New Music

Lupe Fiasco takes us down memory lane. The former XXL Freshman drops the visual to a classic track. "It Just Might Be Okay," directed by Chris & Blak Impakt Studio, is a song from Lupe's 2006 debut, Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor, and the visual comes just in time. The...

Last night (Apr. 30), Mac Miller teased Twitter fans by asking if we wanted to hear new music. Naturally, his tweet received several favorites and retweets and within hours came a new track. "Boo!(Interlude)" is the young MC's latest cut, produced by ClockworkDJ. The...

In case you're unaware, Kevin Gates doesn't get tired. To solidify his tagline proclamation, the Louisiana rapper and 2014 XXL Freshman drops the remix to his 2014 single, "I Don't Get Tired." Usually known for his outlandishly brazen social media posts, the Baton Rouge native dropped off the remix for fans. Instead ...

On a Saturday morning earlier this month, Plies sent social media into a frenzy and not for his ridiculous Instagram posts. During a show in Tallahassee, Florida, Plies got belly-to-belly suplexed off the stage by a disgruntled fan who just wanted to dap up the MC ...

E-40 is going to be 50 soon, and you'll just be sitting there. The Bay area pioneer has mastered the craft in a way few have; as he barrels through his third decade in hip-hop, he's as sharp and inventive as ever. So, too, are his hometown Golden State Warriors, who await the second round of the NBA playoffs (and the winner of the series between Portland and Memphis)...

Trinidad Jame$ drops "Palm Trees" today. Spitting about the things that make California the place to be, the "All Gold Everything" rapper says he's "feelin' like a boss" on the track. "Nickname James, man I'm working like a Laker/I need a real Cali girl to roll a blunt instead of paper/Change her hair every month, say she focused on the paper/Met her at In-N-Out

Elijah Blake drops "I Just Wanna.." featuring Dej Loaf. The song is a banger, with Loaf crooning in the beginning of the song, "If I let you hit, you got to promise me that you ain't going to fall in love." All Blake and the pint-size MC want to do is have fun, which the Def Jam signee explains to XXL...

After being "inspired in New York City" Wiz Khalifa made a quick loose cut over a sample of Marvin Gaye classic tune "Sexual Healing." With the number one song on Billboard 100 right now, Wiz has to be feeling great and wants to share his positive vibes...

Rico Love grabs Usher and Wiz Khalifa for the official remix to "Somebody Else" and drops it for fans today. The record is off of Love's debut album Turn The Lights On. The LP will drop on May 19. The singer/songwriter released the tracklist for the 12-track album last week.  When Love stopped...

BeatKing enlists Rico Love, Kirko Bangz and Ken Randle for the strip club anthem "Keisha (Remix)." The H-Town native shows love to all the strippers but Keisha seems to be the apple of his eye. Described as arguably the greatest stripper of all time, Keisha seems like a fictional character but based on BeatKing's gentlemen's club experience, he may have come across more than one Keisha

To celebrate the one year anniversary of his last project, Last Winter, Bas releases the video for a standout record off that project. The visuals for "Fiji Water in My Iron," which features KQuick, shows a seemingly happy couple enjoying each others company taking trips to the beach, shopping for food and heading on road trips...

As we wait on French Montana's Mac & Cheese 4 album, Montana let's go of "Off The Rip" featuring Chinx and N.O.R.E. With "Bad Bitch" still being worked as a single, "Off The Rip" has the feel of a street record. Featuring French on a catchy hook and a bouncy beat, "Off The Rip" has promise to make it's way to into mixshow rotation. Chinx pays h ... Rea