December 2006

 •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  71 Comments

Cover Story "Can't Stop This" After quitting rap and taking a position as full-time corporate brass, JAY-Z can’t stay retired any longer. He tells us why. Features "Everything i Love" They’re doing good. But they’re still baaad. This is BABY & WAYNE against the ...

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Jay-Z
Can’t Stop This

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Jay-Z is a hard man to pin down. You just might have to travel all the way to Paris to talk to him. He speaks in fragments. He’s introspective. Philosophical. Careful with his words. Quick. Sharp. But always guarded. Unlike ...

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YN’s Breakaday: Title Track 2

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Iron Butterfly "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (1968) Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (1973) The Head Hunters "God Made Me Funky" (1975) Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band "Apache" (1973) MC Shan "The Bridge" (1985) Juice "Catch A Groove" (1976) Billy Squier "The Big Beat" (1980) ...

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Kidz In The Hall Present…Report Card

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Guess Whose Bizzack!! So, Happy Halloween (National Slut Day) to all. It also happens to be a Tuesday which means...sales dept's are scrambling, label heads are "placing orders", interns are hiding and artists and their mangers are threatening to show up ...

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Shook Ones

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Ganksta N-I-P South Park Psycho (1992) Fear Factor: This Houston rap pioneer and South Park Coalition member took the dark side of the Geto Boys’ personas to the next level, leaving no sick stone unturned on his Rap-A-Lot Records debut. Killer Cut: “Horror ...

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Give daddy a kiss (nullus)

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First of all, for the remainder of this post, I'm instituting a special state of no homo Juelz Santana. If necessary, I may also drop in an extra nullus here and there, but I wanted to set things straight - ...

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Right Back At You

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So it finally happened on the Funkmaster "Thanks for my shout-out" Flex show last night, Hova responded to the attacks of the Capo, himself, Harlem's Jim Jones. Here's what El Presidente had to say: "You don't get to where I got ...

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