XXL Freshman Freestyle: Lil Twist

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It’s Lil Twist’s turn for XXL‘s 2011 Freshman of the day. Down below, the Young Money artist discusses his style and who he’s eyeing to work with.

My whole swag is different. My whole style is different from everybody that was on that cover, and vice versa. Nobody on that cover is like me; they got they own style. My music is different, for different people. [In the future] I definitely, really wanna work with Wiz, which is my big homie. We’re real cool. And my big homie Wale too. We got some stuff already in the works, so real soon I’m gonna have something with them two dudes that I’ma be able to put out.

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  1. JIMMY says:

    TWIST KILLED IT! THE FUTURE!

    -JIMMY IS THE ILLEST

  2. @Monk says:

    No shit Monk no rappers go off the dome apart from Eminem because he’s the G.O.A.T

  3. Word says:

    Clearly….CLEARLY written. Flow was on point I give him that. I dont know what dude was saying tho. And is he 16 or 20 something? I keep hearin different shit bout dude. Either way, saved the best for last KRIT gonna kill that shit tomorrow.

  4. JIMMY says:

    @Word

    HE’S 18,SUCKA.

    -JIMMY IS THE ILLEST

  5. CapricornReligion says:

    The kid got Flow…. Can he sell?…. Shit, Pop Stars like Britney Spears or Christina aguilera cant even get away with there “Im a Star so I will sell Reguardless” Act anymore. Welcome to the “Get a Fan base and Cross your Fingers Era”..

  6. Art says:

    Why bother even spitting? That was written like hell, kid shoulda just sat out or something if he knew he couldnt actually do it.

  7. ZoomZoom says:

    BEST TEEN RAPPER ALIVE

  8. Monk says:

    AND LIL WAYNE PROBABLY WROTE THE SHIT FOR TWIST….

  9. Cali kings says:

    cant front he had the second best one next to Kendrick real talk

  10. We The Best !!! Who ?? We Nigga !! We The Best !! says:

    All I See Is Hate How Do Y’all Know It’s Written Plus Everybody Spits Writtens Name Me Someone Who Doesn’t

  11. cbass says:

    @Art
    lol why are niggas triping if its written or not !

    Kendrick lamar freestyle was a verse he did on mystro song along ass time ago

    so why are u niggas getting ur panties in a bunch on this when u dont know

  12. nyc top says:

    cats where expecting this to be wack but its not so niggas wanted to hate anyway and say its written and not give the lil nigga props yall are weak

  13. Art says:

    @cbass

    Because everybody knows. Its insanely obvious to absolutely anybody thats listened to hip hop for more than 3 minutes that that was written. And it wasnt the objective here to just spit a verse, they were asked to demonstrate their freestyling skills. I wasnt happy when Kendrick did a verse either, but Ive at least heard him REALLY freestyle before and I know hes actually performing his own music. But I have no idea at this point if Lil Twist has even an ounce of talent or if hes been completely fabricated, which would be why XXL even has the Freshmen freestyles. Since he so obviously decided against actually displaying any talent, tho, Im probably gonna have to go ahead and assume that hes worthless and that other people write his shit.

    Its a very pathetic day for hip hop when lyrical skill isnt even an issue for u slow niggas.

  14. cwccw says:

    Carter IV Tracklist
    1. Weezy’s Home (Produced By Develop)
    2. 6 Foot 7 Foot ft. Cory Gunz (Produced by Bangladesh)
    3. Jail House Rock ft. Lenny Kravitz (Produced by Cool and Dre)
    4. The Brain (Produced by Kanye West)
    5. Paperman ft. Gudda Gudda (Produced. Mike Banger)
    6. Soup
    7. Anne (Produced by Swizz Beatz)
    8. Two Different ft Tech N9ne (Produced by Cool and Dre)
    9. Maybe She Will ft. Drake and Rick Ross (Produced by T-Minus and 40)
    10. Mental Break Down ft. Nicki Minaj and Shannel (Produced by David Banner)
    11. Proven ft Andre 3k (Produced by Infamous)
    12. Night Out ft. T Pain (Produced by Detail)
    13. Wayne’s World (Produced by Detail)
    14. Trapped in a Maze ft. Kid Cudi (Produced by Tha Bizness)
    15. One More Chance (Produced By Detail)
    16. Billionaires Boy Clubs ft. Birdman (Produced. byKane Beatz)
    17. Letter to Fans (Produced by Timberland and 40)

  15. Sc_R says:

    That tracklisting looks official can’t lie.. and if so it’s definitely Gon murder C3.. lookin forward to that 40 cudi Kanye 3 stacks whew! been looking forward to that collab since Hollywood divorce him n Weezy went neck n neck

  16. jimmy Dee says:

    Yo @cwccw, that shit looks mighty real lol, where yu get that tracklist from?

  17. ColoradoKnight says:

    The kid can rhyme, no doubt. And we’re all on the same page as far as freestylin’ is concerned, let’s get past it. One of the better performances. Most likely an artists’ album I wouldn’t purchase though.

  18. WHO SHOY TA says:

    this is wack

  19. WHO SHOY TA says:

    this is wack
    -jimmy is a bish

  20. Belize says:

    Wack. Hard to call this freestyle.

  21. 5k on my wrist says:

    MY LIL NIGGA KILLED IT

    DO YA THANG HOMIE…

  22. nsisu says:

    straight rapper, not great…his subject matter and concepts were clearly recited (talking about how big his home is)…good flow…not a game changer reminds me of 50 other guys…and he needs to shave that damn mohawk and get his balls to drop

  23. original will says:

    tyga wouldve did better or short dawg

    this class is weak outside of Yelawolf Cyhi KRIT and kendrick none of these dudes are going anywhere within music

    Mac Miller is tight but i dont see him getting anywhere with that shit when Yela is right there its kinda like when Bubba Sparxx decided to come out at the height of eminem career its like you got some cool lines but they nowhere as deep and darc as yela’s

    fred the godson has no appeal

    Meek iss going to find some trouble to get into but if he stays clear he up there with that four i just dont see him doing it under a subsidary he either gotta go major or independent he dont need no more umbrellas

    Diggy going to get him a tv show and forget about this whole rap thing the Fresh Prince Effect

    Lil B will make money off touring bu his albums wont sell or get praise

    YG altho i mess with his some of his songs (head on the highway,say stop) he going to be a one hit wonder with toot it and boot it he might soulja boy it up with one more but idk i dont see him being part of that new west movement hell Mann “Buzzin” joint is poppin right now and he gotta a better flow than YG then toot it and boot it is so old in Cali its going to be just like Youre a jerk and teach me how to dougie some late shit thats going to bring cali bacc when all the cali kids havent rocced with that song in months

    Lil Twist do not deserve to be there im sorry he has no work at least getting talked about its fucced up becuz its people on that young money roster who has put in more work than this dude and they not getting the opportunity he got on some twitter shit i mean go to worldstarhiphop you will see Lil Chuccee has more freestyle videos than twist Tyga had two fire ass mixtapes and a grammy Nod and Short Dawg went in on every freestyle and Gudda Gudda had two hard mixtapes I mean Dom kennedy recent joint Casey Veggies has been snubbed twice terrace martin on tour with damn near everybody shit if you couldnt get Tyler the creator at least go for Hodgy Beats I mean Chip The Ripper been putting in work shit if you wanna throw a wildcard in like they did Fashawn and Them The Nigga TuBe from the Overdoz. can rap his ass off or even Kent Jamz just fucced up becuz next year after these dudes get on the scene they not going to want to fucc with this cover no more becuz they put niggas like Twist before them

  24. JIMMY says:

    @WHO SHOY TA

    THANKS FOR THE SHOUT OUT STAN! KEEP SUPPORTING THE JIMMY MOVEMENT!

    -JIMMY IS THE ILLEST

  25. original will says:

    they wouldve did better putting Lex Lugar on the cover and let him make a beat from scratch on the cypher moment than putting twist right there

    I mean J Futuristic I can name tons of rappers that got that style twist got but have gotten more fame off of it

  26. original will says:

    kevin Gates

  27. downsouth says:

    i guess if he spittin like jay/nas yall would like it then

    anything with YM/CM niggaz hate proof that they run this shit

  28. MrUrbanCNN says:

    people are clearly hating on this dude because of who he’s with. If he wasn’t with Weezy yall wouldn’t be hating like this. A freestyle don’t mean you actually freestyle dumb asses. It means you show your own flow and style off any type of beat

  29. Mike says:

    ^^^AMEN THEY HATE ON YM ALL DAY EVERYDAY AND I BET TWIST WILL BE SUCCESSFUL OUT OF THESE NIGGAS.

  30. wow says:

    lil twist sounds like a young nas his flow is so godly

  31. sc_R says:

    @original will.. niggas aint checkin for the rest of young money.. i’m sure tyga got some shit comin out but lil twist got damn near 500k twitter followers off the strength of himself.. aint nobody else stoppin them niggas from comin out but theyselves.. get out there network w/ all them producers u can touch damn near anybody w/ that young money name behind u.. go find yoself a hot ass song and weezy gon hop on it or at least yo remix not rocket science make a video and watch em get pushed up on the roster order!

  32. Monk says:

    @wow
    1)it doesnt sound like nas at all
    2)and if it does a lil bit nas wrote it the shit aint of the top

  33. Lil Twist says:

    me and weezy actually wrote it

  34. Word says:

    If thats the real C4 tracklist I see up there, that shit WILL disappoint. Its gonna be punk rock, mixed with pop, with a little rap, and plenty of auto-tune and singing. Basically Rebirth 2, which went gold cuz yall dumbasses buy anything Wayne do. I dunno why yall setlling for a half-assed Wayne. He used to be WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYY better than the shit he been doing recently. Just dont buy the shit and when he sees the sales arent good, he’ll try a different approach. And maybe that’ll be the Wayne that I still bump once every couple weeks. The “Mo Fire” “Get Over” “Tie My Hands” “Sky Is The Limit” “Upgrade You Freestyle” “Something You Forgot” “Pray to the Lord” “I Feel Like Dying” ” Receipt” “Hustla Muzik” “Fireman” and “Hit Em Up” Wayne that came and went so quick. Dude was wack, then nice, then wack again in like a split second.

  35. rrederict says:

    good rap by twist.

    freshmen this year were wack

  36. original will says:

    @SC R

    Tyga has 700 k followers and had a grammy nomination not to mention 2 of the hottest mixtapes of the year this nigga tyga is touring overseas by himself no wayne no drake no nicki nobody got shows in africa and shit local acts opening up for him Tyga has a bigger following than twist majority of those kids that rocc with twist cant even stay out late enough to see him perform Tyga has a clothing line and his own record label and just shot a gatorade commercial if twist wasnt opening up for wayne he would have nothing

    thats what im saying he gets on there cuz he has followers really might as well put antoine dodson and jaden smith up there if niggas is just going off followers off of twitter like i said he doesnt belong there its no young money hate becuz Gudda Gudda Tyga and Short Dawg wouldve did just fine but this kid gets a cover for not doing shit but tweeting and hanging out with justin beiber

  37. LA says:

    ^Hahaha@word make sense

  38. xtrajordinary says:

    you bitches talking that “this isn’t a freestyle” shit is hilarious. of course it’s not a freestyle…none of these are freestyles. freestyle doesn’t mean off the top anymore.

    yeah it’s unfortunate people don’t flow off the top that often anymore…but that’s just how it is. so please…PLEASE realize that we’re not in the 90s anymore. these days rappers don’t put in the kind of work it takes to be a good freestyler…because they don’t have to. these days people are more interested in a great song than a great flow off the top. get off his nuts.

    p.s. i HATE lil twist. this is dope though.

  39. Black Shady says:

    GARBAGE!! like the rest of YM!!! Suck on that JIMMY. HA!

    SHADY 2011 stays winning. No bubblegum rap round here

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