XXL’s EIC & Senior Editor Discuss 2014 Freshmen Class

Want to know what goes into selecting the hottest new artists for XXL's coveted Freshmen cover? The magazine's editor-in-chief Vanessa Satten and senior editor Dan Rys recently chopped it up with NPR news for their Microphone Check segment and gave an insightful interview about what goes into putting the anticipated issue together, the two extra positions in this year's class, adding R&B artists to the cover and more.

Peep the entire interview, below.

[via NPR]