Last week while I was leading the discussions on XXL’s official Twitter (@XXLStaff), there was one very interesting moment when someone asked me which artist ...

Why can't we all just get along? It's a simple question with an intricate answer. Even the closest of friends sometimes get in fights, but they ...

Believe it or not, The Cosby Show was revolutionary and A Different World was even more so. Before the culture vultures swooped in and gave ...

A few weeks back I wrote A Letter to Guru as part of my blog week. It was soon after the legendary MC had suffered ...

Ever since word broke that Method Man, Ghostface and Raekown were joining forces for a collaborative album, diehard fans have been eagerly awaiting the project's ...

Every now and then, it pays to peer into the nearest mirror. Practice a bit of the old self-evaluation. You know, size yourself up from ...

A strange thing happened the other day. One of my fellow XXL minions asked me if I had “C.R.E.A.M.” in my iTunes play list. I ...

After three weeks of voting and tallying up over 40,400 ballots, the people have made their choice for XXL’s Best Cover of the Millennium. And ...

This past Tuesday, a great hip-hop mystery was finally solved. Some crafty crate-digger liberated the sample so masterfully looped by The Rza on Raekwon’s classic ...