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Original Content Everything We Know About Young Thug's "JEFFERY" Mixtape Young Thug's upcoming tape looks very promising. By Trevor Smith August 10, 2016
Original Content ScHoolboy Q's "Blank Face LP" By The Numbers We dig into ScHoolboy Q's new album, "Blank Face LP," By The Numbers. By Rose Lilah July 14, 2016
Original Content The Biggest Star From Each XXL Freshman Class Following the reveal of the 2016 Freshman Class, we take a look back at the most successful artists from XXL's 8 previous covers. By Trevor Smith June 13, 2016
Reviews Isaiah Rashad's "The Sun's Tirade" (Review) Isaiah Rashad crosses generational boundaries and plumbs the depths of his psyche on the excellent "Sun's Tirade." By Patrick Lyons September 10, 2016
Profiles Behind The Beat: Kirk Knight Kirk Knight, Pro Era's go-to beatman, discusses the rise of his Brooklyn crew, balancing rapping and producing, and his decision to make an instrumental album after last year's "Late Knight Special." By Angus Walker October 07, 2016
Profiles Meet Mila J: Chill Los Angelena Carrying The Torch Of Prince Interview: Mila J discusses the time she danced in a Prince video, the struggles of being a woman in the music industry, and her torrid new EP "213." By Danny Schwartz August 09, 2016
Original Content The 5 Best Storytelling Rap Songs From The '90s From Biggie's "I Got A Story To Tell" to Ice Cube's "Today Was a Good Day". By Danny Schwartz May 17, 2016
Reviews Travis Scott's "Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight" (Review) The majority of "Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight," right down to its title, is the product of brains that aren't Travis Scott's. By Patrick Lyons September 07, 2016
Original Content 10 Quotable Lines From 2 Chainz' "Daniel Son; Necklace Don" Mixtape As usual, 2 Chainz had some very memorable lines on his new tape. By Trevor Smith August 08, 2016
Original Content 5 Artists Who Used Anonymity To Blow Up Here are 5 artists who blew up out of anonymity. By Angus Walker March 01, 2016
Original Content 10 Joint Projects That May Or May Not Come Out Here are 10 of the most potent unreleased collaborative mixtapes, projects, and albums in hip hop. By Danny Schwartz May 16, 2016
Original Content 10 Essential Two-9 Tracks An introduction to the Atlanta collective. By Chris Tart March 27, 2016