Elzhi isn't the first MC to pay homage to a classic, but he's sure upped the ante for tributes. Elmatic, a 10-track mixtape that revisits Nas' ...

WORDS BEN DETRICK **THIS STORY ORIGINALLY APPEARS IN THE MAY 2011 ISSUE OF XXL ON SALE NOW** Last summer, when Kanye West was in the throes of ...

The way we consume music is constantly changing. We've gone from vinyl to digital, from buying to downloading. With that, plenty has changed, from the ...

It's safe to say Eminem's been on a good run of late. Recovery was the highest selling album of 2010, he's leading the way for ...

Having laced beats for his own M.O.P. projects since DJ Premier joined the squad for the Firing Squad album, Lil’ Fame has been taking notes ...

After a 15-plus year hiatus, legendary R&B singer El DeBarge has resurfaced with his new album, appropriately titled, Second Chance. His fifth studio album released ...

In 1990 DJ Stretch Armstrong and Bobitto Garcia debuted their college radio show on Columbia University's WKCR (89.9FM) in NYC and left an indelible mark ...

Bay Area rapper/producer Droop-E recently released BLVCK Diamond Life, a conceptual mixtape featuring a track list composed entirely of songs using Sade samples. As he ...

Last night (October 17), Kanye West sent out a twitpic of what he had planned to be the cover of his highly anticipated fifth studio ...