Jarren Benton

Last week, Atlanta native Jarren Benton released his brand new EP Slow Motion Vol. 1. The eight-track project honors the memory of his fallen friend and manager Jahmal “Slow Motion” Pryor and is one of Benton’s most personal projects to date. On Slow Motio...

Jarren Benton's Slow Motion EP drops on Jan. 27. However, five days before the project hits the streets, the Atlanta native is premiering the stream exclusively with XXL. Stream above and pre-order here. The eight-track EP above features fellow Funk Volume wordsmiths Dizzy Wright, Hopsin, SwizZz and much more. He's been staying ...

XXL Freshman Jarren Benton is back with his latest banger, "W.H.W." The high energy track finds Benton in his zone, rapping rapid fire rhymes about going off on his enemies in a variety of different ways. Delivering bars such as "kill em all then I peel off in a Mustang," "f**k an AK, I prolly stick a fork in y'all brains," "throw a rapper off a high rise, watch

Jarren Benton's #Blackctober series concludes with the SwizZz (not to be confused with Swizz Beatz)-aided "Hallelujah." Over booming production from Kato, Benton talks his shit to close out a strong month from the 2014 XXL Freshman. Previously: Jarren Benton Featuring Micah Freeman "Lost Kings" Jarren Benton Featuring Pounds "Judge Mathis" Jarren Benton "Alladat

Produced by 8Track, 2014 XXL Freshman Jarren Benton continues his #Blacktober series with a new song called "Lost Kings." This one features Micah Freeman. Listen above.

2014 XXL Freshman, Jarren Benton, is back with a new single featuring Pounds called "Judge Mathis". This is the second track released as part of his #BlackOctober series. Benton promises to debut a new track every Wednesday in order to prepare fans for his forthcoming EP dropping later this year...

The wait is over. Taylor Gang, Vic Mensa, Snow Tha Product, King Los, Logic and many more participate in this year's BET Hip-Hop Awards cyphers. If you remember last year, it was TDE's cypher that got the most attention, with Kendrick's verse receiving a lot of attention...

2014 XXL Freshman Jarren Benton is kicking off a new series called #Blacktober, which means we'll be seeing more music (exclusives, freestyles) from him on a weekly basis. Today, the Funk Volume rapper releases a dark, tough-talking track titled "Alladat," produced by Kato...

XXL Freshman Jarren Benton and Nappy Roots joined forces in the fast-spittin' "No Idea." The song showcases their well-honed technical prowess that's even more head-spinning with its accompanying video. The Student Union Films-presented clip follows the rhymers as they turn-up at what looks like an abandoned facility within the woods...

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Photography By: Shaughn Crawford Hosted by Jae Murphy of Wild 'N' Out fame, the 2014 XXL Freshman Class head to the West for the second show of The Freshmen Live Tour 2014. The LA crowd were just as amped to see this year's picks and they weren't disappointed...

We’ve saved the best for last. After weeks of Freshmen content that included the cyphers, freestyles and roundtables, today we are dropping the 2014 XXL Freshmen mixtape featuring brand new tracks. Jam packed with guest appearances (2 Chainz, Lloyd Banks, Fabolous) as well as buzzing producers (The Olympicks, DJ Montay and Big Korey), it’s definitely a tape that our readers have been patiently wa