REVIEW: LRG presents Wale, Back To The Feature (Wale And 9th Wonder)

Jun 25th, '09  •  Reviews  •  by XXL Staff  •  29 Comments

For the past few years the underground, internet hip-hoppers, bloggers and backpackers have been raving about the kid, Wale. I’d be fronting if I said I didn’t notice that the D.C. repper could play with words and rhymes like his ...

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MSNBC: Perez Hilton Plans To Sue In Alleged BEP Altercation

Jun 24th, '09  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

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Fabolous Celebrates Def Jam’s 25th Anniversary at Free Myspace Show, Album Set For July 28

Jun 24th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  15 Comments

XXL’s latest cover boy Fabolous has been tapped to hit the stage for a free MySpace show this Friday (June 26) in Hollywood, California. Fab, who will be in town for this weekend’s BET Awards, will be celebrating Def Jam’s 25 ...

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Soulja Boy is Drake’s Tutor

Jun 24th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  38 Comments

"Soulja Boy is the smartest artist of our generation, I think period and I think out of anybody. Whoever it is, I mean, whether it's him or his team or the people around him, whoever has the thoughts to do ...

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XXL VIDEO: 50 Cent, Play By Play

Jun 24th, '09  •  XXL Presents  •  by XXL Staff  •  3 Comments

Fif breaks down his new mixtape, "War Angel LP"...

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Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop…

Jun 24th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  22 Comments

Do you understand that the essence of Hip-Hop, ne, of all music, is the sound of the drum and the timbre of the voice. Thunder and lightening. Or enlightenment, as in the case of Black Thought. You should already ...

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First they came for Perez

Jun 24th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  39 Comments

When I heard the other day that one of Will.I.Am's Louis bag handlers cold cocked Perez Hilton, of course my mind immediately went to how I could work a few good teh ghey jokes out of it. But I suppose ...

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The Roots To Premiere New Track On Jimmy Fallon Tonight

Jun 24th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  89 Comments

The Roots are using their late-night TV gig on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon as a forum to preview their upcoming album, How I Got Over. Billboard reports that the show’s house band will debut the socially aware title track ...

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Black Eyed Peas Comes Close To Gold In Second Week On The Charts

Jun 24th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  19 Comments

With no big releases dropping last week, two of hip-hop’s biggest and best-selling acts, the Black Eyed Peas and Eminem, continue to battle it out for the top spot. Although BEP fell to the no. two spot in their second week ...

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