Jun 15, 2022
DEL_PBV7veain't nothing wrong w/ ppl being out of touch lemme make that clear!! issue is ppl acting all high & mighty saying the hip-hop scene is dead cuz they don't know who these artists r which i will always find vry annoying!!
I agree
Jun 15, 2022
ryuHMan I remember the days XXL freshmen were actually legendary
Genre dying slow
Nah, just XXL.
Jun 15, 2022
gabapentinthat seems reasonable to me
they're so big they have their parts dedicated to most subcultures and niches
It’s bustling
As much as this site cringes at communities like RapTok, HHH, Hip-Hop Twitter, they’re bustling and people do seem to put in effort to discuss.
- Jun 15, 2022
potipotaIs XXL supposed to invent artists that don’t exist ?
Nah lol im not saying xxl doing anything wrong ijs this another example of how rap as we know it is dying
Jun 15, 2022
The Darkest AngelI know we say this every year but honestly I have no clue who any of the people are on that list. They used to give a voice to upcoming artists in rap but now it's about who got a viral song or who uncle works for XXL
thats the point of the XXL list ur not supposed to know who they are... XXL cypher is where u find out who they are and what they made of
Jun 15, 2022
SaintJitterxburgFLYou gonna let this avy tell you to stfu
- Jun 15, 2022ryuH
Man I remember the days XXL freshmen were actually legendary
Genre dying slow
Imagine thinking xxl is a accurate representation of the genre as a whole and not just industry politics
- Jun 15, 2022
thought the xxl list wasn’t bad with Babytron Nardo wick and a few others i forgot about
- Jun 15, 2022
Jun 15, 2022I don’t love any of the artists on the list but I’ve never seen ktt sound so blatantly out of touch and unwilling to expand as some of the posts itt
- Jun 15, 2022·1 reply
It wouldn’t be so bad that some of the thread sounds like middle aged people who only listen to top 40 radio, but y’all are on a high horse about it
- Melz ⚜️Jun 15, 2022gabapentin
where is it that ppl discuss artists like this
ive known that music sxn, comprised of aging 2010s heads like myself, isnt as tapped in as a unit as we used to be, but what is the space where the young and young at heart discuss the relative merits of what's popping
leak site for “internet rappers”
Jun 15, 2022If you don’t know at least half this list you def out of touch.
That being said, these past couple of lists show that we really are “between eras” in rap rn.
Jun 15, 2022
A Mad Ass NiggaFeel like people hate on these lists every year then grow to like/love/tolerate half of the list later on.
that's the best case scenario though right?
- Jun 15, 2022
NEW EQUITYI’m officially out of touch.
What happened when these list had variety ? All them niggas look like they have the same sound
Welcome to hip hop for the last 5 years
- Jun 15, 2022BRAVE
It wouldn’t be so bad that some of the thread sounds like middle aged people who only listen to top 40 radio, but y’all are on a high horse about it
Jun 15, 2022Rx papi and kenny mason defo should've been in but otherwise its a good list
Jun 15, 2022Didn't really enjoy a single project I heard from them besides Babytron and he's super limited. Enjoy Babyface and Big30 on collabs at best. Weak crop of girls. Sofaygo already falling off isn't he?
Nardo prob put out the most impressive project but it left me cold
Jun 16, 2022sereneboyI can’t believe people still check that list, its like listening to the radio on a walkman
- Jun 16, 2022ryuH
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
cherry picked examples due to nostalgia
look at the full lists of the years you're talking about, half them niggas had the shelf life of a bottle of milk
Jun 16, 2022·1 replyMaybe because it lacks “the guy” meaning the artist that is next up to run the game. And the game that said artist has the potential to run can be the billboards, the streets, the underground/SoundCloud, the lyrical game etc. Nobody on this list is the guy.
Jun 16, 2022·1 replyryuHMan I remember the days XXL freshmen were actually legendary
Genre dying slow
People been saying the genre's "dying" since Common made "I Used To Love HER."
- Jun 16, 2022Bobby_96
People been saying the genre's "dying" since Common made "I Used To Love HER."
f***, ppl been saying its been dying since gangsta rap took over in the early-mid 90s
- Jun 16, 2022SineDolore
Maybe because it lacks “the guy” meaning the artist that is next up to run the game. And the game that said artist has the potential to run can be the billboards, the streets, the underground/SoundCloud, the lyrical game etc. Nobody on this list is the guy.
You think Yeat has next?
Jun 16, 2022sereneboyI can’t believe people still check that list, its like listening to the radio on a walkman
