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Before I Self Destruct fails to blow up
“I was gonna kill a couple rappers, but they did it to themselves. I was gonna do it with the flow, but they did it with their sales.” –Jay-Z, who must have seen this coming
To think, Curtis was considered a flop, and it sold ...
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Rakim Soldiers Through Sound Issues At NYC Release Party [With Pictures & Video]
In celebration of the release of his first studio album in a decade, Rakim took to the stage last night (November 19) to a packed crowd at B.B. King Blues Club in New York City.
The God MC walked out to the lead single “Holy Are You” from ...
Grand Theft Auto IV: Loso’s Way
Fabolous has been long overdue for one of these. Dude has garnered himself an automatic berth in 2010’s DDN of the Year competition without making an individual NP appearance this year. His rap-flavored blog-renowned Twitter stream is kinda like ...
Lil Wayne & Young Money Comp Pushed Back, Both CDs Will be Released Separately
Fans waiting for Lil Wayne’s long-delayed Rebirth album will have to sit tight for one more week.
XXLMag.com has confirmed with Universal that the album will be hitting stores on Monday, December 21, just one week after they set a December ...
An Open Letter To Tupac Fans
Years ago, I went to law school at Georgetown University, in Washington D.C. Being a Brooklyn, New York cat, I knew nothing about that city. One day I went to have lunch with a couple of friends at the famed Florida Avenue Grill . Me and my peoples ...
FEATURE: Crooked I, Homage to Dr. Dre, Pt. 5 of 5
Once signed to Dr. Dre’s former label, Death Row, under Suge Knight’s regime, Crooked I never got to work hands on with the super producer on an album. Still, as one of the West Coast’s premiere lyricists, Crooked understands the impact Dre ...
Book of Rhymes: A Rapper/Author Wish List
I can’t even remember the last time I used an iPod. Must’ve been back in 2005 or so; I had the one that held 1,000 songs, but the piece of you-know-what froze on me one day, right in the middle of All City’s “ The Actual ” (classic DJ Premier ...
Bun B to Host Holiday Food Drive in Houston
Bun B is teaming up with Boost Mobile for the holidays. The Texas-bred rapper will be hosting an event to help benefit the Houston Food Bank next week.
The rap vet will provide opening remarks at the food drive as well as participate in a ...
Watch Live Screening of Before I Self Destruct With 50 Cent
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Eminem to Refill Relapse in December, Promises Sequel for 2010
Instead of releasing an entirely new album as planned by the end of the year, Aftermath/Interscope will release Relapse: Refill , a repackage of Eminem’s original Relapse album next month.
Relapse: Refill will feature ...
XXL & ThisIs50 Present Live Screening of 50 Cent’s Before I Self Destruct Online
XXLMag.com and thisis50.com have partnered with Ustream to present a live screening of 50 Cent’s directorial debut Before I Self Destruct tonight (November 19).
Fans will have the opportunity to watch the film alongside Fif tonight at ...
VIDEO: Wyclef Jean “Walk Away”
Wyclef Jean - Walk Away [Official Video] from ThisIsHustlin on Vimeo .
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Bangs hits the big time
This post is dedicated to all of the ladies out there who like to go to the movies.
It’s sad any time a child dies. But you know what’s even sadder? When a white guy is dating a girl - a white girl, natch - with a nice ass, and he ...
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Tupac Shakur - Still Overrated
NOTE TO READERS: This post was written with no intent to disrespect the dead. XXL pays me to share my honest thoughts, views and opinions. And I do just that.
I originally wrote this about this 5 years ago. Back when it was unpopular to ...
Ice Cube Lands on Forbes’ “Most Overpaid Actors” List
Forbes magazine has included Ice Cube in their list of “Hollywood’s 10 Most Overpaid Stars.”
The dwindling box office sales of Cube’s movies over the last several years earned him a spot at no. 5 on the list, behind such big screen names ...
FEATURE: Nipsey Hussle, Homage to Dr. Dre, Pt. 4 of 5
Nipsey Hussle is no stranger to the studio. When he first began pursuing his rap career, the rising West Coast star went to the Watts Towers Studios almost every day to hone his mic and engineering skills, ultimately becoming equally adept at ...
XXL’s Official 100 Best Hip-Hop Web Sites, Pt. 2 (L-Z)
Click here for XXL ’s Official 100 Best Hip-Hop Web Sites, Pt. 1 (#-K)
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Stylin’ on you with sneakers, hoodies and an assortment of hip-hop news.
loud.com
The online residency of the once-dominant label that ...
ThisIs50: Beanie Sigel Disses Jay-Z in the Studio [Video]
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TMZ: Perez Hilton Drops Assault Case Against Black Eyed Peas Associate
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50 Cent’s Before I Self Destruct Projected to Sell 150-160K in First Week
The one day sales number are in and it’s not looking good for rap superstar 50 Cent.
According to trusted industry insider hitsdailydouble.com, Fif’s long delayed fourth solo album, Before I Self Destruct is projected to sell 150,00 to ...
Method Man, Ghostface & Raekwon Collabo LP Postponed
The Wu-Massacre has been put on hold. Despite several haunting viral videos hitting the Net as of late promoting the forthcoming Method Man, Ghostface and Raekwon collaborative album for a December 22 release, a rep for the group has ...
Proof selling out doesn’t always pay
Was there a conspiracy by the TIs to make sure Wale did Slaughterhouse numbers, or was it just that no one gave a shit?
First week numbers for Wale’s Attention Deficit are in, and needless to say, they aren’t very good. The album only ...
Credibility Suicide? Get Lady Gaga’s Producer on the Line
At this very moment of typing, I’m feeling like a Civil War deserter, unfortunately apprehended, and now being walked to my death, hands tied behind my back, the firing squad positioned 15 yards before me. Their rifles loaded, held by itchy ...
XXL’s Official 100 Best Hip-Hop Web Sites, Pt. 1 (#-K)
At this point, imagining hip-hop without the Internet is like imagining modern life without electricity—vaguely comprehensible but clearly tedious, inconvenient and primitive. Whether the World Wide Web is actually the new streets is debatable, ...
Nas & Damian Marley Plan Panel Discussion in D.C.
With their upcoming collaborative album Distant Relatives on the way, Nas and Damian Marley will be hitting Washington D.C. for a panel discussion speaking on hip-hop and reggae’s global impact.
MTV News’ Sway Calloway will moderate the ...
Push, push, push!
OK, so I went to see the movie Precious over the weekend, and yeah, I have the standard complaints about the movie: Why are the heroes light-skinned blacks and all the villains dark? Why did whites have to put up the $12 million to get the movie ...
