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Genius Ranks 2019’s XXL Freshman Class | Genius News - YouTube
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[JACQUES] The 12th annual XXL Freshman list
is here showcasing 11 of rap’s rising stars.
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[JACQUES] So to rank them, we took a look
at their highlights, and their numbers, Genius
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style. Let’s begin!
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[JACQUES] Coming in at no.
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11 with more than 400 thousand page views
is Philadelphia’s Tierra Whack.
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[JACQUES] She had a great 2018 on the back
of her breakout project “Whack World.”
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And he sat with Genius in February to breakdown
“Hungry Hippo,” a standout from “World”
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and it’s connection to her fashion style.
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[TIERRA] I picture myself going inside a jewelry store there’s a bunch of guys
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and they’re looking like what the hell is
she doing and I’ll get like grills made
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or some jewelry or something and they’re
just looking like Okay and they ask for my
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opinion.
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[JACQUES] YK Osiris is at number 10 with over
600 thousand page views.
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Over the last year, he's had perfect ‘timing’
with his breakout single “Worth It” garnering
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millions of views on YouTube.
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And he sang it live on Genius' "Open Mic"
in April.
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[JACQUES] Next with more than 700 thousand
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pageviews is YBN Cordae at no.
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9.
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He sat with us in April to breakdown his cut
“Have Mercy,” and revealed that the following
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slick bars were kinda written and kinda freestyled.
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[YBN CORDAE] I freestyle all my shit but I
write it down because I be forgetting it.
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Everybody like to say they freestyle all they
shit.
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A lot of niggas do freestyle all they shit
but I ain’t afraid to say I write a litlte
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bit too.
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[JACQUES] At number 8 is Maryland’s Rico
Nasty.
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Fans loved her hard hitting recent effort
“Anger Management” with Kenny Beats.
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[JACQUES] Of the 11 freshman, her 2016 song
“Hey Arnold” off of “Sugar Trap” was
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the first to reach 10 Thousand page views.
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[JACQUES] Coming in at 7 with more than 1
million page views is Houston’s Megan Thee Stallion.
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[JACQUES] One of 2019’s breakout stars,
Genius News pointed out in March how Tina
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Snow is everywhere and how her fans love her
sexy and frank lyrics on her breakout cut,
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“Big Ole Freak.”
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[JACQUES] Next at number 6 is Charlotte, North
Carolina’s DaBaby with over 1.4 million
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page views.
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From pampers to the charts, DaBaby’s track,
“Suge” cracked the top 10 of the Billboard
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Hot 100 in June, peaking at number 8.
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His followers love his sense of humor and
it’s quite evident on “Walker Texas Ranger.”
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[DABABY] That shirt that people be wearing
when you play with somebody
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[JACQUES] At 5 is Compton, California’s Roddy
Ricch with 1 point 5 million page views.
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His two projects, ‘Feed Tha Streets’ 1
and 2 were very well received and in February
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2019 he graced our Open Mic stage.
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[JACQUES] Comethazine comes in at number 4
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with nearly 2 million page views.
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In January 2019 he broke down his track “DeMar
DeRozan” for us and it came with a blazing
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hot basketball take.
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[COMETHAZINE] Demar DeRozan is way better
than Kobe.
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[JACQUES] And we’ve reached the top 3, starting
with Seattle’s Lil Mosey at just over 2
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million page views.
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Mosey has been on Genius a number of times
but most recently singing his cut, “Greet
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Her” on Open Mic with a friend.
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[JACQUES] At number 2 with nearly 4 million
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page views is Los Angeles’ Blueface.
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He currently has the highest performing VERIFIED
out of the Freshman class with his breakout
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cut, “Thotiana.”
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[BLUEFACE] “I’m not gonna say I started the word.
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Thotiana has been around as long as the word
Thot has been around. Thotiana was just catchy.
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[JACQUES] And finally at number one is Atlanta’s
Gunna.
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His 2017 cut “Drip or Drown” was the first
to reach 100k pageviews of the 2019 Freshman
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class.
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[JACQUES] In February, he joined us on VERIFIED
to breakdown his nod to comedian Martin Lawrence
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and his character Sheneneh on “One Call.”
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[Sheneneh] O well it's real good to meet you Ms. Barbie!
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[GUNNA] Martin’s hilarious.
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He’s a real comedian.
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I always watch Martin, so that was just a
line that came in the mind.
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[JACQUES] Well, there you have it.
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The 11 Freshmen ranked, Genius style.
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Collectively the group has nearly 19 million
page views.
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What’d we miss?
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Let us know in the comments.
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[JACQUES] I’m Jacques Morel with Genius
News, bringing you the meaning and the knowledge
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behind the music. Peace!
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Peace!
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