The Downfall of XXL Freshman Cyphers

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Over the years, XXL Freshman Cyphers have become less and less popular, and the number of artists willing to be in them has gone down dramatically. But why???
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  • @JunePlug
    @JunePlug Жыл бұрын

    What do you think XXL should do to improve their future cyphers?

  • @cozyjonah

    @cozyjonah

    Жыл бұрын

    Actually put in effort to look for underground artists with unique styles generating their own buzz that could use the boost, not someone that’s catching hype on TikTok

  • @jaideveremy4371

    @jaideveremy4371

    Жыл бұрын

    I wish that 2023 has the same sounds like the early 2010s cause 2010s music has catchy vibes

  • @moleedaboi

    @moleedaboi

    Жыл бұрын

    Look for talented rappers...

  • @Kkayy020

    @Kkayy020

    Жыл бұрын

    Chose rappers that are actually saying something 2011

  • @Kkayy020

    @Kkayy020

    Жыл бұрын

    @@hdjd2saucyit’s a popularity contest they don’t take being a rapper seriously XXL should hang it up

  • @camelsouttahere.
    @camelsouttahere. Жыл бұрын

    basically went from good rappers with skill to tiktok rappers with one hit

  • @bigdollabill7426

    @bigdollabill7426

    Жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂💯💯💯

  • @nathanielb4985

    @nathanielb4985

    Жыл бұрын

    None of them have ever been skilled rappers

  • @dezmond1219

    @dezmond1219

    Жыл бұрын

    Dc ain’t even a TikTok rapper

  • @SkittleztakesWs

    @SkittleztakesWs

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nathanielb4985fym? Jid, ski, x, cordae, polo g, jack harlow? None of them got skill? Those are only the new ones

  • @SkittleztakesWs

    @SkittleztakesWs

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dezmond1219fr

  • @SpiritsMC5YT
    @SpiritsMC5YT Жыл бұрын

    The problem with XXL is that it started off as a way for UNDERGROUND rappers to take off using their platform. A shout out where they themselves prove to others they are worth investing in. After 2018, it just mainly became a meet up of people that were ALREADY famous thru radio or TikTok hits. XXL then just began to bring in artist that were bigger than XXL themselves. That’s how they fell off

  • @brandonadrien3476

    @brandonadrien3476

    Жыл бұрын

    With what you described, I'd say that COLORS is the one doing a great job in using its platform to help people take off (and it's for more than just rappers)

  • @asciiangel7583

    @asciiangel7583

    Жыл бұрын

    those underground rappers still needed a buzz tho. u just get famous way faster in the tik tok era.

  • @jeremysimpson569

    @jeremysimpson569

    Жыл бұрын

    No I feel the problem is that they aren't hitting the right points for who they're picking, you want someone on the come up just on the verge of being main stream, central cee and DC the don I felt were good picks on this aspect everyone else is "I only heard you on tik tok" or "I've never heard of you at all"

  • @SpiritsMC5YT

    @SpiritsMC5YT

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jeremysimpson569 I don’t think central cee is a good pick because he again blew up off of TikTok. He was already know for that “my bitch is gay” song along with that freestyle he did comparing uk to usa slang. Bro went mad viral and got on XXL

  • @yaknowelodie1067

    @yaknowelodie1067

    Жыл бұрын

    it wasnt just for underground rappers bcuz if you look a bunch of people were mainstream when they was put on the list. Wiz Khalifa, Oj the Juiceman, Meek Mill, YG, Kendrick Lamar, Future, Macklemore, MGK, Roscoe Dash, and the list goes on. They been putting on people who were already famous for radio

  • @not_milk
    @not_milk Жыл бұрын

    2016 cypher got so much hate when it happened. I remember so many people clowning on Uzi and yachty and almost all of the artists as being mumble rappers. Sometimes it just takes time for an artist to prove themselves

  • @kmsdaily

    @kmsdaily

    Жыл бұрын

    I wonder how many of those people are huge fans now

  • @dext871

    @dext871

    Жыл бұрын

    bro I’ve been saying that, people were hating hard😂

  • @Kiing_jer

    @Kiing_jer

    Жыл бұрын

    I like the majority of their music I still think that's the most overrated cypher ever wasn't even the best that year

  • @kmsdaily

    @kmsdaily

    Жыл бұрын

    @Kiing_jer def not the best, but the people saying it was the worst thing ever when it happened looking real silly rn

  • @trenchgodd6910

    @trenchgodd6910

    Жыл бұрын

    No shit, most of the artists from 2016 have had some good runs. 💪🏾

  • @juliangreen9930
    @juliangreen9930 Жыл бұрын

    I was 27 years old in 2016 and I remember everyone I knew in my age group absolutely TRASHING the 21/Uzi/Yachty, etc. cypher. I was lowkey feeling like it was the "death" of hip-hop, lol. Seven years later, and you got people saying that it was the best Freshman class ever. It's super interesting for me that we're starting to hear the perspectives of younger people who were shaped by this music.

  • @javonnixon8470

    @javonnixon8470

    Жыл бұрын

    Being the best doesn’t equate to being good.

  • @shehzk.

    @shehzk.

    Жыл бұрын

    @@javonnixon8470 it was still good

  • @ExoticEio

    @ExoticEio

    Жыл бұрын

    I never thought about it like that I was 13 when it came out all my Homies are replaying it over and over during the summer I still think it’s fire but it definitely wasn’t as good as the first time it’s still the best xxl freestyle imo

  • @KiDKeYz1000

    @KiDKeYz1000

    Жыл бұрын

    2009 was best

  • @addison7105

    @addison7105

    Жыл бұрын

    I was around 12 years old in 2016, and I listened to that music a lot and I gotta say I miss that era so much and todays music is ass 😞

  • @brownskindragon
    @brownskindragon Жыл бұрын

    💀💀💀💀💀💀 “ you already pissin me off “. “ AND YOU MAKING IT WORSE!”

  • @brandonadrien3476
    @brandonadrien3476 Жыл бұрын

    Honestly, I think JID's verse from 2018 is the best one in XXL history. It was like making the closer the opening act

  • @AYAKXSHI

    @AYAKXSHI

    Жыл бұрын

    Dave east n gherbo also had great freestyles from there respectful year

  • @severeoneblunt

    @severeoneblunt

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AYAKXSHI all time best overall cypher

  • @brandonadrien3476

    @brandonadrien3476

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AYAKXSHI I agree, but I was implying XXL cypher verses. My bad for not being specific though

  • @correamayo3068

    @correamayo3068

    Жыл бұрын

    Best verse in XXL freshman history belongs to OJ The Juiceman.

  • @GodSpeed1105

    @GodSpeed1105

    Жыл бұрын

    Dude actually obliterated his Cypher

  • @samcordero
    @samcordero Жыл бұрын

    DC the don is my favorite rapper and I've been following him for years. I voted for him like ten times so I was really happy when he was 10th pick. But yeah it's pretty sad how much XXL fell off because at one point being a freshman was a real indicator that the artist was going to be big. X was 10th pick for 2017.

  • @CheeseyMilkshakes

    @CheeseyMilkshakes

    Жыл бұрын

    I don’t believe this dude is as big as you lot are saying, he has 400,000 listeners.

  • @Yvngtaiya

    @Yvngtaiya

    Жыл бұрын

    Same been listening to DC for some years he's madly underrated

  • @anodizedt

    @anodizedt

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CheeseyMilkshakeslisteners dont mean a thing its just people that listen not total streams look at numbers not listeners people like lawsy have more than him and whos lawsy???? no one knows

  • @samcordero

    @samcordero

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CheeseyMilkshakes he has 500k followers on instagram. A lot of people know about him, a lot less consistently listen to him. Also his sound cloud numbers are crazy.

  • @CravingPasta

    @CravingPasta

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CheeseyMilkshakes A lot of people know him. I don't really listen to him but I know who he is because just how well known he is in the underground scene. I don't really listen to his music but he's well known enough for me to know that he was literally the only name I recognized on this year's freshman cypher.

  • @LeakyArchives
    @LeakyArchives Жыл бұрын

    It’s crazy how much the xxl freshman stuff has declined in recent years. They had so much juice around 2016/17/18 I can’t believe they fumbled it

  • @artistaccount

    @artistaccount

    Жыл бұрын

    The rappers just suck nowadays. Who of this generation is gonna Kendrick x 21 Kodak Uzi?

  • @LosHitman

    @LosHitman

    Жыл бұрын

    @@artistaccountfr the biggest new rapper right now is Ice Spice that says it all

  • @zacharywoloszynski4258

    @zacharywoloszynski4258

    Жыл бұрын

    @@artistaccount nah there is plenty of good rappers now, they just arent doing numbers

  • @tiredvro

    @tiredvro

    Жыл бұрын

    @@artistaccount their selection sucks because they only pick already established artists with gold records, major collabs, major industry connections, tiktok hits, instead of picking people who could ACTUALLY RAP like kenny mason, mavi, redveil, MIKE, or reason. even if they dont pick "real rappers" they still duck artists that are making waves in the underground for already established artists*

  • @sickflakko777

    @sickflakko777

    11 ай бұрын

    @@zacharywoloszynski4258like me fr

  • @RoyalTy37
    @RoyalTy37 Жыл бұрын

    I think what also happened is that back then xxl was THE source to get known as upcoming artist but ever since social media got a bigger and bigger artists started blowing up on they own alot of artists started realizing they don’t need xxl anymore in fact it’s the opposite

  • @818suki
    @818suki Жыл бұрын

    XXL used to showcase the underground scene to a mainstream audience, but now it seems that their knowledge and standards became dated and they're falling to keep up with the underground. They should chill out with the label suckdickery and really dive into who's making noise without any outside forces other than themselves. The underground nowadays is much more accessible than back in the day due to all the diversity in sounds and genres that now exist in the Hip Hop space, so it seems dumb when they seem to miss the mark as hard as they do every year.

  • @kombxo

    @kombxo

    2 ай бұрын

    they missed out on the whole slayworld and opium scene they coulda put on yeah now they just using label plants like idc bout xxl anymore autumn shoulda been on in 2021 they just put faygo on cuz of travis there was wayyy more talent and then they keep picking mid so xxl fell off

  • @italianinitalics4302
    @italianinitalics4302 Жыл бұрын

    What I think could freshen up the XXL freestyles: 1. Make sure EVERY artist you put on the list participates in the freestyle and cypher, there’s nothing more disappointing then seeing an artist you like ending up not doing shit besides the ABCs then dipping, if they agree to be on the list they’re agreeing to rap/ sing on it period. 2. With all these decorated talented ass producers, to combat the beats and the style of rap the artist brings clashing, make groups of 2-4 depending on how big the list is of artists with the same style, and have them vote on a beat. BETTER YET, have them and the producer come together in a studio setting to craft a beat that they all can personally mess with, something like Kenny beats the cave. This not only bonds the rappers with each other more, but also let’s them show much more of who they are and what their personality is so the audience and people new to their music can connect with them more. 3. Let them sub in and sub out for each other, like an actual song, let them go back and forth, sing a hook if they want, let the artists you brought on there have a blank canvas without being heavy restricted and feeling like they’re put on a island because their style of music doesn’t match up with everyone else and they feel forced to do something they can’t. That’s why a lot don’t go on XXL, for a lot of artists especially new ones it’s just way too intimidating to hop on a beat you’re not familiar with and try to keep up with it. That’s just my take personally on how they could switch it up sorry for the long read but this has been in my head since 2018 🤷🏽‍♂️

  • @standardbrah

    @standardbrah

    Жыл бұрын

    great recommendations; 1 should should be mandatory fs; 3 reminds me of when august alsina did the singing hook for isaiah rashad kevin gates and chance, that was hard

  • @lifeisshrt7929

    @lifeisshrt7929

    Жыл бұрын

    @@standardbrahYeah when i read 3 i instantly remembered that 2014 verse, shit was hard AF & they all had a good time Lil pump did the same thing but it was pretty trash even tho they had fun

  • @standardbrah

    @standardbrah

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lifeisshrt7929 yeah you right about the pump cypher too, they tried but it wasn't up to par haha

  • @LeoMes01

    @LeoMes01

    5 ай бұрын

    4. Make sure they have an album out or at least have an EP in six months.

  • @ExoticEio
    @ExoticEio Жыл бұрын

    “Who tf picked this lil sorry ass beat” still my favorite line ever bro and “ I just smoked them woods b*tch I’m from the hood zone 6 boulder crest road you can’t go there”🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😂😂😂

  • @standardbrah

    @standardbrah

    Жыл бұрын

    21 really floated on that beat tbh

  • @gamingbytetv665

    @gamingbytetv665

    Жыл бұрын

    You have no idea what good bars are if that sorry trash is what you consider to be fire.

  • @ExoticEio

    @ExoticEio

    Жыл бұрын

    @@gamingbytetv665 thank you for the insight but they were just joking around and 2016 cypher is literally the best one it has over 200 million views that’s more then any of the rest for a reason.🙂

  • @gamingbytetv665

    @gamingbytetv665

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ExoticEio Views don't mean anything. You're clearly a child.

  • @mcbdllc2848

    @mcbdllc2848

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@ExoticEio just cuz it has alot of views doesn't mean it was the best kid youtube likes and views font determine who rapped the best this is a CYPHER WHO HAS THE BEST BARS yall just have low standards just like with women

  • @bluberryapex
    @bluberryapex Жыл бұрын

    Iv been a dc fan for a long time i think its great that he finally made it to xxl but at such a declining time makes me sad about it too he should've been on soo long ago now it just feels wasted :/ he did great imo tho

  • @svvwoo
    @svvwoo Жыл бұрын

    people complaining how theyve never heard of some people on the list when the entire point of xxl is to put you on to the artist

  • @illusha3861
    @illusha3861 Жыл бұрын

    It's cool when they pick lesser known artists like JID in 2018 before he was really huge but dude they pick the most generic people most of the time. They need to try and pick different sounding artists.

  • @jaygotti4966
    @jaygotti4966 Жыл бұрын

    i remember when people were saying 2016 was the worst freshman class

  • @OsoFatRaps
    @OsoFatRaps Жыл бұрын

    the end of the day, the freshman list is supposed to give fresh artists a platform. Kinda defeats the point if you’re doing giant name acts on it. But idk if it’s on them or on the artists for not being as talented or creative as previous generations. Or it’s just XXL not being on top of scouting as much as they should

  • @azudemttila
    @azudemttila Жыл бұрын

    Lil mosey so corny for dissing the Producer like bro was trying so hard to be like Kodak and just dissed the Prod for no reason like as if he would rap better if he chose a better beat

  • @mcbdllc2848

    @mcbdllc2848

    5 ай бұрын

    Al them beats besides like 4 of them over the years are not good so yeah he didn't win any points and bro caught a R@pe case that was the end of his career

  • @cookeez7010
    @cookeez7010 Жыл бұрын

    "if he trippin, then he fallin, stupid" greatest bar since Kodak's "im the shit im fartin, ion know how to potty"

  • @flameguy3416

    @flameguy3416

    Жыл бұрын

    You forgot "they dead flies" at the end of the 2016 cypher video

  • @mkphasard3026

    @mkphasard3026

    Жыл бұрын

    The standards for what equates to a "greatest bar" have really fell to a point I didn't even expect it could

  • @cookeez7010

    @cookeez7010

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mkphasard3026 I see that irony and sarcasm don't come to you very easily. You should work on that

  • @mkphasard3026

    @mkphasard3026

    Жыл бұрын

    @@cookeez7010 lol touche. But judging by most of the other comments here, can't blame me for jumping to that conclusion

  • @cookeez7010

    @cookeez7010

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mkphasard3026 I mean I guess? I reffered to bar about farting and not knowing how to properly take a shit. I feel like thats a hard one to take serious

  • @thedon0516
    @thedon0516 Жыл бұрын

    6:57 - LMAO 🤣!!! But the reason why 2016 XXL cypher was so iconic and memorable was because it literally the start of the new wave. It was fresh and unorthodox but in a good fun way. It went down hill after that cause it seems like they're trying to catch that spark again and never works and it never will. XXL is doing nothing but adding to the problem and that's promoting an image instead of actual talent

  • @standardbrah

    @standardbrah

    Жыл бұрын

    good point

  • @AbrahamPalmer-wj5cb

    @AbrahamPalmer-wj5cb

    11 ай бұрын

    Exactly very good point

  • @mcbdllc2848

    @mcbdllc2848

    5 ай бұрын

    Need to hire sum people who have a good ear for talent

  • @Onyrokai
    @Onyrokai Жыл бұрын

    Dc the don is really good and it is unfortunate that XXL is not very good anymore, because I was talking to my friend and I had mentioned that maybe Dc will get more popular and might get that push that he needed from the cypher, but instead it did practically nothing. Back in 2018- 2019 if Dc was in a cypher he would definitely be pulling a lot of numbers. Hopefully XXL somehow manages to pull around next year and actually do something of value.

  • @burjkhalifa2173
    @burjkhalifa2173 Жыл бұрын

    the problem is that the main stream rappers are not unique. the gangster ghetto street music is ridiculously overplayed and none of it has replay value and basically no different sound. eventually “mumble rap” will rise again or something new will happen.

  • @bruhhhead
    @bruhhhead Жыл бұрын

    10 artists a year is too much. We need a list every 5 years

  • @careforjusticealways

    @careforjusticealways

    6 ай бұрын

    that might regulate it and then better artists can come up

  • @vhsraid
    @vhsraid Жыл бұрын

    DC carried this cypher for me, ive been following him for about a year now and i was happy to see him get more recognition and honestly he had the best verse.

  • @wolfgang6442

    @wolfgang6442

    Жыл бұрын

    In my opinion he should've been on the list years or so ago

  • @TheRealAlez

    @TheRealAlez

    Жыл бұрын

    @@wolfgang6442fr he should’ve been their in 2020

  • @czultimate3805
    @czultimate3805 Жыл бұрын

    2018 ski and JID was pretty fire

  • @standardbrah

    @standardbrah

    Жыл бұрын

    that one was super hard, so was g herbo and dave east people sleep; that one is a whole track

  • @kingkai2000
    @kingkai2000 Жыл бұрын

    I still am interested in it every year, because I tell myself "they can't possibly mess up the list again" xxl does not know there fan base and that will be there biggest downfall.

  • @carp3751
    @carp3751 Жыл бұрын

    dc is one of my fav artists so im happy he made it but i have never heard if most of the other people 💀

  • @TheKing60210
    @TheKing60210 Жыл бұрын

    2016, what a year. I graduated Highschool, got my Drivers License and got a Job. I became a man that Year lol

  • @rawvelli
    @rawvelli Жыл бұрын

    Niggas sent the cypher to my dm for me to react to on stream.. so glad I passed. Been done with XXL for some years now

  • @JunePlug

    @JunePlug

    Жыл бұрын

    😭😭

  • @DIn05000.
    @DIn05000. Жыл бұрын

    june always making the most entertainig contnet for us. The XXXtetnacion one gave me a clear understanding abt him , and this music. Thank you for your hard work toward your content and us. W vids, appreciate your hard work and content.

  • @JunePlug

    @JunePlug

    Жыл бұрын

    Of course! Appreciate it yo!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽

  • @gamingbytetv665

    @gamingbytetv665

    Жыл бұрын

    What, the fact he was a fucking psycopath piece of shit?

  • @MrDanielsFromM
    @MrDanielsFromM Жыл бұрын

    Shout-out Lil Skies for being so humble, genuinely amazing 🙏

  • @mcbdllc2848

    @mcbdllc2848

    5 ай бұрын

    Bro career fell of out if nowhere

  • @rolando5841
    @rolando5841 Жыл бұрын

    June never disappoints

  • @JunePlug

    @JunePlug

    Жыл бұрын

    🙏🏽🙏🏽

  • @kj_tricksta
    @kj_tricksta Жыл бұрын

    The 2016 Freshman was packed and it's still legendary🙌🔥

  • @ccmcgaming327

    @ccmcgaming327

    Жыл бұрын

    For being fucking trash and idc what they careers are hip hop is dead lol bunch of niggas who can't rap and still can't rap

  • @gamingbytetv665

    @gamingbytetv665

    Жыл бұрын

    Legendarily awful.

  • @jkee9760

    @jkee9760

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@gamingbytetv665for real, 2016 was only popular because everyone was showing how bad it was. And somehow it's gotten worse. If people say they like 2016, they probably think glue is a delicious appetizer

  • @mikef55
    @mikef55 Жыл бұрын

    I think they just happened to have struck gold in 2016 & I have a feeling that it's actually the artists' labels & managers telling the artists to decline XXL as they don't want their artists to look like newbies

  • @Theesvpremekai
    @Theesvpremekai Жыл бұрын

    What’s crazy is I can go back and find a video just like this about that freshman class. It’s odd. I don’t wanna be a hater, but even back then you could tell there was a change coming. The only difference from the recent class and the current one is the effort they put into making songs. It’s weird to explain.

  • @mcbdllc2848

    @mcbdllc2848

    5 ай бұрын

    Yeah the old ones were in a transition cuz rap changes every 3 years

  • @333DVPPY
    @333DVPPY Жыл бұрын

    TBH SLEAZYWORLD AND DC THE DON CYPHER WAS FIRE ASF

  • @dry9005

    @dry9005

    Жыл бұрын

    sleazy and dc lowkey carried the class ngl

  • @AyooJayDee

    @AyooJayDee

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dry9005no

  • @severeoneblunt

    @severeoneblunt

    Жыл бұрын

    Finesse2tymes went hard af too

  • @La.Ron9

    @La.Ron9

    Жыл бұрын

    Rob49 set the tone tho

  • @lifeisshrt7929

    @lifeisshrt7929

    Жыл бұрын

    The best ones this year was Sleazy, DC, Rob49 & Finesse2tymes tbh Tyler & Tia were ok The rest can go fuck themselves

  • @AnimeCarGuy21
    @AnimeCarGuy21 Жыл бұрын

    Imagine a 2016 reunion making a song together

  • @danielmontiel911
    @danielmontiel911 Жыл бұрын

    Enjoyed watching your vid bro hopefully you’ll come out with an iceberg vid in the near future ❤

  • @JunePlug

    @JunePlug

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! And there’s one in the works rn…

  • @K2MNI
    @K2MNI Жыл бұрын

    7:30 crazy how they turned down Don Toliver cause he only wanted to be on the cover yet allowed French Montana in 2012, Gunna the year before, and Central Cee and Glorilla this year when they did the same thing

  • @mcbdllc2848

    @mcbdllc2848

    5 ай бұрын

    Glorilla can't rap to save her life just a ghetto girl rapping bout trifling ish

  • @mcbdllc2848

    @mcbdllc2848

    5 ай бұрын

    They were probably mad cuz he was the most popping and didn't want to do the cypher

  • @Torrancee
    @Torrancee Жыл бұрын

    KayCyy wrote and did ref tracks for most of Kanye West's Donda and is currently working on the new Kanye album, so that's why he was on the 2022 list

  • @selfwilliams1639
    @selfwilliams1639 Жыл бұрын

    Rappers today think they are too cool for rap. The road was paved for them so they don’t have to work hard to do a song. Two Years Ago it started falling off. They Don’t respect the Art? Its about BEING COOL now.

  • @KatSpicert

    @KatSpicert

    Жыл бұрын

    It was always about being cool, wdym? Only now, instead of trying hard and succeeding at "being cool", they can't seem to know the right way to being cool. Remember back in the tail end of the soundcloud era? Literally everyone tried hard asf to be cool. Most did terribly at it, but then you had notable artist now who did "cool" the right way.

  • @mcbdllc2848

    @mcbdllc2848

    5 ай бұрын

    Man it's all bout money nothing more some people care about image yeah

  • @WEBPMAFIAONYOUTUBE
    @WEBPMAFIAONYOUTUBE Жыл бұрын

    They got 21, Uzi, Yachty, Denzel and Kodak in the same generation. How did they fuck up so bad

  • @JunePlug

    @JunePlug

    Жыл бұрын

    Fr…

  • @gamingbytetv665

    @gamingbytetv665

    Жыл бұрын

    Because every one of them is talentless? How do you think?

  • @WeizeBaby
    @WeizeBaby Жыл бұрын

    It really boogles my mind with the absolute garbage bars they come out with and they get away with it.

  • @gamingbytetv665

    @gamingbytetv665

    Жыл бұрын

    And these people in the comments saying that they were spitting bars. Hip hop is truly lost if that talentless garbage is what passes for good these days.

  • @Gabeoverthinks
    @Gabeoverthinks Жыл бұрын

    Xxl was the ticket out of the underground but now that ticket is TikTok and other social media platforms

  • @8percentjaguargas
    @8percentjaguargas Жыл бұрын

    Keep it up bro enjoy this content

  • @JunePlug

    @JunePlug

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!!

  • @yungalch8987
    @yungalch8987 Жыл бұрын

    I remember when the 2016 cypher came out everyone said it was trash. Now it’s looked back on as a good year

  • @KiDKeYz1000
    @KiDKeYz1000 Жыл бұрын

    2009 was the best freshman class, 2007 was great too

  • @flymartian33

    @flymartian33

    11 ай бұрын

    Only 4 still have careers for the 2009 one 2010 was the best because everybody on that list still raps the only that didn't make it was Nipsey but rest in peace to that man

  • @stickskinny1266
    @stickskinny1266 Жыл бұрын

    Now do I think this years was trash? Absolutely, however, I actually really mess with DC the Don and have kept up with him for the last 8 months now. His last two projects (Sacred Heart & Funeral) were actually really good.

  • @tre8333
    @tre8333 Жыл бұрын

    I haven’t heard dc the don verse but his music is good so ik he’s freestyle had to been the best

  • @abrahampalmer8761
    @abrahampalmer8761 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent video I truly feel like the cyphers in general is not like it use to be like it was back then imo.

  • @AXXXOLO
    @AXXXOLO Жыл бұрын

    the only time i search xxl cypher is to rewatch the old clips

  • @jaideveremy4371
    @jaideveremy4371 Жыл бұрын

    June is Back with another banger

  • @JunePlug

    @JunePlug

    Жыл бұрын

    Yessirrrrrrr

  • @enishi4ty5
    @enishi4ty5 Жыл бұрын

    they need to do a XXL SENIOR or Alumni edition or sumn

  • @yewestlover91108
    @yewestlover91108 Жыл бұрын

    ayo bro is reading my mind with this topic hahah thats exactly what i thought watching the few last xxl videos

  • @JunePlug

    @JunePlug

    Жыл бұрын

    😭😭

  • @moleedaboi

    @moleedaboi

    Жыл бұрын

    Same. The algorithm is working.

  • @TylerVibes07
    @TylerVibes07 Жыл бұрын

    Good video fr 🔥

  • @Bentennosin
    @Bentennosin Жыл бұрын

    Tia corine freestyle was fire i just felt it was too short

  • @bloom9993
    @bloom9993 Жыл бұрын

    Juice would've killed that shit 💀

  • @JunePlug

    @JunePlug

    Жыл бұрын

    On God

  • @gamingbytetv665

    @gamingbytetv665

    Жыл бұрын

    Instead of himself.

  • @zairmorningstarmusic
    @zairmorningstarmusic Жыл бұрын

    the peak is when it begin to decline greatly too, this was the first time rappers weren’t taking it serious then everyone else copied it, so trash became the trend but trash isn’t good for long term success

  • @Nokitron
    @Nokitron Жыл бұрын

    2022 doesn't even have a bad lineup 😭

  • @333DVPPY
    @333DVPPY Жыл бұрын

    Yo JP We Really want to see more rappers who are charged for their lyrics

  • @Nopigs1312

    @Nopigs1312

    Жыл бұрын

    One of the best classes was 2016 and none of them besides Denzel are really known for their bars though or at least not considered a lyrical rapper

  • @jaideveremy4371

    @jaideveremy4371

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Nopigs1312 you replied the wrong comment

  • @donjon8413
    @donjon8413 Жыл бұрын

    I definitely remember everyone trashing the 2016 cypher when it came out and to this day the only people I've seen/heard say its good are people that dont even really listen to hip-hop/rap or joke about it being good. It got a lot of views because people were clowning on them not because it was good. Also not saying that the artists themselves weren't decent just the cypher in general was trash

  • @Sir.X
    @Sir.X Жыл бұрын

    i remember people talking shii about the 2016 cypher when it came but it grew on a lot of people with its unique vibe over time

  • @callm3whenever
    @callm3whenever Жыл бұрын

    another great video june plug

  • @JunePlug

    @JunePlug

    Жыл бұрын

    Preciate it gang 🖤

  • @willardweston8984
    @willardweston8984 Жыл бұрын

    Man nothings wrong with the format. Half these artist just suck. It’s not xxl fault for the format. It’s their fault for selecting these “artist”

  • @joenuts1893
    @joenuts1893 Жыл бұрын

    Bro I forgot 2022 XXL happened until I saw this vid 💀

  • @JunePlug

    @JunePlug

    Жыл бұрын

    😭

  • @christianisagamer
    @christianisagamer Жыл бұрын

    Hearing you list off the names of the rappers in each cypher as the years went on sounded like a list of new Pokémon in a game taking place in the ghetto.

  • @dachugadakelley650
    @dachugadakelley65028 күн бұрын

    A lot of the most recent XXL artists too, I forget even existed a year later.

  • @ButtercuppMAMI
    @ButtercuppMAMI Жыл бұрын

    Megan went hard of 2019 one tho . She’s underrated

  • @wweturkturk
    @wweturkturk5 ай бұрын

    2016 XXL FRESHMAN CYPHER will always be GOATED 🐐🐐

  • @astrowerm
    @astrowerm Жыл бұрын

    These cyphers were so good when they first started, its a shame to see them sink so low..

  • @michaelvin8632
    @michaelvin8632 Жыл бұрын

    Bruh… we were clowning the XXL cyphers in 2016. TF u on? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @yvesvixxen
    @yvesvixxen Жыл бұрын

    Skipping past Lola Brooke, Megan, AND Doechii is insane. Like sorely missed chance to shout out those rappers. Also, popularity doesn’t equal quality. 2016 line up wasn’t that fire, they were just popular.

  • @BraMoore

    @BraMoore

    Жыл бұрын

    Right. This nigga just hating cuz he ain't hip to some of these people. Babyface Ray, Big30, & Central Cee are 🔥

  • @2120musiclover

    @2120musiclover

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly!!!!

  • @splinter1psi99

    @splinter1psi99

    Жыл бұрын

    When he says 2016 was the best, he clearly must be talkin about just views and clicks.....cuz most of that including what he claimed was good, was just trash ass raps from who was popular. Mans talking bout 2016 was having more fun, like that somehow helped those wack ass freestyles.

  • @yvesvixxen

    @yvesvixxen

    Жыл бұрын

    @@splinter1psi99 nah fr! Like there were so many more artist outside of 2016 who have created a long career for themselves! Coi’s rap was trash last year but, Lakeyah smashed her freestyle. This is the first video I watched from this channel and I’m already getting wonky vibes.

  • @gamingbytetv665

    @gamingbytetv665

    Жыл бұрын

    Nobody has ever heard of these people.

  • @Bawls-
    @Bawls- Жыл бұрын

    Tbh I used to hate the XXL with lil uzi vert and them, besides denzel I thought they were all pretty mid. BUT, listening back, I miss that performance aspect. It just feels weird to watch now.

  • @markmerlos8510
    @markmerlos8510 Жыл бұрын

    I was 19 years old in 2016 ik darn well Twitter clowned them all for the mumble rap but now you see how far it's fallen that this is considered good now..... damn 😅

  • @333DVPPY
    @333DVPPY Жыл бұрын

    NEXT YEAR THEY NEED TO INVITE THE ONES WHO DECLINED

  • @gotanypain3083

    @gotanypain3083

    Жыл бұрын

    "reports of the one who got invited again, declines again"

  • @jaideveremy4371
    @jaideveremy4371 Жыл бұрын

    Hey June can you make if 21 Savage was for his lyrics

  • @joshpowers4795
    @joshpowers4795 Жыл бұрын

    Bruh baby face ray is great u tripping … interesting video tho would be cool to hear u talk about xxl freshmen before n after 2016 tho

  • @earthlyvibes23
    @earthlyvibes23 Жыл бұрын

    "If my twitching that means somebody is talkiiing"😂😂😂😂😂😂🤦🏾‍♂️

  • @bigsanrio
    @bigsanrio Жыл бұрын

    Mattyballz jacked your video idea and made it way more wack😂 your video was fresh tho and informative while being entertaining keep up the great work!!

  • @Tommybeans999
    @Tommybeans999 Жыл бұрын

    2016 was just different bro

  • @void_goldie9803
    @void_goldie9803 Жыл бұрын

    most of the rejections are real as hell imo. $not wanted to gove others a platform and ken wouldnt go out wit his brotha

  • @wolfgang6442
    @wolfgang6442 Жыл бұрын

    Great video yk when it comes to the Xxl freshamn list I first heard about it way back in 2016 while watching a before they were famous channel on one of the rappers that made it on there and at the time I just left middle school and was a freshman in high school which the fall term was a very confusing time whether school wise or at home also to mention I was gradually listening to more rap music which by the time 2017 rolls around I pretty much was listening to almost evry kind of rap and not just the mainstream shit but also underground rappers that were making way diffrent msuic you pretty much dont hear on the major radios and also I found my music taste too so when the 2017 xxl list came around i was real happy for both X playboi carti made it on there and I even read a copy of the magazine while working at a cvs pharmacy when had a summer job amd i still have that copy to this day on my shelf but ever since then its been a decline with the 2020 list being the last one i was really paying attetion and waych everything for it was a very stacked up cast wit rappers i defientley knew ayear prior like nle choppa, polo g, lil tjay, an baby keem but yeah Xxl fell off hard

  • @imjustezzy2076

    @imjustezzy2076

    Жыл бұрын

    Wtf

  • @warriorssoldiersandfriends
    @warriorssoldiersandfriends Жыл бұрын

    You cold, great documentary

  • @JunePlug

    @JunePlug

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽

  • @godthegods8998
    @godthegods8998 Жыл бұрын

    I think it has less to do with XXL falling off and more with rap is falling off in general. Soundcloud is as popular as it was in 2010, which isn't popular at all. Tiktok has stolen the grind aspect of music away, leaving the real talented people to scrounge for views. And most importantly, all the artists who would've been alive and kicking, making it to the top charts all the time are dead. Juice WRLD, X, Pop Smoke just to name a few. Hip-hop is back to being a niche thing, that only people in that culture understand. There isn't any huge artist right now either in rap. Ice Spice is the only "rapper" to be huge this year. And she's already moving into pop. Juice WRLD dying specifically has taken out the life of hip-hop. There isn't anybody talking to their fans, connecting, dropping albums consistently, shit even making real billboard hits. There is no more energy left in hip-hop. Thats the answer i think.

  • @granddidit

    @granddidit

    Жыл бұрын

    thats facts. but tbf xxl lost a lot of prestige since rappers be declining it bc they are “too big” for xxl

  • @Eli43199

    @Eli43199

    Жыл бұрын

    @@granddidit fax. that is also the problem. the real talented rappers don’t even NEED xxl to get recognition nowadays. u blow up on social media from ur songs and that’s all u need.

  • @LosHitman

    @LosHitman

    Жыл бұрын

    Meanwhile Yeat made the soundtrack to a Pixar movie

  • @Ioncareong

    @Ioncareong

    Жыл бұрын

    Luckily if you look hard enough you can still find new good artists

  • @zacharywoloszynski4258

    @zacharywoloszynski4258

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Ioncareong yeah facts, plenty of new good artists like redveil, Paris Texas, Mckindley Dixon, etc.

  • @4rkal641
    @4rkal641 Жыл бұрын

    2019 cypher was funny af!

  • @nijoelgreene851
    @nijoelgreene851 Жыл бұрын

    Great video

  • @JunePlug

    @JunePlug

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you !!

  • @novalei
    @novalei Жыл бұрын

    June With another W video

  • @JunePlug

    @JunePlug

    Жыл бұрын

    🙏🏽🙏🏽

  • @rem.eedy555
    @rem.eedy555 Жыл бұрын

    $not is humble asf it’s crazy and I swear he would’ve carried

  • @Nopigs1312
    @Nopigs1312 Жыл бұрын

    Low-key overhated class this year is wayy better than last year

  • @tijs6701
    @tijs6701 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing vid bro holy shit

  • @JunePlug

    @JunePlug

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!! 🙏🏽

  • @astrsks
    @astrsks Жыл бұрын

    wait there was the 2021 one 😭😭onG I don't remebr that shi

  • @JunePlug

    @JunePlug

    Жыл бұрын

    😭

  • @333DVPPY
    @333DVPPY Жыл бұрын

    2016 WAS THE BEST YEAR OF XXL

  • @jaideveremy4371

    @jaideveremy4371

    Жыл бұрын

    I like 2016 alot

  • @Eli43199

    @Eli43199

    Жыл бұрын

    ehhh. the uzi, denzel, kodak, boat, 21, cypher was really the only good thing that year 💀

  • @LosHitman

    @LosHitman

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Eli43199 funny how those 5 rappers have hip hop music on lockdown rn and are some of the biggest names

  • @sherrodchilders30

    @sherrodchilders30

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Eli43199eh g herbo and Dave East was definitely better imo

  • @Yomama2020q

    @Yomama2020q

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sherrodchilders30😐

  • @b3lloy
    @b3lloy Жыл бұрын

    i'm not gonna lie the disrespect for 2011-2014 is crazy

  • @JDolla93

    @JDolla93

    11 ай бұрын

    I was just thinking the same thing they were my personal favorites

  • @mcbdllc2848

    @mcbdllc2848

    5 ай бұрын

    Of course these new re he's don't like bars too much foe they brain too process

  • @eligreg99
    @eligreg99 Жыл бұрын

    Haven’t watch one since the 2016 cypher. The crazy part is I remember everybody was clowning them calling it trash at the time. Little did we know that would be the last decent one..

  • @iJoshieHD
    @iJoshieHD11 ай бұрын

    Everyone from 2016 need to link up and do a song.

  • @JeromeFr
    @JeromeFr Жыл бұрын

    Xxl really can’t do nothing to save the cyphers😂 We just need better rappers

  • @333DVPPY
    @333DVPPY Жыл бұрын

    can you make if 6ix9ine was charged for his lyrics

  • @apexart9070
    @apexart9070 Жыл бұрын

    Good video

  • @ProoGameR43
    @ProoGameR43 Жыл бұрын

    I remember the 2016 cypher everybody and their mom shit on the cypher. I can’t believe how much the opinions have changed.