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  • @alphaamigo9688
    @alphaamigo9688 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20569

    This isn't your last time listening to this.

  • @obrey__
    @obrey__ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6744

    This isn’t a good freestyle, this is an “adjust your goat list” freestyle

    • @RConn55
      @RConn55 3 ปีที่แล้ว +179

      Literally adjusted my list after hearing this lol

    • @apollyon1
      @apollyon1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +154

      I couldn't be arsed arguing over the order and just put him in at number zero.

    • @dreampopwavestudiob7282
      @dreampopwavestudiob7282 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Yes this is telling you rethink about your every action of writing

    • @LnyMts
      @LnyMts 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      lmao yup, I know who my new favorite freestyle rapper is

    • @alexpearn8507
      @alexpearn8507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Facts!

  • @maximum_hedro0m136
    @maximum_hedro0m136 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2203

    2024 and we still here.

    • @michaelpollard1735
      @michaelpollard1735 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      Never leaving.

    • @davethekid08
      @davethekid08 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Word!!!

    • @miskwainini
      @miskwainini 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      2044

    • @kevthepoet
      @kevthepoet 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      WORD

    • @TANK201
      @TANK201 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Have too unless it's a diss track smh

  • @TEG-uk2ps
    @TEG-uk2ps 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +585

    yo Who’s still watching in 2024?

    • @tonywright5254
      @tonywright5254 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      Best freestyle all time

    • @5TVodcast
      @5TVodcast 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      One of the best of all time

    • @gildasroyet6620
      @gildasroyet6620 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Few secs ago

    • @gee8048
      @gee8048 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Me 😀❤😅

    • @karimd88
      @karimd88 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      We here bruh. Can’t not be

  • @laurenceaustinc
    @laurenceaustinc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2774

    Every time he pauses and points at his head, he’s actually just downloading more bars.

  • @TheRealNinoBrown
    @TheRealNinoBrown 5 ปีที่แล้ว +900

    LISTEN TO THIS ONCE A MONTH. LIKE A VITAMIN.

    • @evilbug555to666
      @evilbug555to666 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Like Eminem said invite'em in(vitamin) like one a day....🔥🔥🔥

    • @djlee6169
      @djlee6169 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol well I think I have a problem it's been just about every day for about 4 months lmaoo ..u literally catch something different everytime u listen

    • @donkorleone1142
      @donkorleone1142 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I've showed so many people this freestyle, I swear they're speechless when they hear this. Thought it redicoulois with hi bars.💯💪💪

    • @LETSGOSABS09
      @LETSGOSABS09 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      yesssir its needed

    • @naturalmystic108
      @naturalmystic108 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You listen to vitamins?

  • @adukeken861
    @adukeken861 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4522

    Don't mind me, I'm just back here January 1 2020 paying my yearly homage.

    • @dwightgayle7126
      @dwightgayle7126 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Yup! Yup! My Daily Dose of Lyrical Excellence... Where Talent & Love meets > Focus & Raw Dedication = #NoLimts 👌🎯👏👍🙌❤️💯👊💥💎💣🌪️🎙️🎤🔞☢️🌋🔥🔥👀👀👑

    • @hakimhudson9917
      @hakimhudson9917 5 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Only yearly? Im back at this jawn at least twice a month

    • @natashablack2317
      @natashablack2317 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mee 3 💥💥☺️☺️

    • @keithsaunders74
      @keithsaunders74 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Jan 7 still FIYAH

    • @benjaminfloman2663
      @benjaminfloman2663 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just a thought 👍 yep

  • @lovelaj0149
    @lovelaj0149 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +94

    I don't think people understand how great a freestyle has to be for Flex to finally shut the hell up and sit back.

    • @jonl779
      @jonl779 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Griselda has entered the chat

    • @UpMostt
      @UpMostt 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      j.i.d entered the chat

  • @captaincaveman2400
    @captaincaveman2400 5 ปีที่แล้ว +951

    Black Thought was subsequently awarded his PHD in lyricism

  • @wildheart5502
    @wildheart5502 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1554

    That bit between 0:00 and 10:54 was awesome

    • @dimondjak
      @dimondjak 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      Fact

    • @javimercado-pf5tz
      @javimercado-pf5tz 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      It checks out.

    • @drinkmorecocacola
      @drinkmorecocacola 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      i checked to see if you meant the whole thing POLICING THE COMMENTS HATING lmaooo this was posted 6 years ago we still enforcing

    • @sweetscience82
      @sweetscience82 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Yea i caught that too

    • @chiralhome
      @chiralhome 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      yup, that part was good.... i agree it was the best part

  • @MIILKEYS
    @MIILKEYS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6996

    This freestyle is greater than most artists entire discography.

    • @davidmercado9785
      @davidmercado9785 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      FACTS

    • @dirtyjamaica
      @dirtyjamaica 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      True story bro!

    • @dharambhrasht
      @dharambhrasht 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      More than an entire discography*

    • @wiseword8825
      @wiseword8825 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      😂😂😂😂

    • @bigsheed9003
      @bigsheed9003 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      This freestyle is a legendary moment in Hip Hop that never will be forgotten. Black Thought left Earth on that beat!

  • @absoul1295
    @absoul1295 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +547

    This freestyle SHITS on 99% of rappers' entire discographies

    • @ZackMaddox-gd1zk
      @ZackMaddox-gd1zk 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      This freestyle could make up for the entire history of the genre of mumble rap 😂😂😂

    • @BigDogg-1
      @BigDogg-1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      100%**

    • @Ch1ldofG0d704
      @Ch1ldofG0d704 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Shits? Nah, it treats them like a sewage plant

    • @solomon6693
      @solomon6693 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Listen to more rappers

    • @solomon6693
      @solomon6693 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@BigDogg-1someone has not listened to Kendrick Lamar

  • @Terrapin47-s8y
    @Terrapin47-s8y 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4940

    Bruh. He says the simplest things in the weirdest most profound ways... instead of simply saying I’ll kill you, he says “I’ll have you and the living a category apart” that’s just mastery.

    • @tomayousif108
      @tomayousif108 4 ปีที่แล้ว +429

      I want to learn to casually talk like that. He does it with such finesse that makes it look like it's his everyday thing.

    • @theekaleeb6268
      @theekaleeb6268 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      Wow facts, well said

    • @8yearsleft
      @8yearsleft 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      good ear

    • @8yearsleft
      @8yearsleft 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@tomayousif108 my advice, do what X did as a young kid, he may be a more goofy "mumble rap" freestyler, but he's definitely worthy of being a *freestyler* , he studied artists like these (mainly Biggie) , and he freestyled to beats that they used to freestyle to, do that and freestyling will become more and more natural for u, its fun man.

    • @nckgreever150
      @nckgreever150 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      I didn't even catch that... good one 👍

  • @9300yt
    @9300yt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +766

    Flex: How many bars you got?
    Black Thought: All of them.

    • @luqmanshabazz4347
      @luqmanshabazz4347 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Мирослав Стефанов Flex: How many bars you got?
      Black thought: yes

    • @ctaylor798
      @ctaylor798 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Luqman Shabazz i was hoping someone said this😂

    • @natashablack2317
      @natashablack2317 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      YES

    • @gntlmn47
      @gntlmn47 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Why did I read that in the voice of Thanos? 😂

    • @sydneyaj19
      @sydneyaj19 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂😂😂

  • @MrKlthompson973
    @MrKlthompson973 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1775

    Bro did 10 minutes straight without falling off and it all made sense #legendary

    • @tbarfield4963
      @tbarfield4963 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      And he also started rappin less then 10sec once the best came on it’s was like 3 seconds
      Bananas

    • @kaussstorm
      @kaussstorm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Where that dude that be writing out the lyrics in the comments at? I think that dude finally bowed out on this one.

    • @thomaswilliams5321
      @thomaswilliams5321 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Best freestyle I ever heard but wtf is malganism??

    • @jvinson
      @jvinson 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      He said "amalgamism". It means to put things together or combine something.

    • @magicalbeans2716
      @magicalbeans2716 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ummm this is all written and remembered. This is freestyle.

  • @jasonpalermo8679
    @jasonpalermo8679 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +312

    Pause. Google search historical reference. Play. Pause. Google search geographical reference. Play. Pause. Google search literary reference. Play. Pause. Scratch my head. Google Historical Geopolitical Revolutionary reference. Play. Pause. Google slang term. Play. Pause. Marvel. Lets start from the beginning. Play. Repeat.

    • @Los150
      @Los150 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      The influence hip hop is supposed to have! 👏🏽🔥

    • @elliotselmon7581
      @elliotselmon7581 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      ​@@Los150EXACTLY!!

    • @shallomsoyombo8849
      @shallomsoyombo8849 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      factssss lmaooo

    • @wheredhego47
      @wheredhego47 14 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      You already know!

  • @adamjohnson5307
    @adamjohnson5307 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5693

    rapping for 10 minutes straight is one thing, but doing it with this intensity and complexity is literally the most impressive thing I've seen a rapper do in my 29 years of living.

    • @rasheedshakur8468
      @rasheedshakur8468 6 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Adam Johnson . I agree. 100%.

    • @martinstaton1240
      @martinstaton1240 6 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Wordsmith

    • @codymcdowell9944
      @codymcdowell9944 6 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      royce Da 5'9 raps for 11 mins straight on funk flex also and he was just as nice you should check it out

    • @michealparrish2572
      @michealparrish2572 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cody McDowell will do

    • @draenation265
      @draenation265 6 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      Royce definitely snapped too, but it wasn't 11 minutes straight. It was a lot of breaks. He still spazzed though

  • @finnisaacson2253
    @finnisaacson2253 5 ปีที่แล้ว +856

    This dude really fit more content into a 10 minute freestyle than 99% of artists do in entire albums. Mad respect.

    • @richardmuir2366
      @richardmuir2366 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Entire catalogues

    • @dustinalbers8160
      @dustinalbers8160 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      you mean their entire lives.

    • @jaredrice354
      @jaredrice354 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Entire discographies man

    • @slantz49
      @slantz49 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      For real ...🔥 🔥 microphone done

    • @ahmadsam6460
      @ahmadsam6460 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You mean fit more content in 1 minute

  • @ricorogers9319
    @ricorogers9319 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2464

    This is literally one of the most historic displays of lyricism......

  • @CAW757
    @CAW757 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +74

    October 22nd 2024 and I’m back again for this fire. 🔥

  • @JacobSauers
    @JacobSauers 4 ปีที่แล้ว +765

    I can’t imagine tuning into the radio thinking “wow this guys good”. Switching stations, then coming back 10 minutes later and he’s still going

    • @DylanP27
      @DylanP27 4 ปีที่แล้ว +137

      I can't imagine even switching stations after hearing that!

    • @veebran7845
      @veebran7845 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I can't imagine switching stations

    • @Ynotmeansbusiness
      @Ynotmeansbusiness 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I KNOW THATsRIGHT!!!!!

    • @TheDeewell
      @TheDeewell 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      why changing stations in the first place when you hear this lolll

    • @xlxl9440
      @xlxl9440 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I get your point though.

  • @kevinochieng9867
    @kevinochieng9867 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12334

    I was a fan but after listening to this, am now an air conditioner

    • @truckitwitbox9059
      @truckitwitbox9059 6 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      Kevin Ochieng 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @BlacKBastahD
      @BlacKBastahD 6 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      I see what you did there!🧐

    • @dantegood2195
      @dantegood2195 6 ปีที่แล้ว +163

      Dog...you crazy for that line

    • @fattymudd2413
      @fattymudd2413 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Kevin Ochieng thats dope. Lol good one

    • @Overskilled1
      @Overskilled1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Word!!!!💯😂💀

  • @daninwangabia6270
    @daninwangabia6270 ปีที่แล้ว +2169

    This freestyle deserves a Grammy and a Guinness world record

  • @Noblility
    @Noblility 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    The 'I'm kdot Lamar meets Tupac Shakur" hits different after the beef. 🔥

  • @jayhank6492
    @jayhank6492 5 ปีที่แล้ว +904

    Everytime he put his finger to his head he loads more bars into his brain 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @aaronwilliams1227
      @aaronwilliams1227 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      🤣🤣🤣🤣 I was thinking the same!

    • @demetriuscosby8717
      @demetriuscosby8717 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      jay hank ME TOO!!!😂😂😂

    • @sydneyaj19
      @sydneyaj19 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      RIGHT😂😂😂😂😭😭😭

    • @yayokaine3857
      @yayokaine3857 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ahhhhhh hahahahahahahaha

    • @Suge8263
      @Suge8263 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Stephen ssr&rtv2020 hell yeah lol

  • @UwgAllDay
    @UwgAllDay 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11255

    No stumbles. His breath control is perfect. The content is impeccable. The lyricism is on 100. Black Thought is a living LEGEND. Give this man his roses

    • @leogibbons400
      @leogibbons400 5 ปีที่แล้ว +220

      "MC"s make it to the top and get complacent. Black Thought been there for years and never stopped perfecting his craft.

    • @marzazor5626
      @marzazor5626 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Big facts

    • @swan9716
      @swan9716 5 ปีที่แล้ว +144

      Erin Smith lol please,That was no exaggeration,this freestyle is easily one of the greatest ever in history

    • @joepipisitoface3380
      @joepipisitoface3380 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Erin Smith “Minds” well, huh. 🤣😂🤣

    • @c0der1020
      @c0der1020 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      It's the most impressive freestyle I've ever heard. So fucking good!

  • @ricsmith5730
    @ricsmith5730 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14042

    This freestyle has officially been banned in California, they can't afford any more fires

  • @udspeedracer
    @udspeedracer 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    Most would hear this and say it was just ok because they simply didn't comprehend the majority of the words that came out of his mouth. This man didn't just freestyle, he shared actual, factual, knowledge.

  • @willpatterson6378
    @willpatterson6378 7 ปีที่แล้ว +445

    Flex should've broke that mic.....and gave it to homie to put in his house in a glass case. No one should be able to use that MIC again...it was officially destroyed....for 10 minutes. Cmon man....wow.

  • @rickyymoss
    @rickyymoss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2109

    Everybody's Top 5 lyricists of all time changed after this.

    • @ethanej6
      @ethanej6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      in my top 3

    • @BonesSaw1979
      @BonesSaw1979 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Feel like this is where he’s at his best. 👊

    • @clarenceandersoniii9306
      @clarenceandersoniii9306 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Facts. For me in no particular order:
      1. Biggie
      2. Pac
      3. Busta
      4. Black Thought
      5. Jay

    • @johnjames8103
      @johnjames8103 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Is now im my top 3

    • @westside98
      @westside98 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Everybodys!!!!!

  • @capturedbyken2936
    @capturedbyken2936 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3668

    at this point ...I come back and listen to this like an actual song

    • @eulogist8120
      @eulogist8120 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      facts!!!

    • @IndefiniteMark
      @IndefiniteMark 7 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      lost count of how many times I've replayed now

    • @JMBEATZ___
      @JMBEATZ___ 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Me too!

    • @drmikesmith6262
      @drmikesmith6262 7 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      I gotta pace myself cause I can't get anything done when I listen I just pause and head nod then 10 mins go bye

    • @RomesDogs
      @RomesDogs 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      lol me too

  • @JoeSorise
    @JoeSorise 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    This masterpiece should be enshrined in the Library of Congress as the Constitution of Hip Hop

  • @baJR5721
    @baJR5721 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1798

    Anyone notice how his breathing is ridiculously skilled. I got winded for him.
    Skills.

    • @BakersDozenOfficial
      @BakersDozenOfficial 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Circular breathing, I think Quest said it’s a similar technique that trumpet players use

    • @harrytubman7947
      @harrytubman7947 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Facts. That alone makes this amazing. The lyricism just takes it to another level

    • @salvatore7942
      @salvatore7942 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      "The mic I spray resemblin' the sickle of death
      It ain't strenuous to come from a continuous breath"

    • @ReallyWinterz
      @ReallyWinterz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@BakersDozenOfficial nah, you can hear him breathing every few words. I think K.A.A.N circular breathes when he raps, his flow is almost nonstop, the listeners RARELY him him breathe, and it doesn’t seem like he punches in because the flow is so fluid

    • @JonReynoldsESQ
      @JonReynoldsESQ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      This s__t is impossible. He must have an extra lung.

  • @SPM-tv
    @SPM-tv 5 ปีที่แล้ว +468

    He sweats when he raps, his lyrics actually increase the temperature in the room.

  • @colmdiniho
    @colmdiniho 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1060

    "I am a walking affirmation, that imagination and focus and patience gets you closer to your aspiration"

    • @edmonix6457
      @edmonix6457 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      the way he pronounces that bar is so insane, you can tell that hes' spitting his life.

    • @mrp4235
      @mrp4235 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      colmdiniho u did that bro.....

    • @ericajackson7017
      @ericajackson7017 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      My ears stood up on that verse too. Nice way posting that gem to highlight that genius!

    • @AyeeCoach
      @AyeeCoach 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      7:20

    • @darrinboone8851
      @darrinboone8851 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cold blooded.....

  • @matthewsfoley
    @matthewsfoley 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    This isn’t your last time listening to this legend! 2024 still listening

  • @ismail10_02
    @ismail10_02 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2728

    Who else listening to fire freestyles during lockdown 😂🔥

  • @nah4285
    @nah4285 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2521

    This man really just put out an entire EP worth of rhymes in one freestyle

    • @AllEyezOnMeTMC
      @AllEyezOnMeTMC 7 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      In under 11minutes

    • @D2RLIVETV
      @D2RLIVETV 7 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      That's what I said..... this one session shits on some so called lyricists and "deep thinkers" entire project! I actually typed this comment at 4:44 am lol

    • @samiavci3080
      @samiavci3080 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Chris Paul I know right. I was introduced to him through this like a year ago and heard some features and his two albums last year and all were amazing. Does he rap on all the roots songs? Because if so then i gotta listen to some roots

    • @mkmmkm9103
      @mkmmkm9103 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Chris Paul start b4 then...from....do you want more????? Like '93

    • @aaronjernigan9715
      @aaronjernigan9715 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@mkmmkm9103 start b4 that with organix. Been down with roots crew since 94. The illest irregardless.

  • @chadd3299
    @chadd3299 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2609

    Came out 4 years ago today and still the single greatest display of emceeing in hip hop history.

  • @amarkeita6585
    @amarkeita6585 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    officially the best freestyle in rap history

    • @hugh-jasole
      @hugh-jasole 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      How old are you kid? Check out the Big L freestyle on Scratch and Bobbito

    • @gordonalexander4016
      @gordonalexander4016 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Facts

  • @prandle967
    @prandle967 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +922

    "I am a walking affirmation, that imagination and focus and patience gets you closer, to your aspirations"

    • @donbarnes3026
      @donbarnes3026 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      That part right there💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

    • @larkingresham8696
      @larkingresham8696 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      I can't even read that out loud as well as he spits it... all hail the king

    • @winterwarz07
      @winterwarz07 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      jesus christ

    • @daboss3116
      @daboss3116 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      That line alone is better than drakes entire career

    • @breeshaspratley7187
      @breeshaspratley7187 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ​@@daboss3116 ong my nigga 😅

  • @JoeTraxx
    @JoeTraxx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1967

    Who’s still jams this on the regular 2 yrs later😁, I know I do🖐🏽

    • @Kloppsserialbottlers
      @Kloppsserialbottlers 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yessir!

    • @TheMcpeak
      @TheMcpeak 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Joe Traxx weekly

    • @cashbone3770
      @cashbone3770 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      i play this joint at least once a day when i need that detox 😂

    • @igna383
      @igna383 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Every day homie

    • @shawnchillzin9000
      @shawnchillzin9000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Joe Traxx YUP

  • @creativechau
    @creativechau 5 ปีที่แล้ว +930

    His breath control is on elite status. Philly go hard 🔥

    • @BiggLesane
      @BiggLesane 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      It seems almost impossible... His Flow just shredds and still he‘s breathing. He has to have like 6 lungs

    • @michaelmchugh631
      @michaelmchugh631 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Taylor Chausky
      It’s rare that someone notices the breath control. Very well said. 🙌

    • @Drupp12
      @Drupp12 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Stephen atr&ruk 2019 go troll somewhere else

    • @Drupp12
      @Drupp12 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Stephen atr&ruk 2019 well the comment u deleted sure seemed like a trolling comment. I dont even remember what you originally commented so its whatever man water under the bridge

    • @muggztv
      @muggztv 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It aint strenuous to come from a continuous breath!!!

  • @Obv1ousTr0ll
    @Obv1ousTr0ll 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

    This is a musical piece of history, a milestone for hip hop, a testament to the element of the raw art of the freestyle. The truest way to test the skill of any rapper is the ability to freestyle and Black Thought just raised the bar.

  • @biglia4562
    @biglia4562 5 ปีที่แล้ว +764

    A PHD degree level Rapper. This freestyle should be considered as UNESCO World Heritage.

    • @LiviesLovelies
      @LiviesLovelies 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Word

    • @rhyno8644
      @rhyno8644 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The nigga said O.G.s an Young Lions equally proud to listen
      His 'Secrets' amalgomism's a algorithm
      The most intelligent bar left on any hypnotic streaming search platform in 2019. Wtf

    • @jurzeeslugga5270
      @jurzeeslugga5270 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rhyno8644 its many that didn't catch that and those that caught it didnt reallly catch it.

    • @user-nr8jr7ih6c
      @user-nr8jr7ih6c 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      UNESCO ......DYIN LAUGHIN YO

    • @armantamjidi9161
      @armantamjidi9161 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      yes indeed

  • @atum497
    @atum497 ปีที่แล้ว +811

    This is the final level of hip hop

    • @elliotselmon7581
      @elliotselmon7581 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      EXACTLY!!

    • @0xmedicineman
      @0xmedicineman ปีที่แล้ว +5

      😂 😂 😂

    • @eggshell4683
      @eggshell4683 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Hopefully not the final level but the standard for new rappers to live up to

    • @atum497
      @atum497 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@eggshell4683 Interesting comment

    • @Ismael-kc3ry
      @Ismael-kc3ry 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@eggshell4683 ideally but that’s wishful thinking.

  • @BidoWT
    @BidoWT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2185

    This is literally the rap equivalent of the Thanos snap

    • @brillparks3296
      @brillparks3296 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Wow u are so right bro

    • @teegray6158
      @teegray6158 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      When Cap grabbed Mjolnir

    • @JeromeProductions
      @JeromeProductions 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yup

    • @edwinzuniga123
      @edwinzuniga123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I’m glad to be the 500th like on this comment

    • @allen8595
      @allen8595 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yep 🤣😂

  • @ndeamonk24
    @ndeamonk24 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    When you let yourself go and listen, it's really overwhelming. That's how you know it's art

    • @tonystark4709
      @tonystark4709 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      RIGHT BRO … every time I listen I just shut every thing off and vibe out to this shi and mind is blown every time … it’s like I was in outer space listening to these concepts

  • @JuanLopez-jz9fi
    @JuanLopez-jz9fi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1261

    I've watch this so much, that I've memorized Funk Flex's parts

  • @NniicckkHigham
    @NniicckkHigham 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3846

    If you’re watching this for the first time; I’m jealous of you. For everyone else; welcome back. 🙌

    • @jaysonavocado
      @jaysonavocado 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      First timer

    • @princeandrewsajenes7851
      @princeandrewsajenes7851 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Haha. Welcome back bruh 🤣

    • @LondonStockholm
      @LondonStockholm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      back every few weeks...
      Also Im also in Brighton haha

    • @radellcombs471
      @radellcombs471 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      STG I hate to but it's like a hip hop transfusion

    • @stantoncagle8185
      @stantoncagle8185 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      lmao if I have over 4 beers I always come back this 😂

  • @brendencrypto9264
    @brendencrypto9264 3 ปีที่แล้ว +773

    "I am a walking affirmation, that imagination and focus and patience, gets you closer to your aspirations" - this one bar is worth more then lots of rappers whole careers

    • @taybel3687
      @taybel3687 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      A bruh his level of thought Is way beyond!!! I been rocking wit my dog for a long time. Lyrical genius!!!

    • @TravlingNow
      @TravlingNow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I KNOW RIGHT?!?!?!

    • @mighty9100
      @mighty9100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Frat house not trap house. This is for people that read.

    • @BobbyOrding
      @BobbyOrding 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This whole Freestyle is more worth than some career's

    • @dustingardy2693
      @dustingardy2693 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This is exactly the part that stood out to me as well. This particular bar added fuel to my soul.

  • @VONidas
    @VONidas 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    The look of complete SHOCK and HORRIFIED AMAZEMENT on Funk Flex's face immediately at 5:29 summed up this historical, LEGENDARY HEAT that was recorded!!! I'm STILL speechless and blown away every time I listen to this!

  • @jayhag5481
    @jayhag5481 6 ปีที่แล้ว +935

    His breathing, and his pacing was impeccable. Over 10 mins, and he emphasized every word. That’s elite level.

    • @damiensantana9804
      @damiensantana9804 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/MDXZd54lBeM/w-d-xo.html

    • @hugoalmeidalima6363
      @hugoalmeidalima6363 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      It doesn't get more elite than the level of breathe control and precision exhibited by the man. It was pure artistry. Hip-Hop skill at its supreme finest.

    • @mathulizagoba2103
      @mathulizagoba2103 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Legendary!

    • @YouGotOptions2
      @YouGotOptions2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He said it aint strenuous to come a countious breath!

    • @garydee69
      @garydee69 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      James Hagley 100% agree. His cadence was sick. Non stop for over 10 minutes

  • @micahjohnson3901
    @micahjohnson3901 5 ปีที่แล้ว +617

    I come back frequently to remind myself what a Lyricist is

    • @doudymac
      @doudymac 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Facts...🔥💯

    • @JayK07
      @JayK07 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/0_YX8eAZzzg/w-d-xo.html

    • @Chefpenne
      @Chefpenne 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      10M likes

    • @micahjohnson3901
      @micahjohnson3901 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Chefpenne let's change this to infinitive likes ✊🏿😆✊🏿

    • @jaybranches2733
      @jaybranches2733 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes. Yes.

  • @brandoncrockett9266
    @brandoncrockett9266 ปีที่แล้ว +790

    A ten-minute freestyle that gets even stronger in the second half…crazy

    • @melvinsantos3763
      @melvinsantos3763 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Indeed🫡.🔥🔥🔥

    • @joeyperry3931
      @joeyperry3931 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      My mother was a working class very loving woman, who struggled every dinner, could’ve been our last summer
      I come home, chasing good for nothing half cousins, and then walk into the crib to the smell of crack cookin! She was introduced to the substance abuse, on some of the strongest drugs that the government produced, look, I even got excused by the principal, my story is out of a dub dub interview

    • @alidreh
      @alidreh 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@joeyperry3931 Art thou verrückt in the Gehirn mein Bruder?

    • @mitch5944
      @mitch5944 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@alidre2335 lol it's bars from the freestyle at 6:40

  • @AnthonySteinghart
    @AnthonySteinghart 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    My kids will listen to this when they’re older. A real poet. Black Thought is your favourite rappers’s favourite rapper.

  • @el_ra
    @el_ra 4 ปีที่แล้ว +494

    “ i am walking affirmation that imagination, and focus and patience will get you closer to your aspirations “
    Too many jewels in this written thesis

  • @brothadarkness84
    @brothadarkness84 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1140

    He has the 7th infinity stone, HIP Hop

    • @ssjraikage7874
      @ssjraikage7874 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Bruuuuuh

    • @SaynTrades
      @SaynTrades 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      222 likes been seeing that number everywhere

    • @brothadarkness84
      @brothadarkness84 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SaynTrades google meaning

    • @SaynTrades
      @SaynTrades 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      BrothaDarkness Jimmy yeah G ik what it mean and all that but seeing it one more time did it for me! Gotta decode this message

    • @LifeCreator
      @LifeCreator 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Facts! Sorry daylyt black thought took the last 3 stones 😢

  • @blackbuddha7731
    @blackbuddha7731 ปีที่แล้ว +1438

    The bars, the flow, the delivery, the breath control, the content, the vocabulary, the professionalism. He displayed the art flawlessly in this freestyle. THIS IS HOW YOU RAP!!

    • @shaunreed9727
      @shaunreed9727 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      No... This is how HE raps! This is how other people act like doesn't exist so they don't have 2 try 2 live up 2 it🤣🤣

    • @johnnyringo2695
      @johnnyringo2695 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ​@@shaunreed9727stop crying

    • @OG_Loudermilk
      @OG_Loudermilk ปีที่แล้ว +18

      The breath control is insane

    • @ChvckMarshallMusic
      @ChvckMarshallMusic ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Period!!

    • @mrsoundwaves
      @mrsoundwaves ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I remember when every rapper rapped like this.

  • @MrFasida
    @MrFasida หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    i always come back here to recalibrate and remember what greatness sounds like.... cadence is hypnotic.. lyrics are space bound... god mc.. salute

    • @hugh-jasole
      @hugh-jasole 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Most these wack ass zoomers still dont appreciate BT , lil bro

  • @therealfucco
    @therealfucco 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1006

    This deserves a place in rap history. It's also a feat of athleticism. Black Thought is the most underrated MC of all time

    • @MelMelx365
      @MelMelx365 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Facts

    • @Deadriser
      @Deadriser 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      For real, dudes in the booth doing cardio lol can't even blame him for sweating

    • @lanreajisafe2403
      @lanreajisafe2403 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The man must be doing road work. Enough to take him 12 rounds. That is one of the most impressive things about it. That he was actually able to carry that load and make it look easy.

    • @darylnasty531
      @darylnasty531 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same

    • @arielcruz9410
      @arielcruz9410 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Lyrical exercise!! I’m almost ashamed to admit that I discovered this a few months ago, but I’m also loving this experience so much. Absolute genius.

  • @simonmarshall4985
    @simonmarshall4985 5 ปีที่แล้ว +451

    "I am a walking affirmation that imagination and patience get you closer to your aspiration"

    • @audiman7484
      @audiman7484 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wow!!!

    • @drehardin
      @drehardin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Potent

    • @bondzo7184
      @bondzo7184 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      So dope

    • @JuicySmoothieFruityBoy
      @JuicySmoothieFruityBoy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah that line caught me as well :D Like so many other lines. Boss!
      It was "imagination, and focus and patience" though.

    • @corbo2765
      @corbo2765 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Soon as he said it I read this comment.

  • @thescribe3184
    @thescribe3184 7 ปีที่แล้ว +295

    Black Thought has aged like a Kung Fu Master

    • @Bear-fj2me
      @Bear-fj2me 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Notice how at the 5:53 mark Flex is actually physically disgusted with how wretched Thought is flowing. That's some Kung Fu right there.

    • @roscoemoore
      @roscoemoore 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It’s not the Wu Tang style it’s your Wu Tang Master

  • @UkDubstar
    @UkDubstar หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Nov 2024. And this is me, listening while starting my work day. Perfect.
    This is incredible. Black Thought is outstanding.

  • @cotathemc4797
    @cotathemc4797 7 ปีที่แล้ว +273

    Black Thought just gave a dissertation, lecture and death sentence at the same time!! Student/Teacher/Killer of the game
    GOAT

    • @masonwabemredlana1088
      @masonwabemredlana1088 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This is an inferno .

    • @doublec4431
      @doublec4431 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      He didn't kill the game ya see G because I'm still out here.

    • @elena6516
      @elena6516 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      your line clever and on the same level

  • @HundoHands
    @HundoHands 4 ปีที่แล้ว +476

    Soon as he was done they should've unplugged that mic, and encased it like a museum artifact never to be touched again

    • @infinitecontent8001
      @infinitecontent8001 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I'm still confused how it wasn't melted down like Chernobyl...

    • @pickyvickys5774
      @pickyvickys5774 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      💯

    • @mandlasithole7689
      @mandlasithole7689 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I concur

    • @MykealB
      @MykealB 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Salute

    • @theobuniel9643
      @theobuniel9643 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Donate that mic to the Museum of African-American History in DC, stat!

  • @mo5tdope2000
    @mo5tdope2000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +861

    I watch this freestyle every week to remind myself what the top looks like

  • @ToTheDangerZone
    @ToTheDangerZone 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    still listening to this in 2034 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥

  • @ruthblack1996
    @ruthblack1996 7 ปีที่แล้ว +552

    I feel like crying, I am crying, that was so beautiful, I keep saying, Hip Hop is an art form, this was the dang Mona Lisa, the Sistine Chapel ceiling, a Picasso, a newly discovered Jean-Michel Basquiat!

    • @MountMister
      @MountMister 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      RUTH they've been sleeping on our people! this guys been doing dirty since the 90's, genuine Shakespearean level of language, he's just throwing in words that literally shouldn't rhyme yet hes commanding them to rhyme! he even threw "Kafkaesque" in there so casually it's like the dialogue of a film. Listen to his inhales!

    • @BigBadRivi
      @BigBadRivi 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      This was Black Art at its highest form. Illest freestyle ever!

    • @HeatStroke6
      @HeatStroke6 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Barry Celtic that's your opinion

    • @dannybuchanan3661
      @dannybuchanan3661 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Barry Celtic HH, but if kids want to party to them I don't really see the issue. People act like there's a problem with people liking that kind of music but it's all honestly opinion. I don't think anyone can beat the stamina or lyricism of black thought, but I don't see why people constantly act like trap rappers and lyrical rappers can't coexist when Kendrick Lamar is both.

    • @ruthblack1996
      @ruthblack1996 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Danny Buchanan Agree, Migos and Cardi B took it and made something that was easy to dance and party to, Kendrick Lamar is committed to the actual hip hop craft. But this is the genre at its highest form. It’s like Coltrane and Kenny G both playing jazz, but...

  • @emjay1845
    @emjay1845 7 ปีที่แล้ว +318

    This one verse is better than a lot of other rappers entire career

    • @duanecollings2828
      @duanecollings2828 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Miguel Jacobo Truth! 🙏🏼

    • @BeeMusic2024
      @BeeMusic2024 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Miguel Jacobo huge facts

    • @motoipearson2538
      @motoipearson2538 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Miguel Jacobo damn it’s crazy cause it’s not even a joke

    • @nysquash
      @nysquash 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hell yeah!

    • @mehdi1163
      @mehdi1163 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lol thats so true

  • @donteroddy4264
    @donteroddy4264 7 ปีที่แล้ว +503

    Black Thought didnt freestyle..he gave a PHD Dissertation.

    • @Roseyyyyyyyyyyyyy
      @Roseyyyyyyyyyyyyy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      😂😂😂💀 I’m surprised that 🎤 is fully functional to be honest #he’sABEAST

    • @yarapah
      @yarapah 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      This man spoke an entire thesis

    • @tonystark4709
      @tonystark4709 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      EXACTLY !!!! I was saying he str8t took mfs to school with history lessons to do homework on , but YES you put in better terms fr

    • @ScorpioBeauty
      @ScorpioBeauty 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Facts 😂

    • @kentmarquez4929
      @kentmarquez4929 หลายเดือนก่อน

      not even PhDs can do this

  • @jamesdeanisdanprsa
    @jamesdeanisdanprsa 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This never gets old. I come back every month. This and the one with Meth on Sway….gold.

  • @essegotdatheat3310
    @essegotdatheat3310 ปีที่แล้ว +1484

    What’s crazy to me is the fact he started as soon as the beat came in, and just didn’t stop. He felt it instantly

    • @jojotwice8918
      @jojotwice8918 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      cuz this ain't off the dome, probably a bunch of rhymes he's been working on

    • @AheadOfMyTime
      @AheadOfMyTime ปีที่แล้ว +66

      We know… its still one of the illest feats ever. Quit hating.

    • @essegotdatheat3310
      @essegotdatheat3310 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @@jojotwice8918 yeah but still, he ain’t even feel the beat out or nun fr. He just went straight at it. It’s still impressive to perform at that high level nonstop even if it is pre written

    • @smoothshot8925
      @smoothshot8925 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We need stretch and bobbito back flex is wack af and they play shitty beats on hot97 a real hip hop legend like black thought deserves real hip hop beats not this bullshit

    • @Fridayfishflexxx
      @Fridayfishflexxx ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Eh says a bunch without saying anything. No thanks

  • @Revengeance_
    @Revengeance_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +643

    You've heard 16s, 32s, and 64s...But this man dropped 238 bars...no stumble...off the top...first take..........He is immortal

    • @xSami51
      @xSami51 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Revengeance 1000 bars EkoFresh ?

    • @ToasterDsG
      @ToasterDsG 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      There's been rappers who've dropped more than that, like Game, but Black Thought did it live, with no flaws, and with so much goddamn lyricism.

    • @RebornLegacy
      @RebornLegacy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Nigga dropped more bars than some rappers have in their entire career.

    • @nope2560
      @nope2560 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Revengeance this was a written freestyle, not off the top. Be reasonable now come on

    • @professionalhater5229
      @professionalhater5229 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      freestyle doesn´t mean it has to be off the top. it´s obviously not. Too fire and complex bars. But definitely one of the best freestyles in history.

  • @cyhuggins8079
    @cyhuggins8079 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1081

    I truly believe this is one of if not the greatest freestyle of all time.

    • @tislamic7
      @tislamic7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      It is

    • @SK-le1gm
      @SK-le1gm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Dizzy on felle fel tho

    • @collt091
      @collt091 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It is

    • @johncooper8912
      @johncooper8912 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      What freestyle is better? Don’t worry... I’ll wait...

    • @KingJamesNephew
      @KingJamesNephew 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Check out Arsonal

  • @creb672
    @creb672 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I swear this will stand the test of time as the greatest 1 take freestyle. What a masterclass. I've listened countless times and every time I'm blown away.

  • @georgyfontaine5623
    @georgyfontaine5623 7 ปีที่แล้ว +832

    This is more than a freestyle. This is a masters degree in Hip Hop with honors

    • @papa-ua
      @papa-ua 7 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      he literally says it is "Rap on a doctorate level" :P

    • @amillieshub4136
      @amillieshub4136 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      georgy fontaine say NO more 👊🏾

    • @BlowTorchDrizy1
      @BlowTorchDrizy1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      "You mean 5 PHD's in Rap" 😂

    • @jarrodbeatty4084
      @jarrodbeatty4084 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      From Harvard.

    • @patrickwilcox4420
      @patrickwilcox4420 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jarrod Beatty Oxford

  • @dipoyomi
    @dipoyomi 7 ปีที่แล้ว +428

    “I am a walking affirmation that imagination and focus and patience get you closer to your aspiration.” - Black Thought

  • @capturedbyken2936
    @capturedbyken2936 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1257

    you ever hear a freestyle so good, that you think some of their residual talent attached to you giving you the ability to rap on the same level ...then you try cause you so hype and quickly get reminded that there's a reason why you're not them

    • @gwiltl
      @gwiltl 7 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      You know he practised to become this good, right? If you want to be good at anything, you practise. Simple. You work hard.

    • @capturedbyken2936
      @capturedbyken2936 7 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      wunas96 I know haha ...my comment wasn't meant to be taken too seriously , but major props to him for practicing to perfect his craft ...dude is beyond talented

    • @sportsfan120577
      @sportsfan120577 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Great art inspires people in various ways. There is video here on youtube with the gza and neil degrasse tyson the astrophysicist and they talk about how physicists now were inspired by Wu Tang lyrics while studying in school.

    • @capturedbyken2936
      @capturedbyken2936 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Enrique Suazo Definitely have to check that out

    • @abualjada8994
      @abualjada8994 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      That's how everybody who started living they emcee fantasies started by emulating some of the best to find themselves an develope they own style... except for ODB no father to his style Lol!

  • @samm552
    @samm552 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    My yearly homage, I'm here again to respect this masterpiece from Kenya 🇰🇪
    Fire bars🔥

    • @alexred1038
      @alexred1038 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Kenya 🇰🇪 👍🏾

  • @izzymorgen62468
    @izzymorgen62468 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +277

    i love that even when flex was talking over him, he didn't stumble once. so focused, four bars ahead in his mind, but his flow didn't break for a second. fucking insane

    • @kevinreynolds3594
      @kevinreynolds3594 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Do you think he came up with this on the spot? He isnt 4 bars ahead in his mind, thats not even how freestyling works, but even then this was pre written obviously. It’s simply not possible to simultaneously have such a condensed rhyme scheme alongside such deep concepts while freestyling off top

    • @Jackson...
      @Jackson... 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      ​@kevinreynolds3594 I may be wrong but I think it's a mix. He's performed this other times, but I can't find any other recordings this long. I think he's doing a lot of improvisation over a framework he already has. Kinda how jazz musicians always have a melody to fall back on, but they spend most of their time improvising.

    • @kevinreynolds3594
      @kevinreynolds3594 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Jackson... regardless of how he flows over the beat, these lyrics are written, there is no question about that. If you don’t understand that (which I assume you do), it’s simply not possible to have this level of conceptual depth alongside such a condensed rhyme scheme in one freestyle, it’s simply not humanly possible.

    • @Jackson...
      @Jackson... 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      @kevinreynolds3594 yeah that was my point, a lot if not all of this was written. That doesn't really make it much less impressive, but it is important to clarify. It still takes a master to deliver these obscenely complex lines in such an effortlessly impressive way. He's just dancing around the beat, and he knows just how to build up and release rhythmic tension. Black Thought has always been a GOAT in my eyes, seeing this just solidifies it.

    • @3legreg
      @3legreg 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ⁠@@kevinreynolds3594it’s humanly impossible for this to be off dome. Whether it’s completely written or a combination I’m not sure.

  • @johnpierce8633
    @johnpierce8633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +524

    “With the slightest inflammatory remark, I’ll have you and the living a category apart.” Might be the best bar I’ve ever heard in my life.

    • @jowumi
      @jowumi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Fire

    • @mandlasithole7689
      @mandlasithole7689 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The pun flew over my head 🚀

    • @ariefraiser140
      @ariefraiser140 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      That's the most poetic death threat I've ever heard.

    • @bsinatra145
      @bsinatra145 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ariefraiser140 🤣🤣

    • @shravanmohan3644
      @shravanmohan3644 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yo i didnt catch that. explain?

  • @mokdadmokdad5526
    @mokdadmokdad5526 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1019

    The only thing underneath black thought’s fedora is more bars

    • @RedBlackGreenAK
      @RedBlackGreenAK 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mokdad Mokdad 😂😂😂

    • @martymardb7878
      @martymardb7878 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mokdad Mokdad moooooooorrrreeee barzzzzzzzz beeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!

    • @ant7018
      @ant7018 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Love it!

    • @cjcrockett3308
      @cjcrockett3308 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mokdad Mokdad 😂😂🤣🤣🤣 BIG FACTS

    • @smokeylowkey420
      @smokeylowkey420 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That brain matter contains too much data

  • @cassandraellis8649
    @cassandraellis8649 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Black Thought is Gifted he makes me feel lifted with his lyrics. Damn men you still got it skill give me chills. He is a blessed man.
    Long live Black thought!!!🤩😍😄
    Forever a fan😆😃

  • @MalcolmBrown7
    @MalcolmBrown7 6 ปีที่แล้ว +860

    I’m convinced He took that limitless drug

    • @kristonw.5888
      @kristonw.5888 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!hE ON SOMETHING!!!! and shyyyyyyyyyyyyyyttttt...... I got 5 on it!!!!!!!!!

    • @nikitojapyfit7721
      @nikitojapyfit7721 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yuuupp

    • @gregorylamb9651
      @gregorylamb9651 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Made it look simple and easy transitioning from scheme to scheme. Truly incredible.

    • @pacman9635
      @pacman9635 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What u mean bro tell me

    • @darrincox18
      @darrincox18 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      #Facts 😂😂😂

  • @wisersoze9725
    @wisersoze9725 ปีที่แล้ว +1764

    "I never thought you'd give me a reason to do this, Kane and Abel, Jesus And Judas, Caesar And Brutus..." All betrayed by someone that claimed they loved them, that's crazy, phenomenal freestyle.

    • @Hardluckchuck
      @Hardluckchuck ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Not everyone knows who Caesar and Brutus is.

    • @henry36786
      @henry36786 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      @@Hardluckchuck ok ? 😭

    • @wisersoze9725
      @wisersoze9725 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@Hardluckchuck I'm not sure if you're speaking as to everyone or yourself not knowing who they are?

    • @worme0256
      @worme0256 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@Hardluckchuck we know you have no idea what he was talking about no need to embarrass yourself

    • @drjonesey5
      @drjonesey5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Hardluckchuck Even if they didn't know, part of reading and comprehension is looking for context and meaning. If you hear Kane and Abel and Jesus and Judas and then a third pair whom you don't know you can safely assume the context is betrayal and the last pair are 2 people with a betrayal history because the context of the other 2 pairs. When I was in school as a child, one of the biggest things I saw was that folks struggled with reading comprehension and debate topics, mostly because they didn't really care about them.
      Comprehension is understanding what you are reading and why it makes sense but debate topics are a range of topics in comprehension and understanding where you have to pull information out of passages to then provide an answer to a question OR make a point based on the information you pulled from to make your own point/stance. I can tell on Social media, a lot of folks ignored this as children simply because of comments like yours. The bar was self explanatory, so what was the point of your comment? you didn't understand it was self explanatory. And why didn't you know that Chuck?

  • @obiwanjermobi
    @obiwanjermobi 7 ปีที่แล้ว +362

    “I am a walking affirmation that imagination and focus and patience get you closer to your aspiration” I got chills during this line

    • @dipoyomi
      @dipoyomi 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Me too! I stood with both hands on my head, shouting... Lord!

    • @djstarsign
      @djstarsign 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      obiwanjermobi 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

    • @gifted14sho
      @gifted14sho 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes!

    • @iveywebb
      @iveywebb 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      lmao

    • @EdRowe84
      @EdRowe84 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same here! Had to play that part back a few times

  • @shawnsimmons8268
    @shawnsimmons8268 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    6yrs, 3.9 million views, and im still here listening to this for thousandth time. Black Thought is INCREDIBLE!

  • @mastersplinter8546
    @mastersplinter8546 4 ปีที่แล้ว +938

    Damn almost forgot to watch this today

  • @yohaanlobo5560
    @yohaanlobo5560 3 ปีที่แล้ว +314

    You can write an entire essay on this freestyle regarding all the references that were dropped in this freestyle alone. Black thought is not human

    • @LEEKMEDIAGROUP
      @LEEKMEDIAGROUP 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I dare say a Thesis.

    • @stewymicrobe9255
      @stewymicrobe9255 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Haha I did in senior year for my hip hop English class

    • @nimaxx
      @nimaxx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@stewymicrobe9255 damn, please send the link here if its online somewhere. :)

    • @ChiefJeev
      @ChiefJeev 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@stewymicrobe9255 yoooo can I please read that??

    • @josamontiel408
      @josamontiel408 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stewymicrobe9255 drop the link to that thesis!!!

  • @committed2thecore
    @committed2thecore 5 ปีที่แล้ว +252

    On a cold night when the wind blows if you listen closely......you can hear Black Thought still freestylin

  • @fernandoapplegate1921
    @fernandoapplegate1921 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Nobody can understand what he’s saying, he’s speaking truth and the pure fire of the true essence of an MC and flippin it with some dope ism on the mob deep learn the burn remix track, pure respect to Black Thought, while people paying for meds and Therapists, I bump these tracks and allow it to take my pain away.
    Who ever is reading this, take a look back and thank life for being able to watch this video on whatever your viewing on this. Life is too beautiful to throw away!
    Cheers to my Bruvs and Hip Hop Heads!

  • @ydub3765
    @ydub3765 7 ปีที่แล้ว +340

    First listen = phat beat and this guy can rhyme words for ten minutes!
    Second listen = ten minutes? One take? Woah...he ain't just flexin throughout. This makes sense.
    Third listen = Jeez there are some salient points here about history and things to be learned for the future.
    Fourth listen = I'm gonna have to Google some of these references and imagery.
    Fifth listen = someone put a glass case around that mic. Relocate the radio station. This is now a hip hop museum.

  • @tystevens456
    @tystevens456 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1008

    He took me thru 4 years of college in 10 minutes

  • @PrimeraEspadaStark
    @PrimeraEspadaStark 5 ปีที่แล้ว +676

    Who still studying and learning new things from this freestyle 2 years later.. lost count how many times Ive played this..

    • @stanleycaviness3678
      @stanleycaviness3678 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Facts!!!!

    • @rasheedshakur3754
      @rasheedshakur3754 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Rap on a doctorate level

    • @leebrown5758
      @leebrown5758 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Man now your talking studying what words me

    • @cristobalbalenciaga7295
      @cristobalbalenciaga7295 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Studying and learning from rap..?🤣. Read some books bro

    • @anthonyhodgson2934
      @anthonyhodgson2934 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      This is the greatest freestyle of all time, timeless bro. Archived for future generations.

  • @itsmedeka
    @itsmedeka 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I come back to this once a year and it seems to just keep getting better and better each time.

  • @danwilley3911
    @danwilley3911 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5676

    This freestyle needs to be studied and taught in universities

    • @epicon6
      @epicon6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      All great freestyles are memorized but whatever.

    • @titan9663
      @titan9663 4 ปีที่แล้ว +313

      @@epicon6 Freestyle is flexing a rappers ability to flow it much closer to a song for the station. No one flows off the dome anymore, unless in private.
      Still does not take away from the fact this guy is talking spirituality, politics, and drugs. In a one take radio recording.

    • @TheBluntizm
      @TheBluntizm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      For real brv

    • @blizzaad
      @blizzaad 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Titan Mellor harry mack bro harry mack. Greatest freestyler of all time. No cal

    • @IvefoundthetruthonMay
      @IvefoundthetruthonMay 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@blizzaad Harry Mack is not that impressive.

  • @ministerstayfly9213
    @ministerstayfly9213 7 ปีที่แล้ว +351

    STRONGEST DOSE OF WORD PLAY I'VE EVER SEEN

    • @octagonocologist
      @octagonocologist 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      you need to listen to more hip hop then

    • @DatFuzzyFeelin
      @DatFuzzyFeelin 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      octagonocologist haha fr this was mostly straigh bars dude trippin

  • @kieferroche1995
    @kieferroche1995 7 ปีที่แล้ว +328

    Rest in Peace to that Microphone .

  • @maliekowens6135
    @maliekowens6135 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I think I can actually say this is the best freestyle of all time