KXNG CROOKED

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.

More new music.

Beef in the Slaughterhouse.

DDG, Kxng Crooked, Toosii and Twitter's Kevin O'Donnell speak to XXL about how social media and its popular new platforms are continuing to shape the rap game.

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

More new projects this week.

Another week, another series of fire releases.

New music dropping in May.

Shady's back.