Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz
Today (July 23), XXL released the first of its 2019 XXL Freshman Cyphers. The consensus is that DaBaby and Megan Thee Stallion showed out, YK Osiris did a-ight and at Lil Mosey at least gets a participation trophy.
It seemed like Lil Mosey was actually freestyling, but he found it necessary to say the instrumental everyone was rapping to was lame. His bars weren’t any better, though. Just saying.
Then Meg stepped up and got busy, following by YK Osiris and his sing-song flow. Last up was DaBaby, who rapped longer than anyone else and performed like he had something to prove, and Twitter thoroughly approved.
Worth noting, some people are peeved DaBaby reused an old verse. Y’all really didn’t there think there was an actual “freestyle required” rule, did you? Peep more of the critiques below.,
DaBaby & Megan Thee Stallion Snapped On 1st 2019 XXL Freshman Cypher, Lil Mosey Participated was originally published on hiphopwired.com
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Lil Mosey listening to DaBaby kill the same “trash beat” knowing he just spit some wack shit. pic.twitter.com/n45q4FsjIg
— Toolie (@LilToolieBoy) July 23, 2019
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The way YK Osiris lookin' at DaBaby during his verse 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/ONvcG0teNZ
— XXL Magazine (@XXL) July 23, 2019
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Meg Thee Stallion and DaBaby walking out of XXL after carrying that freshman class cypher pic.twitter.com/8lLrBq5NVt
— kyler (@kyweezybeeitch) July 23, 2019
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“They know DaBaby was just in Miami now he in LA think he LeBron” pic.twitter.com/U5WAlgzBnV
— Shreddy Mercury 🚀 (@amnelsen3) July 23, 2019
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DaBaby killed this 🔥🔥🔥damn https://t.co/eIi5Fe13OT
— :) (@BadmonTC) July 23, 2019
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He was amazed at DaBaby rapping the whole time😂 pic.twitter.com/MwuPg6XQYN
— Wanna Vision (@WannasWorld) July 23, 2019
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I knew I heard Dababy’s freestyle verse before.... and it’s literally from an Instagram video he did in April pic.twitter.com/X9g3Pppeqp
— Samoya Ricketts (@_samoyaa) July 23, 2019
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Lil Mosey: “This beat wack asf”
— Jay Capalot🌎🙄☄️💸 (@JayWRLD999) July 23, 2019
DaBaby & Megan: pic.twitter.com/zmPNCQPS5v
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That nigga DaBaby gotta on that xxl cypher and said "the next nigga that come play with me, imma send him to go ask tupac for a pic" 😧 pic.twitter.com/piTAhWrQjO
— Stalli Montana (@superiorsantina) July 23, 2019
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At least DaBaby went crazy because Lil Mosey shit was pure ass and YK Osiris was singing that Bs. https://t.co/WtGkNJn9xn
— ᴱᴸᴵᴶᴬᴴ 🎯 (@Eesus_Christ) July 23, 2019
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the freshman in the back knowing their shit was trash compared to #DaBaby 😂 pic.twitter.com/fC4pIT04mX
— ㄣ⃒ (@OnMiseryAvenue) July 23, 2019
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2019 XXL Cypher part 1
— Shybaka (@Shybaka289) July 23, 2019
1: DaBaby
2: Meg
3. YK
4: Gunna’s spirit
5: The Beat
6: Meg’s phat ass claps
7: The Walls
8: The Camera Man
9: Anybody
10: Lil Mosey
Overall I give this Cypher a 7 out of 10 pic.twitter.com/XwnHmc2Dyr
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Lil Mosey: “This beat whack asf”
— KvngMedia Book Me🤝 (@_kvngmatt_) July 23, 2019
Meg, YK, and DaBaby: pic.twitter.com/KnGeHN0IWf
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me after finding out DaBaby didn’t actually freestyle on the cypher pic.twitter.com/7OjlwjBbQZ
— MS217 (@russianblu3) July 23, 2019
