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XXL Freshmen 2014 Cover Revealed: NO Philly Artists

It’s that time of the year again. XXL magazine has unveiled the 12 artists that make up their 2014 Freshman Class.

This year’s list, dubbed “The Dirty Dozen,” includes Chicago natives Chance the Rapper, Lil Durk, Lil Bibby, and Vic Mensa, TDE’s Isaiah Rashad, and Atlanta’s Rich Homie Quan and Jarren Benton.

See the full list below: 2014 XXL Freshman Class Chance the Rapper August Alsina Ty Dolla…

The Sweet Spot – 90′s Hip Hop Mix

Nearly everyone has a coming of age soundtrack. It’s the music you blasted to when you first got to drive a car alone, what you played before your first date or what scored your limo ride to prom. What makes a coming of age soundtrack so special is it’s ability to bring you back to the age you were when you first heard it. The Sweet Spot, a mix of late 90′s hip-hop and R&B by long time music…

Sinden with Matpat at The Dolphin 4/12

–Sinden–

DJ, producer, remixer, label boss… for nearly a decade now Graeme Sinden has stealthily been establishing himself as one of the leaders of UK dance music as we know it.

Growing up in Hockley, rural Essex, the first music that really struck a chord with a teenaged Sinden was rap music, “a potent controversial force, more rebellious than political than anything around at the time,” with…

Nai Palm ft. The PutBacks – Spanish Harlem

Stop what you’re doing. Lovers of soul, funk, and all the other good grease need to get on this 45 real quick. HopeStreet Recordings brings you a collaboration between Australia’s hottest soul voice, Nai Palm, and Australia’s heaviest rhythm section, The PutBacks, on that classic, classic joint Spanish Harlem. The Worm, a typically heavy PutBacks instrumental on the flip rounds out two smokin’…

Now opening up for Miley Cyrus on her Bangerz tour and with her debut release Night Time, My Time, Sky Ferreira cemented herself as a frontrunner in a new wave of brazenly self-aware and nonchalantly self-deprecating pop starlets. She blames herself for her “reputation” (whatever that may be), but paparazzi-fueled gossip aside, the singer’s release was a surprisingly refreshing, masterfully…

Now opening up for Miley Cyrus on her Bangerz tour and with her debut release Night Time, My Time, Sky Ferreira cemented herself as a frontrunner in a new wave of brazenly self-aware and nonchalantly self-deprecating pop starlets. She blames herself for her “reputation” (whatever that may be), but paparazzi-fueled gossip aside, the singer’s release was a surprisingly refreshing, masterfully…