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Top five, top five, top five.

Over in a flash.

How'd your favorite rapper score on the rap report card?

Some albums grow on you.

In rap beef, rappers like to get brutal with their lyrics.

The heat keeps rollin' in.

Fall into some new music.

The soundtrack of 2011.

2016 was lit. With a half-decade of retrospection, XXL highlights 104 hip-hop albums turning five in 2021.

It's always time to listen to some new music.

Hip-hop comes together for Breonna Taylor.

Barack Obama has unveiled his annual summer playlist.

XXL takes a look at the best rap albums released every summer since 2000.

XXL takes a look at the best rapper and producer pairs that prove two talents are better.

From Ice Cube's "I Wanna Kill Sam" to Jay-Z's "American Dreamin'," take a listen to hip-hop songs dedicated to the many sides of America.

Rappers are calling for change.

Comebacks, welcome boosts and refreshed careers.

XXL takes a look at hip-hop events happening during the coronavirus pandemic.

These rappers offer wise words to get you through life.

Here are the best albums from 2005.

Here are 22 classic hip-hop albums released in 2000.

XXL takes a look at 11 times hip-hop was the soundtrack for a wild athlete moment.

The year 2000 featured some classic rap albums.

From Lil Wayne's Tha Carter II to 50 Cent's The Massacre, 2005 gave birth to plenty of respected rap releases.

You gotta love rappers with hoop skills!

Grand finale.

The Oscar-nominated director has passed away at 51.

Rap's biggest battles.

Salute to an icon.

He thinks Scott is dope, but doesn't support his decision to perform at the 2019 Super Bowl.