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Ludacris’ “Money Maker” scores #1 most added at radio

By Patrick Luce Aug 4, 2006, 17:15 GMT

Chris “Ludacris” Bridges is back to take the music industry by storm with his newest solo album ‘Release Therapy’ (slated for release on September 26th release), and his lead off single “Money Maker” has already scored the #1 most added at radio - with 54 adds and over 14 million in audience.

The video for “Money Maker” (directed by Melina) was shot on Monday, July 31st in Miami and will make it’s debut on MTV’s “Making Of,” Thursday, August 17th. The clip features Pharrell, who both produced and performs on the track.‘Release Therapy’ is Ludacris’ most personal album to date. Dealing in topics ranging from politics to child abuse, the “release” portion of the disc will show another side of Ludacris to his fans. The “therapy” songs include cut loose tracks such as “Girls Gone Wild” also produced by Pharrell. "Music is therapeutic," commented Ludacris. "When I say Release Therapy, I just mean in what I do and speaking out. It is my release therapy, music, period. Every album I get more and more personal, start talking about issues that people would be surprised about or maybe didn’t think I would say. I’m about to release.”Ludacris is also set to perform his newest single on a 30 minute special on the E! Network and on Late Night with David Letterman.