if you've heard over half of these people, you need to get off the internet: xxl freshman 2012

no bo deal no credibility

is that a joke? idgi

whats the bo deal w/this joke

Amethyst Kelly (born 7 June 1990), better known by her stage name Iggy Azalea

I think her real name would have been a better look, tbh.

Too porn maybe?

Too Porn would be a great name for a rapper

Actually, yeah, great logo options with 'oo' in Too also.

It struck me when listening to Iggy Azealea a couple months ago that she has cribbed Kanye's style almost to the point of parody. Replace her on any of her own tracks with Kanye (in your mind) and you'll know what I mean.

Although, I just now listened to PU$$Y and she's switching it up a little now.

i wonder how many internet-famous rappers turned down this cover, that seems to be the cool thing to pretend you're too big for after drake & nicki were genuinely too famous to do it last year

also a couple months ago the xxl site had a thing where people could vote on who got one of these spots, which one of these jokers was picked from that?

okay are all of these ppl as terrible as Iggy Azealea

setting the bar pretty low there

prob kid ink

you've got to be kid ink

I'd like to vote for the gent with the breezeblock.

idg the "taste the rainbow/eat my skittles" thing ... that refers to what? she poops rabbit pellets or something?

she has multiple multicolored clitorises

you've got to be kid ink

― Artful Dodderer (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, February 28, 2012 4:43 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

straight fire beautiful dad joke

yeah, but the clitoris does not have the texture of a skittle

http://www.j-14.com/2010/09/17/MindlessBehavior2.jpg

mindless behavior should be on this list

different shape, too

the "2012 b2k" cover of vibe doesn't drop until june iirc

aren't mindless behavior an r&b group xp

mindless behavior have some dope songs

...

i still don';t have a real solid grasp of who "michelle trachtenburg" is, and every time i see her name I assume the girl from Trachtenberg Family Slideshow Players grew up and got famous

No, that girl is Rachel Trachteberg who grew up to form the short lived band Supercute!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=404FHOnpDfg

sorry but money boy was robbed

voted french montana

im assuming ASAP turned down the cover. Did Schoolboy Q?

who else might you be thinking of, Al? neither of those guys are as big as French or Future in real-world terms

Danny Brown - obviously talented but not really my thing
Don Trip - 'step brothers' is solid and i briefly listened to his new mixtape the other day and it sounded good. i guess starlito already make xxl freshmen?
French Montana - 'coke wave' is a classic and while it should be max in his place, i'm cool with french flying the wavy flag ~~
Future - feel having both 'tony montana' and 'racks' under his belt should disqualify him from this. i wanna hear more crooning pop from future e.g 'no matter what'
Machine Gun Kelly - that one song with waka is ok
Roscoe Dash - man i love 'all the way turnt up' so much i might just vote for roscoe even though that song is a couple of years old now. i check for a tape from him last year and it was really garbage.

haven't heard:
Hopsin
Iggy Azalea
Kid Ink
Macklemore

Meanwhile:

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2012/02/xxl_freshman_issue_azealia_banks_iggy_azalea.php

im assuming ASAP turned down the cover. Did Schoolboy Q?

? danny brown is on it

oh you mean you voted for him

my vote is french fwiw

Meanwhile:

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2012/02/xxl_freshman_issue_azealia_banks_iggy_azalea.php

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, February 28, 2012 4:24 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

andy has some v weird perspectives on things imho

i think his overall point that XXL is super hit or miss is obv correct tho

other possible rapper who might have turned it down: action bronson?

I guess he's as popular as some of these guys by now?
sooner or later, xxl is gonna troll and include like yolanda and ninja or something

who liked fannypack here ?

asap turned it down i'm sure, i doubt schoolboy did... i mean kendrick did it last year

yeah, someday xxl will troll with this list. someday.

that VV post is weird

"this list will continue to be made because people talk about it on twitter"

no shit!

who liked fannypack here ?

― sisilafami, Tuesday, February 28, 2012 4:52 PM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i did but more as like hipster dance music than as rappers

noz's writeup is pretty funny

I loled at "Max B's Second Life avatar"

I'm by no means a Macklemore fan. He's awful, actually. But just because you East Coast folks haven't heard of him doesn't mean he's nobody, fyi. He's a big star out here in the hinterlands:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmhyqz24oTs

"weird" to deej = opinions that are not the same as his

xp ha, wasn't that when he opened for wiz khalifa and like half the crowd left before wiz?

Noz is always the best at this. I'm still laughing at when he said FRED the godson "looks like a giant baby"