joell ortiz

The soundtrack of 2011.

Hip-hop is here for DMX.

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

RIP.

Shady's back.

A look at all of the stars who have graced XXL Freshman covers over the years.

Nothing but fire.

Here are the new releases of the week.

Though mixtapes reigned supreme in 2009, these LPs delivered just as much.

Ghostface Killah, Apollo Brown and Joell Ortiz, T.I. and more will all be releasing albums in October.