Don’t Feed Da Animals, ’Cause They Might Drop 28 Mixtapes in A Month

Feb 4th, '10  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  35 Comments

The other night as I lay in my bed (pause), ready to turn my swag off after a long day of hip-hop work at 1115 Broadway, I felt an unexplained emptiness—a yearning, if you will. In this day and age ...

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Lil Wayne on Track to Sell 150K in First-Week Sales

Feb 4th, '10  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  22 Comments

Album pushbacks, leaks, switching genres; none of this concerns Lil Wayne fans. Apparently, the rap superstar is set to sell between 140,000 and 150,000 copies of his new rock-influenced album Rebirth. Industry insiders hitsdailydouble.com came up with the impressive projections after ...

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Black Eyed Peas & Young Money Only Rap Acts on Billboard Top 40

Feb 3rd, '10  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  28 Comments

One week before the inevitable Grammy push, hip-hop’s presence was severely lacking on the Billboard 200 sales chart, released today (February 3). The Hope for Haiti Now album, which features tracks from such hip-hop artists as Jay-Z and Wyclef Jean, dropped ...

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WoooHa: Preview of VH1′s Famous Crime Scenes With Tupac & B.I.G. [Video]

Feb 3rd, '10  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

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Pussy TKO

Feb 3rd, '10  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  37 Comments

It's about time the Game took his trolling to the next level. For years now, he's been letting us in on more than we needed to know about the girls he'd like to fuck, and the girls he wouldn't like to ...

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MTV: Waka Flocka Flame Talks About Shooting

Feb 3rd, '10  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

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Raekwon Reveals March 9 Release Date for Ghostface, Method Man Collabo [XXcLusive Video]

Feb 3rd, '10  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  27 Comments

Taking a break from his OB4CL2 tour, Raekwon the Chef stopped to view the scenery and record an exclusive video clip for XXLMag.com. In the vlog, Rae drops word of an official date for the highly-anticipated collaboration disc with Wu-Tang partners-in-rhyme ...

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Chamillionaire to Tour With Paul Wall, Drops New Mixtape in Wake Of Album Pushbacks

Feb 3rd, '10  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  5 Comments

Album pushbacks won’t stop Chamillionaire’s grind. In addition to announcing a national tour with former partner-in-rhyme Paul Wall, the Houston MC released a new mixtape today (February 3). The 18-track project, titled Major Pain, is available now on chamillionaire.com. "I felt ...

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Maino Preps Two Projects for 2010

Feb 3rd, '10  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  4 Comments

This year is looking up for Maino. He dropped his prophetic “2010 Predictions” at the top of the year and is already gearing up to release two projects before 2010 is over. The Brooklyn-based MC dropped Unstoppable, his new EP, on iTunes yesterday ...

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