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

is macklemore the dude in the middle who looks like channing tatum? i think he's the first person to show up on one of these covers who i've literally never even heard of, not even a name while scrolling down nah right or something.

J0rdan, you've never heard the abomination that is "Irish Celebration"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29UMACdfyZw

also did not realize iggy azalea was a person aspiring to have a career, just thought she some random australian chick w/ a one off and a job as a model

kid ink: who is this person

who the fuck is KID INK

j0rdan we are on the same page today

KI DINK

Growing up on Capitol Hill in Seattle, Washington, Macklemore attended Garfield and Nathan Hale high schools, and went on to earn a bachelor’s degree at Evergreen State College. Interested in reaching a younger generation through his music, he took a job at a juvenile-detention facility. There, he was a part of a program called “Gateways,” which was organized around rap

"if you like michael moore, you'll love macklemore"

who are macklemore, hopsin (hey flopson there must be username potential here), kid ink and don trip?

roscoe dash has made the best song of anyone here i think

i sorta feel bad for danny brown... i'm sure when he showed up for the photoshoot it was like when you go to someone's party just to be nice while secretly hoping that not everyone there is someone you hate and it turns out that everyone there is someone you hate

don trip is a pretty good rapper lex, he had a mixtape with starlito ("step brothers") from last year that a lot of people liked

This is the first time I;ve ever seen Danny Brown fade into the background of anything.

Also, what to chainsaws and bricks have to do with school

the few songs I've heard by Kid Ink are alright:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDxZAFwem5s

he's like a second-rate Wiz Khalifa

also....

HE PRODUCED "SADE" BY DIRTY MONEY

almost 3 million YouTube views of Kid Ink. That's deej platinum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRKmG--ihoo

looool whiney

HE PRODUCED "SADE" BY DIRTY MONEY

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

is hopsin the dude in the "justin bieber for octobers very own" hoodie

idk if kid ink is part of "the arsenals" but the beat on "keep it rollin" is SICKKKK

how has french montana not been on one of these lists already

in rap junior high for too long

I don't know any of these and I still spend more time in the internet that I'd like to admit.

Add to list:

J0rdan S.
lex pretend
what's a goon to garbus (Whiney G. Weingarten)
Peace (peaceful) (The Brainwasher)
buzza
seandalai
Moka

I would do anything to have a life that meant i didnt have to know what MTV Iggy Azalea is

Danny Brown - incredible rapper obv but a weird pick for xxl, aside from being north of 30 years old he's not in any way interested in the kind of mainstream radio rap career these guys are usually thinking of & i feel like in some ways hes kind of peaking now in terms of the attention he's being given. should have another good year or two of critical glow & I'm sure he'll end up winning this poll.

Don Trip - this guy is pretty likeable & has some good music, I like Starlito more than him though. While I like letter to my son there's something a little ... *strokes beard* "i see..." abt the way ppl have rallied around it, i mean its fine that folks are feeling the resonant emotion but there's something a lil schlocky in the one-sidedness of custody battles which, as a non-parent & child of divorce, sets off alarm bells for me personally

French Montana - This guy earned this, & it feels like an obvious pick.
Future - ditto French
Hopsin - I think this makes a surprising amount of sense, mostly b/c of the tech n9ne affiliation which ensures he'll get the proper support & $$$, he's kind of a more marketable, skilled OF

Iggy Azalea - get the fuck out with this bullshit
Kid Ink - between Tyga and Wiz Khalifa I don't personally see there being enough oxygen for this
Machine Gun Kelly - I would actually defend this one, "Wild Boy" is a legit hit & if you needed a white boy for the cover you could do a lot worse
Macklemore - GTFO
Roscoe Dash - what year is this? has he had a hit since "No Hands"?

lots of artists going nowhere have millions of youtube views, its established

there's something a little ... *strokes beard* "i see..." abt the way ppl have rallied around it

ahahahaha

north of 30 years old he's not in any way interested in the kind of mainstream radio rap career these guys are usually thinking of

keep in mind that this magazine has put slaughterhouse on its cover multiple times

surprised Kirko Bangs didn't make this list. Also, @z@3liA B@NkS

Roscoe Dash - what year is this? has he had a hit since "No Hands"?

i think the label is (or was) finally preparing to put his EP out so they probably twisted some arms to get him on this

Roscoe Dash - what year is this? has he had a hit since "No Hands"?

isn't "good fucking night" a hit?

dare i ask what a Iggy Azalea is?

az banks still seems a bit out of xxl's purview imo

brainwasher otm about kirko bangz. and he sounds exactly like drake, too.

i gave iggy azalea's mixtape a listen, she can rap but i didn't hear anything particularly special about her

http://i3.squidoocdn.com/resize/squidoo_images/590/draft_lens18470570module153053332photo_1315364182iggy_moshling.JPG

kirko bangz is maybe the worst rap name in history

T.I. is executive-producing Iggy Azelea's album LOL

kirko bangz is a surprising omission but i thought his tape was mostly boring

T.I. is executive-producing Iggy Azelea's album LOL

― Peace (peaceful) (The Brainwasher), Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:48 PM (6 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

shes clearly found someone to guide her thru the industry b/c this shit is ridiculous.

also tha joker... is he a thing?

i'm legit stunned that she has management and stuff. i really thought she was a random foreigner trying to sound like she was from atlanta.

isn't that exactly what she is?

i have no idea why anyone would think she was marketable.

http://cdn2.xlurbanmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/iggy_azalea_lead.jpg

O_O

WOOTY ALERT

i don't get why it's so ridiculous w/her though, she hasn't put anything great out yet but she's no worse than half this list every year

what is a good french montana mixtape? have obv seen his name around a ton but have never noticed his music really

'coke boys 2' from last year, 'coke wave' with max b

check out coke boys 2 and coke wave w/ max b

"marvin gaye & chardonnay" was, if not "no hands"-level huge, still a pretty big hit and a R&B #1, and "oh my" was successful too. it's weird to think how many hits someone can have over a couple years and be on this list just because they haven't dropped an album.

the original youtube for "Irish Celebration" had to be taken down cos there were too many enraged Irish people posting comments. Never though he'd actually become a thing

Guess i'll vote for Don Trip. Danny Brown doesn't really belong here as good as he is

PLUS

RICK ROSS

CHILDISH GAMBINO

JOE BUDDEN INTERVIEWS VICTOR CRUZ

these things have never made sense... remember that the first one ever was this thing

http://www.xxlmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/97-cover1.jpg

i don't get the whole french montana thing, how exactly is he any less of a giant sleepy infant than gudda gudda

YUNG JOC
DEFENDS HIMSELF

YUNG JOC
DEFENDS HIMSELF

YUNG JOC
DEFENDS HIMSELF

YUNG JOC
DEFENDS HIMSELF

YUNG JOC
DEFENDS HIMSELF

YUNG JOC
DEFENDS HIMSELF

YUNG JOC
DEFENDS HIMSELF

YUNG JOC
DEFENDS HIMSELF

YUNG JOC
DEFENDS HIMSELF

damn, beat me to it

french montana is about sleepiness conveying being drunk/stoned etc where as gudda gudda is about mumbling as a way to mask talent

i really would be interested in seeing those 10 mcs that missed the cut in 08

stayyyyyy scheeeeminnnnnn ::tucks blanky under chin::

french is like... the sorta ultimate amalgamation of both the WE DON'T WRITE LYRICS and the VERY STONED, WILL NOW SING FOR YOU eras

tranced out rapper abt to drop a cinder block on australian girls head

french montana is about sleepiness conveying being drunk/stoned etc

*cancels download*

french is all charisma, very pop nyc, it makes sense that he linked up with diddy

<i>the original youtube for "Irish Celebration" had to be taken down cos there were too many enraged Irish people posting comments.</i>
gist?

bollocks

it was primarily about the lame IRA posturing in the song

I like the first coke boys tape more than coke boys 2, french is a good rapper w a distinct style and persona and an ear for hooks. Hes also, like Future, a no-brainer on this list bc hes already hitting.

Lol @ lex defending iggy azalea dude shes just awful

lex listen to "shot caller" at least

the one iggy azalea song posted in gun sounds was pretty hot but obv she's pretty reprehensible overall

Stay schemin is a great hook ... Tell me when gudda gudda ever releases something that catchy

Which song, jordan?

i don't remember, no fake forgetfulness -- i'm sure it was her "big hit" or w/e

i like "pussy"

sorry, it wasn't posted in gun sounds. it was posted in the kreayshawn thread.

i like "pussy"

― Peace (peaceful) (The Brainwasher), Tuesday, February 28, 2012 3:24 PM (12 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

save it for the fleshlight thread, brony

that was too easy

irl lol at WHAT HAPPENED TO RINGTONE RAP? headline

Lol of course it was the kreayshawn thread. No one heard of her until we needed a "skilled" kreayshawn.

The only vid I remember was her version of "look out for detox" which was terrible

I still say Princess Superstar is the greatest white female rapper that ever lived, and no one has ever challenged that opinion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2GCga7YLCU

I still say Princess Superstar is the greatest white female rapper that ever lived, and no one has ever challenged that opinion

― what's a goon to garbus (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, February 28, 2012 3:32 PM (14 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

does michelle trachtenberg count?

what about kanye?

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

princess superstar's certainly no worse an answer than any other

michelle trachtenberg is a girl from the adventures of pete & pete who grew up and got famous so same difference really

lol Wiki:

10:08, 9 October 2011 Kudpung (talk | contribs) deleted "Kid ink" ‎ (A7: No explanation of the subject's significance (band/musician) 5th deletion (TW))

Theres something Important to be said about race and hipster mags liking azalea banks and rap mags liking iggy azalea

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"

wtf at this Iggy AZALALA somg where she calls herself a "runaway slave master"

This must be the first instance in history of an australian being insensitive about African-American culture

dying rn

finally got around to listening to iggy
she has very nice hips
PROTIP: do not put a prepubescent boy riding a hobby horse in your video called "pussy"

i kind of fucks with Hopsin in a 99 Eminem way

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bULBnef6w6k

plus a pug in the video at 3:32 = pandering ti the locals

a 99 Eminem way

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

― D-40, Tuesday, February 28, 2012 5:16 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

maybe earl sweatshirt or kreayshawn?

i have no idea what you're talking about re: popularity vs. Future, i wasn't saying that anyone who turned down the cover is bigger than everyone on the cover (just that they might be gassed and THINK they are)

Yah I was agreeing w you - just saying, if asap turned it down, hes def not bigger than future or french, so it would have to be branding reasons

Lex, not all opinions are created equal

And, as a person who loves many obscure rappers, if I haven't heard of a guy on the cover of a rap magazine, it's a good sign that that rapper scored a coup by getting there.

**hops in**

I kind of want Harry Connick Jr to bumrush the next show by rapping koala asshole Izzy Azalea and be like "Nawww nawww we don't do that in Americuh"

2nd career as australian racist shamer

Voted Danny Brown, but French is a close second. Don Trip and Future I listen to sometimes. The rest is a write off or I haven't heard it. (Who did Kid Ink snuggle up to for this inclusion)

Voted Danny brown, haven't heard anyone else

(It’s pretty telling that the bald guy’s video album review of XXX has twice as many Youtube hits as any actual Danny Brown music video.)

lol

Noz's take

this is life

http://i.imgur.com/bWnV5.jpg

grandpa's here

photoshopping him into something he's already been in is a bit ehh

i don't know, miley cyrus put it over the top for me

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

I apparently don't need to get off the Internet.

http://cdn.mdjunction.com/components/com_joomlaboard/uploaded/images/welcome_back-40f1e46898ad4d62ac7f402607610a24.gif

Taken some time I know. :)

Registered in October or November or so, but haven't been logged in until no.

lol http://www.streetbonersandtvcarnage.com/streetboners/street-boner-1696

probably a great honour than making the cover of xxl

greater even

hey geir!

weird belly scratches there

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

so danny brown is opening for childish gambino at summerstage
so i am going to be enjoying half of that show a great deal
and then leaving asap
no rocky

danny brown is going on tour with gambino i think

Iggy Azalea 6

I should have stayed banned, this message board is for drooling mouthbreathers

jordan, yeah; that's part of the tour

Kid Ink 1
Future 0

i guess kid ink was a joke vote but still

iggy azalea and mackelmore troll voters should've coordinated imo

why does the one guy have a lemur on his head

it's weird how the only time rappers get away with holding weapons of any kind in magazine photos anymore is if it's an army of 110-pound blog rappers

seems like execs have made machine gun kelly switch his name to MGK

i think that happened a minute ago, radio was calling him that when they started playing that stupid "wild boy" song. it is funny to see every rapper ever with an especially violent or vulgar name get their shit switched up the moment they have a real career or are trying to.

yeah i just noticed it now since i guess he's getting a bit of a push on vevo

if gunplay ever changes his name i stop caring

u mean g-play

it would be funny if the real reason that gunplay was a phantom member of MMG was because he refused to censor his name

Play would be a good rapper name imo

i mean, i guess it already was

http://www.funcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Kid-And-Play1.jpg

i would go with Gumplay, personally

http://rodneyolsen.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/gumby.jpg

at least Option got votes contrary to Future, Hopsin and Machine Gun Kelly who got zeroes

what's a option?

gunkplay

danny brown is good people
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6XwMXkyopk

congrats the three of you, you picked our next rap star!

is macklemore the dude in the middle who looks like channing tatum? i think he's the first person to show up on one of these covers who i've literally never even heard of, not even a name while scrolling down nah right or something.

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:27 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

classic post

meanwhile I was foaming at the mouth about the forthcoming Macklemorepocalypse on this board in like 2007

That's some Seattle-exclusive foresight for you.

meanwhile I was foaming at the mouth about the forthcoming Macklemorepocalypse on this board in like 2007

― burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb ranks (The Reverend), Sunday, November 30, 2014 1:52 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha didn't i respond to this post at the time

hopsin don't like mumblecore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiNNBc557OQ&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiNNBc557OQ&feature=youtu.be

bah fuck it

This?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiNNBc557OQ

ya

Future 0

LOL