He didn’t say T.I.’s name but the general consensus by hip-hop fans, journalists and bloggers is that 50 Cent took a jab at the King of the South on the G-Unit’s album cut "You So Tough." Fif’s alleged implication about Tip? The unbelievable: that T.I. is a snitch who’s working with the authorities to get a lighter prison sentence. On the record, which appears on the Unit’s new Terminate on Sight LP, 50 raps "Nowadays this rap sh– ain’t adding up/ How n—-s get caught with 10 machine guns, only get 12 months/ Oowee, don’t talk to me/ You talk to him, you talking to them."

"I got the best lawyers that money can buy," 50 rapped on Monday, finishing his verse for MTV News, alongside Tony Yayo and Lloyd Banks. "They say at best they would’ve got me 10 or maybe nine/ I said, ‘How do you explain how homie breezed?’ They said, ‘You keep your mouth shut or you eat the cheese.’ "

Of course, everyone is inferring that 50 was talking about Tip’s recent legal woes. Charged with a slew of gun-possession charges, the Atlanta rapper would have faced a severe sentence if he had gone to trial and been found guilty. However, with a plea bargain, T.I. is only expected to do a year in prison, starting his sentence sometime in 2009.

So why the swipe at Tip, who 50 has been known to be cool with? What swipe? Fif noted that he didn’t mention anyone’s name and even clarified that he had no beef with T.I.

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Dipset member Jim Jones recently revealed he will be releasing his fourth solo album in September via Columbia.

Jones divulged to Billboard that the currently untitled set will feature production from Rick Rubin, Chink Santana, No ID, Supa Dave, Ron Brownz and Chris Styles.

The album will feature a guest spot from Juelz Santana but they will be no appearance by Dipset honcho Cam’ron.

Jones and Cam’ron have not been on speaking terms and have not collaborated publicly in the past year.

“No, there won’t be any Cam, which is a shame,” Jones said. “But you know, we’ve got to keep it moving.”

Next week, Jones will be releasing the first Byrd Gang project titled M.O.B.

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Nasty Nas’ controversial upcoming Def Jam album, Untitled, recently leaked online weeks before its scheduled release date.

Unlike previous album leaks like Lil’ Wayne’s Tha Carter III, which was intentionally leaked after Weezy made a controversial statement against mixtape DJs, Nas’ album had experienced a slow release of individual tracks before being completely released. The first batch of leaked songs included “Breathe,” “Black President,” “Y’all My N*ggers,” “Fried Chicken,” “Sly Fox” and many others.

In a video clip released earlier this morning, the lyrically renowned rapper reacted to the project’s leaks.

“Eh yo, what’s up y’all, this is Nas,” he says. “And you know we get leaked. You know I been getting leaks forever. And it’s so f*cking exciting.”

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Combined new release totals by G-Unit, Tech N9ne, and Jim Jones’ ByrdGang are reportedly going to have opening week sales under 200,000, a fraction of Lil’ Wayne’s Tha Carter III first-day sales.

Despite making headlines with controversy stemming from his taped conversation with former member Young Buck, 50 Cent’s G-Unit album Terminate On Site is projected to even out around the 110,000 range based on first day sales. According to Hits Daily Double, the follow-up to their 2x platinum Beg For Mercy should land the No. 4 spot on the Billboard 200 charts as Weezy F. Baby looks to have another big week in the top three.

Indie rapper Tech N9ne’s Killer has been projected to sell roughly 40,000 while Jim Jones’ ByrdGang group album M.O.B. (The Album) is expected to do half as well with totals around 20,000.

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Weezy F. Baby is still hot. The Cash Money star moved just over 200,000 copies of his latest album, Tha Carter III, to push the project over the 1.5 million sold mark. Lil Wayne is sitting in the number two position on the Billboard Top 200 chart for the second consecutive week behind Coldplay.

Oscar winners Three 6 Mafia debuted on the charts with their new album, Last 2 Walk. The long-awaited LP landed them the number five slot, however, the project only moved 76, 722 copies.

Plies, who debuted in the top five with his sophomore set Definition of Real, is still sticking around. The Florida native is currently at number 11, just missing the top 10 by a few thousand copies. His latest single, “Please Excuse My Hands,” featuring Jamie Foxx and The Dream, has just been sent to radio.

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On Tuesday night in New York, 50 Cent mocked former G-Unit mocked former G-Unit member Young Buck onstage during the group’s concert, crooning "Shorty wanna cry with me" instead of the lyric from Buck’s 2004 single "Shorty Wanna Ride."

Also on Tuesday, Buck himself dropped another dis record directed at the Unit called "Terminate on Sight" (also the name of the new G-Unit album). "Ah sh–, they done kicked me out the crew, I’m cool now," he raps. "Nose running, but I ain’t snorted nothing/ Took a sniff of myself and I smell like money." Buck also antagonizes G-Unit’s Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo, saying, "50’s money ain’t yours."

Oddly enough, 50 Cent still seems to have a soft spot in his heart for Buck. The Queens MC said he’s not going to war with his onetime group member.

"Buck is a disappointment for me," 50 told MTV News on Monday. "I treated him like a younger brother. … He’s not a enemy now. He’s like a relative that decides to do something to you that you’re uncomfortable with, so you don’t bring him around you. I don’t view Buck as my enemy. If he feels that way about me, those are his personal feelings. I wouldn’t be surprised if he felt that [I was his enemy]. He’s like my younger brother — even if he sees me in this interview saying it to him — he won’t understand. He’ll just go on how it feels."

Everyone knows that 50 recently released a recording of a phone conversation with Buck where the Cashville MC broke down about financial difficulties and begged to rejoin G-Unit.

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Props to Busta Rhymes for not wanting to get involved in the tomfoolery of hip-hop beef. Bus is cool with rivals Game and 50 Cent, partly due to his unwillingness to insert himself in their never-ending feud.

Way back when Game was really going hard at G-Unit, Busta gave his West Coast friend some tough love.

"We were both going to New York once on a flight," Game recently remembered about being ignored by Bus. "It was in the midst of the scuffle when I was just brain-dead in hip-hop, doing whatever. Not listening to nobody. Just going in [like a] chicken with his head cut off. Busta stopped me [in the airport]: ‘Son! I don’t like what you’re doing. I don’t!’ Just walks off. Ironically, me and Bus were sitting next to each other on the flight. Me, I’m joking, punching him the whole time. ‘Son, stop punching me. I’m reading my book!’ "

Game said that Busta just sat there and read XXL magazine the entire time and wouldn’t engage in a conversation with him. In fact, he barely acknowledged that Game was there.

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With buzz beginning to stir for the upcoming Game and Young Buck mixtape, SOHH caught up with the man responsible for the project, Black Wall Street producer Nu Jerzey Devil to explain how the two former enemies joined forces and what to expect from the G-Unit dropouts.

News recently hit the net that Game and Buck will be releasing joint mixtape next month. Game associate Nu Jerzey Devil hit SOHH up with the details.

"The mixtape is not gonna be totally Game and Buck, but Buck will have some features on there, couple of songs," Nu Jerzey Devil told. "Not even on some disses or none of that, we just gonna go ahead and make good music, ‘You Know What It Is Volume 5.’"

Nu Jerzey Devil also confirmed that California’s DJ Skee will not be involved with the mixtape, despite prior reports that stated that he would contribute. As of yet there is no official release date but the producer offered his predictions for when the final project should hit the streets.

"We ain’t got an exact date, ’cause you never know what’s gonna happen," he said. "Everyday is a new day and the music gets better. We’re shooting for the second week in July."

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