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All coasts covered.
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The 13 Best New Hip-Hop Songs This Week
New rap songs for everyone.
Here Are the Hip-Hop Albums Turning 10 in 2021
The soundtrack of 2011.
104 Hip-Hop Albums Turning Five in 2021
2016 was lit. With a half-decade of retrospection, XXL highlights 104 hip-hop albums turning five in 2021.
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Sometimes, you just have to run it back.
Top Dawg Entertainment’s Most Essential Songs You Need to Hear
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Here’s a Complete List of Every XXL Freshman Over the Years
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A decade of dominance.
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Here Are All the Hip-Hop Albums That Topped the Billboard 200 in 2018
Hip-hop is taking over, one project at a time.
Social Media Meltdowns
With a crazy year of tweets, Instagram posts and status updates behind us, here are 10 rappers who experienced social media meltdowns in 2016.
Ab-Soul and Dreamville’s Bas Reunite on New Single ‘Braille’ [LISTEN]
Ab-Soul and Dreamville rapper Bas linked up again for a brand new banger.
From RZA to CeeLo: 20 Unorthodox Rappers who ‘Rhyme Southpaw’
Southpaw boxers are similar in nature to rappers who also perform while utilizing unorthodox flows and rhymes
Best of 2014
From PRhyme's broken heads to FKA twigs' powerful portrait, R&B and hip-hop is covered. Check out The Boombox's Best Album Covers of 2014.
Rappers' Real Names
We reveal some of your favorite rappers' not-so-cool-sounding legal names.
'Alarm Clock'
Statik Selektah never seems to have a problem assembling a great lineup of artists for his records. That trend continues on his latest single, 'Alarm Clock,' featuring three of hip-hop's brightest young stars: Ab-Soul, Jon Connor and Logic.