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- Опубликовано: 13 дек 2017
- The legendary Black Thought freestyle at HOT 97 with Funk Flex. 10 minutes of absolute BARS. Voted #1 freestyle of 2017.
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This isn't your last time listening to this.
Fact
Factss
Factss
More like 420th time just this week.
Got me I think it’s the 20th
This isn’t a good freestyle, this is an “adjust your goat list” freestyle
Literally adjusted my list after hearing this lol
I couldn't be arsed arguing over the order and just put him in at number zero.
Yes this is telling you rethink about your every action of writing
lmao yup, I know who my new favorite freestyle rapper is
Facts!
2024 and we still here.
Never leaving.
Word!!!
2044
WORD
Have too unless it's a diss track smh
Watching a human as skilled as Black Thought performing the peak performance of his life for 10 minutes straight feels like a historic event in human history.
As I passed the 6 minute mark, I realized that this is one of the greatest freestyles ever happening right then and there.
Even Funk Flex sat quiet and mesmerized cuz he knew 😂
it only took me 4mins to realize haha @dub537h5
Because it is
Don't mind me, I'm just back here January 1 2020 paying my yearly homage.
Yup! Yup! My Daily Dose of Lyrical Excellence... Where Talent & Love meets > Focus & Raw Dedication = #NoLimts 👌🎯👏👍🙌❤️💯👊💥💎💣🌪️🎙️🎤🔞☢️🌋🔥🔥👀👀👑
Only yearly? Im back at this jawn at least twice a month
Mee 3 💥💥☺️☺️
Jan 7 still FIYAH
Just a thought 👍 yep
Every time he pauses and points at his head, he’s actually just downloading more bars.
Lol
Lmaoooo this literally got me loling
Lol.
Now I see it all the time and think that lol
lol
This freestyle gave me the ugly face for the whole 10 minutes 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Accurate AF
This should be top comment fo’real 😂😂😂
His ability to mix historical issues with contemporary ones is impeccable.
Wdym?
Black Thought didnt freestyle..he gave a PHD Dissertation.
😂😂😂💀 I’m surprised that 🎤 is fully functional to be honest #he’sABEAST
This man spoke an entire thesis
I was a fan but after listening to this, am now an air conditioner
Kevin Ochieng 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I see what you did there!🧐
Dog...you crazy for that line
Kevin Ochieng thats dope. Lol good one
Word!!!!💯😂💀
"I am a walking affirmation, that imagination and focus and patience gets you closer, to your aspirations"
That part right there💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
I've been listening to this freestyle back and forth for over 7 years
Today💯🔥
Same. This demonstration is a piece of human history.
LISTEN TO THIS ONCE A MONTH. LIKE A VITAMIN.
Like Eminem said invite'em in(vitamin) like one a day....🔥🔥🔥
Lol well I think I have a problem it's been just about every day for about 4 months lmaoo ..u literally catch something different everytime u listen
I've showed so many people this freestyle, I swear they're speechless when they hear this. Thought it redicoulois with hi bars.💯💪💪
yesssir its needed
You listen to vitamins?
Black Thought was subsequently awarded his PHD in lyricism
More like his Nobel prize
Lololo
Check out his Freestyle at Harvard
Rap on a doctrine level.
He wrote his thesis years ago, this was just an acceptance speech.
"Panther mind, i'm made of elements you cant combined,
Im at a level of intelligence you cant define,
Einstein, Shakespeare, Voltaire, Tesla
Recording artist slash psychology professor"
🔥🔥
Every time I tell someone my favorite rapper of all time is Black Thought, I always get the response... "who?". Dude is a legend no one hardly knew.
Bruh. He says the simplest things in the weirdest most profound ways... instead of simply saying I’ll kill you, he says “I’ll have you and the living a category apart” that’s just mastery.
I want to learn to casually talk like that. He does it with such finesse that makes it look like it's his everyday thing.
Wow facts, well said
good ear
@@tomayousif108 my advice, do what X did as a young kid, he may be a more goofy "mumble rap" freestyler, but he's definitely worthy of being a *freestyler* , he studied artists like these (mainly Biggie) , and he freestyled to beats that they used to freestyle to, do that and freestyling will become more and more natural for u, its fun man.
I didn't even catch that... good one 👍
This freestyle is greater than most artists entire discography.
FACTS
True story bro!
More than an entire discography*
😂😂😂😂
This freestyle is a legendary moment in Hip Hop that never will be forgotten. Black Thought left Earth on that beat!
i love that even when flex was talking over him, he didn't stumble once. so focused, four bars ahead in his mind, but his flow didn't break for a second. fucking insane
Do you think he came up with this on the spot? He isnt 4 bars ahead in his mind, thats not even how freestyling works, but even then this was pre written obviously. It’s simply not possible to simultaneously have such a condensed rhyme scheme alongside such deep concepts while freestyling off top
@kevinreynolds3594 I may be wrong but I think it's a mix. He's performed this other times, but I can't find any other recordings this long. I think he's doing a lot of improvisation over a framework he already has. Kinda how jazz musicians always have a melody to fall back on, but they spend most of their time improvising.
@@Jackson... regardless of how he flows over the beat, these lyrics are written, there is no question about that. If you don’t understand that (which I assume you do), it’s simply not possible to have this level of conceptual depth alongside such a condensed rhyme scheme in one freestyle, it’s simply not humanly possible.
@kevinreynolds3594 yeah that was my point, a lot if not all of this was written. That doesn't really make it much less impressive, but it is important to clarify. It still takes a master to deliver these obscenely complex lines in such an effortlessly impressive way. He's just dancing around the beat, and he knows just how to build up and release rhythmic tension. Black Thought has always been a GOAT in my eyes, seeing this just solidifies it.
Back again in 2023. Still the best freestyle I've ever seen.
That Loaded Lux giving it a great challenge
No stumbles. His breath control is perfect. The content is impeccable. The lyricism is on 100. Black Thought is a living LEGEND. Give this man his roses
"MC"s make it to the top and get complacent. Black Thought been there for years and never stopped perfecting his craft.
Big facts
Erin Smith lol please,That was no exaggeration,this freestyle is easily one of the greatest ever in history
Erin Smith “Minds” well, huh. 🤣😂🤣
It's the most impressive freestyle I've ever heard. So fucking good!
Flex: How many bars you got?
Black Thought: All of them.
Мирослав Стефанов Flex: How many bars you got?
Black thought: yes
Luqman Shabazz i was hoping someone said this😂
YES
Why did I read that in the voice of Thanos? 😂
😂😂😂😂
" told ya to stay out da hood, circumcize ". 🔥🔥🔥
This is literally one of the most historic displays of lyricism......
Indeed
Facts
Gon a have to violently agree with you there, boss.
LITERALLY
@S D
That's a fact 😂😂
rapping for 10 minutes straight is one thing, but doing it with this intensity and complexity is literally the most impressive thing I've seen a rapper do in my 29 years of living.
Adam Johnson . I agree. 100%.
Wordsmith
royce Da 5'9 raps for 11 mins straight on funk flex also and he was just as nice you should check it out
Cody McDowell will do
Royce definitely snapped too, but it wasn't 11 minutes straight. It was a lot of breaks. He still spazzed though
This is what living up to your God given potential looks like. This man has NO weaknesses. Breath control. Volume. Speech clarity. Lyrical creativity. Vocal delivery. Alll 100. Truly legendary. The freestyle version of Jordans repeat-3peat.
HANDS DOWN THE BEST FUNK FLEX HOT 97 FREESTYLES EVER!
Black Thought has aged like a Kung Fu Master
Notice how at the 5:53 mark Flex is actually physically disgusted with how wretched Thought is flowing. That's some Kung Fu right there.
This freestyle has officially been banned in California, they can't afford any more fires
Ric Smith i like that 🔥🔥🔥🔥
lol
W
Best comment on the internet 😂
Ric Smith that’s hilarious
This is #1, 2, and 3 best freestyles ever
This Freestyle shifted the tectonic plates of Hip-hop. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I come back frequently to remind myself what a Lyricist is
Facts...🔥💯
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10M likes
@@Chefpenne let's change this to infinitive likes ✊🏿😆✊🏿
Yes. Yes.
If you’re watching this for the first time; I’m jealous of you. For everyone else; welcome back. 🙌
First timer
Haha. Welcome back bruh 🤣
back every few weeks...
Also Im also in Brighton haha
STG I hate to but it's like a hip hop transfusion
lmao if I have over 4 beers I always come back this 😂
I reside between the seconds on a chronograph.
What an eloquent way to say you're "timeless" without saying it while dropping a timeless freestyle. Other dudes think their multisyllables or double metaphors and analogies are nice while thought up in here dropping multidimensional bars.
There’s not another Mc touching Black Thought PERIOD. Speak to the people that raw without pausing constructing bars like that. The illest I’ve heard in 40 plus years of growing up on hip hop. Wow!! I salute the brother and my favorite Mc is Nas
This freestyle deserves a Grammy and a Guinness world record
True
How would we get that done ?
FACTS
This dude can go! I never heard a free style laid down like that before..
Jesus Christ 😮
He just spit perfection for over 10 mins. 🔥🔥🔥
Tsunami JMG 🤣🤣😂😂 facts tho
And topped it off with a couple bars off the top, just because.
spitting perfection ever since
The Roots - What they do
I'm here from 2088 to let you know this is still the greatest freestyle of all time.
3012 up in here... Still in awe.
Just now again💯
Daylyt 1
Black thought or king los 2
@@tejasvisharma4131 king Los 🔥🔥2
While you’re here, mind giving me the next 10 Super Bowl winners?
No matter how many times I listen. It's still fire in my soul. Sorry Em, Black Thought, is THE Rap God.
I think even he would agree
100%
Eminem has amazing skill, but Black Thought has the wisdom, the insight, and the passion that just hits different.
Pure art, this.
As we know, GOAT talk is just for conversation. Nobody wears or should wear a crown (teacher > king, per KRS). It's about adding to the art. Black Thought is at the top of the mountain in this game, no matter who else with him up there. Ra, Big, Em, Doom, Kanye, Jay, many others have put down gems. They're hailed forever, no matter who people speak on being best.
There's no best, just pure hip hop, mastery of the craft. When you're hearing a Master at work, it doesn't matter what title they have, you know you're in the presence of greatness. Like everyone else, I come back to this for a charge of hop hop essence, highest level
Who else listening to fire freestyles during lockdown 😂🔥
Me I'm bored outta my mind😂😂
Hell yeah
Yessir
Hahahaha all day brotha all day!
🥺😬
Everytime he put his finger to his head he loads more bars into his brain 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣 I was thinking the same!
jay hank ME TOO!!!😂😂😂
RIGHT😂😂😂😂😭😭😭
Ahhhhhh hahahahahahahaha
Stephen ssr&rtv2020 hell yeah lol
In 2005 I had the privilege to sit in on a studio session with the roots and Jill Scott....... good lord, I wish I woulda recorded the freestyles in that studio that day.
When a dude quotes W.B. Yeats in the first minute of his freestyle, strap in. Something incredible's brewing. Been watching this for years, hits like the first time every time.
A PHD degree level Rapper. This freestyle should be considered as UNESCO World Heritage.
Word
The nigga said O.G.s an Young Lions equally proud to listen
His 'Secrets' amalgomism's a algorithm
The most intelligent bar left on any hypnotic streaming search platform in 2019. Wtf
@@rhyno8644 its many that didn't catch that and those that caught it didnt reallly catch it.
UNESCO ......DYIN LAUGHIN YO
yes indeed
His breathing, and his pacing was impeccable. Over 10 mins, and he emphasized every word. That’s elite level.
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It doesn't get more elite than the level of breathe control and precision exhibited by the man. It was pure artistry. Hip-Hop skill at its supreme finest.
Legendary!
He said it aint strenuous to come a countious breath!
James Hagley 100% agree. His cadence was sick. Non stop for over 10 minutes
The absolute shock from the hosts shows how powerful this freestyle is.
I come back to this atleast twice a year
Bro did 10 minutes straight without falling off and it all made sense #legendary
And he also started rappin less then 10sec once the best came on it’s was like 3 seconds
Bananas
Where that dude that be writing out the lyrics in the comments at? I think that dude finally bowed out on this one.
Best freestyle I ever heard but wtf is malganism??
He said "amalgamism". It means to put things together or combine something.
Ummm this is all written and remembered. This is freestyle.
A ten-minute freestyle that gets even stronger in the second half…crazy
Indeed🫡.🔥🔥🔥
My mother was a working class very loving woman, who struggled every dinner, could’ve been our last summer
I come home, chasing good for nothing half cousins, and then walk into the crib to the smell of crack cookin! She was introduced to the substance abuse, on some of the strongest drugs that the government produced, look, I even got excused by the principal, my story is out of a dub dub interview
@@joeyperry3931 Art thou verrückt in the Gehirn mein Bruder?
2024 and this still ain't been matched.
I’ve probably listened to this over 30 times and I keep coming back, insane
Today💯
“ i am walking affirmation that imagination, and focus and patience will get you closer to your aspirations “
Too many jewels in this written thesis
FIRE FIRE FIRE
7:20
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Okay
Black Thought just gave a dissertation, lecture and death sentence at the same time!! Student/Teacher/Killer of the game
GOAT
This is an inferno .
He didn't kill the game ya see G because I'm still out here.
your line clever and on the same level
This is a masterclass
I watch this a few times a year to remind me that Hip Hop is a competitive sport.
True but it’s not much competition when black thought is spitting
Tariq spent 20 years not getting his due as one of the greatest of all time, and just spit all that frustration into that mic in eleven minutes.
25+ years. The Roots got signed in 1993 .
shanghaishark11 True
Yes!
I considered that, then brought it to when the Roots had a few albums under their belts.
The Roots are basically my favorite band ever. Seeing this freestyle kinda blow up makes me so happy :D
This ☝🏿 entire cipher remains undefeated. A God level PHD clinic for hip-hop heads. Lawd ham mercy.
Who’s still jams this on the regular 2 yrs later😁, I know I do🖐🏽
Yessir!
Joe Traxx weekly
i play this joint at least once a day when i need that detox 😂
Every day homie
Joe Traxx YUP
6 years later and zero loss in potency. Rap perfection.
This one is in line for best freestyle ever…greatness in motion! A tribute to our culture
Flex should've broke that mic.....and gave it to homie to put in his house in a glass case. No one should be able to use that MIC again...it was officially destroyed....for 10 minutes. Cmon man....wow.
Will Patterson FACTS ...NO LIKE HE REALLY SHOULD OF
Will Patterson facts yuongbol lol
Lmfao hard facts
Its time to frame that mic
u damn right
He sweats when he raps, his lyrics actually increase the temperature in the room.
Real Heat!!!
That mic had to have melted
Excellent analogy!!!
Hahaha classic!
Sometimes I have to come back to be reminded what true hip hop is
at this point ...I come back and listen to this like an actual song
facts!!!
lost count of how many times I've replayed now
Me too!
I gotta pace myself cause I can't get anything done when I listen I just pause and head nod then 10 mins go bye
lol me too
"I am a walking affirmation, that imagination and focus and patience, gets you closer to your aspirations" - this one bar is worth more then lots of rappers whole careers
A bruh his level of thought Is way beyond!!! I been rocking wit my dog for a long time. Lyrical genius!!!
I KNOW RIGHT?!?!?!
Frat house not trap house. This is for people that read.
This whole Freestyle is more worth than some career's
This is exactly the part that stood out to me as well. This particular bar added fuel to my soul.
This should be a Ted Talk! So much wisdom and knowledge!!👏👏👏
Best freestyle of all times
This freestyle needs to be studied and taught in universities
All great freestyles are memorized but whatever.
@@epicon6 Freestyle is flexing a rappers ability to flow it much closer to a song for the station. No one flows off the dome anymore, unless in private.
Still does not take away from the fact this guy is talking spirituality, politics, and drugs. In a one take radio recording.
For real brv
Titan Mellor harry mack bro harry mack. Greatest freestyler of all time. No cal
@@blizzaad Harry Mack is not that impressive.
"I am a walking affirmation that imagination, focus and patience will get you closer to your aspiration" 🔥🔥🔥
Bryan Crosbie that one I felt l in my bones...
That bar was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Bryan Crosbie one of the deepest bars in this freestyle.
#Bars
My favorite line, besides the Henrietta Lacks bars.
Black Thought excellence = education and experience. Never stop learning and living 💯🙌🏼🙏🏼
“Rinse repeat…
You checkin’ for the sound of the beast?
I’m the hound,
Imma creep,
I get down,
Imma eat!”
“I am a walking affirmation that imagination and focus and patience get you closer to your aspiration.” - Black Thought
🔥
7:10
Fuckin insane bruh
Just randomly came past this comment while he was spitting it. Cosmic
His breath control is on elite status. Philly go hard 🔥
It seems almost impossible... His Flow just shredds and still he‘s breathing. He has to have like 6 lungs
Taylor Chausky
It’s rare that someone notices the breath control. Very well said. 🙌
@Stephen atr&ruk 2019 go troll somewhere else
@Stephen atr&ruk 2019 well the comment u deleted sure seemed like a trolling comment. I dont even remember what you originally commented so its whatever man water under the bridge
It aint strenuous to come from a continuous breath!!!
I can’t tell you how many times I come back to this. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
This man really just put out an entire EP worth of rhymes in one freestyle
In under 11minutes
That's what I said..... this one session shits on some so called lyricists and "deep thinkers" entire project! I actually typed this comment at 4:44 am lol
@Chris Paul I know right. I was introduced to him through this like a year ago and heard some features and his two albums last year and all were amazing. Does he rap on all the roots songs? Because if so then i gotta listen to some roots
@Chris Paul start b4 then...from....do you want more????? Like '93
@@mkmmkm9103 start b4 that with organix. Been down with roots crew since 94. The illest irregardless.
Soon as he was done they should've unplugged that mic, and encased it like a museum artifact never to be touched again
I'm still confused how it wasn't melted down like Chernobyl...
💯
I concur
Salute
Donate that mic to the Museum of African-American History in DC, stat!
This is why I can't listen to too many of the new MC's today! They can't bring it like a Black Thought! He's got the word play skills, content, delivery and making sense😊!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Incredible. It just doesnt get any better than this. IDC who you name.
“I am a walking affirmation that imagination and focus and patience get you closer to your aspiration” I got chills during this line
Me too! I stood with both hands on my head, shouting... Lord!
obiwanjermobi 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Yes!
lmao
Same here! Had to play that part back a few times
The only thing underneath black thought’s fedora is more bars
Mokdad Mokdad 😂😂😂
Mokdad Mokdad moooooooorrrreeee barzzzzzzzz beeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!
Love it!
Mokdad Mokdad 😂😂🤣🤣🤣 BIG FACTS
That brain matter contains too much data
Still the best freestyle I’ve ever heard 🎉
2024 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
STILL The Greatest Freestyle EVER!!!!💯💯💯
He has the 7th infinity stone, HIP Hop
Bruuuuuh
222 likes been seeing that number everywhere
@@SaynTrades google meaning
BrothaDarkness Jimmy yeah G ik what it mean and all that but seeing it one more time did it for me! Gotta decode this message
Facts! Sorry daylyt black thought took the last 3 stones 😢
This is literally the rap equivalent of the Thanos snap
Wow u are so right bro
When Cap grabbed Mjolnir
Yup
I’m glad to be the 500th like on this comment
Yep 🤣😂
I still listen a faithful follower of this freestyle
Black thought's bars and flow is the most wicked thing on the planet.
I can’t imagine tuning into the radio thinking “wow this guys good”. Switching stations, then coming back 10 minutes later and he’s still going
I can't imagine even switching stations after hearing that!
I can't imagine switching stations
I KNOW THATsRIGHT!!!!!
why changing stations in the first place when you hear this lolll
I get your point though.
He took me thru 4 years of college in 10 minutes
❤
💯💪
and a doctorate
knowledge.....
😂😂🔥🔥
2024 im still here. mesmerised
The BAR...period!
This dude really fit more content into a 10 minute freestyle than 99% of artists do in entire albums. Mad respect.
Entire catalogues
you mean their entire lives.
Entire discographies man
For real ...🔥 🔥 microphone done
You mean fit more content in 1 minute
Rest in Peace to that Microphone .
F**king Legend. Still prevalent, as if it was made yesterday. 🔥
Best Freestyle ever recorded.
"I am a walking affirmation, that imagination and focus and patience gets you closer to your aspiration"
the way he pronounces that bar is so insane, you can tell that hes' spitting his life.
colmdiniho u did that bro.....
My ears stood up on that verse too. Nice way posting that gem to highlight that genius!
7:20
Cold blooded.....
This isn’t a freestyle, this is ancient Roman philosophy, this is a letter from a Birmingham jail, this is a book of the Bible King James left out.
Chris Blue woooooooo
Thomas Sankara facts people sleeping on that line
Thomas Sankara eh that ones rly nice too but personally I like thoughts better both are great tho
Nahh this is the embodiment of African griots
@Thomas Sankara yea loaded lux was nasty but black thought for sure has the best freestyle. Loaded lux might have had more medaphors and wordplay but he's a battle rapper what you expect I would say daylyt was better. Black thought rapped constisntsley using medaphors similes wordplay and basically taught us a college lesson for 10 straight minutes, that takes a retarded amount of breath control flow and overall confidents
1. Black thought
2. Daylyt
3. Luded Lux
I was lost for words this is hands down best thing I’ve ever witnessed
Greatest freestyle in the history of Hip Hop. LEGENDARY 🐐
Black thought is what you get when you don't sell your soul and just practice
freQuincy Green Well said. Practice and love your craft.
Amen
Spot on, pal! 💚
freQuincy Green Still people in that "selling your soul" bullshit😂😂😂
Ok fallon
This one verse is better than a lot of other rappers entire career
Miguel Jacobo Truth! 🙏🏼
Miguel Jacobo huge facts
Miguel Jacobo damn it’s crazy cause it’s not even a joke
Hell yeah!
lol thats so true