Ski Beatz Taught Me How To Make Beats

May 14th, '13  •  Music  •  by nmb  •  No Comments

Photographs by Asia Minor Well, sort of. Last week, when I heard Ski Beatz was hosting a beatmaking class at New York's Scratch DJ Academy, I jumped at the opportunity to get my long awaited career as a producer started. The ...

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Is This Kanye West’s Release Date For His New Album?

May 14th, '13  •  News  •  by Eric Diep  •  No Comments

Remember HMV Japan? They were the ones who leaked the tracklist to G.O.O.D. Music’s Cruel Summer back in August 2012. Though nothing is confirmed as of now, it seems the same website has revealed the release date for Kanye West’s ...

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Exclusive: Sha Money XL Speaks On Moving To Epic Records

May 14th, '13  •  News  •  by Ralph Bristout  •  No Comments

Yesterday (May 13), it was announced that Michael Clervoix—better known as Sha Money XL—officially left his post as SVP of A&R for Island Def Jam to now become EVP of Urban A&R for Epic Records. Speaking exclusively with XXL recently, Sha ...

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Thirty-Four On-Stage Photos of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis At Lafayette College

May 14th, '13  •  News  •  by Sean Ryon  •  No Comments

Photographs by Sean Ryon (@wallysean) Macklemore and Ryan Lewis hit Lafayette College in Easton, PA for the final leg of their college performance tour. Although the show was nearly cancelled due to inclement weather, the fates aligned in fans' favor ...

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Mac Miller, Class of ’11 – Catching Up With the XXL Freshmen

May 14th, '13  •  News  •  by Ralph Bristout  •  2 Comments

2013 XXL Freshman Class is in full effect and time will tell if this will be the best class ever. In the meantime, we're taking a look back at each XXL Freshman from past classes to see what they've been up ...

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Solange Featuring Kendrick Lamar “Looks Good With Trouble”

May 14th, '13  •  Bangers  •  by Emmanuel C.M.  •  No Comments

Kendrick Lamar jumps on the super sexy track "Looks Good With Trouble" by Solange.  A pretty smooth song that is off her recent True EP. They work really well on this record and KD snaps on his verse. You can listen to the ...

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A$AP Ferg Releases “Work (Remix)” Featuring A$AP Rocky, French Montana, Trinidad Jame$ & ScHoolboy Q

May 14th, '13  •  Bangers  •  by Ralph Bristout  •  2 Comments

A$AP Ferg clocks in with the remix to his current banger featuring shifts from A$AP Rocky, French Montana, Trinidad Jame$ and ScHoolboy Q. While the video should be arriving soon, the new banger comes as Fergestein preps his forthcoming Trap ...

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DJ Khaled Signs Hot 97′s DJ Bobby Trends To We The Best

May 13th, '13  •  News  •  by Sean Ryon  •  1 Comment

It looks like DJ Khaled has brought in another hip-hop compatriot for his We The Best imprint. Earlier today, the YMCMB producer and DJ announced that Hot 97's DJ Bobby Trends has officially joined his We the Best team. Khaled made ...

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Tickets For XXL’s Freshman Concert In Boston Now Available!

May 13th, '13  •  News  •  by Sean Ryon  •  No Comments

Tickets are now available for the Philadelphia leg of XXL‘s Freshman Live 2013 concert series. On Thursday June 27, one member of the XXL Freshman Class of 2013 and one former XXL Freshman will rock Boston's The Middle East as a part of XXL's Freshman Live ...

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