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Hip-hop A-listers including Rick Ross, Akon and Plies were caught grossly exaggerating their gangster credentials this year. (Turns out they were painfully law-abiding. The horror!) But even if your favorite rapper wasn't caught in a lie, you can bet he or she put out a hilariously absurd record or two in 2008.
How does one go from affable, unassuming club DJ to one of the hottest, most in-demand producers in the game in just under a year and half? Beats us. We're pretty sure, however, that Frank E can tell you a thing or about that sort of thing. After crafting hits for Flo-Rida, T.I. and Plies, homeboy was reportedly summoned to the studio earlier this summer by Madonna to work on songs for her upcoming greatest hits package, which is slated for release next Spring. (Nice work if you can get it, e
We never cease to be impressed with the strides that Colorado producer Frank E continues to make. It's like nonstop! And although he's been producing hits for a nice range of hip-hop artists like Chamillionaire, Plies, T-Pain and Flo-Rida, he's doing the pop thing too. Two singles from pop superstars Madonna and Toni Braxton recently leaked online, both of which Frank E produced. The Madonna song, "Revolver," which also features Lil Wayne, we knew was coming thanks to Madge's announcement her
