Mos Def Freestyling
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- This freestyle (among several others) can be found on the documentary 'Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme'.
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I recommend anyone to pick it up since it sheds a different light on Hip-Hop culture, different from the mainstream and "bling bling" garbage that has flooded the industry.
watch his hands, he's turning the pages of his invisible dictionary
Cheesy af
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@@seider780 right. That’s exactly what he’s not doing
@@seider780 shut up my boy
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It’s wild to see a RUclips video that says it was uploaded “18 years ago”
😮
really is
i wasnt even born yet... 💀
The funniest part is the description where it says "the bling-bling garbage that has flooded the industry"
That just blew my mind
imagine being so good that jesus himself comes down to hear you
Underrated comment 😂😂
Facts
Comment thief
😂😂😂
Revelation 1:14-15
His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
And 👉🏾his feet👈🏾 like unto 👉🏾fine brass,👈🏾 👉🏾👉🏾as if they burned in a furnace;👈🏾 👈🏾
It’s crazy to me how some artists can freestyle better than anything you’ll find on albums where rappers are actually attempting to be lyrical
Yes. That Harry Mack guy is pretty mindblowing as well.
Freestyle magic just happens
Mos Def has one of the best flows it all comes naturally for him.
This is obviously a written freestyle. Still fire af though
@@RodryCarvalho Written freestyle? It's written, yes. Freestyle, no
We just gonna ignore the fact that Thor is just chilling next to mos def while he’s spitting fire
YungEdweird that’s Jesus
Kurt cobain
Nigga chills with gods
that's Jared Leto
YungEdweird lol no. I mean I heard people call me that with long hair, but not just everyone with long hair looks like thor
Flow so dope it transported that hippie right out of Woodstock '69.
+roscoegino W
W
Damn!
W
LMAO at your comment damn that made my day
Black, White, Latino, Asian, Men & Women..it’s Hip Hop
You gotta love it 🙌🏼
That’s why hip hop the biggest genre now
bro that’s jesus...
@MastertheGoat facts, but expect incoming atheist trolls.
@@sidneyasiegbu “facts but expect incoming atheist trolls” bro wtf?😂 I guess here I am
He has the coolest sounding voice ever, love mos def
My song “NO SLEEP” will blowup someday trust 🕰️
He own my favs fr his flow and voice really great
He sounds like every other rapper from the 90's
True
It's like that one Dave Chapelle line -
"They always need one white guy with them because when shit goes down...someone's gotta talk to the police."
“I’m gonna ask him for directions.”
@@avery-james head ass 🤣
Funny cuz i found out bout Mos Def from ds Chappelle Show
CHIP NOOOO!
Lmao 😆
Back when social distancing wasn’t a thing and brothers just got all cozy and shit.
Theres cozy and theres fuckin Morpheus in the background basically touching you up
JamesAk He’s blind so I doubt that they mind
cant remember the time i was allowed to meet people outside
Yo son,
these niggas is mad cozy yo.
no cap :(
Slim brown skin I be
Standin' 5'10" I be
Rockin' it when I be in your vicinity
Raw style synergy recognize
Symmetry constant to the edge of me
Broken down chemically
Ain't another ten emcee talkin' 'bout
How been I be, styled like Kennedy
Late like a ten-to-three
When I say, when I be, girls say: "ven aquí"
Cause they tend to be way out like Tennessee
Take me to a place called the BK
Without pause or delay, yet run like Penn Relay
Don't deal with he-say-she-say
Ain't workin' for no cheap, pay the Mos Def beat play
This is what the streets say
Hey, mr. DJ: play that devil Mo'Gain
That jam got me open
Beside to break it broken from
Front, front side to side, middle to back
Never the wack, I come from Bedstuy, black
From Louis A-V-E to be exact
Brooklyn! Brooklyn!
You on point 🔥 Good Shit!
Honestly. Most of this is just random words that rhyme and don't make much sense. Had some good likes in there but overall nothing amazing.
@@TheSCPStudio Umm sir.. this is a freestyle
@@TheSCPStudio lmfaoo this comment is depressing af. A great majority of his freestyle made sense i-
whats mo'gain
This is the power of rap, you got black, white, hispanic and even an Asian guy (at the back) all vibing to Mos Def freestyling 👏
@Arnav Kumar
Isnt Kumar the indian and Harold is the asian?
@@LogicCaster Harold and Kumar are both Asian…
@Kirill is a HOFer #97 what do you think he means, you’re reading too deep into it
@Kirill is a HOFer #97 I said at the back dumbass
@@LogicCaster indians are also asians
0:40 is that a nun in the back lmaoo
This was filmed in 2000 for the documentary “Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme”
U mvp
Damn i wonder where dat dude now he's gotta be old asl
@@rachittsoni "That dude" is Mos Def. One of the all time greats, and he isn't really old at all. He's 47.
@@gagaface26 47? Damn, he looks like he’s in his mid 30s
@@bajenbilly no hes 47 now, not when the video was taken
The best sound and image quality from a video of 2006
That’s definitely arguable. Don’t use such absolute words.
ADT2695 ok mr 2006 camera and audio guy. Have you let your dream down yet? Smh
@@GoldenEmpireProductions i had an aneurysm trying to read this
sheddinator Yeah.. that’s the point?
to this day he doesn’t know what he means
Mos Def is a legend!!! A true hip hop pioneer, with poetic bars. Easily in my top 5 all-time emcees.
Same.
Not pioneer, but def golden age. Hip hop was 25 years old at that point.
@@SuperRobertoClementemos was mos def a pioneer in the sense of the soulquarian movement and rapping over the sounds associated with that movement
He's *most definitely* one of the best & underrated rappers ever.
bro i see your comments everywhere an i thought u had a big channel or something
I see what you did there.
I'm sure every real rap fan rightfully rate as he should or he *most* be *deaf* or something
Loooooollllll
no
If y’all didn’t know the dude that’s all over Mos is blind lol
Lmao
Is that adam?
Is this a joke?
sowhat dunno lol
sowhat nah he’s fr blind bro
"When I say, when I be, girls say ven aquí" classic
@@SupNova-vi6bi Ven aquí means “come here”
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666th like you are now going to hell
Im brazilian, so its even funnier a american put a spanish / portuguese language in rap and keep the flow.
Ven Aqui - When Akhi
They got a bro from every race in their group😭
Hip hop brings people together ❤️
Rolling brown skin i be/
Standing 5’10 i be/
Rocking it when i be/
in yo vicinity/
Raw style synergy/
Recognize symmetry/
Courts? try to injure me/
Broke em down chemically/
Ain’t the number 10 mc/
Talking bout how bent i be/
Started like Kennedy/
Late like a ten to three/
When i say when i be/
Girls say “Ven aqui”/
Cuz listing to my beat/
Girls like my style see/
Way out like Tennessee/
Take me to a place called the BK/
without pause or delay/
yet run like Penn relay/
Don't deal with he say she say/
Ain't workin' for no cheap pay/
The Mos Def beat play/
This is what the streets say/Hey Mr. DJ: Play that devil MO'gain/
That jam got me open/ Beside to break it broken/
from front front side to side middle to back/
Never the wack/ I come from Bedstuy, black/
From Louis A-V-E to be exact/
Brooklyn, where you at?
I decided to put the entire thing right here so we can all read analyze and enjoy! :D MOS!
its play that there one mo gain, not devil
"this how the break get broken / front, front, side to back ..."
"break" as in drum break I think. effortlessly succinct wordplay.
amazing.. it's so hard to hear.. but you're right
Damn! everyone thinks it's devil.. insane catch
I think it's "Golden brown skin i be"
mos def freestyle featuring kurt kobain head bobbing.
Lmfao 😂😂😂 yoooo
lol
euroaaRON1 Jesus head bobbing
Came to get his brains blown again.
😭😭😭😭😭
When he said "Girls say ven aqui" I lost it
What's that mean
@@alexmartons451 "come here"
@@costamktostam which language
@@alexmartons451 spanish I think or portuguese I dont remember now sorry
@@costamktostam ok thanks
17 years later. Still a legendary 48 second video.
Where is the guy that said "Mos Def's freestyle is so lit Jesus had to witness it"?
RUclips don't hide those gems!
I was expecting to see it at the very top. Now someone stole that comment.
Re worded it. Not even funny
Bro i came just to find that comment
@@thunderlyrics232 top comment now
@@gustv999 RUclips watching us😵😵
Which one was Jesus? Lemme guess, the stringy haired one that looks like cesare borgia. Clown
Mos def is so good that even jesus is bobbing his head on the right
Cause Jesus wants to see his dad doing some ill freestyle. Haha
yes, yes i was.
You mean caesar Borgia
Broke Homie Quan #Facts
Broke Homie Quan LOL, yup.
that dude needs stop touching him lmao
Obey Shaun finally lol I’ve been scrolling through the comments thinking no one else noticed. He was touching him the WHOOOLE video, and then he started touching the side of his stomach when he was done😂
Prob the reason mos didn't continue longer
facts
honestly wtf?
hahaha lmao
i was recommended this FOURTEEN years later, but I'm certainly not complaining
Same
i remember seeing this vid on here back in 07
Back at those times I was only 1 year old lol
Shit I am complaining missed on a lof of repeat listens. At least it recommended it though.
Sitting here wondering how this got 10 million views.
I'm probably going to sound really ignorant when I say I don't know who mos Def is
Also his freestyle was pretty good for 2006
Now a days everybody's rapping like that
So maybe he was before his time
12 years later and somehow this is just now in my recommended
alpha Bounced same
Word
So word up
the documentary this is on came out in 2000 so more like 19 years later...and thats before considering this was archive footage back then when it was released...so more like early 90s, possibly 25-30 years later ha
13 years
Guy holding his arm was preventing over-dope rymes for mortals.
i was gonna say the same. I'd be annoyed AF if someone is holding me like that lol
@@lazyPawdy hes blind
Lmao
@Tenchu Tesshu he look blind plus how do u know lol
@@deshaunblackett4745 Lmaoo why he look blind, cause he wearing glasses?
@uniq poet from nepal in parallel universe
If you can't feel this vibe you can't be trusted
Haha fizz
@Flatulence The Unending who is your favorite rapper? Lil pump?
@Flatulence The Unending -the fuck nigga who can't be trusted
of course you have good taste with the MF DOOM pfp
On me!
I love how hip hop brings people together.
me too
Boucirqluenzo At least the underground is still good.
Parental Guardian games as well
e521soediv hiphop and talented rappers
It pisses me off though when some old heads tell the new kids that ‘they can’t listen to old school hip hop because they don’t understand it’.
13 years and suddenly in everyone's recommendations
so true.
I think RUclips changed its recs algorithm to show older shit and I’m here for it. I’ll never forget this video from back then
glad it is tho
'Suddenly'... because of the mumble rappers, there is a strong reaction to shitty rap
No cap
17 years later and it still slaps.
Mo's Def is the GOAT.
In the early 00’s I was at a dj battle in LA and mos def was in the crowd , the emcee called him up to the stage and he spit a freestyle with the biggest smile on his face the whole time like he was loving every second of it I’ve never seen anything like it
Ok
@@MEGVTRONLol necroposting "ok" on a comment just to be negative. Man... you got some shit to work out.
@@ryleighs9575 bruh no cap ima kms fr
@@ryleighs9575 wtf is a necroposting bruh deadass
honestly i feel people that genuinely have fun rapping get to another level, when you see harry mack or king los freestyling you get this same feeling. it's elevation man..
Mos Def, Sheck Wes, Jesus and Timothy Dela ghetto in the same video, what more could we ask for?
You waaaay over this comment sections millennium heads.
You mean ceaser Borgia hezuz christos .
😂😂😂😂😂
WHere is sheck wes
Sheck Wes was 8
Love to see Hip-Hop bring people together man
John Cursio it don't.
200damary You haven't en to the Bronx then
John Cursio hell yeah me too. That's what it's all about
before. this was 22 years ago, 15 when you commented lmfaooo
How been I be/styled like Kennedy is…how bíen(good in Spanish) I be/styled like Kennedy. This rhyme is so good bc he’s putting Spanish words in where he can’t find a rhyme in English. Genius
Anx that's why hiphop won't ever be hiphop again. These dudes were rhyming for fun, not for sales.
Tropical99 very good Point
Boomer mentality
Tropical99 shut the fuck up. Listen to J. Cole. Listen to Joey Badass. Listen to Kendrick. Jay Rock. Dave East. Meek. Joyner. Big Sean. Y’all oldheads think all that the shit on the radio is all that hip hop is. Ignorant af.
Why y’all so mad? Lol
He made a solid point, go at me now youngsters
@@StuLenS_Gaming
"Fuck rap, I'm tryna make cream and that's that"
Prodigy of Mobb Deep
yall ignorant as shit
guy should think about becoming a rapper, he definitely got it
JM he’s a rapper
ali baher i was being sarcastic bro
Wanted Bear when did I say I could?
@Wanted Bear bro how do you not know what sarcasm is and also not who Mos Def is?
yeah. he's gonna be the next 2pac
Slim brown skin i be
Standin' 5'10" I be
Rockin it when I be in your Vicinity
Raw style synergy recognize
Symmetry constant to the edge of me
Broken down chemically
Ain't another ten emcee talkin' 'bout
How been i be styled like Kennedy
Late like a ten to three
When I say when I be girls say venga aqui
Cause they tend to be way out like
Tennessee take me to a place called the BK
Without pause or delay yet run like Penn Relay
Don't deal with he say she say
Ain't workin' for no cheap pay the Mos Def beat
This is what the streets say
Hey Mr. DJ: Play that devil MO'gain
That Jam got me open
Beside to break it broken from
Front front side to side middle to back
Never the wack I come from Bedstuy, Black
From Louis A-V-E to be exact
BROOKLYN!! BROOKLYN!!!
Thanks
BROOKLYN!
a hero we don't deserve but need!
couple wrong but respect
not completely accurate
I’m glad the algorithm bought me back to this certified hood classic
Love coming back to this every 3 months and going GOD DAMN everytime
Word!
You should watch Harry Mack. He makes this look like a stuttering child
omg yo i love your music, i didnt think id find you in the comments
Homie you make good ass music too
@@Jiff321 aye. No it doesnt no, dont put disrespect on this man.
shit actually had me bobbing in my chair
Facts
only 48 seconds of freestyling got 5,522,603 views. wow
Quality!
Mário Santos better then Quantity
That's how good Mos Def is!
Mário Santos My name in the middle of equality?
marcleach75 talib haha
Worked in an Arrested Development line. 🔥🔥🔥
🔥🔥🔥
One of the most slept on rappers.
i disagree completely
@@alex_MCMXCV I respect your opinion but I gotta qualify you....you're age appropriate correct?
@@graywolf2107 what do u mean? Was 20 when this was recorded?
@@alex_MCMXCV Ok
@@graywolf2107 i meant " was i 20 when this happened " , and no i wasnt
That "ven aqui" line is nuts
***** vem aqui*
***** What does he mean by that exactly?
Leighton Peart I translated it and I think it means "come over here"
It's ven aqui and it means "come here" in Spanish
***** ohh it is olso portugais (idk english word of it) but its vem aqui in that
Buddy in the sun glasses is hanging on Mos like he his old lady
its because he's blind
Needs the osmosis to happen quick so he can flow like Mos Def
he's blind dude
Calvin Zhang how you know that?
Jazzmin Chen how you know
Miss this era so much . Cyphers . Beat boxers , ill heads and ill emcees
"Father, I have to return... The sickest freestyle is about to be spit."
Jesus,
Wester *spat
Wester lmao yo you snapped 😂💀
Isnt jesus in the video standing next to mos?
@@minimoman432 Actually, he got it right. "Spit" is the correct tense
Hahaha
this shit right here is what hip hop is meant to be. All ethnicities grouping together to hear a dope freestyle by one off the best ever. The MIghty Mos Def!!!! hip hops for everyone
RUclips algorithm: it’s finally time to hit them with the 14
The 0:37 part really showcases his mastery of hip-hop by incorporating one of the four hip-hop elements, 'DJing,' into rap. He repeats the words in rhythm, mimicking that he's the actual DJ and the words are the turntable to work around with.
Yo algorithm, where ya been all these years?? This is EPIC
17 years ago…
Erik Griffin just chillin and bobbin behind him
LMAOO
How the
Only 5 likes?
Oh it’s Frank
@Not Right Now oh ok?
what a refrence
I come here every coupla months.
Every year this gets reccomened to me and every year I click
After 15 years youtube be like
"Wanna hear a 48 sec long lit freestyle ?"
a freestyle by one of the best rappers of the late 90's and early 2000s
People forget that freestyles dont have to be absolutely amazing lyrically. He's just saying what comes to his mind. His skin tone, his height, his home town, etc. As long as you're making it fun, it can be amazing. This isnt even close to how lyrical mos def is but it's the energy he brings and hes so happy to do it
Damn, Mos Def, Jesus and Ray Charles all in one spot... Legendary
these guys were so lucky to be able to see this live 🤩
So youtube is gonna hit me up after 13years??? Thats tuff and cold man
YT-RetroScopeZ same
They were doing you a favor and trying to spare y'all from this trash today called (Hip Hop) That new sound Hip Flop Flow!! Very few rappers that have taken the time to understand struggle and how their words affect a people, they just udder completely destructive terrible lyrics, degrading to women, ( Mostly black women) just saying hmmmmm, as well help destroy the image that we all worked so hard to build all the way down from all our ancestors, it's diagraceful!...
QX Q wait how is that a favor??
@@jirenoboy It's just a chance to reflect a bit and inspire you dive deeper into the good we can do out here, it's easy to get caught up. Maybe it's not for you and if so then my apologies, however take a second and look up some old hip hip, some old books and some history , not what they teach you in school, dig a little deeper, and you tell me, be safe and blessed much love.
YT-RetroScopeZ this came out same year you were born so appreciate the flow
This is what is so beautiful about hip hop, everyone chillin having fun.
This is what Joey based his whole everything off of..
Joey Bada$$?
@@BlamingBuddha yeah joey. Im a huge fan of both so its super cool 😎
@Jesus Pernia true im not mad about this at all im a fan of both 💪
definitely think cordae was inspired by mos
mos is definitely freestyling here
“Girl said ven aqui” He killed it 🥶
this is why Mos Def is a fucking legend.
i wish he could get back in the fucking country to actually make another album.very quality mc.
17 years! One of the OG RUclips videos!
Gotta love the energy this man gives off
They gave me an ad that's longer than the video itself. Lol
"Way out like Tennessee... Take me to another place..." Love that Arrested Development reference.
we have to find the white guy with the long hair. somebodys gotta interview him or something. im willing to guarantee that hes an interesting dude.
Word up
His name is GMS. He's a rapper. He was part of a crew called the Hydra with wyldchild and l.r blitzkrieg, connected with QN5 and the NYC guys like PackFM (who is the one with the black hate closest to the camera boppin his head)
WLG1 That's Kurt Cobain...
WLG1 the Spanish dude in the red tank top ig is @alllyrical it's crazy I thought he looked familiar 😂
I’ve watched this about a thousand times and it’s still so fascinating how he’s just so smooth and fluid so easily.
Mos Def one of my favorite of all time 💯
This moment is so much bigger than Mos' stellar freestyle. This is from a documentary about XXL's remaking of the famous 'A Great Day in Harlem Day' photo that featured many 57 jazz musicians.
Mos was just getting out there at this time and showed up to this now famous photoshoot. The doc was wild though I cant find it anywhere.
At one point Mos Def is bugging because he sees Slick Rick - someone he ends up working with later in life. Crazy.
Thank you for this dude
True soldier! Thank you
Dude is mad handsy lol he was getting so hyped he wanted to hug him
That’s the international super producer @CookinSoul , he has this same vid on his page with a beat behind it
that guy was blind apparentley
some say this aint long enough... but i say this guy just gave the most satisfying verse i ever heard
👌
wowflower and you the most satisfying beat maker I ever heard
18 years is insane!!!!
After almost 10years of desperate search, youtube just recommended it to me again.
Poor soul
Mos def .....one of the most underrated mc's of his generation. Facts
never underrated.
under-marketed. niggas knew then, and they still know
Lyrics:
Slim brown skin i be
Standin' 5'10" I be
Rockin it when I be
in your Vicinity
Raw style synergy
recognize Symmetry
constant to the edge of me
Broken down chemically
Ain't another ten emcee talkin' 'bout
How been i be styled like Kennedy
Late like a ten to three
When I say when I be girls say venga aqui
Cause they tend to be
way out like Tennessee
take me to a place called the BK
Without pause or delay yet run like Penn Relay
Don't deal with he say she say
Ain't workin' for no cheap pay the Mos Def beat
This is what the streets say
Hey Mr. DJ: Play that devil MO'gain
That Jam got me open
Beside to break it broken from
Front front side to side middle to back
Never the wack I come from Bedstuy, Black
From Louis A-V-E to be exact
BROOKLYN!! BROOKLYN!!!
Delano Ren not play that devil Mo'gain, play that there one mo 'gin (as in once more again)
Delano Ren Ven aquí (Come here). Not venga.
+Delano Ren aint the number ten emcee talkin bout how bent i be
that little freestyle, better than most of the stuff that plays now..amazing
+Delano Ren "aint nothing to an MC, - talking bout how bent i be"
I want someone to look at me the way that dude in the jersey looks at Mos. That’s true love
Dude looks just like Yasiin Bey
Mynewyearnewme facts, super strange
Mynewyearnewme that’s his name lol
That's wild i didn't even put them together til you said it. Keep that third eye open.
Mynewyearnewme
Bro he look more like half of Black Star
@filmmetoo damn you're right
Who else misses 90’s rap
✋🏾
it's from 2006 and stop being a hypocrite
i got jcole, kendrick, joyner etc from this gen. and I'm happy with them
I hate people like you who spam the same comment everywhere
@@pranavarora4347 same dude. youtube comment section is the most uncreative and boring bullshit on the internet
13 years, it took 13 years for this to find me. Better late than never lol
Back when hiphop still had talent
Still has it bro, you tripping
Mos Def is one of my favorite MC’s. His style is so distinct.
Mos should be in everyone's top ten.
he's not in my top 10 but 15 definitely
why the hell wouldn't he be in our top 10 he's great
Robert Plant he dropped 2 classics and then fell off. But after that he dropped ecstatic.
+christian contreras not his success . his words , his flow , wordplay , storytelling . ever heard Black Star??? Respiration is poetry man
Robert Plant yes blackstar and black on both sides were the 2 classics I was referring too.
Watching this its crazy how much Joey sounds like Mos Def
This Is Legit The Oldest RUclips Vid I Have Seen In Years👏🏽
These dudes can't help but crack a smile.... Mos def is mad talented
When he raps soft, he sounds like joey badass
OBREY _ Joey badass sounds like him
In The Dm's I thought someone would say that, but I hoped people wouldn’t give a shit which name came first.
OBREY _ Na just a joke
They both bring the heat and staying true to the NY sound
In The Dm's hoping people don’t care is wild lol 😂 especially about hip hop
Only1 Mos Def...God Bless this Man.
Mos and his disciples.
Don’t know why this was recommended me 13 years late coz this is FIRE
i was 4 when this was posted I'm seeing this in my second year of uni right now
wow so not our generation then