the joint Juelz shot a video to awhile back. He claims it’s the first single from his Def Jam album, Born to Lose, Built To Win finally droppin’ this fall. We’ll believe that when we see it at Best Buy. Bye-bye.

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Props: Kingsley Osei

Previously: New Video: Juelz Santana “Days of Our Lives”