1. Eminem- one of the top selling artists of the year with Relapse, as well as his beef with Mariah.

2. Drake- labels fighting to sign him, hottest? song on radio, universally acclaimed mixtape, numerous cosigns from the games heavyweights

3. Jay-Z- still a successful enterpeneur, which couples with his recent return to hip hop and DOA has people

4. Gucci Mane- hate him or love him, hes got a lot of mixtapes? out now, as well as Internet buzz and guest appearances on other artists songs

5. Lil Wayne- headlining one of summers hottest tours, CEO of hottest rap label out now, signed Drake, still everywhere

6. Kanye West- numerous features, bested Jay-Z, has a hot girlfriend and rumored to be the reason behind the breakup of Kim Kardashian and Reggie Bush.

7. 50 Cent- mixtapes, another successful entrepeneur and his beef with Rick Ross,? which has died down a bit, otherwise hed be higher up.

8. All the members of Slaughterhouse- Internet buzz and lyrical skill, plus their album JUST dropped.

9. OJ da Juiceman- same reason as Gucci Mane, to a lesser extent.

10. Fabolous- #1 album right now, and his 1st ever. Also its a good album

First of all Banks was signed to a 4 album deal which a consisted of 2 solo albums and 2 group albums. He has fulfilled those obligations along with Yayo who had a 3 album deal.

50s contract is up with INTERSCOPE after BISD which means the G-Unit label will be PAckaged in the next negotiations if not already and it wont be under The MAchine.

G-Unit as a Group have fulfilled their contract it has nothing to do with being dropped! Maybe if u did a little research rather than basing ur knowledge off what some hating ass blog who is Envious of 50 and his success state as fact and running with it, will u save u from looking like a fool! LOL

PS: Any F*boy who believes that None of the Biggest Labels in the game wouldnt vie for 50 and his services really have no basis of what business is about and just how valuable he is

The fact of the matter is that 50 had the 2 hottest mixtapes this year hands down and his buzz has remained constant since.

50 has the most anticipated album this year minus Dr Dre and hes talked about on the blogs everyday he’s still #1 and the quicker u except that the better u guys will feel about urself LMAOOOO

PS: Oh yea and Tell JOe “HIT ON THE” Budden to stop voting for himself LMAOOOO

Y’ALL FUCKERS HEARD WAR ANGEL? cmon now that thread had nothing but GREAT comments even from fif HATERS… and negros like drewdagod gon put GUCCI MANE BEFORE 50? are you high? WTF!!

DukeShites .. Drake had the hottest mixtape? WTF IS GOING ON! ARE PEOPLE JST SILLY or what?? WHO KINDA INVENTED THAT MIXTAPE SHIT.. WHO MADE IT HOT IF IT WASNT FOR CURTIS..cmon give that nigga is props.. i aint no dickride of that negro but hell he gets TOO MCH HATE IN THE INDUSTRY..

JAY-Z
FABOLOUS
JOE BUDDEN (AKA BLACK EMINEM)
NAS
RICK ROSS
KANYE WEST
50 CENT
LLOYD BANKS
JOELL ORTIZ
SNOOP DOGG (YEAH!!)