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So far, the only rumor that's been picking up steam is that AC/DC may be performing — but that was also one of the rumors that preceded this year's event, which included Metallica, Ozzy, System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian, Hellyeah, Korn frontman Jonathan Davis, Cavalera Conspiracy, Shadows Fall, Apocalyptica and In This Moment.

Paper Trail scanned more than 176,700 copies during its second week on shelves, and the next closest competitor ended up being T.I.'s recently defeated foes, Metallica, whose Death Magnetic sold another 65,700 units. The album climbs three spots on next week's chart to #2, according to the latest Nielsen SoundScan sales figures, and has sold more than 1.1 million copies to date. Metallica's latest robbed Rise Against's new one, Appeal to Reason, by just 1,000 copies, earning that LP the week's highest debut; the album enters at #3, with 64,700 sold.

"I was going home one day, and DJ Jazzy Joyce — at 4:30 in the morning — was playing the [track]," Jones recalled of the first time he heard "Pop Champagne." "And I know how much Ron wanted to become an artist and break into the game. ... So when I heard it, I was like, 'Damn, it got a good sound.' ... I was just being courteous, as he did so many hot beats for me. ... So, I jumped on the track, like, 'Let's see what it do.' It started to sound a little bit crazy, and I said, 'Well, let's see if we put Juelz [Santana] on it how crazy could it get. And I called Young Hub, and Hub was like, 'Aiight, on the strength of you, I'll jump on it for you.' "