Why dont rappers freestyle
- Thread starter Blekk0
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People are stupid most people that listen to the "freestyle" and actually think it is a freestyle is because they probably havent heard the track inwhich the verse is spit, I know many a person who calim to luv 2pac for example but have never heard the "I thank the Lord for my many blessings" verse on the R U Still down CD
This then leads to these same ignorant people thinking it was a freestyle thus leading to more credibility for the artist, Plus if you're smart enough to know Its a pre written then you usually let it slide because you know they can't really mess up and seem like idiots.
This then leads to these same ignorant people thinking it was a freestyle thus leading to more credibility for the artist, Plus if you're smart enough to know Its a pre written then you usually let it slide because you know they can't really mess up and seem like idiots.
Pac did some fs in his day. wasnt anything great, but it wasnt bad. I have always thougth artist should freestlye. And they should deff battle rap. The always talk about who is better and shit well shut up and spit. Imagine a 50cent vs. game freestyle on ppv with a bunch of other people on the undercard. that shit would sell like a mutha fucker. peace.
I probably have a more vast audio collection than anyone else here.
Also, when freestyling, people dont expect you do drop the ILLEST VERSE EVER, its to freestyle. Thats my beef.
When pac started spitting in the studio, on the thug angel dvd, that wasnt bad.
The problem is freestyling is one of the primary elements of hip hop. If you showed up at a cypher with some prewritten shit you'd get laughed at; whats with the double standard? "Aw naw this niggas sold like 3 mil albums, it doesnt matter!!"... Thats effectively what you're saying.
Also, when freestyling, people dont expect you do drop the ILLEST VERSE EVER, its to freestyle. Thats my beef.
When pac started spitting in the studio, on the thug angel dvd, that wasnt bad.
The problem is freestyling is one of the primary elements of hip hop. If you showed up at a cypher with some prewritten shit you'd get laughed at; whats with the double standard? "Aw naw this niggas sold like 3 mil albums, it doesnt matter!!"... Thats effectively what you're saying.
You don't know history.
The original definition of freestyling = live performance of a rhyme, ideally one not performed before.
West coast cats have always taken things to extremes (power moves, g-funk, etc.), initially to get their props from the east coast and then to one-up them when they realized that wasn't going to happen. Some west coast kids started spontaneously composing their freestyles as they were performing, and over time that became an ideal. And then, revisionist history came in:
- The same revisionist history that makes Reasonable Doubt some kind of classic
- That makes you misguided kids think sampling is wack
etc.
Spontaneously performing your rhymes is what real freestyling is = propaganda put out to keep Craig G, Supernatural, Juice, and whoever put out that Freestyle DVD full.
The original definition of freestyling = live performance of a rhyme, ideally one not performed before.
West coast cats have always taken things to extremes (power moves, g-funk, etc.), initially to get their props from the east coast and then to one-up them when they realized that wasn't going to happen. Some west coast kids started spontaneously composing their freestyles as they were performing, and over time that became an ideal. And then, revisionist history came in:
- The same revisionist history that makes Reasonable Doubt some kind of classic
- That makes you misguided kids think sampling is wack
etc.
Spontaneously performing your rhymes is what real freestyling is = propaganda put out to keep Craig G, Supernatural, Juice, and whoever put out that Freestyle DVD full.
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