Is Pitbull better than Nas?

Nov 10th, '06 • XXL Magazine • by XXL Staff • 8 Comments

Juvenile Cleared in Lawsuit

Nov 10th, '06 • XXL Magazine • by XXL Staff • 28 Comments

New Orleans rapper Juvenile has been cleared in a lawsuit brought against him by a Jacksonville, FL police officer who was injured during a scuffle in a mall back in 1999. The incident occurred on July 23, 1999 when Juvenile, ...

New bangers from Big Kuntry, T.I. & Yung Joc, Trick Daddy & Lil Wayne, Twista, Doey Rock & E-40, Talib Kweli and KRS-One are up now!

Nov 10th, '06 • XXL Magazine • by XXL Staff • No Comments

Jonathan “JR” Rotem:
Music For Life

Nov 9th, '06 • News • by XXL Staff • 42 Comments

Bay Area-bred producer Jonathan Rotem is one of rap's fastest-emerging producers, but a glance at his musical history, speech patterns and even his physical appearance suggests otherwise. A studied jazz pianist and a classical head, Rotem speaks like a Mathlete, ...

YN’s Breakaday: Fif Freestyle

Nov 9th, '06 • Bloggers • by XXL Staff • 6 Comments

Jerry Knight "Nothing Can Hold Us Back" (1982) ...

YN has some harsh words for the creator of BET’s Beef series.

Nov 9th, '06 • XXL Magazine • by XXL Staff • 1 Comment

Execution of a Chump

Nov 9th, '06 • Bloggers • by XXL Staff • 52 Comments

What’s Beef? Beef is when I’m flipping through the channels on a Wednesday night and catch some bullshit on my box. Beef is a wack-ass TV show that adds no true insight into any dispute in the hip-hop world. Beef ...

Editorial
We Fly High

Nov 9th, '06 • Bloggers • by XXL Staff • 8 Comments

“When I come back like Jordan, wearin’ the 4-5/ It ain’t to play games witchu.” —“ENCORE” (2003) “I am the Mike Jordan of recordin’/You might wanna fall back from recordin’. ” —“SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT” (2006) It’s not every day that ...