This is a follow up to my blog on the only vote I gave for XXL Magazine’s Freshman Class of 2018. This Hip Hop magazine chooses a class of artists each year that have “blown up” in the recent year, and they divide them into two groups and they collaborate on a track. My ten choices (In no specific order because I listen to them all constantly) for this year’s class are: 1. Mir Fontane 2. Lil Skies 3. Moneybagg Yo 4. Nessly 5. Tee Grizzley 6. YoungBoy Never Broke Again

Mir Fontane is a 24 year old Hip Hop artist from Camden, NJ. Two of his fairly recent songs “Down by the River” and “Frank Ocean” reached well over one million plays and he is a candidate for the XXL Freshman Class of 2018. He got my vote for a few reasons. He kills every melody for the lack of better terms. I appreciate the way that he is keeping the music in music. I grew up in a family of music and so I appreciate when people are actually talented, and not just yelling o