Top 5 MCs of the Moment: Who is the G.O.R.N.?

Make sure you tell me how bad my list is in the the comments! :)
According to the following super arbitrary criteria;
ACTIVITY / PRODUCTIVITY
ARTISTRY / SKILL
STAR POWER / CHARISMA
HEAT / INFLUENCE
BEAT CHOICE
ANTICIPATION
MY PERSONAL TASTE

[@manakqiisj]

prof skye will be the gorn when his mixtape drops

[@ProdJakera]

even better, he'll be the goat

[@marvinthompson9010]

Yeah, let's have a GORN list for producers!

[@lollysmolly13]

I second it

[@infrared6973]

Uncle al #1

[@ChrisWingDing]

Already know woods is gonna be on the list

[@TrentRoseboro-vx7yf]

Just say he's the best! here's where you sign.

[@jaysemitchells497]

he leaked it on the Doves review

[@user-fs1lc2cj5s]

@@TrentRoseboro-vx7yfain’t that the new paradigm?

[@entropyfu]

woods just says he's the best lets not argue

[@ellezbeth6742]

Yes to list of greatest producer list!

[@romanspataro1688]

not one mention of MIKE 🤧

[@jake6766]

i would put mike over mach hommy personally

[@LastBref]

Ransom Elzhi Your Old Droog Black Thought King Crooked

[@ChappieCrosby]

1.) Billy Woods 2.) JPegmafia 3.) RAP Farreira 4.) Elucid 5.) Danny Brown

[@comboballer]

I thought billy woods would be number 2 or 3 but when you didn't say him for number 2 i wasn't even worried he wouldn't be on the list I just knew he was number 1 and when he said it I just nodded my head and said yup

[@evanalexander7706]

Avaa, came to this video hoping to hear some Jpegmafia discussion, but after seeing the criteria and the list i can agree with a lot that's on here. Your #1 spot is almost unarguable, he is prolific is spectacular and enthralling to watch right now.

[@jtrealfunny]

I like how this is starting. Let's get to the content and see if it holds up. Little Simz "Beating on my chest throwing apeshit//putting in grave shifts//ain't life what you make it?//Yea it is." A serious person, great range, great live, artistic, sense of history and geography, making her own way, paying homage (missy, mac miller, the streets, lauryn hill), staying both hard and positive, and she's not hyping commercialism. Having a live band or a great DJ is important to me. Rap doesn't need to be underground, it just needs to be independent and not pop, imo. Cool list. I like Ice Spice and JIB from what I've just watched.

[@weekendsonlyy3947]

billy woods needs to start a podcast

[@jcg_001]

avaa I think my GORN list would be: 1. Billy Woods 2. Pink Siifu 3. Aesop Rock 4. Little Simz 5. Lil Yachty Also I really want to reccomend Pink Siifu's NEGRO DELUXE - would love to hear your thoughts on it! Its such an intense and very dense album. It might be the best hip-hop release of the last decade tbh.

[@alexlopes3930]

ICE SPICE? NAHHHHHHH

[@e5141981]

she an industry plant

[@ricky2ist]

bro.... where's the jpeg? not even a mention...

[@samvinetti]

u gotta review the new MIKE album that just dropped

[@liquidpebbles7475]

billy woods is so good he got professor swearing in the classroom

[@Blancoplanet]

Also Skye! How have we not seen a Blonde Review?! Avaa

[@Skwirbz]

I’m at 15:06. I’m guessing your #1 is gonna be yeat

[@Skwirbz]

Glad it’s woods 😂

[@dublplus3332]

Danny Brown

[@TheRobinCox]

For shure! One of the most interesting right now.

[@Riokaii]

active release within 1 year feels overly restrictive, many active artists frequently take 2-4 year breaks between albums. Some of the "best" artists this is even more common because they have high standards of quality over quantity for their work. I would say something like 2 albums in last 6 years is a better metric. Aesop Rock, J Cole, JID, Kendrick, RTJ, Lupe Fiasco, feel missing AVAA

[@meiriversofborg]

woods def #1 run now but the only other rapper who’s on a run like his is MIKE. Once u rlly tap in to how great of a producer he is, his run is generational fr. As a fan we are spoiled by his greatness!

[@PleaseDontEatMyPetChicken]

Danny Brown is my personal favorite rapper right now, but I can understand him not being so high up on other people’s list. His work on Scaring The Hoes was pivotal to the albums success, I can’t imagine much other rappers being able to effortlessly flow on that eccentric production and provide the right level of hedonism necessary for that release. Him releasing his solo album the same year as well, a complete opposite of Scaring The Hoes lyrically, delving into his struggles and him finding his way out of them.

[@younglamby2638]

Jpegmafia

[@hunterdelaghetto]

Boldy..

[@BelzertheRippler]

AVAA, It’s a good list! Only complaint I have is maybe Ice Spice. I love her, don’t get me wrong, but I feel like her flows are getting kinda one note. Not sure if she can mix it up enough to make her album great. I hope so though. I’d put Denzel Curry instead of her. I think he’s releasing this year?

[@Ben-mr6rt]

Good list! Love the GORN metric. Here’s my top 5: Open Mike Eagle Westside Gunn Lil Yachty Tyler, The Creator Vince Staples

[@YTwoKay]

Vince is so underrated, its crazy

[@Squidditch]

Westside Gunn love

[@camthejellyman]

Love your insights and interesting, measured takes as always. Great video and topic, looking forward to the Producer GORN list!!

[@OArthurFeital]

1 - Danny Brown 2 - JPEGMAFIA 3 - Billy Woods 4 - Aesop Rock 5 - JID

[@RobPhifer]

Somehow leaves off Kendrick Lamar?

[@WaxPundit]

Nas not being on your all time list but being here is respectfully, utterly backwards. You're a gentleman and a scholar but thoroughly wrong on this one both qualitatively and quantitatively. I'd be happy to stand on business and debate you to this end!

[@calyoungblood9453]

damn i didn’t agree with a single one of these picks😂 mach hommy was close but i haven’t liked the recent stuff he has put out. I don’t know much about billy woods so thanks for putting me on

[@dakotaamesoriginals]

Let's get GORNographic

[@RSVaughan33]

MIKE!!! AAVA tho and yes I would love a producer list

[@JulesCarolOates]

GORT? Damn. Anycia RAP Ferreira Theravada Mach billy woods

[@pablofernandez3347]

You forgot Zeroh. Not seeing anybody mention him. Has a verse on BLK LBL that is incredible. Easily the GOAT and the GORN but stays out of the spotlight. You're welcome

[@SmashManiac99]

zeroh is so underrated but he's also not super active

[@yourboibigbrain7353]

This is definitely an interesting list 😂 i cant call you close minded! AVAA

[@crespomunozalecxavier2522]

Mach-Hommy is an icon.

[@pliuy123]

AVAA knew woods would be #1, but was pleasantly surprised by the rest of your list! Definitely looking forward to your gorn for producers!

[@derbistheeternal2947]

Shes not gonna let u hit

[@Q-Ball.]

I can’t agree. AVAA

[@tomrichards3154]

Black. Thought.

[@Leo-gy8lg]

I think kae tempest could possibly also be in this conversation, of course they're prominently in the lyrical side of it, but their beat selection especially on the latest release with Dan Nigro was incredible! Their storytelling is incredible and their poetry is matched only by someone like rap ferreiera. I also think their work outside rap is very important aswell, their plays and writing and poetry are incredible, a true artist

[@hyess4640]

liked it just for the F bomb

[@YUNGROIDGOD]

Jpeg

[@pjkerrigan20]

For me Danny Brown’s the obvious GORN at the moment. I think the rest of my 5 would include Little Simz, JID, RAP Ferreira, and Smino. Billy Woods is up there too he’s great. Also shoutout to the undisputed Irish GORN, Kojaque. He deserves some love in the US tbh. Also shoutout to some great Italians like Ele A and Massimo Pericolo.

[@Llamasondeck]

for me personally its Earl MIKE BONES Unotheactivist RealYungPhil

[@zacharygeesaman]

1. Playboi Carti 2. Travis Scott 3. Kendrick Lamar 4. Billy Woods 5. JPEGMAFIA

[@comrade4792]

AVAA! Do you plan on reviewing Pinball by MIKE?

[@joeclarke9086]

Mr woods

[@EZZI00]

Professor Skye, Ice Spice!??!!??!?? Sincerely, Nas fan 😭

[@danielgamez8754]

Aesop Rock - Billy woods.

[@limbs2468]

Aye first time long time - respect! A criminally slept on GORN and GOAT is doseone. From A7PHA to clouddead to North American Adonis to subtle to themselves to his solo stuff he's the total package. Completely unique. Admittedly an acquired taste but I think you'd appreciate. He's influential in ways people don't realize. He might be an alien. Just craziness. Inspired by the West Coast underground and just ran even further left with it. Peace man

[@frogfan449]

In my list there would be one rapper similar to or being Cartier'god, lostrushi, yabujin, all of drain gang and such. (note that yabujin seems to have retired so he couldn't be there) To me, a lot of what they do is futuristic as well as delightful. Out of them I suppose I would choose cartier, the most productive and innovative

[@haze9506]

danny brown billy woods spaceghostpurpp mike rxk nephew

[@jeremyvisser3877]

My list would be Cambatta Ja'King The Divine Che Noir Ransom Rome Streetz

[@MIDNIGHTMOONSH1NE]

Roc Marci Vega7 the Ronin Knowitall Patty Honcho Action Figure

[@matthewescamilla123]

1) Billy Woods 2) Pusha T 3) Danny Brown 4) JPEGMafia 5) Benny The Butcher

[@jagle6085]

AVAA. I'm so glad I've discovered your channel. You're the best! Cheers from Brazil ❤

[@alupelimjamekwana2174]

Please do a top producer list.

[@sirisirih]

He already did one for top 5 of all time

[@chriscrowley3904]

Didn’t even mention Church. That’s how good Woods is. AVAA.

[@kemba7691]

the ice spice pick is crazy. I get the reasoning but no. She is not in da GORN convo.

[@e5141981]

ransom, stove god, boldy, earl, and the Goat himself Roc Marciano

[@JackWok]

If my course was this entertaining maybe I'd be getting my work done faster 😭

[@jackhenriques4992]

Little did Syke know, rakim acually was releasing soon

[@blaquehealer5484]

I can't watch this right but there MUST be some female GORN and GOAT list or you are showing your male privilege. AAVA

[@HappyNBoy]

Billy Woods is an excellent choice for the GORN. I am not strictly a hip-hop consumer, I listen to a lot more folk and pop than most other genres, but I have listened to Maps over a dozen times since last year, and when I went back through his catalogue and found History Will Absolve Me... that record blew my mind. I cannot believe that's a 12 year old record... it's both incredibly fresh and completely timeless, kinda like a Nas record. The fact that you were able to name some 20 other artists that didn't even make the list who I also have an immense amount of respect for shows just how strong the genre is right now. It's an exciting time to be a fan, even a fairly casual one, like myself. I think Little Sims and Lil Yachty would have made my list, personally, I've gotten a lot of milage out of SIMBI and Let's Start Here. I don't really know how I'd make my own list of this type... seems awfully hard. Well done. AVAA

[@Mike-lh1ls]

I would’ve put Roc Marci at 1 and Mach Hommy at 2 but I respect your list. Ice Spice and Carti wouldn’t be on there. Lol

[@yaseralgishi]

how jpegmafia didn’t even get a mention is actually crazy

[@gregstanard2026]

AVAA no mention of Westside Gunn is craaaaaazy

[@AaronRoco]

Give us the top French rappers, it's probably the only thing you're qualified to talk about in rap

[@biggestfanofroger]

Yeah Billy Woods is easily the greatest rapper right now. He‘s on an unbelievable run.

[@lollysmolly13]

Peggy deserves to be included in the GORN of either rappers or producers, if not both, at least in my book.

[@michaelisaslin]

hey future and baby keem both have albums slated for the next couple of months

[@korrsar]

Its too many out there. But definitely LLoyd Banks doin really well.

[@Llamasondeck]

The reason people say "the only good music is in the underground" is because that's where the real progression happens. Mainstream rap is almost always derived from styles that have been created and popularized in the underground, for example Ice Spice ran off with a drill style that had been popular in NY for years. Not saying she didn't put in work to get where she is but I do think she's coasting off of a wave made by the underground in NY, and theres plenty more examples of this like Drakes constant biting and even Playboi Carti derived his sound from his past associates from Atlanta. I don't agree that success is a metric of the quality, it's more a metric of the artists capability to network or go viral and a lot of these artists will build off what's already established in the underground

[@karanshah1100]

man honestly you know enough about roc Marciano to rank him up there. I'm 😡

[@jackdyson1646]

AVAA skye would love a GORN for producers

[@avengervastey]

AVAA I saw Woods 3 weeks ago in concert.

[@yogurtsandwich5009]

Totally thought number 1 was gonna be Yeat. My list goes: 5. JID 4. Lil yatchy 3. JPEGMAFIA 2. Danny Brown 1. Yeat (Quadeca would be number 1, but idk if he counts as a rapper)

[@duncemckagen]

AVAA but no mike!!!!!

[@JoeyBergeson-tg3xj]

Avaa, the new bladee and lean project that dropped today is actually amazing and so different from their other stuff definitely would make a banger video imo.

[@donaldgivensmadatya]

billy woods and jpegmafia is definitely on my gorn list

[@chriscrowley3904]

AVAA. Before you do a producer Gorn, you need to deep dive V Don, Ant and L’Orange.

[@Coltrane360]

I can't stop saying the word GORN now

[@danielgamez8754]

Atmosphere - earl sweatshirt

[@torridweiss]

AVAA my list under a similar criteria would b: 5. A$AP Rocky 4. Tisakorean 3. Bladee 2. Pink Siifu 1. Vince Staples w gorn

[@MarquisWalker]

You review w/ no edits like me. Respect, but Ice Spice?

[@camcam6508]

AVAA: PLEASE review the new Fahim!

[@BarunChandaHere]

avaa billy woods E.L.U.C.I.D rap ferreira mike sadistik

[@remyhanna5826]

AVAA, I highly recommend you review Lelo’s new album Nightingale. He’s a good friend of mine and the album is actually perfect. It’s not too long and his delivery and cadence are so smooth that he never needs a hook.

[@Marek7_]

AVAA but Rakim is dropping a album

[@jaysemitchells497]

dropping the f-word is crazy

[@JOSSHBLoris]

I met him face to face and I turned into stone.

[@alexanderwebster3894]

Future is releasing an album this year

[@jaysemitchells497]

Gorn of producers would be hard!

[@jaysemitchells497]

woods, Carti, Mach-Hommy all dope and would be my picks too! I'd throw Boldy James and JPEGMAFIA in there though. AVAA

[@jaysemitchells497]

fuck I forgot Aesop Rock, he's one of my favorites of all time, JID too.... way too many GORNs & GOATs these days. not a bad problem to have tho

[@Sentinel5150]

Earl? Aesop? Redveil? Mavi?

[@TarajaWorrell]

AvA ,can you review Roc marciano

[@ShaolinSilk]

Just say he’s the best, let’s not argue.

[@victormartins7867]

producer top 5 would be cool! aava