- He's not only rapping. He's telling a [bleep] story.
- These are the girls my mom told me to stay away from.
♪ (industrial intro) ♪
- (FBE) So today, we're going to be showing you
one song from 10 different rappers who have been showing up
on a lot of rappers to watch in 2019 lists
across the internet. - Yeah, yeah.
I know XXL every year puts out their top 10 freshman.
- I'm a huge rap fan.
I love everything that comes within rap and hip hop.
- (FBE) We know it's hard to form a full opinion without
knowing much about them or hearing more songs,
but we wanted to see what you think from what you hear today.
- Okay, I'm really good at judging a book by its cover,
so let's see.
- (FBE) We also hope that the viewers of this episode leave more suggestions
down in the comments on new rappers to look up for 2019
that weren't listed here so we can all find
some great new music thanks to the FBE community
when this episode comes out. - Heck yeah.
No, I'm really excited.
It's so hard to find new music
without sifting through a ton of just crap.
- I'm much more confidant in the viewers, I think,
to kind of find much more meaningful music.
- (FBE) This is our first artist.
It's Blueface and the song is "Bleed It."
- Blueface, baby! Hey!
- I've been hearing his name a lot, but I haven't heard
any of his music.
- Blueface! I know him. I know him.
He's popping off.
His rap is known for being off beat, which is very interesting.
- ♪ (rapping) ♪ - Oh, my gosh!
I've seen this before.
- Oh, I've definitely heard this song.
- ♪ Bleed it ♪
♪ Slidin', if I don't drop somethin', I can't leave it ♪
♪ Wock' got me poured, but this TEC got him leanin' ♪
- Okay, old-school LeBron jersey, I can see that.
- I know his whole thing is he has face tattoos,
and he's kind of hard, but I get slightly nerdy vibes.
- ♪ ...[bleep] on my lap, I'm in traffic ♪
♪ My pistol bloated, ready to unload it ♪
♪ Pop up least expected... ♪
- Yeah, it's like he's talking over the beat, basically.
- ♪ I started to notice... ♪
- This sounds very west coast Californian.
- ♪ ...I can afford not to focus ♪
- See, he can rap his ass off. That's what I like about him.
- There's kind of a resurgence now of gangsta rap.
It was really big in the '90s, but now it's starting to see it
come back with artists like YG, Blueface.
This could probably be someone to keep an eye out for.
- (FBE) So that was Blueface, who Drake recently co-signed
and wants to collaborate with. - Hell yeah!
Drake's trying to up his street cred.
- I like the way he raps a lot.
He kind of reminds me a little bit of Tyler, the Creator,
so he has good elements to them.
I think I just want to see more with him,
and then whatever collaboration he does with Drake
would be really cool, too.
- "Megan Thee Stallion." I've never heard of her.
- ♪ Neva let a broke [bleep] sex me ♪
♪ Neva let no hoe test me ♪
♪ Neva been scared of the money ♪
- Oh, me neither. Uh.
- This kinda makes me feel like she's trying too hard.
- This is so far away from the kind of music I listen to.
- ♪ Shut the [bleep] up when I'm talkin', lil bitch ♪
♪ Put yo head down when you talk to a pimp ♪
- These are the girls my mom told me to stay away from.
- ♪ Excuse me, I got some big racks in my purse ♪
♪ And right now they just making me walk with a limp ♪
- Damn! Girl got bars!
- It's leaving me speechless almost, you know?
She's interesting.
- ♪ I can tell these bitches spoil you ♪
♪ But I'ma playa, so I see the toy in you ♪
- Oh! Oh! Oh!
It was actually very simple, but she was going hard.
She was going hard. She wasn't playing.
- Musically, this isn't necessarily what I listen to,
but lyrically, I think she's really good.
She's definitely talented.
- (FBE) So that was rapper Megan Thee Stallion,
who is still growing in the rap community,
while still attending college.
- Oh, that's sick! That's cool.
Okay, she could have some college bars in there.
- (FBE) And what do you think about the fact
that she's sticking with her education despite success starting
to come for her?
- I think that's [bleep] awesome.
If the rap thing doesn't work out, she'll have an education
to fall back on.
- She's doing them both. That's great.
I don't know how she has time for any of that.
- (FBE) All right, so next up, we have...
- "YBN Cordae, Kung Fu."
- ♪ Let me tell you how I come through with the 1-2 ♪
♪ Kickin' [bleep] like Kung Fu ♪
- Okay.
- ♪ Treat a bad bitch like she average ♪
♪ I'm a savage, lil hoe, what you wan' do? ♪
- I like his flow.
- He sounds like he's got a better rhythm
and flow than the past two.
- ♪ Momma complain 'bout my Balmains ♪
♪ But it's all sane ♪
♪ Couple racks in my skinny jeans ♪
♪ Hit it up, one time ♪
♪ [Bleep] gonna get it until the sunrise ♪
♪ School of hard knocks, I'm alumni ♪
♪ Bitches on my [bleep] like fungi ♪
- "Bitches on my [bleep] like fungi."
You need to see a doctor, young man.
- ♪ Bitches on my [bleep] like fungi ♪
- I'm not feeling that last line. That's kinda... ick.
- ♪ Twenty's them, twenty's them, twinny twin twin ♪
- I really like the way he's flowing with this whole thing.
- ♪ Bussin juugs... ♪
- I would put this in my playlist. [Bleep], why not?
- ♪ No snakes around me, only snake on my collar ♪
- Yeah, it wasn't bad.
He actually has a pretty good voice.
- That was dope.
He switched his flow up three times.
I [bleep] with that dude. That was sick.
That was my favorite one yet.
- (FBE) That was rapper YBN Cordae, whose debut performance
was at the Rolling Loud music festival in May 2018 and has also gone viral
for his freestyles over various beats, including Kendrick Lamar's "Duckworth."
- I like it. I like that song and I like his style.
- A lot of people really blow up after Rolling Loud
because it showcases a lot of newer or quote unquote
SoundCloud rappers that are on the up.
- Yeah, another female rapper!
I'm gonna get really excited any time one comes up.
"Bri Steves, Jealousy." Okay.
- ♪ I hear that you get them calls on your phone ♪
♪ Say to leave me alone ♪
- Music videos in front of stores are the [inaudible] this year.
- ♪ Every ain't [bleep] post ♪
♪ And they think that it's you ♪
♪ They don't know, they don't know... ♪
- This is different.
- Does she sing, too? Hell yeah, girl!
- This is really nice. She has a great voice.
- The fact that she makes this both rapping
and this [bleep] beautiful vocal range... wow!
- Ooh, that's smooth.
- I love-- yes. Yes!
- ♪ ...'cause it's jealousy ♪
- This is all she needs to rely on. No autotune, nothing, you know?
It's just raw talent.
- ♪ I heard 'em say that I'm [bleep] around ♪
- I'm in love. (laughing)
- ♪ Say I'm heart broke and bitter... ♪
- It's so crazy because her rap voice and her singing voice
don't sound same.
- It's pretty catchy. It makes you bop your head.
- With one song alone, I'm in.
This is somebody who has a great vocal range
and good rapping abilities, so its her own sort of style
that she's cultivated and that's something that I respect.
- She sounded like she had a more old-school vibe.
There was a mixture of not just rap but also more vocals
that had an RnB vibe to it.
- (FBE) Bri Steves, in just one year, went from finding her way
backstage to network with musicians to performing on stage
with Kendrick Lamar during his set at the Made in America festival.
- Hell yeah, girl! She's a networker, too.
- I like it.
I think I'm gonna be giving her an extra listen.
Any time you can add, you know, just the smoothness of the RnB to bars
is really fun to listen to.
- "Pardison Fontaine, Backin' It up, featuring..."
Oh, he got Cardi B on the track? Okay.
- ♪ Let's get it straight, girl ♪
♪ You don't need a [bleep]... ♪
- I've heard this song and it slaps!
- ♪ ...Benjamin Button ♪
♪ Claimin' he don't got a girl, you know [bleep] be frontin' ♪
♪ You don't need no bitch comin' up... ♪
- This music video's sick.
- ♪ You spend your time drinkin' wine in your livin' room ♪
♪ All that good [bleep], can't find the one to give it to ♪
- He's really smooth.
His actual voice itself and the rapping is really good.
- I mean, yeah, he's all right.
I mean, nothing special to me.
- Something about it almost seems very generic.
- ♪ [Bleep] a condom, I'ma bring Saran Wrap ♪
- Ew! Use condoms! Don't use Saran Wrap.
- ♪ Back, back-backin' it up ♪
♪ I'm the king of... ♪
- I like how it's shot. It's really cool.
- ♪ I know how to go and get a bag, don't I? ♪
- Let Cardi B co-sign.
She was in the same position two years ago.
- ♪ ...get a bag... ♪
- I don't find collabing with Cardi B to be anything special.
I know people will be like, "Oh, but it's Cardi!"
No, I don't give a [bleep].
- It's a good song, but it's not gonna be my jam.
The fact that he wrote so many songs and produced them and everything,
it just shows that he has a talent.
- He kind of reminds me of 2 Chainz a little bit,
that rugged punching kind of speaking voice.
His punch lines really hit you in the chest.
- (FBE) Aside from collaborating with Cardi B
on this track, "Backin' It Up," Pardison Fontaine also co-wrote
Cardi's album "Invasion of Privacy." - No way!
He co-wrote all those songs? That album was so good!
- (FBE) What are your thoughts on how some producers and writers
of other artists' work also pursue careers as artists themselves?
- I mean, that's only fair in my opinion.
And I can understand people wanting to be able to show their face
and stand behind their work.
- Obviously, if he's making music that other artists really enjoy,
he can probably make a really good career for himself.
- "Reason, Colored Dreams."
I feel like he's going to be a conscious wrapper.
- I follow Top Dawg on Instagram and all of their other artists,
and they were saying go follow Reason.
- ♪ I guess I just gotta chill for 20 years ♪
♪ 'Til the judge say that it's okay to come out ♪
♪ I need an escape and a way to run out ♪
- I can tell you already I'm gonna like it.
I love poetic rap.
- He's a great storyteller, man.
His music is very heartfelt.
- ♪ I've accepted that and now... ♪
- Oh! Damn.
- ♪ Long nights I've been tryna sleep ♪
- This is the [bleep] I like.
- ♪ ...so let me write you this apology, this for your girl: ♪
♪ Look, I'm sorry, mama ♪
♪ I put a bullet in 'em ♪ - Hmmm.
- I like storytelling.
People relate to that because some people
can't speak out.
- You feel the emotion in his voice when he's rapping to you.
- He's not only rapping. He's telling a [bleep] story!
- ♪ ...in the courtroom, I can tell you loved him ♪
♪ I thought I was being gangster when I took his life ♪
♪ Now I can barely sleep through a night ♪
♪ I get it now ♪
♪ [Bleep] those colored dreams ♪
- It's like you can't help but have your heartstrings pulled
and he's sort of poetic personal rap.
- That's what he's about, man.
Great storytelling, showing-- making you feel
as if you're there in his shoes.
- (FBE) So Reason gained extra exposure
when he appeared on the Black Panther soundtrack
with his track "Seasons." - That was a great soundtrack.
The Black Panther soundtrack is a great [bleep] soundtrack.
- The main thing about an artist is to get a listener to feel something,
and he got me to feel how he felt.
- "City Girls." They look interesting.
- It's a duo! I love this.
And this is their song, "Season."
- ♪ It's that season ♪
♪ Where [bleep] cut a check... ♪
- To me, their sound reminds me a little bit of Cupcake.
- ♪ It's that season ♪
- Yeah, I don't know.
It doesn't attract me, but it might attract somebody else.
- ♪ Time to blow a bag, time to blow a bag ♪
- Beverly Hills! Hey, what up?
- ♪ Want a brand new whip, all black ♪
♪ Gotta be new body ♪
♪ Wanna get my teeth done and get a new body ♪
- This [bleep] is corny.
- It's kind of goofy.
I don't know if that was their intention.
- ♪ I got my hand out, even when I don't need no handout ♪
♪ Gimme that ♪
♪ 'Cause I'm a bad bitch, you gotta cash out ♪
- Not the best video I've seen today.
- It's like too posed. It's not flowing.
I don't even think they're comfortable with this.
- ♪ I need your VISA and the pin to the debit for it ♪
- This is just flex on you music.
- Be more original.
Rap about something that has nothing to do with your riches.
Talk about your come-up.
- ♪ ...give him a reason ♪
♪ Don't play with me, pay up, or a bitch leavin' ♪
- Basically, the moral of the story is are you a sugar daddy
or are you a Splenda daddy?
Do you really got that money or what's good?
- It's so fabricated. I don't like it.
I don't enjoy it.
It's like I can see the whole producers around,
just telling them what to do, how to move, how to sing.
I'm just not buying it.
- (FBE) So their career took off after their vocals were featured
on Drake's number one hit song, "In My Feelings."
- Oh! I've been wondering for the longest time who that was.
- (FBE) Do you sometimes look up artists who are featured
on other artist's songs, or do you not usually dig that deep?
- Sometimes. If it's really good, I'll normally do it,
but if it's just kind of something where I prefer the rapper
rather than the featured artist on it, I won't really pay
complete attention to it.
- I found J.I.D. through that-- I really liked his feature
on one of J. Cole's mix tape songs,
and from there I was like I need to find out who this dude is.
- "ALLBLACK, Weigh Ins."
Okay, let's go, face tattoos.
- ♪ Rockstars, pass out then do it again ♪
♪ With the club, skip the dub, I got a crazy plan ♪
♪ Y'all thank God 'cause he the reason I ain't use this K ♪
♪ No more [bleep] outcalls... ♪
- I'm getting Chief Keef vibes.
- ♪ Keep your bitch on a leash ♪
♪ Or tucked in the house ♪
- I don't know about this one.
This is not my cup of tea.
- ♪ Keep your bitch on a leash ♪
♪ Or tucked in the house ♪ - Is this a joke?
- ♪ ...for your broke ass mouth ♪
- I like their visuals.
- I see a Shoreline hoodie, so I'm assuming
they're part of the Shoreline Mafia rap group.
- ♪ ...leave him on a back street ♪
♪ Catch me slippin', [bleep] better pack me ♪
- I think this might be the one that I least like.
- This is not for me.
- ♪ Got a fully automatic in the back seat ♪
♪ I'm from 29th, baby, in the back streets ♪
- Um... I'm gonna say no to that one.
- I hope he's talking about his bulldog
because if he's referring to a woman, then we're going to have issues.
- (FBE) So that was rapper ALLBLACK, who incorporates his love
of football into his rap career and often uses the sport
as a metaphor for his struggles. - Oh, okay.
That's interesting.
- That's one of those songs I gotta listen to
a couple of times back so I can catch everything,
but I'd definitely listen to some of his music
because if bumps.
- "Lil TJay, Brothers."
I've seen their name.
- ♪ Bodies drop all the time, I don't feel nothing ♪
♪ Swear to God, y'all gon' make me go kill something ♪
- I've never understood the excessive use of autotune.
- I like the singy rap stuff.
- To me, he sounds a little bit like [inaudible].
- ♪ They be plotting on, catching me snoozing ♪
- Oh, that edit though. I saw that.
Go through a door.
- ♪ Ain't no lie, I be seeing illusions ♪
♪ I can't figure who real... ♪
- Okay, I like his voice a lot.
- ♪ I remember it could've been lights out ♪
♪ Bitches see me and scream lil TJay ♪
♪ Had to [bleep] up the spot for my bday ♪
- That was tight. I [bleep] love TJay.
- That was really good.
And his tone and voice is very on par with what's big right now.
- It intrigued me.
It definitely intrigued me. I want to know more.
I want to listen to more, which is good.
- (FBE) So Lil TJay's songs have brought in millions of views
across his SoundCloud account and he's only 17.
- I knew it! He is little.
- Only 17? Damn!
Okay, so that just goes to show if at 17, he's over here,
making songs that older people probably would be like
how do you do that?
It just goes to show just how much passion
this dude has for the music that he's making, you know,
and how into it he is, how focused he is.
- "Key Glock, Since 6ix."
- ♪ I was just 6, playin' with sticks, yeah ♪
♪ I ran it up, now I'm lit, yeah ♪
♪ Now this young [bleep] gettin' rich, yeah ♪
♪ I used to take [bleep] like the Grinch, yeah ♪
- (laughing) "I used to take [bleep] like the Grinch."
- ♪ Boy, your pockets full of lint ♪
- He's a little corny, but it's fine.
- ♪ ...I had to squint, yeah ♪
♪ ...leave a dent, ooh ♪
- I feel like if you took just the couple amigos
and put them together, that was him.
That's the kind of flow he's kind of rapping with, honestly.
- ♪ Young [bleep] give you the business ♪
♪ Since I was 6, I been with it, yeah ♪
- "Since I've been six."
So he's been writing since he was a young boy?
- See, those have nice lyrics from what I've heard.
Even if he doesn't have anything I like now,
I'm gonna watch out for him because he sounds
like he has potential.
- (FBE) So Key Glock first recorded himself freestyling
to Future's "Ain't No Way Around It" when he was only 12 years old.
- They're getting younger!
- I thought it was all right.
I am definitely interested in going back
and hearing some of his freestyles though,
because those always amaze me.
- (FBE) Out of all the people that we showed you here today,
who do you think will break out this year?
- Blueface, baby!
I just really like his lyrics.
I like that hungry, grimy kind of rap.
- Definitely Bri Steves.
Because she seems so unique. She knows what she likes.
She seems very mature in her music.
- Reason. His flow is great.
The vibe of what he was giving out, I mean,
the writing was fantastic.
- I think Pardison Fontaine is the closest.
He already has produced a really good album with Cardi B.
He has a hit song with Cardi B already,
so ride the Cardi B train.
- Thanks so much for watching this episode
of College Kids React, and shout-out to Stephanie H
and AmuletRebel.
- Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss when we cover
your favorite rapper.
- What rappers do you think will be big in 2019?
Let us know in the comments.
- Bye!
- Hi, guys, JC here, a producer here at FBE.
We want to discover new music together,
so we'll be checking out the comments to see
who you recommend we should spotlight for a future episode.
Thanks, guys. Bye.