Amalgam Digital Partners with E1 Music

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

Indie powerhouse E1 Music— formerly known as Koch—will release new albums by former rivals Joe Budden and Saigon— as part of a new deal with online imprint Amalgam Digital reports billboard.com. Saigon’s Warning Shots 2, a sequel to last year’s Amalgam ...

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Shit just got deeper than rap

Aug 18th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  46 Comments

I can't help but appreciate rappers more when I find out they really do the crazy shit they write about in their songs. For example, when I found out that the Clipse really are epic drug dealers, I thought to myself, ...

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Stranger Than Fiction

Aug 18th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  47 Comments

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I’m a suburban kid. Well, “adult,” now, sadly. I grew up next-to-houses-that-all-look-the-same just as much as the next dude from a town, not a city. Living in the ‘burbs, I was too middle class ...

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Bossip: Salt-N-Pepa Replace Wendy Williams on the Air

Aug 18th, '09  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

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Update: Doctor Orders Lil Wayne to Cancel Canada Tour Dates

Aug 18th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  27 Comments

Lil Wayne’s America’s Most Wanted Tour dates in Canada have been canceled. “Lil Wayne, due to illness, was advised by his doctors to cancel the Young Money Presents: America’s Most Wanted Music Festival tour stops in Western Canada, " a press ...

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1 World x 1 Love x 1 Mic…

Aug 18th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  39 Comments

It is often the artists from the most disenfranchised, impoverished nations that can speak to the true nature of Hip-Hop. To combine all music, art, culture and people into one is the essence of Hip-Hop. With the use ...

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Update: 50 Cent Nixes Free Queens Concert

Aug 18th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  31 Comments

One day after news broke that 50 Cent was planning a free, secret concert in Queens, New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, said the rap superstar would not be performing. As previoulsy reported, Fif caused an uproar in his old Jamaica, ...

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Beanie Sigel Arrested for Drug Possession

Aug 17th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  28 Comments

Philadelphia rapper Beanie Sigel was arrested and charged with marijuana possession in New Jersey, early Sunday morning (August 16) reports the Burlington County Times. According to the paper, Beans was on his way to perform at a private event at local ...

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Eminem Car Crash a “Twitter Rumor” Says Manager

Aug 17th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  27 Comments

Earlier today (August 17) and yesterday popular social network site Twitter was abuzz with claims that rap superstar Eminem had died in a car crash. According to the Detroit Free Press, Eminem is in fact alive and well and the reports ...

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