There’s really nothing hip-hop about ABC’s Lost, one of my obsessions since the first episode premiere back in September 2004. The show had me at the guy-gets-sucked-into-the-airplane’s-still-spinning-turbine. Though, I must admit, I love the fact that I can write about it here on XXLMag.com; that’s the beauty of a staffer’s blog week—it’s his or her time to let the distinctive personality radiate. And, fact is, I’m all over the place. Earlier today, I came across an exhaustive feature over at Wired that is essentially catnip for any self-respecting Lost junkie, I asked myself, “How can I relate this to hip-hop, since it’s ...

What more can be said about Shyne that the hip-hop Internets hasn’t said already? His career has had more false starts than a deaf track ...

Game The Red Room Beats: L Lyrics: XL Originality: L To generate interest for his forthcoming effort, The R.E.D. Album, Game offers his latest DJ Skee-helmed mixtape, The Red ...

B.o.B The Adventures of Bobby Ray (Grand Hustle/Atlantic) Beats: XL Lyrics: L Originality: XL B.o.B’s path to success was not without its false starts, but thanks to his breakthrough single, ...

BBU Fear of a Clear Channel Planet Mixtape KOOL A.D.: Okay, me and Dap are at Dap's parents' house. I'm on Daps' dad's computer and he's on ...

AYE, AYE, AYE! WELL, OK, DAMN! BURR!! It's your boy Kool A.D. from that weirdo hipster bullshit rap band, Das Racist. (Download mixtape) What up! First, let ...

As you’re all aware by now hip-hop lost another voice earlier this week, as one Keith “Guru” Elam lost his bout with cancer (where the ...

Let me guess - the new plan is to find dudes that sound just like other dudes people used to like, with a particular emphasis ...

A few weeks back I wrote A Letter to Guru as part of my blog week. It was soon after the legendary MC had suffered ...