XXL Freshmen 2015

OG Maco and Curtis Williams team up for "Holeman and Finch," the first single from their upcoming EP,  OG Danco. Produced by Cookin Soul, who handled the production for the entirety of the project, the soulful track brings out the best from Williams and Maco. Wil ...

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OG Maco feels that he's been misunderstood. The 2015 XXL Freshman believes fans misread his breakout single, "U Guessed It," and classified him with rappers whose content the Atlantan finds inferior. More recently, Maco has come under fire for saying that Future's music has "destroyed countless lives." But his...

Directed by Travis Satten (@travissatten) Produced by ApK (@weareapk) XXL's 2015 Freshman Class was revealed Wed., June 3. All this month we’ve been providing you with a behind-the-scenes look at the selection process, the photo shoot and the work it takes to pull it all together. Last Mond...

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With 246,000 units sold in the first week, Meek Mill's Dreams Worth More Than Money comes in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. The project is Meek's first No. 1 and sold right around 80,000 more units than his 2012 effort, Dreams and Nightmares. In an interesting note,  ...

Directed by Travis Satten (@travissatten) Produced by ApK (@weareapk) XXL's 2015 Freshman Class was revealed Wed., June 3. All this month we’ve been providing you with a behind-the-scenes look at the selection process, the photo shoot and the work it takes to pull it all together. Last Mond...

Coming up next month, the 2015 XXL Freshman class will be performing in L.A. at Club Nokia on July 13. This year, we’re presenting 10 up-and-coming rappers who we feel, collectively and individually, are defining the new wave of hip-hop. This year, ...

Fetty Wap's "Trap Queen" is far and away the song of 2015 thus far and even though the song's content was centered around drug selling, Fetty showed the undeniable ability to make a crossover smash. Unsurprisingly, Fetty is being tapped by pop singers looking to crossover in their own right and his latest feature is on Justina Valentine's "Candy Land ...

The years change, the names stay the same. Though we're no longer in the golden age of album sales, where Platinum was the norm and Gold a slight embarrassment, Nielsen Soundscan is still an important (or at least oft-cited) measure of commercial viability in music...

Flicka Da Wrist DJ Drama’s back again to host the XXL Freshman Class and reflect on this year’s selects. As told to Roger Krastz Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Summer 2015 issue of XXL Magazine featuring our 2015 XXL Freshman Class. Check out everyt...

Directed by Travis Satten (@travissatten) Produced by ApK (@weareapk) XXL's 2015 Freshman Class was revealed Wed., June 3. All this month we’ve been providing you with a behind-the-scenes look at the selection process, the photo shoot and the work it takes to pull it all together. Last Mond...