Ok so in the last video a lot of people mentioned that one hoodie string was tucked and one
wasn’t, and I really wanna avoid having that same mishap again.
That looks about right.
So as we all know the 2019 XXL Freshman list is out, it’s pretty good, but there are
definitely some people not on there that a lot of people thought would be.
Why didn’t Sheck Wes make it?
Why didn’t Juice WRLD make it?
Why didn’t IAMJAYCE make it?
I know, you’re all asking these questions, and today I’m gonna answer them, to the
best of my knowledge, some of this is speculation.
This is CDTVProductions, follow me on twitter and Instagram for my eternal love and admiration,
and lets get into this discussion.
Sheck Wes:
Now this one’s pretty obvious.
XXL didn’t pick Sheck for this year’s list because they have some sense and know
that Mo Bamba is the catalyst for the end of the world, the cause of climate change
and the reason the turtles are disappearing, and they didn’t want to promote something
that harmful on this year’s list.
Nah but unfortunately the actual reason is a lot more serious than that.
In the past XXL haven’t let people like 6IX9INE on the list due to being too controversial,
in a way that might stop him from having a continued successful rap career.
And I mean, they were right.
There was Famous Dex In 2017 for a video that came out.
So, clearly, even they don’t always enforce this, they’re not a fan of having someone
too controversial on their list because they don’t see those people having a successful
career going forward.
And at the moment, there are public allegations against Sheck by singer Justine Sky.
In situations like that, it’s definitely for the best to not take the risk of boosting
and co-signing him, so I would assume that’s why he didn’t make the list despite his
rapid rise in success.
Lil Nas X:
This is another name I’ve seen brought up quite a lot.
You all know who Lil Nas is, so I don’t think I need to dive into that here.
Now this one is fully speculation, but I’m thinking that maybe XXL didn’t consider
Nas for the cover because in the earlier half of this year, almost everyone believed he
would be a one hit wonder, just someone who would ride the success of Old Town Road forever.
And, as we know from the editor-in-chief at XXL, Vanessa Satten, and as I mentioned earlier,
they try to choose people that they see having fruitful careers and continued success with
their music.
It’s possible that they didn’t consider Nas because they didn’t know whether he
would actually go on to be successful outside of one song, but I’m sure he’ll be fine
without the list.
He just dropped his 7 EP last week, and the songs Rodeo and Panini are racking up streams
quite nicely, so here’s hoping his career does indeed stay successful.
YNW Melly:
I mean he’s in jail so
IAMJAYCE:
I mean he just got snubbed hard didn’t he?
If you’re somehow not familiar with this legend his music is linked at the bottom of
the pinned comment, tell me he shouldn’t have made it with his smash hits.
NLE Choppa:
NLE Choppa seemingly came out of nowhere this year, dropping the song Shotta Flow which
got nearly 10 million views in just one month, and is currently sitting at 75 million.
His success really doesn’t seem to be slowing down, and considering hes only started rising
recently, his fans did expect him to be on the list.
However the reason why he’s not is pretty straightforward.
As time goes on, more and more rappers feel that the XXL list isn’t respectable or necessary,
and as you can see from this Instagram story... bruh how many p’s are in your username?
NLE holds that opinion... followed by this wonderful simile right here, I’m British
and even I wouldn’t drink that type of tea.
NLE Choppa evidently thinks he has the tools to succeed on his own, and at least for now
he hasn’t been wrong, so it’ll be interesting to see how his career pans out.
Juice WRLD:
This is the one I’ve seen people bring up the most.
Almost everyone making predictions thought he would be on here, and most fans expected
it too... but he didn’t make it.
And I see a lot of people taking shots at XXL for this, saying it makes the list invalid,
but you have to consider the fact that they did actually ask him.
He simply turned it down.
I love how all the videos of this clip are titled ‘Reason Why Juice WRLD Turned Down
the Freshman List’ and then the only thing he says is ‘I turned it down’.
Solid reason right there.
But I think we can probably infer why.
It’s not exactly new for a rapper to decline the Freshman list invitation, Lil Skies said
no last year, Post Malone turned it down in 2016, and i think the reason Juice turned
it down is the same reason why Nicki Minaj turned it down in 2010.
She said “Me [and Drake] love XXL, but with all due respect we felt like we kinda had
graduated from the freshman class.
We felt that XXL missed the mark when they didn't put us on the cover prior to that.”
This makes sense for Juice as he started to blow up in early 2018, and easily coulda made
the Freshman list that year.
Now it’s basically a case of XXL gaining way more from having Juice on the list than
Juice would gain from being on the list.
And he possibly seems to suggest this if you watch this interview he did last year with
Power 106, it seems like he has lost respect for the Freshman List and the importance of
it over the years.
So yeah, XXL aren’t to blame for not asking Juice to be on it, it’s just that he didn’t
feel like it was something he needed, and if we’re being honest, yeah he doesn’t
really.
He’s doing more than fine at the moment and isn’t gonna gain anything from being
on the list.
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