Kendrick - storytelling, flow, delivery Soulo - entendres, metaphors, punchlines, and overall wordplay Both incredible at what they do and they continue to be to this day.
I think objectively we can say Kendrick is a better rapper but kendrick was heavily influenced by ab soul. Ab soul would have always been the rapper he is but if Kendrick never met ab soul, he never would have became as good as he became. He completed with soul back in the day and that competition pushed him to be better because ab soul was the best rapper in black hippy and it was obvious. It's like with biggie and Tupac. Biggie was the better rapper but pac was bigger than rap. Soul is the better rapper but kendrick is bigger than rap.
"Try your hardest to harvest bundles of weed on ya, they starve and then speed on ya, stapmede on ya, impede on your pockets then pee on ya!" Kendrick Lamar has God-like lyricism.
This is how hip hop should be Ab Soul proves what pure hip hop is with a un scripted freestyle and Kendrick shows the complexity and the roots of how the art can be visualized if you put some thought into it. Well done
@@odwaathabilempelwane619 when I saw him perform it was as like watching a nuclear explosion happen in the background ur not in danger but shit was going down, Kendrick was just okay even tho Kendrick’s music catalog is arguably more diverse he’s just not at the performing level so depends on how u wanna look at it. I also met soul at a video shoot the energy was a lot more turned down so maybe Kendrick had a bad performance and ab just had a really good one. Idk, But from what I saw ab souls delivery in person and presence makes him a better (live) artist. But better overall I’d say about equal. Different strengths/ weaknesses
I swear im so aware, but I wear shades everyday my vision gotta be impared. damn ab soul always killing it im ready to hear thesedays cant wait for it to come out
Dominic Roney Lupe & Los? In all honestly I'm partially biased towards AbsouLupe. I think they bring out the best in each other. That'll be my dynamic duo. At the end of the day they are all great and it would a blessing to see any pairing together whether it's a collaboration or a battle. You know something special is gonna happen either way.
That ladies and gentelman, is a FREESTYLE. Solid bars by both Ab & Kendrick, dope choice of putting Daughters by Lantern, and collectivly just a great session in the art of spitting your mind. TDE. BlackHippy.WESTSIDE!
Ab Soul's freestyle was kinda like punch lines. there meant to get reactions after every couple lines. thats why alot of punch line rappers rap slow so you can catch the affect. Kendrick is a crazy lyricist with flow. his flow is meant for you to really listen to what he's saying and then at the end be like "Got Damn He Nice!!!!" they both smashed that shit
Two of the best lyracists we've got right now, dont care if they freestyled or not i want to listen to good lyrics and soul and k dot ALWAYS produce. Black Hippy !!
Anyone still listening to this fire ass freestyle in 2024 ?
Yessir here after Kendrick cooked Drake
Yup 😂
here we go
Yesssir K dot the 👑
💯🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤😮
Ab soul.....everything he spits makes sense even when it isnt suppose to
*Ab-soul
Don't forget the dash, hoe
Kendrick even did sign language during the freestyle so deaf viewers can hear his flows
lmao😂
😂6years later and this comment is still underrated
Kendricks wrote that shit and ab was of the head
Bro I’m dead 6 years later 💀😂
@@ianguidice4070 they both wrote that shit lol but still fire
10 years down and I still come back to this freestyle 🔥"life is a bitch if u ain't focused"
Me too
Ft Kendrick Lamar - push thru
Look it up…
DAMN.
Kendrick - storytelling, flow, delivery
Soulo - entendres, metaphors, punchlines, and overall wordplay
Both incredible at what they do and they continue to be to this day.
I think objectively we can say Kendrick is a better rapper but kendrick was heavily influenced by ab soul. Ab soul would have always been the rapper he is but if Kendrick never met ab soul, he never would have became as good as he became. He completed with soul back in the day and that competition pushed him to be better because ab soul was the best rapper in black hippy and it was obvious. It's like with biggie and Tupac. Biggie was the better rapper but pac was bigger than rap. Soul is the better rapper but kendrick is bigger than rap.
Check my comment
Facts
Ab Soul and Kendrick need to be a album
Souls verse is fucking ridicolous. Love it!
lmao his verse was trash
charles hills Get your shit straight fuckface.
charles hills LMAO.... you cant be serious .Are you serious ??? really
paulbrasfield he can't really be serious. If Ab's verse is bad then there isnt a single verse in the world he would like...
charles hills His was better. Kendrick's was pre-written btw
ab-soul the greatest...really think he will go down as one of the best to ever do it
Ross S boy was u wrong
Larry Hoover soul do shit on his own terms like an artist should..I'm deffiantely anticipating his next album
Ross S I do feel he’s capable
@@larryhoover4339 he wasn't
Larry Hoover popularity don’t determine how good you are dummy
"Try your hardest to harvest bundles of weed on ya, they starve and then speed on ya, stapmede on ya, impede on your pockets then pee on ya!" Kendrick Lamar has God-like lyricism.
Thanks for translating 💯
Kendrick and Soul always bring out the best of each other
“I aint a rapper, but if i was, this isnt some shit i would rap after”😂🔥
Thats why they both my favorites
This is how hip hop should be Ab Soul proves what pure hip hop is with a un scripted freestyle and Kendrick shows the complexity and the roots of how the art can be visualized if you put some thought into it. Well done
That was written my guy u can see how he stumbled he missed a word
seen both Kendrick and soul in person and souls on a different level point blank
What mean bro?
@@larodericks5283 his energy is different made me reevaluate how I approach life.. to put it simply Kendrick was human. Soul was soul
Facts.. Soul's mind isn't from here. Daylyt describes him well. Even kendrick said Ab made him think of the things he talks about in Hiipower
You still saying that?
@@odwaathabilempelwane619 when I saw him perform it was as like watching a nuclear explosion happen in the background ur not in danger but shit was going down, Kendrick was just okay even tho Kendrick’s music catalog is arguably more diverse he’s just not at the performing level so depends on how u wanna look at it. I also met soul at a video shoot the energy was a lot more turned down so maybe Kendrick had a bad performance and ab just had a really good one. Idk, But from what I saw ab souls delivery in person and presence makes him a better (live) artist. But better overall I’d say about equal. Different strengths/ weaknesses
How does this not have a million views? One of the best Freestyles I’ve ever heard. Even years later.
Ab soul killed it. Kendrick killed it while recycling old lyrics but improvised on them. Still some great shit.
Tde
“life a bitch if you ain’t focused” REMEMBER THAT HUMANS!!
They both murdered this stop tryna make it a competition
👍
Its not a competition people just judging
rap is competition
the both admit the be tryna kill each other. Ab said he knew for sure he was the best until he Dot and Rocc
It's competition kid, get on ur googles
May 2024. You know what got me here.
"I'm sipping Remy watching Martin drooling gina if I had the opportunity id Turner out like Tina"
My fav line of the video
Mannnn 🤦🏾♂️ I'm mad that went over my head!
Always come back to this freestyle
"I stand out like I exited the building" 👌👌👌👏👏
Let’s stop complaint and forcing competition, they both root for each other we should do the same all of us. They both were amazing
Soulo is the best rapper of our generation I swear to GOD
Mohamed Bajaber but like earl...
JustRapid is not even top 5
@@xenobell2475 would love to hear your top 5 current gen rappers
Kendrick's part was too real. May not have had much wordplay but the lyrics were introspective and deep.
Lowkey because of that, it was better than souls. Sure you can be cleaver, but it means nothing if it doesnt enlighten u, yk?
It’s clearly not a freestyle. He was weaving in verses from songs we know.
@@smoothcoastin2484 he was recycling verses … love Kendrick , but heard everything he said in his songs already. Soul went off the top
"I'm the guard dog" - Ab-Soul
Kendrick on this is one of the best I've ever heard
They’re both word geniuses that push each other to different heights. You can appreciate Soul’s wordplay and you can feel Kendrick’s emotions.
Two of the most lyrical brothers to walk the earth
Here after KDOT bodied Drake
Algorithm going brazy lol
bodied is a reach
@@dsmth3261He was definitely bodied😂
Kendrick Lamar feat his hand
Hahahahaha
tyler rumpler 😂😂
Lmfaoooo
Anyone came here after drake’s diss ????
Of course 😂
No lies lol 😂
drakes death bra
You already know
a bitch gon be a bitch until a bitch becomes a hoe
I swear im so aware, but I wear shades everyday my vision gotta be impared. damn ab soul always killing it im ready to hear thesedays cant wait for it to come out
This world doesn’t deserve the duo of soulo and dot. Put those 2 against literally anybody
Dominic Roney Lupe & Los? In all honestly I'm partially biased towards AbsouLupe. I think they bring out the best in each other. That'll be my dynamic duo. At the end of the day they are all great and it would a blessing to see any pairing together whether it's a collaboration or a battle. You know something special is gonna happen either way.
@@eguerra26 check ab and rapsody songs, non fiction is fire
Soul Is just a little bit above Kendrick in terms of wordsmithing
I agree
CHUCKSANDPOLOS they tic for tac...
Real shit
In terms of Punchlines but not being a wordsmith
Pussa TMZ they damn near brothers. It ain’t about washing each other
Soul Was Better Then Kendrick...But Im Biased To Soul
Was? Back here after Soul Burger. Time for a recalibration
YO JUST TO BE FRANK...
AB SOUL IS HIGHLY UNDERRATED!!!
HE KILLED Kendrick !!!
Idk about that
Ab is for sure one of the best ever but right here inparticular he didn't kill Kendricc ...
Yeah she definitely tripping y'all 😂😂 just bc he underrated don't try to make him overrated smh
Jahqay Burnett his word play and bars were better wym ..
Naw he didn't BUT HE IS NICE THO! CAN'T LIE ABOUT THAT
AbSoul- Wordplay , figurative language , pure rap and rhyme
Kendrick- flow , delivery and just being comfortable and riding on the beat .
Ab-Soul rap like he in a candy store #bars
"I'm night and day like meek millz and mac miller" :D
walid amin R.I.P. MAC MILLER
walid amin we
Is it because meek is blak n mac is white ? 😭
@@kungfumaster7886 not sure br0, maybe
As soon as kendrick starts moving his hands, I know it's about to get real.
Cant wait to tell my children how two legends made the best freestyle ever💯❤️📌
Kendrick always trying to control a puppet when he freestyles
thoughts on a string
Soul killed this shit but what was good with his mic? He was emphasizing his P's with the force of God😂😂
No pop filter mic catches the wind p's
aspiration of the p stops.
lol
Deadass 💀💀💀
TDE is the best when they are with each other!!! they feel their vibes... these guys are brothers fo sure
+Kingdom Mixtape (KMgoodMusic) i don't know i like tde and slaughterhouse
Daamn im surprised this hasn’t hit 1m yet ... this bring back memories
You can tell Soul actually freestyled off the top of the dome..
So fire. I would literally pay for a studio quailty version of this.
That ladies and gentelman, is a FREESTYLE.
Solid bars by both Ab & Kendrick, dope choice of putting Daughters by Lantern, and collectivly just a great session in the art of spitting your mind. TDE. BlackHippy.WESTSIDE!
"The brighest out the bunch, compare me to the sun" 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
WOW!!! calling this freestyle the best in a long time is an understatement...
Kendrick and Ab-Soul killed this...
Both killed it.🔥🔥
Ab killed it. Most of K.dot verse was written. He ended up putting that on "Push Thru" by Talib Kweli! Dope ass song!!!
Somebody else finally knows where that verse is from.
I swear its also in wesleys theory
Ab-Soul went so hard. He said just as much as Kendrick (maybe more so) in less words. I fuck w Kendrick too but Ab got this one
Thanks for the opinion , ab is actually very great people shouldn’t underrate him
Fuck man I wish ab had that verse in a song!!
I miss this era so much
lmao at the people saying ab soul was pre written, when kendrick starts off with the second verse of maad city. come one kids lets do our research.
Eric Tremblay kendrick super recycled soul smoked him
Kendricks wrote that shit and ab was of the head
@@ianguidice4070 Soul was not off the dome. If was a written but the way he spit it to the beat was flawless.
@@patrickwood5499 proof?
the only part from maad city was the line about 16
2019 and this verse from ab-soul still impresses me sooo much🔥🔥🔥❤
Ab Soul's freestyle was kinda like punch lines. there meant to get reactions after every couple lines. thats why alot of punch line rappers rap slow so you can catch the affect. Kendrick is a crazy lyricist with flow. his flow is meant for you to really listen to what he's saying and then at the end be like "Got Damn He Nice!!!!" they both smashed that shit
this is pure greatness and nothing less. Ab and Kdot are different.
pure greatness - black hippy classic!!!
Fasho. People don’t listen to rap like this anymore.
Here after watching Ab Soul's Tiny Desk
This is what you call destruction of a beat and disassembling of a microphone. Ab-soul rly made kendrick bring it out
Yup. Ab-soul made Kendrick bring out the verse of an actual song lol 🥴
What I like about Ab Soul is your really gotta LISTEN to what he’s sayin or you gonna have a lot of shit fly over you.
I watch this all the time.
FUCK YOU MEAN K DOT DIDN'T KILL IT? They both killed it!
Slappin this in December 2017 💯💯
2019
For those saying it Kendrick´s was prewritten: It was only a couple of lines during the intro LOL.
He recycled verses from multiple songs my guy .
One of the verses is from a song called push through by Talib Kweli
Role in her river till she hit them high notes - Soul
You know you listenin to some quality rappers when absoulutely no one is talkin bout this FIRE ass instrumental
Why don't this got over a million views!? They go off!
Kendrick is possessed with something. I’m speechless
Soulos verse was fucking crazy
Kendrick Lamar Takes Control
no lol ab-soul takes control lol, emeinem recycled a verse smh he always doin that idk why
No he made this before that album. He makes a lot of his freestyles in his albums
callmetom54 One of them dudes who says Kendrick copies Eminem I see...
AB IS BETTER
I watch this all the time
They need a album asap 😂
THESE TWO GUYS ARE UP THERE!! CLEAN!
Nahhh Ab went crazy!! 😂👏🏾👏🏾
I love me some Ab Soul but dot got him on that one...and this was 11 years ago haha
Regardless of whether or not the verses were pre-written this is bananas.
Glad these dudes r on the same team both of them killed it
if you watching this video today you a legend
🙏🏽
💯
Today 💯
Till this day man, TDE legendary
FAVORITE FREESTYLES FROM BOTH OF THEM
Kendrick's freestyle here is maybe the greatest i've ever seen
That's Ab Soul. That was ALL off the top. But then kendrick kicked a written so fuckin hard.
How I just find this? 😮
Fax it’s like they releasing this shit cuz how I never seen this ☠️
Goku and Vegeta fr fr
kendrick is vegeta
More like Beerus & Whis
I live for this ..I simply live for this shit..crazyy good
Came here for Kendrick but Ab-Soul killed it
2 of my favorite rappers of all time. Back in 2012 TDE was literally all i listened to, straight up
these guys might very well be two of the most talented rappers to ever do it.
2 Precious and powerful minds in display
kendrick was drilling Deep in that Freestyle.
I do not recall ever replaying a freestyle so much.
Kendrick Lamar did his thing but Ab-Soul killed it...
WHAT'S THE INSTRUMENTAL BEING PLAYED #CLEAN
Here after Drake
Can someone remind me of this first instrumental
First song is ( The recipe - Kendrick )
The beat they rapped over is ( Daughters - Nas )
Kendrick killed it, Soul killed, both killed it in different ways.
Them Brovas NICE!!!
2:47 Kendrick's first part was in m.A.A.d. city.
its normal to recycle half a bar to kick off a freestly...almost every Del freestyle starts with "im del, D-E-L"
he ended it with his verse from fragile by Tech Ni9e
Two of the best lyracists we've got right now, dont care if they freestyled or not i want to listen to good lyrics and soul and k dot ALWAYS produce. Black Hippy !!
I hear absol and like damn and then kdot like dammmmmm