Jasper_Dean 79 yeah I’ve been rhyming since a teenager and might have been able to do 11 minutes then... but this man is still that polished in his craft at 40 without stumbling over a word... I think only he could spit at that rhyme pace flawless on the first take.
@@corleo02672123 Agreed!! Black Thought is just so well read,a supreme student of knowledge and Lord knows what his rhyme books looks like over the last 25 plus years! We also have to remember who his partner was when The Roots first started :Malik B! But. Malik had a drug addiction that he couldn't shake.
Jasper_Dean 79 yeah I remember Malik B from Clones... they were all nice on that track and it’s an underrated track that doesn’t get mentioned much these days. I always knew Thought was nice just never knew he was this crazy with the freestyle.
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This freestyle requires eductaional analysis. Its that serious. Can't wait till I can do this with my boy. This is a good kid right here. Raised right. Good job popps, keep up the learning kido... this apart of our culture man. We need to be the keep guard of it.
That's not what Freestyle means. Stop creating your own definitions. It used to mean off the dome, but the definition is changing recently just like words and slangs change in language.
@@optikalillusion777 Freestyle champion Supanatural explained the difference to me all the way back in 92 and Q Tip concurred in a 90s interview. A freestyle is a rhyme that's free of style or a specific concept. In the 90s people came to associate the term with off the dome rhyming but that was never the original meaning. I could see why most people today think that but they're mistaken.
The first time i heard this freestyle about 75 percent of the references clicked as he fired those bars. I googled 'Henrietta Lacks' (Up in the Cells)'to get that double meaning. Such an iconic freestyle...Black Thought in my Top 5 out of millions of rappers and hundreds of thousands emcees over the last 35 years on pure mic abilities.
Thought is a well read man for sure - he referenced Franz Kafka with that Kafkaesque line, an Austrian-Hungarian 20th century Novelist! He put in the work for this freestyle!
Just finished reading “War and Peace” all because of Black Thought, and it took me 5 weeks. To be fair the book was always on my TBR but Thought made me pull it out the shelf sooner than I had imagined I would.
He can freestyle but he was here to give you 11 mins of bars to show he the g.o.a.t 1 take!!!! Its hard to spit that many bars in one take. It's hard to remember and not fumble not one bar!!! HE SET THE BAR ON BARS WITHOUT HALF STEPPING ONE BIT
I agree I don't think this was necessary written in the sense that he wrote it like you would a song. However he has definitely said it before and I am sure he has this somewhat planned out. I think it was a mix of different lines he wrote but never used, there are definitely a few lines from songs, and some freestyle as well. With all that being said even if this was completely written and extensively rehearsed it is still extremely impressive and something most rappers couldn't do that well in 1 take with no mistakes. To be clear I don't think it was rehearsed at all and is just going nuts like he always does. He is one of the best ever
Everyone catches the “I’m a free man like Morgan” line but never the set up. “I ain’t crawlin’, I’m a free man like Morgan”. Not just the word play in his name but the Shawshank redemption reference of the “crawlin’” through the shit pipe to their freedom added to it.
CJ you seem to be an insightful young man. I like how you have your own ideas and yet you always show respect to your father. I'm sure he's earned and demanded that respect. Keep doing what you're doing. Everything you're doing. No criticisms just blessings and pride.
He ties in the beginning of this freestyle with those bars at the end. He just gave a full description of how he murdered the microphone. An emcee had better think twice before coming on the show with Flex because Black Thought shut it down!!!!
Man so many metaphors here this guy is amazing!!! People don’t even realise even that one about “slicker than a pipeline” then transporting the oil” damn this guy is a legend! I never heard wordplay like this from anyone
I like how that Kool G Rap reference was made. Because if you don't know who someone like Kool G Rap is, you have no place talking about the top 50 greatest MC's of all time. Know your history, period.
Kool G defo in my top10, when I was younger he was top3 fo me but now he resides between 6-10. What a great fucking MC and he influenced so many people its crazy. He was Nas' biggest influence too aside Biggie, if I remember correctly.
Not going to lie.. I love to see the young generation appreciate this kind of lyricism and the art of actually rapping with something to say. Your father gave you some gems. Learn about some of these names these legends throw out there from time to time. Appreciate the upload and reaction with you and your father.
Naw.... not a freestyle... these days...... not many people come up there and give a true freestyle ( off the top). I’m sure he can..... but this is written bruv! Still fire..... the meaning of freestyle has changed to these kids......
@@kahharwali4929 I'm sorry. Have you heard these barz before? OH, AIIGHT!, 😂 He's from a true beast era where he's lyrically fit to go in like that. Chino XL, Canibus, Mos Def, RedMan, Supernatural, all of whom are LYRICAL DEMONS bruh. Bottom line, I've never heard these barz. Everybody knows that's a Mobb Deep beat as soon as it drops. He caught it off top and blastoff.
Lol..... smh.... you guys don’t know much..... just listen to what I’m saying.... don’t matter if I ever heard the bars.... and I know who and what era he comes from bruv.. lol.... Hahahah... but it’s not off the top of the head..... this dude is in my top five... ..... just trying to tell y’all that it’s not off the top..... he would even tell you that it’s not a freestyle... people call artists rapping over a beat a freestyle now a days...... and y’all think it’s off the top.. you can tell..... lol. You kids... lol
@@kahharwali4929 Z OH, AIIGHT!!😂 IDK WHAT ERA emcees you're referring to, but this guy along with a few more..... ABSOLUTE FREESTYLE. FACTZ. IT'S CALLED "BLACKING OUT". In case you need to be reminded. 😑
I don't know how young people these days look at hip hop , or really any musical genre they are into, I just remember when I really started to listen to rap/hiphop when I was 10/11 in the very early 90's , I wanted to know about the history , so I went back to the earliest times , and found the earlier groups and individuals that pioneered the genre and their influencers and listened to them , as well as listening to the current artists. I felt like it was a prerequisite if I wanted to call myself a hip hop fan. Also it was a lot more difficult to find information , we actually had to buy magazines, listen to pirate radio stations late at night and go hunting for music in random record stores all over the place, it wasn't ubiquitous and easy to access as it is now. The beauty of hip hop from that time period was that the sample heavy culture actually introduced you to a whole world of historical black music because the productions themselves paid homage to black musical history as well as each other in the hip hop genre. Hip hop was essential a genre that made itself out of other genres, a patchwork quilt of musical history if you will. Also at that time , the lyrical content was way more educational, most artists didn't have the luxury of money or didn't look at glorifying money as something good, they were more interested in being original and having lyrical content. I think the Hip Pop-ification of the genre diluted all that unfortunately and even though there are plenty of talented artists carrying the torch , they being drowned out by a lot of shit ones getting way too much recognition and kudos for nothing.
VI5H Well there are different sub genres of hip hop. Mainstream hip hop really has never been that lyrical. The underground is usually where all of the high level lyricists reside.
This is an excellent comment. I feel the same way. I began my hip hop journey at 8 years old in 1984 with the third generation guys like Run DMC, Whodini, Fat Boys etc... And I STILL to learn about the earlier guys who came before them...
This man's a legend. Too overlooked by the masses and perfectly rated by most of his peers. People like Lil Wayne and Drake can't hold a candle to Black Thought.
Pops got that knowledge.. all those groups/emcees he listed were my favorites growing up and still are today.. was glad to hear Slum Vil thrown in there cause to me Dilla was one of the dudes who connected all of them. rip
The neosoul collective your pops was talking about was called the "Soulaquarians"....it consisted of J Dilla, Common, Erykah badu and some of the other ppl he mentioned in the video
I don't believe he was specifically referring to the soulquarians. (Of whom Questlove and D'Angelo were also members) I think he just used the term "collective" for lack of a better term. The artists he mentioned were all in their heyday around the same time and were all strong lyricists. That's all he meant.
The uninitiated aren't aware Black is one of the best improve freestyle kings ever...he hear something and has adjustments, can toss in names, colors, events, books...whatever just off feel and who is in the room...just because he is a computer of Rap data doesn't mean he isn't freestyling...then 10 mins later...now what?? Who else is doing this
I hate how people argue about what a freestyle is truth is everyone who freestyle starts with a base and adds something to it but still not all freestyles are cohesive but black though painted an entire mural
Flex didn't even understand everything he said he just knew it was dope only repeating what his brain was able too but he knew it was his best freestyle ever
Seems like that Henrietta Lacks bar is over everyone’s reaction videos I’ve seen so far. Only ONE reaction video to this freestyle did someone catch the illest verse of all time.
Henrietta Lacks was a Black woman in 1951 who was being treated at Johns Hopkins Hospital for cancer. They found that her cells kept doubling ever 24 hours when other cells just died. They started using her cells to study everything from the effects of poisons, hormones, drugs and viruses to the human genome and development of the polio vaccine. They are still using her cells today (called HeLa cells) to advance medical knowledge because they continue to replicate long after Mrs Lacks herself has died. Her cells have since been called "immortal". This makes that bar an INSANE double entendre because it draws a parallel between the constant presence of Mrs Lacks' cells and the constant presence of Black people in the cells of this white supremacist system...a carceral system that still extracts free labor from us for its own benefit. The point is only sharpened by the fact that Mrs Lacks' cells were kept and experimented on without her consent and without compensation for her or her family...which draws attention to how value has been drawn from Blackness primarily for the advancement of white supremacy without the acknowledgement or compensation of said Blackness. Entire university courses and books could be drawn from this bar alone.
@Florida life is the best The Henrietta Lacks bar and the "stay out the hood...circumcise" bar made me throw this phone and run away screaming the first time I heard this freestyle!
@@Twizzledoc187 And, like you said, this is one of the illest, most information-dense bars I've ever heard and in almost every reaction video or commentary I've seen it is completely OVERLOOKED! But, I get it. Bars like this are just littered across this entire masterpiece. I've heard stories about people visiting France or hearing opera for the first time and being almost emotionally overwhelmed by the experience. If someone loves hip hop and this didn't have that effect on them...they didn't really understand what they witnessed.
he did a freestyle in a (largely) Philly VHS graffiti video called OTG Repeat Offender from like '95 around when Do You Want More came out. it was crazy and a big surprise for us for him to make a cameo like that.
This was one of those moments in time when hip hop had run amuck and needed a recalibration!!! Needed to reset that base line!! Black Thought to the rescue!!!
Understand that us oldheads defined freestyling according to what was happening at that time..(off the top of the dome is what was happening)... young cats today seem to have their own definition of freestyling....Either way this is one of the greatest displays of lyricism ever....
I'm probably closer in age to the son (23), and Mexican, but I been just like pops with lil man and he's only 3! That father/son knowledge is so important to pass on, but it's crazy how hard it is to realize how important it is till years later. We do it to spread the realness and truth, yet our children decide whether it's worth listening to and actually taking action. Props to both of ya'll for doing ya'll part. At the end of the day you gotta pray your kid is more than willing to be down with you, or rather choose to be a follower and blahzay blahzay whatever you got to say.
Big like for your father talking real and giving some great advice. Even bigger like for him bring up Pharoahe, Mos Def, and Kweli. That is what I grew up on. If you dont know Black Star, you dont know music. Do yourself a favor and look up all these artists that your father is bringing up. Love the video!
Freestyle does not have to be off the dome, ffs people pissing me off with this comparison.. every MC made it clear, freestyle means whatever you say...
thought can definitely freestyle i seen him do it in person many of times i go back with them when they used to be called the square roots thought is the best freestyler hands down
He confirmed this, It's a freestyle, the man been in the game for 40 years. Cadence built under real musicians. Studies styles from all the legends. So, sorry all do respect from a brother from Philly like Thought, This is real.
Pops, and many others, are still confused between a freestyle and going off the top. For the record, freestyles are written!!! No particular style or topic or theme.
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His breath control is legendary
That boy could go deep sea diving with no scuba gear.
@@corleo02672123 FACTS! Black Thought & Big Punare the only two lyricists with that impeccable breathe control!
Jasper_Dean 79 yeah I’ve been rhyming since a teenager and might have been able to do 11 minutes then... but this man is still that polished in his craft at 40 without stumbling over a word... I think only he could spit at that rhyme pace flawless on the first take.
@@corleo02672123 Agreed!! Black Thought is just so well read,a supreme student of knowledge and Lord knows what his rhyme books looks like over the last 25 plus years! We also have to remember who his partner was when The Roots first started :Malik B! But. Malik had a drug addiction that he couldn't shake.
Jasper_Dean 79 yeah I remember Malik B from Clones... they were all nice on that track and it’s an underrated track that doesn’t get mentioned much these days. I always knew Thought was nice just never knew he was this crazy with the freestyle.
Pop is right though, that freestyle is 25 years of genius coming out in 10 minutes, those lines have been in BT’s head since 1995!
Arguably the best MC ever. Black Thought never spit a wack verse
Not even an argument after this verse except maybe against fast rappers
He is the greatest MC ever. PERIOD
Absolutely!!!
him n 3 stacks
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This freestyle requires eductaional analysis. Its that serious. Can't wait till I can do this with my boy. This is a good kid right here. Raised right. Good job popps, keep up the learning kido... this apart of our culture man. We need to be the keep guard of it.
Big facts
Indeed.
Same here. My son's and daughter will get this education!!!!
Tell them you have to be highly intelligent to even Analize this like Billy and Robert Deniro ha
Wassup brother , I just found this whole Freestyle with Lyrics 🔥‼️‼️💪🏾💪🏾
your dad really spitting that knowledge too
Freestyle: A rhyme the crowd has never heard before.
Off the top (of the dome): Created on the spot.
Right. Freestyle doesn't mean what people tend to think it does.
That's not what Freestyle means. Stop creating your own definitions. It used to mean off the dome, but the definition is changing recently just like words and slangs change in language.
@@optikalillusion777 so is he making up definitions or is the definition changing? Make up your mind.
@@optikalillusion777 Freestyle champion Supanatural explained the difference to me all the way back in 92 and Q Tip concurred in a 90s interview. A freestyle is a rhyme that's free of style or a specific concept. In the 90s people came to associate the term with off the dome rhyming but that was never the original meaning. I could see why most people today think that but they're mistaken.
FACTS
Greatest freestyle of all time
Max Fit you should watch some king los freestyles all them are off the top
Tears stream down my face every single time I listen to this because I know it's a true blessing to hear bars like this!!!!
Best freestyle ever,not ever a stummer or crack in the delivery. Flawless. Black Thought = Apex Predator.
*stammer
I reside between the second on a chronograph” is this guy for real?!!!’ 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Bro this line! I still can't get over it that might be one of the greatest lines of the 2010s 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The first time i heard this freestyle about 75 percent of the references clicked as he fired those bars. I googled 'Henrietta Lacks' (Up in the Cells)'to get that double meaning. Such an iconic freestyle...Black Thought in my Top 5 out of millions of rappers and hundreds of thousands emcees over the last 35 years on pure mic abilities.
Dad is right not only do you need to google the MCs you need to Google the books, and historical figures "F Scott Fitzgerald" "War & Peace"
Thought is a well read man for sure - he referenced Franz Kafka with that Kafkaesque line, an Austrian-Hungarian 20th century Novelist! He put in the work for this freestyle!
adamlikegrip Exactly! Was just going to mention Franz Kafka. There’s just a high amount of content and depth to his rhymes point blank period.
Just finished reading “War and Peace” all because of Black Thought, and it took me 5 weeks. To be fair the book was always on my TBR but Thought made me pull it out the shelf sooner than I had imagined I would.
Thirty-Three Hip Hop Don’t forget the Nat Turner reference
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He can freestyle but he was here to give you 11 mins of bars to show he the g.o.a.t 1 take!!!! Its hard to spit that many bars in one take. It's hard to remember and not fumble not one bar!!! HE SET THE BAR ON BARS WITHOUT HALF STEPPING ONE BIT
Thank you. These clowns don't get it.
I agree I don't think this was necessary written in the sense that he wrote it like you would a song. However he has definitely said it before and I am sure he has this somewhat planned out. I think it was a mix of different lines he wrote but never used, there are definitely a few lines from songs, and some freestyle as well. With all that being said even if this was completely written and extensively rehearsed it is still extremely impressive and something most rappers couldn't do that well in 1 take with no mistakes. To be clear I don't think it was rehearsed at all and is just going nuts like he always does. He is one of the best ever
Everyone catches the “I’m a free man like Morgan” line but never the set up. “I ain’t crawlin’, I’m a free man like Morgan”. Not just the word play in his name but the Shawshank redemption reference of the “crawlin’” through the shit pipe to their freedom added to it.
CJ you seem to be an insightful young man. I like how you have your own ideas and yet you always show respect to your father. I'm sure he's earned and demanded that respect. Keep doing what you're doing. Everything you're doing. No criticisms just blessings and pride.
If you wanna hear more Black Thought, check out Illadelph Halflife (by The Roots). that whole album is crazy
My favorite song off it is No Alibi
Almost impossible for me to pick one favorite off that album.
Panic is fire on that one. Too short, too ill, too real.
Streets is my favorite
Love this album!!🔥🔥🔥 Clones is my fav💯
That whole album is crazy but concerto of desperado is probably the best roots song ever imo
DUDE IS THE SHARPEST KNIFE IN THE KITCHEN
Yeah philly dudes is a unique brand of beast
“My brain matter contains too much data”. That bar made me clinch up and rethink my life goals. 🔥
He ties in the beginning of this freestyle with those bars at the end. He just gave a full description of how he murdered the microphone. An emcee had better think twice before coming on the show with Flex because Black Thought shut it down!!!!
Man so many metaphors here this guy is amazing!!! People don’t even realise even that one about “slicker than a pipeline” then transporting the oil” damn this guy is a legend! I never heard wordplay like this from anyone
I like how that Kool G Rap reference was made. Because if you don't know who someone like Kool G Rap is, you have no place talking about the top 50 greatest MC's of all time. Know your history, period.
Just want you to know I screen shorted and shared this on my if story. Keep spittin facts
@@mr350znismo7 That's what's up. A lot out there need to smarten up.
bhill005 Yessir! Speak on it G!
Kool G defo in my top10, when I was younger he was top3 fo me but now he resides between 6-10. What a great fucking MC and he influenced so many people its crazy. He was Nas' biggest influence too aside Biggie, if I remember correctly.
Ya'll gotta check out the Black Thought and Method Man freestyle on Sway!
That's how we do it in Philly. Mad respect for Black Thought. 💯
One of the best freestyles ever
Not going to lie.. I love to see the young generation appreciate this kind of lyricism and the art of actually rapping with something to say. Your father gave you some gems. Learn about some of these names these legends throw out there from time to time. Appreciate the upload and reaction with you and your father.
Really dope to see a dad and son just taking in these songs and talking about it.
Sharing knowledge! Keep em coming.
He had a good one on Tony touch's show a few years back. Also check out his two solo projects he dropped last year. It's about as good as it gets
One of the best reaction analysis of this freestyle. Dad is on point, respect to the son for being willing to learn and do the homework!
This freestyle was insane, Black Thought is a beast 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Actually, it is a freestyle. He's just the type of beast that can go right out the gate. Don't ever forget there's lyrical animals out'chea.
Naw.... not a freestyle... these days...... not many people come up there and give a true freestyle ( off the top). I’m sure he can..... but this is written bruv! Still fire..... the meaning of freestyle has changed to these kids......
@@kahharwali4929 I'm sorry. Have you heard these barz before? OH, AIIGHT!, 😂 He's from a true beast era where he's lyrically fit to go in like that. Chino XL, Canibus, Mos Def, RedMan, Supernatural, all of whom are LYRICAL DEMONS bruh. Bottom line, I've never heard these barz. Everybody knows that's a Mobb Deep beat as soon as it drops. He caught it off top and blastoff.
Lol..... smh.... you guys don’t know much..... just listen to what I’m saying.... don’t matter if I ever heard the bars.... and I know who and what era he comes from bruv.. lol.... Hahahah... but it’s not off the top of the head..... this dude is in my top five... ..... just trying to tell y’all that it’s not off the top..... he would even tell you that it’s not a freestyle... people call artists rapping over a beat a freestyle now a days...... and y’all think it’s off the top.. you can tell..... lol. You kids... lol
@@kahharwali4929 Z
OH, AIIGHT!!😂 IDK WHAT ERA emcees you're referring to, but this guy along with a few more..... ABSOLUTE FREESTYLE. FACTZ. IT'S CALLED "BLACKING OUT". In case you need to be reminded. 😑
I don't know how young people these days look at hip hop , or really any musical genre they are into, I just remember when I really started to listen to rap/hiphop when I was 10/11 in the very early 90's , I wanted to know about the history , so I went back to the earliest times , and found the earlier groups and individuals that pioneered the genre and their influencers and listened to them , as well as listening to the current artists. I felt like it was a prerequisite if I wanted to call myself a hip hop fan. Also it was a lot more difficult to find information , we actually had to buy magazines, listen to pirate radio stations late at night and go hunting for music in random record stores all over the place, it wasn't ubiquitous and easy to access as it is now.
The beauty of hip hop from that time period was that the sample heavy culture actually introduced you to a whole world of historical black music because the productions themselves paid homage to black musical history as well as each other in the hip hop genre. Hip hop was essential a genre that made itself out of other genres, a patchwork quilt of musical history if you will. Also at that time , the lyrical content was way more educational, most artists didn't have the luxury of money or didn't look at glorifying money as something good, they were more interested in being original and having lyrical content.
I think the Hip Pop-ification of the genre diluted all that unfortunately and even though there are plenty of talented artists carrying the torch , they being drowned out by a lot of shit ones getting way too much recognition and kudos for nothing.
VI5H Well there are different sub genres of hip hop. Mainstream hip hop really has never been that lyrical. The underground is usually where all of the high level lyricists reside.
This is an excellent comment. I feel the same way. I began my hip hop journey at 8 years old in 1984 with the third generation guys like Run DMC, Whodini, Fat Boys etc...
And I STILL to learn about the earlier guys who came before them...
This man's a legend. Too overlooked by the masses and perfectly rated by most of his peers. People like Lil Wayne and Drake can't hold a candle to Black Thought.
You are so right
Listen to your pops, he knows what he’s talking ‘bout
Thought is just an alien.
j.leigh smith ...he's an Neteru. Force of Nature.
Pops got that knowledge.. all those groups/emcees he listed were my favorites growing up and still are today.. was glad to hear Slum Vil thrown in there cause to me Dilla was one of the dudes who connected all of them. rip
The neosoul collective your pops was talking about was called the "Soulaquarians"....it consisted of J Dilla, Common, Erykah badu and some of the other ppl he mentioned in the video
I don't believe he was specifically referring to the soulquarians. (Of whom Questlove and D'Angelo were also members) I think he just used the term "collective" for lack of a better term. The artists he mentioned were all in their heyday around the same time and were all strong lyricists. That's all he meant.
The uninitiated aren't aware Black is one of the best improve freestyle kings ever...he hear something and has adjustments, can toss in names, colors, events, books...whatever just off feel and who is in the room...just because he is a computer of Rap data doesn't mean he isn't freestyling...then 10 mins later...now what?? Who else is doing this
That Pre Kardashian Kanye bar hurt me .. Cause I really remember Pre Kardashian Kanye.
I hate how people argue about what a freestyle is truth is everyone who freestyle starts with a base and adds something to it but still not all freestyles are cohesive but black though painted an entire mural
Best in philly. Hands down.
Flex didn't even understand everything he said he just knew it was dope only repeating what his brain was able too but he knew it was his best freestyle ever
Oooo wee!! Black Thought aka Heat Miser!! Y'all mumble rappers better get your bars up! Good chit CJ!
"Nobody and nothin fuckin' with RIQ"
Dads is telling his son the truth..no bullshitting.
Seems like that Henrietta Lacks bar is over everyone’s reaction videos I’ve seen so far. Only ONE reaction video to this freestyle did someone catch the illest verse of all time.
She was somehow involved in original stem cell research I believe??
Henrietta Lacks was a Black woman in 1951 who was being treated at Johns Hopkins Hospital for cancer. They found that her cells kept doubling ever 24 hours when other cells just died. They started using her cells to study everything from the effects of poisons, hormones, drugs and viruses to the human genome and development of the polio vaccine. They are still using her cells today (called HeLa cells) to advance medical knowledge because they continue to replicate long after Mrs Lacks herself has died. Her cells have since been called "immortal". This makes that bar an INSANE double entendre because it draws a parallel between the constant presence of Mrs Lacks' cells and the constant presence of Black people in the cells of this white supremacist system...a carceral system that still extracts free labor from us for its own benefit. The point is only sharpened by the fact that Mrs Lacks' cells were kept and experimented on without her consent and without compensation for her or her family...which draws attention to how value has been drawn from Blackness primarily for the advancement of white supremacy without the acknowledgement or compensation of said Blackness. Entire university courses and books could be drawn from this bar alone.
@Florida life is the best The Henrietta Lacks bar and the "stay out the hood...circumcise" bar made me throw this phone and run away screaming the first time I heard this freestyle!
@@AviBel333 facts!
@@Twizzledoc187 And, like you said, this is one of the illest, most information-dense bars I've ever heard and in almost every reaction video or commentary I've seen it is completely OVERLOOKED! But, I get it. Bars like this are just littered across this entire masterpiece. I've heard stories about people visiting France or hearing opera for the first time and being almost emotionally overwhelmed by the experience. If someone loves hip hop and this didn't have that effect on them...they didn't really understand what they witnessed.
pops is god knows the clique from blackstar days respect to you god
Kool G Rap top 5 forever. Front if you want to.
Pump that Earth,Wind,and Fire Ba De Ya
It’s hard to wait around for something you know might never happen’; but it’s even harder to give up when you think it’s everything you want.
It was off the top. He said so himself lol
no it wasn't
he did a freestyle in a (largely) Philly VHS graffiti video called OTG Repeat Offender from like '95 around when Do You Want More came out. it was crazy and a big surprise for us for him to make a cameo like that.
Cherish that OG sitting next to you King... you are in a very privileged position.
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Dope reaction, the dad sounded like he was spitting abit too at the end lol. #KeepTheseReactionsComing 💯
Your Pops is an observer of the game for real! he peep shit most don't its refreshing to hear, salute to you both!
If you are a "rapper" w Lil in front of your name...and you have heard this freestyle, I expect your letter of resignation tomorrow
OGs and young lions equally proud to listen.
One of the best wordsmiths ever
HANDS DOWN ONE OF THE BEST
This was one of those moments in time when hip hop had run amuck and needed a recalibration!!! Needed to reset that base line!! Black Thought to the rescue!!!
Dad knows what he's talking about.
Great reaction, good insight. When the student is ready...the Master will appear!
thanks! I was one of them to request this! love you guys
He has been the frontman of a band for decades. As soon as the drum hits the one, it's showtime.
I tell a story like fingerprints and blood splatter. From the first bar to the last.
Dad kno his shit RESPECT! #PEACEFROMDAWOODS
Understand that us oldheads defined freestyling according to what was happening at that time..(off the top of the dome is what was happening)... young cats today seem to have their own definition of freestyling....Either way this is one of the greatest displays of lyricism ever....
Damn dude Dad knows his shit, respect sir!
dad knows his stuff!!
The thumbs down folks is bent outta shape because he dissed mumble rappers.
I'm probably closer in age to the son (23), and Mexican, but I been just like pops with lil man and he's only 3! That father/son knowledge is so important to pass on, but it's crazy how hard it is to realize how important it is till years later. We do it to spread the realness and truth, yet our children decide whether it's worth listening to and actually taking action. Props to both of ya'll for doing ya'll part. At the end of the day you gotta pray your kid is more than willing to be down with you, or rather choose to be a follower and blahzay blahzay whatever you got to say.
Greatest Freestyle Ever bro serious !!
He literally had 50 name flips from the beginning, but you caught the Morgan Freeman one which was the simplest!
WoW 🤷🏻♂️
Preach
Watch interviews after, it actually was a freestyle, he’s just that nice
Listen to Guerrilla Monsoon Rap with your dad...
Big like for your father talking real and giving some great advice. Even bigger like for him bring up Pharoahe, Mos Def, and Kweli. That is what I grew up on. If you dont know Black Star, you dont know music. Do yourself a favor and look up all these artists that your father is bringing up. Love the video!
Pops Speaking FACTS!!!
He's really just that good
glad you did this video bro i just watched your royce vid and figured your dad would love Tarik. big ups bro
Freestyle does not have to be off the dome, ffs people pissing me off with this comparison.. every MC made it clear, freestyle means whatever you say...
thought can definitely freestyle i seen him do it in person many of times i go back with them when they used to be called the square roots thought is the best freestyler hands down
He's just too damn smart for all of us
Loaded Lux joint is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The Henrietta Lacks line was deep as hell.
Im international my passport is like war and peace, that's a nasty bar💥
OG knows his shit
Crazy thing is he said 80% was off the top of his head in an interview…. Legendary
He confirmed this,
It's a freestyle, the man been in the game for 40 years.
Cadence built under real musicians. Studies styles from all the legends. So, sorry all do respect from a brother from Philly like Thought,
This is real.
This one what over pops and son head!! Black Thought!!! Peace GOD!!
Pops, and many others, are still confused between a freestyle and going off the top. For the record, freestyles are written!!! No particular style or topic or theme.
Philly!!!!!!!!
Speaking of Kool g rap., Listen to on the run by him.
Undisputed GOAT
That is a 100% FREESTYLE!
You have to check Sypher Mose Def Eminem and Black Thouth it is craze combo woth your time
Please react to Kool G Rap - "Cannon Fire"
I totally agree this was already written and memorized,but it still however qualifies as a freestyle since he wasn't reading off anything.
Coach I hope your jefé knows this was straight cerebral improv 💯🙏💪
Tak to em Dad about them rap artists!
Pop's a bigger man than I am. Son looks like a solid kid, but when he said he hadn't heard of Thought before I would've gotten the strap.