I think the vast majority of rappers write so much material that they’ve committed to memory that a freestyle isn’t a pure freestyle. I think the really great ones can turn memorized bars into an evolving flow for their current situation. I also think there’s just dem dudes that can flow at a drop of a hat.
My white cousin went to jail and said Rage Against the Machine lyrics helped him earn respect in "freestyle" battles
Fantano said on his review of the song that on drakes next album he should purchase all the beats, write his raps then throw them in the garbage and let Freddie rap
How are we labeling freestyle rappers? Jigga claims to freestyle his rhymes but I don’t buy it. Songs are far to structured most of the time but there does seem to be cohesion lacking in his raps that Nas definitely has. I buy that Lil Wayne does because most of his shit makes absolutely no sense. Ghostface says he freestyles his way through supreme clientele and that’s hilarious when you consider how people regard that album
I can think about 20 legit freestylers off the top of my head, granted they come from my era which lead me to the Hieroglyphic Crew vs Hobo Junction On the Wake up Show w/Sway in 1994 still the most epic freestyle I ever heard and most talked about in Bay Area history, got heated that guns were pulled
I read about his process and it’s pretty much stringing together mini freestyles. Get faded af, go to studio, put on beat, zone out. When you come up with a couple of lines, stand up and say them in the mic. Repeat ad infinitum to string together verses
Makes sense. He’s made a career (and even an argument as an all timer) out of rapping absolute bullshit then hitting you with a haymaker of a one liner
Southern nerds are always tryna prop him up as that southern representative in the hip hop elite… I’m always like: dudes, Scarface, Bun B, TI, THREE STACKS AND BIG BOI.. they’re standing RIGHT THERE
Not a huge Wayne guy, but Carter I, Carter II, and Dedication - No Ceilings mixtape Wayne were top fucking tier. Carter II was a nearly flawless album that brought real lyricism back to mainstream hip hop following the 50 Cent era.
Maybe. Although he was spitting pretty hard on a lot of those joints too. But I do love that era of Wayne. Everything outside of that has been trash though and he did usher in a huge generation of really shitty rappers, so I get the hate.
yeah you have a guy like supernat that can have stuff passed up to the stage through the crowd and give 4-8 bars off the top and then grab the next object and so on and so on for 10-15 minutes easily most admit that they have certain words or phrases they fall back on to buy some time when they get lost though
freestyling is to rapping / making music as 1 on 1 hoops is to the nba its nice to have but not part of commercial success
more like dunkers you’re watching thinking goddamn that’s incredible, but this is the only place it’ll ever work juice is my favorite freestyler (definitely biased ‘cause i was around him throughout my teens) and he’s only made maybe 3 songs i’ve ever liked
Tryna listen to this Injury Reserve album based on its critical reception but I just don’t like critics I guess
HWH8- Westside Gunn Bo Jackson EP- Boldy James and The Alchemist KD2- Nas and Hit Boy Vince Staples- Vince Staples The Course of The Inevitable- Lloyd Banks The House Is Burning- Isaiah Rashad Pray for Haiti- Mach Homme All The Brilliant Things- Skyzoo La Maquina- Conway The Plugs I Met 2- Benny The Butcher and Harry Fraud Top 3 are certified. Rest are interchangeable. Tyler had a good album as well that I just don’t go back to
I find myself "growing out of it" a little bit, because I'm not about slanging and fucking bitches anymore at the moment. But interest can be cyclical like that. I've had big periods before of going all hip hop, no hip hop etc. I am definitely not saying I want an album of dad rap from Chance The Rapper because no one except Boo MFer! wants that
I just find that the stories and pictures painted within rap music continues to be interesting for me. I don’t look at it as slanging as much as I see it as surviving and it’s not so much fucking bitches as it is getting laid. I still listen for the new shit that reminds me of the old shit but I keep an ear out for anything interesting
From what I understand, Devin The Dude had an incredible album this year as well that I’ve yet to listen to. May get on that today and report back. I was a huge fan of his growing up