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Fresh fire for the 50th.

New sounds for the dog days of summer.

New music drops for the rap game.

Some of the game's best artists drop new projects this week.

As summer closes, fall into some new hip-hop.

All 15 XXL Freshman classes have put some serious numbers on the board.

More new music.

The soundtrack of 2011.

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

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

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