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Pro Era is still going in as we go into the fall months. CJ Fly and Joey Bada$$ connect in new hip-hop classicist joint "Sup Preme." Unfortunately, the title doesn't mean DJ Premier is on the beat. But that's fine; Carnage's minimalistic spaced-out jazz works pretty well here...

"My name is Jay Electronica. And I am hip-hop." Jay Elect's first words upon taking the stage at yesterday's Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival in Williamsburg were bold yet prophetic, much like his entire career. When Brooklyn Bodega first announced the set times for the festival, with co-headliners Jay Elect and Raekwon each given an hour, the first thought that popped up was, "An hour for

Is Brooklyn in the house? Without a doubt. For the 10th straight year, The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival will take place in BK. This year's headliners will be Raekwon and the illusive Jay Electronica. Pro Era's CJ Fly and CyHi The Prynce will also grace the stage for the event...

Here's something you don't hear everyday. Normally rappers boast about being a vicious lion or a swift cheetah. CJ Fly, on the other hand, isn't one of those rappers. During his interview with Hot 97's Peter Rosenberg, the Pro Era rapper compared himself to a peacock...

Old school rappers will reunite and meet the new school in Boot Camp Clik leader Buckshot's next album. He'll be teaming up with producer P-Money for BackPack Travels, his first collaborative album since 2012's The Solution with 9th Wonder. The new 10-track r...

Last night, SOBs in Manhattan played host to the album release party for Harlem's own Smoke DZA. The Kushed God dropped his long-awaited first official full-length project, Dream.ZONE.Achieve, on April 1, and the three-part, 19-track collection serves as his most complete work to date, with guest spots from Cam'ron, Ab-Soul, Joey Bada$$, Action Bronson and CJ Fly, to name a few. And...

Rappers Action Bronson, Chinx, Bodega Bamz and more talk about why Nas' classic 'Illmatic' album is important to them.

Produced by 6th Sense, Smoke DZA offers his collaboration with CJ Fly called “Zone.” His album, Dream.Zone.Achieve, is out on Apr. 1.

The selection for the XXL Freshmen 2014 is kicking into high gear, and yes, you should be as excited as we are here in the XXL office. In preparation for this year's class, we let some possible candidates tell us why they think they deserve to be part of XXL Freshmen 2014...

The young rising Brooklyn natives Pro Era released their highly anticipated mixtape The Secc$ Tap.e 2. The compilation comes two years after the release of The Secc$ Tap.e , where the Beast Coast rappers carry a more matured, picturesque, and sensual vibe to the sequel...

Everyone from Brooklyn’s young rap crew, Pro.Era, had their own coming out party to hip-hop at various times. Joey Bada$$ took the spotlight after 1999 dropped, and you can say the same thing for CJ Fly. He stole the show with his verse on “Hardknock,” followed by the release of his debut mixtape, Thee Way Eye See It, which showed Pro. Era's talent dep...