Here Are the Best Hip-Hop Hooks Over the Last Five Years
Hooks that last.
Madlib
Here Are the Best Tiny Desk Hip-Hop Performances Ranked
A ranking of the best Tiny Desk performances.
Here Are the Best Hip-Hop Albums Created by One Producer
The beats matter just as much as the bars.
January 2021 New Music Releases
Hip-hop will be starting off 2021 right.
Lil Yachty, Juicy J, Stunna 4 Vegas and More: New Projects This Week
New music to bump during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
Here Are the Best Hip-Hop Songs With Freestyle in the Title Ranked
The best of the best when it comes to official "Freestyle" titles.
Here Are the Best Joint Hip-Hop Albums of All Time
From Mos Def and Talib Kweli's Black Star to Kanye West and Jay-Z's Watch The Throne, here are the best joint albums of all time.
These Are the Best Rapper and Producer Pairs That Prove Two Talents Are Better Than One
XXL takes a look at the best rapper and producer pairs that prove two talents are better.
How High-Pitched Voices Found Their Way Into Hip-Hop
From sped-up sampling to the baby voice, XXL looks at how high-pitched voices became highly favored in rap.
52 Hip-Hop Albums Turning 15 in 2020
From Lil Wayne's Tha Carter II to 50 Cent's The Massacre, 2005 gave birth to plenty of respected rap releases.
36 of the Most Anticipated Hip-Hop Albums of 2020
Drake, Cardi B, Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole and many more.
10 of the Best Hip-Hop Collab Projects of 2019 (So Far)
The power of collaboration.
Freddie Gibbs Talks Collab W/ Madlib, Being Blackballed, Imprisonment +More
Freddie Gibbs didn’t hold back on this interviews as he explained his up and down during his recent imprisonment in Australia, being blackballed in the music industry, and why it was so important to link back up with Madlib.
55 of the Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2019 (So Far)
From "Earfquake" to "Old Town Road (Remix)"
Chris Brown, Mustard, Freddie Gibbs and More: New Projects This Week
Here are the new releases of the week.