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An exciting week for hot rap releases.

Things are heating up.

The soundtrack of 2011.

X will be missed.

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

New music to bump during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

XXL takes a look at the 13 best new songs this week.

Their music lives on.

In celebration of their contributions to the culture, here are the greatest DJs in hip-hop history that every rap fan should know.

Here are the new releases of the week.

Headed into spring with more fire music.

Here are all of these week's releases.