When drake say he isn't a rapper he is a artist it's cool ? But when post do it he gets crucified. That's dope if dude is inspired from multiple things let him be him. This is part of why some artist say they don't want to be boxed in one category
THOMAS SUNSET. Nigga fetty wap and Travis Scott are hip hop artists just like Anderson paak. Paak identifies as a hip hop artists who can play multiple instrument. But he's still a hip hop artist.
He doesn't need to do shit for hip hop or the hip hop game. He's making music and music is music is music is music and that's coming from someone who doesn't fuck with Post Malone.
Christian O lol tell me this... before he got into HIP HOP. did you know ANY of his songs??? So hip hop was the only way he could make the break through he needed so why not keep it up until you become a general in the game and you can still make shit to other genres
Rod Kent Music is music is music is music. Music is someome expressing themselves with sound and at the end of the day that's all it is. I don't listen to music by "genre" I just listen to music.
Christian O what you're talking is some make you look like the better person bullshit bro forgetting what the topic was about. He said... "he's not a rapper" not hip hop and only do country and pop... then said he does when the xxl said he didn't do rap......... so chill out because you just made yourself look real stupid trying to look so smart. Lol I'm done #dropsdamic
forgive me if i'm wrong but it seems like a lot of his songs are more singing than rapping, at least that's what i think it sounds like. A ton of hip hop artists are starting to sing in their songs (Childish Gambino, Chance, Ye, Drake, etc) but they're all labeled as hip hop artists. I mean, we all heard his album Stoney, and idk about you guys but i fucking loved it, i think there's kind of influences from all over the music world but it mostly seems heavily tied to hip hop, but if someone were to ask me i would just straight up call it alternative. Because it's not exactly hip hop, but it's also not exactly anything else, know what i mean? All in all, just let people make whatever music they want without having to oblige to us. Besides, it seems to be a pattern that artists make better music when they're making it for themselves, and not just for us. But that's just my two cents
StillHdz17 to each their own man, i just dislike when people hate an album because they expected the wrong thing. After hearing Too Young, Go Flex, and Iverson I kinda knew that there probably wouldn't be too much rapping. Same thing happened with Bino, a ton of his fans hated the fuck out of his recent album because they expected rap, and got soul instead. My point being, know what to expect, and then appreciate it for what it is. Nothin i say is gonna change how you feel about it and vice versa sooo to each their own I guess?
Elite Soulfly that would be a headass thing to do since he's actually a talented artist..? I say just let him do whatever, there's no written laws in the music industry lol. As long as the music he makes is good why should we care what genre he wants to be
CamZillah Yea, childish gambino can rap too, but I don't see many people calling him a rapper after Awaken, My Love Anytime I hear people refer to Donald they just say "artist" now. I mean he can still rap but that's not what he wants to do right now. And I mean shit, Donald Glover can do damn well anything he wants and be great at it, so why not let Posty try? See where I'm goin w this?
It is what you make it. A lot of former freshmen has made it big as hell, while many others have just fallen out. It's just a short, non-essential marketing boost.
He's saying he's not just a rapper. He's a musician that makes all kind of music. If I was in a rap battle when I was 13, does that make me a battler for the rest of my life? No.
+TheDabEnthusiast I meant abondoning the hiphop culture. He made hiphop songs to get famous but he still says he isnt a rapper. hiphop is more than just a music style, it's a culture. if u making rap songs/hiphop songs u a rapper, and u gotta ride wit the rules of hiphop. and he's only using hiphop to get famous, but doesnt give a shit about the culture.
Ricer Cobalt lame comeback 😂 pussies always say shit like that. I just don't hear none of his music being talked about like that. That's all I was saying
Agreed. Hip Hop is the only Genre that has rules, it's that hard to make it list that makes rappers have so much longevity. Other Genre's dont have this many artists prospering at once? foh. maybe rock
Post Malone was given a spotlight. To figure out whether he "the truth" or not, is gonna be defined by this album he finna drop with folk/country/etc. It's just the fact that he said he's not a rapper, should really be a slap in his fans faces, if not the face of hip hop. This nigga dead to me personally, not for bein as successful as he was in rap, but using it as leeway into the music scene, to cut and straight flip genres. That shit fake as fuck. Talkin bout he's not a rapper, when in retrospect, he never was. It was people just assumin he was cuz he was makin RAP music. Fake ass dude.
Honestly, eye think he was just trying to say he isn't only interested in hip-hop and he wants to branch out and make everything he wants. But he is definitely a hip-hop artist just mixing shit together
+Gerald Boulin nah it ain't a bad thing. Personally eye fuck with his music. Just think he should be more soild where he stands, he's part of the hiphop culture, he can't choose that, that culture brung him in and that is his spot. Eye love the fact he wants to do other shit too. My favorite thing by him is his acoustic cover of Heartless by Kanye. He just needs to stop going from saying he's not a rapper to being a rapper, just for buzz. He dope though. No hate
Jacob Beck I don't remember him ever saying he was a rapper. Plus he doesn't have to identify as being part of the hip hop culture just cus they say so
Damnit Akademiks youre taking a L with this one, the man (Post) literally said, "Im not a rapper IM AN ARTIST, I make rap music but im not a rapper, I do what I want". He makes music, literally what he wants to make. You r being biased towards him and not giving him a fair shake. I get what youre trying to say but ab culture vultures, but thats simply not him. HE'S IN HIS OWN LANE, HES MAKING THE MUSIC HE WANTS.
+Houston Texans you can say that about any genre of music. Get that pc fuck shit outta here. It's "I wanna be black but don't wanna be black" all over again. They want the benefits of hip-hop/rap without keeping the downsides.
shahbaz faiz post Malone trash he a 1 hit wonder bro and he still hase not made anything with his trash as nobody wants to hear his shit lol and he ugly asf but i fuxk with white iverson but he trash
nobody mad. The entire video originated around why he wasn't featured on XXL. Well it's cause XXL features rappers, which he clearly stated he wasn't. . . so yes please hold your "L"
lol true.. read a article on how WB and CW used black shows to start then once got profitable switched it up. Blacks are always the foundation to build off
the reason Drake says he isn't a rapper is because his ghost writer outted him. if Quinton Miller/the weeknd hadn't came out things would be different.
Lil Uzi said he doesn't Rap? All the songs I heard from him are Rap/Hip-Hop. Rap & Hip-Hop is really a sad genre right now, I could rap better than most of those guys on the new XXL and that's sad. Rappers are suppose to make fan feel "something" and make us feel like we couldn't have made a song like that. These new guys making songs that someone already made just in another way and it's not even creative.
this guy talking here is saying some dumb stuff.... he doesn't understand Post Malone's mindstate... Post Malone is a true music hippie... he just loves music... he doesn't like being categorized. that's just his belief... he talks how he feels .. just like people don't like being categorized into different race because they are all 'human' and he feels like he is an artist and makes all different kinds of types so why choose one genre? u guys bashing him just don't understand him...he isn't just hip hop. he is an artist who makes music...his way...don't categorize it
But if he loves music he cant profit from a genre of music then just diss it like he never used it if he not a rapper than he need to stop rapping if he cant handle the responsibility that comes with it other genres of music are not accepting him and ultimately wont
+SootheSayinYaySayer I never said a person wants to be categorized into a whole separate race. I said that some people feel as if they shouldn't even be categorized because they are essentially all human ... and we shouldn't be separated by categories when the ultimate goal is for us to all be united and equal.
But if he don't want to be in the rapper box don't get upset when people don't put you on a rapper list. It's disrespectful to make rap music, eat off rap culture, then claim to not make rap music only to say you're making rap music and are about to realease a hip hop album. To me you can make all types of different styles of your music, Cudi with Rock, Kanye with pop and gospel, Drake with Dance, Tyler with Jazz including more but they've all acknowledged they are rappers and artists, they claim the culture. Post doesn't so he is gonna get called out for fuck shit.
Earlier this week a crate Akademiks merchandise came to my house by mistake. It was address from Akademiks to Cash Money records. So I did what any kind hearted person would do I went to my local Goodwill to donate the Akademiks gear, long story short I'm not allow in that Goodwill branch anymore. Does anyone need assless Akademiks pants?
Wait, so Post has to freestyle to call himself a rapper but Future and Drake can be called singers without being able to sing? GFTO. Typical double standards shit.
Michael Dunnom Its ok for white people to fund the culture for the last 15years or more but when they start getting good at making the music themselves? oh its a problem.
Random Person you know what's funny if post was at least half black this would never happen. Drake half Jewish and we let it slide because he some what black yet he makes music that has nothing to do with culture like the the who Dance hall scene. He ain't Jamaican so why we ain't calling him a culture vulture oh that's right he some what black and gets a free pass smfh
Michael Dunnom Exactly, Drake fully on the culture vulture shit but it gets a pass, from Dancehall to Grime he just takes whatever he wants and no one says shit.
+Random Person who the fuck said he gets a pass??? There's plenty of people calling him a culture vulture. The only people saying he gets a pass as being one of the biggest culture vulture are his Stans.
Dj hit the nail on the head in this video The things he said was nothing but facts and those who see otherwise have already been swayed into what their favorite artist is doing such as the case with Malone in this video Much respect to dj much appreciation subscribed
White folks can know hip hop. Black folks can not have a damn clue what hip hop is (look at rappers today, black folks be ruining the shit as we speak). Smh
+Mia Bostic exactly my point, they are saying post isnt hip hop enough but ty dolla sign is a singer, and theyve had other singers on the cover too so they are contradicting themselves.
+Knicks 4 Life nigga what are u talking about hiphop and rap go hand and hand . A rapper makes hip hop, hip hop is performed by rappers. You "rap", u dont "hip hop".
Cartie King The XXL lady said Post didn't want to be on the cover because he wants to focus on country music and rock. It didn't have anything to do with him being a singing Hip Hop artist.
Hey +DJ Akademiks you brought up something that I think would be solid to make a clarification on... You said "even if you are in hip hop you could do other genres... did you not see Nelly and LL do country? But nobody never really looked at them and said those are country artists" I was with you until I remembered Nelly did country more than once and IDK about LL lol, and then you mentioned Drake. Like, it's kinda like you condoned it to a certain degree but then threw in the biggest "culture vulture" that we know from your previous vids... I guess the question would be when does the tag "Culture Vulture" gets placed on an 'Artist'? Is it based on that artist's popularity? Or the hype train following of the song in question? Much respect man keep doing your thing!
I don't remember the last time I disliked a video, DJ Akademiks is straight toxic for this. You're missing the whole point of what he's trying to do. He's not trying to dodge the lifestyle of a rapper or exclude himself from the culture, rather, he just doesn't feel the need to put a label on his name. He doesn't want to be exclusive to one genre and I agree with him. Genres are dead and the reason I say that is because, like posty, I have a wide range of interests when it comes to music and as an aspiring artist I wouldn't want to reserve myself to one lane. He may lose followers for that but posty is a genuine dude and most importantly, makes music that he likes. The fact that he gets paid for it and people fuck with it is a bonus but you can tell he loves what he does because it was just an idea in his head at first.
You're also being very hypocritical. If he was a self-proclaimed rapper you'd fuck with his music is what you're implying. At one point you liked what he was doing before you knew the avenue he was taking, so because he made a statement claiming he's not a rapper and wants to expand his horizons instead of sticking to one thing you've disowned him showing how close minded you are.
Bull shit. Many opinions have been expressed. Mostly bull shit hatin ass ones. I didn't even have to watch the video to post this comment but as I type it he's already going off retardedly as if post Malone even compares to lil uzi. Also enjoying the three ads
Dear DJ Akademiks Pls stop tryna be extra for the sake of prolonging your videos so that you can get paid more for viewing time. We subscribed to your channel because you do a bit of research on your topics, you are generally level-headed and you get straight to your point without aimlessly "ranting" like you do in this video. Your thought process here is fucked up, incoherent and emotional. Post Malone has a right to do whatever music he wants. This 'culture vulture' bullshit sounds like ignorance, paranoia and insecurity from some black people who are mentally traumatised by poverty and see rap as one of the very few avenues out of the ghetto and thus the need to obsessively protect it with unreasonable expectations, based on opinions and emotions instead of FACTS. Stop being part of this baseless movement and instead encourage freedom of expression within the arts. No one has to police music and genres, just let artists create whatever they want and affiliate themselves in whichever way they choose. So what if Post does not want to be on some magazine cover or be boxed as a hip hop artist? Get over it. He doesn't even define 1% of popular culture. Let him be... and chill with the drama. It's not necessary.
Virgil Hardjo don't know what culture vulture have to do with race, but a country/folk singer made a rap song. Not like he been rapping all his life, he tried it out. He is no Mac Miller. You assume, I was calling him trash because he was white? You must forgot Eminem broken that barrier a long time ago. He just not good.
hip hop is a genre not a culture akademiks. cultures have rules, guidlines, perimeters, boundaries and code of ethics hip hop has none of that .anybody can come in and do whatever they want without any repocussions so u cannot call it a culture
hip hop is not a way of life. most of it is fiction. because 99 percent of rapers not living what they rapping about. its full of bunch of characters playing a role
***** those are the one making the money for the genre and who most people identify with. more people know who post malone and young thug, future and all that commercial shit. how many people know BLACK THOUGHT? that 99% is what out there as the representation of the genre. your number 1 Representative is drake like him or love him thats what it is
Copying off black people? Since when does rap have it's own race, own color? I scroll through these comments and I see a bunch of uneducated people pounding their keyboards in rage. It's pretty funny to see people get upset about a White kid being near the top of the current rap game. haha
this nigga 20, I'm near damn 30... and thud kid think like a man, he real... not a complete fan of his music, especially the country, rock or folk, but Allen but he's nature, he knows WHO he IS. can't hero but support the dude.. I don't really fuck wit these so white rappers.. but he's interesting.... and I respect the kids movement.... but.culture culture thing... that's a deeper convo for another day
+tonedelux he basically said he respects how post Malone isn't afraid to be himself and that's a rare characteristic for a 20 year old. even though he's 10 years older he respects that.
This actually the most realest video you ever made. If you spoke like this more often and instead of tryna be funny then I would take more of the things you say seriously
When drake say he isn't a rapper he is a artist it's cool ? But when post do it he gets crucified. That's dope if dude is inspired from multiple things let him be him. This is part of why some artist say they don't want to be boxed in one category
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+Q Tones nigga stfu
he clearly just talked about how post denied being a rapper but yet profits off rap, dummie.
he profits off people who like his music, they just so happen to like rap predominantly
post is fucking stupid and wack as hell and only makes new artists look like they dont care about hip hop culture, dont fight facts.
lil uzi vert says he's a rockstar not a rapper so XXL is lying
But do rock fans listen to his music or hip hop fans?
Nay Bandz im just saying tht xxl is saying he doesnt call him self so thts y he didnt get picked but uzi calls himself a rockstar
+Nay Bandz facts
Fuck outta here
lil uzi vert is a rockstar and I'm a billionaire turtle.
They put Anderson paak and he's not a rapper
August Alsina before too
THOMAS SUNSET. Then supa hot definitely has a shot.
THOMAS SUNSET. right. but what is he considered ?
Nasia Tatum just an artist. He's like Travis Scoot or Fetty Wap even, not quite a rapper not quite a singer
THOMAS SUNSET. Nigga fetty wap and Travis Scott are hip hop artists just like Anderson paak. Paak identifies as a hip hop artists who can play multiple instrument. But he's still a hip hop artist.
He doesn't need to do shit for hip hop or the hip hop game. He's making music and music is music is music is music and that's coming from someone who doesn't fuck with Post Malone.
Christian O lol tell me this... before he got into HIP HOP. did you know ANY of his songs??? So hip hop was the only way he could make the break through he needed so why not keep it up until you become a general in the game and you can still make shit to other genres
Christian O everybody wants to be black... but doesn't wanna be black.
Rod Kent Music is music is music is music. Music is someome expressing themselves with sound and at the end of the day that's all it is. I don't listen to music by "genre" I just listen to music.
BenjerminGaye What does race have to do with anything? Come on man
Christian O what you're talking is some make you look like the better person bullshit bro forgetting what the topic was about. He said... "he's not a rapper" not hip hop and only do country and pop... then said he does when the xxl said he didn't do rap......... so chill out because you just made yourself look real stupid trying to look so smart. Lol I'm done #dropsdamic
Everyone wanna be Supa Hot Fire, talking bout "but I'm not a rapper"
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He's really not a rapper, he whines over autotune.
Glasses, Jacket, Shirt .... Call me glasses, jacket, shirt man
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+Erick Mack w
I fuck with dj akademiks heavy for this . Nigga been puttin on for the culture . We need nigga like this . #HipHop
Except when it comes to drake.
+FBGBOSS #DRAKEisGarbage
Idk man I haven't heard this nigga DJ anything yet he's just rap gossip girl
+Dominyk Hiro he's a fake dj
+DivisionAgent Blaha 😂😂 u ain't lying
Akademics is the king of the run-on sentence
forgive me if i'm wrong but it seems like a lot of his songs are more singing than rapping, at least that's what i think it sounds like. A ton of hip hop artists are starting to sing in their songs (Childish Gambino, Chance, Ye, Drake, etc) but they're all labeled as hip hop artists. I mean, we all heard his album Stoney, and idk about you guys but i fucking loved it, i think there's kind of influences from all over the music world but it mostly seems heavily tied to hip hop, but if someone were to ask me i would just straight up call it alternative. Because it's not exactly hip hop, but it's also not exactly anything else, know what i mean? All in all, just let people make whatever music they want without having to oblige to us. Besides, it seems to be a pattern that artists make better music when they're making it for themselves, and not just for us. But that's just my two cents
Jake Goulin shit was trash. he only had a handful of good songs. def not a good start. mixtapes were better.
StillHdz17 to each their own man, i just dislike when people hate an album because they expected the wrong thing. After hearing Too Young, Go Flex, and Iverson I kinda knew that there probably wouldn't be too much rapping. Same thing happened with Bino, a ton of his fans hated the fuck out of his recent album because they expected rap, and got soul instead. My point being, know what to expect, and then appreciate it for what it is. Nothin i say is gonna change how you feel about it and vice versa sooo to each their own I guess?
Elite Soulfly that would be a headass thing to do since he's actually a talented artist..? I say just let him do whatever, there's no written laws in the music industry lol. As long as the music he makes is good why should we care what genre he wants to be
CamZillah Yea, childish gambino can rap too, but I don't see many people calling him a rapper after Awaken, My Love
Anytime I hear people refer to Donald they just say "artist" now. I mean he can still rap but that's not what he wants to do right now. And I mean shit, Donald Glover can do damn well anything he wants and be great at it, so why not let Posty try? See where I'm goin w this?
It was better then J Cole new album
I can't tell if being on the XXL freshman cover helps or hurts your career
In Malone's case, probably hurts since it's pointless to spend time for a magazine known for exposing lesser known guys.
It is what you make it. A lot of former freshmen has made it big as hell, while many others have just fallen out. It's just a short, non-essential marketing boost.
It used to help careers for the most part but it went to shit past 2 years
+MrAppWalkthrough that is the most dumbest thing I ever heard lmfao L
well said
I don't give a fuck what nobody say, Stoney is cold as fuck
Na$ty GangGang hell yea,I've been constantly bumping it since the night it released
stoney and 4 your eyez only i been playing over and over again since release
Akademiks sound like its on sight next time he see Post Malone 😂
Lol true
Lolol on me
lol facts
T-Roy IRH lmao
Every rappers favorite phrase since 2010 is "I'm not a rapper"
KingLulzington dead
KingLulzington "put me in a box"
rap became so wack in this era that all the rappers started being ashamed to claim they were rapper. smh
KingLulzington "But I'm not a rapper."
Bro this year's cypher is going to be fucking horrible LMAO
The bet cyphers 👀👀👀
Herbo will destroy.
Herb is on it, he will go in at least
+Maxwell Productions yeah he heat might be the best freshman even tho he's really ain't new
+Mon3yTrees he's like having a senior with a bunch of little kids... he's established considerably compared to everyone else in my opinion.
"I'm not a rapper, I don't make rap music"
"I have a hip hop mixtape promoting my hip-hop album" This kid is delusional.
Exactly!!
He's saying he's not just a rapper. He's a musician that makes all kind of music.
If I was in a rap battle when I was 13, does that make me a battler for the rest of my life? No.
Caught Speechless But why did he say he didn't make Rap music when the audience he caters to are Rap fans.
+Marvin Holliness Jr good point.
Lil Wayne has a rock album. Jay-Z has a rock song. What are they?
Post Malone is better than designer.
Liar
not really saying much
True, but they both ass
two turds in the toilet
WAAAAAAAAAY! BETTER!
Do the the makers of xxl freshman magazine even know shit about hip hop 😐
Albert Kocharyan people vote for the rappers not the publishers
Caleb Farnworth Ohhhhhhhhhh OK
Albert Kocharyan he is wrong the publishers do put the people in
nope
Dylan Woolsey
Albert Kocharyan according to method man, no
damnn Akademics be getting mad
I agree with him tho. don't use culture to get famous and then abandon it.
+Paul van Maldegem FRFR tho
he gets pissed when trash rappers get uppity
+TheDabEnthusiast I meant abondoning the hiphop culture. He made hiphop songs to get famous but he still says he isnt a rapper. hiphop is more than just a music style, it's a culture. if u making rap songs/hiphop songs u a rapper, and u gotta ride wit the rules of hiphop. and he's only using hiphop to get famous, but doesnt give a shit about the culture.
WHAT
but im not a rapper
+DeathRacer25x boom bang bop... bada boop biggity..............BOOM
+Jaelon Morrison but im not a rapper
OOOOOHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
+Blue Bird two babysitters no baby's
+Wayne 😂😂
A 14 min video of post Malone ? lol I guess he's more relevant than I thought 😂
L go listen to his mixtape
more relevant than you
Ricer Cobalt lame comeback 😂 pussies always say shit like that. I just don't hear none of his music being talked about like that. That's all I was saying
+thats.malik That shit garbage
Marvin Hendríx his songs get a good amount of views, dont really see how thats not relevant.
hes the real supa hot fire.
"But im not a rapper"
lol
ctfu you a fool
Chris but he's "not a rapper" whoever fucks with this guy already has an L keep em to urselves
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All I know is Denzel curry is gonna kill the cypher
If this nigga Desiigner drop anything sounding like panda on the cypher Im done with hip hop
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+donte465 lmaooo...it's funny how u think its gonna be different. ..get ready for some panda panda
no he wont. I bet itll be wack
Florida shit...305
Music is music. If it's good it's good. Get the fuck over it.
+Robert Jenkins the issue isn't even the artists it's the consumer
+Robert Jenkins top 40 ruins it
+Robert Jenkins it's throughout all genres though which is even worse
Robert Jenkins GET OVER IT
Im sayin
As an artist, i understand that Post Malone doesn't want to be put in a box. But from 6:27 onward, i gotta admit that akademiks made a lot of sense.
"They wanna be absolved from the criticism that comes wit being a rapper"
Agreed. Hip Hop is the only Genre that has rules, it's that hard to make it list that makes rappers have so much longevity. Other Genre's dont have this many artists prospering at once? foh. maybe rock
*****
He is literally the definition of a Pop artist, and he's trash tbh. His songs are only good when vines play em
*****
No offense to lil boom, but some of these "rapppers" only prospering because of vines
true
Akademiks was salty in this one. Post Malone is the truth.
Fuck otta ear
Post Malone was given a spotlight. To figure out whether he "the truth" or not, is gonna be defined by this album he finna drop with folk/country/etc. It's just the fact that he said he's not a rapper, should really be a slap in his fans faces, if not the face of hip hop. This nigga dead to me personally, not for bein as successful as he was in rap, but using it as leeway into the music scene, to cut and straight flip genres. That shit fake as fuck. Talkin bout he's not a rapper, when in retrospect, he never was. It was people just assumin he was cuz he was makin RAP music. Fake ass dude.
FUCK OUTTA HERE
I only just realised you can dislike people's comments.. Hold this DISLIKE!
OmegaWeaponFFVIII the truth? Lolollll this nigga confused as hell
Akademiks need a girlfriend
Fuck no. We need him not lacking! We need videos ASAP.
Houston's Very Own true
lmfao ... if he did he won't be uploading videos
He's gay so you mean boyfriend
lmao thank you
RECEIPTS! I NEED RECEIPTS! LOL Akademiks
made me lmao 2!
haha we must be smoking off the same plant, cheers homie
a feel you bruh it must be exhausting being a culture vulture
i don't see him stealing bikes and getting welfare
quit using the internet. it was made by a white man, you stupid culture vulture!!
FAXTZ
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+Ricer Cobalt Everbody pays for accessing the Internet. It's not free. Please come again. Find another example.
Honestly, eye think he was just trying to say he isn't only interested in hip-hop and he wants to branch out and make everything he wants. But he is definitely a hip-hop artist just mixing shit together
But coming from somebody like me who loves hip-hop. The dude just trying to play anyside he can to make money and get more buzz
+Jacob Beck you say that like that's a bad thing. hatin ass nigga. if people choose to rock with him that's their business
+Gerald Boulin nah it ain't a bad thing. Personally eye fuck with his music. Just think he should be more soild where he stands, he's part of the hiphop culture, he can't choose that, that culture brung him in and that is his spot. Eye love the fact he wants to do other shit too. My favorite thing by him is his acoustic cover of Heartless by Kanye. He just needs to stop going from saying he's not a rapper to being a rapper, just for buzz. He dope though. No hate
Jacob Beck I don't remember him ever saying he was a rapper. Plus he doesn't have to identify as being part of the hip hop culture just cus they say so
+Gerald Boulin if you rap they makes you partly a rapper. He has to respect the culture, he's involved in it heavily
he more talented then most artist argue it all you want but its true stop hating
Kam IconicGaming his new album was garbage stfu and stop lying to yourself
Cristian Marin hating
Kam IconicGaming so he's hating if he thinks a mediocre album is bad? Lmao
Marc Sanford His album is far from mediocre.
Cristian Marin it was nothing close to garbage
Pimp C said he didnt rap either.... He said he made country rap tunes. lol
bruh that's still Rap music
No pimp c said he's not hip hop because northerners said that first so he said he makes country rap tunes
Jona Webb That is still under the umbrella of Rap Music
I know that but what I don't is when did it become cool not to be a rapper
Jona Webb Young thug
akademics you use twitch so are you apart of the gaming community or are you just taking advantage of the gaming community?
haha! right
lmao
Akademics hasn't come out and said "im not a gamer, i don't play games" when people ask him, lol. You don't see the difference in your comparison?
Jordan Daley what post means is that he is not just a rapper he wants to do it all witch some people dont like
Jordan Daley because no one has labelled akedemiks as a gamer
Damnit Akademiks youre taking a L with this one, the man (Post) literally said, "Im not a rapper IM AN ARTIST, I make rap music but im not a rapper, I do what I want". He makes music, literally what he wants to make. You r being biased towards him and not giving him a fair shake. I get what youre trying to say but ab culture vultures, but thats simply not him. HE'S IN HIS OWN LANE, HES MAKING THE MUSIC HE WANTS.
I'm just happy My Boy lil Dicky made that list...
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"Look around white people have snatched the sound" - J.Cole
Rap has no race, it has no color.. When people say shit like this, they're jealous. (And no, I'm not white.)
Rick Rubin.
But music has no color its MUSIC
+Houston Texans you can say that about any genre of music. Get that pc fuck shit outta here.
It's "I wanna be black but don't wanna be black" all over again.
They want the benefits of hip-hop/rap without keeping the downsides.
Coles just as white as he is black, blood wise
AHAHAHA its entertaining af when Akademics to go on a roasting spree..lmao
His album was my favorite of the year
Ryan Clair deadass
Ryan Sinclair nice name fam😂
I got u fam 😂
Drake the type of nigga to buy bottle water and release it in the ocean
delete this corny ass fail
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i like post malone his multi talented when it comes to music he gets all respect no matter what let da man do him
"Rapping ass nigga, you better do numbers"
Jeezy
"I don't gotta rap. Ima do numbers"
GOT SOME SUPER FRIENDS IN THE LEGION OF DOOM STAY BLOWED OF PURPLE SHIT KEEP YA HIGH LIKE THE MOON YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Why post malone look like Shia LaBeouf if he pursued his rapping career lmao 😂😂🖕🖕
shahbaz faiz don't disrespect Shia like that 😭😂 have you listened to his 5 fingers on sway? it's complete flames 🔥🔥
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shahbaz faiz post Malone trash he a 1 hit wonder bro and he still hase not made anything with his trash as nobody wants to hear his shit lol and he ugly asf but i fuxk with white iverson but he trash
pro packgods your opinion means nothing he's got a following and already made a cold million off the songs your trashing.
Why akademiks look like he did a face swap wit a potato??
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First people said that he wasn't considered a rapper, now people getting mad when he says he's not a rapper???
I fw Post, he can do whatever tf he wants. Yep ik I'll get those stupid internet "L's" but that shit doesn't really mean anything so whatever.
nobody mad. The entire video originated around why he wasn't featured on XXL. Well it's cause XXL features rappers, which he clearly stated he wasn't. . . so yes please hold your "L"
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+Q Tones Nice!!
L for giving someone else the L when your statement is the true L. 3 L's for you
DJ a got this one wrong man
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The Cohen how??
The Cohen nah
Kid Rock, Pink, Justin Timberlake, Justin Bieber... Post Malone, you do the math
No one ever mistook Justin timber lake for a rapper though....his style hasn't really ever changed....if anything his music has gotten better
+Bruce Banner fuck off lol Justin Timberlake had trap beats in 2006.
+Orlando Anthony *Accept, dumb ass.
lol true.. read a article on how WB and CW used black shows to start then once got profitable switched it up. Blacks are always the foundation to build off
+Orlando Anthony you're racist af
Drake don't make Rap Music neither OVO said he a music creator yet DJ Akademiks still post his garbage shit up smh
Yes he do.
Exactly, Ak wont reply to this comment but Drake do everything he criticizin Post Malone in this vid for
+Evan Samuel 💯 facts
the reason Drake says he isn't a rapper is because his ghost writer outted him. if Quinton Miller/the weeknd hadn't came out things would be different.
Drake has always rapped and sang, listen to every mixtape/album he's put out
"I'm not a rapper, but I drop 3 ads on a 10 minute video" - Akademiks
who the fuck doesn't have adblock these days
+Question Everything Watching on mobile, do you have any recommendations? I haven't found any that work well.
I rather him than desiigner to be on the list bruh
why
+supermysticsonic2 Nigga has one trash song
Midora "Third Tiger" lmfao right
+Love Sick True that one is kinda dope otc
+Love Sick it really ain tht good
"im not a rapper"...."but I spit dat hot fiiiyyyaaaaa" lmfao
IM NOT A RAPPER- suppa hot fire
This makes me mad, I'm glad that akademikes said this.
This nigga made a 14min video. That's like watching DBZ without a commercial
Lol!!
Akademiks, this damn near your best video dawg. This for the culture.
why does this guy look like UberHaxorNova ?? lmao
I see where you get that idea but idk its kind of a reach
James got better bars than Post tho haha
James got better bars and dance moves.
Last time I came this early I became a father
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best comment i seen your the mvp
Lil Uzi said he doesn't Rap? All the songs I heard from him are Rap/Hip-Hop. Rap & Hip-Hop is really a sad genre right now, I could rap better than most of those guys on the new XXL and that's sad. Rappers are suppose to make fan feel "something" and make us feel like we couldn't have made a song like that. These new guys making songs that someone already made just in another way and it's not even creative.
You couldn't rap better than them. if you could why wouldn't you?
+Anthony Delara In The Bahamas, there's literally no Studio's. Planning on going to the USA in a year
lil uzi is brain dead
then do it
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music is music, the guy is talented let him do what he loves
Shut the absolute fuck up. You’re white and this isn’t apart of your culture.
breakfast club hate on everyone lol
The list is better without him anyways
Damn charlamane always hating lmao
he mad because birdman said he cant say it no mo
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Hatin for what? He's right. The nigga is Doo Doo Grits.
He right though
best Video Ive seen from you, ever. Thank you Akademiks
"Work so hard forgot how to vacation"😂 Guess he doesn't have the dedication
this guy talking here is saying some dumb stuff.... he doesn't understand Post Malone's mindstate... Post Malone is a true music hippie... he just loves music... he doesn't like being categorized. that's just his belief... he talks how he feels .. just like people don't like being categorized into different race because they are all 'human' and he feels like he is an artist and makes all different kinds of types so why choose one genre? u guys bashing him just don't understand him...he isn't just hip hop. he is an artist who makes music...his way...don't categorize it
Was aight till the comparison to not wanting to be categorized into a different race because they are all human.
But if he loves music he cant profit from a genre of music then just diss it like he never used it if he not a rapper than he need to stop rapping if he cant handle the responsibility that comes with it other genres of music are not accepting him and ultimately wont
+SootheSayinYaySayer I never said a person wants to be categorized into a whole separate race. I said that some people feel as if they shouldn't even be categorized because they are essentially all human ... and we shouldn't be separated by categories when the ultimate goal is for us to all be united and equal.
But if he don't want to be in the rapper box don't get upset when people don't put you on a rapper list. It's disrespectful to make rap music, eat off rap culture, then claim to not make rap music only to say you're making rap music and are about to realease a hip hop album. To me you can make all types of different styles of your music, Cudi with Rock, Kanye with pop and gospel, Drake with Dance, Tyler with Jazz including more but they've all acknowledged they are rappers and artists, they claim the culture. Post doesn't so he is gonna get called out for fuck shit.
Fuck post Malone he's no musical hippie he's trying to play bolth sides of the field
He trying so hard to adopt that Kanye mentality
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+Mikee Zee yea people do fuckin idiot
Kanye is the godfather of the new generation
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+Big Bucci Sosa lol i know few rappers who don't consider themselves rappers and turn down record labels
I been listening to DJ AK for years, this is the best and sincere commentary That's love for the culture much love AK.
Akademics was wrong on this one.
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You are right.
He is completely wrong on this one.
DankZesty _ To be honest it was hard to sit through
Earlier this week a crate Akademiks merchandise came to my house by mistake. It was address from Akademiks to Cash Money records. So I did what any kind hearted person would do I went to my local Goodwill to donate the Akademiks gear, long story short I'm not allow in that Goodwill branch anymore. Does anyone need assless Akademiks pants?
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Wait, so Post has to freestyle to call himself a rapper but Future and Drake can be called singers without being able to sing? GFTO. Typical double standards shit.
Beyond Double standards. It's like if you white you gotta prove just as hard.
Michael Dunnom Its ok for white people to fund the culture for the last 15years or more but when they start getting good at making the music themselves? oh its a problem.
Random Person you know what's funny if post was at least half black this would never happen. Drake half Jewish and we let it slide because he some what black yet he makes music that has nothing to do with culture like the the who Dance hall scene. He ain't Jamaican so why we ain't calling him a culture vulture oh that's right he some what black and gets a free pass smfh
Michael Dunnom Exactly, Drake fully on the culture vulture shit but it gets a pass, from Dancehall to Grime he just takes whatever he wants and no one says shit.
+Random Person who the fuck said he gets a pass??? There's plenty of people calling him a culture vulture. The only people saying he gets a pass as being one of the biggest culture vulture are his Stans.
Dj hit the nail on the head in this video
The things he said was nothing but facts and those who see otherwise have already been swayed into what their favorite artist is doing such as the case with Malone in this video
Much respect to dj much appreciation subscribed
14 mins of pure youtube gold smh lol.....
is it me or why is whites get to assume who is hip hop her judgment has no validation to me
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Fucking right
That means nothing
White folks can know hip hop. Black folks can not have a damn clue what hip hop is (look at rappers today, black folks be ruining the shit as we speak). Smh
+JustANobody and ain't nobody give this white last the right to decide what hip hop is nigga lol.
Hip hop dying anyway
That makes no sense because they put ty dolla sign on here and he is a singer
Hip hop, not rappers
You can be hip hop and sing
+Mia Bostic exactly my point, they are saying post isnt hip hop enough but ty dolla sign is a singer, and theyve had other singers on the cover too so they are contradicting themselves.
+Knicks 4 Life nigga what are u talking about hiphop and rap go hand and hand . A rapper makes hip hop, hip hop is performed by rappers. You "rap", u dont "hip hop".
Cartie King The XXL lady said Post didn't want to be on the cover because he wants to focus on country music and rock. It didn't have anything to do with him being a singing Hip Hop artist.
Hey +DJ Akademiks you brought up something that I think would be solid to make a clarification on... You said "even if you are in hip hop you could do other genres... did you not see Nelly and LL do country? But nobody never really looked at them and said those are country artists" I was with you until I remembered Nelly did country more than once and IDK about LL lol, and then you mentioned Drake. Like, it's kinda like you condoned it to a certain degree but then threw in the biggest "culture vulture" that we know from your previous vids... I guess the question would be when does the tag "Culture Vulture" gets placed on an 'Artist'? Is it based on that artist's popularity? Or the hype train following of the song in question? Much respect man keep doing your thing!
I don't remember the last time I disliked a video, DJ Akademiks is straight toxic for this. You're missing the whole point of what he's trying to do. He's not trying to dodge the lifestyle of a rapper or exclude himself from the culture, rather, he just doesn't feel the need to put a label on his name. He doesn't want to be exclusive to one genre and I agree with him. Genres are dead and the reason I say that is because, like posty, I have a wide range of interests when it comes to music and as an aspiring artist I wouldn't want to reserve myself to one lane. He may lose followers for that but posty is a genuine dude and most importantly, makes music that he likes. The fact that he gets paid for it and people fuck with it is a bonus but you can tell he loves what he does because it was just an idea in his head at first.
You're also being very hypocritical. If he was a self-proclaimed rapper you'd fuck with his music is what you're implying. At one point you liked what he was doing before you knew the avenue he was taking, so because he made a statement claiming he's not a rapper and wants to expand his horizons instead of sticking to one thing you've disowned him showing how close minded you are.
You post fans are just as dumb as him
XXL had august alsina before lmao
Favourite DJ Akadimkis video thus far, nothing but facts
King V right
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Bull shit. Many opinions have been expressed. Mostly bull shit hatin ass ones. I didn't even have to watch the video to post this comment but as I type it he's already going off retardedly as if post Malone even compares to lil uzi. Also enjoying the three ads
Preach akademiks 🔥🤘🏼💯
he's going K-POP like Jaden
I mean jaden just whisper raps
Dear DJ Akademiks
Pls stop tryna be extra for the sake of prolonging your videos so that you can get paid more for viewing time. We subscribed to your channel because you do a bit of research on your topics, you are generally level-headed and you get straight to your point without aimlessly "ranting" like you do in this video. Your thought process here is fucked up, incoherent and emotional. Post Malone has a right to do whatever music he wants. This 'culture vulture' bullshit sounds like ignorance, paranoia and insecurity from some black people who are mentally traumatised by poverty and see rap as one of the very few avenues out of the ghetto and thus the need to obsessively protect it with unreasonable expectations, based on opinions and emotions instead of FACTS. Stop being part of this baseless movement and instead encourage freedom of expression within the arts. No one has to police music and genres, just let artists create whatever they want and affiliate themselves in whichever way they choose. So what if Post does not want to be on some magazine cover or be boxed as a hip hop artist? Get over it. He doesn't even define 1% of popular culture. Let him be... and chill with the drama. It's not necessary.
I agree haha you're comment is long enough so I'll just end it here
if you dont like it dont watch my nigga
Long ass comment wasted my time nigga.
+prosserjionny79 I can watch what I want and comment on whatever.. Get on now, ya hear?
+Jim Burdt was i talking bout you
Post Malone = The male version of Iggy Azelia(I think I spelled the tramp name right)
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+Marcus J. 😂😂 so are you saying lil dicky sucks to?
White iverson was hella good
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You saying that's good!
Virgil Hardjo don't know what culture vulture have to do with race, but a country/folk singer made a rap song. Not like he been rapping all his life, he tried it out. He is no Mac Miller. You assume, I was calling him trash because he was white? You must forgot Eminem broken that barrier a long time ago. He just not good.
"I'm not a rapper I'm an artist" it's like saying I'm not a barber I'm a stylist😂
I would listen to an acid polka project by him
So he is pretty much a Kid Rock 2.0
post malone reminds me of supa hot, "but I'm not a rapper"
DJ Akademiks speaking some real shit on this video! This is what I like to hear!
Allow me to edit: Dave East, G Herbo, and Denzel Curry were the best rappers on that list anyway, the rest didn't deserve or earn it in my opinion.
Curry..... My Nigga
lol what you must forgot about herb
.Paak bruh
+Curtis Thomas Jr Nigga go listen to Curry, deadass he's great or at least likeable
Rome Gush Ohh shit! You right homie, Lil Herb MOST DEFINITELY earned his spot. Thanks for reminding me lol
y'all think he talking Lil yachty👀
nvm he said it later on
Hell Yeah
His album was fire and everybody here hating on god listen to post lol even this nigga making the video listen to this man
Dj Drakedemiks caught the holy spirit of hip-hop, dude went in. lmao.
hip hop is a genre not a culture akademiks. cultures have rules, guidlines, perimeters, boundaries and code of ethics hip hop has none of that .anybody can come in and do whatever they want without any repocussions so u cannot call it a culture
Yeah my man, it definitely is a culture...
hip hop is not a way of life. most of it is fiction. because 99 percent of rapers not living what they rapping about. its full of bunch of characters playing a role
***** those are the one making the money for the genre and who most people identify with. more people know who post malone and young thug, future and all that commercial shit. how many people know BLACK THOUGHT? that 99% is what out there as the representation of the genre. your number 1 Representative is drake like him or love him thats what it is
Literally google hip hop dumbass
***** who make the rules in hip hop and dictate whats mainstream, whites not the people running around saying its there "culture"
Eminem doesn't give af about XXL so why should we
Eminem is trash
know ur shit before u talk shit. eminem as been on xxl several times
He has been on XXL before smh and what's with all this hate on Slim on this thread? lmao
***** Yea on some real shit his fanbase(majority) is annoying as fuck lmao. But idc I just ignore them. Slim still one of the greats to me
***** Yea he's my top 5 with Nas, Rakim, Royce Da 5'9" and Big Pun
really dude who cares if post don't get on the cover he's just copying off the black people anyway and I'm not just talking about his music
he didn't make the cover. only 1 non African American was on it
Copying off black people? Since when does rap have it's own race, own color? I scroll through these comments and I see a bunch of uneducated people pounding their keyboards in rage. It's pretty funny to see people get upset about a White kid being near the top of the current rap game. haha
might as well been on XXL because every dude on the list said, "I'm not a rapper I'm and artist you know what I'm sayin."
this nigga 20, I'm near damn 30... and thud kid think like a man, he real... not a complete fan of his music, especially the country, rock or folk, but Allen but he's nature, he knows WHO he IS. can't hero but support the dude.. I don't really fuck wit these so
white rappers.. but he's interesting.... and I respect the kids movement.... but.culture culture thing... that's a
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+tonedelux nahh you right this nigga look like he typin in morris code
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+tonedelux he basically said he respects how post Malone isn't afraid to be himself and that's a rare characteristic for a 20 year old. even though he's 10 years older he respects that.
" Dabble and hip hop and fall back "
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This actually the most realest video you ever made. If you spoke like this more often and instead of tryna be funny then I would take more of the things you say seriously
Can somebody tell me why desiigner on the xxl freshman list
He had a number one single in the country
+Vital Witness yeah but he only got one song
Cuz he's on the come up
Uhhh, maybe cuz he got broads in Atlanta?
+Actavis YRN if it wasn't for akademics I wouldn't have heard of anyone else on the cover but him
Get these one year old videos out my recommendations Tf
Irv Mbleu haha
how is he a culture vulture? because he wears gold watches, chains and teeth?
+Randy Morton thank you
This is the most intelligent Dj Ak analysis I've heard.