The Wrap Up: Hip-Hop Wired’s Top 10 Songs Of The Week (7/12/13) [LISTEN] - Page 8

Before you shut down your computers and go into full fledged weekend mode, feast your ears on a list of quality releases from this past week.

This edition of our series was a bit more difficult to compile than previous entries, which is a good thing, of course. This means the past seven days were chocked full of great tunes of both a Hip-Hop and R&B variety.

One track features a standout Hustle Gang lyricist taking one of the biggest singles of the year to task. On another, we see two of the top rhymers of the moment verbally exercising over a soulful beat.

If these clues aren’t enough, hit the jump to see which artists made The Wrap Up: Hip-Hop Wired’s Top 10 Songs Of The Week.

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B.o.B – “My Life

Bobby Ray provides his own take on Lil Wayne’s “Love Me.” Before you go prejudging, we suggest that you give this a listen. The ATLien delivers an entirely new track here.

Pete Rock & Camp Lo ft. Mac Miller – “Megan Good”

Considering the cast, how wack do you think this track could be?

Snoop Dogg – “Passenger Seat” (Prod. By Cardo)

Snoop ditched the “Lion” moniker, and reverts back to his Long Beach, Cali. roots on this mellow groove. That alone makes it worth a listen.

Mayer Hawthorne ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Crime”

Smooth melodies and sharp bars from the good kid from the m.A.A.d city define this powerful tune.

Hiatus Kaiyote ft. Q-Tip – “Nakamarra (Remix)”

This tune was good enough to inspire Kamal The Abstract to conjure up some rhymes.

Jhené Aiko – “Bed Peace”

We can’t help but to be excited by the promise this west coast songstress shows –especially when she’s laying love notes over acoustic tunes like this. With No I.D. manning the boards, imagine what the studio version sounds like

Justin Timberlake – “Take Back The Night”

Not to be denied, the Memphis crooner returned to the Internets with the first sampling from The 20/20 Experience Pt. 2.

Jay-Z – “Dead Presidents 3”

Hov gave Young Guru the green light to premiere the full version of this previously leaked track. Thank you.

J. Cole & Wale – “Winter Schemes”

We saw two of the best this generation has to offer go toe to toe over Jake One production. Need we say more?