Explore the History of the Hip-Hop Remix and What It Really Means Today
Read about how the hip-hop remix was created and how rappers like SpotemGottem are transforming the way the remix is viewed today.
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Rap Report Card From the 1990s Grading Jay-Z, DMX and Others Goes Viral
How'd your favorite rapper score on the rap report card?
XXL Awards 2022 – The People’s Champ Award Nominees
The People's Champ has closed. Votes from the launch on Monday, Jan. 10 at 1 p.m. EST to Friday, Jan. 14 at 11:59 p.m. EST will be tallied. The winner will be revealed on Monday, Jan. 24.
July 2021 New Music Releases
The weather is hot and so are these July releases.
These Are the Best Hip-Hop Songs With No Hooks
No hooks, just fire bars.
These Are the Best Debut Hip-Hop Albums of All Time
50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin', Kanye West's The College Dropout, Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle and more.
These Are Lyrics You Automatically Associate With Your Favorite Rappers
For rap veterans, newbies and those who split eras, there’s one bar among the many that will route you directly to a rapper or their popular song.
Here Are the Best Hip-Hop Deep Cuts of 2020
The bangers you may have missed this year.
Here Are Memorable Hip-Hop Songs You Naturally Associate With Great Movie Scenes
Songs that make you mentally time travel back to the movie theater.