I’m a hip-hop head, but first and foremost I’m a music dude. Always have been, always will be. It’s part of my DNA. And as all music heads, there’s only four words we really trust: “Produced by Rick Rubin.” Yes Dr. Dre is the man, Rza, Dilla, Kanye, Just Blaze, The Neptunes, Timbaland, Mannie, Preemo, Pete Rock, they’re are all amazing and we love them all too, but I’m sorry; their impact, power, influence and legacy do not compare to The Double R just yet. The man is a just one big, hairy, mystical wizard when it comes to this ...

I'd use my platform here at XXL to let the world know that, if anything bad happens to me, it was probably Jay-Z's fault, but ...

I encounter beautiful black children in my travels. Their coconut brown, amber, almond, yellow and vanilla faces often stay in my memory, and my prayers ...

Sha Stimuli My Soul to Keep (ChamberMusik/E1) Beats: L Lyrics: XL Originality: L Things haven’t been easy for Sha Stimuli. Though he signed to Virgin Records in 2005, the ...

Playaz Circle Flight 360: The Takeoff (Disturbing Tha Peace/Def Jam) Beats: XL Lyrics: L Originality: L The success of Playaz Circle’s chart-topping, Lil Wayne–assisted single “Duffle Bag Boy” may have ...

Lil Wayne only has four things on his mind: money, sex, drugs and of course that cold, beautiful, porcelain bowl. Yup, that’s right, it’s about ...

These dumbass rappers must think Gucci Mane's Cold War series of mixtapes was successful because people actually want to listen to four mixtapes in a ...

"Listen, it's not a diss record… It's a real record and it's just me talking to my brother because I still got love for the ...

The tribe has been getting a lot of love from the hip-hop world lately. It’s arguable, but in my opinion it all started off when ...