• May 2007

    Tuesday Apr 17 5:51 PM CDT posted by xxl staff

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    COVER STORY

    LOOK AT ME
    As the most explosive member of his label, YOUNG BUCK is ready to play nice. And with disappointing record sales across the board, G-Unit’s “Clean-Up Man” is primed and in place to prove that hip-hop really does live in the South.

    Features

    THIS AIN’T THAT
    Straight from the ’burbs, CRIME MOB might not be as hood as they seem. Find out how they spun their innocent beginnings into a believable hip-hop image.

    I TRIED
    While MIMS’ single attempts to rekindle the East’s fire, the Big Apple hasn’t been eager to embrace him. Maybe they don’t understand why he’s hot, yet.

    LIKE ME
    It’s been three years since FABOLOUS’ last album, but with a new label behind him and some recent controversy, the quiet BK MC is ready to get back on the mic.

    HOLD ON
    With the bust of DJ DRAMA and DJ CANNON, is the mixtape game over, or will it still be trudging on?

    I’M RIDIN’
    By day, FUNKMASTER FLEX is a major company spokesman, TV host and serious car aficionado. By night, he’s the hardest working veteran DJ in hip-hop. Which one is his future?

    DEPARTMENTS

    EDITORIAL
    Yellow Nigga rants and raves.

    FIRST OF THE MONTH
    The Glenn Twins are an instant smash.

    360
    Beef is alive.

    8BALL
    Styles

    THE TRUTH
    Lil Scrappy

    HIP-HOP JUNKIES
    Floyd Mayweather Jr.

    MOVE THE CROWD
    The Game’s late performance clears Club Firestone in Orlando, Fla.

    SHOW & PROVE
    1 Baby Boy Da Prince
    2 Blood Raw
    3 Flo Rida
    4 Sunny Valentine
    5 B.O.B.

    EYE CANDY
    Karmen

    THE SHOW
    Passports only

    REIGN OF THE TECH
    Electronixx blowout: the dopest gadgets to hit the street all year

    FASHION
    Where players play

    FLOW
    Tip your hat.

    WALK THIS WAY
    Walk it out.

    FREESTYLE
    Ecko tellin’ time

    GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
    Virtua Fighter 5 and Mortal Kombat: Armageddon

    FULL CLIP
    DVDs to swear by

    CRITICAL BEATDOWN

    The Jump Off

    Mike Jones

    Classic Material

    Lil’ Kim
    Train of Thought

    Bun B

    Official Bootlegs

    Little Brother

    Ill Techniques

    DJ EFN

    Production Credit

    J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League

    Block Music

    New music from Twista

    Chairman’s Choice

    Phat Kat

    XXIT

    He just made another deal.

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    12 Comments »

    April 18th, 2007
    at 7:15 am

    dronkmunk says:

    Wow…gonna be a weak issue fulla weak people

     

    April 18th, 2007
    at 8:30 am

    jabu says:

    SHIT DIS PROVES HIP HOP DEAD
    AINT NUTHIN WORTH CHECKIN’
    GARBAGE ISSUE

     

    April 18th, 2007
    at 1:16 pm

    11kap says:

    no homo.

     

    April 20th, 2007
    at 6:40 pm

    SO FLY!! says:

    I have to give y’all mad props at XXL for puttin’ one of the realest gangster rappers on the cover of the greatest hip-hop magazine on Earth. Young Buck deserves the crown of the south because his real, his not talkin’ about snappin’ his fingers or non-of that bullshit, his stickin’ straight to the real nigga subject, hustlin’, keepin’ his rep & livin’ up to his word. Buck is a loyal soldier, and I give him my respect for stayin’ loyal to the unit, because that’s what being a true nigga is all about!!

     

    April 23rd, 2007
    at 11:35 am

    How to start a clothing line from scratch says:

    young buck is garbage!…so is g-unit.

     

    April 23rd, 2007
    at 5:00 pm

    Lost says:

    Buck is a real nigga, but sometimes real niggas even play themselves. G-Unit is about done. Ain’t nobody checking for them anymore. 50 Cent gon’ do his numbers, but the rest of them ain’t gon’ make it if 50 don’t let them do what they want to do. Buck could be a platinum artist if he applies himself to his work. Yayo really disappointed me with that trash “Thoughts Of A “Pitiful” Felon”. Hip hop is dying because artists aren’t their own artist, they’re the label’s artist. And on some street shit, I’m not shitting on Cashville niggas, but there’s a lot more bloods in the rap game,in the streets and in cashville than cashville niggas in cashville. So he ain’t spooking nobody, looking like dude that played Jesus from “The Passion Of The Christ” GGGGGGGGG-UNOT!!! WOLFE X NIGGAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CHITOWN, SHOUT OUT TO MY BABY MOMMA ROSE GOLD, MARX WEST

     

    April 26th, 2007
    at 12:47 am

    AJ Hendrix says:

    When can Lupe Fiasco get some love and be bigger feature in the mag? I mean, I buy XXL every month and all I hear artist say is, “Lupe is going hard right now.” And to say Hip-Hop is dead, we the consumer have brought that upon ourselves. All about “Gangster Rap” and let MC’s like Lupe, Common, Talib, and Mos Def just fall by the way side because ther are not “Real” enough. People need to start showing support for these MC’s or Hip-Hop is DEAD!

     

    April 27th, 2007
    at 12:27 pm

    B.DoG says:

    amazing… i like “Train of Thought
    Bun B”

    one, B.DoG - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

     

    April 28th, 2007
    at 9:33 am

    pooh says:

    who the phat ass girly third form the left on page 40

     

    April 29th, 2007
    at 6:47 pm

    robert pressley says:

    For one hip hop anit dead, cause as log as these mags keep coming out mf’s going keep reading about this shit till forever, another thing hip hop did not die the beats changed thats one thing that cats dont think about why you think mf’s sample music, i got a lot of shit i can talk about but not enough time. one hip hop

     

    May 1st, 2007
    at 12:00 am

    T-PHLOW says:

    ya man what the hell did t-phlow pick up dis be some fuck up shit on the magazine me and everybody else have our own opinions, but mine is young buck ain’t no gangsta sure he be making some good ass tunes but come on xxl put the real peepz on this mag or else this native gone spend his money on a dime bag den be wastin my paper on dis dumbass whos hot come mayne.

     

    July 1st, 2007
    at 5:08 pm

    Luke Taylor says:

    This album was alot more in depth than straight outta cashville …. Buck is the realest … good looks on signing C-Bo and the Outlawz … and 615 gonna be hot “no homo” Buck and 50 got they game faces on … keepin G-Unit on top … Shouts to DUMBOUTTTTSSSSS!!! and SPI and HOTROD … GAME OVER

     

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