Outkast

There was a time in hip-hop when album sales used to be astronomical. Can you remember the last album that went 5x Platinum? Now, album sales may not tell the whole story of how great the album is, however it is a significant factor of the album's impact at that point in time. XXL...

It's that time of year again when kids are headed back to school. Here are 15 hip-hop songs to help ease the transition.

In honor of this American holiday, it's only right to show appreciation from the hip-hop community. Being that this day celebrates U.S laborers, XXL would like to also send a special thank you to hip-hop for their contributions both in music and to our country...

OutKast's last album to date.

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Hip-hop has endured a tricky relationship with artists who straddle different musical genres. In many cases, rap purists reject cross-over attempts as acts of betrayal, while music aficionados outside of the hip-hop community tend to view them with a skeptical eye...

Last week, Killer Mike and El-P unleashed the first collaboration "Get It" off their upcoming collaborative project Run The Jewels. Although this isn't the first time that the two MCs have linked up - that would be last year's stellar R.A.P....

There's a lot of things fans are accustomed to seeing their favorite MCs featuring in their pictures and videos - fancy cars, gold chains, beautiful women - the list goes on ad infinitum. However, there is one thing that most wouldn't expect to see in a flick with a successful rapper: a puppet...

Photographs by Sean Ryon (@wallysean) This past Wednesday, April 24, Big Boi and special guest Killer Mike stopped by the Brooklyn Bowl on the seventh stop of the "Shoes for Running" world tour. The concert was a raucous, jam-packed gala that found two of the South's reigning kings tearing through a litany of revered classics and new bangers. ...

The day the legend of OutKast began.

As we roll out our annual Top Ten Freshman List for 2013, XXL decided to take a look back 20 years to weigh in on who would have been the members of the Freshman Class in the year 1993. All decisions were based on our current Freshman guidelines, meaning entire groups and artists who had released their debut albums prior to the list date were excluded. The y...

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