THATS AWESOME: XXL July 2009 cover

XXL is about to make people have heart attacks as they present..THE NEW SOUF!!!

Who ever thought Soulja Boy...much less OJ DA JUICEMAN would get a cover. It was inevitable for Gucci though. kudos all around.

EMINEM covers XXL...

These covers are punishing my stomach right now (it comes with a comic book?) , but I will say the art direction is cool. It's just a lil goofy.

an excerpt from the article;

On T.I., Lil Wayne & Hip-Hop

“I stayed up on the music, and obviously I watch TV and saw what was going on. And without naming any name, it just felt like hip-hop was going downhill. And it seemed like kinda fast. You know, in them three years, it was like everybody just cares about the hook and the beat; nobody really cares about substance. But with this new T.I. album, with this new Lil Wayne album of recent, it seems like things are looking a lot better now. You can appreciate Lil Wayne using different words to rhyme and actually rhyming words that you know. Or T.I., where you hear shit and you’re like Whoa, ah, I wish I would have thought of that! You know what I mean? Or you hear all the compound-syllable rhyming and all that. It just seems like now the craft is getting cared about more.”

One thing i do respect about Em is that he is still a fan of the genre, and his comments reflect that. he isnt a bleeding heart "sky is falling" type fan.

The issue hits stands on May 5th

Lil' Wayne Covers Rolling Stone

This Lil' Wayne rock shit is serious

Blender Shuts Down

This is crazy, all my favorite magazines are being shut down. Blender was actually dope, and had great reviews too.

From HERE:

Alpha Media Group closed Blender magazine today, eliminating about 30 jobs and reducing its portfolio of titles to Maxim alone. The April issue of Blender out now will be its last.

The decision, delivered to Blender staff in a meeting this morning, came as part of broader changes that also included the departure of Alpha co-CEO Glenn Rosenbloom and the integration of editorial staff for Maxim and Maxim Digital.

I'm gonna miss their controversial "lists".

Rick Ross on the cover of XXL's May Issue

From the issue:

On Denying Being A Correctional Officer

“Me not answering or addressing that situation has nothing to do with my career. I’ve accomplished enough, and I’ve made enough money for me to be good… Yes, it was me in those pictures. But I’ma tell you this. Me taking that job, I was doing my job. You understand what I mean?”

awwww shit

Kanye Covers VIBE

Vibe also ranks his 10 worst songs, which im sure he'll have something to say about