J. Cole & Miguel Peform “Power Trip” At Barclays Center

Apr 6th, '13  •  News  •  by C. Vernon Coleman  •  2 Comments

Miguel was in Brooklyn last night as a part of Alicia Keys' Set The World On Fire Tour, at the Barclays Center. As a part of his set, the "Adorn" singer brought J. Cole onstage to perform their cut, "Power ...

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Yasiin Bey “The Light Is Not Afraid Of The Dark”

Apr 6th, '13  •  Bangers  •  by C. Vernon Coleman  •  No Comments

Mos and Mannie Fresh's collab LP is coming soon. But, here's and unreleased track produced by Kanye West that is several years old and presumed to have been made around the time that Bey's 2006 album, Tru3 Magic was ...

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Chief Keef Mixtape Sneak Peak

Apr 5th, '13  •  News  •  by Vanessa  •  No Comments

Check out a sneak peak of Chief Keef working on his new mixtape: ...

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What We Learned: Dizzy Wright’s Interview With MTV

Apr 5th, '13  •  News  •  by Sean Ryon  •  No Comments

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The-Dream Hosts IV Play Listening Session in New York City [XXL's Sneak Preview]

Apr 5th, '13  •  News  •  by nmb  •  No Comments

Yesterday, The-Dream hosted a private listening session at Jungle City Studios in New York City for his upcoming album IV Play. Mr. Terius Nash was gracious enough to extend us the invite to get a sneak peak of what is ...

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Photo: Big Sean Shares His Five XXL Awards

Apr 5th, '13  •  News  •  by Eric Diep  •  No Comments

Big Sean is supposed to be dropping a new song today, titled "Switch It Up." Before we get excited about that, Sean Don took to his Instagram to share his five XXL Awards. If you remember, we decided to honor ...

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Listen to Big Sean’s “Switch Up” Featuring Common

Apr 5th, '13  •  Bangers  •  by Ralph Bristout  •  1 Comment

Ready for some new Big Sean this weekend? Well, the G.O.O.D. MC is gearing up to release his latest single later today titled "Switch Up." Confirmed via his Instagram account, Sean revealed the new record's trippy artwork (seen above). So, are ...

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Talib Kweli Clarifies Criticism Of Lil Wayne & Rick Ross

Apr 5th, '13  •  News  •  by Sean Ryon  •  2 Comments

After criticizing Rick Ross and Lil Wayne earlier this week, Talib Kweli spoke to Hot 97 to clarify his comments. Kweli recently spoke to Peter Rosenberg and Cipha Sounds about his previous statements regarding Wayne's Emmett Till lyric and Ross' date rape ...

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In the Cut: XXL’s Song Picks of the Week 4/5

Apr 5th, '13  •  News  •  by Dan Buyanovsky  •  No Comments

It's been a pretty slow week at the XXL headquarters. Sure, we've kept busy with the announcement of our annual Freshman issue, but now that we've told you about Fictional Freshmen, Past Freshmen, and even showed you videos of the ...

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