this list isn't half bad, tho i'd be surprised if it contains any stars nearly on the level of some of the past years
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 6 September 2011 05:10 (twelve years ago) link
this list isn't half b—
― morb derp (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 05:12 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― Sex Droughts and Rock & Roll (flopson), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 05:13 (twelve years ago) link
meek mill
this guy is cool enough
big k.r.i.t.
still go back & forth on him, as i think we all do. responsible for maybe the most great music out of everyone on this list, but can be very generic and may be better suited as a producer that sometimes raps than a rapper/producer
cyhi the prince
man, if this guy ever becomes successful i'm gonna be really mad. again, not necessarily offensively awful, but depressingly generic in almost every sense. let's keep him away from chris brown.
lil twist
truly have no idea/how why lil twist is on this list. was tyga on one of the original incarnations? in any event, maybe someone at YM threw some favors at xxl. can't hate him since he's a small child, but obv have zero use for him.
yelawolf
will prob vote for yela. his album seems destined to be very good, though probably not profitable in any meaningful sense. hopefully the industry doesn't swallow his career up once he sells 8k in his first week.
fred the godson
can't imagine that we'll ever hear from this guy in any meaningful sense. not sure he can actually write a song, let alone 11 of them.
mac miller
what is there to say? let's hope he goes the way of the asher.
yg
"toot it & boot it" is of course a classic. not even remotely shocking that there's been no peep from him since.
lil b
i am a lil b fan, seems weird to even put him in the context of these other rappers. i considered voting for him, but his output to me is still 10% amazing straight classics, 80% stuff that's decent, 10% stuff that's not necessarily listenable. altho as a persona his existence is most important to me of everyone on this list.
kendrick lamar
i fuck w/ lamar, think he has good buzz now & will get industry push & could see him ascending to cudi/khalifa levels this time next year if he plays his cards right.
diggy simmons
again, he's a small child, so it's hard to get mad. but he is infuriating in the sense that you'd wish a 14 year old wouldn't fashion himself after yung berg or something. there is really no reason for him to exist except for us to feel happy that one of rev run's children was able to transcend reality tv faux-stardom.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 6 September 2011 05:23 (twelve years ago) link
cyhi the prince will probably be just as successful as big sean, which can't possibly be as bad as big sean's success
― big spiritual hat club (some dude), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 05:33 (twelve years ago) link
his output to me is still 10% amazing straight classics
i know you're trying to be measured and rational here but you just said he has 100 classic songs, gtfo
― big spiritual hat club (some dude), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 05:37 (twelve years ago) link
diggy can kinda rap
― morb derp (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 05:58 (twelve years ago) link
Thought about yelawolf, voted lil b, not even listened to any of the others.
― prego, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
I love Yela and Lil B, but I voted for Kendrick. Section.80 is probably top three rap albums of the year for me.
― "I know its hard to hear but I'm a Realest." (rennavate), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
Thought about yelawolf, voted lil b, not even listened to any of the others. --prego
Signed, indie rock.
― all shitley (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:17 (twelve years ago) link
hahaha
― markers, Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:19 (twelve years ago) link
Went w Kendrick, probably should have gone w KRIT, thought about Meek & Yela. For some reason Cyhi bugs as much as Mac Miller.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Thursday, 8 September 2011 05:17 (twelve years ago) link
disagreehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALmvSav0xRo
― D-40, Thursday, 8 September 2011 05:20 (twelve years ago) link
^^^banger
voted kendrick, i f/w
kendrickmeek millfred
to a lesser degree,krityelawolf
think that lil b's buzz totally outgrew his music & we're in a contracting phase where ppl are starting to be like, uhh hold up this is just aite. do think '6 kiss' will be remembered as a messy classic but i cant imagine him getting any bigger than he is
― D-40, Thursday, 8 September 2011 05:22 (twelve years ago) link
krit easily
― k3vin k., Thursday, 8 September 2011 05:23 (twelve years ago) link
anyone i didnt mention deserves 0 bars
― D-40, Thursday, 8 September 2011 05:23 (twelve years ago) link
deej i'd like to read a sequel to that first krit piece you wrote a couple years ago on his career and your changing feelings toward him
― k3vin k., Thursday, 8 September 2011 05:24 (twelve years ago) link
noted (srs)
― D-40, Thursday, 8 September 2011 05:24 (twelve years ago) link
That FtG track is cool.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Thursday, 8 September 2011 05:26 (twelve years ago) link
if you could choose between saving the members of xxl freshman class of 2011 (incl yg) from certain death or preventing a .zip file containing the world's last .mp3 & master of toot it & boot it from being deleted which would u choose--c'mon
― flopson, Thursday, 8 September 2011 05:30 (twelve years ago) link
― big spiritual hat club (some dude), Tuesday, September 6, 2011 1:33 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark
trying to think of other rappers with names as unmarketable as "cyhi the prince" who have hit the level of popularity big sean stands to reach
― dj roombahton (zachlyon), Thursday, 8 September 2011 05:38 (twelve years ago) link
i still dont know how to pronounce dude's name
bcuz no one i know irl has ever mentioned him
― D-40, Thursday, 8 September 2011 05:39 (twelve years ago) link
if we're getting all ilxor about it, also
I BANG THIS1. yelawolf2. big k.r.i.t.3. kendrick lamar
THESE GUYS ARE P GOOD AT TIMES BUT PROLLY DONT HAVE AN ALBUM IN EM4. meek mill5. fred the godson6. yg7. diggy simmons8. lil b
FUCK U SUCK A DICK DIE BITCH *BLAM BLAM*9. cyhi the prince10. lil twist11. mac miller
― all shitley (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 8 September 2011 06:59 (twelve years ago) link
i f/w krit, yela, basedgod, kendrick. voted for yelawolf.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 8 September 2011 07:09 (twelve years ago) link
seems like kendrick might end up being the star outta these dudes?
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 9 September 2011 23:35 (twelve years ago) link
i dunno, when i went to the Gathering of The Juggal0s I got like 5 compliments on my Yelawolf t-shirt.
― rolling in the derp (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 9 September 2011 23:37 (twelve years ago) link
insane clown posse fans in loving white rapper shocker
― D-40, Friday, 9 September 2011 23:38 (twelve years ago) link
meek mill already has two hit singles....
― the special technique of liveblogging (The Brainwasher), Friday, 9 September 2011 23:39 (twelve years ago) link
anyway I fuck with all of these people to some degree:
Meek Mill (getting my vote obv)KRITLil BKendrickYG Fred
the rest are wack... especially Yelawolf.
― the special technique of liveblogging (The Brainwasher), Friday, 9 September 2011 23:41 (twelve years ago) link
i could easily tilt towards meek mill on a different day over kendrick. meek mill is def more up my alley.
― D-40, Friday, 9 September 2011 23:43 (twelve years ago) link
smh at thinking YG is a better rapper than Yelawolf.
― The Reverend, Friday, 9 September 2011 23:51 (twelve years ago) link
yelawolf doesn't have a song as good as "toot it & boot it." or "patty cake."
― the special technique of liveblogging (The Brainwasher), Friday, 9 September 2011 23:52 (twelve years ago) link
voted krit, totally my boring classicist jam
― symsymsym, Saturday, 10 September 2011 00:02 (twelve years ago) link
I wouldn't say Meek Mill "has two hit singles," when he has a hit w/o Ross on it I'll say he's on a roll. that said, I voted for him because "Ima Boss" is my jam right now.
― some dude, Saturday, 10 September 2011 01:36 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
cant stand 'ima boss'
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 08:55 (twelve years ago) link
! that's crazy. So glad you can hear a dude who actually fucking raps his ass off on the radio again
its also millions of miles >>>>> than the new Ross single that just leaked. Just Blazzzzzzzz
― dangobro (D-40), Wednesday, 5 October 2011 10:19 (twelve years ago) link
― flopson, Thursday, September 8, 2011 1:30 AM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark
― u0sd0ןɟ (flopson), Wednesday, 5 October 2011 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
c'mon
i dont rlly like toot it THAT much in the end
― dangobro (D-40), Wednesday, 5 October 2011 16:56 (twelve years ago) link
I'm going with hometown hero MEEK MILL
― (╯°□°)╯︵ mode squad) (dayo), Wednesday, 5 October 2011 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
― big spiritual hat club (some dude), Tuesday, September 6, 2011 1:37 AM (4 weeks ago) Bookmark
lol, i guess i meant 10% classic OF SONGS THAT I'VE HEARD. which is like... 40% of his output or something
― yung huma (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 5 October 2011 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
i sorta feel like meek mill could carry some momentum over from the ross singles... esp if he can manage to carve out a radio niche as roughneck east coast rapper in a vast sea of skinny jeans rap.
i hope that in 2012 i'll be able to vote for fat trel
― yung huma (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 5 October 2011 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
I bet you'll be able to vote for asap rocky.
― sisilafami, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 17:21 (twelve years ago) link
ugh
― dangobro (D-40), Wednesday, 5 October 2011 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
are you for real
― dangobro (D-40), Wednesday, 5 October 2011 23:02 (twelve years ago) link
i cant decide if i'm more offended by 2 votes for mac miller or 1 for lil twist
― dangobro (D-40), Wednesday, 5 October 2011 23:03 (twelve years ago) link
come to think of it i don't even know who diggy simmons is
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 5 October 2011 23:04 (twelve years ago) link
lol <3 whoever voted YG
― fennel cartwright, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
I want mac millers head on a plate
― kyle2trill, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 23:17 (twelve years ago) link
― yung huma (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, October 5, 2011 1:11 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark
yeah every time i hear "house party" on the radio i'm like please please please let this song be huge
― nəverDirty (some dude), Wednesday, 5 October 2011 23:28 (twelve years ago) link
glad lil b won, everyone else i have any interest in just feels like i'm rooting for them rather than being actually invested in their currently existing output
― u0sd0ןɟ (flopson), Thursday, 6 October 2011 00:04 (twelve years ago) link
the whole 'investment' thing about people really feeling like lil b is Important and they're part of a unique new kind of Movement is just
― nəverDirty (some dude), Thursday, 6 October 2011 00:25 (twelve years ago) link
otm re: house party
― dangobro (D-40), Thursday, 6 October 2011 01:33 (twelve years ago) link
wish I'd voted Meek at this point tbh
― dangobro (D-40), Thursday, 6 October 2011 01:34 (twelve years ago) link
ugh at this
― the ┬──┬ is the ┬──┬ (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 6 October 2011 02:33 (twelve years ago) link
― nəverDirty (some dude), Wednesday, October 5, 2011 5:25 PM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
cult artists be culty
― turfin' bird (The Reverend), Thursday, 6 October 2011 02:36 (twelve years ago) link
that fred da godson deej posted is pretty great
― u0sd0ןɟ (flopson), Thursday, 6 October 2011 03:30 (twelve years ago) link
lol @ Cyhi the Prince being the Darko Milicic of this list
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 11 July 2013 03:52 (ten years ago) link
http://instagram.com/p/Zj3y69pCNG/
― some dude, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 02:24 (ten years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ck1WbsCW0AAGHsK.jpg
― lag∞n, Monday, 13 June 2016 14:19 (seven years ago) link
weird they wld put e-40 in there p sure hes been around for a while
― lag∞n, Monday, 13 June 2016 14:26 (seven years ago) link
ha amazing to see kendrick barely beating out yelawolf by one vote
― rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 13 June 2016 15:52 (seven years ago) link
there's a lotta RONG in this thread
― De La Soul is no Major Lazer (ulysses), Monday, 13 June 2016 16:10 (seven years ago) link
tbf most of these rappers' careers and/or music transformed pretty significantly over the past 5 years so hindsight is more illuminating/amusing than anything else
― Dierks Bentley's Holistic Detective Agency (some dude), Monday, 13 June 2016 16:24 (seven years ago) link
lil b is still def better than kendrick tho
― lag∞n, Monday, 13 June 2016 16:27 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH2WjBSSH7U
― STOP KILLING ANIMALS, THEY'RE MINT (DJP), Monday, 13 June 2016 16:30 (seven years ago) link
lil b definitely does it again...and again and again and again and again
― rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 13 June 2016 17:07 (seven years ago) link
― De La Soul is no Major Lazer (ulysses), Monday, June 13, 2016 11:10 AM (56 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah besides Fred the Godson becoming the most important rapper of his generation a lot of these guys have fizzled
― rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 13 June 2016 17:08 (seven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DfglWGhVAAE5u-K.jpg
― sprout god (lag∞n), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 18:20 (five years ago) link
Couldn’t find ten good rappers this year
― paul mccartney & whinge (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 19:48 (five years ago) link
lol it rules that lil b beat kendrick in this poll
― flopson, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 19:49 (five years ago) link
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, September 9, 2011 7:35 PM (six years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― rolling in the derp (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, September 9, 2011 7:37 PM (six years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― we æt so many shimripl (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 19:56 (five years ago) link
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 20:07 (five years ago) link
Looooool
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 20:09 (five years ago) link
was my best DN ever should have stopped there
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 20:10 (five years ago) link
True
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 20:11 (five years ago) link
yg meek and kendrick, p good on that first one
― sprout god (lag∞n), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 03:40 (five years ago) link
and big kri
for better or worse mac miller has also done very well
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 15:34 (five years ago) link
lil b also has become a legend/meme
― sprout god (lag∞n), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 16:15 (five years ago) link
yg was robbed
― ||||||||, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 18:42 (five years ago) link
he p much just had teen dance songs out then no
― sprout god (lag∞n), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 19:05 (five years ago) link
oj da juiceman was robbed again
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 14 June 2018 20:27 (five years ago) link
imagine how wild it would be if this year's class became as influential/acclaimed/culturally relevant as the 2011 class
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, 14 June 2018 20:45 (five years ago) link
(if you could call them that, i'm not sure if Lil Twist or Fred the Godson are still around, or who they even are in the first place)
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, 14 June 2018 20:46 (five years ago) link
i dont really understand this story
When he was 12 years old, Lil Twist went to a Lil Wayne concert in Tyler, Texas and opened for Lil Wayne. Impressed, Cortez and Wayne flew Lil Twist to Atlanta to see how he was in a recording studio.[9]
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 14 June 2018 21:31 (five years ago) link
diggy can kinda rap― morb derp (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, September 5, 2011 10:58 PM
― morb derp (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, September 5, 2011 10:58 PM
lmao
― alpine static, Friday, 15 June 2018 01:28 (five years ago) link
yg was robbed― ||||||||, Wednesday, June 13, 2018 11:42 AM (yesterday)
― ||||||||, Wednesday, June 13, 2018 11:42 AM (yesterday)
this, tho
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EfJ5r0lWsAMHlyI?format=jpg&name=large
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 17:50 (three years ago) link
they played it pretty safe, hard to say there's anyone who doesn't deserve to be there.
― mozzy star (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 18:13 (three years ago) link