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E-40 releases his latest single from his upcoming albums Block Brochure 4, 5 & 6. , due out later this year. “Episode” features T.I. and Chris Brown, where 40 Water slows it down for the ladies with a hypnotic beat that will light up the clubs real soon. “We can get fr...

As we wind down a month-long look back over the last 150 issues of XXL and the biggest hip-hop events during that time, some of our friends and supporters hit us up with some-outs that we're sharing in this video. We'd like to thank our readers, fans, haters, staff, rappers, managers, producers, labels, executives, PR people and everyone else for the last 150 issues and in the words of Snoop, &quo

Years back, there was a commercial for toys called Micro Machines, and the announcer talked so fast that you couldn’t catch a single word that he said. Maybe that was his shtick, and he was actually telling everyone the cars were so small that you could choke on them if you accidentally ate one (Who would do that though?). Th...

Throughout the tenure of 50 Cent’s career, he’s jumped on quite a few tracks. As the leader of G-Unit, there was always someone in the camp looking for a hot 16 from Fif. Add to that 50 Cent’s friends outside of his crew often needed some lyrical assistance on tracks, looking for a touch of his hit-making magic. Finally, 50 Cent...

E-40’s been the face of the Bay Area since jumping onto the scene in the early 1990s, and Mr. Flamboyant has kept a steady hustle in releasing a number of solo projects for the shelves ever since. There’s no question that 40 Water has a strong work ethic, even setting his sights on three more albums set for next year to add to his deep catalog, even after more than 20 years in the game. After h...

There was a lot of balling going on on Instagram this week from Birdman showing off a Bugatti Veyron to Drake receiving platinum plaques, things got a little crazy on the social network. Young Jeezy also showed off a mural of his face painted on a brick wall as well as Big Boi stunning with numerous Moon Men that he's acquired over the course of his career at the MTV VMAs. Ric...

E-40 illustrates the hardships of the streets of the Oakland in his newest video for “Off The Block.” Featuring Stressmatic and J. Banks, the video finds the three showing us how different people try and get out of the hood. Real recognize real over in the Bay. This will ...

This week was a busy one for hip-hop. Not only did the release of "Control" take the hip-hop community by storm but the visuals arrived to many long awaited tracks including Meek Mill's "Levels", Big Sean "Beware", and Chief Keef's "Citgo"...

The Bay is written all over this one as E-40 links with ScHoolboy Q and Danny Brown manifesting his iconic sound on the cut. Surrounded my some dope graffiti art in "All My Niggas", the three rappers go ham on the cash driven track. The record will appear on E-40's upcoming album, The Block Brochure: Welcome To The Soil 4, 5 & 6. ...

E-40 a.k.a. The Bay’s ambassador is back to shake up the rap game. On the latest track off Young California and DJ Amen’s “Leak Week,” 40 Water shows some love to the new school on “All My Niggas.” Danny Brown and ScHoolboy Q spit ferocious bars over the truck-rattling production. This is a precursor to E-40’s upco...