Is Beyonce with the terrorists?

Jan 5th, '10  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  25 Comments

As was the case with white women taking over rap music, I could point to the news that Beyonce might be with the terrorists as proof that I'm almost always right about everything, but I'm not even gonna bother. I'm ...

Read More

Details Revealed on Game’s R.E.D. Album

Jan 5th, '10  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  14 Comments

In a recent interview with Billboard magazine, Game speaks on how Pharrell Williams became an executive- producer on his upcoming fourth solo album, R.E.D.  “We worked together one day, and that one day turned into 30 days, and those 30 days turned to ...

Read More

Charles Hamilton, Normalcy [REVIEW]

Jan 5th, '10  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  41 Comments

Charles Hamilton Normalcy Beats: L Lyrics: L Originality: L Normalcy isn’t the normal performance you’d expect from Charles Hamilton on a mixtape release. After taking a self-imposed hiatus during the second half of 2009, the Harlem-reppin’ rapper known for his affinity for Sonic The ...

Read More

Kanye Volunteers at the L.A. Mission

Jan 5th, '10  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

Read More

Reflection Eternal, The RE:Union [REVIEW]

Jan 5th, '10  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  13 Comments

Reflection Eternal The RE:Union Beats: XL Lyrics: XL Originality: L Though Talib Kweli and DJ Hi-Tek have released just one album, Train of Thought, since forming the hip-hop duo Reflection Eternal in the late ’90s, their catalogue is surprisingly thorough. As they prepare to ...

Read More

Fabolous/DJ Drama Mixtape Delayed, Rapper Pleads With Fans to “Have Patience”

Jan 5th, '10  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  11 Comments

Fabolous’ new mixtape with DJ Drama, There is No Competition, Pt. 2, was originally supposed to drop on Christmas, only to get pushed back to New Years Day. Five days later and the tape has yet to surface. The Twitter-happy MC recently ...

Read More

Hip-Hop History: Grand Army Plaza

Jan 5th, '10  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  19 Comments

  I peeped Mos Def’s video for “History” yesterday—one of the standout tracks from The Ecstatic—and among the iconic images included in the clip was one of my favorite Brooklyn landmarks, Grand Army Plaza. Like Junior's and the defunct Albee Square ...

Read More

Vote For The Best XXL Cover of 2001 [DAY 2]

Jan 5th, '10  •  News  •  by XXL Staff  •  22 Comments

It’s day two of XXL’s look back on our decade of dominance as we reflect on all the covers we’ve done over the past 10 years. Throughout the years, various staffers have chimed in on which was the best XXL ...

Read More

Royce Da Rocketeer

Jan 5th, '10  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  24 Comments

Happy New Year, everyone. It looks like we’ve got more of the same on the naggerdom front in 2010. Perhaps the naggerdry is getting progressively worse. I think WSHH has already shown us seven signs of the apocalypse this week. ...

Read More