How A Snitch Became Rap's 2023 MVP

[@alexmargielaa]

Sometimes when you’re alone you learn how strong you really are

[@Kolamite78]

But you ALSO know how strong you are when you're surrounded by "friends" but you still feel alone. NOT LONELY, but alone. That means you can sense the snakes

[@trickynick4989]

Huge difference between being alone & feeling lonely 💯

[@Nene_Evans_PTA]

Bruhh

[@beefy5slayer304]

nah

[@ezoloka]

@@trickynick4989thank you

[@volde486]

That Yu-Gi-Oh reference came outta nowhere 😂

[@quayzar_escabar]

Lol truly a man of high culture🤌🫡

[@dswizz3332]

Where was it ?

[@LEGO-BLOX1011]

​@@dswizz33320:11-0:18

[@lhercules5596]

“Gunna came out with a BBL girl “ Funniest shit I heard all week

[@Craycrayallday]

On the topic of artists stalemating, this is why I loved xxxtentacions music. Everything from lyrical backpack rap, screamo, mumble rap, trap, dancehall, techno, Latin music, reggaeton, raggae, acoustic, alternative and more. This is what I loved about his music. You never knew what you’d get out of a project with x, maybe it’s just one type of music maybe it’s many genres. Just so much talent. I don’t think there will ever be an artist like him.

[@kronikz_2210]

Quite a big stretch

[@LUCASJUSTCAP]

@@kronikz_2210not really

[@LUCASJUSTCAP]

@@kronikz_2210he actually did all of that, people just hated on him to much to know

[@kronikz_2210]

@@LUCASJUSTCAP he could do a decent number of genres, but he didn’t always do them exceptionally well.

[@Realkeepa]

...killin real rap ...fine for you you liked it!

[@SpazoDomingo]

Gunna been more talented than Lil Baby

[@brittnineil6904]

No kizzy.. he really blessed baby with oh ok

[@fkinel-wu7ev]

​​​@@brittnineil6904I always felt like Gunna was more vocally better and even flow wise with a unique production to his music,Lil Baby seems more like a generic trap rapper with the flow being his best aspect.Even though I think he lacks vocally and his flow is the same on every single song.Some early songs sucked ass and others are good.

[@brittnineil6904]

@@fkinel-wu7ev Baby was feeling himself after coming off that run but he had a recipe that required gunna, thug, and 42.. I think his head got to big.. it happens

[@basicmeme1040]

​@@brittnineil6904baby had his peak and he has a lane he stays in and fits in and people r done with that lane and just listen to his shit over again.

[@brittnineil6904]

@@basicmeme1040 I always thought people listened to baby to fit in.

[@NoNameNoI.D]

Gunna always had substance in his songs, people just never paid attention till now

[@mikejones7617]

No cap since DS1 he had music with substance but people only focus on the hits rather than the full body of work

[@NoNameNoI.D]

@@Alex-bd4ov Good lookin! but u get the point.

[@P2k23P]

Facts

[@promiseomiponle810]

eh, not remotely as much as he had on this album, which still wasn't THAT much substance lol

[@ccapital_t]

@@promiseomiponle810 hater raid at its finest

[@Ayushmanz]

I have said this once and i will say it again ,Helloyassine has some of the most VALID opinions on hip hop.

[@Djdjd977]

calling gunna the mvp of this year is far from a good take

[@user-vg8tv1hp9c]

⁠@@Djdjd977he’s not number 1 but he has 2 songs EVERYONE knows, went to everyone hating him to everyone loving him, and is still rich. To me that’s pretty damn good.

[@keejay12]

Yeah but he's tarnishing his credibility and showing himself to be a culture vulture lately by constantly reporting on people that he can't pronounce their names correctly. Blackyspeakz is way better anyway.

[@Ayushmanz]

@@keejay12 nah Blackyspeakz has very generic and bloated content in my opinion .Its much more interesting to hear an unpopular opinion and then have it backed up rather than regurgitate and ruminate over a simple topic for 15 mins.

[@dontaviushaul442]

​@ayushmansharma34 I don't know about that I haven't heard anything bad take from him in a while, he do be pressing his videos longer than it needs to be, but not that bad.

[@og_3rd_st_saint_gat]

Hot take idc if gunna told idc anymore

[@SpiritsMC5YT]

You never should have cared in the first place 💀

[@og_3rd_st_saint_gat]

​@@SpiritsMC5YT yeah and I feel bad for that

[@PJC0007]

@@og_3rd_st_saint_gat but nobody felt bad for 6ix9ine💯

[@og_3rd_st_saint_gat]

@@PJC0007 ehh I don't like that guy he got caught on predator type charges

[@luisitxoo]

Should’ve never felt bad

[@joblvck7309]

Yeah Gunna is definitely MVP this year. He even should’ve been nominated at the Grammy’s just for keeping on pushing 🅿️ musically after the success of DS4Ever.

[@snippez1]

P Power was also very funny and good, the sex noises at the start make me cackle every time LMAO

[@P2k23P]

Facts

[@audimarr]

lil yachty clears

[@Saithx76]

Proof that good music pays out 💯

[@1kdavi]

He didn’t snitch he told the truth

[@Realkeepa]

😂😂😂😂

[@dontaviushaul442]

😂

[@youcef4593]

Yeah that's snitching

[@Realkeepa]

@@youcef4593 the full stuff,the real snitch,snitching perfekt🤣🤣🤣teens today so funny....

[@varga4488]

@@youcef4593who give a fuck literally doesn’t effect nobody but the dumb asses who got themselves there

[@BigiSmls]

Haha, got me with the Monster Reborn joke 😂 Theres a reason it's banned. No card should be able to revive a career like 6ix9ines.

[@_smittyallen13]

What’s crazy. Is that people talked all that shit about Dababy and his flow but he actually brought us some good music this year. And flow switched up.

[@_smittyallen13]

While lil baby soundin like he trying to to remake on me

[@GoldWristX]

dababy didn't have any hits this year

[@dboii18]

@@GoldWristX doesn't mean the music wasn’t good

[@Nine5Vader]

DaBaby is trash man you gotta be 15 years old to be stannin DaBaby

[@dontaviushaul442]

HEY THIS TRU!! I think dababy sounds a little better lil baby, plus he more versatile with his music.

[@oxycotin]

You see, this Afrobeats and dancehall music is the new code outside of the USA, it’s blowing up everywhere and it’s what I can see and hear is gonna be the new thing and imma call it.

[@HouseTre007]

Its already been popular in the United States since the beginning of 2023, if you’re just tapping in then you’re already late. 😂

[@rakeemkoroma2398]

lil yachty is fs a runner up, he’s changed his public perception and has consistently released good music. excited for 2024!

[@User61918]

He ruined his public perception he jus drake’s fanboy

[@fazormcghee7936]

Chloe Bailey fumbled the bag. Didn't even know they were together.

[@startrakambassador3632]

Because the truth is they weren't. It was a PR stunt setup by their labels

[@yaboiramses]

Idk she a 10/10 lookswise. Gunna, even now that he lost weight is not that

[@fazormcghee7936]

@@yaboiramses what does looks have to do with what I said?

[@jghifiversveiws8729]

@@yaboiramses Bro what is you talking bout bro?

[@Saintz1408]

Ever heard of bad publicity, breaking up with him could have been advice from her PR team and best thing for her.

[@slick3996]

Just proves it’s not about if you snitch or not, it’s about how you follow up afterwards, not once did Gunna go on a fuck everyone spree like 69 did

[@TheNadroj10]

Been telling people the whole time. 69 is just a whiny bitch, thats why people like Gunna. He just makes good music and stays out the way

[@Parkers-wrld]

Haven't even seen the video yet but "Hip Hop is 💀" - Nas

[@tweaker3484]

Rap album of the year.

[@michaelturley8222]

Lil Baby has always been wildly overrated, pretty funny seeing his career fall off after all the dick riders acted like he was really up there with the GOATs for the last 5 years.

[@Sigmundfrued]

Utopia

[@jayesguapo]

gunnas was better​@@Sigmundfrued

[@johnwerner69]

STH

[@fckutube2087]

@@Sigmundfruednope

[@arjunt973]

it’s travis but i hear you

[@andrewbutler7600]

I like that you brought up 6ix9ine’s situation, bc you have alotta people who are mad about Gunna still above water wit his career but 6ix9ine is struggling. It’s simple, Gunna is more likable and makes better music that 69, he also didn’t play the villain/troll role when he got outta prison and focused on actually making music 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@TheNadroj10]

Exactly, 69’s bitch ass caused his own downfall. Gunna makes music and stays out the way

[@GDSprodify]

Gunna been doing Afrobeats/Dancehall records with “Famous” with Octavian and Saint Jhn.

[@user-fl5cs6nq5l]

You see that Asake song with Gunna called Happiness is when I said Gunna had a great year He shocked me 😂 going on a afrobeat song and doing good

[@fckutube2087]

He had another one with an artist name “Koffe” called W That one was 🔥 too

[@raafiqg]

Im just a civilian that enjoys music fuck all that extra shit

[@jeromeparchment6125]

Talent always wins in the end

[@kanjiii14]

How young thug dad said “ he needs to stfu”

[@arb9998]

Jpegmafia & Danny Brown are my MVPs, listened to Scaring the Hoes for like 6 months straight

[@godimready2go]

Facts lil baby always been gassed gunna was always better ….. don’t know how baby got in drake convos lmao

[@MrToxiclaughter]

Wants and Needs

[@keejay12]

2023 MVP should be J Cole. He didnt drop an album but he crushed every song he was featured on.

[@B-3Z]

True but j cole wasn't alone in the creative process while in the face Of adversity

[@keejay12]

@@B-3Z how you know? Was you in the studio with him?

[@97Ant]

J Cole is cool if you have insomnia

[@jbmp1390]

What about Smino?

[@darkscorpion4507]

D rider at it finest 😂

[@CYCYonWIFi]

This is better than cable

[@elliot9634]

weird puff piece for a plant turned fed that makes mid anyway but okay

[@kysngaming7787]

Idc who he snitched on. Gunna had the best Rap songs of 2023.

[@JXSHFIGUEROA]

Copping a guilty plea isn’t snitching.

[@freshswagga100]

All the stuff said to get a reduced sentence leading up to it is tho 😮

[@shawtyeatemup1352]

Yes ma'am they ah gang 🤣😂

[@jayceewilliams5250]

People don't care about snitching like that anymore. Rap is so main stream and majority of the audience not in gang culture

[@deadshoot7642]

The babies virus 😂😂😂 that was hard

[@Matt2tymes]

Gunna didn’t get famous cus he dropped hella hits yall overhype him he dropped one song which was a TikTok song and became a hit nun less 🤦‍♂️

[@promiseomiponle810]

nah fr lol

[@Alex-uc3ye]

Lil baby is mid at best. He said himself he never wanted to rap, they just talked him into it.

[@kingjay9929]

Yup, Thug paid him to keep rapping. I could understand being in it for money but I don’t think thats motivation long term. His possible lack of passion for music is probably why he hasn’t gotten betterz

[@JBreezzBeatz]

The monster reborn reference thoo

[@Djiatp]

He fire AF! He didnt snitch on me

[@InvaderzHIM]

this thumbnail CRAZY 😭

[@bigmansam4504]

Reality is … people who don’t care about snitching are other rappers & the people who do care about it are some nerdy kids in a basement

[@startrakambassador3632]

Gunna's 2023 MVP??? Jesus, the bar is in fucking hell. 🤦🏾‍♂️💀

[@djandjb1]

Not only the MVP, so good he changed everyone from saying “stop snitching!” to “don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time!”

[@lylesrevenge]

He has to be, there hasn’t really been anything that happened in 2023 in hip hop and his redemption arc was the most interesting

[@startrakambassador3632]

@@lylesrevenge his redemption arc isn't anything special at all. The only reason why he's still successful, because niggas don't give a shit about the crime, because at the day, all they want is some music. And the music alone is mid and nothing anything new. Honestly Travis had a way better redemption arc than Gunna himself, and he deserves that MVP award (even if the bar is low af)

[@Sigmundfrued]

Travis is

[@johnwerner69]

@@lylesrevengePeggy and Danny brown would disagree

[@ykmitchell]

This was a dope take on the WHOLE situation.

[@Flyguyconrad_]

Next to him Lil Yachty definitely had another good comeback

[@lovely1762]

This should be brought into the 48 laws of power....along with Katt Williams as well.

[@nsuyungshine]

I really love this video really informative and actual facts being spoken idk i like all your videos but something about this one just hits i like how calm you are not so attacking i mean i dont care your not sayin anything about me but its nice to hear more about the artist instead of how you feel about the artist

[@cutthemixmaster7981]

I’d argue Travis Scott had just as big of adversity with the Astroworld incident to dropping one of the best/most commercially successful albums of the year

[@sideeyed7682]

I think everyone and their grandma knew Travis scott was never going to really get in trouble for that incident. Raps a very strange genere when it comes to its fanbase, if anything that event sparked popularity for him.

[@dontaviushaul442]

​@@sideeyed7682I said the same thing

[@Paul_21415]

This title is hilarious😂...

[@nijoelgreene851]

Great video as always Yassine 🔥 this should hit a million

[@eddydstroyah]

Amazing yugioh reference, you’ll be happy to know that monster reborn isn’t banned anymore lol

[@enricoayala9653]

gunna brought a new sound to the rap game when he jumped on “this year”. preferring the song without him, no dog, gunna ate that song up, he even stunned the original artist for that song when they performed it live. go watch the video

[@jorgevalle77]

Saying that a rat is saving 2023 rap is OD glazing.

[@uR.Cristiano-C7-s9c]

The album(a gift and a curse is dam good. I didn't wanted to listen to it when it first come out. I was like he a snitch then I decided to listen to it on 30th ,december 2023 and oh my God!!!! that sht was fire. Great Album of 2023

[@Keegan.999]

First vid watched of 2024 🐐

[@Tru948]

I ain't gon lie that gunna album was fire

[@WILLintoPOWER]

This title bro is insanity. 😮

[@Nooroodin84]

Gunna also made another afrobeats song with Asake and Sarz called Happiness. It’s a better song than This Year imo.

[@glizzygobbler2810]

He can prob get more connections with other genre artists now or help the newer upcoming artists

[@Ivo.33]

Don Toliver on Soweto is the way to slide on some afro shit as an American

[@onionlayersed]

Mostly the best things come when one is alone... This is the lesson that I've gotten from this video

[@kevinherrera7913]

Ik he got a humongous Checc for this video

[@calvinhuynh2540]

Gunna Feat 6ix9ine gonna be fireeeee

[@FlashieBoi]

Sleepy hallow would be the only one besides gunna who faced adversity this year and pulled thru

[@BeatsChill]

Was there actually prove he “snitched” or are people assuming as usual…?but also if I had to choose my LIFE over prison…you guess the answer lol

[@J.Hemann]

I think there’s a case for Lil Yachty being mvp considering how he’s been introducing the rap scene to a new sound and experimenting with psych rock.

[@lovescars]

fr

[@nathanakpe4897]

😂bro thinks yatchy is the first hip hop artist to incorporate psych rock into their album

[@jbmp1390]

You really think Yachty is the first to do what he's doing currently?! You must not have been listening to hip hop for very long.

[@richardvasquez6746]

The difference between gunna and 69 is gunna actually makes good music.

[@adetolaodukoya3493]

I was routing for him and I am.not surprised hime is MVP last year at all I k ew it and saw the vision , I love the nigga gunna he is very very very talented and I love his songs he was writting for lil baby facts 🔥🔥🔥

[@doncolliyon2771]

Women went with it and men followed 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@greendro6410]

Gunna made a good album this year.

[@philosopherking7869]

Remember Yugioh. They had it vs Pokémon for like 10 years. Then Pokémon came back on them heavy. I was in GameStop recently the whole shelf of cards was Pokémon 1 pack of yugioh no other card games. Lol 😂

[@Spidiewebher]

Yeah Lil Baby shit has always sounded the same. People was just blinded by the hype fr. That’s why it’s important for artist to always lowkey test new waters. Do it so slightly that’s it’s noticed enough for criticism, but small enough to risk the little negative critique but take no real damage.

[@t-god2439]

For lil baby I don’t see how he can make “bigger picture” and then go back to making the same fast food music. He’s shown that he can make great music with substance so why not continue to do that?

[@TRISKIT.]

Soulja boy had the biggest comeback of 2024

[@mackb9139]

they told buddy to snitch

[@ZR-fz6bx]

The plea he took was to maintain his innocence if u actually look into his plea deal Nun he said in court that day can be used against thug or any other co defendant He ain’t even mention names or agree to take the stand and testify against thug or anyone in the case but yet people call him a rat 🤷🏽‍♂️ and what’s crazy most people calling him rats are some goofies I’m talking internet thugs 😭

[@snippez1]

they acting like like gunna snitched on them for their crimes. gunna didnt snitch on me, so imma still listen to him. other note; lil baby fell off hard after 2020, dude has the same sound and same flow every song its all the same, bro should focus on his crappy music instead of ghetto shit

[@smokeybowls187]

Where does it say that nothing he stated in a court of law (a public forum), a place where he has the right to remain silent, can't be used against others? The Miranda rights don't go away at booking 🤦

[@ZR-fz6bx]

@@smokeybowls187 it’s called an Alfred Plea look up how it works also look up his case if you that interested

[@l4nescanor831]

until thug says he snitches he's valid over here...69 only has 2 flows spanish and aggressive rap 😂😂

[@Abujabnil.1]

Still overrated not good never was

[@Abujabnil.1]

@@seyvianlaw2672no

[@acceptyourchallenge]

a low key (not such much) diss at lil baby.

[@PBPTLP]

So….when people want friends who can keep it real, as long as it doesn’t apply to them being called out for their wrongdoings, that’s a “real one.” People are stupid and the lawn is filled with snakes.

[@wamunyimawamunyima582]

That's why he's the goat, the goat 🐐

[@NostalgiaVomitBootlegs]

The goat? 😂 you need help

[@thedudeofsomethingorsometh273]

Yassine always seems like hes hating on gunna ngl. I dont even like gunna like that but he didnt snitch, he acknowledged what YSL had done (which everyone knew) and beat the system

[@evertonkkg6624]

69 had no choice his whole image is of a troll.

[@ccapital_t]

Let's be honest. Everybody knows YSL is a gang. How is that snitching?

[@echo0803]

travis scott is mvp imo. after the whole astrofest thing, he was almost silent in the music industry for 5 years. he came back with utopia, having hits like I KNOW? and FE!N. he then went on tour and has record breaking numbers. obviously the gunna situation is terrible and his comeback was beautiful, but travis hasn’t dropped an album since 2018 and came back like he never left.

[@smokeybowls187]

The Astroworld incident only happened 2 years ago. November 5, 2021.

[@echo0803]

@@smokeybowls187 i know. i didn’t mean it as in it was 5 years ago lol. just wrote it wrong.

[@makinoutmakinout2056]

I never believed baby was hit tbh gunna always showed he was some what creative on thug asap Rocky kind of sense

[@sunnohh]

Snitching is cool and based

[@Biggoy]

Isn’t there a beeping fire alarm in the background of one of his songs??😂😂😂

[@andrewkelley1179]

We don’t care that he snitched 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@jbke]

W title 💀

[@mitchf1862]

A banned card like Monster Reborn 😂😂😂😂💪💪💪

[@ChoiceYours-nd1fw]

Social media hell

[@AbsentBabyDaddy]

Gunna doing better forsure

[@Abujabnil.1]

How tell me how

[@GoldWristX]

@@Abujabnil.1 Solo wise he is he was usually only important cause of the features he was on.

[@Abujabnil.1]

@@GoldWristX oh

[@RECKLESSDRUG24]

HELLO YESANNNIE

[@sirleeproductions]

Gunna wunna

[@fdgfgddfgdfg3629]

lil yachty was artist of the yr easily but gunna deserves his props fs

[@Chester-mz2ep]

Yatchy has most improved

[@djandjb1]

@@Chester-mz2epand was still trash, wtf? He ruined the song he had with J.cole with that fake “bar fest” thing he was going for, needs to go back to being a hip hop clown with finding Nemo hooks… Oh and he’s why Drake’s album was awful too.

[@fdgfgddfgdfg3629]

are u slow bru look at the numbers music isnt just abt ur personal taste he used to be trash but in 2023 he consistently dropped good music with mad numbers and he dropped a very good album tht wasnt even mainly rap @@djandjb1

[@1neromusiq65]

There is no other

[@Ictstudent.01]

Yes maam'

[@tsoyurhagamer7722]

Lil boat hit hard this year

[@Macodythemetta]

Bro had summer 16,Poland,that whole album,the secret recipie, Mr fortunate(unreleased), the work he did on for all the dogs, gimme da lite, and like 50 other songs😂😂

[@phillipmukama6796]

True.

[@HexylManray]

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