If Carti did it they have no excuse💀

@wolfgang6442

5 күн бұрын

But here's the thing carti did his Cypher already in 2017 which to this day is still my favorite freshman class just cause both Him and X were on it and is lowkey iconic/nostalgic atleast for me for I was in highschool

@Mrgomodefr

5 күн бұрын

@@wolfgang6442huh? What are you talking about 😂that’s exactly what he said. Carti did it, the newbies got no excuses

@ThisIsNotSuper

5 күн бұрын

Hell, even Lil Mosey tried to freestyle 😂

@Christian-eq6pq

5 күн бұрын

@@Mrgomodefr But here's the thing [Says exactly what the person he's responding to is saying]

@kidzn

5 күн бұрын

@@ThisIsNotSuperit’s smarter to not freestyle if it’s ass tho

Could never catch me hyping up rappers that are scared to rap

@PewPewShootEmUp

5 күн бұрын

Maybe its time to stop caling anyonethat croons about drugs intoa mic a rapper

@Competitor-tr5eg

5 күн бұрын

look up Datzilla , he doesnt cuss and is like a brown boy Rakim.

@DeandreXBennett

4 күн бұрын

Facts

@zennihilator3724

4 күн бұрын

Honestly, i started to completely not give a fxk about any of this rap shit already in like 2018... and it was probably a couple years overdue at that point... The last real era when this shit was still mostly about the music, the subject matter, the rapping and being yourself was from 2010-2015... Once the Soundcloud/Instagram era started it went downhill quickly... The focus shifted to who can make the most braindead formulaic bite size reel type music while doing antics all over social media to promote it. Even though i think there was some interesting ideas sonically that spawned in that timeframe that had potential for further exploration and optimisation, the 'fast food' style music consumption of today's zeitgeist just killed most of it... Unless you're like Kendrick Lamar or something, artists no longer have the incentive to sit on a project from 3 to 5 years and really develop their own sound, what they want to say and master their craft... You just need to keep putting stuff out and keep doing antics to stay relevant, because the internet has a short memory, and if you take your time you lose momentum and might not get back to where you were.

@gokanshurisbabyfather4003

4 күн бұрын

Facts

You literally agree to be on the XXL list, knowing what that entails, just to back out of what's arguably the biggest and most important part of it

@og_mante5138

5 күн бұрын

Making the list is enough publicity. Some people didn’t know most of these guys without it.

@TheandY408

5 күн бұрын

@@og_mante5138 that's what I'm saying. All he wanted was the publicity and benefits, but didn't wanna put in the required work

Mfs like rich amari be out here like jojo siwa. They just be playing a persona and performing other people’s lyrics 🤣😂💀💯

@JaiK64

5 күн бұрын

More like Drake

@jeremybrown9611

5 күн бұрын

Yup

@jeremybrown9611

5 күн бұрын

​@JaiK64 both

@GDSprodify

5 күн бұрын

@@JaiK64Drake would actually rap in a Cypher

@heroinabuser5980

5 күн бұрын

@@GDSprodifydon’t listen to them, kendrick fans have literally turned into drake dunking bots, to the point where it’s not even funny and they just sound like a jealous ex

SMH. This is how far mainstream rap distanced itself from the Hip-Hop Culture.

@WetbackNoSetback

3 күн бұрын

Its sad we got this jokers who dont understand hip hop, they trying to turn it into something that fits their life better instead of understanding it for what it is

I knew it was rich Amiri before you said it lol

@stalker366

5 күн бұрын

Same😭

@taiwothomas5759

5 күн бұрын

Why?

@TheFinalPrayer

2 күн бұрын

⁠@@taiwothomas5759cuz he can’t rap

@wxnted0

Күн бұрын

@@taiwothomas5759cuz some of his most popular songs are in the original tweet like one call and ain’t nothing xxl were snaking him lmao

I’m more ready for the AMP cypher 🤷🏾‍♂️

@CozyRomani

5 күн бұрын

No bullshit💯

@MADD-MANX

4 күн бұрын

No lie that's the new XXL that people check for 😂

@karabolekabe211

4 күн бұрын

Facts apparently chocolate droppa might make an appearance

@baccupacci

4 күн бұрын

@@karabolekabe211whoever tf that is

@FloodyRap

4 күн бұрын

@@baccupaccinigga he talkin bout kevin heart

The problem with XXL is they got away from their original formula. They used to select hard working individuals who had bodies of work and were on the cusp of being mainstream. XXL was then the platform to get them exposer. Those people all had something to gain so they came with the mindset of bringing their best. But at some point it became a popularity contest and industry plants. People that have one semi-hit song. So of course these people don’t care about XXL fr. They are already popular before even being selected. What made the 2016 freshman class so legendary is because unless you were deep into SoundCloud most of those guys people didn’t know. With the exception of guys like Lil Dicky, Anderson, Desiigner Dave East and G Herbo. Now they are just getting a bunch of Desiigners (people with one break out song and a mid to non existent catalog) and expecting them to take XXL seriously. Most of them got a Drake co sign already. Most aren’t good rappers are singers outside of a studio mixed and mastered format

@610zero

3 күн бұрын

This❗️

@FTDGHRELLIN

3 күн бұрын

Right on the money 🎯💯

Calling these 🤡🤡 "Rappers" is an insult to the artform.

@konanndjassiange-alvin9894

5 күн бұрын

That’s true I don’t understand why we call them rappers most of them are wack as fuck

@kjdoomjr

5 күн бұрын

A couple people named in this video actually go hard.

@oneofthemones5242

5 күн бұрын

BigXthaPlug is actually one of the hardest rappers in recent memory. Golden voice and great production and beat selection

@notfvmous

4 күн бұрын

Art is art

@jaybmoney438

4 күн бұрын

​@@oneofthemones5242 facts him and bossman dlow

Idc what anyone says, 2016 and 2017 were the last xxl classes that mattered. Everything after was just a yearly group of wannabe rappers and rappers that were already blown up but didn’t really bounce off one another or freestyle to prove that they belong

@dajuanvera-byers6788

5 күн бұрын

2018 had Ski and JID

@craigsteward1166

5 күн бұрын

@@dajuanvera-byers6788 2018’s class was good too. Ski, JID, and arguably Trippie(Despite him not doing a cypher) were the highlights. But even that class didn’t have the energy the two classes that came before them did

@Clipperfan_Tra

4 күн бұрын

2020???

@craigsteward1166

4 күн бұрын

@@Clipperfan_Tra 2020’s class was decent at best

Even Coi Leray had the confidence to do the freestyle and Cypher, these other rappers are actually 🐈. Central cee also didn’t do the freestyle or cypher...

@quesostuff1009

4 күн бұрын

That’s actually wild I remember Keem didn’t do the group rap either

@mcsplays

3 күн бұрын

Cench been making hits since 2020, prolly couldn't careless bout xxl

@chefralo8202

3 күн бұрын

Glorilla also didn’t do the group freestyle. Ngl I actually wanted to see her perform

@onesyphorus

Күн бұрын

WTF? shes probably best out of that entire batch 😭​@@chefralo8202 memph represent

@soupermeger

Күн бұрын

Do rappers have to rap on xxl? If they already popular I don’t see the point.

He’s the perfect representation for the new rappers… unoriginal name and terrified to rap 🤷🏽‍♂️

@Burgerb0y17

5 күн бұрын

he trash

@nihiqallam5616

5 күн бұрын

he trash

@paquinraino8180

5 күн бұрын

You said that like Saba, Denzel Curry, IDK, JPEG, Earthgang, JID, Tyler The Creator, Kenny Mason, BigXDaPlug, Mexican OT, Smino, Lil Simz, Noname, Reason, Fenix Flexin, Babytron, CashKid, ain't all out there being young for most of them. Y'all just want to complain instead of giving your attention to the good ones. All I hear is that you still counting on mainstream media to give you some good rappers while you cab easily find better on Spotify or KZread alone

@paquinraino8180

5 күн бұрын

You said that like Saba, Denzel Curry, IDK, JPEG, Earthgang, JID, Tyler The Creator, Kenny Mason, BigXDaPlug, Mexican OT, Smino, Lil Simz, Noname, Reason, Fenix Flexin, Babytron, CashKid, ain't all out there being young for most of them. Y'all just want to complain instead of giving your attention to the good ones. All I hear is that you still counting on mainstream media to give you some good rappers while you cab easily find better on Spotify or KZread alone

@easydubs420

4 күн бұрын

@@paquinraino8180 stop copy and pasting this comment jit

Back in the day they would've just took you off the list for this shit. You can tell they are desperate now

Because these new artist that blew up all of a sudden didn't master they craft they just there cause the kids bumping music like they hot, and some of them not. Big X Da Plug deserves it he's actually hard.

@KevDecorMusic

5 күн бұрын

Facts

@joshuaB.Nicholas

4 күн бұрын

@@KevDecorMusic Everyone trying to be rap artist not the move it's oversaturated for real.

@Opin10n

3 күн бұрын

On the dot bro. They just rapping to rap they don’t got no passion. if he hadn’t blown up when he did he wouldn’t be making music right now.

@joshuaB.Nicholas

Күн бұрын

@@Opin10n Half these ninjas ain't rapping about nothing special even though i do the rapping shit i just don't click on other rapping ninjas anymore. It is dead on god.

It takes them hours to punch in for 1 song. They can't really rap.

“One call” “Poppin” “Ain’t Nothin” Just by the word choice I knew exactly who they were talking about

@nubakaulex6244

5 күн бұрын

havoc

@traplover6357

5 күн бұрын

The article had so many sneak disses 😂

@GDSprodify

5 күн бұрын

@@traplover6357Journalism is Back!

@CozyRomani

5 күн бұрын

Crazy cuz da only song Ik by bro is jumpin wit Iayze

@CozyRomani

5 күн бұрын

Crazy cuz da only song Ik by bro is jumpin wit Iayze

A new XXL thing that ISN’T XXL needs to happen im so over those mfs making terrible lists

@nihiqallam5616

5 күн бұрын

Rich is trash

You know BigX can’t do no cypher, that boy running out of breath standing up

@Chewbachi

5 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

@PJC0007

5 күн бұрын

Low blow

@Thefatcat-df6kt

5 күн бұрын

That’s a savage low blow

@stalker366

5 күн бұрын

U wrong for that😭

@obasigreen828

5 күн бұрын

Daammn bro😭😭 U not wrong tho

Literally all you have to do is have a nice flow in the cypher, thats it. XXL should drop people from the list if theyre not gonna participate, the list has been around for over 10 years, fans expect a level of effort from the people who make it onto the list. NYC has tons of rappers who would drop everything to come spit a freestyle & cypher at the drop of a pin, but XXL needs to have some integrity when these things happen. They seem to believe the rappers are bigger than the magazine (kinda facts) but TONS of people tune in for the freshman cyphers.

Gen z is odd af... Genre is cooked

@bronxkies

5 күн бұрын

For sure

@Wnuzel

5 күн бұрын

Old niggas say this about every generation

@damnedsoul8026

5 күн бұрын

Same people that say this are in gen Z…stop trying to act like you’re different😂

@LELABTV

5 күн бұрын

Facts

@devonharvey8414

5 күн бұрын

@@damnedsoul8026that makes his statements more valid, he sees the flaws in the generation he was born in, most people don’t admit to that

This is the product of this generation blowing up rappers that can't actually rap. Because that's not what they care about. Stop blowing up these rappers that can't rap just because the beat is cool. Ijs.

@paquinraino8180

5 күн бұрын

You said that like Saba, Denzel Curry, IDK, JPEG, Earthgang, JID, Tyler The Creator, Kenny Mason, BigXDaPlug, Mexican OT, Smino, Lil Simz, Noname, Reason, Fenix Flexin, Babytron, CashKid, ain't all out there being young for most of them. Y'all just want to complain instead of giving your attention to the good ones. All I hear is that you still counting on mainstream media to give you some good rappers while you cab easily find better on Spotify or KZread alone

@InterstellarBountyHunter521

5 күн бұрын

@@paquinraino8180 Your comment has nothing to do with what this man said lmao. He said stop blowing up people that can't rap and then you go listing people that can obviously rap outta nowhere. Nowhere is this man complaining about there not being good rappers out there.

@okamifan1productions458

3 күн бұрын

BLP Kosher is sick too.

OT would never walk out on a cypher cuz he can wrap his ass off

@Serpenssnakes

5 күн бұрын

OT is ass and only has fans on KZread shorts

@quesostuff1009

4 күн бұрын

You mean roll is R’ssss offf

@GKTJeiyTv

4 күн бұрын

Fr top 3 rappers fs

@Lxrzo

4 күн бұрын

​@@GKTJeiyTvStop

@00Tylin

4 күн бұрын

He wrapping gifts?

Lucki really said we suck. Don't expect to be good

One call sounds like Carti impersonating Future

@prod.youngsensai

4 күн бұрын

Fax that beat sound too much like Serve The Base

@youngsinatra1

4 күн бұрын

Ong

@onesyphorus

Күн бұрын

i hearing a nightcored i serve the base n realising how muxh carti sounds like future just higher . not saying hes a ripoff

@tarikthetank

23 сағат бұрын

It’s honestly weird

Am I the only one how didn’t know xxl came out within a new list honestly completely forgot about xxl wasn’t even looking out for them

ive been saying. XXL should drop the freestyle structure and start releasing a project with the featured artists. it suits this current time better

4Batz is not a rapper

@7ofminew

5 күн бұрын

i was thinking the same thing his freestyle is gon be weird

4batz didn't even do the freestyle let alone the cypher

@faeriegraver

4 күн бұрын

I'm not surprised

That’s what you get for picking rappers who can’t rap

Blame the new generation with that “I’m an artist not a rapper” “a freestyle doesn’t have to be written” they kept dumbing it down for these bums and hyping them up. It’ll get worse too

this isn't a surprise to anyone who been following since 2021 dude has always been a cornball

these new "rappers" are pathetic, they all think the world revolves around them

@Marshinist

4 күн бұрын

Not even

Why do the labels promote these dudes over ACTUAL MC's and rappers? (smh) I guess we'll never know

@corbanjohnson8694

5 күн бұрын

Labels fund and push forward narratives, not the art form. Been that way since the exploitation of black blues musicians.

@adub92199

5 күн бұрын

Cause that’s who mfs wanna hear for some reason. Stop listening to them and they’ll have no platform(not you directly)

@fluffywuffyable

4 күн бұрын

Because ppl dnt listen to that type of music .

@highforjaay2945

4 күн бұрын

Because these are the ones who “play ball”. It ain’t about talent it’s about products (“artists”) moving their product (images/consumer goods/ideologies) …not art.

@CiscoGoldmill-dz4gk

4 күн бұрын

Sadly this is what this generation wants and it sells phenomenally and makes lots of money for executives… not the rappers though they stay broke with the illusion they’re rich because they drive a dodge… 🤦🏽‍♂️ foolio just went out in his dodge… sad

We don't need 'freshman' anymore. We need seasoned vets, journeymen. These kids don't even know who kool g rap like gtfo for real

@paquinraino8180

5 күн бұрын

You said that like Saba, Denzel Curry, IDK, JPEG, Earthgang, JID, Tyler The Creator, Kenny Mason, BigXDaPlug, Mexican OT, Smino, Lil Simz, Noname, Reason, Fenix Flexin, Babytron, CashKid, ain't all out there being young for most of them. Y'all just want to complain instead of giving your attention to the good ones. All I hear is that you still counting on mainstream media to give you some good rappers while you cab easily find better on Spotify or KZread alone

XXL has now become a representation of where modern mainstream rap started (2011) and the sad state it's in now (2020's). The new freshman class shows it best, with little to no original aesthetic, materialism, industry plants, etc. All that matters to some listeners and the industry is making simple, catchy music.

I like how he added facts when reading the article 😂

And they wonder why hip hop is falling off, these new rappers are getting weaker and weaker, they barley chart, no lyrics, and shows be less than 500 people. Drake, Kendrick, Cole, and Nicki are pushing 40, and it looks like thier is going to be nobody to take thier place. Smh

@SayPmoney2x

5 күн бұрын

We had hella rappers who could take that place they all deceased tho

@lauric1464

5 күн бұрын

Bro misspelled their twice

@elmiribrahimov3641

5 күн бұрын

@@SayPmoney2xlike XXXTENTACION, Juice WRLD, Pop Smoke to name a few. And don’t forget Lil Peep.

@elmiribrahimov3641

5 күн бұрын

Nicki is above 40. She is like 42-43

@paquinraino8180

5 күн бұрын

You said that like Saba, Denzel Curry, IDK, JPEG, Earthgang, JID, Tyler The Creator, Kenny Mason, BigXDaPlug, Mexican OT, Smino, Lil Simz, Noname, Reason, Fenix Flexin, Babytron, CashKid, ain't all out there being young for most of them. Y'all just want to complain instead of giving your attention to the good ones. All I hear is that you still counting on mainstream media to give you some good rappers while you cab easily find better on Spotify or KZread alone

“It feels like they should be able to get through a verse, but as the years go on, more and more artists struggle with this part Freshman” …. Jeez idk. Maybe if they got rappers that actually RAP **cough** Kenny Mason **cough** then this shit wouldn’t happen.

XXL cyphers now is like a death wish for your career, they ruin it rather than make you big now

@ayanagreen5349

18 сағат бұрын

Yeah if they can’t rap 😂

Yo who TF was the big back shorty with the linebacker shoulders?

Bro i used the term Ian or ion too it’s not really a matter of good family it’s just slang

Love your output

I had a feeling when the list first dropped that he would be the one to back out the cypher 🤦🏾‍♂️

Omg you just reminded me so many rappers just a few years ago were on the come up and have completely fell off wow that’s crazy

if people hop on the freshman and dont do the cypher you are shooting yourselves in foot, as a avid listener of rap/hip hop i just watch the cypher anything else is filler I WANNA SEE YOU AT YOUR BEST AND DO IT WITH HEART

nah rich amiri would have got fried he knew it lol🤣🤣🤣🤣

The problem is these new artists can make hits repeatedly until one catches on... Then make the XXL. That doesn't mean they're a good rapper. Just made a hit or two and bagan trending.

I’ll take his spot 🏂

The baby analogy is sending me

A lot of times I’ve heard of producers feeding lines to punch in sessions

you deserve mo subs.. ya vids be dope!!...

We gotta pack up the genre and try again. Nothing but goofies

This is likely going to damage his career ironically

i mean yeah because these guys are not traditional rappers, plus they don’t wanna get embarrassed

Bra who are these people

@wataki2

5 күн бұрын

I know!

@wolfgang6442

5 күн бұрын

Some of em I'm familiar wit like Hunxho and scar lip but the rest I fr never heard of em or are just industry plants

@J-J_

5 күн бұрын

Tap into 4batz

Number 1.....4Batz is NOT a rapper. Hes a singer......Number 2 the XXL list is so bs now im not surprised rappers are not enthused by it anymore. It doesn't mean anything. I wish they would just take the list more serious. Every year there's like only 1 or 2 mfs on the list i care about.

Lmaoo SouthSide is hilarious

Honestly when I first came across XXL Freshman I always looked forward to it. But now, I don't. Like I think slowly but surely XXL freshman list will die out because some rappers don't want to prove themselves to gain a bigger audience. So walking out for no VALID reason can really damage his career, if he's now getting recognition.

You think that double xxl should maybe change how they do things because a lot if not the majority of there picks can’t free style so why not have them do different thing that could play to there strengths have the more lyrical rapper freestyle and the more melodic rappers do something else

classic yassine L. PHUCK XXL lmao. we dgaf about them anymore anyway. n to be a professional "reputable" magazine then try to try to throw shots is crazy lmao. editor needa get fired. 😂 dis whole thing is hilarious. ps: hating da way somebody types when everyone has a specific way they talk is even more HILARIOUS 😭

@svvwoo

5 күн бұрын

yeah him talking about how he typed trying to act "hood" was crazy ngl.

Rich amiri did indeed do a solo tour lmao

8:37 So are you keeping both igs now (sorry if that’s too personal a question) js wondering where the contents gonna b going frfr

@HYextra

5 күн бұрын

everything gonna be on the main

XXL fell off the second they selected DDG and Rubi Rose 😂

@okamifan1productions458

3 күн бұрын

DDG at least can spit.

Tbh some of the freshman should have followed him

Ayyy Cochise!

How u gonna forget lil dicky, Dave east, and g herbo they’re freestyles had bars

@AYAKXSHI

5 күн бұрын

I still to this day play gherbo- xxl because he proved he deserved his spot with that song and then his freestyle was fire

2:10 it says the shi bout one call but you not peepin the sentence right after saying "aint nothing"😭

I could rap circles around this guy

NGL bro riding amiri crazy

Yassine don’t be letting NOBODY slide, he really be on timing every video.💀💯

He should not have made the freshman list /cover... goofy AF

Let’s be real xxl don’t help the artist out at all😂😂

i wanna be a rich amiri fan but then he does dumb shit like this 😭

Honestly, thank you rappers

Bro most of these guys aren’t gonna have a career anyway because they’re just one hit wonders but choosing not to rap post Kendrick beef is crazy. You have to actually be talented now.

Drake wouldn’t dare try to cypher

@ICETrump

3 күн бұрын

He did do a CYPH ER not a xxl 💯

@Cristina_504

3 күн бұрын

@@ICETrumpwith his phone

to be fair, no one is clamoring for any of these people to freestyle. 😂

Most these rappers don't even have the quality to be on a XXL freestyle but somehow still are on it and now they sneakin out too🤦🏽‍♂️

I was working out doing push ups I couldn't continue cuz it was so funny😂😂😂

Faygo just dropped a really good single called Life So Crazy last month, and he's working on his next album. He was at Summer Smash last month with Cactus Jack.

Kwesta: "They don't wanna rap no more"

I hate this Era so much.

"Nobody expects bars". Bro, rap is so watered down. XXL freshman cyphers was something I used to look forward to. The last good class there was with actual talented rappers was probably the year Chance n them were on, that was a great class. I still want lyricism. That's why I haven't felt a single cypher since then. Rap is so saturated right now.

I mean it’s like asking rnb singers to do a dance routine while they sing. There’s just new and more personalized styles to all genres now that they’ve evolved

This man really just asked "Why can't you just punch in on a cypher?" Like, do you know what a cypher is? You can't punch-in on a LIVE MIC.

Rich Amiri came to my venue the other month and dude just danced around on stage with a mic im not sure if he sang 1 word of a song in that mic

i mean tbh they need rich amiri more than he needs them🤷🏽‍♂️

@tarikthetank

23 сағат бұрын

Definitely not

Ye because it's becoming less of art nowadays

bro why does it feel like i havent heard about the XXL in years

Exhu Magazine yes 👀

1:10 highkey this just makes XXL seem salty nobody cares enough not to back out anymore. They have no pull anymore and everyone knows it so now even when 1 person pulls out they feel some type of way

1:03 ONE CALL MENTIONS “I SAIDDDD BETTER LATE THEN NEVER, BETTER LATE THEN NEVER 🙏🏿🔥”

Amen..I agree w u

That’s my old apartment and my brother sneaking out the door lol!!!

Maia the Don built like a Jynx pokemon

He's calm, he's ready to drop bombs But he keeps on forgetting the rhymes that he wrote down, vomit, sweater, mom's spaghetti. Snapback to reality CLARENCE

I’m so happy I got to witness the 2016 XXL CYPHER

2:00 as someone from a good house hold we type how we talk we talk like that cuz of black pop culture and old head family members and it's faster and more to the point

Does that mean they have ghosts writers? Even then, I’m realizing ppl have been taking the path of least resistance. WE HAVE TO STRUGGLE TO EVOLVE/IMPROVE

Blud doesn’t know plaque boy max 💀