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Rest in Power.

R.I.P.

Mark your calenders.

Some new heat to close out the week.

Heat for the heat.

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

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

2021 will be remembered for these projects.

Hot and fresh.

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

Lil Baby, Megan Thee Stallion, DaBaby, Juice Wrld, Benny The Butcher, Pop Smoke, Rico Nasty and more.

XXL takes a look at the best projects released during the coronavirus pandemic.