Notorious B.I.G. - Brooklyn Freestyle at the age of 17 (1989)
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- Christopher George Latore Wallace A.K.A. Big, Biggie Smalls, Frank White, Notorious, Big Poppa, . . ., freestyling at a Brooklyn's st corner at Bedford-Stuyvesant when he was 17 years old.
The level of swagger and confidence from this 17 year old kid is incredible
He has the exaggerated swagger of a teen Spiderman.
If anything, that's the age of peak swagger
there is no such thing as a 17 years old kid and also teens are supposed to have swager
@@f.g.5967I thought the same thing
the exaggerated swagger of
If this pops out in your recommendation than we are automatically friends.
wasssup omie
What’s good bro
I don’t know if I want to be friends with you moe Lester
@@jacobgibson6217 oop. didnt notice that.
Jakob De Alba love the pfp
the flow and rythm he got for a 17 year old is really mindblowing.
Thats the result of no internet or social media so everyday your social skills are used and improved
Young Biggie grabbed him and put him in a choke-hold without even touching him.
God, please! resurrect the true rappers and you can take the current ones to you..
@@SirFaferyes atleast i grew up in an eraa without social media but since im using it my social skills get worse 😂
@@bluelightmoon777 who are you? nobody dog
You don't even need the words, his flow and his energy will blow you away.
Love Biggie. This freestyle, on the street, in front of the bodega….it’s so raw. It IS 90’s hip hop. No chains, no money waving, no props, no corny face tats….just a man killin it on the mic in broad daylight. One of the all time greats. RIP Biggie.
If this is when biggie was 17 wouldn't this be 1989?
@@thatguyfawkes2328mathematics is a beautiful thing
@thatguyfawkes2328 Yeah. If anything, this is much more 80s than 90s rap. GMFTFF were making disses and songs of struggle, 90s was more about making songs of dominance and wealth
@@thatguyfawkes2328that’s basically the 90s goofy
@@goofballlarry2031 If anything that's literally the 80s and decades roll into the next not the other way round partner. Lol
His flow is unbelievable
Exactly! No wonder puff had to take him out the game!
Well he was the illest.
“biggie smalls is the illest”
This is WHY people record 🎥 📱 at gigs. You never know who’s gonna be big and we look back. Imagine if the guy recording didn’t and was _”Just enjoy the moment, maaaan”_
We’d never have this to see.
He wasnt the best but he is
Yes it's me, the B.I.G
Competition ripper ever since 13
Used to steal clothes was considered a thief
Until I started hustlin' on Fulton Street
Makin' loot, knockin' boots on the regular
Pass the microphone I'm the perfect competitor
Jewels and all that, my clothes is all that
Chumps steppin' to me, that's where they took a FALL at!
B.I.G. without burner, that's unheard of
I stay close to mine like Tina on Turner
Quick to smother, a punk motherfucker
Undercover, word to mother, I'm above ya
And I love ya, cause you're a sweet bitch
A crazy crab, the type to make my dick itch
I flow looser than Luther, words ya get used ta
B.I.G. is a born trooper
Like ice cream I scoop ya, my music you wanna get loose ta
Stay dipped, and I'm not a booster
So what'cha got to say? This mackin' word is bond
There's no other assumption, I got it going on
I'm not conceited, my friends tell me this
Even my mother, be noddin' her head to this
Makes her proud to see her one son get loud
Flip on a sucker, and bow to the crowd
Drink a little Hennessy, smoke a blunt or 2 or 3 or 4
Live in action, guaranteed RAW
Thanx!!
Thx
Thanks!!
Thank you very much!
Thanks, bro. I didn't get sht.
The stuff of dreams to have people from all over the world singing your praises years after your passing. RIP..
How lucky we are that someone had a camera to film this back in 89 and it survived to the Internet age
It makes you wonder all the amazing incidents that happened where the camera was never present.
@@cerovk6000 The crucifixion.
@@justanotherguy469😂😂😂😂
@@cerovk6000yeah even in the present.
@@justanotherguy469pipe down, bible baby
He's like a drummer with words. Forever my GOAT
Because he can't breave 😂
Made in japan
@@xmo552 breathe*
Embarrassing
@@hitthurdeaux
English major here.
Literary license.
Poetic freedom.
Word play.
Making a point.
Conveying a message.
Aiming at my audience.
Proceed you may go kick rocks barefoot in your embaressment.
@@hitthurdeaux
There's a Tupac song I'd like to share with you it's called baby don't cry.
Don't snub ya toe.
No studio , no edits, no voice tune and still sounds a million times better then music today
Nah fr.
Listen to better music dude. Music is as good as it has always been. Better, I'd argue, because there are no barriers to putting your music out there so we just have exponentially more music than ever before. If you can't find good music NOW? it's a you problem.
@@Just.Kidding sober up , more music is not better music i dont like fasade rappers with auto tune....reply when your sober off the meth ..unless of course your just fake af an into listening to the fasade , if thats the case then to stand to close to the fire place your plastic ass will melt
And no mess ups
@@jacobingram8152 yeah for sure
Massive respect to the person who captured this legendary moment ❤
Absolutely ❤
LOVE how the kid who got served just WALKS away.
there's no words. he can't take it. he just has to leave.
cmz8706 because he alrdy knew after the music go off he is getting his ass joked on lol
Lmaoo
That and the blunt were the L’s he took that day
Yeah his name is primo I think that was his first rap battle that he lost
the fact is he was undefeated before bg came
He already had his B.I.G. pseudonym at the age of 17. Impressive.
12*
well he was already BIG
yeah look at him
Morbid obesity shouldn’t impress people imo
@@swlk9996 I bet you’re parents are divorced sucka
This image quality of 89 was better than most security cameras in 2020
Are you sure you trying for picture perfect when selling dope
Video nd audio
U rly thought u was funny right here
@@jettbezos8074 what
Security cameras have low quality on purpose because imagine how much space it would take when you record 24/7, isnt this common sense?
For me its BIG's voice. Dude was an absolute legend and it's no wonder people still talk about Biggie as much as they do to this day.
He had a powerful aura even at 17. When you first look at him you don’t think much but when he opens his mouth his whole swag speaks volumes. I’m impressed
You should read the Alchmyst, Diary of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. He touches on living legends like celebrities and how they have the aura that draws people to them. He doesn't talk about B.I.G. but he touches on celebrities like Michael Jackson, etc. Really interesting SCI-FI series of books about legends like this are immortal even after they leave us.
One of the real legends in rap so young and so much power in his voice, just basic beat and the words do the flow. R.I.P B.I.G
YUP!!!! MR,,,,,BIG,,,,, YOU,, DEFINITELY,,,WILL BE,, DEEPLY,,,,,MISSED!!!! RIP!!!
I mean. That flow ain’t his own tho. That didn’t come till later. ✌️
@@newagain9964 who are you saying he took the flow from? It sounds quite similar to his signature flow imo
In my mind, this is the greatest rapper ever. Best flow, strongest voice, and hands down most clever lyrics. He was great.
Imagine if he'd put all that effort into a job. What a waste.
Just watched a lil Yatchy freestyle...this was so refreshing to watch. Make Hip Hop Great Again
ZekalumbaTV just watch 'Shindy-Statements' it's german, but he says he makes Rap great again :b
😹😹
Oaschloch Wärter der macht es schlechter also shindy
😂😂😂
First off All dude, Music changes over time, it would be boring if it was all the same for the next 20+ years , you sound just like the people that were putting his music down in the 90’s , just let people do what they wanna do , I don’t know why you care so much, culture changes bro. Lil Yachty never said he was the most lyrical rapper ever either, he makes music he enjoys and you’re just hating on him. Hip hop is and always will be great. I could name several different great artists from this generation
The good old days when we used to socialize in person and EVERYBODY was always outside. I miss 1980’s and 90’s Brooklyn. And I miss Biggy!
I mean, we still do this
that's what happens with y'all terrible ass roads
we still do your just a loser now
Cosign. I was just thinking the other day how much I used to love block parties and playing manhunt with my friends on Bedford Ave. Drinking quarters, italian icees, and a cheese slice from the pizza spot. Back then we were outside all day. Now it's rare for me to see kids playing outside.
I love how biggie dressed as somebody’s uncle
Classy
Ya classy
Thief...He said it...
Lmaoooooo
It was the 80s that’s how a lot of ppl dressed
Have you seen the shit a lot of today's so-called rappers are wearing? Lol And what about the multi-colored hair and dorky face tattoos? Half these mfs look like 5 year old scribbled all over their faces with a magic marker.
No auto tune, no equalizer, etc. just straight up raw talent and power from the great...
@@Ashamed.Loser69 W Pfp comparsion
17? He looks like he already has social security and fixing his taxes
He's just a big boy for his age!
Uncle Smalls
Poor camera video from the late 80's don't help. Its like 180P.
his phone bill must be like 2Gs flat, but nah, he doesnt, his accountant handles that
Lmao
There will never be a more naturally gifted Mc. We miss you big guy ❤
Wow... no era of rap will ever top the 90's Biggie easily top 3 in history.
Its just nostalgia, that’s the reason bro
Freedtylye....shit he was number 1. R.I.P...B.I.G.
Steven Singh cap
@@Xyzc.xyzc1 Nope I wasn't born in that era or get nostalgia it's because this shit is the best out there. Flow is unbelievable, story telling is on point, and the voice adds the final touch. God damn perfection.
He was fat as fuck thatswhy
This 1 minute improvisation of a 17 years old Notorious Big has more talent in it than the whole discography of all new era rappers. That is talent like few. Love it.
Edit: Thanks for the likes 👍
Some definitely sounds pre written
@@Xxmeca421xX lol that is not pre written g. You too used to lame ass rappers from this era
@@JayH22 it's a bunch of different pre written lines and then a few off off the head lines.
@@Xxmeca421xX Its same with most freestyles. I dont remember who but somebody explained it that rappers are constantly thinking of rhymes and playing around with rhyme schemes for different words and topics and write the best ones down. In the heat of the moment your brain starts firing off the different rhymes that fit the situation in a battle, it doesnt take away from the freestyling skill at all.
You are just prepared for the battle.
@@PappaGolf I think it does take away from the skill, freestyle means makin up all of it on the spot completely new, and managing to actually make it work no different than pre-prepared. Think about tupac's hit em up, imagine he randomly bumps into biggie in the street and they start a freestyle battle and he just thinks of hit em up for the first time, and biggie comes up instantly with who shot ya as a comeback. Impossible. Freestyle is nothing but limited/minor modifications to pre-prepared stuff, not completely new and polished masterpieces just flowing in in the moment. That happens extremely rare, with a lot of luck and with only a few words.
blessed are the ones who saw this live
I'm the guy on the left, the one grabbing his balls. It was an awesome day.
Go visit them in prison
@@AlexDMC That was brutal. :)
@Kube_Dog just a little joke ;)
@@AlexDMC It was brilliant. On point and quick, like an arrow hitting the bull's eye.
And to think 7 years from this moment he passes. He will remain a legend forever
I’m down for 2Pac for life but I don’t see how anyone can give thumbs down on this. 100% raw in the streets.
Right this kat been nasty 💯💯💯😂
I don't care what anybody says, Biggie is the GOAT
Adem Zettl
thats true
By far the BEST EVER!
Yep. For me he's the greatest.
In terms of flow - without a doubt.
But I always think to compare him with rappers like Pac is just impossible.
Apples and Oranges
King of Brooklyn, @ me all you want.
Everyone standing around slowly realizing they're in the presence of a rap god.
I keep coming back to this video every 18 months and it still pops!!!
Biggie sounded like his albums irl. Insane.
Everything from his cadence to his tone of voice is pure gold. Damn, what a huge loss for the entire world. Think of all the great music he would of made if it weren't for his untimely death. I miss the 90s........
And he didn't mess up not once!
Untimely? Maybe he shouldn't have acted like a thug tho keep the money drop the gang shit
@@myyoutubename1756🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
A huge loss for the world? Yeah because he was obese. Guy recited words that rhymed over drum loops. 90 IQ type stuff my friends. You all really need to see what it is you are idolizing.
In loving memory of
Christopher Wallace.
God bless
Thank you...
I'm not into rap anymore like I was when I was in my teens in the 80s or early 90s but when I hear Biggie's voice I'm just mesmerized and my ears force me to listen.
This 1989 flow is ahead of what we have in 2023.
B.I.G! Was something else. He is one of the best rappers in history and earned every bit of it. He also loved his mom, and took care of her. God bless and thanks for the epic jams! Much appreciated!
Just a young kid, the crowd was enthralled by Biggie. Witnessing hip hop history! Wow!
That raw snare n drums is wats missing in rap nowadays… n cant leave out the scratching… golden days
It's unbelievable what Biggie did in the the 6 or 7 Years he had remaining on this earth after this video was filmed! and still to this day, can I get an Amen
truly gifted, truly loved, truly missed, rest in power BIG
Biggie's diction was total style and talent, not just his rhythm. He was a total performer.
I just keep watching to see the crowds reaction. soooo good
one girl peeks from behind a guy like "oh, he's still there lol"
I did the same thing you did; that was so real. B.I.G. the best ever.
That's what makes it better
Whatever happened to good old rap hip hop legends like this. Nowadays rap is just not cutting it.
R.I.P homie..One of the best rappers out there. This popped up on my homescreen. Brings back memories.
From a jazz player , B.I.G. had a smooth flow , one of the all time GREATS 🙏
Why you a punk? HE WAS THE GREATEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
he is all over the barline, and his eighth note feel is so so SO good
The time nobody had a mobile phone and actually watching the show, instead of recording and missing this true legend freestyle.
Yeah I wish there was a recording of this though so we could watch later after he died
And if they did have mobile phones they would be recording then too 😆
@@BushidoRyu Thats obvious 🤣
@@BushidoRyu Those cowards. Why does everyone have to record Biggie Smalls rapping, when they could be living in the moment
Yeah people always recording shit. I wish someone had been recording for this freest- oh wait...
This freestyle hits different after I watched “I got a story to tell” documentary. GOAT.
Such an honor and pleasure to have had listened to his music, puff’s, mase back in the day, especially when one had just become a teen, a boy at that. The novelty of those experiences for a teen, just beginning to explore yourself, life outside school with peers, the opposite sex, with their music (also R&B during the late 90s-early 00s) as the soundtrack. It just feels so special! Feels like the golden age of R&B and my life!
Biggie Smalls at 17: Dropping absolute bombs and destroying people lyrically
Me now at 17: OrAnGe RhYmeS wITh dOOr HiNge
Man there's plenty of words you can't imagine that can be rhymed
Eminem rhymed Yoda with many other words like he did with Orange
@@aw_acethemenace there's so many words but these rappers now a days don't want to put in the type of dedication or love into their "skill"
@@diablo2857 There are plenty of rappers who are talented but ended up getting called corny
Hopsin, MGK, Joyner Lucas, Logic, Big Sean and many more
Btw Big Sean really came with a great album
Thats not Biggie Smalls, is Notorius B.I.G. They´re not the same person.
@@melquizedec Man his real name was Christopher Wallace and his rap names were The Notorious B.I.G, Biggie Smalls, Big Poppa
They all are same bruh
Love how his voice cuts through the music and floats right into your ears
kid just walks off the set and was never heard from again. BIG changed this man's dreams
i remebmber listening to biggie in my teens in the 90s. At the time i was a kid, i didn't get the lyrics as i'm not a native speaker but that flow... i knew it was special but i never thought i was here 30 years later being so proud i was so lucky to be a bboy in the 90s listening to the music of this legend when he was stil around
This one minute freestyle a 17 year old did is better then almost every modern rappers careers
What do you mean "almost"?
@@SandroMagna because some modern rappers are good. The majority still trash
@@mctriplefatal none
@@SandroMagna bro even someone who hates modern rap knows your dumb and closed minded.
Rappers like Lil Baby, Kendrick Lamar, Tyler The Creator, are some really good rappers. I don’t believe that their better then this freestyle or old rap though, so apologies for not being clear enough. Modern rap can be good, your just not looking hard enough
@@SandroMagnaok cmon now be more specific, 2001-2015 still counts as modern rap and that was 50,Eminem, Kendrick, Kanye. If you like old hip hop they still retain a lot of what made the genre popular and more importantly GOOD. After 2015 the cesspool of shit was opened on the genre.
Everytime I watch this I just love the guys in the background with huge grins on their faces, because they know who Biggie is and the mistake whoever dared challenge him just made, and also they are just in pure admiration of how he is like an unstoppable tank when it comes to freestyling. I mean he just.. continues..
Every hundred years a legend is born this was one of them
“Until I started hustlin on Fulton st.” I remember hitting Fulton St back in the day… Wild times.
this man's confidence and flow was unmatched
that flow is just immaculate
That moment when you go to upvote comments and you see you already upvoted them years ago.
Back when you let your words leave you impressed and not what you had on. Wish I was around. What a natural.
Now this is real hip hop! Raw talent, bars, creative metaphors. No hiding behind songwriters and producers! 😊😂😂👍
Biggie ain’t fat, he’s full of lyrics
And McDoubles
and fire!
He could literally have eaten 2Pac
Oh no...he fat.
Nice ! 👏🏽
Absolute phenom. His cadence is still electrifying. GOAT.
I always come back to this video some how, and im always reminded how nice the 80s and 90s were.
People were truly living in the moment and enjoying themselves which is something of a rarity these days.
This gives me the chills. Can you imagine just walking by and happening to see this?
Love how yt recommendations blessing me with this
Absolutely amazing footage for back in the day. The way he ripped him and then he walks off without getting a word in, classic freestyle from 17 year old B.I.G. .....
Amazing that this was recorded. It's history.
This guy was an absolute genius. I don't think anybody has quite matched him since and certainly not the hip hop we hear these days. I would love to see him alongside Snoop in interviews these days. Can you imagine?! He'd be like the Mike Tyson of rap.
@4th_Lensman_of_the_apocalypse 🙂. True, but he was a genius in his own art, in the same way we might call Van Gogh or Pavarotti artists in theirs. I think he deserves that.
@4th_Lensman_of_the_apocalypse Maybe you're right. Well, he was very good 😁
@4th_Lensman_of_the_apocalypsewhy you hating? What have you accomplished in life we will remember and talk about years later?
The man was cold at 17 and still one of the greatest of all time 👍🔥😎
You didn't ask for this, but the world knew you needed it.
This is absolutely outrageous. Talent on this level is unreal.
shut up...shut your dirty shit mouth
Christopher Wallace
You will be remembered forever !!
One of the clearest examples of a candle burning twice as fast for twice as strong. RIP to BIG.
RIP biggie Smalls always remember, never will be forgotten big up to Brooklyn baby
The best evah. Dude has the sickest flow and its not close, coupled with that deep ass voice and swag. He could literally be reading from a tax form and I'd be like.. word.
lol. That flow man - it's all in the delivery.
I love how he kept flowing even when they were loudly cheering for him
This clip cracks me up every time, this dude just walks away!
Biggie was the Bomb from 17 to his final day! R.I.P. Biggie you will forever be remembered!
So much charisma at only 17. Natural charisma. Yet, you can also tell he practices a lot. He didn't just become great like this one morning. It's taken years of practice.
Literally lived 1and a half blocks away. Biggie,to my knowledge at the time, sold weed(before crack). When the Jamaicans sold out damn good weed on Underhill Ave between Lincoln place and St. Johns, my friends and I would cop from him. "No shorts!", Biggie would say( shorts mean have exact cash). The Trey and nickel bags had plenty of seeds,so, if you purchased a Trey or a nickel, chances were you would get 3 or 5 joints. I only knew of him only because of weed. My friends in the neighborhood bought his weed as a last resort because several blocks away on Underhill Ave had the good shit,and when they ran out - no disrespect to Biggie, we had no choice but to cop from him. As of 2020, I listen to "Big Poppa at least 3 days a week. RIP, BIGGIE.
King Of Rap ♡
yo ass
What about 2Pac
Carlos Hernandez fuck tupac
Knowledge Reigns Supreme ?🤦🏻♂️.
@@scania5552 wym f Tupac hes a leader a visionary people learn from him.
Tupac
Biggie
Eazy e
Snoop dogg
Dr dre
Ice cube
And more like all of the old school rappers are kings
Losing to a future hall of famer is still an amazing experience to remember for the rest of your life. Love this video
Hermoso que podamos encontrar joyas como esta en el Internet.
He lived and enjoyed those late 80"s moments as a teenager,it will be nice to see more freestyle battles like this if there is any.
Most rap battles these days are more like slam poetry with insults. I come back to this video because it’s refreshing.
While Tupac was in private school learning how to dance and sing, Christopher was on the corner droppin this. I was a corner kid.
And people spew bullshit that he's not the 🐐? 🤡 shit right there my brotha
89 he would’ve been with digital underground at this time
@@tupenny1331 Doin The Humpty Hump!
@@martymcfly8733 correct
At the same time being exposed to the Black Panthers. Akin to the philosophy of Malcom x
Man I love rap, as a man from the east with a dad who listens to these legends I'm glad he did 🙏
Biggie's flows are always smooth asf RIP to the greatest rapper of time 🕊️
Greatest rapper is like getting the highest F on a test.
BEST MOMENT ON RAP HISTORY!!!!!!!!
They sure dont make real rap like this anymore. This was back when rap was actually real rap/hip hop.
Man growing up in Brooklyn during the 90s was a magical time.
this was 80s
@@leosam6819☝️🤓
80's my dude
channels like this keep the goat alive. its because of this channel that i can simply google biggie and see this amazing footage
One of the greatest lyricists.
The greatest lyricist
That's NAS
It's so beautiful how you can live forever with your art... 🙏
Biggies music is timeless. I’m in my early 40’s and he’s been my favorite since high school. I always think of what else he would have done in his career had he not died so young.
Where was this gem hidden??? Damm…17 years old and had the voice of an angry veteran with loads of experience
What makes the 80/90s era so good.. his talent would be wasted if he grew up in modern times
Solo los elegidos pudieron ver esto en directo🙏 que bueno era B.I.G.
Fun fact: the person he was battling in this was undefeated before BIG came
Source?
@@donnydont trust
Nah that ain't gonna cut it.
@@donnydont from the movie based on biggies life
Source : just trust me dude
That voice. So hollow in the center, crisp, deep and impeccable timing
This performance is in history of hip pop