Unironically

reddit, twitter, tiktok, discord, instagram

for as much as we look down on these platforms for music discussion, they’re quite active

especially on big news aggregate pages and meme pages dedicated to whatever music

that seems reasonable to me

they're so big they have their parts dedicated to most subcultures and niches

true

list sucks cus they aint put on summrs or kankan

or the rx guys

No Cordova it’s ova

Man I remember the days XXL freshmen were actually legendary

Genre dying slow

I don’t get why the oldheads don’t put on for RX like they do with the neo-dust stuff like Griselda

RX Nephew and Papi can rap great, they kinda remind me of ODB for some reason, because they rap silly and nonchalant

because they sound like s***, frankly

all that yelling and bootycheeks mixing means most people won't f*** w ur s***

i thought you were better then this killa

If artists were legendary once they became freshmen then they weren’t freshmen

I like rx lol

but I can acknowledge they aren't easy to listen to

A Neph or Papi freestyle would be one of the best in years lmao

Naw facts fr

It’s the best list in years

I f*** wit the rx niggas but in reality it sounds like conspiracy theory niggas foolin on the track

Y’all still looking at xxl lists? S***s been trash

You say that like it's a bad thing

Xxx cypher cursed this list into irrelevancy

Niggas ain’t tryna hear that s*** man time

They make they music for they fanbase that’s that

For the first couple years of XXL freshmen they picked artist who we all knew were on the way to becoming legendary or at the very least capable of putting out music that would really make an impact on the culture at large (not just niche internet rap nerd fan based)

You didn’t have to guess about a Lupe or Cudi or Wale or latter on a Cole or a Kendrick etc

Everybody knew from jump that the freshman of that era were to be respected

I’m not seeing that at all with this list

Feel like people hate on these lists every year then grow to like/love/tolerate half of the list later on.

Is XXL supposed to invent artists that don’t exist ?

I fr don't listen to any new new rappers

XXL used to be a prestigious publication.