Several stars have graced the Open Mic stage in 2023. To celebrate the new year, Genius is looking back at the Top 10 performances from the series (based on YouTube views). It features viral trendsetters like Aliyah’s Interlude, Coco Jones, and Coi Leray; rising acts like 41, BoyWithUke, and DD Osama; and global hitmakers like Young Miko, Ayra Starr, Myke Towers, and NCT 127. Here’s a roundup of the year’s top performances based on views.
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00:00 (upbeat music)
00:02 (upbeat music)
00:05 ♪ Check the facts, go check that ♪
00:13 ♪ Check the facts, go check that ♪
00:15 ♪ Check the stats, go check that ♪
00:16 ♪ Check that, check that ♪
00:18 ♪ Check the facts, go check that ♪
00:20 ♪ Check the facts, go check that ♪
00:22 ♪ Check the stats, go check that ♪
00:24 ♪ Check that, check that ♪
00:25 ♪ Check that ♪
00:26 ♪ Ooh, I'm gonna get sad ♪
00:29 ♪ Check that, check that ♪
00:31 ♪ Go with the world and check that ♪
00:33 (singing in foreign language)
01:00 ♪ Bitch, you know I'm sexy ♪
01:02 ♪ Ugh, don't call, just text me ♪
01:04 ♪ Bitches slow, can't get on my speed ♪
01:06 ♪ They stare 'cause they know I'm the I-T-G-I-R-L ♪
01:10 ♪ You know I am that girl ♪
01:12 ♪ Shh, bitch don't kiss and tell ♪
01:14 ♪ It girl from A-T-L-I-I-T-G-I-R-L ♪
01:18 ♪ You know I am that girl ♪
01:19 ♪ Shh, bitch don't kiss and tell ♪
01:21 ♪ It girl from A-T-L ♪
01:23 ♪ Right, off the block and drip, right there ♪
01:26 ♪ Off the deuce and I'm litty ♪
01:27 ♪ I got no party with all the new data ♪
01:29 ♪ I got my bitch like, "Oh, my God" ♪
01:31 ♪ And then she got me back ♪
01:33 ♪ Bitch, when is we fuckin' again? ♪
01:35 ♪ They kept the pussy as good, I'ma spend ♪
01:37 ♪ But fuck it, good kick at the gym ♪
01:39 ♪ She a doody, could tell by the wood ♪
01:40 ♪ Like what? ♪
01:41 ♪ Shit, walk, can't even talk ♪
01:42 ♪ Mother be easy, might cop a Birkin ♪
01:44 ♪ What you think? ♪
01:45 ♪ Yeah, I'm workin' ♪
01:45 ♪ Like, I'm a superstar, fuck you ♪
01:47 ♪ Like, I'm a superstar, fuck you ♪
01:49 ♪ Think all my bad bitches to the right ♪
01:50 ♪ Like all my gangsta niggas to my left ♪
01:52 ♪ Do my lil' thing, she love I-Step ♪
01:54 ♪ Said, "Diddy, you do the best" ♪
01:55 ♪ Like all my bad bitches to the right ♪
01:57 ♪ Like all my gangsta niggas to my left ♪
01:59 ♪ Do my lil' thing, she love I-Step ♪
02:01 ♪ Said, "Diddy, you do the best" ♪
02:04 ♪ Before I die, need a little bit ♪
02:06 ♪ I just need a little bit more ♪
02:09 ♪ Before I die, I just wanna be rich ♪
02:11 ♪ I don't wanna die poor ♪
02:14 ♪ Before I die, wanna marry her ♪
02:16 ♪ And then I wanna divorce ♪
02:19 ♪ Before I die, I don't wanna die young ♪
02:21 ♪ I just wanna live more ♪
02:25 ♪ Because you've got a feel and a soul ♪
02:30 ♪ That I need in my life, babe ♪
02:33 ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
02:37 ♪ And though we may grow ♪
02:39 ♪ I don't know why we don't grow up hard, babe ♪
02:44 ♪ Babe, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
02:50 ♪ Your homie Jack Pata, hei dey go Ghana ♪
02:53 ♪ He never thought you dey from Papas ♪
02:56 ♪ Which cry money we never see before ♪
02:59 ♪ Go sell on me, go me feeling I'm the one ♪
03:01 ♪ Aje, aje, aje ♪
03:05 ♪ Can never take my cake away, aje ♪
03:08 ♪ You can count my grace ♪
03:10 ♪ I just dey my lane, my lane ♪
03:14 ♪ Dame contacto, le digo mi diabla ♪
03:17 ♪ Sabe lo que hace, el oído me habla ♪
03:20 ♪ Le toco su cuerpo, eso es lo que ella ama ♪
03:23 ♪ Y prende la webcam cuando está en su cama ♪
03:26 ♪ Dame contacto, le digo mi diabla ♪
03:29 ♪ Sabe lo que hace, el oído me ♪
03:31 ♪ Yeah, le toco su cuerpo, eso es lo que ella ama ♪
03:35 ♪ Y prende la webcam cuando está en su ♪
03:37 ♪ Rocks on my fingers like a nigga wife me ♪
03:39 ♪ Got another shorty, she ain't nothing like me, yeah ♪
03:42 ♪ 'Bout to catch another flight ♪
03:44 ♪ The apple bottom make her wanna bite, yeah ♪
03:46 ♪ I just wanna have a good night ♪
03:49 ♪ I just wanna have a good night ♪
03:50 ♪ Hold up, if you don't know, now you know ♪
03:53 ♪ If you broke, then you gotta let 'em go ♪
03:55 ♪ You could have anybody, any money, mo' ♪
03:57 ♪ 'Cause when you a boss, you could do what you want ♪
04:00 (claps)