GrandGood: Raekwon Interview At Noisemakers Event [Audio]

Jul 30th, '09  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

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Young, Black and Gifted

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

Waddup y'all, it's your man SK back in front of the MacBook for day 4 as guest blogger. First off, shouts to everyone who's been showing love on the blog entries. I see how connected some of y'all are to ...

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XXcLusive: The Game Heading Back to Interscope for The R.E.D., A-Team Role Confirmed

Jul 30th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  59 Comments

XXLMag.com has learned that Compton rapper The Game will be dropping his new album The R.E.D. on Interscope Records. “Game will definitely be directly on Interscope,” Chuck Taylor's longtime manager, Jimmy Rosemond, told XXL in an email. The West Coast heavyweight’s first disc, ...

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I thought Lil Wayne was prolific?

Jul 30th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  33 Comments

Remember when there was gonna be a new Lil Wayne album this summer? What ever happened to that? I saw a report somewhere the other day that Wayne decided to push back the Rebirth to focus on his label, Young Money, ...

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Fabolous Projected To Sell 100K in First Week

Jul 29th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  46 Comments

Looks like Fabolous is on track to getting his very first no. 1 album. Industry insiders at hitsdailydouble.com have tabulated their one-day sales numbers and project the rapper’s new disc, Loso’s Way, to sell between 95,000 and 100,000 in its first ...

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Rhymefest: The Everyday Low Price of Economic Freedom

Jul 29th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  31 Comments

“Now, I'm not one to judge a person's political, religious or artistic views; however, the reasons that this artist gave were so fucking erroneous and outrageous that it compels me to speak out, even if only to give fans ...

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The Oscar Michaeux Of This Rap Shit…

Jul 29th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  37 Comments

I got to sit around with Raekwon and listen to him discuss Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2 and it's seminal predecessor OB4CL. If you are in New York City tonight you might want to stop by the Pete ...

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An idea for the next Nas album

Jul 29th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  43 Comments

Nas is gonna have to make an album about the fact that he got pwned by Kelis, right? He's gonna have to get back to work anyway, in order to come up with the $55,000 a month he's been ordered to ...

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Mos Def To Kick Off Tour in August

Jul 29th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  8 Comments

Mos Def is hitting the road this weekend for his latest summer venture, The Ecstatic Tour. The North American tour—supporting his critically-acclaimed, fourth solo album, The Ecstatic, which dropped in June—kicks off in Minneapolis on Saturday (August 1). The 19-date string ...

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