FEATURE: The Light
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KRS-ONE & BUCKSHOT Survival Skills (Ducktown) On Survival Skills, BDP mastermind KRS-One and Boot Camp Clik general Buckshot launch a tag-team mission, fusing their respective Boogie Down and Brooklyn styles into one sound. The duo’s chemistry is apparent on the anti–Auto-Tune single “Robot,” as ...
Read MoreKid Cudi Projected to Sell 110-120K, Drake Set to Move 55-60K
The projections are in and XXL Freshman alumnus Kid Cudi is ahead of the class. Industry inside source hitsdailydouble.com has the Cleveland native’s Universal Motown debut, Man on the Moon: The End of Day, at around 110-120,000 in sales for his ...
Read MoreXXL Brand Victim of Fraud
As of late, XXL’s name has been used to promote hip-hop showcases, Eye Candy casting calls and assorted events that XXL is not affiliated with and does not support. XXL wants readers to be aware of this issue because we have ...
Read MorePSA (Public Service Announcement)
I've mentioned it before on this site, before it was all trendy, but it bears repeating: Weed is semi-legal in New York; you just can't have it out in the open, especially if 5-0 is around. If a cop stops ...
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Jay-Z Scores 11th No. 1 Album, Sells 475,700 Discs in Debut Week
Jay-Z has done it again. The living rap legend has scored his eleventh no. 1 album with his latest disc The Blueprint 3 and surpassed his sales projections by over 125,000 copies. As previously reported, industry insider hitsdailydouble.com placed Hov at ...
Read MoreNew Music
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Hip-Hop News
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New Artists
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Today in Hip-Hop
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- Today In Hip-Hop: The Clipse Founds Re-Up Records
Sneakers
- Here’s A Look At Filling Pieces’ 2013 Spring/Summer Collection
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- Play Cloths x Saucony Shadow 5000 “Cotton Candy Pack”
Lists
- The Best Work Bags Available Under $200
- Behind The Scenes: 20 Awesome Rapper Vlogs
- Can’t Hold Us: Independent Rapper Success Stories
Hip-Hop Fashion
- Amber Rose Introduces Baby Taylor Merch?
- Drake Parties In Dries Van Noten Camouflage Print T-Shirt
- The Best Work Bags Available Under $200
Show & Prove
- A$AP Ferg to Release “Trap Lord” Mixtape in Late February or Early March
- Hit-Boy Announces Diddy, Waka Flocka Flame & Lil Wayne for "Scream and Shout (Remix)"
- Lil Reese ft. Young Jeezy & Twista "Traffic (Remix)"
Rap Videos
- Illogic And Blockhead Release The Video For “Atlantis Depth”
- Video Premiere: Lil Twist “Understand Me”
- Video Premiere: Krizz Kaliko, Futuristic, Black Pegasus, and Jeff Turner [TeamBackpack Cypher]
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