"I'm a griot, make you peacock your arm" is a dope line most people don't get. A griot is the African village elder/ storyteller that tells the oral history, poetry and other stories of his people. The peacock your arm is referring to holding up your fist as a symbol of black pride.
It’s only strange because your perception of rap has been influenced. Although no one touches Black Thought lyrically, conscious hip hop was the norm, at first. Let’s help bring it back.
last line = "I tell a story like fingerprints and blood splatter" first line = "I'm sorry for your loss..." The way the end ties straight back into the beginning tho
I heard this freestyle for the first time almost three years ago. After I heard it, I played this freestyle so many times. Tariq Trotter is one of the most talented and one of the most intelligent of all time. He's an extraterrestrial. He's elite. It's abound with wisdom, storytelling, jewels, empowerment, upliftment, and multilayered bars. Things Fall Apart is one of the Roots albums. Roots is one of the best groups ever. Everybody Plays The Fool is an old school song that came out. I forgot the name of the singer. CB4 is a movie. Shariah Law is something that's against and antithetical to Islam. Cherie Amour is a French term that means Dear Beloved. Buzz B was a writer. Amalgamism means a blend. Pharaohe Monch is one of the greatest of all time. I've been rocking with Monch , Kool G Rap, Rakim, Black Thought for over ten years. Rakim God Allah and Pharoahe are two of the illest ever too. Pharaohe and Black 's REM song is on point and legendary. Old Kanye West was a monster for real for real. People used Henrietta Lacks 's cancer cells without her consent. The periodic table reference he spat is cool too.
The album Things Fall Apart is named after a book by Chinua Achebe about precolonial Nigeria and British colonialism, well worth the read if you haven’t already! And I think you’re confusing sharia law with something either being haram or halal. Sharia simply is Islamic law. Halal and haram refer to things being either allowed or disallowed according to Islamic rules/customs. I’d add Royce da 5’9” to that list btw. His last 2 albums were amazing & had some of the best verses I ever heard!
I think what sets Black Thought's verse apart from those (all amazing) verses is how literary/historical/philisophical it is while maintaining insane wordplay.
Deepak Chopra was a healer. Black Thought was saying he's a healer in this rap ish. He is saying that his lyrics heal and that his rapping is a real remedy.
I've seen several of these reactions, your is very good. Ultimately this freestyle needs a group of smart guys like you to provide their unique perspective together to fill the gaps. Great stuff Sir
When Tariq was on the jimmy fallon show as a guest, he said 80% of the bars were ideas in his head, but then none of it was like written down anywhere which is crazy
This is the best video breakdown I have seen on Black Thoughts immortal freestyle. You have great pace, seamless editing, and amazing breakdowns. Just a quick correction, 35:15 Black Thought was actually a College Professor, unreal right?! Just like his bars.
Black Thought is easily top 5 All Time, Dead or Alive. The amount of freestyles on TH-cam showing his talent should be considering mandatory watching for every writer, rapper or poet. He is a master at using language in unique ways to carry power in his message.
I thought this was a GREAT reaction - thank you!! One shout - I've watched a lot of these and one thing I still haven't noticed any reactors comment on is the line "I hate to say I told ya'll, but I told ya'll - THINGS FALL APART when the center too weak to hold ya'll." "Things Fall Apart" is the name of a Roots album a while back. In other words he literally "told ya'll" back in the '90s that "things fall apart" when shit is shit. But DAMN - over three years ago and this performance hasn't aged a day. GOAT.
Your memory recall is quite impressive. A lot of these bars go over people's heads. I have listened to this freestyle so many times. It's so refreshing that you are catching these barehanded
"They tried to capture me And brand me on the cheek with a fleur-de-lis The side of my heart'll be more discreet I'm international, my passport page is like War and Peace" "Fluer-de-lis" is a symbol of France and the French invaded and enslaved Russia which is overcome in the book "war and peace". My interpretation is he's saying he's well travelled, knowledgeable, free and in his heart will never be anothers slave.
Man you hit almost EVERY BAR.... I had a secondary interpretation for some of em, but still appreciated how closely you "listened" to the God! Respect!
There WILL NOT be a FREESTYLE that will top this one.....PERIOD! The lyrical mastery of though, history, life structure, analysis and just flat out verbal, tactical assault sets the unique introspection like no other!!! Thank You Black Thought!!!
Awesome breakdown! Very articulate and very comprehensive. Not much gets past you. Most would take quite a few listens and a dictionary to put it all together.. Excellent!
"Things Fall Apart" is also an Album The Roots made. The first one I bought actually, Learned about it from a skate video check out the song "100% dundee"
Funny that you mentioned Royce on a Black Thought vid.. Both of them feature on Tobe's latest track/vid that dropped yesterday. Here for all 38:08 of this!
Revolutionary bars! Salute to Black Thought for knowing his stuff. His knowledge is immense. That's praiseworthy right there. That Hamlet play is something that was talked about in one of my English classes when I was in high school.
@@devotheambivert9875 You know bars go hard when their similes morph a historical figure and a legendary theatric all the while maintaining the same theme of the rest of the freestyle. It’s what makes Black Thought Top 5 GOAT
this the one he missed that I was likeeeee damn! Cause he said wasn't no complex metaphors right when this part came (not that there isn't any) and I'm like there's a great one right there! Great breakdown by him and great catch by you.
You Royce & Thought just put out a new song. They're featured on a song called Father Figure by Tobe Nwigwe which actually you did a reaction to one of his songs. Bro c'mon. Royce ate that shit
Everybody misses the OGs and young Lions equally proud to listen hidden bar lol. Lion packs are called Prides... but first listening, I can’t hate lol 😅
U probably won’t see this 3 years in but glad u caught so much of what he was saying. Other reactions missed so much but u touched on almost all the real ish he was canting about. Nice listen
Love the reactions bro keep it up! There was one bar in there that was easy to miss, “we’re here like Henrietta, in the Cells” or something like that haha Henrietta Lax was the first patient to get her cancer cells cultured. I never thought I’d hear about that in a rap😂😂
He set the bar higher. Nobody has topped it. Nobody will ever top it. This is the greatest freestyle of all time. Written or not, These 10 minutes are the hardest bars to ever go over a microphone separate from a recording track
"I'm helping rappers everywhere fulfill their death wish" His right. Tariq is just so good that the other rappers have to call it a day in the rap game. 🎤
I was hoping you catch that Henrietta Lacks bar at 24:22. I felt retarded at the fact that you felt the need to break down the “what was on the wall that depends on what you call art” line. That bar didn’t need no explanation whatsoever because it was so basic. The Henrietta Lacks one seems to miss everyone’s radar and that was one of the hardest lines EVER! I watch a TON of reaction videos to this rap freestyle and only two people caught that one so far.
So excited for you to get back on some lyrical freestyles. Next logical step is marlon craft funk flex where he went 11 min cause he loved black thought's 10 min
"How much cb4 can we endure. It's like sharia law on mi cherie amore" One of my fav lines. CB4 was a movie in the 90's with Chris Rock about the industry creating fake rappers. So he is basically saying he can't take the fake rappers anymore. It's like an extreme (sharia law) false representation on his love (mi cherie amore) of rap. He is also Muslim and sharia law is also mis represented in the media also. He is so dope 🔥🔥🔥
How much more CB4 can we afford, it's like Sharia Law, on my Cherie Amour. CB4 was a movie that Chris Rock plays a corny rapper. Sharia law is Capital punishment in Islam. Cherie Amour is a love song by Stevie Wonder. How much more of these corn ball rappers can we listen to on the MIC, because it's like they are killing the lyrical craft that he loves. BARS with FACTS. HE'S THE GOAT!!!
You’ve probably already decided on what freestyles to do all week, but I’m still gonna keep pushing for Handlez McGee’s (first) HighOffLife freestyle. The wordplay and schemes on that one are mind-blowing.
Excellent breakdown of the bars homie. Subbed. Can you do Ray Vaughn's LA Leaker freestyle? You obviously catch bars, and Ray literally goes bar for bar for bar like an alcoholic.
That breakdown was sharp, didn't catch the plasma one after listening to this freestyle a thousand times where he talks about the blood leaking or "plasma shed" NICE!
Yo your historical and musical knowledge is impeccable. Especially appreciated on this video by rockin' RHCP (Best living Rock Band). Keep Killin it hermano! Stay Up.
About. Fucking. Time. The BEST Freestyle EVER on Funk Flex and could possibly be the BEST Freestyle of all time......you know what? Fuck it it IS. I ain't EVER heard a 10 min GO OFF like this and EVERY BAR JUST like his verses HIT. The man has NEVER had a whack verse! PERIOD! 🔥👌🏼💯
@3rdEarnest.......Great post. Me? Philly. Love "Black Thought-Tariq Trotters'" lyrics You did a pretty good job of his lyrical break-down! Big up! [BEST THAT EVER DID IT]. Now,...The bar is set!!! NO hate, ...yet, ....bring that smoke N.Y. (5-Boroughs to 1=Philly). SUP???
Black Thought has traveled to so many different places around the world. He's a world traveler. War And Peace is a voluminous book. I think it has over 1000 pages.
"They tried to capture me And brand me on the cheek with a fleur-de-lis The side of my heart'll be more discreet I'm international, my passport page is like War and Peace" "Fluer-de-lis" is a symbol of France, the French invaded and enslaved Russia which is overcome in the book "war and peace". My interpretation is he's saying he's well travelled, knowledgeable, free and in his heart will never be anothers slave. It's a double entendre, sous entendre is french too and means to "imply", saying something without saying it directly.. Genius..
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"I'm a griot, make you peacock your arm" is a dope line most people don't get. A griot is the African village elder/ storyteller that tells the oral history, poetry and other stories of his people. The peacock your arm is referring to holding up your fist as a symbol of black pride.
Facts . My friend I met in college went by Logic The Griot.
I knew something was there... I just didn't get it. Thanks for the explanations.
Thanks I didnt get that one, I didn't get griot and I was thinking of like tattooing your arm
SO MUCH in there..."rinse,repeat".
BARZ
It's always strange listening to black thought, he feels more of a preacher than a rapper. Gives me chills everytime
Just yesterday I was listening to Things Fall Apart album. The knowledge is real.
InstaBlaster...
It’s only strange because your perception of rap has been influenced. Although no one touches Black Thought lyrically, conscious hip hop was the norm, at first. Let’s help bring it back.
He is a real story teller.
Black Thought’s alliteration is crazy.
Estoy de acuerdo
last line = "I tell a story like fingerprints and blood splatter"
first line = "I'm sorry for your loss..."
The way the end ties straight back into the beginning tho
THERRRRRE YOU GO SON!!!👍🏽
I was starting to think I was a weirdo for putting that together and no one mentioned it....pre-shate’ dat’ fam 👍🏽😂
I caught that! This is a masterpiece!!
Yes Sir.....because it's the writing on the windows and the walls that tells the story...the building of a story in this was amazing....
OOOOOHHH SHIT!!! Dope Catch!!
His references of historical events and figures is what helps makes this timeless. And then there's the pure skill involve. He's on a different tier.
Literally no one touching Tariq, to me. Top 2 and he ain’t 2. Glad you’re kicking it off with this, let’s gooooo!
Big facts
facts
Hard to beat. He didn't waste a single bar. Advanced rhyme patterns equally matched by intellectual wordplay. God level M.C.
The "Sum of All Fears" line goes back to the Morgan Freeman line. He starred in that movie with Ben Affleck.
It's also a common expression
He said so much that you can sew the words and references and make a blanket that can wrap the planet around. 🤦🏾♂️🤯
@Vincent Sample I don't think it was, I think it was fairly straight forward bar, but hey it's open to interpretation🤷🏿♂️
I heard this freestyle for the first time almost three years ago. After I heard it, I played this freestyle so many times. Tariq Trotter is one of the most talented and one of the most intelligent of all time. He's an extraterrestrial. He's elite. It's abound with wisdom, storytelling, jewels, empowerment, upliftment, and multilayered bars. Things Fall Apart is one of the Roots albums. Roots is one of the best groups ever. Everybody Plays The Fool is an old school song that came out. I forgot the name of the singer. CB4 is a movie. Shariah Law is something that's against and antithetical to Islam. Cherie Amour is a French term that means Dear Beloved. Buzz B was a writer. Amalgamism means a blend. Pharaohe Monch is one of the greatest of all time. I've been rocking with Monch , Kool G Rap, Rakim, Black Thought for over ten years. Rakim God Allah and Pharoahe are two of the illest ever too. Pharaohe and Black 's REM song is on point and legendary. Old Kanye West was a monster for real for real. People used Henrietta Lacks 's cancer cells without her consent. The periodic table reference he spat is cool too.
You should definitly Listen to all their Albums..all madterpieces...specially Iladelphia halflife
@@komix1873 I did. I listened to their albums. I know the Illadelph Halflife. It's one of the best albums ever. It came out in 96.
@@devotheambivert9875 literally no bad tracks on that album
The album Things Fall Apart is named after a book by Chinua Achebe about precolonial Nigeria and British colonialism, well worth the read if you haven’t already! And I think you’re confusing sharia law with something either being haram or halal. Sharia simply is Islamic law. Halal and haram refer to things being either allowed or disallowed according to Islamic rules/customs. I’d add Royce da 5’9” to that list btw. His last 2 albums were amazing & had some of the best verses I ever heard!
@@kamielzeegers8106 I've read that. Great book.
"yours truly, the celestial being you stay seeing pullin up in the fresh European."
👁️😆👌🏽
......."High steppin' out of it (IT, being a Benz, Beamer,...) dressed to a tee, and not another with more Soule (un)'less you (are) Korean!"
Black Thought so underrated, absolute BEAST!
Facts XD and Royce da 59 also.
That Seoul, South Korea part was fire, coming from someone who is a Korean~ :D Black Thought, goddamn~
You may have given THE best analysis I have heard of this masterpiece (and I've heard dozens)!
Only ones that come close to this - Royce, Daylyt & King Los on LA Leakers, Murda Mook, Loaded Lux & Mysonne on Funk Flex, or any Locksmith freestyle.
Lux defffffffss
I think what sets Black Thought's verse apart from those (all amazing) verses is how literary/historical/philisophical it is while maintaining insane wordplay.
Black Thought is just an absolute beast on the mic. He's been about bars since the 90s~
Roots are underrated and Fallon is Soo lucky to have them on his show
Deepak Chopra was a healer. Black Thought was saying he's a healer in this rap ish. He is saying that his lyrics heal and that his rapping is a real remedy.
Probably the best breakdown I’ve heard thus far, salute 🫡👌🏾
I've seen several of these reactions, your is very good. Ultimately this freestyle needs a group of smart guys like you to provide their unique perspective together to fill the gaps. Great stuff Sir
I come back to this all the time, the best analysis of this freestyle thus far...
When Tariq was on the jimmy fallon show as a guest, he said 80% of the bars were ideas in his head, but then none of it was like written down anywhere which is crazy
I have watched this freestyle well over 100 times and this probably has to be my 3rd or 4th time watching Ernest's breakdown. Bonified classic.
Los - LA Leakers freestyle is a great one!
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This is the best video breakdown I have seen on Black Thoughts immortal freestyle. You have great pace, seamless editing, and amazing breakdowns.
Just a quick correction, 35:15 Black Thought was actually a College Professor, unreal right?! Just like his bars.
If Tariq isn't in your top 10 , you're waffling !
and huffing 😂😂😂
And fosiling
IMO he's top 3, to me he's second only to Em and Royce
top 5, where the legends are
I can’t name 9 better. He’s the 🐐
Black Thought is easily top 5 All Time, Dead or Alive. The amount of freestyles on TH-cam showing his talent should be considering mandatory watching for every writer, rapper or poet. He is a master at using language in unique ways to carry power in his message.
I thought this was a GREAT reaction - thank you!!
One shout - I've watched a lot of these and one thing I still haven't noticed any reactors comment on is the line "I hate to say I told ya'll, but I told ya'll - THINGS FALL APART when the center too weak to hold ya'll."
"Things Fall Apart" is the name of a Roots album a while back. In other words he literally "told ya'll" back in the '90s that "things fall apart" when shit is shit.
But DAMN - over three years ago and this performance hasn't aged a day. GOAT.
Black did The Learning (Burn) by Mobb Deep instrumental justice for real. He did not mess up. His breath control is incredible.
“it ain’t strenuous to come from a continuous breathe”
- Black Thought, Funk Flex Freestyle
Your breakdown was FUCKING incredible. I love your live real time fact checking during the video. Good luck with your platform.
Good analysis bro!!! I’ve watched atleast 50 reactions to this video and you were the most on point thus far.
Black thought is an alien. An alien like Lupe 3k and doom. A Special group of artists who can’t be mimicked or done justice to🗣️🗣️
Great job on the breakdown.
BLACK THOUGHT always been top tier greatness !
Daylyt, Marlon Craft, King Los, Mysonne on Sway. You won’t be disappointed.
Yesss bro, PLEASE do that LA Leakers King los freestyle🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Craft!
Crafty never get under cut by the upper handed
Yup, I like craft’s second appearance the best
craft a real MC
Your memory recall is quite impressive. A lot of these bars go over people's heads. I have listened to this freestyle so many times. It's so refreshing that you are catching these barehanded
God Mc. He’s always been my #1. Glad everyone’s else is finally catching on. GREAT reaction brotha. Thank you!
"They tried to capture me
And brand me on the cheek with a fleur-de-lis
The side of my heart'll be more discreet
I'm international, my passport page is like War and Peace"
"Fluer-de-lis" is a symbol of France and the French invaded and enslaved Russia which is overcome in the book "war and peace".
My interpretation is he's saying he's well travelled, knowledgeable, free and in his heart will never be anothers slave.
24:22 If I heard that right, that's a Henrietta Lacks reference, and that's a bar!
Dude literally decode every line of this freestyle. Thanks, appreciate it!
Yooo he just did a song with Tobe Nwigwe and Royce da 5’9
Man you hit almost EVERY BAR.... I had a secondary interpretation for some of em, but still appreciated how closely you "listened" to the God! Respect!
You gave one the the best (if not THE best) breakdown of his ingenious lyrics I've seen thus far!
There WILL NOT be a FREESTYLE that will top this one.....PERIOD! The lyrical mastery of though, history, life structure, analysis and just flat out verbal, tactical assault sets the unique introspection like no other!!! Thank You Black Thought!!!
Yessirrrrrrrrrr. Black Thought = legendary status. He's his own type of GOAT 🐐 🤝🏾💪🏽💪🏽🥳🔥
Awesome breakdown! Very articulate and very comprehensive. Not much gets past you. Most would take quite a few listens and a dictionary to put it all together.. Excellent!
"Things Fall Apart" is also an Album The Roots made. The first one I bought actually, Learned about it from a skate video check out the song "100% dundee"
I watch alot of reactions on black thought freestyle which we all know was straight fire I like the way broke it down good shit keep up the good work
Funny that you mentioned Royce on a Black Thought vid.. Both of them feature on Tobe's latest track/vid that dropped yesterday. Here for all 38:08 of this!
Internal Affairs Album by Pharoahe Monch that came out in 1999 is one of the best hip-hop albums of all time.
“Ive been having visions of Nat Turner holding his masters head like Yorick and Horatio in Hamlet”.
Revolutionary bars! Salute to Black Thought for knowing his stuff. His knowledge is immense. That's praiseworthy right there. That Hamlet play is something that was talked about in one of my English classes when I was in high school.
Nat Turner 1831 Rebellion
@@devotheambivert9875 You know bars go hard when their similes morph a historical figure and a legendary theatric all the while maintaining the same theme of the rest of the freestyle. It’s what makes Black Thought Top 5 GOAT
this the one he missed that I was likeeeee damn! Cause he said wasn't no complex metaphors right when this part came (not that there isn't any) and I'm like there's a great one right there! Great breakdown by him and great catch by you.
Great reaction man! I've listened to Thought's freestyle regularly and you picked up some bars that I still hadn't figured out yet. Great stuff bro!
If you wanna get it all go check out "Lost In Vegas" review.
Freakonomics is the name of the book in which macroeconomic things are talked about.
The awkward small talk may be a reference to talk show. Possibly saying he gets paid more than $300k for being in Jimmy Fallon
One of my Favorite freestyles.. no one compares to black thought! 💯🔥🔥🔥
Been waiting on this one fam, Mysonne funk flex freestyle next please ❤️❤️👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Ernest, this is easily the best reaction to this video I have seen
can't believe this is your first time hearing this. this is what got me into rap
This is the apex of poetic genius
BRUHHH I WAS WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO DO THIS!!! Thought killed it... and you killed it with the breakdown as usual xD
You Royce & Thought just put out a new song. They're featured on a song called Father Figure by Tobe Nwigwe which actually you did a reaction to one of his songs. Bro c'mon. Royce ate that shit
This 🔥
When did it drop?
@@adegbiteanjolaoluwa999 yesterday
Just said the same thing 🔥
Everybody misses the OGs and young Lions equally proud to listen hidden bar lol. Lion packs are called Prides... but first listening, I can’t hate lol 😅
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U probably won’t see this 3 years in but glad u caught so much of what he was saying. Other reactions missed so much but u touched on almost all the real ish he was canting about. Nice listen
You got mad skills bro, you belong to this channels
Best reaction channel on TH-cam, Keep Grindin!
Love the reactions bro keep it up! There was one bar in there that was easy to miss, “we’re here like Henrietta, in the Cells” or something like that haha Henrietta Lax was the first patient to get her cancer cells cultured. I never thought I’d hear about that in a rap😂😂
my boy!!missed those kind of vids!that was a masterclass
He set the bar higher. Nobody has topped it. Nobody will ever top it. This is the greatest freestyle of all time. Written or not, These 10 minutes are the hardest bars to ever go over a microphone separate from a recording track
Omgoodness, Crazy Level Spitt, Very Great Commentary & Reaction❣️❣️ #FeelingSpeechless
Yooooo!!! I saw funk flex Black Thought freestyle and I just clicked with out thinking about it lol. Been waiting g for this reaction from u
Damn bro, been waiting years for this lol!! 🔥🔥🔥 Gotta do the Loaded Lux one! Or Handlez McGee High Off Life freestyle!
I like how u catching these bars quick... im definitely Subscribing
"I'm helping rappers everywhere fulfill their death wish"
His right. Tariq is just so good that the other rappers have to call it a day in the rap game. 🎤
I was hoping you catch that Henrietta Lacks bar at 24:22. I felt retarded at the fact that you felt the need to break down the “what was on the wall that depends on what you call art” line. That bar didn’t need no explanation whatsoever because it was so basic. The Henrietta Lacks one seems to miss everyone’s radar and that was one of the hardest lines EVER! I watch a TON of reaction videos to this rap freestyle and only two people caught that one so far.
No way he hit me with the "I'm a Apex Predator" line... I love that game.
"I don't burn bridges though I keep the haters running for 'em" ....gotta write that down somewhere.
So excited for you to get back on some lyrical freestyles. Next logical step is marlon craft funk flex where he went 11 min cause he loved black thought's 10 min
I think yes, I am blown away with this. What a fire awesome reaction! Amazing . I love that guy who said "At All!" Hahaha
Hi from Costa Rica 🇨🇷, love what you do bro!!!🤙🏻
"How much cb4 can we endure. It's like sharia law on mi cherie amore" One of my fav lines. CB4 was a movie in the 90's with Chris Rock about the industry creating fake rappers. So he is basically saying he can't take the fake rappers anymore. It's like an extreme (sharia law) false representation on his love (mi cherie amore) of rap. He is also Muslim and sharia law is also mis represented in the media also. He is so dope 🔥🔥🔥
Great breakdown 👍🏻
Wordsmith, wordbender, storyteller. 😊
I've waited so long for freestyle time ❣️
How much more CB4 can we afford, it's like Sharia Law, on my Cherie Amour.
CB4 was a movie that Chris Rock plays a corny rapper. Sharia law is Capital punishment in Islam. Cherie Amour is a love song by Stevie Wonder. How much more of these corn ball rappers can we listen to on the MIC, because it's like they are killing the lyrical craft that he loves. BARS with FACTS. HE'S THE GOAT!!!
You’ve probably already decided on what freestyles to do all week, but I’m still gonna keep pushing for Handlez McGee’s (first) HighOffLife freestyle. The wordplay and schemes on that one are mind-blowing.
Excellent breakdown of the bars homie. Subbed.
Can you do Ray Vaughn's LA Leaker freestyle? You obviously catch bars, and Ray literally goes bar for bar for bar like an alcoholic.
That breakdown was sharp, didn't catch the plasma one after listening to this freestyle a thousand times where he talks about the blood leaking or "plasma shed" NICE!
you did a good job with your breakdown fam.
Unbelievable freestyle 🔥🔥Great breakdown ‼‼
This dude is just straight 🔥 and sick with his words as fluck always has been
Best reaction, definitely most enlightening.Fireee.
Could you please break down new song “Father Figure” Royce got tight delivery and dope bars
Yo your historical and musical knowledge is impeccable. Especially appreciated on this video by rockin' RHCP (Best living Rock Band). Keep Killin it hermano! Stay Up.
Black Thought is ridiculous.
“Earth, wind and fire badiyah” 33:07 like in the song Brazilian Rhyme by Earth, Wind and Fire where basically all they say is Badiyah 🔥
About. Fucking. Time. The BEST Freestyle EVER on Funk Flex and could possibly be the BEST Freestyle of all time......you know what? Fuck it it IS. I ain't EVER heard a 10 min GO OFF like this and EVERY BAR JUST like his verses HIT. The man has NEVER had a whack verse! PERIOD! 🔥👌🏼💯
Amazing breakdown, real attention to the references
@3rdEarnest.......Great post. Me? Philly. Love "Black Thought-Tariq Trotters'" lyrics
You did a pretty good job of his lyrical break-down! Big up!
[BEST THAT EVER DID IT].
Now,...The bar is set!!!
NO hate, ...yet, ....bring that smoke N.Y. (5-Boroughs to 1=Philly).
SUP???
King Los - LA Leaker freestyle, hands down the best freestyle of 2019.
Yes and Marlon craft five fingers of death is a close second. No cap.
Daylyt says "Hold my beer"
@@nickledonne90 Yeah that one is up there too.
I don't think there's a better freestyle better than this one ever in history but I do like King Los freestyle.
Make sure to do Oswin Benjamin 2019 on Sway. This was what inspired him, he's probably the greatest lyricist out right now
Black Thought has traveled to so many different places around the world. He's a world traveler. War And Peace is a voluminous book. I think it has over 1000 pages.
"They tried to capture me
And brand me on the cheek with a fleur-de-lis
The side of my heart'll be more discreet
I'm international, my passport page is like War and Peace"
"Fluer-de-lis" is a symbol of France, the French invaded and enslaved Russia which is overcome in the book "war and peace".
My interpretation is he's saying he's well travelled, knowledgeable, free and in his heart will never be anothers slave.
It's a double entendre, sous entendre is french too and means to "imply", saying something without saying it directly..
Genius..
17:52-17:56 is the best reaction of the all! Sums everything up in 6 words.