REVIEW: Gucci Mane, The Cold War: Guccimerica

Oct 20th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  22 Comments

Gucci Mane The Cold War: Guccimerica Beats: XL Lyrics: L Originality: XL Gucci Mane is an opportunist. After snagging the No. 6 slot on MTV’s 2009 Hottest MCs in the Game list, the Atlanta native capitalizes on the buzz by releasing three mixtapes on the ...

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REVIEW: Trina, Who’s Bad?

Oct 20th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  15 Comments

Trina Who’s Bad? Beats: L Lyrics: L Originality: L Say what you want about Trina, but she sure is consistent. On her 2000 debut, the Miami madam proclaimed she was Da Baddest Bitch and last year she reaffirmed that she was Still Da Baddest. ...

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Day 1: Win A Copy of Def Jam’s 25th Anniversary Box Set

Oct 19th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  9 Comments

In celebration of Def Jam’s 25th Anniversary, the famed label released a limited edition box set of their greatest hits, and XXLMag.com will be giving away one free copy everyday this week, starting today (October 19). The collection includes five CDs ...

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DMX: Live from Colorado Springs

Oct 19th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  11 Comments

In case you couldn’t tell from the scheduled MMA debacle, we’re onto a whole new season of Crack Attack Jack on BBC America in conjunction with The Ghetto’s Finest News Source. This week we get our hero, DMX, reacting to ...

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I see some bald headed hoes

Oct 19th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  24 Comments

Most of the reviews I've read of Chris Rock's Good Hair talk about how much white people stand to learn about black people's hair from watching it, but I figure I could probably learn quite a bit about the topic ...

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Teach the Babies

Oct 19th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  43 Comments

“Killer Mike, I’m a junior in high school and I’m an artist. I just wanna ask why should I know who KRS One is? “ There’s a stunned look on my face. Um yeah, okay... so what the fuck do you ...

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Ludacris Brings out Nas at NYC Show [With Exclusive Video]

Oct 19th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  10 Comments

As Heineken’s Red Star Soul concert series hit Manhattan’s Gotham Hall on Friday (October 16), a packed house gathered for free beer and performances from a star-studded line up. With Ludacris headlining, others scheduled to take the stage for the ...

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My Top Three Albums of ’09

Oct 19th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by Termanology  •  23 Comments

Whatup XXL, Blog #3 already. I have to say there has been a lot of dope ass music coming out this year. Since I travel so much I've been forced to listen to all types of music over the last 12 ...

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Mase Bum Rushes Diddy With Release Papers On Air

Oct 19th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  43 Comments

During an appearance with his group Dirty Money on Atlanta’s V103 radio station, Diddy was surprised by  Mase, who arrived at the studio unannounced with requests to be released from his contract. Neither initially made any reference on air to the ...

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