It’s day three of XXL’s look back on our decade of dominance as we reflect on all the covers we’ve done over the past 10 ...

With end-of-the-decade lists dominating conversations on the blogsphere, I figure it’s a good as time as any to get mine out the way. Instead of ...

I can’t even remember the last time I used an iPod. Must’ve been back in 2005 or so; I had the one that held 1,000 ...

This year Halloween falls on a weekend and XXLMag.com is trick or treatin’. With today being devil’s night and tomorrow marking the annual costumed holiday, ...

Photography Jonathon Mannion “It’s Yours” was the perfect introduction. A message to ghetto youth: No more will you be restricted to mom and pop’s record collection—this ...

We dreamed a lil’ too big this month, folks. We thought it was possible to get, like, 30-plus past and present Def Jam rappers together ...

You gotta give J. Prince his just due. He started Rap-A-Lot Records in the mid to late ’80s (not too long after Def Jam) and ...

On the heels of their reunion concert in Atlanta last month, the original members of Goodie Mob are hitting the road together for the first ...

Yesterday’s blog had the brightness of an Esham record, which I apologize for; when something’s front-and-center in your head, it’s tough to maneuver around the ...