50 Cent’s Before I Self Destruct Projected to Sell 150-160K in First Week
The one day sales number are in and it’s not looking good for rap superstar 50 Cent. According to trusted industry insider hitsdailydouble.com, Fif’s long delayed fourth solo album, Before I Self Destruct, is projected to sell 150,00 to 160,000 in ...
Read MoreMethod Man, Ghostface & Raekwon Collabo LP Postponed
The Wu-Massacre has been put on hold. Despite several haunting viral videos promoting the forthcoming Method Man, Ghostface and Raekwon collaborative album for a December 22 release, a rep for the group has confirmed with XXLMag.com that the disc has been ...
Read MoreCredibility Suicide? Get Lady Gaga’s Producer on the Line
At this very moment of typing, I’m feeling like a Civil War deserter, unfortunately apprehended, and now being walked to my death, hands tied behind my back, the firing squad positioned 15 yards before me. Their rifles loaded, held by ...
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XXL‘s Official 100 Best Hip-Hop Web Sites, Pt. 1 (#-K)
At this point, imagining hip-hop without the Internet is like imagining modern life without electricity—vaguely comprehensible but clearly tedious, inconvenient and primitive. Whether the World Wide Web is actually the new streets is debatable, but the ease of exchanging music, ...
Read MoreNas & Damian Marley Plan Panel Discussion in D.C.
With their upcoming collaborative album Distant Relatives on the way, Nas and Damian Marley will be hitting Washington D.C. for a panel discussion speaking on hip-hop's and reggae’s global impact. MTV News’ Sway Calloway will moderate the debate, which is set to include ...
Read MorePush, push, push!
OK, so I went to see the movie Precious over the weekend, and yeah, I have the standard complaints about the movie: Why are the heroes light-skinned blacks and all the villains dark? Why did whites have to put up ...
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Today in Hip-Hop
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Sneakers
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Lists
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Hip-Hop Fashion
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Show & Prove
- A$AP Ferg to Release “Trap Lord” Mixtape in Late February or Early March
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- Lil Reese ft. Young Jeezy & Twista "Traffic (Remix)"
Rap Videos
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