Hip-Hop Songs Dedicated to Dead Rappers
An all-star salute to hip-hop's fallen soldiers.
O.C.
O.C. Performs "Day One" and More for NPR's Tiny Desk Concert
O.C. heads up to the NPR offices to do a special Tiny Desk Concert performance of ''Day One,'' ''Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers'' and more hits.
35 Times Hip-Hop Connected With NPR's Tiny Desk Concert Series
Here are some of the more memorable instances in which hip-hop and NPR's Tiny Desk concert series collided.
D.I.T.C. Drops "Lost in Time"
Diggin' in the Crates dudes still got it.
Marco Polo Grabs Inspectah Deck, O.C., Large Professor And More For “Astonishing” Posse Cut
Marco Polo's PA2: The Director’s Cut doesn't arrive until November 12, but the Canadian producer has released yet another track from his project for your afternoon listening pleasure. Following the delightfully old school "3-0-Clock," which featured Organized Konfusion, Polo is back with another head-knocking anthem...
What’s the Best Album You Forgot Existed?
What songs or albums did you forget existed until now?
Who Did Kanye West Sample on “Runaway”? [BEAT JACKER]
Wonder why the drums on Kanye's "Runaway" sound so darn familiar? XXL has the answer.
Favorite Soundtrack Cuts – Besides “Party & Bullshit”
Sometimes some of the best songs are off a movie soundtrack...
Big L, Book of Rhymes, Vol. 2
Eleven years later, Big L still has MCs seeing the big picture...
O.C. & A.G., Back to Basics
OC & AG remember Big L and look forward to 2010's next big star...
Blog: Black Thought, Holla at Me!
R.A. writes his first guest blog for XXL...
BLOG: No Filler
Showing love to the underappreciated “album cut”...