Lucky for them, the culture was experiencing a new wave of artists flooding the game through an entirely new method of breaking the industrial barriers We take a minute to examine each entry in the 2009 xxl freshman list and see how well their careers have stood the test of time. Beginning in 2007 (skipping 2008), [13] xxl releases its annual freshman class list The list has a history of showcasing unknown/underground rappers, as well as artists considered to be on the rise. It’s been almost a year since we did the article on xxl’s “the 10 freshmen” Xxl magazine originally published in december 2008 highlighting their freshman class for 2009
This class features wale, curren$y, asher roth, b.o.b., charles hamiliton, blu, kid cudi, mickey factz, corey gunz and ace hood
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