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Original Content Codeine Cowboys: Exploring Lean In Rap Culture What are the adverse effects of the lean-driven rap culture that's become so predominant? We take a quick look. By Chris Tart November 20, 2015
Original Content Classic Rotation: MF DOOM's "Mm..Food" On this day in 2004, MF Doom released his album "Mm..Food." We reflect on the album for Classic Rotation. By Chris Tart November 16, 2015
Original Content I Think 12 Months Crazy: Future's Best Year Yet A year after Future dropped "Monster," we look back on what's been the most successful 12 months of his career. By Patrick Lyons October 28, 2015
Original Content How Much A Co-Sign Cost? The Downside Of Collaborating With Drake & Kanye Weighing the obvious benefits of co-signs from Kanye West and Drake against the negative impact they can have on artists' careers. By Patrick Lyons October 09, 2015
Original Content How To Make A Double Disc Rap Album That Doesn't Suck We look at the formulas behind the best hip hop double albums of all time. By Patrick Lyons September 23, 2015
Original Content The Streaming "Game Of Thrones": Drake & Apple Music Vs. Jay-Z & TIDAL The state of the music industry's two newest streaming services. By Nicholas DG July 07, 2015
News The Game Pens Editorial On Freddie Gray & Baltimore The Game addresses the Baltimore Uprising in an editorial called "Young Black Men Are Targets." By Patrick Lyons April 30, 2015
Original Content Poetic License: The Art Of Writing For the nerd in every hip-hop fan, we take a close look at the idea of "poetic license," and how an MC is able to bend or completely ignore standard grammar rules because of it. By Rose Lilah April 17, 2015
Original Content Near Extinction: The Platinum Hip-Hop Album Is the platinum album in hip-hop long gone, or will it make a return in 2015? By hnhh December 31, 2014
Original Content Pulling A "Beyonce": The Surprise Album Phenom Albums are being released with less notice, and in some cases, no notice at all. We dive in to the trend and dissect why this might be happening. By Chris Tart December 10, 2014
Original Content Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It: Subconscious Racism & Hip Hop "Fuck the police." By Lloyd Jaffe December 08, 2014
News XXL's Editor-In-Chief Says There Will Be More Print Editions Of Magazine Vanessa Satten, XXL's Editor-in-Chief, says that there will be more print editions of the magazine next year. By Rose Lilah October 14, 2014