Rappers Who Were Ahead of Their Time

[@lilbpack1]

Honey! - Lil B

[@bluhunits]

yooo say hi

[@chimpandolfo2512]

Best rapper alive

[@spoofs974]

Ty based god

[@SethTraplifeGLO999]

Lmaooo swag

[@charleswinkler5998]

this comment should be pinned

[@balsbysagan]

Saying “Hip-Hop legend NAV” more than once per vid is crazy 😂

[@TayT300]

Saying crazy in 2023 like a sheep is crazy

[@deeshotcha2250]

@@TayT300niggas been saying crazy

[@balsbysagan]

@@TayT300 relax and go listen to my new song 👱🏿‍♂️

[@aka_JustCuzz]

But fr tho nav ain’t een close to a legend lil bro like stop the glazing 😂

[@highartist2225]

Fr 😂

[@leoparderratic]

Sosa was really ahead of his time, everyone forgets about how experimental he was back in his prime. I honestly think he's in a new prime, I think his rapping is better than ever.

[@bloodomen2794]

n his new beat selection, songs like tony montana, tuxedo and etc is his best sound rn

[@ASTR47]

​@@bloodomen2794that tony montana beat is so fucking hard

[@realcade]

Keef been in his bag since 2021

[@michaelmentality]

he’ll never top 2012 Sosa

[@Andy-td8eo]

Now you have Durk who is dominating right now

[@machinegunkorok4509]

That dreaded 2012 Chief Keef gone b remembered for years to come.

[@strike5685]

our kids gon find sosa in their history textbooks

[@ishdontstop_]

Chief keef is a legend for the back to the dead mixtape alone

[@Chris.925]

Fax💯

[@SupaSavage24]

But why your pic Lul Tim tho lol?

[@s1ckboirari]

@@SupaSavage24 jump out da whip like lul tim but yeah thats kinda crazy 💀

[@industrialworld1]

Chief Keef is not even close to be a washed up rapper. His work after Finally Rich inspire countless rappers after him, his "sluppring" voice and futuristic sound inspired the underground in ways you wouldn't even imagine, i can name you A LOT of rappers who were influenced by his sound after finally rich.

[@21_God]

Specially Almighty So, the Back from the dead series, Bang series, the Leek, even more recent stuff like Thot Breaker or Musick Mansion has inspired rappers because he really got it like that

[@Goth-Season]

💯💯exactly like come on now

[@MadaoOnline]

Well said

[@keeosama]

Yea he not really tapped into sosa catalog

[@MadaoOnline]

@@keeosama not at all

[@Littyyj]

Lil b changed the rap game forever idc what anyone says, without Lil b there wouldn’t be a soulja boy or them other rappers who really just be saying anything in their lyrics nowadays

[@zennradio3028]

Fr

[@BlackGirlLovesAnime6]

Soulja boy was here before lil b. Lil b ushered in the SoundCloud era, Soulja boy was here during the crunk era. Ik because I was in middle school during the crunk era and in high school when lil b came out

[@zennradio3028]

@@BlackGirlLovesAnime6 Lil B better.

[@Smallwill666]

​@@BlackGirlLovesAnime6yeah bro u right this guy is a poser, and i remember that i got introduced to Lil B by Soulja and then they did a bunch of shit together

[@oceanairguitarforce]

@@BlackGirlLovesAnime6lil b never used SoundCloud as a platform 😑

[@editedbytwentynine]

no one was more ahead of his time than speakerknockerz 🙌🙌

[@davidawonaike1188]

Lil b

[@younggrojas]

2012-14 sosa

[@bluhunits]

cartier god-can i call u bay

[@bluhunits]

SK a goat tho🐐

[@spoofs974]

Literally Memphis in the 90s....

[@bb-double-yuh]

I remember in high school being in a special ed class where I befriended this one dude who was an Evangelical Christian. He was in the class because of troubles at home. He was a great guy and was open with his love for God and his life despite his shortcomings. He was the nicest dude you could ever meet. I don't know what his religion's thought on certain music was (I came from a Lutheran background, but had never attended church nor read the bible in my life up to that point), but he would crank Chief Keef and Speaker Knockerz during lunch break. He also had a few other rappers he enjoyed such as Rich Homie Quan, OG Maco, early-Hopsin where he was borderline a horrorcore rapper, and several others. It was a good time. I would say that I am heavily nostalgic for Keef's and SK's music, but not really, because it still sounds so fresh to me.

[@Chris-iq5pr]

Nice

[@3starz475]

OG MACO HOLY SHIT THAT TAKES ME BACK! 😂 i randomly remembered that song he made but couldn’t remember his name or the name of the song

[@neverknowsbest.]

​@@3starz475and now bro got black balled from the industry. Lost his eye. And has a skin eating disorder. Idk what bro did but the universe don't like him

[@SethTraplifeGLO999]

Chief keef created snippet culture

[@89bino]

Not true

[@bbbbbdddbbbbbdb]

@@89bino who did then

[@prodby4star]

@@bbbbbdddbbbbbdbd savage?? idfk

[@bbbbbdddbbbbbdb]

@@prodby4star lol no way. he had a very iconic snipped but definitely wasnt the first to preview a snippet. pretty sure the lowlife snippet video was the blueprint for the i know snippet

[@gamingclips2-q6z]

It’s so sad every time I hear he was found next to his car. He worked so hard for it and passed away next to it

[@Sardonic_]

Glad to see Speaker Knockerz still getting brought up

[@onesyphorus]

ong RIP

[@arfank199]

They even use the ay flow in fucking k-pop songs. Keef’s influence is in the history books

[@bluhunits]

where😂

[@lb2kxx]

What are you talking about

[@akekekec]

You forgot to note! Lil b cursed KD, and if it weren’t for him lifting the curse due to KD going to golden state, a California team which is where B is from, KD wouldn’t have won any championships!

[@str8rippi]

Nigga that shit had nothing to do with a fake ass curse😂🤣

[@Awesomebaconman123]

There's a video where Lil B lifts the curse on live tv. It's hilarious, Lil B is serious about the curse but he also realizes how goofy it looks so he's playing it up and having fun with it

[@austinjones9171]

James Harden would have a ring by now if he apologized to lil b

[@Slime5x]

speaker knockerz was a legend fr im happy he being brought up again

[@ItwasnotLando]

fr he woulda put South Carolina on the map if he didn't pass

[@peeron6829]

same, i have much love for sk! fly high Legend

[@pawedziedzicjr.672]

Can't believe people think Chief Keef is a one hit wonder when me and my friend hold him at this crazy ass pedestal, like bro is music itself or sum

[@Andre000Lucas]

The only ones who thinks is the pop fans that only listens to Drake, Travis, Kendrick etc.. Anyone really into Hip Hop appreciate sosas body of work and impact in the game

[@s1ckboirari]

You forgot to mention Lil B follows EVERYONE on twitter lmao, I remember he followed me one day I was lowkey freaking out, then I check and at the time he was following like 6.4 million ppl 😭😂 I think there's a limit now on how may you can follow but he used to have the account with the most people followed on Twitter, thats real ass grind

[@prettylaurynn]

I’ve had 3 twitters and he followed me on all 3 lol my last one he jus did it I didn’t even add him first 🖤

[@mkmetri]

keef legendary

[@TellHerNothing]

Thug deserves an honorable mention atleast

[@Bigboomerr67]

he needs to be on this list

[@EpicSeps]

Chief Keef aint faded into obscurity tho. People still hyped (along w myself) about AS2 (if it drops lmao)

[@prettylaurynn]

That’s a big if Lmaoo he months past his date Lmao

[@fin7072]

Ricky Hil is a big one most people overlook, got the weeknd in to making music and was literally making emo rap in the 2000s. X, Peep, Juice among many others all said he inspired them

[@glasscolors8006]

Bones, Xavier Wulf, Chris Travis, Eddy Baker. All ahead of their time and stay ahead of their time.

[@AyeYoBoxingWithMadiba]

I have to disagree. Chief Keef post Finally Rich was still influential

[@murdered4269]

Ong, he forgot he mention that he popularized showing snippets that never got released. Something rappers do to this day all the time

[@Don_Salieri1899]

And also faneto off bftd2 is one of his biggest songs to date and it came out 2 years after finally richh

[@AyeYoBoxingWithMadiba]

@@murdered4269 those Chief Keef snippets, especially for Finally Rich, were legendary

[@bigjawline9235]

the two years directly after 2012 were fwr more influential fs

[@danrmanalt]

Everything this dude said in this video was honestly like incorrect, thought it would be a solid analysis video and dude is basically reading tweets and praising Nav the whole time

[@iNuvo1892]

For the internet part. I would have to give you a fact check. Souljaboy was the first and not even tryna be funny but he was the first to be earning and changed the way rappers and labels would handle music being distributed, he was also the first to start making money on KZbin, he was getting .15 cents a view and .7 cents a comment. Don’t believe me . Look up the video when he was beefing with ice T. That’s when he exposed KZbin and put us on game to make money.

[@rishavfash1r]

you right

[@PoryGoon]

It doesn't matter bro music journalists have always just been making stuff up re: the history of music, artist influence etc.

[@johngrovesIII]

yeah soulja boy literally was putting in work in those early youtube days, it was so scarce atp he really the first rapper that took social media by storm. his lack of awareness regarding his own carrer hindered his growth.

[@BiggRich95]

Lil b most iconic and legendary everybody got swag from lil b he bought fun and his own style to rap i loved him from 2009-2023

[@MustangAlex69]

If I could meet any rapper, without a doubt, it would be Chief Keef.

[@questtherebelgaming]

You forgot to mention that lil b was part of "The Pack" the rap group who made the "Vans" song, i used to bump them heavy lol

[@Jaxsens-Js-Better]

Chief keef is still really good. 4nem and dedication are insanely good considering he’s been going this hard for almost 12 years

[@goatproduxionsreacts7195]

And then now, Chief is know for being street turned into a genuinely good guy… and pretty tech savy as doesnt dude streams? Showing up to Adin’s birthday and giving them a show and shit dudes awesome

[@goatproduxionsreacts7195]

not gonna lie tho, the sound that chief has introduced recently where he literally rhymes a bunch of funny shit together was the reason why i was recently introduce to finally rich. his new shit has been gas and im excited for his new album cause its exactly gonna be like 4Nem

[@XoRaider]

This video is GOATED. It’s crazy I got into SK a couple months before he passed, one of the biggest what ifs in hip hop. Also crazy him and Sosa had issues cuz if those two made music together, BRUH. But Lil B is an underground GOAT, but you are hella correct with it’s either you highly respect him or think he’s absolute trash. But the BasedGod is forever GOATED, TYBG. 🙏🏼

[@SethTraplifeGLO999]

Roscoe dash got done dirty and deserved more shine

[@bLEACHeye]

It's incredible how many random folks I hear say based, not knowing where it's from

[@yungsosaa]

Legends. Chief and Lil B ma biggest inspiration 💯

[@Disxreet]

Anybody who is a fan of this new rap has to pay homage to the Basedgod. Lil B has been a part of my life since The Pack days. Just slapped BasedGods Pro Skater yesterday.

[@BiggRich95]

Still listening to trapped in basedworld.. big belts

[@rishavfash1r]

if you're confused why there aren't any 3rd party videos... copyright stuff, and i don't have time to sift through it unfortunately...

[@younggrojas]

the aye flow aint finally rich era lol, its late 2013 early 2014 sosa

[@hau5592]

Aye flow is not Sosa… u dickriding hard

[@SethTraplifeGLO999]

Nah early 2013 too

[@younggrojas]

@@SethTraplifeGLO999 for example?

[@IanWYA]

@@younggrojaslisten to bang 2 and almighty so 2

[@seksi.superstar]

​@@younggrojas2012 too

[@mpawli10]

man jus said dat chief keef is known as a 1 hit wonder by most rap fans..... this is not the channel for me lol😂😂😂

[@sludgepls]

Mfs just be saying shit man.

[@imromani]

bro chatting

[@trompeur1044]

i dont like and faneto are other big tracks tbf, so one hit is disingenuous. however, he ain't really had a big track since '15

[@-AxisA-]

Imo 36 mafia laid the base and fundamentals for trap in the 1990s with their dark sound, triplets and deep sometimes aggressive 808s, but Lil B & Speakerknockera were the grandfathers of the more mainstream trap sound today and Chief Keef is the grandfather of todays drill. Thought Chief Keef has influenced the more mainstream sound today too and Drill can be considered pretty mainstream today too.

[@Don_Salieri1899]

Keef was even influencing his opps in drill

[@dot.gnarly]

Ecen tho 36 were pioneers they werent the only ones nor first, i wiuld even say tommy wright is far more importsnt in memphis

[@21_God]

3-6, Tommy Wright and the whole Memphis 90s scene inspired T.I., Gucci, Jeezy, etc to start trap in the 2000s, then by 2010 Waka Flocka inspired Keef and Keef and the whole Chicago 2010s scene made drill, Lil B inspired people on stuff like meme rap, heavy internet promotion, talking about literally anything in your music, low budget music videos, etc and all the other stuff in the video; Speaker Knockerz also inspired being independent, heavy internet promotion, being a new age rapper+producer and melodic rap, they all did something, they all inspired in their own ways, and there’s many others who also helped shape modern rap like Future, Young Thug, Kanye, Lil Wayne, Kid Cudi, Yung Lean, Odd Future, A$AP Mob, Raider Klan most importantly SpaceGhostPurrp, and now kids are taking notes from people like Lil Uzi, Playboi Carti, NBA Youngboy and Kodak

[@-AxisA-]

@@21_God Well said

[@StatiCRjm]

Lil Wayne actually has the most visible impact on hip hop, to categorize him as just one of the many others that had impact is weird.

[@ZikNoogie]

Speaker Knockerz would still be a staple in the industry today. His producer tag it’s the Speaker Knockerz was goated he coulda been like Kanye minus bein unhinged. Kid was a legend with so much potential, shit hurt me when he passed

[@musa6723]

cartier'god shouldve been on here ngl. bro was making pluggnb back in like 2010 lol

[@jbke]

Trash sub genre, nobody cares

[@deeshotcha2250]

🤣🤣

[@bluhunits]

can i call u bay and smashin n splashin

[@SethTraplifeGLO999]

Ocean gang splash!!!

[@goku8621]

You got some stuff wrong Keef’s aye flow originated after Finally Rich on Almighty So, Bang 2, and his other 2013-14 tracks that’s where his mumble sound started. Uzi said bang 2 is his fav album of all time. He dropped Faneto, Earned It, Sosa Chamberlain after leaving Interscope some of his biggest songs nobody refers to him as a 1 hit wonder. And Keef still averages around 14 million monthly on Spotify alone was on Drake album as a feature and a sample, and even now produced for Uzi, Youngboy, and Trippie albums. He’s far from “faded into obscurity”.

[@kgbigdola]

Speaker knockerz was so underrated. He was the first rap artist i ever listened to and put me onto the rap genre! I will respect no artist as much as speakers.

[@prettylaurynn]

The sucker punch boosted his career . He didn’t go into hiding . He made a video the next day explaining the situation then dropped “the pretty bitch is back” the SAME DAY . That sneak attack elevated his career . Never went into hiding

[@karigrandii]

Yung lean, chief keef and future really paved the wave for modern rap music. They were all almost 10 years ahead if their time.

[@lihboidasanstr8fyre228]

Yung lean didn’t blow up tell recently no one heard of ginseng strip until TikTok💀 he may of inspired some small rappers but he definitely wasn’t a pavement.

[@T-ristan]

@@lihboidasanstr8fyre228u have no idea bro

[@kjwends]

@@lihboidasanstr8fyre228lol cant believe your audacity

[@spacecop1073]

​@@lihboidasanstr8fyre228bro r u covid baby or something 😭

[@joshmbikayi8183]

Waka Flocka was way way ahead of time he really paved the wave nun of them weren’t know when waka was blowing

[@marcosgonzalez8219]

No way you called Nav a legend 3 times bro lmaoooooooo

[@jbke]

He is a legend fym

[@SethTraplifeGLO999]

NAV BEST RAPPER! LOL!

[@Ardamisc]

Kind of wild Soulja Boy isn’t in this video cause I would say he is actually the first rapper to do vlogs and stuff like that.

[@ScoobaSteveNC]

Speaker knockerz influenced nav,a boogie wit Da hoodie,Lil tjay,lil tecca and roddy ricch

[@lb2kxx]

Lil Wayne influenced him

[@SethTraplifeGLO999]

0:55 i still remember finding chief keef because Lil B remxied "bang" and HNHH posted it, then i seen his mixtape cover for bang (part 1) and i felt the same vibes i had got from waka flocka flame when i seen salute me or shoot me. I knew he was gonna blow up but i worried he would be killed. I legit WORRIED sosa was gonna be killed almost every day 75% spring-winter 2012

[@fran-bruh]

Best yt rn ong

[@cbgthekid]

Chief Keef may have made repeating ad-libs popular in hip-hop but there's been ad-libs in Hip Hop since back when Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg were making The Chronic

[@parkers3301]

real ones know keef never fell off

[@TannerGoated]

He just not mainstream any more so that’s why people say he fell off he got a cult fan base and still relevant

[@SethTraplifeGLO999]

Zach Farlow was so far ahead of his time its sad 😅😢. He got a great sound and already has a bunch of amazing music already out, people just need to hear it!

[@moneyyjamal]

Bro where is spaceghostpurrp

[@C1K450]

Lil B changed the sound and image of troll/soundcloud/clout rappers. Probably made way for PluggnB. Chief Keef and Speaker Knockerz made a way for harmonic drill/bop music especially with the autotune.

[@yerkluvr]

chief keef needs his flowers

[@ynrkenshi]

lil b super influencial brooo. nor cal legend fr he got an influence on me cause he just inspirational hes just himself & dont care about nothing type shit. thats hella based. also we need a video on lil wayne & all the people he influenced next mannn that'd be fye

[@sippingblood]

its crazy how influential sosa is people underestimate how much he influenced he influenced so many people its crazy people that dont even got a similar sound ill say lucki for example and like summrs and kankan glo beats even sexxy red hopped on a glo beat so is the goat im tired of people not realizing

[@fatboydee2806]

crediting Keef for popularizing "aye" as if OJ Da Juiceman doesn't exist is just crazy

[@TannerGoated]

Oj def was one of the first Fs . But keef said he didn’t get it from him got it from his uncle . And keef is way more influential than oj

[@SethTraplifeGLO999]

Chief Keef, Lil B and Soulja Boy >>>>> Tupac, Biggie and Jay-Z Straight up!!!

[@prettylaurynn]

On influence HELL YEAH

[@1of1nujra]

TYBG 🙏🏽

[@TRANSGENDER_EXTERMINATOR]

more like ty gaylord , now we got rappers dressing feminine while still pretending to be tough 💀lil uzi K

[@jwood8769]

I’m a be honest you should of gave Waka Flocka an honorable mention because he was definitely a heavy influence in the people like Chief Keef and Bobby shmurda

[@rememberda4736]

Damn I wish you had mentioned Yung God from Ocean Gang. He was apart of that Based Era alongside Lil B. Hell Lil B still gets credit for that Caillou Freestyle which is Yung God’s song

[@questtherebelgaming]

RIP Speakerknockerz !!!

[@Envious98gaming]

Wintertime was ahead of his time DONT @ me

[@alt666]

chief apologizing to katy is kinda hilarious for some reason

[@neropanic1882]

Speaker Knockers would have been huge 😢

[@cannab1263]

Yall always forget about Spaceghostpurrp, that guy created something too more than doing his shit in Cloud Rap like the hieroglyphic shit and aslo in fashion, that "Rocky" shit with the gold grillz and the black clothes is an SGP creation even he denies it.

[@daltanwerre8277]

I was born in 1997 and listen to speaker knockerz when I was 16 17 18 & still on occasion he would have been huge he was even huge when I was a kid when he died it was sad to hear He's one of the goats for sure and definitely a pioneer Glad you included him thank you

[@talensmith573]

The fact future isn't on here is wild. Monster was dropped in 2014 and all the songs sound brand new. His sound shaped the future of rap

[@sosssaaa]

long live SK🙏🏽💔 sosa & sk really the goats

[@junyaiwase]

There is no “mumble rap” rappers like uzi and carti infamously were called mumble rappers despite speaking clearly

[@wokeloc261]

Bro 2013-17 sosa was crazy he got a song with travis.

[@TrinidadCardonaOfficial]

Didn’t even mention faneto

[@miranda2smoke794]

Love the videos and work ethic 🔥

[@rishavfash1r]

Appreciate it!!

[@slaqiboo]

bro i literally look foward everyday u drop keep it up

[@medusanineseven]

you should’ve included the lil b curse lol

[@Fujiisamaa]

I remember me and brother finding SpeakerKnockerz in the comments years ago, we where devastated when he died, he was big influence on my brother music

[@slattyski6618]

no one was more ahead of his time than Young Thug and that's obvious, his songs still futuristic to this day

[@bbyponk]

these guys are constantly acknowledged by underground rap enthusiasts this video is like 5 years outdated

[@cxshcam160]

Jus missing souljaboy he was the real first internet rapper

[@mwah]

1:37 lol that comment "kys"

[@rickylucia7598]

That lil b verse on grove st party is absolutely legendary

[@meandyousomeofusfortwo]

u forgot Soulja Boy, SpaceGhostPurrp, and Three 6 Mafia. Them, the people in this vid and Wayne are responsible for 21st century rap music.

[@Xscor98300]

Drain gang and rcb will always be ahead of the time bruh

[@dylannany]

Bro i really like ur videos keep going 🔥🔥

[@thaevildoer]

rip speaker knockerz

[@Smallwill666]

3:22 the buh buh buh adlib best use was on "No Sl33p"

[@burritoboy7666]

love ur vids but can u adjust the bass in ur voice lol always gotta turn my speakers down *insert soulja boy im not yo daddy turn yo speakers down*

[@dominicpastorelle6967]

Dude glo inspired stuff has its footprints all over the underground right now his influence never fell off

[@mwah]

2:38 yh he "didn't know" he did know how fkd these mfs were he werent tryna sell his soul like lil uzi vert aka lucifer and playboi carti aka gayboy carti

[@BonsaiFrost]

19:59 Mac knew true artistry if he worked with anyone. Homie knew who to give his time too. Thank you BasedGod.

[@projextnate_]

chief keef did not fall off after 2012 😂😂

[@planetchopurcockoff]

chief keef and lil b >

[@Effy00000]

who said chief keef fell off lmaoo

[@Effy00000]

4nem was great

[@dior5tar]

you need to do more research on sosa bro i see why purrp acted the way he did towards you

[@rishavfash1r]

bruh it was j a rough backgroudn not a full video

[@SethTraplifeGLO999]

​@@rishavfash1ryou should do better research on sosa bro, no hate.

[@Awesomebaconman123]

​@rishavfash1r gotta give it your all everytime man if you wanna stand out in the sea of Ytubers. You got the editing and way you efficiently convey information. Underground hip-hop fans will correct you at every turn.

[@WorldHayes-VR]

Lil B Legend

[@yae7467]

haven’t watched the full video yet but 21 was too. 21 first few albums could be released now and sell crazy. he was way more experimental then and had a crazy variety of flows

[@forestgrumpy119]

if spaceghostpurrp and soulja boy aint on this ugh yh lmao

[@cherry3836]

the hip hop legend NAV

[@ovotre]

Chief keef has to be on rap Mount Rushmore

[@Andy-td8eo]

Chief Keef really was ahead of his time, now there's Durk who is keeping the torch