Production Credit

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Judging by the artwork, "Senile," the latest single from Young Money's upcoming crew album, was aiming to be off the wall. YMCMB is gearing up to drop their latest upcoming compilation, Young Money: Rise Of An Empire on Mar. 11. But today, Lil...

Executive producing an album takes a lot of patience, experience, and true comprehension of the human psyche—and as the buffer between the business and creative sides of the album-making process, it can be a tough balance to maintain. The ...

For a label that held down the South's underground in the mid-2000s, it's been a rough ride recently for Trill Ent; since 2008, label co-owners Melvin Vernell Jr. and Marcus “Turk” Roach have seen jail time for a shooting that took place in 2009, rapper Lil Phat was tragically gunned down in 2012, and Lil Boosie has been in jail on drug charges, beating a murder rap along the way. But today, news.

With the dust settling on 2013, superstars have been the general theme in hip-hop. Almost every big name artist came out with an album, from Drake releasing Nothing Was The Same, Jay Z coming with Magna Carta...Holy Grail, Kanye West blessing the world with Yeezus and last but certainly not least, Eminem's' The Marshall Mathers LP 2. MMLP2 was huge, becomin...

The opening track on The Marshall Mathers LP 2 is a brilliant, seven-plus-minute record that features Eminem playing the role of Matthew Mitchell, the little brother of the infamous Eminem character portrayed in his song "Stan" on the first Marshall Mathers LP. If you'v...

Production Credit: DJ Spinz

Inside The Making Of Our Favorite Songs From Earl Sweatshirt's 'Doris'

Without much of a visible effort, Jay-Z inundated the whole damn Internet this week with the release Magna Carta Holy Grail, his twelfth solo studio album. For proof, go take a look at your favorite music site—floating near the top of the page you'll find at least two Hov-related stories, and maybe a lyric breakdown or two. Sinc...

Fresh off the release of his latest solo album The Wonder Years, 9th Wonder talks to XXL getting back with Phonte, working with Drake, sticking to his lane and more...