Wild to not mention Blu or Charles Hamilton in the 09 class. Some of the best lyricists that didn't get the proper label treatment. Also Lil B deserved his spot. Way more than Krit. Sorry not sorry. Also top pick is WRONG LMAO Gibbs bias is corny
Yeah so much for the culture. That Blu & Exile project SHOOK the underground. But because dude continued to make non commercial music folks like to act like he doesn't exist......but Flo Milli tho let's not make sure we mention her smh
Yeah those two were big coming up when the cover was being announced. Idk if I would say it was label mistreatment for Charles Hamilton though. He probably was the first rapper to lose traction after a viral video. And lol I would say Lil B & Krit both should be there but for opposing reasons
I'm from the Bay and even I can admit that K.R.I.T. shits on Lil B any day of the week. K.R.I.T. is the dopest rapper of the last 15 years, he just ain't cut out for the main stream. I never heard anybody slappin Lil B's music in the hood. Cool dude and everything, he used to come into the dispensary I used to work at a couple times a week. And I was the only one that used to recognize him. BECAUSE NOBODY LISTENS TO LIL B IN THE HOOD!
@@rayedmonds6108 last 15 years? Rocky? 21? Carti? Uzi? Mac Miller? Lil B is in that list too. I'd throw French in there and then the last three are a toss up but I'd take Blu, Charles, and Drake. Those are ten artists I put before Krit. I think people said the same thing about Denzel not being mainstream material too but Denzel is corny. Krit has some nice stuff I heard. I'd definitely pick him over J Cole any time. Not a top 10 pick though.
@@ZeroGlassShiny Those names you threw out let me know we like different shit. I wouldn't listen to Uzi, 21 or Cardi unless you paid me. You listen to what you enjoy and I will do the same. ✌️
2009 class shouldve been higher they set up the blog era the fact u said cult followings and dont mention charles hamilton at all is wild alot of recent bias 2009 was the class of artist getting hot from the mixtapes created they own following through their own blogs and mixtapes alot of misses in this list....but 2009 deserve more respect
That comment about “missing out on Tory Lanez” almost caused me to burst out into laughter. 😂 Yeah…..We missed out on him being a freshman. That’d be like if there were a R&B/Pop equivalent of XXL’s Freshman classes and someone said that we missed out on having Chris Brown as a freshman especially after the legal trouble he’s gotten into. Tory and Chris are folks where they both likely wouldn’t deserve said crowns. I’m willing to bet the Breezies will get butt hurt by what I said and I don’t care.
I think we can all agree that 2015’s class has aged like spoiled milk with only two of the freshman having any good bars during the cypher (those two being Tink and Raury). The rest of them varied with either being disappointing or terrible with them cyphers. Idk how their freestyles were since I haven’t heard them in awhile.
@@ZeroGlassShiny I think the only one/ones I knew of were Dej Loaf and mainly Fetty Wap. I know of Dej Loaf because of Spectrum Pulse discussing her in some of his videos and I only know of K Camp and OG Maco because of someone discussing one of their songs. I’ve heard of Vince Staples but sometimes confuse his name with Vic Mensa’s name.
Okay, the Asher Roth erasure in 2009 is kinda disappointing, dude's first major label album was trash sure but dude was getting cosigns from Don Canon and DJ Drama, that's got to account for something worth mentioning
12:29 lol you serious? By the time of the cover Vince had the one song on the “Earl” tape and a mixtape that barley had traction. It wasn’t till summer 2013 when Mac Miller produced his album that people was checking for him. By that time Ian Connor had collaborated with GLC, Bun B..toured with Krit, had a Don Cannon hosted tape, & worked & signed to Dre. Rhapsody is okay but at the time (and maybe still now) nobody was checking too much from her if the song wasn’t produced by 9th. Wasn’t till Mac Miller took her on the “Incredibly Dope Tour” and showed she was more versatile other than the NC scene
I strangely liked Lil Pump's 2017 mixtape, 2019 album and 2023 sequel to his 2017 mixtape. His 2019 album helped me through a trying time after my Father passed away. That helped me give me joy for a little bit, being at that cold hospital was brutal. Do not worry, I have lost my mind. I liked JID's Forever Story a lot. I liked Mobb Deep's Hell On Earth. I liked GZA's Liquid Swords. I liked Eric B. and Rakim Paid in Full and Follow the Leader.
Here’s the List Artists that was originally picked for their respective XXL Classes but turned down their spots. Imma put some artists that some people didn’t know that they declined, wasn’t picked due to circumstances and or in other words was snubbed from being in that years class. 1. Cassidy (2007) 2. Drake, Nicki Minaj and Michael Barber (2010) 3. Tyler, the Creator & Childish Gambino (2011) 4. A$AP Rocky & Earl Sweatshirt (2012) 5. Young Thug (2014) 6. PartyNextDoor & iLoveMakomen (2015) 7. Tory Lanez & Post Malone (2016) 8. Famous Dex, NAV, Young M.A., Cardi B, Joyner Lucas and YFN Lucci (2017) 9. Rich the Kid, Lil Skies, 6ix9ine, Youngboy NeverBrokeAgain and Lil Baby (2018) 10. Juice WRLD & Benny The Butcher (2019) 11. Pop Smoke, Lil Tecca, Don Toliver and King Von (2020) 12. $NOT (2021) 13. Yeat, Kenny Mason & Destroy Lonely (2022) 14. Ice Spice (2023) 15. Sexxy Redd, Yuno Miles & Lil Mabu (2024) Here’s the List comment on name who you think that I left off Lmk.
that last CHIKA album was fire too, same with tjay's just not to the same degree. just curious are u judging these mostly on like artist sound/ability or sucess?
Okay wale imo represents the gap between old and new sooo much. Dude is imo the epitome of a generic post Ye, Post Lupe, rap star. Imo he never did stand out as much as his contemporaries. J cole did the lyrical hitmaking thing better Drake makes better songs for girls(according to girls) Future took trap somewhere else Kendrick became the voice of a generation after Ferguson and Freddie Gray(I cant even remember half these guys being killed by the police just dude who got killed for selling illegal tobacco cigarettes) Tyler the creator shaped gen z's sense of humor Earl Sweatshirt became Mr sadvillainy and has a goated discography Danny Brown is an underrated storyteller and imo a character Chief keef is proud of raising the murder rate of Chicago and being a public health hazard. Joey's mixtape run was nuts Flatbrush zombies go in Big krit imo needed better management And Wale What did he do to stand out ? Nothing He really did feel like a generic post kanye rap star. And the market was too saturated to continue that.
Need to do "The Source" magazine countdown. Best top 10 magazine covers, top 10 Unsigned Hype talent, and Best 5 mic albums or 4 mic albums.
Best 4 mic rating that should've been 5 or 4.5 would be cool
half of the unsigned hype is, common biggie, mobb deep, eminem, dmx, CNN,
Wow! What a great video. Awesome content 🔥🔥
Great video 🔥
Wild to not mention Blu or Charles Hamilton in the 09 class. Some of the best lyricists that didn't get the proper label treatment. Also Lil B deserved his spot. Way more than Krit. Sorry not sorry. Also top pick is WRONG LMAO Gibbs bias is corny
Yeah so much for the culture. That Blu & Exile project SHOOK the underground. But because dude continued to make non commercial music folks like to act like he doesn't exist......but Flo Milli tho let's not make sure we mention her smh
Yeah those two were big coming up when the cover was being announced. Idk if I would say it was label mistreatment for Charles Hamilton though. He probably was the first rapper to lose traction after a viral video. And lol I would say Lil B & Krit both should be there but for opposing reasons
I'm from the Bay and even I can admit that K.R.I.T. shits on Lil B any day of the week. K.R.I.T. is the dopest rapper of the last 15 years, he just ain't cut out for the main stream. I never heard anybody slappin Lil B's music in the hood. Cool dude and everything, he used to come into the dispensary I used to work at a couple times a week. And I was the only one that used to recognize him. BECAUSE NOBODY LISTENS TO LIL B IN THE HOOD!
@@rayedmonds6108 last 15 years? Rocky? 21? Carti? Uzi? Mac Miller? Lil B is in that list too. I'd throw French in there and then the last three are a toss up but I'd take Blu, Charles, and Drake. Those are ten artists I put before Krit. I think people said the same thing about Denzel not being mainstream material too but Denzel is corny. Krit has some nice stuff I heard. I'd definitely pick him over J Cole any time. Not a top 10 pick though.
@@ZeroGlassShiny Those names you threw out let me know we like different shit. I wouldn't listen to Uzi, 21 or Cardi unless you paid me. You listen to what you enjoy and I will do the same. ✌️
Great ranking I didn’t expect this. Now we need XXL to have all of the freshmen cyphers from previous years to be uploaded in quality on their page.
2009 class shouldve been higher they set up the blog era the fact u said cult followings and dont mention charles hamilton at all is wild alot of recent bias 2009 was the class of artist getting hot from the mixtapes created they own following through their own blogs and mixtapes alot of misses in this list....but 2009 deserve more respect
Fax, I was here to see where that class was ranked specifically 🤙🏽
Solid Video/Content
That comment about “missing out on Tory Lanez” almost caused me to burst out into laughter. 😂 Yeah…..We missed out on him being a freshman. That’d be like if there were a R&B/Pop equivalent of XXL’s Freshman classes and someone said that we missed out on having Chris Brown as a freshman especially after the legal trouble he’s gotten into. Tory and Chris are folks where they both likely wouldn’t deserve said crowns. I’m willing to bet the Breezies will get butt hurt by what I said and I don’t care.
I think we can all agree that 2015’s class has aged like spoiled milk with only two of the freshman having any good bars during the cypher (those two being Tink and Raury). The rest of them varied with either being disappointing or terrible with them cyphers. Idk how their freestyles were since I haven’t heard them in awhile.
Ya man I remember reacting in real time to 2015 thinking who are any of these people. Raury was a hidden gem in a pile of coal.
@@ZeroGlassShiny I think the only one/ones I knew of were Dej Loaf and mainly Fetty Wap. I know of Dej Loaf because of Spectrum Pulse discussing her in some of his videos and I only know of K Camp and OG Maco because of someone discussing one of their songs. I’ve heard of Vince Staples but sometimes confuse his name with Vic Mensa’s name.
2009 will always be my favorite freshman rap class
Thx to $pitta 🤙🏽
The top 3 freshman classes are 2011 2013 & 2016
09 Made the Wave So Everybody can Walk
The $pitta Andretti praise was accurate 🤙🏽
2016 class is "don't judge a book by its cover" at its finest
Gibbs did not help Griselda off the ground lol
He just be saying anything sometimes
Was finna say 😂
🤦🏿♂️smfh
Okay, the Asher Roth erasure in 2009 is kinda disappointing, dude's first major label album was trash sure but dude was getting cosigns from Don Canon and DJ Drama, that's got to account for something worth mentioning
12:29 lol you serious? By the time of the cover Vince had the one song on the “Earl” tape and a mixtape that barley had traction. It wasn’t till summer 2013 when Mac Miller produced his album that people was checking for him. By that time Ian Connor had collaborated with GLC, Bun B..toured with Krit, had a Don Cannon hosted tape, & worked & signed to Dre. Rhapsody is okay but at the time (and maybe still now) nobody was checking too much from her if the song wasn’t produced by 9th. Wasn’t till Mac Miller took her on the “Incredibly Dope Tour” and showed she was more versatile other than the NC scene
I strangely liked Lil Pump's 2017 mixtape, 2019 album and 2023 sequel to his 2017 mixtape. His 2019 album helped me through a trying time after my Father passed away. That helped me give me joy for a little bit, being at that cold hospital was brutal. Do not worry, I have lost my mind. I liked JID's Forever Story a lot. I liked Mobb Deep's Hell On Earth. I liked GZA's Liquid Swords. I liked Eric B. and Rakim Paid in Full and Follow the Leader.
Drake and Nicki was supposed to be in the 09 class but turned it down.
You mean 2010, they wanted to be part of the 2009 Class but XXL didn’t picked them so they declined 2010.
Here’s the List Artists that was originally picked for their respective XXL Classes but turned down their spots. Imma put some artists that some people didn’t know that they declined, wasn’t picked due to circumstances and or in other words was snubbed from being in that years class.
1. Cassidy (2007)
2. Drake, Nicki Minaj and Michael Barber (2010)
3. Tyler, the Creator & Childish Gambino (2011)
4. A$AP Rocky & Earl Sweatshirt (2012)
5. Young Thug (2014)
6. PartyNextDoor & iLoveMakomen (2015)
7. Tory Lanez & Post Malone (2016)
8. Famous Dex, NAV, Young M.A., Cardi B, Joyner Lucas and YFN Lucci (2017)
9. Rich the Kid, Lil Skies, 6ix9ine, Youngboy NeverBrokeAgain and Lil Baby (2018)
10. Juice WRLD & Benny The Butcher (2019)
11. Pop Smoke, Lil Tecca, Don Toliver and King Von (2020)
12. $NOT (2021)
13. Yeat, Kenny Mason & Destroy Lonely (2022)
14. Ice Spice (2023)
15. Sexxy Redd, Yuno Miles & Lil Mabu (2024)
Here’s the List comment on name who you think that I left off Lmk.
I just miss when the publication attempted a balance between lyrical and melodic rap.
that last CHIKA album was fire too, same with tjay's just not to the same degree. just curious are u judging these mostly on like artist sound/ability or sucess?
Why everybody hates/dislikes Kid Ink? I still rocks with his music. He’s always been great.
My exact rating 2010 was 🔥🔥🔥
babytron has the most potential in that 2022 class to be a star he got lyrical lemonade connections
Luh Tyler is fire. Crazy you didn’t even mention him
what cj left out is this, kevin hart is on the 2011 xxl freshman
I already know this ranking gon be ass let's do it 🔥
The disrespect for Hopsin is INSANE
2016 over 2011 is criminal lol
New York definitely wanted someone to bring New York back, Troy Ave was not it. They were pushing him .
Babytron just got a Eminem feature dude is the best out of that 2022 class
2011 gotta be my favorite class
How you shit on Kid Ink but big up Roscoe Dash?? Kid ink had a whole two summers on lock and the radios ringing off
Kid Ink had 2 summers on lock? I legit only remember 1 song from him. And for the longest I thought it was Chris Brown featuring Kid Ink lol
Okay wale imo represents the gap between old and new sooo much.
Dude is imo the epitome of a generic post Ye, Post Lupe, rap star. Imo he never did stand out as much as his contemporaries.
J cole did the lyrical hitmaking thing better
Drake makes better songs for girls(according to girls)
Future took trap somewhere else
Kendrick became the voice of a generation after Ferguson and Freddie Gray(I cant even remember half these guys being killed by the police just dude who got killed for selling illegal tobacco cigarettes)
Tyler the creator shaped gen z's sense of humor
Earl Sweatshirt became Mr sadvillainy and has a goated discography
Danny Brown is an underrated storyteller and imo a character
Chief keef is proud of raising the murder rate of Chicago and being a public health hazard.
Joey's mixtape run was nuts
Flatbrush zombies go in
Big krit imo needed better management
And Wale
What did he do to stand out ? Nothing
He really did feel like a generic post kanye rap star. And the market was too saturated to continue that.
I listened to some of Iggy Azalea albums, and it was not as bad as thought it was going to be. I know this is not a popular opinion.
I think it is between 2016 or 2010 as the greatest Freshman class. I am leaning to 2016.
Both very strong, can't go wrong with either.
I own all 18 issues! my favorite is 2011
Need that Kid Cudi ranking
Naw we good
The one with Crooked I and Kidd Kidd are rigged
babytrons the best rapper in that 2022 class
Bro why u skipped Blu in 09??? Prob the best rapper alive rn
This ain’t a serious ranking
2016🤣
2007 was the best then 2009, other than that the rest were trash
Nah 2010 was
As better
@@Ona-zc3dp they were alright
@@Brian00007 they were fire 🔥 basically the blueprint
@@Ona-zc3dp oj the juice man, Big sean, wiz Khalifa? Lol
2016 will forever be the best XXL class.
Super trash