XXL Freshman Classes Ranked Worst to Best

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  • Опубликовано: 18 июн 2024
  • With the 2024 Freshman Class around the corner, no better time than to rank the previous classes from Worst to best. Patreon gets it early / culturalisttheory
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  • @franklin8618
    @franklin8618 17 дней назад +11

    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.

    • @jaykaynum5569
      @jaykaynum5569 17 дней назад +2

      Best 4 mic rating that should've been 5 or 4.5 would be cool

    • @KSoloLoso
      @KSoloLoso 17 дней назад +2

      half of the unsigned hype is, common biggie, mobb deep, eminem, dmx, CNN,

  • @nayawilliams4587
    @nayawilliams4587 17 дней назад +4

    Wow! What a great video. Awesome content 🔥🔥

  • @nicolesherman8974
    @nicolesherman8974 17 дней назад +2

    Great video 🔥

  • @HeXastank
    @HeXastank 17 дней назад +8

    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

    • @phillipmorgan4627
      @phillipmorgan4627 17 дней назад +4

      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

    • @Tenchi-fi5gb
      @Tenchi-fi5gb 17 дней назад +2

      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

    • @rayedmonds6108
      @rayedmonds6108 13 дней назад

      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!

    • @HeXastank
      @HeXastank 12 дней назад

      @@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.

    • @rayedmonds6108
      @rayedmonds6108 12 дней назад

      @@HeXastank 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. ✌️

  • @musicislyfe911
    @musicislyfe911 17 дней назад +1

    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.

  • @Braylon1997
    @Braylon1997 17 дней назад +5

    The top 3 freshman classes are 2011 2013 & 2016

  • @alonzo108
    @alonzo108 14 дней назад +2

    09 Made the Wave So Everybody can Walk

    • @jerryezel4530
      @jerryezel4530 6 дней назад

      The $pitta Andretti praise was accurate 🤙🏽

  • @bencromwell707
    @bencromwell707 17 дней назад

    Solid Video/Content

  • @nsimons5942
    @nsimons5942 16 дней назад +3

    Drake and Nicki was supposed to be in the 09 class but turned it down.

    • @JMTofficialmusicYT
      @JMTofficialmusicYT 10 дней назад +1

      You mean 2010, they wanted to be part of the 2009 Class but XXL didn’t picked them so they declined 2010.

  • @darrylrogers7699
    @darrylrogers7699 17 дней назад +5

    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

    • @jerryezel4530
      @jerryezel4530 6 дней назад

      Fax, I was here to see where that class was ranked specifically 🤙🏽

  • @andersonarcher3620
    @andersonarcher3620 17 дней назад +13

    Gibbs did not help Griselda off the ground lol

    • @jwood8769
      @jwood8769 17 дней назад +5

      He just be saying anything sometimes

    • @Aubriiiana
      @Aubriiiana 15 дней назад

      Was finna say 😂

    • @blackice3395
      @blackice3395 14 дней назад

      🤦🏿‍♂️smfh

  • @Sleepzz716
    @Sleepzz716 16 дней назад +2

    2009 will always be my favorite freshman rap class

  • @jesusrox4u
    @jesusrox4u 15 дней назад +2

    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.

  • @jesusrox4u
    @jesusrox4u 17 дней назад +4

    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.

    • @HeXastank
      @HeXastank 17 дней назад +1

      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.

    • @jesusrox4u
      @jesusrox4u 17 дней назад +1

      @@HeXastank 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.

  • @Ona-zc3dp
    @Ona-zc3dp 16 дней назад +1

    My exact rating 2010 was 🔥🔥🔥

  • @ChloeSunfloraVA
    @ChloeSunfloraVA 17 дней назад +1

    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

  • @fernandoreyes680
    @fernandoreyes680 17 дней назад +2

    I already know this ranking gon be ass let's do it 🔥

  • @JMTofficialmusicYT
    @JMTofficialmusicYT 10 дней назад

    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.

  • @cddevri
    @cddevri 17 дней назад

    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?

  • @TheOnlyCentaurus
    @TheOnlyCentaurus 14 дней назад

    Why everybody hates/dislikes Kid Ink? I still rocks with his music. He’s always been great.

  • @justbooda9231
    @justbooda9231 13 дней назад

    babytron has the most potential in that 2022 class to be a star he got lyrical lemonade connections

  • @itz_richard
    @itz_richard 17 дней назад

    Luh Tyler is fire. Crazy you didn’t even mention him

  • @Dterfa6
    @Dterfa6 8 дней назад

    Babytron just got a Eminem feature dude is the best out of that 2022 class

  • @125henni
    @125henni 9 дней назад

    The disrespect for Hopsin is INSANE

  • @jameyroberti1517
    @jameyroberti1517 10 дней назад

    I own all 18 issues! my favorite is 2011

  • @LeoMes01
    @LeoMes01 15 дней назад

    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.

  • @therealcashew22
    @therealcashew22 17 дней назад

    2011 gotta be my favorite class

  • @KSoloLoso
    @KSoloLoso 17 дней назад

    what cj left out is this, kevin hart is on the 2011 xxl freshman

  • @Tenchi-fi5gb
    @Tenchi-fi5gb 17 дней назад

    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

  • @jwood8769
    @jwood8769 17 дней назад

    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

    • @rayedmonds6108
      @rayedmonds6108 13 дней назад

      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

  • @maybachmusicddv
    @maybachmusicddv 17 дней назад

    Need that Kid Cudi ranking

  • @VinnieDangerous
    @VinnieDangerous 16 дней назад

    2016 over 2011 is criminal lol

  • @CalisRemedy
    @CalisRemedy 17 дней назад

    The one with Crooked I and Kidd Kidd are rigged

  • @cddevri
    @cddevri 17 дней назад

    babytrons the best rapper in that 2022 class

  • @blackice3395
    @blackice3395 14 дней назад

    2016🤣

  • @dot.gnarly
    @dot.gnarly 16 дней назад

    Bro why u skipped Blu in 09??? Prob the best rapper alive rn

  • @Brian00007
    @Brian00007 17 дней назад +1

    2007 was the best then 2009, other than that the rest were trash

    • @Ona-zc3dp
      @Ona-zc3dp 16 дней назад +1

      Nah 2010 was
      As better

    • @Brian00007
      @Brian00007 16 дней назад

      @@Ona-zc3dp they were alright

    • @Ona-zc3dp
      @Ona-zc3dp 16 дней назад

      @@Brian00007 they were fire 🔥 basically the blueprint

    • @Brian00007
      @Brian00007 16 дней назад +1

      @@Ona-zc3dp oj the juice man, Big sean, wiz Khalifa? Lol

  • @KingJadInfiniteHope
    @KingJadInfiniteHope 17 дней назад

    2016 will forever be the best XXL class.