I know 2-3 which feels like more than the last one
Hip Hop is not dead. XXL is just doing a terrible job picking rappers for this s***. That being said the talent pool for this s*** is definitely smaller.
the ones who should be on here over the years have been turning them down
Belly Gang and Slayr
I thought I was tapped in but I guess not
EASILY their worst list ever
Ykneice on here just cause friend do remix lol smh
i really do wonder how much longer XXL will keep this going purely out of the sake of tradition. these are the total views for each years cyphers, it's getting pretty bleak:
2011 - 16.7m
2012 - 7.4m
2013 - 15.5m
2014 - 44.4m
2015 - 6.3m
2016 - 290m
2017 - 77.2m
2018 - 45m
2019 - 67.4m
2020 - 35.1m
2021 - 12.4m
2022 - 6.6m
2023 - 4.6m
2024 - 2.2m
2025 - 1.5m
most of them can't rap so there's really no point in trying to watch them cypher
i really do wonder how much longer XXL will keep this going purely out of the sake of tradition. these are the total views for each years cyphers, it's getting pretty bleak:
2011 - 16.7m
2012 - 7.4m
2013 - 15.5m
2014 - 44.4m
2015 - 6.3m
2016 - 290m
2017 - 77.2m
2018 - 45m
2019 - 67.4m
2020 - 35.1m
2021 - 12.4m
2022 - 6.6m
2023 - 4.6m
2024 - 2.2m
2025 - 1.5m
Man...
I heard of Belly Gang because of Club 520
I heard of Chris Patrick because of lyrical rap twitter accounts hyping him
i literally dont know a single artist on this cover. idk if i gotta expand my horizons or if the "new artist hype" has genuinely fallen off lol
i think a lot of artists are just turning down XXL is why the lists end up bad
that and also XXL seems to really buy into being recently viral over someone who may not be as viral rn but have a bigger following behind them
pretty much they picking algorithm names and not actual artists out here putting in work like say a Paris Texas who were on tour with Tyler
TDE with their paid for entry
Yeah because the rest of these guys got here based off of pure talent.
You guys are stupid.
Crazy how when you look up these people most (?) of them seem to be getting like 100k views on videos?
Idk if the 2016 class per se had Billboard chart hits at the time of it, but surely all of them had way more established followings then these people do now?
i really do wonder how much longer XXL will keep this going purely out of the sake of tradition. these are the total views for each years cyphers, it's getting pretty bleak:
2011 - 16.7m
2012 - 7.4m
2013 - 15.5m
2014 - 44.4m
2015 - 6.3m
2016 - 290m
2017 - 77.2m
2018 - 45m
2019 - 67.4m
2020 - 35.1m
2021 - 12.4m
2022 - 6.6m
2023 - 4.6m
2024 - 2.2m
2025 - 1.5m
Crazy the biggest xxl flop of the 2010s still had
Dej loaf, fetty wap goldlink and Vince staples in the lineup

Yeah because the rest of these guys got here based off of pure talent.
You guys are stupid.
I didn’t say he was the only one b**** ass nigga
I only know 4 this year, which is surprising considering I knew 9-10 last year
Big fan of slayr though so congrats to him
La reezy >>>
A record ONE person recognized and it’s the 67 guy
nvm I saw slayr on there so I guess it's 2 people recognized
Aight this guy is actually talented
!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R59oU0J2BWgOkay this is hard HARD
whatever label sosocamo is on really, really, badly wants him to happen
autoplay plant spotify especially loves him
Whodafuq
I didn’t say he was the only one b**** ass nigga
Yeah but you only called out the TDE nigga.
Miles Minnick & YKNiece gotta be people they just found freestyling at the park
Going back to the parks where the 5 pillars are still being preserved