Build or destroy?

 •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  92 Comments

The cat’s out of the bag, folks. On the off chance that you don’t already know, let me just get this out there: I’m a lover, not a hater. Make no mistake, I don’t love anybody in the music world ...

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Clipse catch a brick

 •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  180 Comments

"A fucking DISASTER! According to hitsdailydouble, Jay-Z sold 133,146 records last week, a whopping drop of 81%. In other words, ALL BETS ARE OFF!" —Bob Lefsetz, music industry legend Again it's Wednesday, so you know what that means. Time for yet another ...

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Young Jeezy
The Undeniable

 •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  171 Comments

They call it Sprawl City, and with good reason. As big as it is and with as much land as it consumes in its ever-outward push—it’s the ninth-largest metropolitan area in the country, though its official city limits hold fewer ...

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Capo Status

 •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  357 Comments

It was bad enough that Jim Jones somehow managed to win in a rap battle against Jay-Z ("Brooklyn High?" Pfft!), let alone the fact that Hustler's P.O.M.E. is a much better album than Kingdom Come, but the new video for ...

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Nas
Let It Go

 •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  164 Comments

On a chilly autumn evening, Nasir Jones is tucked into the penthouse lounge in the famed Chung King recording studios building. The room is standard studio issue—oversized black leather couches, big-screen TV, dusty ashtrays and dog-eared magazines—except for the view. Stretching ...

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