Busta Rhymes moves like a boss in the video for “King Tut” featuring Reek Da Villian & J-Doe. The Brooklyn rapper stacks his paper, while scantily-clad women parade around and prepare product in his factory. When a heist goes down, he manages to outsmart the thieves. Busta’s Cash Money debut Year of the Dragon is due later this year.

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Taylor Gang rolls with Cash Money on “Different Cloth,” Wiz Khalifa’s collaboration with Busta Rhymes. The Pittsburgh MC flies above his haters on the melodic cut. “I’m a G and they don’t make ‘em like me anymore,” he raps, while Busta gets violent on his verse.

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Rawr, rawr, like a dungeon dragon. Busta Rhymes spits hot fire on the cover of his Cash Money debut Year of the Dragon. Inspired by the Chinese Zodiac, the artwork features a fire-breathing dragon torching his enemies. The album, due later this year, has already spawned the single “Why Stop Now” featuring Chris Brown.

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Tank tells his girl to call off her plans and stay home for the night on “Nowhere” featuring Busta Rhymes. The sexy record, which Tank self-produced, appears on his fifth album This Is How I Feel, in stores Tuesday.

“That song’s pretty much like, we’re gonna have a party here at the house,” the General told Rap-Up.com. “I know you wanna go out to the club and your homegirl’s callin’ you, but let ‘em know you ain’t goin’ nowhere. You’re having a party right here in the house, on this couch, on this sink, on this dining room table.”

Busta came through at the last minute and got on the record. “I called up Busta Rhymes—I hadn’t called him originally ’cause he’s really expensive—and I said, ‘Man, I need your help,’ and he turned his tour bus around and booked a studio in L.A. and recorded the verse for me at 2 in the morning. Hands down, Busta’s my guy.”

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Tank takes it from the bedroom to the club on his fifth album This Is How I Feel, due May 8. The follow-up to 2010’s Now or Never features production from Danja, Troy Taylor, and Kevin McCall, plus collaborations with Chris Brown (“Lonely”), Busta Rhymes (“Nowhere”), and T.I. (“Compliments”).

While out on the road promoting the record, the smooth operator phoned in to Rap-Up.com to discuss his latest work, how Busta Rhymes came through for him at the last minute, collaborating with Chris Brown, and which artists he’s listening to these days. Read on for our exclusive Q&A with the General.

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Busta Rhymes lives fast and raps even faster on his unofficial remix to M.I.A.’s “Bad Girls.” “Ya’ll ni**as know who be the waviest/ Fuck ya’ll ni**as up again just like Giants did the Patriots,” barks the Cash Money rapper over the rattling Danja production. Listen to Busta bust out some new bars below.

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Ashanti is back! The R&B songstress rockets into outer space in the futuristic video for “The Woman You Love,” the first single from her fifth album Braveheart, due this spring on her label Written Entertainment. A tortured Ashanti reminisces about her troubled relationship aboard a starship, recalling the ups and downs with her boyfriend, played by actor Marcus Patrick. Is she able to leave the past behind and move on? Find out.

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French Montana gets left out in the cold on the remix to Estelle’s Akon-penned single “Thank You,” which also features a previously heard verse from Busta Rhymes. After his girl leaves him, the Bad Boy signee tries to console himself. “Got me feelin’ like Marc when J.Lo left/ Got me feelin’ like Russell when Kimora left,” he raps. Feel his pain.

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