I was hurt because you said I don't know August Alsina, like he is an r&b artist and not really a rapper and he was back then super huge, these days still making some million views, he's good. Good video!
So ...what gives you the credentials to speak on these artist like you're mainstream media? Cause you don't seem to know much about most of them. Im just curious.
Yooo Tierra Whack is pretty fire, like when she features on someone else's song she can ride their beat so well. Often overshadows other rappers, she has crazy flow control and decent bars.
Danny Brown literally has one of best hip hop albums of the 2010’s with Atrocity Exhibition. Yeah its not everyone style of music but he for sure made it more than most of the 2012 list
It's apparent this dude is a "main stream" music listener. Because some of these people are underground, or have stayed underground, and that doesn't mean they fell off
I’ve legit never listened to him, but HOW don’t you know August Alsina? Dude is huge. Also, even remotely claiming that DAVE EAST or G Herbo never made it/fell off is INSANE.
Fred Da Godson will forever be a street legend. Dude was one of the most lyrical rappers around. He just didn’t make “commercial” music, but dude could spit with the best of them.
Yep Fred the godson was still going crazy up until his unfortunate death from Covid. He was still booking shows doing tons of features so he shouldn’t be on the list he was still doing it
Roscoe Dash did fall off but he also has the most legendary hook and verse on a club banger of ALL TIME! No Hands will probably be played in clubs and parties till the end of time. I'd even put his 2.0 mixtape in the top 25 best mixtapes of all time as well.
@@tgodmarley28 August is good but I feel like even without the health issues he still would have fell off he never really had that top song or album compared to other r&b artists like Chris brown or even Trey songz
This guy will say Smokepurpp didn’t fall off with like 4000 sales just 3 years after his freshman class but will say 2012 is the worst class when MGK (whose just went platinum), Hopsin and Danny Brown BEEN outselling more than half the mans from 2017 and beyond
I think Troy Ave fell off after his beef with Joey Bada$$ when he dissed Joey‘s dead friend capital Steez and clowned him for killing himself and the people just weren’t fuckin wit it
NLE Choppa must have been inspired by Don Trip cuz the flow, the title and the lyrics in choppas’s song letter to my daughter is almost excactly the same as Don Trip’s letter to my son
Hot take: I honestly believe that if Nip didn't die Dave East would have been way more of a household name. They both were on the rise and had some shit cooking Jon Connor was heavily slept on. He just wasn't controversial and couldn't seem to find that one hit that would get him out there. Lyrically he was solid tho
Bro there’s no debate on Danny brown. He’s in a lot of peoples top 20 rappers of all time. If u don’t listen to him then u don’t listen to him, but he puts up good numbers and has a lot of respect in the industry
Trinidad also got screwed over by his label. they dropped him before his contract could be fulfilled. he is a host on the complex show full size run where he's grown a solid fan base off people who love his personality
Calboy deserves more recognition. He recently had a song with Lil Wayne. And last year he dropped a mixtape which featured Lil Tjay, Lil Baby, Fivio, Polo G and Von. Bro definitely hasn’t fallen off if he’s still getting big artists featured on his songs
If I remember correct, Troy Ave basically tanked his career from what I heard after talking shit to Joey Badass about how he sells more albums or whatever, and speaking ill on Joey's close homie Capital Steez (RIP). That's the last time i heard of Troy Ave's relevance personally for me though. Think this was in 2016 when Joey released B4.Da.$$
All I’ve learned from this is you have to be young & don’t know much about actual music…a lot of the people you said “fell off” you just don’t listen to not everyone has to be mainstream to be successful. & Dave East does over 3 million a video easily & he’s acting now so what is exactly lit if it’s not just staying in our face through all forms of media
Dizzy Wright never making it crushes my soul to this day, I cannot recommend his music enough, he is still consistently making amazing music worthy of everyone's time.
Depends what you mean by "make it" because he is successful in his lane and progressing. Thanks to his music he's able to branch off into other ventures and prosper in them. Constant spotlight and being marketed 24/7 isn't "making it".
I liked him up through the golden age album and then he started doing more of the stuff that I would usually skip so I stopped listening to him when I got sick of the old stuff. He's good tho just not for everybody
Literally I was in physical pain hearing him go back and forth about making an argument for Danny Brown. "Cult following?" The fuck? Man's been out here slaying rap and collabing with the likes of RTJ. Probably thinks RTJ has a cult following too.
yeah you can tell that he's not all that much in depth with the "cult following" rappers on here bc he kept saying arguments could be made for those artists but he didn't sound convinced. Danny at the very least is an alternative Hip Hop legend bc of the run he's had
10 seconds in and I'm already facepalming. Fashawn and Donnis are two separate rappers bro. Put some respect on that man's name and do some research, Fashawn has crafted some beautiful albums.
21:08 I'd argue Dicky fell off, just because he doesn't drop music consistently/at all. I waited years and he came out with a TV show (with a mid second season lol)
This is my first of your videos that I have seen, I am quite impressed honestly, and after breaching that bubble of speculation when discovering a new streamer realized this is some really good stuff.
The only thing I was thinking was like musical success. Album sales & what not. That shit obviously doesn’t matter when you are culturally relevant but one COULD make an argument that they have very little musical success relative to the others on here
@@PatCc Dave east played method man in wu tang an American saga. Got a lot of attention and money from that. Still poppin and has a unique sound. I personally don’t think he fell off but he’s still going.
Don Trip is probably one of the most underrated artist out. His music is too real. Alot of these kids to young adults wont understand. Half these artists this guy mentioned are horribly wack, i guess they are popular or whatever but they not getting no play in my ride. Some people he mentioned had "1 hit wonder" type careers but he still looked at them as not falling off. Talent vs popularity is a very arguable topic. That list that he said was the best year, was definitely not. People really be out here supporting the worst rappers/artists.... Wtf ever happened to Donnis? I have old songs of his that was dope.
Lol Don Trip definitely made it he's the definition of loyal fan base. He never wanted the big fame type shit he's done hella interviews talking about how labels wanted to make him like everyone else dye his hair wear skinny clothes all that shit. He's put out straight heat since then honestly ain't to many rappers messing with him and Starlito the "StepBros" especially when they drop collab projects.
@@HAWKAMANIA311 Guerrilla, Help Is On The Way, Human Torch series, Crossface Crippler, Terminator, In The Meantime, Godspeed, Christopher, They Don't Love You, and of course the classics Stepbrothers 1, 2, 3
I feel like we gotta keep these artist’s market in mind too. Ab-Soul might not be the most well known name around the country, but forsure his name rings bells in California. The Los Angeles market alone could carry. Same with Troy Ave in New York. Just my opinion.
Charles Hamilton aka Sonic the hedgehog could have been of one the greatest xxl freshmman ever alongside kendrick and cole, he was the first with the emo rap sound of juice wrld, xxx, lil peep and childish gambino back in 09, patrick I think you should look into him he was from the 09 class along with kid cudi, he got signed and dropped twice cause of his mental health (quite schizo), this guy has like 700+ projects(no kidding) and still dropping songs on a monthly basis
Late response, but the pink lava lamp is a top 10 album of all time for me. It’s legitimately insane how Charles didn’t get more popular, even when he brushed shoulders with some of the most famous artists ever, but it seems like he’s in a good spot now, so, that’s cool.
@@Revrunworld If I remember correctly, he was the one that revealed that Quentin Miller ghostwrote for Drake. A lot of people don't remember this and point the finger at Meek after he decided to double down and confirm the rumors.
@@j.armand1363 bro he had already fallen off by then🤣🤣 he never said anything until Meek had already said it. What really happened was he had a falling out with QC which he was signed to and just never recovered from that especially as the Migos and Yachty came along. Not to mention he was the one to really popularize screamo shit in his raps but xxxtentacion started doing it way better than him and kinda snatched that fan base up
G Herbo’s ONLY platinum song is with Juice WRLD, Chance, and Uzi who are all Multi Platinum artists... all I’m saying is there is a SLIGHT argument there
The real first freshman cover was in 08 with crooked i on the cover amd some other people but the first one to gain some traction was in 09 with Asher Roth BOB Charles Hamilton and wale amd Mickey factz
@@PatCc been subbed 3 years. I know you like some. But you definitely like more melodic type music. That’s not something I have to watch every video to figure out lol. Don’t do that