Out of everybody on this xxl 2009 cover, never in a million years would I

[Max.]

have thought that 10 yrs later, Wale would be the most relevant

All ended up being weirdos

 

[Heavy_Handz]

Wale just performed a block from my crib recently and I didn’t even bother lol

 

[Ziggiy]

I still listen to old Charles Hamilton

Dude was so far ahead of his time

I REALLY thought Charles Hamilton was gonna blow allllll the way up. Dude was so stupidly talented that I thought he was gonna straight jack Kanye’s whole lane.


Mental illness is some other shyt man


Wale earned his relevance. Could’ve been bigger if his discography matched his talent.


Blu is another one who should have been bigger. All the talent in the world

 

[Ziggiy]

Yeah, ahaha. His one claim to fame. The group never did much. I think like one song before Lupe joined that group that Kanye was tryna make

I thought Diggy was tryna make a comeback after his debut but it seems that beef with Cole didn't work in his favor at all. But apparently he dropped another album this past Feb.

The group your talking about is All City Chess Club and they did a remix of Lupe’s I’m Beamin.


Diggy is an actor now on Grownish

 

[wizworld]

Best thing about that list is the raw talent.

6 outta the 10 have mental health issues, that's pretty alarming.

 

[Dead End]

Currensy has easily put out the best music out of all those.

Also, whatever happened to Asher Roth? I forgot all about him.

 

[Apex]

I wonder what Asher Roth is doing nowadays.

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

I REALLY thought Charles Hamilton was gonna blow allllll the way up. Dude was so stupidly talented that I thought he was gonna straight jack Kanye’s whole lane.


Mental illness is some other shyt man


Wale earned his relevance. Could’ve been bigger if his discography matched his talent.


Blu is another one who should have been bigger. All the talent in the world

I dunno how yall ever thought that

Dude might have been a good beat maker but his songs were random trash

That whole era of the internet was like just before it got gentrifiednamd sanitized

 

[reserved_one]

I remember when Dj Drama was hyping Asher Roth up to be the next big rapper from Philly.

I always thought he was wack...Marley & Me was the only verse of his I fukked with.

Charles Hamilton was way ahead of his time...i mean like 10 years ahead. An incredible talent that didn't have the mental fortitude to survive in the industry.

He was the best pure rapper by far.

 

[Calmye]

Why not? They're all trash but him

 

[Calmye]

to this day i have never heard a better off the head performance than sonic man. and i'm including supernat, juice, eminem, hieroglyphics crew, whoever

i've never witnessed anything quite like that and he went on for a good five minute straight. i wish that mental illness didn't derail his career

Link

 

[The Mad Titan]

to this day i have never heard a better off the head performance than sonic man. and i'm including supernat, juice, eminem, hieroglyphics crew, whoever

i've never witnessed anything quite like that and he went on for a good five minute straight. i wish that mental illness didn't derail his career

The crazy thing is he did stuff like this ALL the time. Dude was/is truly a genius.





Mental health though




I remember when dude was "talking in rap" for a couple days.... I knew it was all down hill after that, it was amazing but you know something wrong when it gets to that point.

Dude was also imo the 1st hardcore nerd/goth/internet rapper.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

The crazy thing is he did stuff like this ALL the time. Dude was/is truly a genius.





Mental health though




I remember when dude was "talking in rap" for a couple days.... I knew it was all down hill after that, it was amazing but you know something wrong when it gets to that point.

Dude was also imo the 1st hardcore nerd/goth/internet rapper.

Talking in rap??

 

[Low End Derrick]

Kid Cudi is the most relevant

iconic

especially considering the previous year's class. *shudders*

 

[Ol’Otis]

The last great class

Nip