Soulja Boy Links With Nick Cannon For Two Upcoming Movies

Jun 10th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  22 Comments

Soulja Boy has cranked his way to the big screen. In an interview with comedian Chelsea Handler on her late night E! show Chelsea Lately, SB said that he will be working with Mr. Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon on two ...

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Update: Eminem Comes Close To Platinum Status, New CDs From AZ & Torae Fail To Chart

Jun 10th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  43 Comments

In this week’s Nielsen SoundScan report, hip-hop is sparsely represented. Yet Eminem continues to keep registers ringing as he slowly inches closer to platinum status. Eminem finally drops to the no. 2 slot, after holding onto the top spot for the ...

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MTV: Kanye West To Tour With Lady Gaga

Jun 10th, '09  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

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Step away from the corpse, Sonic

Jun 10th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  23 Comments

Who knew so many people would object to Charles Hamilton naming J Dilla executive producer of his album, even though he obviously never had anything to do with Dilla? When I read about the tracklisting and the production credits for the ...

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ATLiens: The Mixtape

Jun 10th, '09  •  Reviews  •  by XXL Staff  •  20 Comments

I remember during the whole Nas “Hip-Hop is Dead” fiasco how offended all southern artists were and their reaction. From Jeezy airing out God’s Son on the air to Ludacris rocking a T-shirt in a video that read, “Hip-hop isn’t ...

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XXcLusive: Charles Hamilton Takes J Dilla Credits Off Album, LP Drops For Free Online This Tuesday

Jun 10th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  38 Comments

The hip-hop community was taken aback when XXL freshman alumnus Charles Hamilton announced that the late Detroit producer J Dilla would be listed as an executive producer on his major label debut, This Perfect Life. XXLMag.com caught up with the ...

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Super Lyrical

Jun 10th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  158 Comments

Debates and discussions come about out of thin air here at the office. For instance, I was just working on some images for an upcoming feature when I overheard Mike D, our Photo Editor, bumping Devin The Dude's "What A ...

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Interview Magazine: Spank Rock Talks To Mos Def

Jun 9th, '09  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

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Fabolous Album Pushed Back

Jun 9th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  39 Comments

Brooklyn rapper Fabolous has taken to his Twitter account to inform fans that his latest LP, Loso’s Way has been pushed back to next month. In a message posted just minutes ago, Fab said he just found out about his new ...

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