The Come Up

Get to know Sam Adams, a Boston native whose ability to fuse hip-hop and dubstep has helped gain a passionate following...

Let's stay as far away from the hip-hop police as possible...

You can’t be mad when we prefer certain players.

Revisit XXL's making of Raekwon's Purple Tape on the LP's 15th anniversary...

Mixtape, EP or street album, all we want is good music...

If black women got off Reggie Bush's nuts, maybe they could get on them.

K'Naan drops another brand of street mixtape...

How Chris Brown got his coconut back.

O reviews Green and Kiss' Kiss My Ass mixtape...

With one of the worst years in hip-hop history finally behind us, we're all looking forward to XXL's Most Anticipated Albums of 2007. Over the next 12 months, there's a nice mix of new jacks and OG's set to release LPs. Hopefully, these guys can help the rap game get well soon.

Yung Joc lets the haters know he’s made it.