Black Eyes Peas Bump Fabolous From the Top Spot

Aug 12th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  18 Comments

Fabolous earned his first ever no. 1 Billboard debut last week with the release of his fifth studio album, Loso’s Way, but this week the Brooklyn rapper took second place to the Black Eyed Peas. In their ninth week on The ...

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FEATURE: Beats by the Pound

Aug 12th, '09  •  News  •  by XXL Staff  •  28 Comments

In recent years, Just Blaze has scored video games such as Tiger Woods PGA Tour and NBA Street Vol. 2 and produced music for Nike and USA Basketball. He has also booked more DJ gigs than usual. The 32-year-old producer ...

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FEATURE: Birdman, The Stunna[Definitive Dozen]

Aug 12th, '09  •  News  •  by XXL Staff  •  23 Comments

[Editor's note: For our 12th-anniversary celebration, XXL speaks with 12 artists who’ve come up, and blown up, with the magazine. 50 Cent, Baby, Shyne, Dame Dash, Crooked I and more reflect on how we’ve affected their careers—and how they’ve affected ...

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Dorrough: Dorrough Music

Aug 12th, '09  •  Reviews  •  by XXL Staff  •  27 Comments

DORROUGH Dorrough Music (NGenius Records/E1 Entertainment) It’d be easy to pigeonhole Dorrough as just another ringtone rapper. True, the Dallas-based rookie’s catchy debut single, “Walk That Walk,” and flossy follow-up, “Ice Cream Paint Job,” are both mindless bangers—heavy on the beat but light ...

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Fuck Yo’ Meeting!

Aug 12th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  44 Comments

Gollywogg BFF's Oprah and Jay-Z < -- Fuck Yo' Meeting! The other day DP's TWitter feed looked a little something like this... And when the smoke had cleared... ...

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Common & McLovin Remake Training Day [Video]

Aug 11th, '09  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  1 Comment

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Hundreds Gather At Baatin’s Funeral in Detroit

Aug 11th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  9 Comments

Earlier today (August 11) the funeral for Baatin, one of the founding members of rap group Slum Village, took place in his hometown of Detroit. The Detroit Free Press reports that over 200 friends and family members attended the service at ...

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Update: C-Murder Convicted of Murder

Aug 11th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  34 Comments

C-Murder was found guilty of second-degree murder today (August 11) twice. At first, the presiding judge ruled the verdict invalid, requesting more jury deliberation, but eventually convicted the former No Limit rapper later in the afternoon. According to The Times-Picayune, the bench ...

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Rock the Bells Founder Speaks on Tour’s Favorite Moments

Aug 11th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  8 Comments

With the Rock the Bells International Festival Series 2009 wrapping up on Sunday (August 9) in San Francisco’s Shoreline Amphitheatre, XXLMag,com caught up with the concert founder, Chang Weisberg, to speak on his favorite moments from the tour. Boasting a lineup ...

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