mixtapes

It's the half-year mark of 2015 already, the time for XXL to take a look back at the wild and crazy year it's been so far already. Yesterday, we brought you our roundup of the 30 best albums of the year so far, and it's been a hell of a ride. Tod...

One of the more intriguing artists on the underground, RetcH drops Finesse The World, the follow up to 2013's acclaimed Polo Sporting Goods. With no features, RetcH offers 12 new songs and brings grimy street tales that will have listeners ready to throw on their finest 'Lo pieces and commit felonies ...

Toronto rapper Tory Lanez adds another notch in his catalog dropping a new EP with L.A. musical collective WEDIDIT titled Cruel Intentions. The T-Dot rapper last released a project in October with the Lost Cause mixtape preceded by Chixtape II last March...

Check out all our 2015 XXL Freshmen coverage, including freestyles, videos, interviews, best albums and best mixtapes right here.

Young Buck's rollout of ten mixtapes over the course of 2015 continues with the DJ Whoo Kid-hosted 10 Bricks. The 11-track mixtape has no features and producers Cassius Jay, Gotham City and Bandplay are behind the boards. Just like his previous mixtape, 10 Bullets, the Cashville native handles all the grunt work, showing off his lyrical dexterity with the gruff voice and aggressive flow we as lis

Jeezy's uneventful 2015 gets a kick start today as the Atlanta trap rap impresario drops the new mixtape, Gangsta Party. Da Snowman takes it back to the origin, linking with DJ Drama for this special edition Gangsta Grillz. Just in time to put some G into your Memorial Day weekend rotation, Young provides 10 tracks for you to get your gansta boogie on to for the holiday festivities...

Fabolous has been seriously going in recently. After compiling a more than impressive collection of freestyles at the end of each week for the past two plus months, as part of his Friday Night Freestyles series with DJ Clue?, the Brooklyn MC finally drops a full mixtape containing the collection of previously released body bags...

Soulja Boy dropped his first album in five years in February with the project, Loyalty but that hardly matters. The Atlanta rapper has pumped out over 20 mixtapes in that same time span keeping his name relevant in the eyes of fans. He recently added to the free music resume with his latest mixtape release, Swag...

Surprise, surprise. After dropping the new mixtape collab with Zaytoven OGZAY, last month, we bet you didn't guess OG Maco was going to drop a new project today. And if so, you was right. The rising Atlanta star hits us with the new mixtape, Tax Free, on no notice...

French Montana puts all his chips on the table with the release of his new mixtape, Casino Life 2: Brown Bag Legend. Putting a hold on his popular Mac & Cheese mixtape series, king Coke Boy reaches back and brings forth a new installment in his four-year-old Casino Life tape...

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Buzzing Chicago artist Towkio drops off his .Wav Theory mixtape featuring Chance the Rapper, Vic Mensa, the Social Experiment and Kaytranada. The SaveMoney member displays a sound that is quite different from Chicago's drill music scene and more in line with Chance's Acid Rap project ...