Win Tickets To See Logic Perform At Irving Plaza On June 22

Jun 18th, '13  •  News  •  by Emmanuel C.M.  •  No Comments

  Logic is set to hit the stage Friday, June 22 and XXL has a pair of  tickets to giveaway. Visionary Music Group and This Song Is Sick have teamed up to bring you Logic's nationwide Welcome To Forever Tour. The tour is in ...

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Jay Electronica: “Kanye West Said ‘Gorgeous’ Was Inspired By Me”

Jun 18th, '13  •  News  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

In the buildup to the release of Kanye West's sixth solo album Yeezus, we asked a handful of rappers and producers what their favorite tracks were in the Kanye discography. It's not an easy question, and can sometimes lead to ...

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Download A Mixtape Of The Samples Used On Kanye West’s ‘Yeezus’

Jun 18th, '13  •  News  •  by Eric Diep  •  No Comments

Kanye West’s Yeezus is unanimously favored by every music publication that’s out there. Though the official production credits have not been confirmed, Babylon Cartel’s Gianni Lee and Mike Blud have pooled together the samples used on the album. Dubbed Yeezus: ...

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Cassey Chasem Wants To Quench Your Thirst

Jun 18th, '13  •  Eye Candy  •  by Emmanuel C.M.  •  No Comments

A World Star model and an admitted sneaker-head, this sexy tomboy shows us that she's just as comfortable in a dress as she is in sweats and cap...and even more comfortable in nothing at all. This week's Web Candy ...

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Deniro Farrar’s ‘The Patriarch 2′ Album Stream

Jun 18th, '13  •  News  •  by Emmanuel C.M.  •  1 Comment

On this glorious day in hip-hop that is June 18, Deniro Farrar has thrown his name into the ring of heavyweights. Today, Deniro released his follow up project The Patriarch 2.  The new tape features production from Ryan Hemsworth, The Kickdrums, KIRA ...

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Watch Prodigy And The Alchemist In “Dough Pildin” Video

Jun 18th, '13  •  Bangers  •  by Emmanuel C.M.  •  1 Comment

The duo of The Alchemist and Prodigy is a thing a beauty. Today they dropped the new video off their collaborative LP, Albert Einstein. Alchemist blesses  beat fanatics with an infectious beat sounding like a futuristic soulful harmony. The visuals ...

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J. Cole Says He Played “Let Nas Down” For Nas On An Airplane

Jun 18th, '13  •  News  •  by Dan Rys  •  3 Comments

J. Cole's sophomore album Born Sinner came out today, and there's been a lot of buzz over the number of iconic and influential rappers he name-drops all across the record's sixteen tracks. The most obvious comes in the track "Let Nas Down," ...

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Lil Wayne Explains It Was “Never My Intention To Desecrate The Flag” In New Video

Jun 18th, '13  •  News  •  by Sean Ryon  •  No Comments

Yesterday, Lil Wayne found himself embroiled in yet another controversy when images of him stepping on the American flag for a music video surfaced. Now, the YMCMB star responds to the uproar. Weezy explained that the images—when came from the shot ...

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Mac Miller – ‘Watching Movies With The Sound Off’ Album Review

Jun 18th, '13  •  Music  •  by Sean Ryon  •  10 Comments

It’s been two years since Mac Miller released his debut album Blue Slide Park. The Pittsburgh rapper first burst on the scene as a teenager with boom-bap aspirations, only to be written off as a tween favorite and the white boy ...

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