Joell Ortiz

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

City Girls, Smokepurpp, Lil Wayne, A$AP Ferg, Shy Glizzy and more salute the Queen Bee in their lyrics.

Another week, another series of fire releases.

New music dropping in May.

RIP.

Shady's back.

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

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.

Rappers and producers such as Lil Yachty, Mike Will Made It and more are reacting to Eminem's new album, 'Kamikaze.'

He was only 48.