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Some of the game's best artists drop new projects this week.

As summer closes, fall into some new hip-hop.

XXL has been welcoming Freshmen classes for the last 15 years. Take a look at what each class has offered thus far.

All 15 XXL Freshman classes have put some serious numbers on the board.

A look at all of the stars who have graced XXL Freshman covers over the years.

More new music.

Beef in the Slaughterhouse.

New heaters.

The soundtrack of 2011.

Hip-hop is here for DMX.

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

City Girls, Smokepurpp, Lil Wayne, A$AP Ferg, Shy Glizzy and more salute the Queen Bee in their lyrics.