Showoff & St. Records Present Kali: Welcome To Hotel Kalifornia

Jul 29th, '09  •  Reviews  •  by XXL Staff  •  11 Comments

I remember back when I was a baby in the '80s my pops would have my uncles and his homies over on the weekends and they’d pound away bottles of Rum, Vodka and chase ‘em down with beers and cigarettes. ...

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XXL Gives Away Tickets For Method Man, Redman & Ghostface Concert

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

XXL editor-in-chief Vanessa Satten is in a giving mood this summer. Just one day after offering fans five free tickets to Jay-Z’s All Points West performance this Friday (July 31), she will also be giving readers the opportunity to ...

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Black Eyed Peas’s “Energy Never Dies” On The Charts

Jul 29th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  13 Comments

With no new rap albums released last week, there are no contenders to knock the Black Eyed Peas from their spot as the top hip-hop act on The Billboard 200. True to the title of their latest disc, the Peas’s energy ...

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MTV: Eminem Scene in New Apatow Flick “Kills,” Says Director

Jul 29th, '09  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  1 Comment

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DJ Hero Trailer [Video]

Jul 29th, '09  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

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FEATURE: Hard & B

Jul 29th, '09  •  News  •  by XXL Staff  •  75 Comments

Rappers and R&B singers weren't always requisite bedfellows. While singers like Bobby Brown faced little to no backlash when sprinkling bars between notes, rap listeners initially weren't as forgiving. Simply put, in a genre obsessed with street credibility and hardcore ...

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Sales Predictions: Fabolous’s Loso’s Way

Jul 29th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  38 Comments

We've sure seen some interesting numbers this year. Jadakiss managed to sell 134k without a big single, Ross who seemingly had the Def Jam building behind him and the album of his career couldn't eclipse his previous first week numbers ...

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No Show

Jul 29th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  30 Comments

Waddup y'all, it's your man Skyzoo, back for day 3 of my guest blogging gig. So for the third entry, I figured I'd break down the life and times of one of the game's most prominent factors and the road ...

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Win Tickets to Jay-Z’s All Points West Performance

Jul 28th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  11 Comments

New XXL editor-in-chief Vanessa Satten is giving away five tickets to this Friday’s (July 31) All Points West Music and Arts Festival starring headliner Jay-Z. As XXLMag.com previously reported Hov was recently added to the bill after The Beastie Boys were ...

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