XXL’s The 10 Freshmen - Hip Hop’s Class of 2009

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XXL’s The 10 Freshmen - Hip Hop’s Class of 2009

Posted on 09 November 2008 by BPIZZY

B.o.B, Asher Roth, Charles Hamilton and Wale will be featured on the cover of XXL’s December issue. They are headlining XXL’s 10 Freshmen of 2009, which is a list of the 10 hip hop artists you should keep an eye on next year.

The other artists featured in the XXL article are Ace Hood, Curren$y, Mickey Factz, Cory Gunz, Kid Cudi and our personal favorite Blu. We got nervous when we didn’t see Blu on the cover. Any list of up and coming hip hop artists would be a joke without his name on it.

Here is a track from the XXL cover artists (minus Wale) that will appear on B.o.B’s upcoming mixtape The Unclearables, which is being produced by DJ Green Lantern. “Change Gonna Come” features a hot Sam Cooke sample and strong verses from the Freshmen.

You can keep up with Asher on his site The Daily Kush, Charles Hamilton on his Myspace page, Wale at Elitaste.com, and B.oB at bobatl.com. One thing is for sure. All of these artists have capitalized on viral internet marketing techniques to catapult their careers. They are gaining respect and generating large followings by releasing high quality music for free via the mixtape. It is sure to pay off in the long term.

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ianm Says:
November 11th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Couldn’t be a valid Top 10 without Blu. Everybody get that Johnson & Jonson!
eze Says:
June 17th, 2009 at 11:56 am
This list is a joke.how does DRAKE not make the list? WOW

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