2017 XXL FRESHMEN Class Cover Out Now

[A Tribe Called Quest ™]

Last year at least had Dave East, Anderson Paak, Denzel Curry to go with the Designer, Uzi, Yatchy vibe

And G Herbo this year list doesn't have anyone Yatchy bad

 

[Black Lightning]

 

[HiphopRelated]

I don't know any of these people except the one that got knocked out...and none of the music

 

[wire28]

i think its time to move on to jazz now. the rap game passed me by if these are what the future look like

 

[Chubbs]

I actually fukk with a few of the artists on there. Kamaiyah is hella dope, I'm surprised it took THIS long for her to make the cover. Most of her buzz was a few years back.

 

[Peak]

Who are these people?

 

[BK The Great]

i think its time to move on to jazz now. the rap game passed me by if these are what the future look like

i've been listening to alot of other stuff lately, old school R&B, classics and so on. all that lyrical miracle and gangsta stuff is out the window now judging by what these magazines pushing forward. it's really over. the music i grew up don't live on the radio anymore, even on the internet you have to really look for it.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

better than last year, but that's not saying much...

Ehhh, Savage Mode was a fantastic album, and I don't think a single one of the 2017 list can make anything close to that

 

[The Exchanges]

My nikka J.I.D ain't make the cut

 

[MR. SNIFLES]

This might be the first time I am happy I wasnt good enough to make the cover.

BEING STUCK IN THAT ROOM MIGHT BE A LOSS.

 

[eufemism]

2013 was the last good list

Ab Soul fukking bodied his freestyle




"The last black hippy to get a wiki..."

 

[Playaz Eyez]

:jordancrying: the difference is absolutely insane

It's an alarming difference. I never listened to Donnis, always thought Pill was very generic, and never been a fan of Big Sean outside of handful of songs, but as a whole that was a very good list. You basically covered every base of rap with that list. Big Sean and Wiz were your more radio/commercial dudes, Cole and Fashawn were your conscious dudes, Nipsey, Jay Rock, and Freddie Gibbs were your street/gangsta dudes, and OJ was the "weak link" that you could bump to. I have no idea how to describe this current list. They all seem like they're straight off a carefully crafted assembly line. XXL's entire 2017 class IS a weak link

 

[Tryna Makit]

Damn I hate these lists....always lets me further know....just how out of touch I am with current hip hop.....

 

[Orange cream shake]

What is that in the upper right hand corner

 

[Moose_Greyjoy]

I'm old
Btw I'm not even gonna criticize because I don't know the culture like I use too