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Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan have been struggling with unauthorized leaks of their recordings for months now, with Quan this week coming under fire for a leaked track that contained lyrics that referenced rape and elicited an apology from the MC...

Behind The Boards: Sean Paine Gucci Mane's go-to engineer tells how Guwop keeps the streets flooded from behind bars. Words Dan Rys Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Spring 2015 issue of XXL Magazine. Don't miss our cover stories on Meek Mill and Rick Ross right here...

Gucci Mane is one of hip-hop's most prolific artists, even keeping the streets fed when he's behind bars (which, at this point, has included the past 18 months). Since being locked up in September 2013, Gucci has dropped a staggering number of mixtapes and albums; more than 20 projects have come out since, the most recent being Mr... Read More ...

Ky Miller has been 50 Cent and G-Unit’s trusted guy behind the boards for nearly 10 years. During his time with the legendary crew, the 39-year-old producer/engineer has been a part of hip-hop history, fine-tuning platinum-selling albums like Get Rich Or Die Tryin’, The Massacre and Beg For Mercy...

Dr. Dre's The Chronic turned 21 today, and the Death Row classic has put the label back in the headlines of late. The label's chief engineer Rick Clifford did an interview with the 2Pac Forum Channel this week where he talked about the real reasons behind Dr...

Late Registration. Graduation. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. All Grammy Award-winning Kanye classics, and all engineered and mixed by Minnesota-born, L.A.-based engineer and producer Andrew Dawson, whose credits also include work on Beyoncé's 4, T...