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Profiles Behind The Beat: Sonny Digital Sonny Digital is trying to escape the Matrix. By hnhh June 15, 2016
Original Content Every Chance The Rapper & Vic Mensa Collaboration Chance and Vic have made some great music together. By Trevor Smith June 14, 2016
Profiles Meet SaveMoney's Joey Purp: A Bracing New Presence In Chicago Rap Joey Purp talks Save Money, bridging divides in Chicago rap, and his long-awaited new project "iiiDrops." By Angus Walker June 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
Original Content Top Tracks: June 6 - June 12 There are quite a few holdovers from last week's batch of huge Top Tracks on this new edition. By Patrick Lyons June 13, 2016
Original Content 10 Essential Playboi Carti Tracks Get to know A$AP Rocky and Awful Records-affiliated Playboi Carti. By Danny Schwartz June 12, 2016
Original Content Staff Picks Playlist (June 10) Friday means new Staff Picks playlist. By Rose Lilah June 10, 2016
Original Content 5 Things We Want From Tory Lanez's "I Told You" With Tory Lanez officially announcing the title of his debut album, we decided to bring back an edition of "5 Things We Want" for it. By Rose Lilah June 10, 2016
Sports The Roast Of Stephen Curry’s Latest Under Amour Sneakers Was Lit Twitter rips Chef Curry's new Under Armour Curry 2 Lows. By Kyle Rooney June 10, 2016
Original Content What’s New In Battle Rap (June 10) We keep you up to date on everything going on in battle rap. By Dallas Darden June 10, 2016
Sports A Collection Of The Funniest Kevin Love Jokes After Game 3 Of The NBA Finals The Cavs won but it was the roast of Kevin Love. By Kyle Rooney June 09, 2016
Reviews Vic Mensa's "There's Alot Going On" (Review) Vic Mensa shows us who he really is on "There's Alot Going On," despite letting up in favor of some fluff in the middle. By Patrick Lyons June 09, 2016