Dom Kennedy

The soundtrack of 2011.

Bangers from Thugger, Gangsta Gibbs, Spitta Andretti, Drizzy, Future Hendrix, Big K.R.I.T., Tity Boi and more.

2016 was lit. With a half-decade of retrospection, XXL highlights 104 hip-hop albums turning five in 2021.

New music from Slowthai, Smokepurpp, JPEGMafia and more of your favorite rappers.

The tapes you remember and some you forgot about.

XXL takes a look at the rap songs that became wildly popular a long time after they dropped.

Fire. Pure, fire.

A little bit of everything from the old school to new.

Mixtape madness.

Here are the new releases of the week.

Nothing but fire.

And another one.