You’ve quickly become one of my favorite reactors. I appreciate your knowledge and insight with hip hop culture. Also I appreciate you actually listening to them. So many reactors were quick to by pass Harvey due to her voice that they never listened to what she said. So thank you for showing all the girls respect! Mad props
@zack_reacts
9 ай бұрын
I appreciate that, thank you. I just try to learn and listen. These girls are fire.
@mattdhorstman
9 ай бұрын
It's so clear to me that Simon's master plan was to create a girl group that everyone could love. We have these old school reference filled banger Hip Hop covers to get the old-heads, the top tier K-Pop-type songs to appeal to current gen pop fans, and out of this world quality throwback 2000s RnB to get Millennials. I don't think there's a music fan born after 1980 that can't absolutely find something to love here.
@zack_reacts
9 ай бұрын
I didn't miss the KZitem reactions reference btw! - Thanks Girls!
@MarkCalica
9 ай бұрын
Simon and the girls watch reactions. And they take feedbacks and criticisms. But they always love the reactions of all KZitemrs. Don’t be surprised lol. If you see a “simonjakops” user name on your comment. That’s him
@BobbyV198268
9 ай бұрын
Maya and Cocona - Show you can
@jeves360
9 ай бұрын
Yes sir, Cordae ft Anderson Paak. J Cole and Dem Jointz produced it.. Cordae and Dem Jointz gave them props for this. Paak was kinda hating though he ended up removing his post. I think your the first to catch ALL of those references 👏. Got to be a real Hip Hop head to catch them all..
@maigrrr
9 ай бұрын
Another movie reference that ppl don’t recognize is Harvey’s other line “no cap till infinity”. Referencing Captain America played by Chris Evans. Who also voices Buzz Lightyear in the recent Disney movie. Till infinity is buzz lightyear’s line “to infinity and beyond”. Just the little nuisances 🤌🏼🤌🏼
@Voso1992
9 ай бұрын
Another great reaction! All the girls on XG are very well educated with all kinds of music and they are always paying homage to all the greatest artist of the 80s-90s! Cant wait for you to react to 3-b
@holyTripleSix
9 ай бұрын
Harvey is a pro performer
@Lycaonightley
9 ай бұрын
I love how old-school hiphop listers pick up tons of references from XG tapes
@jonathonkrueck4028
9 ай бұрын
I would dare say you probably caught the most references of all reactors I've seen. Even self proclaimed old school hip hop experts.
@juanrockone
9 ай бұрын
As a fellow hip hop head i appreciate your insight into the references and rap style. I stan these girls cause they remind me of a golden age of hip hop and r&b that i grew up on. Bang bang niner gang btw.
@glendoi
9 ай бұрын
YOU’RE THE FIRST REACTOR TO CATCH THE WUTANG REFERENCE! I’ve been waiting since release for someone else to pick up on it!
@zack_reacts
9 ай бұрын
I grew up on WuTang
@ValeriaSanchez-uo8tz
9 ай бұрын
Harvey ❤
@Robert_Jacobs
9 ай бұрын
You’ve still got their official releases so you’ve got a solid amount to go through. One of the best parts of XG is they have been steadily releasing content, instead of a drop then silence for a year. They got a winter related single coming out this Friday, maybe you can catch it live. The dance practices for their official releases are also 🔥
@MIGHTYM4RS
9 ай бұрын
i love watching harvey cause she makes the best stank faces when choreo goes hard, especially in the hesanoo one, she's throwing face all over the video i love it
@TheRyno525
9 ай бұрын
Yep! Lol
@juanrockone
9 ай бұрын
Best pouter in the game.
@zack_reacts
9 ай бұрын
That girl swaggy- I'm saying.
@lorenzamarchi
9 ай бұрын
I think the most underrated members in the group are Maya and Hinata. It's true that, at the beginning, they weren't the first ones to catch my attention, firstly the ones who stuck out the most for me also were Jurin and Harvey, mostly because of their distinct voices, but, as time went on, Maya and Hinata started to catch my eye, they are the groups Aces in my opinion, especially Maya, like- she can do anything amazingly from rapping, singing and DANCING, which is crazy to think about because in the docu series she was almost eliminated in the dance category and now she's one of the best dancers in the group. That's why she's my favorite, she worked extremely hard to be as good as she is today, she failed but kept going, all while maintaining her fun and exciting aura. I love these girls so much, but my bias Martin has a special place in my heart ❤️
@awordindueseason
9 ай бұрын
Maya and Cocona have been my favorites since the Xpher that blew them up! She killed that Xpher! Maya has so much personality in everything she does!
@maosivutha4105
9 ай бұрын
How you like dem Niners. Lol Need to check out the other side. TAPE 3B with Cocona and Jurin
@jonathanwatson5818
9 ай бұрын
Harvey- No cap 'til Infinity was a Captain America reference.
@inari3317
9 ай бұрын
Tape 3-B next Then check out left right And check out vox series too for the vocal line
@ductdang
9 ай бұрын
Love the XG deep dive.
@cameronchinaya
9 ай бұрын
its so good to see a reactor not just reacting to the song but pausing and analysing all their reference, YOU ARE A MAN OF CULTURE.! IM ABOUT TO DO DOWN A DEEP RABBIT HOLE WITH YOUR VIDS
@jasonmoo4177
9 ай бұрын
God's favourite like XG 😊
@reginehonorezeta7220
9 ай бұрын
check Show You Can (Maya x Cocona)
@jramos0010
9 ай бұрын
they used a studio in ATL for Shooting Star and I believe Tape #3-A/B were done in NYC so they definitely have some oldheads as writers
@Bran-ll5sr
9 ай бұрын
I could believe that the girls could make references to all these because of their 3 Meals a Day Playlists. Jurin had Nujabes, Hinata mentions Aaliyah, Juria listed marques houston, and Maya listed Tevin Campbell. It's clear that their PD Simon/Jakops went out of his way to make sure the girls had a wide variety of musical tastes.
@MarkCalica
9 ай бұрын
Tape 3A and B. Have a lot old school references. Double entendres and word plays. It’s what keeps them unique. While some kpop artists just covers the original, they add their own twists and lyrics. They have input and writing feedback on all their tapes. One thing I’d like to add is Anderson Paak, the featured artists on this gave them shade meanwhile Cordae and Dem Jointz gave them props. It’s sad cause Harvey is a big fan of Paak.
@milktoasty
9 ай бұрын
Really like your reactions! All the girls are really charming. ❤
@SoySaucePapi_
9 ай бұрын
On a bus bcuz they’re taking us to school.
@destinationsunnyside250
9 ай бұрын
In your Heso/Xgene reaction I commented on the influence of M-Flo’s 2000 debut album on that XG intro. Re-listening to Planet Shining I was struck by the similarity of the vocal and rap performances as well. M-Flo was (is?) a Japanese bilingual hiphop/r&b trio who switched effortlessly between perfect English and Japanese. This created a unique flow that was distinct from other Japanese rap artists whose English phrases would be indistinguishable from their Japanese. The original main vocalist was a Colombian-Japanese singer whose vocals sounded similar to Chisa/Juria but could also rap, I would say better than her male colleagues. If you compare M-Flo’s performance on Chronopsychology to these XG tapes, you can understand that XG’s switches between English/Japanese/Korean are not just to show off.
@jom_alphaz
9 ай бұрын
Youre a fire reactor too bruh
@rkoloeg
9 ай бұрын
Based on your reaction to this one, I think you will love Tape 3b.
@GaryFry-c6d
9 ай бұрын
Also don't forget the Vox's 1-5, Vox #1 Peaches you will really enjoy. and If you like the dancing the Move's 1-4 are nice. But you right your moving along on these at good pace.
@Soshi2k
9 ай бұрын
Love your vids bro. You + XG is the real FIRE!
@BurgerMANIA-l8x
9 ай бұрын
I am a cassette tape fanatic, so I still use my Walkman to listen to my favorite cassettes and actually make mixtapes using AUX and Spotify. I'm planning on making a TAPE one of these days with a collection of XGTAPE and XGVOX that you can only listen to on KZitem!
@Neige700
9 ай бұрын
Thank you for reacting to this awesome video 🔥 I'm always so impressed by XG versatility and music knowledge.
@jpopspeed1
9 ай бұрын
I still have my Sony Walkman
@calvinmitchell1274
9 ай бұрын
XG❤
@josephanthonygonzales9917
9 ай бұрын
If there's no subtitles you can check some color coded lyrics. It jas translated. Especially when checking "show you can" by maya and cocona. It also has some baseball reff
@avvmendoza
9 ай бұрын
The Xtraordinary Girls (XG) Rap line paying homage to the 90's and Rap oldheads.. They do it smoothly and respectfully. They love 90's hiphop and RnB,... Nobody does it like XG. They are fabulously phenoimenal. Zack, thank you for dissecting the bars and for your reaction. 👍💯🤗
@awordindueseason
9 ай бұрын
Nah, you won't run out anytime soon. In addition to their official videos and rap line vids, you also have their choreo practice videos, VOXvideos (where they individually highlight their best singers), and MOVE videos (highlight individual members and some group dancing). We'd love to watch you react to all those because it shows their range.
@nightday888
9 ай бұрын
There are fan made lyric videos of these that have the translations if you are interested in the bars
@nightday888
9 ай бұрын
Also, I would have loved to see your reactions to the docuseries, but I know its too late now
@Bluecrew27
9 ай бұрын
I absolutely love watching people react to the Documentary and behind the scenes footage. I don't know who told you people don't want to watch those reactions, but there are a ton of us XG fans who love those type reactions. Possibly post reactions to the rest of the docu series? A lot will watch, trust.
@ncvilla22
9 ай бұрын
XG is amazing, you should really listen to (show you can) with maya and cocona
@TipsyGipsy666
9 ай бұрын
Thank you for the reaction 🐺♾️👽
@OleDirtyBastard68
9 ай бұрын
I have to go on a bit of a rant here, because I think this is a genius level masterpiece of production ... but for different reasons than others think. It's your fault Zack, why did you have to mention that XG are badass 😉. This could be a bit longer, feel free to just click me away. You won't hurt me. But maybe it's of interest to some people. For the necessary background ... I'm not a musician, or producer, or director, and my dancing skills rank somewhere between Godzilla and a lame turtle. I do, however, have a background in acting - stage, not screen - and a bit of playwriting as well. So, like a professional dancer sees things in a choreo that I wouldn't notice on my own if my life depended on it, I see some things that others don't. Like, I know a thing or two how you convey certain personality aspects, traits or attributes on stage, without being obvious about it. So, if you've seen some interviews or background videos, you will know that the girls aren't actually real gangsters in real life. They are emotional, they are shy, they are goofy, they are silly. Yet they come across as real badass on stage/video. How? For a good part it is of course real raw charisma, and the confidence of knowing that they are the Last Seven Standing after a grueling selection process. But beyond that, Simon is actually playing all the tricks in the books to *convey* this badassness in the videos. And usually in fiendishly clever ways. One example of badassness is being stoic, non-reactionary. This is what Tape #2 is all about - they are barely moving, controlled, at best very small gestures. You don't bother me, I don't have to flail around. Very badass. Tape #3A has a different, but as devastating approach. Another aspect of showing badassness is ... breaking rules. And this one here is masterclass of breaking rules. In Tape #2, Maya and Harvey also looked like badass - think of Maya's eyepatch as just one example. But here? Nope. More bright colors, simple hairstyles, they just look cute. Super cute. Especially Harvey in her sweetie summer dress. Super super cute cute. And this is amplified by the second line in the song, which is repeated several times: "Two little Asians, what is all the hype?" But we are just two small girls, Sir! **insert innocent eye pop here** Yeah. Sure. Next thing you know, they start spitting death and destruction. And I mean that literally, not just figuratively. Look at the bars. Harvey is killing it like John Wick (not exactly a PG-13 character); she also references MCU's Captain America with his catchphrase "I can do this all day" that he uses every time when he is badly beaten up. Maya takes over with "super saiyan slaying it" ... Saiyan in the Dragonball anime series are an aggressive extraterrestial warrior race. Their bars are brutal. They are bloody. And they are delivered with the cutest of voices, in the cutest of outfits, with a shy little smile. Complete disconnect between appearance and content. And this, ladies and gentlemen, this is how you break rules. Which leads to the ultimate paradoxon of Tape 3A - the girls look badass by not looking badass. It would not work if they were clad in black biker clothes. And it would not work if you reverse the personnel betwen tapes 3A and 3B - Cocona and Jurin don't have the voices for sweet and innocent; Harvey and Maya have. So, are there more examples where XG is breaking rules? You bet. It's everywhere, but usually quite subtle and short. In the TGIF MV, there is no intro - we are thrown right into the middle. But that's not how you do songs. Every song under the sun has an intro, even if only for a second. Not TGIF. They just broke a universally accepted rule. Badass. When we drop into the chorus for the first time in the Girl Gang MV, and they are dancing, for a single second the one in the middle (it's Maya) is slightly out of sync. A few reactors did notice this, leading to comments like "Oh somebody was sleeping" or "Perhaps this was the best take they had.". Erm, no. This was intentional. I don't have to guess here, because they do exactly the same move in the dance practice. At this stage in the choreo a group is *supposed* to be completely in sync for it to "look good". Except that they aren't. They broke another rule. Badass. It's usually really subtle and short, and most people don't even notice because there is so much going on. But somewhere, in the backyard of your subconscious mind, something takes note and makes click "Duh, they broke a rule again. Badass!" Again, and again, and again, in each MV. If Simon sometime in the future runs for world leader, he has my vote. He's badass. And that's what I wanted to share.
@zack_reacts
9 ай бұрын
I did read your comment, and I appreciate it- thought out. Please understand I am VERY new to learning about them (sans judgement). Hang with me- I'll get there.
@PinguinosAzulez
4 ай бұрын
Harvey is my bias. She’s so cute! Yet katana sharp when she raps
@dubs460
9 ай бұрын
I thought I was so slick being by recording MP3s onto cassettes, but it was a pain to do. If a side was say, 45 min, you had to let the tape record through the whole 45 min. And you had to plan out your playlist because if the song durations don't fit, your last song either gets cut off, or you'll have a few minutes of dead silence at the end of the tape. Good times. Oh yea, XG. They (or their ghostwriters) also like to reference their own material. Stuff like "ate the last tape" (= tape 2 xypher), "Pre G O Ds," "still shooting stars," etc. Bonus self shout-out in their tape 2 "tip toeing around the globe" (opening line in Maya's verse).
@davidgollinger7376
22 күн бұрын
The Girls write their own tapes and Xyphers an well as having some creative input on the rest of it
@redrumboi56
9 ай бұрын
Love the reference to the school bus taking us to school. Never noticed it. 🔥🐺❤️
@syndicatepoogie
9 ай бұрын
I can do this all day No Cap till inifinity - Steve Rogers “I can do this all day” Captain america.
@kingbyouchoob2488
9 ай бұрын
Cannot wait until you react to "Show You Can" (Shoryuken) from Cocona and Maya from the Street Fighter Woman Dance Crew Competition TV Show. They go hard in that one. And you still got Tape 3-B Cocona and Jurin 🔥 Loving your XG journey brother 🐺
@MsNekaa26
9 ай бұрын
Bang 49ERS❤❤❤ XG ❤❤❤
@KRapPsychic
9 ай бұрын
bang bang niner gang! XG ain't playing, just like the Niners. They are here to dominate!
@CharlieSwag559
9 ай бұрын
check out tape 3B jurin n cocona
@아자001
7 ай бұрын
Man its like you know all the references 😂😂😂
@lisac243
9 ай бұрын
Hi Zack! BP and Anthony Ray’s new song Ugly Boys is 🔥 reactor love ❤
@zack_reacts
9 ай бұрын
My dudes. Saw that - they doing work!
@eli-io6uo
9 ай бұрын
there's subs on the bottom of the video haha
@jaytibby
9 ай бұрын
No..i don't have anything that could play a cassette tape😂😂
@dylandillyd6076
8 ай бұрын
Litterally sub in the music 💀😭
@NEl2Dx
9 ай бұрын
Eagles got smacked
@zack_reacts
9 ай бұрын
i wish i could throw glitter and bananas at this comment.
@Bannysadkosays2u
9 ай бұрын
Students don't dissect frogs while the animals are still alive, so why dissect a song that way? I don't mean wait til the song dies, naturally, but why not let it run through the first time so you can feel the full effect of its flow and vibe? I do appreciate your insight and knowledge of hip-hop, just want reactors to really hear and see the songs/mvs that I myself love. That's the main reason I check out reaction vids. This was just a suggestion. I'm still subscribed and I'll keep tuning in.
@Robert_Jacobs
9 ай бұрын
Sometimes it’s copyright, though XG and XGALX are extraordinarily lax on that, other times it’s just pure excitement. I can tell from your pic you’re a KPop fan, you know how some of these companies can be with copyright strikes. I’m sure he listens to the songs again afterwords all the way through uninterrupted.
@Bannysadkosays2u
9 ай бұрын
@@Robert_Jacobs I believe he listens to the songs again as well. Big Kpop fan here, oh yes, but mostly into the girl groups. I just feel so passionate about those songs that I love, and it's so nice to watch reactors who are so absorbed in the mv that they really aren't saying anything at all, until the song ends anyway, you know? Chill Wookie is one of the best. She watches the mv twice, sharing her thoughts during her second viewing.
@Robert_Jacobs
9 ай бұрын
@@Bannysadkosays2u me too! girl group fans for the win!!! I get it, especially because you wanna sing along to the song as they are reacting and pauses cut that up.
@bankrollplays5744
9 ай бұрын
sighhh 49ers fans won and act like it was the super bowl better get ready for the revenge game in the nfc championship
@zack_reacts
9 ай бұрын
You think that's going to go different? Eagles fans act like the own something when they haven't really beaten anyone good handedly and that loss last year was our RB at QB. Talk yo talk Eagles fan... Cant wait!
@bankrollplays5744
9 ай бұрын
@@zack_reacts bro we beat the dolphins and chiefs and cowgirls wym we haven’t beat anyone yall only won bc players refused to wrap up and desai cant draw up a play on yac recievers but dont worry yall better make it to the nfc championship dont lose to the cowgirls
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