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The clip, directed by Chris Robinson, features appearances by comedians including D.Ray Davis and Affion Crocket,</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60217.2664)</generator><item><title>Eight Mile Road Music News   &amp;amp;raquo; Skillz Drops &amp;amp;#8216;2007 Rap Up&amp;amp;#8217; Video; Preps New Album</title><link>http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2008/01/02/19073907.aspx#19073935</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:46:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0ab0b95d-286f-42d5-ba9b-6086957539ea:19073935</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>PingBack from &lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://eightmileroad.com/?p=222"&gt;http://eightmileroad.com/?p=222&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Skillz Drops '2007 Rap Up' Video; Preps New Album</title><link>http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2008/01/02/19073907.aspx#19073957</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:13:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0ab0b95d-286f-42d5-ba9b-6086957539ea:19073957</guid><dc:creator>Water Ur Seeds</dc:creator><description>wsup people, hope ya had good xmas and new year&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;had to have a mega catch up on the new and rumors lol&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;that b2k thing is mad, that gay ass pic or 'immature' defo made me think that was real supect. i got a lot ov respect for them both coming forward. &lt;br&gt;im glad they didnt do a 'lennon' outta that saigon tune.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;but yeh the video is funny, well good, and the song iz bangin, big up to mad skillz.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;can sum1 repost da footage ov skillz on stage fillin in the gaps to 'ghostwriter'&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;safe</description></item><item><title>re: Skillz Drops '2007 Rap Up' Video; Preps New Album</title><link>http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2008/01/02/19073907.aspx#19073961</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:15:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0ab0b95d-286f-42d5-ba9b-6086957539ea:19073961</guid><dc:creator>Dullah</dc:creator><description>Richmond, stand up!!!! I still haven't listened to that joint yet. I heard a lil bit but I'ma sit down and give it a play. Keep doing the dam thing cuzo. Been with ya since the Nod Factor.</description></item><item><title>re: Skillz Drops '2007 Rap Up' Video; Preps New Album</title><link>http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2008/01/02/19073907.aspx#19074016</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:46:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0ab0b95d-286f-42d5-ba9b-6086957539ea:19074016</guid><dc:creator>Mace_windont</dc:creator><description>SKILLZ!!!</description></item><item><title>re: Skillz Drops '2007 Rap Up' Video; Preps New Album</title><link>http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2008/01/02/19073907.aspx#19074028</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:49:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0ab0b95d-286f-42d5-ba9b-6086957539ea:19074028</guid><dc:creator>Boss Up</dc:creator><description>fa sho&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;i'm not dissin him or hatin but is this the only way he gets paid?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;didn't he have an album come out...he had a single with Freeway</description></item><item><title>re: Skillz Drops '2007 Rap Up' Video; Preps New Album</title><link>http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2008/01/02/19073907.aspx#19074043</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:53:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0ab0b95d-286f-42d5-ba9b-6086957539ea:19074043</guid><dc:creator>MiseryCityTexasDuece</dc:creator><description>that nigga should make some kind of reference to pimp-c's death, or at least say rip in his video since did'nt even mention pimp c's death in his song.</description></item><item><title>re: Skillz Drops '2007 Rap Up' Video; Preps New Album</title><link>http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2008/01/02/19073907.aspx#19074072</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:00:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0ab0b95d-286f-42d5-ba9b-6086957539ea:19074072</guid><dc:creator>Cnspeace</dc:creator><description>Make sure they are every year they are hot and a history recap. Shout out to Affion to you have been doing your thing on Nick Cannon show and in the video and other places ....BRONCO PRIDE in full effect!!</description></item><item><title>re: Skillz Drops '2007 Rap Up' Video; Preps New Album</title><link>http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2008/01/02/19073907.aspx#19074162</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:32:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0ab0b95d-286f-42d5-ba9b-6086957539ea:19074162</guid><dc:creator>VAgogetta</dc:creator><description>u know i had to be on this one! Virginia, man.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;the video was cool. i liked that.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;www.youtube.com/genosworldismine is the page.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;2 up, 2 down&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;757...540...804...703...V-A</description></item><item><title>re: Skillz Drops '2007 Rap Up' Video; Preps New Album</title><link>http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2008/01/02/19073907.aspx#19074174</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:37:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0ab0b95d-286f-42d5-ba9b-6086957539ea:19074174</guid><dc:creator>Boss Up</dc:creator><description>MiseryCityTexasDuece said:&lt;br&gt;that nigga should make some kind of reference to pimp-c's death, or at least say rip in his video since did'nt even mention pimp c's death in his song.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;listen to the very last line on the song...Skillz says: so many names to say...so i send a r.i.p. to those that passed away</description></item><item><title>re: Skillz Drops '2007 Rap Up' Video; Preps New Album</title><link>http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2008/01/02/19073907.aspx#19074187</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:46:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0ab0b95d-286f-42d5-ba9b-6086957539ea:19074187</guid><dc:creator>Young Caine</dc:creator><description>@ Boss Up&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Yeah dat single wit Free was bangin. But mane, I just seen dis nigga in like September wit some ol dirty ass beat up shoes on. I guess one check a year don't cut it! &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This one is aight, but I fux wit last year's joint harder.</description></item><item><title>re: Skillz Drops '2007 Rap Up' Video; Preps New Album</title><link>http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2008/01/02/19073907.aspx#19074209</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:58:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0ab0b95d-286f-42d5-ba9b-6086957539ea:19074209</guid><dc:creator>Lord Hade</dc:creator><description>Big up to Skillz, first got hip to my man when he came to D.C. with Busta Rhymes. &amp;nbsp;Been a fan ever since.</description></item><item><title>re: Skillz Drops '2007 Rap Up' Video; Preps New Album</title><link>http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2008/01/02/19073907.aspx#19074235</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:10:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0ab0b95d-286f-42d5-ba9b-6086957539ea:19074235</guid><dc:creator>NappyPeeza</dc:creator><description>It was cool</description></item><item><title>  Skillz Raps Up 2007  at  FISTFULAYEN</title><link>http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2008/01/02/19073907.aspx#19074262</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:20:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0ab0b95d-286f-42d5-ba9b-6086957539ea:19074262</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>PingBack from &lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.fistfulayen.com/blog/?p=149"&gt;http://www.fistfulayen.com/blog/?p=149&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Skillz Drops '2007 Rap Up' Video; Preps New Album</title><link>http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2008/01/02/19073907.aspx#19074778</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:27:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0ab0b95d-286f-42d5-ba9b-6086957539ea:19074778</guid><dc:creator>Hmastadelux</dc:creator><description>maybe he doesnt like Pimp C. &amp;nbsp;who knows. &amp;nbsp;I never heard of Pimp C.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;and hasnt Skillz been &amp;quot;preppin&amp;quot; an album for years now?</description></item><item><title>re: Skillz Drops '2007 Rap Up' Video; Preps New Album</title><link>http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2008/01/02/19073907.aspx#19075083</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:39:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0ab0b95d-286f-42d5-ba9b-6086957539ea:19075083</guid><dc:creator>TalentedDJ</dc:creator><description>The 05 and 06 rap-ups was way harder. WTF is this one?</description></item><item><title>re: Skillz Drops '2007 Rap Up' Video; Preps New Album</title><link>http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2008/01/02/19073907.aspx#19075341</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:33:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0ab0b95d-286f-42d5-ba9b-6086957539ea:19075341</guid><dc:creator>Dullah</dc:creator><description>@Boss up&lt;br&gt;Skillz alraeady dropped an album called Diary of a Ghostwriter. And that is how he gets paid, ghostwriting. People speculate that he has written for Shaq and Will Smith. He was suppose to drop an album years ago called I aint mad no more with Rawkus. But you know how that went down.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;@Cnspeace:&lt;br&gt;Did I just see a Fayetteville State reference? I got fam that went there.</description></item><item><title>re: Skillz Drops '2007 Rap Up' Video; Preps New Album</title><link>http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2008/01/02/19073907.aspx#19075808</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:01:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0ab0b95d-286f-42d5-ba9b-6086957539ea:19075808</guid><dc:creator>dwill1</dc:creator><description>@Boss Up &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; HE IS A GHOST WRITING MUTHFUCKA, THIS GUY HAS A LIST OF PEOPLE HE HAS WRITTEN FOR AND STILL WRITE FOR TODAY. THE BIGGEST NAME I KNOW OF IS DIDDY. </description></item><item><title>Lets take a look at Paris Hilton Videoss  &amp;amp;raquo; Blog Archive   &amp;amp;raquo; Skillz Drops &amp;amp;#39;2007 Rap Up&amp;amp;#39; Video; Preps New Album</title><link>http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2008/01/02/19073907.aspx#19076152</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:00:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0ab0b95d-286f-42d5-ba9b-6086957539ea:19076152</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>PingBack from &lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://parishiltonvideos.church-blogs.org/2008/01/02/skillz-drops-2007-rap-up-video-preps-new-album/"&gt;http://parishiltonvideos.church-blogs.org/2008/01/02/skillz-drops-2007-rap-up-video-preps-new-album/&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Skillz Drops '2007 Rap Up' Video; Preps New Album</title><link>http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2008/01/02/19073907.aspx#19076303</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:27:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0ab0b95d-286f-42d5-ba9b-6086957539ea:19076303</guid><dc:creator>SPATE Magazine All Day</dc:creator><description>He got skillz&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Listen to MadMan's Mixtape Here Free&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://spatemag.podomatic.com/"&gt;http://spatemag.podomatic.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;SPATE MAGAZINE&lt;br&gt;IN THE BUILDING&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.spatemag.com"&gt;http://www.spatemag.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/spatemagazine"&gt;http://www.blogtalkradio.com/spatemagazine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.youtube.com/spatetv"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/spatetv&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>  Skillz Drops '2007 Rap Up' Video; Preps New Album [allhiphop.com] at dropmagazine.com</title><link>http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2008/01/02/19073907.aspx#19077268</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:24:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0ab0b95d-286f-42d5-ba9b-6086957539ea:19077268</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>PingBack from &lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.dropmagazine.com/skillz-drops-2007-rap-up-video-preps-new-album-allhiphopcom/"&gt;http://www.dropmagazine.com/skillz-drops-2007-rap-up-video-preps-new-album-allhiphopcom/&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Skillz Drops '2007 Rap Up' Video; Preps New Album</title><link>http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2008/01/02/19073907.aspx#19077482</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:18:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0ab0b95d-286f-42d5-ba9b-6086957539ea:19077482</guid><dc:creator>punksjumpup2getbeatdown</dc:creator><description>i seen him witht the roots before...he killed it</description></item><item><title>re: Skillz Drops '2007 Rap Up' Video; Preps New Album</title><link>http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2008/01/02/19073907.aspx#19078098</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:24:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0ab0b95d-286f-42d5-ba9b-6086957539ea:19078098</guid><dc:creator>Ken_P</dc:creator><description>@ Boss up- that song was called &amp;quot;dont act like u dont know&amp;quot; or some shit like that. it was knockin tho. skillz is a talented rapper but i dont think he can make a HIT song, and in this business, thats what its about.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I was overall a little disappointed in the song. it wasnt as funny as some of the other rap ups. i dont think i laughed at all the first time i listened to it. maybe on that t-pain part. and the video? that shit was the worst. nigga had us all waiting until new years at midnight to watch that bullshit. on top of that, he prolly wrote this shit at the beginning of the year....nigga be lyin talkin bout &amp;quot;i dont think about the rap up until after thanksgiving.&amp;quot; yeah right nigga, you aint doing shit the rest of the year. fake ghostwriter. how u leave out the death of pimp c?</description></item><item><title>re: Skillz Drops '2007 Rap Up' Video; Preps New Album</title><link>http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2008/01/02/19073907.aspx#19079051</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:32:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0ab0b95d-286f-42d5-ba9b-6086957539ea:19079051</guid><dc:creator>Water Ur Seeds</dc:creator><description>@ ken_p&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;skillz is without a doubt 'one' ov the greatest in the game and and 'one' ov the best ever blud... period. he iz a heavy story teller aswel, u jst have a listen to 'imagine'. also he kills it with his freestyles.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;he might not ov had a big commercial hit 'himself', but he has given everyother rapper one. thats where u get bare p's 'in this business' (if ur not producing) he wrote foxys hits in like 2miniutes. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;fam, he does write the wrap up's at da end ov the year, thats why it features everything relevant right up 2 date. it dont take long for a good rapper to write a song.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;also how the fck iz he a 'fake ghostwriter'??? lmao&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;if u listen to the end ov the song u wud hear him say '2many names 2say, so a big r.i.p to those that passed away' &lt;br&gt;its hard to shoutout: x1, big moe, stack bunddles, pimp c and the other fallen rappers that died this year, he still paid respect</description></item><item><title>Sucker Free &amp;amp;raquo; Skillz &amp;amp;#8220;07 Rap Up&amp;amp;#8221; </title><link>http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2008/01/02/19073907.aspx#19131805</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:19:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0ab0b95d-286f-42d5-ba9b-6086957539ea:19131805</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>PingBack from &lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://suckerfreeblog.mtv.com/2008/01/02/skillz-07-rap-up/"&gt;http://suckerfreeblog.mtv.com/2008/01/02/skillz-07-rap-up/&lt;/a&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>