Drake Goes Legit, So Far Gone Re-Packaged for Retail

Aug 14th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  28 Comments

After singlehandedly catapulting him to stardom, Drake's critically-acclaimed mixtape, So Far Gone, will be repackaged for an official re-release. According to MTV News, the disc will fundamentally be the same as the original, but will now include a previously unreleased record, “Fear,” ...

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The Cipher Is Complete…

Aug 14th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  23 Comments

The Boot Camp Clik performed their 'A Tribute To Classics' show on Wednesday night in Brower Park. In the heart of Crown Heights they did classics from 'Enta Da Stage' and 'Dah Shinin'. This is the the very ...

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Video: Slaughterhouse, Run this Town

Aug 14th, '09  •  XXL Presents  •  by XXL Staff  •  7 Comments

Slaugherhouse speak on what city hosts the best lyricists...

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BLOG: Love Is All

Aug 14th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  17 Comments

Hi, my name is Lana Moorer. You may know me by a name in which I came to be called much later in my life---MC LYTE. Before I hit the planet of Brooklyn, there was a man who was undoubtedly unhappily ...

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FEATURE: Crooked I, The Freestyler[Definitive Dozen]

Aug 14th, '09  •  News  •  by XXL Staff  •  11 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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BLOG: Rule #3489 – Don’t Diss Your Boss

Aug 14th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  42 Comments

As a rapper, Drake is pretty sorry. Sure, his rhymes are strong, but I’m losing count of all his apologies in just the past two months. There was the BET Awards fiasco, the Kanye West-directed soft-core music video and most ...

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The Smoking Gun: Transcript of Alfamega’s Informant History

Aug 13th, '09  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

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XXclusive: New Beanie Sigel CD is “Like a Mixtape,” Says Label, Full-Length With Freeway in the Works

Aug 13th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  24 Comments

News recently hit the 'net that Philadelphia rapper Beanie Sigel is gearing up for a new release in September, catching fans by surprise, as it had little promotion. While the project is new, XXLMag.com has learned that the CD, titled ...

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Where Is Barack?

Aug 13th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  30 Comments

“Where is Washington? Where is Barack?!” –Germaine Miller Barack is probably somewhere fucking up a health care proposal—I mean, chasing down Mexican pork. I mean—working diligently on making our country better. Please forgive the man if he doesn’t have time to ...

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