It’s Not “A Milli” But These Will Do

Jan 11th, '10  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  34 Comments

Hip-hop is a sport where its competitors are constantly searching for the perfect beat. Something so undeniably hot that every rapper within earshot wants to get on board to spit his (or her) own 16. Sometimes the original rhyme slinger ...

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Consequence and Diddy’s Coon Picnic

Jan 9th, '10  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  22 Comments

I am going to give you a minute to observe this special camera time with Consequence, Diddy and some dude they refer to as "LB." I refer to him as the “coon catalyst.” See, you don’t know what I mean ...

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Cory Gunz Talks About His Upcoming MTV Reality Show

Jan 8th, '10  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  11 Comments

In a recent appearance on The Round Table Show , Cory Gunz shared some details about his upcoming reality show, Son of a Gun, that’s in the works with MTV. “It’s on me and my pops,” the XXL Freshman alum ...

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In the Lab With 12-year-old Producer VohnBeatz: Episode 1 [Video]

Jan 8th, '10  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

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An endless cycle

Jan 8th, '10  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  25 Comments

I think I speak for all men when I say that, regardless of how much money a woman has, if she cold cocked me in public, that would be the end of our relationship. I'd be tempted to knock her lights ...

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Jim Jones Shouts Out Cam’ron on 106 & Park [Video]

Jan 8th, '10  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

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Kanye West’s DJ Not Working With Madonna, Says Rep

Jan 8th, '10  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  2 Comments

Recently reports hit the net that DJ A-Trak was working with Madonna on her upcoming album. A rep for Kanye West’s longtime DJ reached out to XXLMag.com to clear up the gossip. “ definitely false,” Brendan Telzrow, A-Trak’s publicist ...

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Pharrell to Score Animated Film, Despicable Me

Jan 8th, '10  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  6 Comments

Neptunes producer Pharrell Williams will be composing the orchestral score for upcoming animated film Despicable Me, reports collider.com. Pharrell already wrote the title track for the Universal flick, which is currently playing in the background in the trailer, but news of ...

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Esquire Dropped a Deuce on Dame

Jan 8th, '10  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  48 Comments

I’m a Dame Dash stan. I don’t give a shit what you think, the man is fascinating to me (II). Sure, he’s a cocky asshole (pa-pa-pause!), but along with being entertaining for days, he’s also amazingly quick-witted, innovative, ambitious and, ...

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