Mel & Tim "Keep The Faith" (1974) Genya Raven "Whipping Post" (1974) Marc Hannibal "Forever Is A Long, Long Time" (1969) Edwin Starr "Easin' In" (1974) Idris Muhammad "Say What" (1977) ...
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The Game’s Album The Doctor’s Advocate Debuts at #1
The Game leads this week’s pop charts with his sophomore offering The Doctor's Advocate, which sold 358,000 copies in it's first week, easily surpassing his closest competitor by over 75,000 records. Debuting at #2 is singer/songwriter Akon, who sold 283,000 ...
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There's plenty of other interesting shit going on in hip-hop today, but today's the day the new Jay-Z album comes out, so that's all going to have to take a back seat. I already gave it the once over on ...
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Ghostwriting: A respectable profession?
DJ Premier
Remedy
Chris Martin is more down-to-earth than he should be. In the basement of Detroit's historic St. Andrew's Hall, the hip-hop legend known as DJ Premier is running the sound check before a Scion-sponsored show in which he's the headlining act. ...
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Oh. My. God. Hov. Kingdom Come drops today. If you’re up on XXL Blogs, you already know that the consensus around here is that Jay-Z’s comeback is garbage. I’ve sat out the debate so far because, well, my fellow bloggers ...
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Prodigy of Mobb Deep "Mac 10 Handle" from The Return of the Mac mixtape (2006) Applaud Nas for Hip-Hop is Dead if you want, but Prodigy is about to make the comeback of the year. Not like you should care since Esco ...
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Fuck them niggas. They should be happy a nigga was still seeing them at that time. I don’t see them no more. Literally. They dead to me, man. —Lil Wayne, XXL, December 2006  Oh, really? On the latest leaked offering from Weezy F. ...
Read MoreNew Music
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Today in Hip-Hop
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Sneakers
- Check Out COMME des GARÇONS’ PLAY for Converse Pro Leather 2013 Collection
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Lists
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- Behind The Scenes: 20 Awesome Rapper Vlogs
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Hip-Hop Fashion
- Check Out COMME des GARÇONS’ PLAY for Converse Pro Leather 2013 Collection
- Marc by Marc Jacobs Golden Foil iPhone 5 Case
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Show & Prove
- A$AP Ferg to Release “Trap Lord” Mixtape in Late February or Early March
- Hit-Boy Announces Diddy, Waka Flocka Flame & Lil Wayne for "Scream and Shout (Remix)"
- Lil Reese ft. Young Jeezy & Twista "Traffic (Remix)"
Rap Videos
- Illogic And Blockhead Release The Video For “Atlantis Depth”
- Video Premiere: Lil Twist “Understand Me”
- Video Premiere: Krizz Kaliko, Futuristic, Black Pegasus, and Jeff Turner [TeamBackpack Cypher]
Kings Of The Game by Reebok Classic
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