Ab-Soul Spits Bars Over 2Pac's "Hit 'Em Up" & Biggie's "Who Shot Ya" In L.A. Leakers Freestyle Debut
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ธ.ค. 2022
- The home team is in the building with us for this debut L.A. Leakers Freestyle 155 featuring TDE’s own, Ab-Soul.
Gearing up for the release of his ‘Herbert’ album, the Carson native pulled up to deliver a two-piece freestyle as a first-time emcee on the Justin Credible and DJ Sourmilk featured series. Taking on the iconic tracks from two of hip-hop’s most legendary voices, 2Pac’s “Hit ‘Em Up” and Notorious B.I.G.’s “Who Shot Ya,” Ab wasted no time with his wordplay and let his lyrical prowess speak for itself.
“I ain’t trippin’ off of y’all Top 5, save your statements, all your documents are falsified,” spits the Cali native. “We the mafia of the West, I know K.Dot left. That’s still my partner in crime, respect the family ties," he continues.
Ab-Soul definitely laced freestyle 155 with the TDE energy.
Directed, filmed & edited by @atribecalledhiphop
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“My wordplay is top tier like my boss just cried” 😮😮😂 lmao bro slid this whole freestyle
can you explain that bar to me??
@@Kingsmart14top tier
Top tear
Top = top dawg
Wordplay on tier / tear.
Top tear = top dawg crying
He came with that heat like always
@@Kingsmart14 top tier lyrics
@@ItsGiovanie thats not clever though.
He ain't no rapper. He's a lyricist!! 🔥🔥
A poet
Nah, he the Messiah
🦁👏
Na na na 😂 he's souloho3 #theBlackLipPastorTheProphetTheGad
Wicked Carson like egar Ellen Poe
"My niggaz said the system' set
Why fight it, we're in the net"
Best wifi bar I've ever heard
Listen to World Wide Web by him
He said why "wifi" it ....
Damn never caught that one I’ve watch this tonsss of times
I ain't gonna lie, Kendrick is def one of the greatest rappers ever but I think Ab-Soul truly the best out of TDE (I know unpopular opinion).. his bars and lyrics are on a different planet
Kendrick has said the only one rapping better than him is soul
@@lakryth8741 Big facts
Your opinion isn't unpopular most hip hop head will agree with you. Cause you're right Ab is the Best in TDE
When they asked everybody from TDE who was the best Jay Roc Schoolboy and Kendrick all said Soul 😎
It’s not a unpopular opinion it’s been that way for the last 13 years. Solo been THAT ONE.
Soul is getting his mojo back...the fresh look, fresh content, the God flow...giving us what we loved about conscious rap in the early 2010s.
He lowkey saving rap again...pay attention new fans 🖤🌙🧿🙏🏾
"When I say I'm the nicest 😄, I really mean it 😡"
Forever a wordplay wordsmith!
very slick
I’ll be on a track with Soulo check my fire music
Black Lip Pastor 😎⛪️💪🏾🔥
On god
cant get back what you never lost..
Bro the sniffle adlibs when he started the covid bars were so fuckin fire
Crazy!!
Also I feel like it’s a method man nod
The way his last bar over Tupac's Hit Em Up included the words 'hit em up' then then next bar when Who Shot Ya dropped he said 'Im bigger than Christopher' was pure magic.
AS BIG AS*
The fact this man WAS STILL HUMBLE TO THE OG’S WHILE GOIN CRAZY WAS 🔥
Well he gets to pick the beats soo yea
@@BigShotKev you got some insider information?
1:40
I had to stroll to see if anyone else spoke on it first
That was fire and came together like he planned
"Whipping work in hells kitchen blindfolded like the Daredevil, Marvel at my madness my methods fantastic" What a bar😩
The way he ended the Robinhood line perfectly on that last snare was like a final boss flex for a emcee 🔥🔥🔥
caught that!!
@@Dangizzle It’s the subtle things like that alot of ppl don’t catch & appreciate
Robinhood sold his bow for a draco!!!! Bro i cant even imagine lyrics like this & he does it at ease.
That and the sniffles when mentioning he’s covid-20
He flexed on that line The Rich getting richer the & the poor getting slicker even Robin Hood sold his bow for a Dracco ni99a! Bang!
The "Who Shot Ya" beat automatically turned him into a monster
I feel like it's 2012 again and I'm trynna convince my friends ab soul is the best rapper alive. That final line was perfection.
bro!! Fr. Time has shown we don't even have to speak for the man no more.
I have managed to convince 5 friends of Mine and now They are so Addicted to His Art
Just wrote my thoughts out lol
Me right now!!! Got on late
just saw him live last night and im convinced he wears that crown
Ab-Soul been criminally underrated for years
I’m on my way up
1:12 hahaha Sole shot ya!
@@snakethegemini see you at the top bro
It’s So Criminal
A whole decade and some change bro. He better get his shine this time around.
If you REALLY know soul as a lyricist you know majority of this was LEGIT FREESTYLE, give this man his damn flowers now.
💯🔥
Yezzir this the last lyricist
He started off with Hit him up then when the beat switched he went straight to a Biggie bar.. it's different
I barely know any of his music but im glad i saw this comment because im a writer myself and i could tell he was off the top with it. Thats whatblows my mind rn.
@@jema125 it was off the top but I’m sure he had those bars locked in his mind.. dude is hella talented
" You end a prayer with Amen that's also our beginning" ... bro that's deep af... you gotta understand the true story of mankind to understand that line..
Thought he said "that's how I begin it, for instance" no?
Amen bar went over a lot of people’s head
The transition to who shot ya while simultaneously name dropping BIG 🔥 elite lyricist at work
That transition was perfect
Very impressive
That’s was insane
I peeped that, it was cold. "I do it big like christopher" as SOON as the beat came on
@@queenieqt2033 Crazzzy🔥🔥🔥
The replay value on this will be crazy!! That man word play is out of this world. No way you can catch them all on a couple listens 😩🔥🔥
😎🔂💪🏾⛪️
On god
Lol him and daylyt should do a track
@@DadBot-_- have you heard their battle?
@@saltyrice11 they had a battle ?
u wldn't understand Soul if u nt spiritual...!! AB is a spritual rapper ...one in a lifetime
I swear his name needs to come up in all the best current lyricists convos....Ab is sick!!!!
This man was the first and only one of two rappers who actually made me cry listening to a song. Book of soul. This man is more than a rapper 💯
YES, I refuse to listen to that it just hits way different.
🥺
“Even if you forget me and everything you left behind, I never lied, I loved you in a place where there’s no space and time”
That line always gets me.
100% the only hip hop song to make me cry ever, man go that SOUL
I’m actually really glad you got to experience that. Try these songs
Sacrifice - Dreamville (Coles Verse)
I’m sorry - Joyner Lucas
Understand - Cantrell
Today - Q
This might be one of the best freestyles I’ve heard in some years, if not ever. I’m not even joking - anyone who knows Soul knows this is slight work for him. HERBERT about to go crazy.
As a staunch fan of souloho3 you couldn't have said it better. I salute this one big ⌚
Ever heard of daylyt?
Wait till I’m on there
All facts
Idk. You might want to look into black thought freestyles, and definitely Daylyt's freestyle on Flex.
The fact that he's never been on LA Leakers till now is crazy! gotta give him his props man Legend!
“its still RAW backwards (war) on all of yall rappers actually you’d be more competitive speechless…” 🔥🔥🔥🎤
“Y’all can keep sleeping on me I’m embedded” 🛌 my god FACTS & BARS
“And niggas know I’m different, y’all end a prayer with amen, that’s how I begin it”
“For instance…..”
“Ay“
Sighs* “Man…..”
I didn't catch that🔥
“I’m the best MC breathing. When I say I’m the nicest, I really MEAN it.”
Ab-Soul is an AAALLIIIIEEEENNN
When I say I’m the nicest I really “mean’’it
I thought I was crazy hearing it😢..atleast I'm not alone
THIS MAN IS AB-SOUL-UTELY ON FIRE🔥🔥🔥
Its always a good day when you hear a fire freestyle 🔥
He fucked it, hes shite!
The difference between a rapper and a lyricist is AbSoul 🔥
"Don't forget the Dash"
You forgot the dash
@@armandoguerrero9715 😂😂
@@tiisoagyei9630 he might leave ya with a gash
@@Mobious1 We also don't want him to feel bleek like Jay's apprentice 😉
“Actually y’all would be more competitive speechless”
Love how keeps going after the music stops. The God of rap jus gotta rap 😎
that whole “overqualified/wallet size/ostrich sized/ostracized” rhyme scheme is insane, just wanted to give praise for the construction on that level, obviously amazing wordplay aside.
this man is a veteran in all aspects of hip hop and he’s back in peak fighting form this far into his career…i cannot wait for this next album
just can ignore the "BIGGER" picture "one" lazy eye knigga to taking a shot at another lazy eye knigga "wallace-size" over the infamous hit em up track.....if WE doing that, thats huge injustice to abSoul to what he's doing. and we kinda want him to keep doing this right?
if thats your highlight then relisten. there’s way way more that went over your head
@@ahmedalfalahi9954 the rest of it didnt go over my head, i just like that part and didnt see anyone talking about it, that’s all. no need to be condescending friend.
did y'all catch how he said "run and hide(like an ostrich does) or be ostracized"?!?
Ab Soul is the best Lyricist alive. 75% of what he says goes over the smartest people’s head. Soul has been my favorite rapper since 2011, my junior year of highschool. THE KING IS BACK ❤
Suggest me some good songs
The whole “Control System” album is a whole fucking experience. Download that, plug in and get ready to float. 🔥
Listen to his “the real hip hop” freestyle 🔥
Love Ab Soul! He went to my high school 🤟🏻 Carson represent
Listen to Daylyt
"My worldplay is top tier like my boss just cried"
The owner of TDE is Top,Tier/tear..🔥💯
Freestyle of the year.
Man I'd give anything for this type of hip hop to return....Soul 🔥🔥
HERBERT his new album out this friday be sure to give it a listen
It’s here
Been here all this time, you just ain’t digging deep
Check out my music if you’re really hungry
It’s been here, you’re just not getting your hands dirty enough…
One of my favorite things that Black Hippy always did was flip each others lines or directly quote each other. On this one Soul, flipped Kendrick's line from Growing Apart:
"We all seem to stumble, planning our own demise
Forgetting the big picture and making it wallet size"
i love when he pauses to point out and be in awe of what he said lol
AB Soul the f***** genius 🐐🐐
bro the "do it big as christopher" right as the beat switched is crazy
The last 8 bars without the beat is real freestyle. He killed it
Def wasn’t a freestyle 😂 but was 🔥🔥
He had to have known both beats were comin cus he started both beats with references to the beat immediately
@@DueceBandit any one who can freestyle hella good can make a bar referencing the best
“off the top” and “freestyle” are not the same thing!
@@michaeld3546I think it was, a lot of those bars pretty simple, and there were a lot of pauses.
Soul is the only rapper I get excited for anymore. This man can speak the truth over any beat and make it make sense. All the OGs left. Ab is the last of a dying breed. 3⬆️🙏🌟☝️💖
I hope people see what Ab did. The bars/transition from “Hit ‘em up” to
“Who shot ya” is beyond crazy. SOUL!!!
I've always considered Ab-Soul as the most lyrically gifted outta Black Hippie / TDE.. So underrated. Betta not sleep on Soul!
They sleep on him but he’s embedded. Soul’s wordplay’s crazy 😮
@@elcakkouri flow delivery always on point as well
hahaha Sole shot ya!
love ab soul
@@J-Mello people have no idea what they're missing on cuz everything Ab-soul says goes over their heads
I havent been so excited and extremely impressed with a freestyle in a minute. Absouletly the greatest
I’m up next
You gotta listen to this 25 times to catch every sneak its beautiful
Bro burned it down 🔥
“Just don’t remember to forget,
There’ll never be another,
Soul” -Ab Soul
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Some bars flew over my head so for that I’ll keep coming back to this freestyle cause this was insane🔥
I Agree. Check out my Ab Soul Review before the album drops on my page and let me know what you think bro 💯
I still catch strays from DWTW 6 years later and wonder how did I miss this for this long lol
That being said & coupled w/fact he’s the one legally blind
Seeing the “Bigger” picture
“Wallace” sized
Over the Hit Em Up beat 1:19
Want this brother to never stop winning. The album is incredible. 🤲🏾
Soulo is one of the most underrated lyricist I swear! 🔥💯
“Dodging Cap in my Dodger Cap”
"yall can keep sleeping on me but I'm embedded" Soulo🔥
If this how soul freestyling we getting major heat on Friday
But he been like this
I keep coming back to this, he's really the best rapper alive, you can have the album sales but nobody raps like this.
You're right. Pure lyricism and poetry at its finest. Can't really think of anyone that can rap like this, especially under 40
“He may or may not fade to black but can’t crack” (black don’t crack) Soul too cold
“ Red and blue made green we made that make sense(cents)” too fucking fire
I love seeing Soul get this much love after such a hiatus. Can’t wait for the album
Ab actually just as lyrical as Kendrick TDE really hands down one of the best Groups that really never formed
I’d argue the best. Not most impactful although the argument can be made but pound for pound, bad for bad, their staff is insane. No one in modern day can hang with them. Dreamville is a close second but they aren’t on that level
Bar for bar*
@@TravisScott-mt5yg soulo can go bar to bar with kdot
@@kineticwayss I agree
he's always been more lyrical than Kendrick Lamar. any moderately intelligent person can understand that. But Kendrick Lamar is a better artist and makes better music.
His wordplay is fkn crazy elite
"They don't see the bigger picture, cuz it didn't come in wallet size" 💸 #herbert 🗣️🗣️🗣️
“The real lyricists that unified the Bloods and the Crips”🔥🔥🔥
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
“red and blue make green, we made that make sense…” this why i put him in my top 5 all time and my buddies think i’m crazy but damn his wordplay is effortless
That's a shot at Kendrick 😂
@@wupizeshit was stupid hard
@@Niiigg89 he gave Kendrick a shout out in the freestyle ?
Why Don't People give better reactions to Ab-souls freestyles. This nigga is like a battle rapper, lyricist and poet all in one. This freestyle alone is better than most hip hop tracks. I just don't get how people ain't in awe at this level of skill
A lot don't understand the levels, going over their head
Facts I had to wrap uso on rewind.. Y he top tier💯. Gotta keep up
So many bars went over my head the first few listens
Did you catch the last one tho? Robin Hood done sold his bow for a Draco Nigga bow=bough 🥶
@@detroitboxingtv9875 huh?
@@CamEron-nj5qy yea it went over your head fs
@@detroitboxingtv9875 It’s still going over my head 😂. What do you mean bow=bough?
@@CamEron-nj5qy it’s a slang term, a street term for drugs, a bough is a certain amount of drugs, Robin Hood done sold his bow or bough for a Draco 🤦🏾♂️
The entendres this guy spit were 🔥
Soul out here rhyming like it's a superpower 👁️ shout-out to the black lip pastor
2:18 He said y’all end a prayer with amen that’s how I begin it for instance .. a.. men.. microphone checker! 🔥 🔥
"pulling cash out my sacks like terrace martin or kenny g
im overthinking i shoulda listened to kenny beats" 🔥🔥
top tier like my boss just cried 😅
Didn't even catch that lmao
@@haroldcanfly man waiting for one of yall to post one i aint catch, its too many
@@lancepowell4092 just can ignore the "BIGGER" picture "one" lazy eye knigga to taking a shot at another lazy eye knigga "wallace-size" over the infamous hit em up track.....if WE doing that, thats huge injustice to abSoul to what he's doing. and we kinda want him to keep doing this right?
@@LarrySwishamane😮 i was just going to leave that there but you said it not me hah! definitely top 5 outta this dissertation.
That’s a real “off the top” freestyle! No writtens you can tell . Crazy 🔥🔥
Nah man, this is definitely pre-written, at least for the most part. That doesn't take away from its quality, though - the best freestyle I've heard in a while
@@russellk.4896I promise this isn't written lol
We'll be watching this for years. This is going to show up in mixtapes.
That top tier bar is still gonna fly over people's heads 💯
explain it to us fam
Top is boss top dawg
Top tier (tear)
@@donmachadu 😱
No hate but that particular wordplay been used by battle rappers
@Duhsak not unless your boss is Top dawg so nah you wrong... "The wordplay is top tier (Top dawg tear) like my boss cried "
It's a simple yet clever wordplay ...
That WI-FI bar... 🤯🤯🤯 the word play is unreal.... every other bar is going over everyone's head. Guaranteed.
I missed it 😮
@giulioboobzilla 4:08 "why fight it" = Wi'Fied it We in the net = internet.
@@theycallmedub I rewind@ after writin my comment. Great wordplay!!
“The casino closed” line blew my top off 😅😅😅
That was fire fire bruh
Damn. Extremely impressive. He’s officially reaching Godbody level. Very few rest there.
Reachin? He done lapped Godbody level at least a few dozen times by now. 😜
@@PhenomResurrections08 nah. He always showed potential to be there. But he wasn’t consistently on a Rakim, Nas, G Rap, Andre, Black Thought, Hov, Lupe level. But with this? Hell, if he shows this through the whole album, he’d be one of them ones. No question
This just regular soul man
I love this, def Godbody
I Agree. Check out my Ab Soul Review before the album drops on my page and let me know what you think bro 💯
Been rooting for this man for years. Really wanna see him win
I really wish the world could give him his Flowers mane, he is Really The Best Rapper out ❤❤
he snapped into the next level once he made up his mind
616 in LA at the Pop Out hits different after hearing the bars at 1:35
Idk why this freestyle got me ready to cry tears of joy 🔥🔥🔥🔥
“When I say I’m the nicest, I really “mean” it” 🔥
slick
MOTHERF- i didn’t even catch that
@@kbrown3787 i hate that too. it always be the most benign & elementary, hidden in plain sight that slip right under ya nose
Bro he fucking bodied this. Been my favorite Mc on TDE since long term mentality
I think this was the best this year on the LA leakers. Hands down 🔥 classic
“Just don’t remember to forget there’ll never be another...SOUL” 🙌🏾
“This my Higgs Boson flow, dope in the pot with my stove on low” 🔥🔥🔥
2023 listen to this freestyle alone in my car on some forest in the north of France. Classic I Love Ab-Soul.
That's why Bars are needed, when you listen back you catch what you miss it sounds heavier.
Good to see Ab Soul return I know this album will be a classic
Facts 🔥🔥🔥
don’t forget the dash tho
Excited for it to think we all are 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
This the HARDEST AB SOUL HAS EVER WENT ON A FREESTYLE. GOT DAMN!!! STRAIGHT HEAT!
He said "my bars top tier like my boss cried"
Ab-Soul need his own sunglasses line. I promise they will sell out asap
imagine having a friend with this level of energy in the studio, this is what made kenrick who he is fr
AB is one of those god tier lyricists that we only get every once in a while. This is why he's always been my favorite on of TDE.
People kept saying Kendrick was better I just laughed like keep sleeping on solo Ho
Such a great feeling to finally see Soul get the recognition he deserves! It's been a very long time coming.
There will never be another SOUL!!
One of the craziest freestyles I've ever heard.
I didn’t know there were people still rapping like this🤯
I’m overthinking I should’ve listened to Kenny beats 😂😂😂
I don’t get that bar
@@jasonsantana24 Kenny beats has his own studio. In his mic booth it says "don't overthinking sh*t"
@@juansantiago4919 ahhhhh. That’s tough
@@jasonsantana24 peep his TH-cam segment called The Cave brotha. He has a bunch of dope artists that go through and they make a song on the spot.
Finally people finally get it dude been bared out for the last 12 years
THATS FOOD FOR THOUGHT BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE COULD FEED EACHOTHER. THATS COLD
Pure lyricism🤞💫🔥