Fun fact: Chris Patrick was a last minute addition to the cypher as someone else had to drop out last minute. Chris had submitted a verse to the fan submission contest they did before this, but didn't win (that was Black Lynk), but got one of the best verses on the cypher in the end!
The reason I sent this is is because I think all of these artists deserve some real feedback. They all worked hard and at that time XXL was lacking in the cypher game. It was cool to see all kinds of people from gamers to youtubers to streamers to rappers/singers all come together to make a cypher and bring back the fun of it all. Y'all are awesome for reacting to this. Those dudes probably all appreciate this.
There's a bunch of them, actually: Shofu and Scoot-2011 Pokémon Cypher Shofu and Scoot-2012 Pokémon Cypher 2013 Pokémon Cypher(Where a bunch of these guys first appeared) 2016 Pokémon Cypher 2017 Indigo Cypher 2016 Pokémon Cypher Encore, released in 2017 2018 Super Smash Bros Ultimate Cypher 2019 Pokémon Cypher DLC Pokémon Cypher Warm-Up, Released in 2023 Additionally, these guys pretty much all have their own music discogs that I would recommend checking out, you guys!
This goes hard when you get the references. 'It ain't shocking that my bars are fire cause I wrote them heat'. Rotom-Heat is a fire/electric dual type.
Nerdcore is huge. There's so much content out there. Pokemon Cypher 2024 just released. My personal favorites are: Peso Pete - Flare Blitz, Gameboy Jones - Back up (Pain rap), and the Pokemon Cypher Warm up with Kez, Lime King, and Shofu.
I would definitely recommend having someone there with you to help explain some of the more subtle bars or comparisons if you tackle the 2024 pokemon cypher next. Its a treat regardless but that extra touch would be great for you guys and us 😁
Man, adding this to my computer game playlist alongside Aesop Rock (Drums On The Wheel), D Double E (Tekken 8), Jonwayne (Bowser I), People Under The Stairs (1Up til the sun up) etc
D Double E also has Street Fighter Riddim, if you're a fan of him you probably already knew but I thought I'd mention it just in case, references go crazy
Damn, Beers & Bars doing the Pokemon Cypher? Christmas came early. If y'all fw this, try the 2024 one that just dropped. The production on that joint is like night and day.
Went from watching you guys react to Defqon/hardstyle events to Pokemon cyphers! Hope you guys get around to reacting to the 2024 Pokemon Cypher soon 🙏🏽
Dont usually comment but yall were on the money w anonymuz and denzel comparisons bc im pretty sure theyre cousins(like 99% sure) and have a song together
They progressively get better every cypher. 2024 is the best and recently came out especially with production. And most of these rappers are mentioning things from the Pokemon Games or Anime. Not so much the cards. For example: Pokedex aka Dex isn't a "deck" of cards. It's a digital encyclopedia used to track when you encounter new pokemon. In the Pokemon games on of the goals is to fill the dex (by seeing a new species) and to literally catch them all. Most of the number references are the pokemons number in the dex. Anything with TM or HM in front of it is skill/move that pokemon used to do combat with. TM and HM's let you teach pokemon moves in the games. If you don't play the games you're going to have a hard time understanding the references. Highly recommend playing one of the newer games on the Switch.
Yall gotta watch the 2013 versions too and see where it all started from. I also think you’ll enjoy that version best because you’ll catch more of the bars. It’s harder to keep up with the gazillion pokemon they got nowadays hahaha
I could break down a bunch of these but ill give you my favorite one 37:10 "You a king? Tryna fuck with the kid? You get a shit show" is in reference to TheKingNappy who was exposed in either late 2018 or early 2019 for being in different relationships with underage people
Should have started from the beginning in 2013 then the 2016 then the 2019 then the 2024. But now that you have started this one. Might as week go back to do the others then do the new one that just came out a week or 2 ago now. Just to see the progress they all have made. It’s cool to see. Been watching all these guys for over a decade now
Hahaha this shit whas legendary like mewtwo 👌 Been big time into pokemon from the beginning, 26 years n counting👌 Collecting cards for all these years & now also side hustle in them for some extra paper every month ya feel me 😉✌️ Fun fact: Pokemon has been the biggest franchise in the world for years now. Over hello kitty, over mario, over disney, over starwars EVERYTHIIIING 😏💪
prior to this the pokemon cyphers had been mainly pokemon content creators rapping, some good, some not so good, but it was fun. in 2019 they focused on getting rappers on here over everything else, and until the 2024 cypher dropped last month it was the best cypher out of all of them and it wasn't close. and 2024 is better than this.
14:23 That's not what he meant with that bar actually. A lot of lines in the cypher are about the same thing that was a big topic in the community back then. This is one of them. This cypher was made to celebrate the release of Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield. Which is the first game to not allow all existing Pokémon to be transferred into the game. Before not every Pokémon was obtainable in the game, but you could always get the ones that aren't obtainable through transferring them in from an older game. So what Token meant with the bar is that because you're not in the Sword and Shield Pokédex you're hating because you can't get into the game. btw, you're referring to the card game a lot. These cyphers actually have little references to the card game, it's mainly referencing the video games and anime.
A lot of this is going to go way over the heads of folks not familiar with current Pokemon and not just because you arent familiar with the names of newer Pokemon like you said, it's deeper than that. A lot of these guys are into the semi-pro to pro battling scene (or at leadt pay attention to it) and a lot of bars reference moves, stats, abilities, items, matchups etc. that there's just no way of catching without context. Even knowing Pokemon pretty well I always have to watch reactions to catch stuff cause some of these dudes are talking about some way more technical stuff than a casual fan would. 2024 has a lot more of that type of wordplay if you guys were considering checking it out.
Nah the dudes like VI who are more sophisticated as rappers are saying A LOT of shit related to pokemon. Like every single bar is pokemon related but if you know nothing about pokemon past the names of the old ones, 98% of everything here is gonna go completely over your head cuz you only hear the literal meaning of what they are saying and missing all the double entendres where they are referencing some deep cut shit related to stuff like the meta game, and specific moves and abilities and items. Like for example, when shofu says everybody 31 ain't got no trash in the box, it's referring to the hidden stat values of pokemon called IVs in the games and every pokemon has an IV value in each stat ranging from 0-31. So a Pikachu with 10 special attack IVs will have a lower special attack stat than a Pikachu with a perfect 31, which will give it the highest possible number a Pikachu could have in that stat. So he's saying everyone in his group has all perfect stats, implying they are all super high caliber rappers and none of them are trash. The whole cypher is just full of bars like this that are so easy to miss if you dont play pokemon for real but if you realize what they are really saying, you realize some of these dudes are fucking TALKING.
Just on time! While im listenint, may i recommend "Loaf muzik"? 1865" for a crazy story telling song, or "rollin" for a head banger? You wont be disappointed!
The 2024 pokemon cypher is another must watch
thanks for reacting y'all! 2024 went crazier!!
Favorite verse on 2024. Your flow fit the water theme so well, you killed it.
Appreciate y'all
ayyy the boy matt.
Aye ofc Matt would be here.
Matt in the fucking house! Still banging to that verse you dropped in the 2024 since it dropped!
Fun fact: Chris Patrick was a last minute addition to the cypher as someone else had to drop out last minute. Chris had submitted a verse to the fan submission contest they did before this, but didn't win (that was Black Lynk), but got one of the best verses on the cypher in the end!
I did not know that about Chris Patrick in that, thats crazy but was worth the “loss” of a body imo
I fw Chris, but his verse wasn’t really saying anything lol it was just catchy
@@supaded973you’re sleep. He’s the second best verse for sure lmao. First is Kez. 😂
we're missing the ctc glaze here - he'll always be my #1 goat
I never knew this, do we know who dropped out?
The reason I sent this is is because I think all of these artists deserve some real feedback. They all worked hard and at that time XXL was lacking in the cypher game. It was cool to see all kinds of people from gamers to youtubers to streamers to rappers/singers all come together to make a cypher and bring back the fun of it all. Y'all are awesome for reacting to this. Those dudes probably all appreciate this.
There's a bunch of them, actually:
Shofu and Scoot-2011 Pokémon Cypher
Shofu and Scoot-2012 Pokémon Cypher
2013 Pokémon Cypher(Where a bunch of these guys first appeared)
2016 Pokémon Cypher
2017 Indigo Cypher
2016 Pokémon Cypher Encore, released in 2017
2018 Super Smash Bros Ultimate Cypher
2019 Pokémon Cypher DLC
Pokémon Cypher Warm-Up, Released in 2023
Additionally, these guys pretty much all have their own music discogs that I would recommend checking out, you guys!
Damn sure didn’t expect a reaction to the Pokémon cypher on this channel it’s lit 😭
You already know you gotta watch the 2024 cypher next lol. You aren’t ready for the production value, absolutely fire!
Alright so there cypher 2013, 2016, 2019, and the newest one that drop at the end of november cypher 2024 check em all out they all deserve the love
Yeah you guys gotta do 2024 cypher. It just came out not too long ago.
This goes hard when you get the references.
'It ain't shocking that my bars are fire cause I wrote them heat'.
Rotom-Heat is a fire/electric dual type.
Nerdcore is huge. There's so much content out there. Pokemon Cypher 2024 just released. My personal favorites are: Peso Pete - Flare Blitz, Gameboy Jones - Back up (Pain rap), and the Pokemon Cypher Warm up with Kez, Lime King, and Shofu.
'Mind state like Mewtwo, I ain't the ONE to be fucking with 5-0'.
Mewtwos Pokedex number is 150.
Im pretty sure anonymuz has some songs with denzel curry. I think they both came up in the florida scene
I would definitely recommend having someone there with you to help explain some of the more subtle bars or comparisons if you tackle the 2024 pokemon cypher next. Its a treat regardless but that extra touch would be great for you guys and us 😁
beers and bars doing this cypher might have just made my fucking day
Pokemon cypher 2024 came out less than a month ago fam lol. Go give it a listen when you can
There we Pokemon cypers before this year but none until 2024 since 2019.
2024 was wild.
Anonymuz works with Denzel sometimes, probably why you thought of him when you were listening to his part
nah bro thats cool asl yall noticed chris patrick this cypher helped put him on to a lot more people, he been doing real good too. w vid
Man, adding this to my computer game playlist alongside Aesop Rock (Drums On The Wheel), D Double E (Tekken 8), Jonwayne (Bowser I), People Under The Stairs (1Up til the sun up) etc
🔥
D Double E also has Street Fighter Riddim, if you're a fan of him you probably already knew but I thought I'd mention it just in case, references go crazy
Damn, Beers & Bars doing the Pokemon Cypher? Christmas came early. If y'all fw this, try the 2024 one that just dropped. The production on that joint is like night and day.
yall gotta watch the 2024 cypher that just came out
Gotta do 2024, and bring the kid lmaoooo
A 2019 reaction in 2024?! Haha good watch 2024 cypher up next!
The 2024 Cypher dropped a few weeks ago and highkey that one’s even doper! Check it out I implore you! 🔥🔥
This cypher is where I discovered Chris Patrick
2024 cypher please!!
Also fun fact, Chris was on this cypher because he entered their contest to be a feature. Bro had sum special from the jump 🙏🏿
Went from watching you guys react to Defqon/hardstyle events to Pokemon cyphers! Hope you guys get around to reacting to the 2024 Pokemon Cypher soon 🙏🏽
Watch the 2013, 2016 and 2024 versions too 🔥
When dude on the left pointed out a bar / reference it was always SOOO close haha
I look forward to seeing you react to the 2024 Pokemon Cypher.
2024 Pokémon Cypher incoming
Dont usually comment but yall were on the money w anonymuz and denzel comparisons bc im pretty sure theyre cousins(like 99% sure) and have a song together
That x-files vinyl is fyee🔥🔥
Anonymuz and VI got my favourite verses in this one, they got a song called Tokyo Gold that is 🔥🔥🔥 its an old song but still hits
This might be all I need to get me through the rest of my Christmas, wrapping 😶
They progressively get better every cypher. 2024 is the best and recently came out especially with production. And most of these rappers are mentioning things from the Pokemon Games or Anime. Not so much the cards. For example: Pokedex aka Dex isn't a "deck" of cards. It's a digital encyclopedia used to track when you encounter new pokemon. In the Pokemon games on of the goals is to fill the dex (by seeing a new species) and to literally catch them all. Most of the number references are the pokemons number in the dex. Anything with TM or HM in front of it is skill/move that pokemon used to do combat with. TM and HM's let you teach pokemon moves in the games. If you don't play the games you're going to have a hard time understanding the references.
Highly recommend playing one of the newer games on the Switch.
2024 cypher just came out, there other older ones 2016, 2013
Yall gotta watch the 2013 versions too and see where it all started from. I also think you’ll enjoy that version best because you’ll catch more of the bars. It’s harder to keep up with the gazillion pokemon they got nowadays hahaha
I could break down a bunch of these but ill give you my favorite one 37:10 "You a king? Tryna fuck with the kid? You get a shit show" is in reference to TheKingNappy who was exposed in either late 2018 or early 2019 for being in different relationships with underage people
Please do the 2024 one they just dropped it a bit ago its so fire
Should have started from the beginning in 2013 then the 2016 then the 2019 then the 2024. But now that you have started this one. Might as week go back to do the others then do the new one that just came out a week or 2 ago now. Just to see the progress they all have made. It’s cool to see. Been watching all these guys for over a decade now
You gotta check out ty wild after this
Hahaha this shit whas legendary like mewtwo 👌
Been big time into pokemon from the beginning, 26 years n counting👌 Collecting cards for all these years & now also side hustle in them for some extra paper every month ya feel me 😉✌️
Fun fact: Pokemon has been the biggest franchise in the world for years now. Over hello kitty, over mario, over disney, over starwars EVERYTHIIIING 😏💪
Vi seconds is on this
He used to be called shizzy iv
You guys should definitely react to the Pokémon Cypher 2024 too!! It just came out about a month ago and goes even crazier than this one.
Guy on the left was explaining a lot of bars incorrectly but the energy was good😅
Did they watch the old one on accident? Like its a banger but the 2024 one that just dropped is next fucking level
It was a beer fund requests but we may need to check out the new one ✌️🍻
@BeersBars you really do. They literally got a house and a boat for that shit. Shofu might never recover financially but damn was it worth it lol
25:32 had one of the BEST flows on sum ski mask sh
24:50 tbf he did collab with Denzel at some point iirc
Anonymouz is Denzel Curry’s cousin if you didn’t know
@LordVader66 oh makes sense yeah
prior to this the pokemon cyphers had been mainly pokemon content creators rapping, some good, some not so good, but it was fun. in 2019 they focused on getting rappers on here over everything else, and until the 2024 cypher dropped last month it was the best cypher out of all of them and it wasn't close. and 2024 is better than this.
So now you gotta watch 2024
14:23 That's not what he meant with that bar actually. A lot of lines in the cypher are about the same thing that was a big topic in the community back then. This is one of them. This cypher was made to celebrate the release of Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield. Which is the first game to not allow all existing Pokémon to be transferred into the game. Before not every Pokémon was obtainable in the game, but you could always get the ones that aren't obtainable through transferring them in from an older game.
So what Token meant with the bar is that because you're not in the Sword and Shield Pokédex you're hating because you can't get into the game.
btw, you're referring to the card game a lot. These cyphers actually have little references to the card game, it's mainly referencing the video games and anime.
A lot of this is going to go way over the heads of folks not familiar with current Pokemon and not just because you arent familiar with the names of newer Pokemon like you said, it's deeper than that. A lot of these guys are into the semi-pro to pro battling scene (or at leadt pay attention to it) and a lot of bars reference moves, stats, abilities, items, matchups etc. that there's just no way of catching without context. Even knowing Pokemon pretty well I always have to watch reactions to catch stuff cause some of these dudes are talking about some way more technical stuff than a casual fan would. 2024 has a lot more of that type of wordplay if you guys were considering checking it out.
you guys HAVE to watch the 2024 one
love the vid, please do more ado
Y’all gotta watch 2024!
You guys need to check out the latest one, just dropped a week or so ago
Nah the dudes like VI who are more sophisticated as rappers are saying A LOT of shit related to pokemon. Like every single bar is pokemon related but if you know nothing about pokemon past the names of the old ones, 98% of everything here is gonna go completely over your head cuz you only hear the literal meaning of what they are saying and missing all the double entendres where they are referencing some deep cut shit related to stuff like the meta game, and specific moves and abilities and items.
Like for example, when shofu says everybody 31 ain't got no trash in the box, it's referring to the hidden stat values of pokemon called IVs in the games and every pokemon has an IV value in each stat ranging from 0-31. So a Pikachu with 10 special attack IVs will have a lower special attack stat than a Pikachu with a perfect 31, which will give it the highest possible number a Pikachu could have in that stat. So he's saying everyone in his group has all perfect stats, implying they are all super high caliber rappers and none of them are trash. The whole cypher is just full of bars like this that are so easy to miss if you dont play pokemon for real but if you realize what they are really saying, you realize some of these dudes are fucking TALKING.
Gotta get a lil lore drop before heading into the 2024 one I see 🙂↕️🙂↕️🙂↕️
How did it take me 5 years to hear scoots choice band last resort bar
React to jme - the very best
Its literally a grime pokemon song and it's elite
This shit so fire icl.
React to 'fire in the spoof - Pikachu (shellers) part 1'
If you haven't already, listen to "Bleach" by the $uicideboy$. Its 🔥
gotta drop the 2024 vid
DO CYPHER 2024 IT JUST CAME OUT RECENTLY
PLEASE DO 2024 POKEMON CYPHER ITS SO FUCKING GOOD
check out JME - the very best ... he dropped that 9 years ago, i think before pokemon go even came out
React to the 2024 Pokémon cypher!
Sorry me again if you all want to check more of vi seconds you
He used to be called shizzy vi
Please watch 2024 Pokémon cypher
What about xxxtentacion
Just on time! While im listenint, may i recommend "Loaf muzik"? 1865" for a crazy story telling song, or "rollin" for a head banger? You wont be disappointed!