Of this year's crop of emerging hip hop artists that were named as XXL's 10 Freshmen for '10, Freddie Gibbs is not the most talented wordsmith (J. Cole, by som... Read More...
XXL's 2009 Freshmen Class, while for the most part a very good representation of the best new talent for that year, had a noticeable dearth of gangster rappers.... Read More...
For over a decade, we've all come to know Styles P by a multitude of names: Paniro, S.P., The Ghost, Holiday Styles and so forth. Back in June we were introduc... Read More...
If the title of Dyme Def's latest "Sex Tape" brings to mind early '90s records by Digital Underground and 2 Live Crew, disappointment is all but inevitable. I'... Read More...
"I dreamed of being a star, when I was a nebulaNow I'm like a comet, whizzin by competitorsSo why you hatin, claimin I'm this that and et cetera?I'm nine thous... Read More...
"Best Of" career retrospective). If you're releasing an album that's supposed to be a sequel to a hip-hop classic, you'd better crank the publicity volumeWAY p... Read More...
