- Ever since the beginning of the genre,
cars have been a huge part of hip hop.
Today, we are gonna discuss which rappers
have the best and worst taste in cars.
I am joined by my esteemed colleague, Nolan John Sykes.
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- I'm James, he's Nolan, this is the-
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Nolan. - Hey, hey, hold it.
- Hello, 911?
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- [Nolan] Calm down, calm down, you're good.
- Help is on the way.
I just want to make it clear right off the top,
Nolan and I are not experts in music or pop culture.
We're just two guys who like talking about cars, okay?
So we're gonna look at a bunch of different
musical artists and rank them on a tier system based on
how good of taste we think they have in cars.
So right off the bat, we're starting strong with a guy who's
got pop culture caught under his finger right now, okay?
A guy who's very relevant.
A man named Travis Scott.
Travis has said in an interview that he doesn't even
think he could name all of the cars that he owns.
- That a life right there. - That is a life, dude.
- I mean he's got two brown Lamborghinis.
- [Travis] Two brown Lamborghinis.
- Should we just talk about that?
Like I admire that right off the bat.
I don't like it on the Urus
but on the Aventador, I like brown.
That's like a bold color.
- His Jordan 1s are like sort of that same brown color.
So it does feel like he's going through
like a color phase with those cars.
So he's got the Bugatti flex, he's got the Lamborghini flex
but the real reason that Travis Scott
is a real contender for S-tier.
- [Announcer] Jackboy's baby.
- Need I say more?
We got the frickin' FD RX-7.
We got a Mark 4 Supra
and I know that this M3 really pissed everybody off
but I'm pretty sure that it's just a wrap, so who cares?
- So chill out, chill out.
- Also that's a wrap because I think Nolan agrees
that he's 100% an S-tier artist.
- I'd say A-tier.
- A-tier, not S?
I think he's got the best taste.
- We've only done one. - I know.
Okay, so we'll put it somewhere right in the middle.
- Sounds good. - Middle of A and S.
- Let's do it. - Okay.
- I have no idea how this next guy has so much money.
So he's got a $24 million diamond
embedded in his forehead.
So you know he's gonna have some cool cars.
Nolan liked that Travis Scott had two brown Lambos.
He thought that was a flex.
Well, all of Lil Uzi's cars used to be olive drab
but now lately his cars all have Itasha wraps,
which is like anime.
- [Announcer] It's a Zoomer move.
- I don't like the Superman spec Bugatti Veyron.
I think that's pretty damn ugly.
Sorry, Uzi. - I think it's kinda cool.
- You think that's cool?
- Yeah, well it's Cowboy Bebop.
- It looks like a McDonald's Playhouse.
I do like the variety, I think that's awesome.
I just can't abide by those yellow wheels, man.
That's really ugly.
- I'd say C because if I'm honest with myself,
I don't like any of these.
- I wouldn't want any of these cars.
- I'd want the Bugatti.
You've seen every other automotive YouTube channel
teach this guy how to drift.
Next up, we have T-Pain.
He's got an E46 drift car
and he installed the coilovers himself.
- All right.
- And he's also got a relatively famous Pickle Rick S14
LS-swapped 240. - Okay.
- With an S15 front end, which is like-
- That's cool. - Cool, that's very cool.
He told Sean Evans on "Hot Ones"
that he likes driving his Mini Cooper more than his Bugatti
and then he sold the Bugatti
after a $90,000 radiator repair because according to him,
he drove it hard once.
I'll give him props. - I like the E46
and I like that they're both drift cars
and the LS swap, that's really cool.
I'm gonna say B, dude. - I'm saying B.
- Yeah. - Solid, solid B.
- Yeah.
- Will.i.am.
So,
(crew chuckles)
will.i.am.
We've talked about this guy before.
- Yeah, how come Apl.de.ap is not on this list?
(James laughs)
- You don't know that he's not.
I mean will.i, like just-
- I like that he takes swings.
- Yeah.
I'm fine with it.
I think it's fine that he takes swings.
I encourage him to continue to take swings.
I don't want to stop him from living his life
and being full of joy, doing whatever makes him happy.
I think these cars look like absolute (beep).
(crew laughs)
It's just come on, dude.
What do you think? - I don't know.
- Taste, we're talking about taste, Nolan.
- They're all ugly but I just admire that he went for it.
- That's not what we're, we're not-
- All right, all right.
- This isn't a chutzpah tier list, okay?
This is a taste.
- Ah, there's no moxie points I can give him?
Okay, all right, well then F.
- Yeah, F.
Next up we got Killer Mike, 100% S-tier, huge car guy.
He's got a Grand National.
He's got- - Impala, right?
One of those Impala SS's.
He's a huge car guy. - Yeah, huge.
Killer Mike, 100% S-tier.
- Welcome at our office anytime.
- Anytime, at my home.
(Nolan laughs)
You can come on over.
Next up, we got Action Bronson.
He's also a contender for S-tier for sure.
It's old BMWs mostly. - Okay.
- But I think for some reason, his taste
fits him so well.
- Yeah.
- It fits his aesthetic so well.
Late 80s, early 90s
Beamers, you know?
So his dream car was an E31 850.
- Cool car. - Which he owns now.
He also has an E24 6 Series,
which is an awesome, awesome car
and an E34 Wagon which he has tattooed on his arm.
His E30-forearm.
(Nolan laughs)
Listen, I think this is a solid A.
- I'll say B 'cause BMW.
- And Action B-ronson.
Luda.
Ford GT, that's the supercar I want, that is the one.
Mercedes SUV, sure, he's a dad.
Of course he's gonna have an SUV.
Acura NSX that Acura gave him because
they also restored his Legend because he loved it so much.
- Little known fact about Ludacris.
- Maybe you didn't know this but Ludacris
is in the "Fast and the Furious" franchise.
S-tier. - Yep
- S-tier, constant.
Constant, he's a hero.
Frank Ocean, bro.
Famously has the orange E30 M3
on the cover of his mixetape "Nostalgia, Ultra."
- Great tape. - Great tape, dude.
- Dude.
- In the music video for his song "Nikes,"
there's a McLaren F1 race car.
- You know what kind of connections you need to get?
You can rent a McLaren
I would imagine pretty easily if you're a big artist.
But like a McLaren F1?
- They don't make 'em anymore.
He published a 'zine called "Boys Don't Cry"
with a bunch of of pictures of a Lancia Delta Integrale,
which is like- - That is cool.
- Oh, like oh,
like to me, coolest car ever
and also he has an S54-swapped E30, so-
- [Nolan] So?
- S
or A?
I'm saying, dude,
it's got a little bit of everything in here.
- Yeah.
Screw it, S.
- Nolan's favorite artist on this list,
another member of Odd Future, my old boss,
Tyler the Creator.
When we first came up with the concept of this,
Tyler and Frank were like why we wanted to do it.
He's also got a Lancia Delta.
- Very cool.
- I don't love the color.
- I do.
- His McLaren of course, you can see that on the cover
of "Flower Boy" in the very distance, in the background.
Very cool. - I'd say A or B.
- A or B? - Probably A.
- I think Tyler,
he loves cars.
- He does. - You know?
He's really into it.
His McLaren goes zero to 60 in two point nueve, I'm gone.
- Oh yeah, dude.
When the album came out, I lived alone,
I was single and all I do is talk about cars.
It's literally my job, I really related to that one.
- Did that hit a little deep for you?
- It did, it hit me right here and for that, A-tier.
This doesn't really qualify
but we're gonna include Lil Nas X
on this list because his real name is Montero
and the reason that his mom named him that
is 'cause she really wanted a Mitsubishi Montero.
- Great car. - Great car.
- Gonna give that a C. - Slept on.
Slept on car, Montero.
We had to include Cardi B on the list.
She's one of the biggest stars on the planet.
One thing that is funny about
Cardi B
to me and the real reason she's on this list
is because she doesn't know how to drive
but she's still spent
millions of dollars on cars.
Why?
Well, she told James Corden that she buys cars
so she doesn't feel like a poser rapping about them.
That is legit, dude. - I like that.
How am I gonna spit bars about an Aventador
if I don't have an Aventador?
- She does have an Aventador,
she has an Aventador S Roadster.
- That's tight. - She's got a Hellcat.
She's got a McLaren 720S,
she's got a Lamborghine-machine Urus,
a Fiat 124 Spider, which I bet was a gift.
(both laughing)
- Is that a Bentley Bentayaga?
- Big bags busting out the Bentley Bentayaga.
- I'm gonna give this, I wanna say like A.
- I'll say A, sure.
Okay, this next- - This is a Max pick.
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This is Sematary Grave Man. - Okay.
- And he drives trucks.
(music blaring)
- Your phone's getting hotter, Max.
- Whatever, C. - THat's a Bronco or an F1.
- Sematary Grave Man,
good job.
(Nolan laughs)
Posty, Post Malone. - Posty.
- Post Malone is another one who I think has really
great taste and then sometimes some questionable taste.
But I do think when he does have questionable taste,
it's like ironic.
- He's self-aware. - Yes.
I love expensive jokes.
- You have one on your body.
He's also got the six by six Ford Raptor.
- Which is hilarious.
He's also got a Bugatti.
If you're gonna do a supercar,
if I ever had like a million dollar car,
white, white, white, white on white on white
and also that C10 is damn near perfect.
- Yeah, it's the best.
That's the coolest car I've seen.
- As Donut's resident-
- Don't even. - Registered patina-file.
- I really dislike that term.
- How would you rate the patina on that?
- That's perfect.
That's what you want.
- That's a great truck.
Solid B.
- B?
- Okay, A. - Yeah, okay.
- Okay, solid A.
This is the last one we're gonna cover on this list.
Kanye West.
He raps a lot about cars, Benz's,
Maybach's, Porsche's, Lamborghin-machines, Corollas.
He even mentions a Rav 4,
although not in a very flattering light.
So Kanye is tough because he simultaneously
seems to have good taste and bad taste.
Not just in cars but in everything.
Spike Jones directed that video for Otis.
- That was a great video.
- Just like ripped up a Maybach.
- I love that video. - It's so cool.
It's such a different kind of flex.
- Yeah. - You know what?
I came into this thinking I was gonna bash on Kanye.
Listen, I'm gonna go ahead and say
Kanye West is, if I don't like it, I don't get it.
So S-tier.
(Nolan chuckles)
- I was gonna say like B.
- S.
- I really think B 'cause like there's not a lot of range.
It's not like with Frank.
- I'll give you a B. - I'm not trying to-
- Listen, you're right, B.
We were gonna give him an F.
- Okay.
- All right.
- I like Kanye's music.
- Me too.
- I just want to say that.
- Yeah, I love his music.
I love his politics.
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