The Downfall of XXL Freshman Cyphers

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June Plug

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Over the years, XXL Freshman Cyphers have become less and less popular, and the number of artists willing to be in them has gone down dramatically. But why???
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@JunePlug
@JunePlug 11 ай бұрын
What do you think XXL should do to improve their future cyphers?
@cozyjonah
@cozyjonah 11 ай бұрын
Actually put in effort to look for underground artists with unique styles generating their own buzz that could use the boost, not someone that’s catching hype on TikTok
@jaideveremy4371
@jaideveremy4371 11 ай бұрын
I wish that 2023 has the same sounds like the early 2010s cause 2010s music has catchy vibes
@moleedaboi
@moleedaboi 11 ай бұрын
Look for talented rappers...
@vmpodcast
@vmpodcast 11 ай бұрын
Chose rappers that are actually saying something 2011
@vmpodcast
@vmpodcast 11 ай бұрын
@@hdjd2saucyit’s a popularity contest they don’t take being a rapper seriously XXL should hang it up
@camelsouttahere.
@camelsouttahere. 11 ай бұрын
basically went from good rappers with skill to tiktok rappers with one hit
@bigdollabill7426
@bigdollabill7426 11 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂💯💯💯
@nathanielb4985
@nathanielb4985 11 ай бұрын
None of them have ever been skilled rappers
@dezmond1219
@dezmond1219 11 ай бұрын
Dc ain’t even a TikTok rapper
@SkittleztakesWs
@SkittleztakesWs 11 ай бұрын
@@nathanielb4985fym? Jid, ski, x, cordae, polo g, jack harlow? None of them got skill? Those are only the new ones
@SkittleztakesWs
@SkittleztakesWs 11 ай бұрын
@@dezmond1219fr
@SpiritsMC5YT
@SpiritsMC5YT 10 ай бұрын
The problem with XXL is that it started off as a way for UNDERGROUND rappers to take off using their platform. A shout out where they themselves prove to others they are worth investing in. After 2018, it just mainly became a meet up of people that were ALREADY famous thru radio or TikTok hits. XXL then just began to bring in artist that were bigger than XXL themselves. That’s how they fell off
@brandonadrien3476
@brandonadrien3476 10 ай бұрын
With what you described, I'd say that COLORS is the one doing a great job in using its platform to help people take off (and it's for more than just rappers)
@asciiangel7583
@asciiangel7583 10 ай бұрын
those underground rappers still needed a buzz tho. u just get famous way faster in the tik tok era.
@jeremysimpson569
@jeremysimpson569 10 ай бұрын
No I feel the problem is that they aren't hitting the right points for who they're picking, you want someone on the come up just on the verge of being main stream, central cee and DC the don I felt were good picks on this aspect everyone else is "I only heard you on tik tok" or "I've never heard of you at all"
@SpiritsMC5YT
@SpiritsMC5YT 10 ай бұрын
@@jeremysimpson569 I don’t think central cee is a good pick because he again blew up off of TikTok. He was already know for that “my bitch is gay” song along with that freestyle he did comparing uk to usa slang. Bro went mad viral and got on XXL
@yaknowelodie1067
@yaknowelodie1067 10 ай бұрын
it wasnt just for underground rappers bcuz if you look a bunch of people were mainstream when they was put on the list. Wiz Khalifa, Oj the Juiceman, Meek Mill, YG, Kendrick Lamar, Future, Macklemore, MGK, Roscoe Dash, and the list goes on. They been putting on people who were already famous for radio
@not_milk
@not_milk 11 ай бұрын
2016 cypher got so much hate when it happened. I remember so many people clowning on Uzi and yachty and almost all of the artists as being mumble rappers. Sometimes it just takes time for an artist to prove themselves
@kmsdaily
@kmsdaily 10 ай бұрын
I wonder how many of those people are huge fans now
@dext871
@dext871 10 ай бұрын
bro I’ve been saying that, people were hating hard😂
@Kiing_jer
@Kiing_jer 10 ай бұрын
I like the majority of their music I still think that's the most overrated cypher ever wasn't even the best that year
@kmsdaily
@kmsdaily 10 ай бұрын
@Kiing_jer def not the best, but the people saying it was the worst thing ever when it happened looking real silly rn
@trenchgodd6910
@trenchgodd6910 10 ай бұрын
No shit, most of the artists from 2016 have had some good runs. 💪🏾
@juliangreen9930
@juliangreen9930 10 ай бұрын
I was 27 years old in 2016 and I remember everyone I knew in my age group absolutely TRASHING the 21/Uzi/Yachty, etc. cypher. I was lowkey feeling like it was the "death" of hip-hop, lol. Seven years later, and you got people saying that it was the best Freshman class ever. It's super interesting for me that we're starting to hear the perspectives of younger people who were shaped by this music.
@javonnixon8470
@javonnixon8470 10 ай бұрын
Being the best doesn’t equate to being good.
@shehzk.
@shehzk. 10 ай бұрын
@@javonnixon8470 it was still good
@ExoticEio
@ExoticEio 10 ай бұрын
I never thought about it like that I was 13 when it came out all my Homies are replaying it over and over during the summer I still think it’s fire but it definitely wasn’t as good as the first time it’s still the best xxl freestyle imo
@KiDKeYz1000
@KiDKeYz1000 10 ай бұрын
2009 was best
@addison7105
@addison7105 10 ай бұрын
I was around 12 years old in 2016, and I listened to that music a lot and I gotta say I miss that era so much and todays music is ass 😞
@brandonadrien3476
@brandonadrien3476 10 ай бұрын
Honestly, I think JID's verse from 2018 is the best one in XXL history. It was like making the closer the opening act
@AYAKXSHI
@AYAKXSHI 10 ай бұрын
Dave east n gherbo also had great freestyles from there respectful year
@severeoneblunt
@severeoneblunt 10 ай бұрын
@@AYAKXSHI all time best overall cypher
@brandonadrien3476
@brandonadrien3476 10 ай бұрын
@@AYAKXSHI I agree, but I was implying XXL cypher verses. My bad for not being specific though
@correamayo3068
@correamayo3068 10 ай бұрын
Best verse in XXL freshman history belongs to OJ The Juiceman.
@GodSpeed1105
@GodSpeed1105 10 ай бұрын
Dude actually obliterated his Cypher
@brownskindragon
@brownskindragon 10 ай бұрын
💀💀💀💀💀💀 “ you already pissin me off “. “ AND YOU MAKING IT WORSE!”
@samcordero
@samcordero 11 ай бұрын
DC the don is my favorite rapper and I've been following him for years. I voted for him like ten times so I was really happy when he was 10th pick. But yeah it's pretty sad how much XXL fell off because at one point being a freshman was a real indicator that the artist was going to be big. X was 10th pick for 2017.
@CheeseyMilkshakes
@CheeseyMilkshakes 10 ай бұрын
I don’t believe this dude is as big as you lot are saying, he has 400,000 listeners.
@Yvngtaiya
@Yvngtaiya 10 ай бұрын
Same been listening to DC for some years he's madly underrated
@anodizedt
@anodizedt 10 ай бұрын
@@CheeseyMilkshakeslisteners dont mean a thing its just people that listen not total streams look at numbers not listeners people like lawsy have more than him and whos lawsy???? no one knows
@samcordero
@samcordero 10 ай бұрын
@@CheeseyMilkshakes he has 500k followers on instagram. A lot of people know about him, a lot less consistently listen to him. Also his sound cloud numbers are crazy.
@CravingPasta
@CravingPasta 10 ай бұрын
@@CheeseyMilkshakes A lot of people know him. I don't really listen to him but I know who he is because just how well known he is in the underground scene. I don't really listen to his music but he's well known enough for me to know that he was literally the only name I recognized on this year's freshman cypher.
@LeakyArchives
@LeakyArchives 11 ай бұрын
It’s crazy how much the xxl freshman stuff has declined in recent years. They had so much juice around 2016/17/18 I can’t believe they fumbled it
@artistaccount
@artistaccount 11 ай бұрын
The rappers just suck nowadays. Who of this generation is gonna Kendrick x 21 Kodak Uzi?
@LosHitman
@LosHitman 10 ай бұрын
@@artistaccountfr the biggest new rapper right now is Ice Spice that says it all
@zacharywoloszynski4258
@zacharywoloszynski4258 10 ай бұрын
@@artistaccount nah there is plenty of good rappers now, they just arent doing numbers
@tiredvro
@tiredvro 10 ай бұрын
@@artistaccount their selection sucks because they only pick already established artists with gold records, major collabs, major industry connections, tiktok hits, instead of picking people who could ACTUALLY RAP like kenny mason, mavi, redveil, MIKE, or reason. even if they dont pick "real rappers" they still duck artists that are making waves in the underground for already established artists*
@sickflakko777
@sickflakko777 10 ай бұрын
@@zacharywoloszynski4258like me fr
@italianinitalics4302
@italianinitalics4302 10 ай бұрын
What I think could freshen up the XXL freestyles: 1. Make sure EVERY artist you put on the list participates in the freestyle and cypher, there’s nothing more disappointing then seeing an artist you like ending up not doing shit besides the ABCs then dipping, if they agree to be on the list they’re agreeing to rap/ sing on it period. 2. With all these decorated talented ass producers, to combat the beats and the style of rap the artist brings clashing, make groups of 2-4 depending on how big the list is of artists with the same style, and have them vote on a beat. BETTER YET, have them and the producer come together in a studio setting to craft a beat that they all can personally mess with, something like Kenny beats the cave. This not only bonds the rappers with each other more, but also let’s them show much more of who they are and what their personality is so the audience and people new to their music can connect with them more. 3. Let them sub in and sub out for each other, like an actual song, let them go back and forth, sing a hook if they want, let the artists you brought on there have a blank canvas without being heavy restricted and feeling like they’re put on a island because their style of music doesn’t match up with everyone else and they feel forced to do something they can’t. That’s why a lot don’t go on XXL, for a lot of artists especially new ones it’s just way too intimidating to hop on a beat you’re not familiar with and try to keep up with it. That’s just my take personally on how they could switch it up sorry for the long read but this has been in my head since 2018 🤷🏽‍♂️
@standardbrah
@standardbrah 10 ай бұрын
great recommendations; 1 should should be mandatory fs; 3 reminds me of when august alsina did the singing hook for isaiah rashad kevin gates and chance, that was hard
@lifeisshrt7929
@lifeisshrt7929 10 ай бұрын
@@standardbrahYeah when i read 3 i instantly remembered that 2014 verse, shit was hard AF & they all had a good time Lil pump did the same thing but it was pretty trash even tho they had fun
@standardbrah
@standardbrah 10 ай бұрын
@@lifeisshrt7929 yeah you right about the pump cypher too, they tried but it wasn't up to par haha
@LeoMes01
@LeoMes01 3 ай бұрын
4. Make sure they have an album out or at least have an EP in six months.
@RoyalTy37
@RoyalTy37 10 ай бұрын
I think what also happened is that back then xxl was THE source to get known as upcoming artist but ever since social media got a bigger and bigger artists started blowing up on they own alot of artists started realizing they don’t need xxl anymore in fact it’s the opposite
@818suki
@818suki 10 ай бұрын
XXL used to showcase the underground scene to a mainstream audience, but now it seems that their knowledge and standards became dated and they're falling to keep up with the underground. They should chill out with the label suckdickery and really dive into who's making noise without any outside forces other than themselves. The underground nowadays is much more accessible than back in the day due to all the diversity in sounds and genres that now exist in the Hip Hop space, so it seems dumb when they seem to miss the mark as hard as they do every year.
@kombxo
@kombxo Ай бұрын
they missed out on the whole slayworld and opium scene they coulda put on yeah now they just using label plants like idc bout xxl anymore autumn shoulda been on in 2021 they just put faygo on cuz of travis there was wayyy more talent and then they keep picking mid so xxl fell off
@bluberryapex
@bluberryapex 11 ай бұрын
Iv been a dc fan for a long time i think its great that he finally made it to xxl but at such a declining time makes me sad about it too he should've been on soo long ago now it just feels wasted :/ he did great imo tho
@ExoticEio
@ExoticEio 10 ай бұрын
“Who tf picked this lil sorry ass beat” still my favorite line ever bro and “ I just smoked them woods b*tch I’m from the hood zone 6 boulder crest road you can’t go there”🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😂😂😂
@standardbrah
@standardbrah 10 ай бұрын
21 really floated on that beat tbh
@gamingbytetv665
@gamingbytetv665 10 ай бұрын
You have no idea what good bars are if that sorry trash is what you consider to be fire.
@ExoticEio
@ExoticEio 10 ай бұрын
@@gamingbytetv665 thank you for the insight but they were just joking around and 2016 cypher is literally the best one it has over 200 million views that’s more then any of the rest for a reason.🙂
@gamingbytetv665
@gamingbytetv665 10 ай бұрын
@@ExoticEio Views don't mean anything. You're clearly a child.
@mcbdllc2848
@mcbdllc2848 3 ай бұрын
​@ExoticEio just cuz it has alot of views doesn't mean it was the best kid youtube likes and views font determine who rapped the best this is a CYPHER WHO HAS THE BEST BARS yall just have low standards just like with women
@jaygotti4966
@jaygotti4966 10 ай бұрын
i remember when people were saying 2016 was the worst freshman class
@illusha3861
@illusha3861 11 ай бұрын
It's cool when they pick lesser known artists like JID in 2018 before he was really huge but dude they pick the most generic people most of the time. They need to try and pick different sounding artists.
@cookeez7010
@cookeez7010 10 ай бұрын
"if he trippin, then he fallin, stupid" greatest bar since Kodak's "im the shit im fartin, ion know how to potty"
@flameguy3416
@flameguy3416 10 ай бұрын
You forgot "they dead flies" at the end of the 2016 cypher video
@mkphasard3026
@mkphasard3026 10 ай бұрын
The standards for what equates to a "greatest bar" have really fell to a point I didn't even expect it could
@cookeez7010
@cookeez7010 10 ай бұрын
@@mkphasard3026 I see that irony and sarcasm don't come to you very easily. You should work on that
@mkphasard3026
@mkphasard3026 10 ай бұрын
@@cookeez7010 lol touche. But judging by most of the other comments here, can't blame me for jumping to that conclusion
@cookeez7010
@cookeez7010 10 ай бұрын
@@mkphasard3026 I mean I guess? I reffered to bar about farting and not knowing how to properly take a shit. I feel like thats a hard one to take serious
@OsoFatRaps
@OsoFatRaps 10 ай бұрын
the end of the day, the freshman list is supposed to give fresh artists a platform. Kinda defeats the point if you’re doing giant name acts on it. But idk if it’s on them or on the artists for not being as talented or creative as previous generations. Or it’s just XXL not being on top of scouting as much as they should
@svvwoo
@svvwoo 10 ай бұрын
people complaining how theyve never heard of some people on the list when the entire point of xxl is to put you on to the artist
@thedon0516
@thedon0516 10 ай бұрын
6:57 - LMAO 🤣!!! But the reason why 2016 XXL cypher was so iconic and memorable was because it literally the start of the new wave. It was fresh and unorthodox but in a good fun way. It went down hill after that cause it seems like they're trying to catch that spark again and never works and it never will. XXL is doing nothing but adding to the problem and that's promoting an image instead of actual talent
@standardbrah
@standardbrah 10 ай бұрын
good point
@AbrahamPalmer-wj5cb
@AbrahamPalmer-wj5cb 10 ай бұрын
Exactly very good point
@mcbdllc2848
@mcbdllc2848 3 ай бұрын
Need to hire sum people who have a good ear for talent
@azudemttila
@azudemttila 10 ай бұрын
Lil mosey so corny for dissing the Producer like bro was trying so hard to be like Kodak and just dissed the Prod for no reason like as if he would rap better if he chose a better beat
@mcbdllc2848
@mcbdllc2848 3 ай бұрын
Al them beats besides like 4 of them over the years are not good so yeah he didn't win any points and bro caught a R@pe case that was the end of his career
@Onyrokai
@Onyrokai 10 ай бұрын
Dc the don is really good and it is unfortunate that XXL is not very good anymore, because I was talking to my friend and I had mentioned that maybe Dc will get more popular and might get that push that he needed from the cypher, but instead it did practically nothing. Back in 2018- 2019 if Dc was in a cypher he would definitely be pulling a lot of numbers. Hopefully XXL somehow manages to pull around next year and actually do something of value.
@rolando5841
@rolando5841 11 ай бұрын
June never disappoints
@JunePlug
@JunePlug 11 ай бұрын
🙏🏽🙏🏽
@bruhhhead
@bruhhhead 10 ай бұрын
10 artists a year is too much. We need a list every 5 years
@careforjusticealways
@careforjusticealways 5 ай бұрын
that might regulate it and then better artists can come up
@DIn05000.
@DIn05000. 11 ай бұрын
june always making the most entertainig contnet for us. The XXXtetnacion one gave me a clear understanding abt him , and this music. Thank you for your hard work toward your content and us. W vids, appreciate your hard work and content.
@JunePlug
@JunePlug 11 ай бұрын
Of course! Appreciate it yo!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽
@gamingbytetv665
@gamingbytetv665 10 ай бұрын
What, the fact he was a fucking psycopath piece of shit?
@kingkai2000
@kingkai2000 10 ай бұрын
I still am interested in it every year, because I tell myself "they can't possibly mess up the list again" xxl does not know there fan base and that will be there biggest downfall.
@carp3751
@carp3751 10 ай бұрын
dc is one of my fav artists so im happy he made it but i have never heard if most of the other people 💀
@vhsraid
@vhsraid 10 ай бұрын
DC carried this cypher for me, ive been following him for about a year now and i was happy to see him get more recognition and honestly he had the best verse.
@wolfgang6442
@wolfgang6442 10 ай бұрын
In my opinion he should've been on the list years or so ago
@TheRealAlez
@TheRealAlez 10 ай бұрын
@@wolfgang6442fr he should’ve been their in 2020
@kj_tricksta
@kj_tricksta 10 ай бұрын
The 2016 Freshman was packed and it's still legendary🙌🔥
@ccmcgaming327
@ccmcgaming327 10 ай бұрын
For being fucking trash and idc what they careers are hip hop is dead lol bunch of niggas who can't rap and still can't rap
@gamingbytetv665
@gamingbytetv665 10 ай бұрын
Legendarily awful.
@jkee9760
@jkee9760 10 ай бұрын
​@@gamingbytetv665for real, 2016 was only popular because everyone was showing how bad it was. And somehow it's gotten worse. If people say they like 2016, they probably think glue is a delicious appetizer
@MrDanielsFromM
@MrDanielsFromM 10 ай бұрын
Shout-out Lil Skies for being so humble, genuinely amazing 🙏
@mcbdllc2848
@mcbdllc2848 3 ай бұрын
Bro career fell of out if nowhere
@TheKing60210
@TheKing60210 10 ай бұрын
2016, what a year. I graduated Highschool, got my Drivers License and got a Job. I became a man that Year lol
@rawvelli
@rawvelli 11 ай бұрын
Niggas sent the cypher to my dm for me to react to on stream.. so glad I passed. Been done with XXL for some years now
@JunePlug
@JunePlug 10 ай бұрын
😭😭
@czultimate3805
@czultimate3805 10 ай бұрын
2018 ski and JID was pretty fire
@standardbrah
@standardbrah 10 ай бұрын
that one was super hard, so was g herbo and dave east people sleep; that one is a whole track
@danielmontiel911
@danielmontiel911 11 ай бұрын
Enjoyed watching your vid bro hopefully you’ll come out with an iceberg vid in the near future ❤
@JunePlug
@JunePlug 10 ай бұрын
Thank you! And there’s one in the works rn…
@333DVPPY
@333DVPPY 11 ай бұрын
TBH SLEAZYWORLD AND DC THE DON CYPHER WAS FIRE ASF
@dry9005
@dry9005 11 ай бұрын
sleazy and dc lowkey carried the class ngl
@AyooJayDee
@AyooJayDee 11 ай бұрын
@@dry9005no
@severeoneblunt
@severeoneblunt 10 ай бұрын
Finesse2tymes went hard af too
@La.Ron9
@La.Ron9 10 ай бұрын
Rob49 set the tone tho
@lifeisshrt7929
@lifeisshrt7929 10 ай бұрын
The best ones this year was Sleazy, DC, Rob49 & Finesse2tymes tbh Tyler & Tia were ok The rest can go fuck themselves
@Theesvpremekai
@Theesvpremekai 10 ай бұрын
What’s crazy is I can go back and find a video just like this about that freshman class. It’s odd. I don’t wanna be a hater, but even back then you could tell there was a change coming. The only difference from the recent class and the current one is the effort they put into making songs. It’s weird to explain.
@mcbdllc2848
@mcbdllc2848 3 ай бұрын
Yeah the old ones were in a transition cuz rap changes every 3 years
@mikef55
@mikef55 10 ай бұрын
I think they just happened to have struck gold in 2016 & I have a feeling that it's actually the artists' labels & managers telling the artists to decline XXL as they don't want their artists to look like newbies
@AnimeCarGuy21
@AnimeCarGuy21 10 ай бұрын
Imagine a 2016 reunion making a song together
@abrahampalmer8761
@abrahampalmer8761 10 ай бұрын
Excellent video I truly feel like the cyphers in general is not like it use to be like it was back then imo.
@8percentjaguargas
@8percentjaguargas 10 ай бұрын
Keep it up bro enjoy this content
@JunePlug
@JunePlug 10 ай бұрын
Thank you!!
@Torrancee
@Torrancee 10 ай бұрын
KayCyy wrote and did ref tracks for most of Kanye West's Donda and is currently working on the new Kanye album, so that's why he was on the 2022 list
@selfwilliams1639
@selfwilliams1639 10 ай бұрын
Rappers today think they are too cool for rap. The road was paved for them so they don’t have to work hard to do a song. Two Years Ago it started falling off. They Don’t respect the Art? Its about BEING COOL now.
@KatSpicert
@KatSpicert 10 ай бұрын
It was always about being cool, wdym? Only now, instead of trying hard and succeeding at "being cool", they can't seem to know the right way to being cool. Remember back in the tail end of the soundcloud era? Literally everyone tried hard asf to be cool. Most did terribly at it, but then you had notable artist now who did "cool" the right way.
@mcbdllc2848
@mcbdllc2848 3 ай бұрын
Man it's all bout money nothing more some people care about image yeah
@TylerVibes07
@TylerVibes07 10 ай бұрын
Good video fr 🔥
@Gabeoverthinks
@Gabeoverthinks 10 ай бұрын
Xxl was the ticket out of the underground but now that ticket is TikTok and other social media platforms
@WEBPMAFIAONYOUTUBE
@WEBPMAFIAONYOUTUBE 10 ай бұрын
They got 21, Uzi, Yachty, Denzel and Kodak in the same generation. How did they fuck up so bad
@JunePlug
@JunePlug 10 ай бұрын
Fr…
@gamingbytetv665
@gamingbytetv665 10 ай бұрын
Because every one of them is talentless? How do you think?
@jaideveremy4371
@jaideveremy4371 11 ай бұрын
June is Back with another banger
@JunePlug
@JunePlug 11 ай бұрын
Yessirrrrrrr
@yungalch8987
@yungalch8987 10 ай бұрын
I remember when the 2016 cypher came out everyone said it was trash. Now it’s looked back on as a good year
@callm3whenever
@callm3whenever 10 ай бұрын
another great video june plug
@JunePlug
@JunePlug 10 ай бұрын
Preciate it gang 🖤
@KiDKeYz1000
@KiDKeYz1000 10 ай бұрын
2009 was the best freshman class, 2007 was great too
@flymartian33
@flymartian33 10 ай бұрын
Only 4 still have careers for the 2009 one 2010 was the best because everybody on that list still raps the only that didn't make it was Nipsey but rest in peace to that man
@enishi4ty5
@enishi4ty5 10 ай бұрын
they need to do a XXL SENIOR or Alumni edition or sumn
@Sir.X
@Sir.X 10 ай бұрын
i remember people talking shii about the 2016 cypher when it came but it grew on a lot of people with its unique vibe over time
@markmerlos8510
@markmerlos8510 10 ай бұрын
I was 19 years old in 2016 ik darn well Twitter clowned them all for the mumble rap but now you see how far it's fallen that this is considered good now..... damn 😅
@stickskinny1266
@stickskinny1266 10 ай бұрын
Now do I think this years was trash? Absolutely, however, I actually really mess with DC the Don and have kept up with him for the last 8 months now. His last two projects (Sacred Heart & Funeral) were actually really good.
@WeizeBaby
@WeizeBaby 10 ай бұрын
It really boogles my mind with the absolute garbage bars they come out with and they get away with it.
@gamingbytetv665
@gamingbytetv665 10 ай бұрын
And these people in the comments saying that they were spitting bars. Hip hop is truly lost if that talentless garbage is what passes for good these days.
@yewestlover91108
@yewestlover91108 11 ай бұрын
ayo bro is reading my mind with this topic hahah thats exactly what i thought watching the few last xxl videos
@JunePlug
@JunePlug 11 ай бұрын
😭😭
@moleedaboi
@moleedaboi 11 ай бұрын
Same. The algorithm is working.
@wolfgang6442
@wolfgang6442 10 ай бұрын
Great video yk when it comes to the Xxl freshamn list I first heard about it way back in 2016 while watching a before they were famous channel on one of the rappers that made it on there and at the time I just left middle school and was a freshman in high school which the fall term was a very confusing time whether school wise or at home also to mention I was gradually listening to more rap music which by the time 2017 rolls around I pretty much was listening to almost evry kind of rap and not just the mainstream shit but also underground rappers that were making way diffrent msuic you pretty much dont hear on the major radios and also I found my music taste too so when the 2017 xxl list came around i was real happy for both X playboi carti made it on there and I even read a copy of the magazine while working at a cvs pharmacy when had a summer job amd i still have that copy to this day on my shelf but ever since then its been a decline with the 2020 list being the last one i was really paying attetion and waych everything for it was a very stacked up cast wit rappers i defientley knew ayear prior like nle choppa, polo g, lil tjay, an baby keem but yeah Xxl fell off hard
@imjustezzy2076
@imjustezzy2076 10 ай бұрын
Wtf
@donjon8413
@donjon8413 10 ай бұрын
I definitely remember everyone trashing the 2016 cypher when it came out and to this day the only people I've seen/heard say its good are people that dont even really listen to hip-hop/rap or joke about it being good. It got a lot of views because people were clowning on them not because it was good. Also not saying that the artists themselves weren't decent just the cypher in general was trash
@333DVPPY
@333DVPPY 11 ай бұрын
Yo JP We Really want to see more rappers who are charged for their lyrics
@Nopigs1312
@Nopigs1312 11 ай бұрын
One of the best classes was 2016 and none of them besides Denzel are really known for their bars though or at least not considered a lyrical rapper
@jaideveremy4371
@jaideveremy4371 11 ай бұрын
@@Nopigs1312 you replied the wrong comment
@AXXXOLO
@AXXXOLO 10 ай бұрын
the only time i search xxl cypher is to rewatch the old clips
@christianisagamer
@christianisagamer 10 ай бұрын
Hearing you list off the names of the rappers in each cypher as the years went on sounded like a list of new Pokémon in a game taking place in the ghetto.
@joshpowers4795
@joshpowers4795 10 ай бұрын
Bruh baby face ray is great u tripping … interesting video tho would be cool to hear u talk about xxl freshmen before n after 2016 tho
@jaideveremy4371
@jaideveremy4371 11 ай бұрын
Hey June can you make if 21 Savage was for his lyrics
@warriorssoldiersandfriends
@warriorssoldiersandfriends 10 ай бұрын
You cold, great documentary
@JunePlug
@JunePlug 10 ай бұрын
Thank you!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽
@zairmorningstarmusic
@zairmorningstarmusic 10 ай бұрын
the peak is when it begin to decline greatly too, this was the first time rappers weren’t taking it serious then everyone else copied it, so trash became the trend but trash isn’t good for long term success
@tre8333
@tre8333 11 ай бұрын
I haven’t heard dc the don verse but his music is good so ik he’s freestyle had to been the best
@joenuts1893
@joenuts1893 10 ай бұрын
Bro I forgot 2022 XXL happened until I saw this vid 💀
@JunePlug
@JunePlug 10 ай бұрын
😭
@nijoelgreene851
@nijoelgreene851 11 ай бұрын
Great video
@JunePlug
@JunePlug 10 ай бұрын
Thank you !!
@burjkhalifa2173
@burjkhalifa2173 10 ай бұрын
the problem is that the main stream rappers are not unique. the gangster ghetto street music is ridiculously overplayed and none of it has replay value and basically no different sound. eventually “mumble rap” will rise again or something new will happen.
@Bentennosin
@Bentennosin 10 ай бұрын
Tia corine freestyle was fire i just felt it was too short
@Bawls-
@Bawls- 10 ай бұрын
Tbh I used to hate the XXL with lil uzi vert and them, besides denzel I thought they were all pretty mid. BUT, listening back, I miss that performance aspect. It just feels weird to watch now.
@novalei
@novalei 10 ай бұрын
June With another W video
@JunePlug
@JunePlug 10 ай бұрын
🙏🏽🙏🏽
@bigsanrio
@bigsanrio 10 ай бұрын
Mattyballz jacked your video idea and made it way more wack😂 your video was fresh tho and informative while being entertaining keep up the great work!!
@333DVPPY
@333DVPPY 11 ай бұрын
NEXT YEAR THEY NEED TO INVITE THE ONES WHO DECLINED
@gotanypain3083
@gotanypain3083 10 ай бұрын
"reports of the one who got invited again, declines again"
@333DVPPY
@333DVPPY 11 ай бұрын
2016 WAS THE BEST YEAR OF XXL
@jaideveremy4371
@jaideveremy4371 11 ай бұрын
I like 2016 alot
@Eli43199
@Eli43199 10 ай бұрын
ehhh. the uzi, denzel, kodak, boat, 21, cypher was really the only good thing that year 💀
@LosHitman
@LosHitman 10 ай бұрын
@@Eli43199 funny how those 5 rappers have hip hop music on lockdown rn and are some of the biggest names
@sherrodchilders30
@sherrodchilders30 10 ай бұрын
@@Eli43199eh g herbo and Dave East was definitely better imo
@Yomama2020q
@Yomama2020q 10 ай бұрын
@@sherrodchilders30😐
@trulykustom
@trulykustom 10 ай бұрын
I only heard 1 of these rappers before the cypher and that was just luh Tyler’s first show song thru TikTok The rest I had no idea ab. Sure they got their own clout but in the grand scheme of things no one knows who they are
@astrsks
@astrsks 10 ай бұрын
wait there was the 2021 one 😭😭onG I don't remebr that shi
@JunePlug
@JunePlug 10 ай бұрын
😭
@bloom9993
@bloom9993 10 ай бұрын
Juice would've killed that shit 💀
@JunePlug
@JunePlug 10 ай бұрын
On God
@gamingbytetv665
@gamingbytetv665 10 ай бұрын
Instead of himself.
@Tommybeans999
@Tommybeans999 10 ай бұрын
2016 was just different bro
@Nokitron
@Nokitron 10 ай бұрын
2022 doesn't even have a bad lineup 😭
@astrowerm
@astrowerm 10 ай бұрын
These cyphers were so good when they first started, its a shame to see them sink so low..
@ButtercuppMAMI
@ButtercuppMAMI 10 ай бұрын
Megan went hard of 2019 one tho . She’s underrated
@K2MNI
@K2MNI 10 ай бұрын
7:30 crazy how they turned down Don Toliver cause he only wanted to be on the cover yet allowed French Montana in 2012, Gunna the year before, and Central Cee and Glorilla this year when they did the same thing
@mcbdllc2848
@mcbdllc2848 3 ай бұрын
Glorilla can't rap to save her life just a ghetto girl rapping bout trifling ish
@mcbdllc2848
@mcbdllc2848 3 ай бұрын
They were probably mad cuz he was the most popping and didn't want to do the cypher
@ProoGameR43
@ProoGameR43 10 ай бұрын
I remember the 2016 cypher everybody and their mom shit on the cypher. I can’t believe how much the opinions have changed.
@tijs6701
@tijs6701 10 ай бұрын
Amazing vid bro holy shit
@JunePlug
@JunePlug 10 ай бұрын
Thank you!! 🙏🏽
@4rkal641
@4rkal641 10 ай бұрын
2019 cypher was funny af!
@void_goldie9803
@void_goldie9803 10 ай бұрын
most of the rejections are real as hell imo. $not wanted to gove others a platform and ken wouldnt go out wit his brotha
@eligreg99
@eligreg99 10 ай бұрын
Haven’t watch one since the 2016 cypher. The crazy part is I remember everybody was clowning them calling it trash at the time. Little did we know that would be the last decent one..
@fymIshyyy123
@fymIshyyy123 11 ай бұрын
W vid bro keep it up
@JunePlug
@JunePlug 11 ай бұрын
Thank you !!
@fymIshyyy123
@fymIshyyy123 11 ай бұрын
@@JunePlug yw bro just keep making great videos
@godthegods8998
@godthegods8998 11 ай бұрын
I think it has less to do with XXL falling off and more with rap is falling off in general. Soundcloud is as popular as it was in 2010, which isn't popular at all. Tiktok has stolen the grind aspect of music away, leaving the real talented people to scrounge for views. And most importantly, all the artists who would've been alive and kicking, making it to the top charts all the time are dead. Juice WRLD, X, Pop Smoke just to name a few. Hip-hop is back to being a niche thing, that only people in that culture understand. There isn't any huge artist right now either in rap. Ice Spice is the only "rapper" to be huge this year. And she's already moving into pop. Juice WRLD dying specifically has taken out the life of hip-hop. There isn't anybody talking to their fans, connecting, dropping albums consistently, shit even making real billboard hits. There is no more energy left in hip-hop. Thats the answer i think.
@granddidit
@granddidit 10 ай бұрын
thats facts. but tbf xxl lost a lot of prestige since rappers be declining it bc they are “too big” for xxl
@Eli43199
@Eli43199 10 ай бұрын
@@granddidit fax. that is also the problem. the real talented rappers don’t even NEED xxl to get recognition nowadays. u blow up on social media from ur songs and that’s all u need.
@LosHitman
@LosHitman 10 ай бұрын
Meanwhile Yeat made the soundtrack to a Pixar movie
@6blocevo
@6blocevo 10 ай бұрын
Luckily if you look hard enough you can still find new good artists
@zacharywoloszynski4258
@zacharywoloszynski4258 10 ай бұрын
@@6blocevo yeah facts, plenty of new good artists like redveil, Paris Texas, Mckindley Dixon, etc.
@willardweston8984
@willardweston8984 11 ай бұрын
Man nothings wrong with the format. Half these artist just suck. It’s not xxl fault for the format. It’s their fault for selecting these “artist”
@apexart9070
@apexart9070 10 ай бұрын
Good video
@OFZCOOP85
@OFZCOOP85 10 ай бұрын
what song is playing at 9:34?? fire ass pierrre beat pls tell me june
@yvesvixxen
@yvesvixxen 10 ай бұрын
Skipping past Lola Brooke, Megan, AND Doechii is insane. Like sorely missed chance to shout out those rappers. Also, popularity doesn’t equal quality. 2016 line up wasn’t that fire, they were just popular.
@BraMoore
@BraMoore 10 ай бұрын
Right. This nigga just hating cuz he ain't hip to some of these people. Babyface Ray, Big30, & Central Cee are 🔥
@2120musiclover
@2120musiclover 10 ай бұрын
Exactly!!!!
@splinter1psi99
@splinter1psi99 10 ай бұрын
When he says 2016 was the best, he clearly must be talkin about just views and clicks.....cuz most of that including what he claimed was good, was just trash ass raps from who was popular. Mans talking bout 2016 was having more fun, like that somehow helped those wack ass freestyles.
@yvesvixxen
@yvesvixxen 10 ай бұрын
@@splinter1psi99 nah fr! Like there were so many more artist outside of 2016 who have created a long career for themselves! Coi’s rap was trash last year but, Lakeyah smashed her freestyle. This is the first video I watched from this channel and I’m already getting wonky vibes.
@gamingbytetv665
@gamingbytetv665 10 ай бұрын
Nobody has ever heard of these people.
@333DVPPY
@333DVPPY 11 ай бұрын
can you make if 6ix9ine was charged for his lyrics
@iJoshieHD
@iJoshieHD 10 ай бұрын
The Two guys reaction at the start 😂😂😂
@Flip431
@Flip431 9 ай бұрын
Hey June Plug, when your next rapper Iceburg?
@rem.eedy555
@rem.eedy555 10 ай бұрын
$not is humble asf it’s crazy and I swear he would’ve carried
@b3lloy
@b3lloy 10 ай бұрын
i'm not gonna lie the disrespect for 2011-2014 is crazy
@JDolla93
@JDolla93 10 ай бұрын
I was just thinking the same thing they were my personal favorites
@mcbdllc2848
@mcbdllc2848 3 ай бұрын
Of course these new re he's don't like bars too much foe they brain too process
@iJoshieHD
@iJoshieHD 10 ай бұрын
Everyone from 2016 need to link up and do a song.
@justinholtman
@justinholtman Ай бұрын
0:02 same thing I looked like 3 seconds into the video
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