Ghostface on Jimmy Fallon Live [Video]

Sep 16th, '09  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

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Day 3: XXL Gives Away Jay-Z’s New X Cologne

Sep 16th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  1 Comment

  In celebration of the release of Rocawear’s new X cologne, XXLMag.com will be offering readers the chance to win a bottle of the company’s new fragrance. Fans interested in entering the contest will have to email XXL@harris-pub.com with their full name ...

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REVIEW: Slaughterhouse, Slaughterhouse

Sep 16th, '09  •  Reviews  •  by XXL Staff  •  40 Comments

SLAUGHTERHOUSE Slaughterhouse (E1 Music) As a group, Slaughterhouse is greater than the sum of its parts. Its members, while respected, consist of a pair of weathered industry journeymen (Royce Da 5’9”, Joe Budden) and two newer artists (Crooked I, Joell Ortiz). As soloists, ...

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FEATURE: Wordplay

Sep 16th, '09  •  News  •  by XXL Staff  •  41 Comments

Earlier this year, taking to Web video to air his confusion over the rankings of Vibe magazine’s Best Rapper Ever online tournament, New Jersey rapper Joe Budden asked a question as only Joe Budden can: “You mean to tell me ...

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Pardon the Interruption: Kanye Comes Clean

Sep 15th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  33 Comments

The following is an excerpt from Ron Mexico City’s exclusive interview with Kanye West in the wake of a Kanyegate-marred 2009 VMAs. Ron Mexico: You’re famous for ...

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MTV: Lil Mama Realized Jay-Z “Wasn’t Feeling” her Stage Invasion

Sep 15th, '09  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

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Kid Cudi Speaks About his Recent Media Exposure

Sep 15th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  12 Comments

With his debut album, Man on the Moon: The End of Day officially hitting stores today, XXLMag.com caught up with Kid Cudi earlier today (September15) to talk about his recent media exposure. Over the past couple of days, the XXL Freshman ...

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Kid Cudi Sales Predictions

Sep 15th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  40 Comments

Roughly a year after appearing on XXL's second Freshmen cover, Kid Cudi is releasing his debut album, Man on the Moon: The End of Day. While Cudi's buzz had seemingly fizzled as "Day 'N' Nite" lost steam on the charts, Mr. ...

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Is Ghostface Killah trying to tell us something?

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

It's always good to see a new uncut video. For a minute there, it seemed like the emergence of sites like World Start Hip Hop and Vlad TV would herald a new golden age of uncut videos. But they haven't, really. ...

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