Cam's verse was the best part of the freestyle when I heard this when I was a teenager in the early 2000 and 23 years later it's still the best part of the freesstlyle
There's still real spitters out there today, you're just not looking hard enough. The Griselda cats, Ka, Roc Marciano, Your Old Droog, Ransom, Mach Hommy, etc etc.
Best thing I love about this era was the competition between all the artist. Any one of them weren’t scared to go at each other. Something you don’t see these days
@@el_mal_de_ojo J. Cole, Rapsody, Kendrick Lamar, Joey Badda$$, and legends such as Nas, Cypress Hill, Meth, Killer Mike, Banks, Planet Asia, Elzi, Pusha T. Jack Harlow, RJ Payne, Tyler, 38 Spesh, Phonte, Sa-Roc, Big KRIT, Che Noir, Freddie Gibbs.
Still one of the greatest freestyles of all time!!! Killa Cam really brought that heat whilst Jurors Juelz just really repped the block big time and uncle Jimmy just solidified why they were they hottest squad out at the time!!! LEGENDARY SHIT!!! gotta respect how Cam is busy counting stacks whilst putting down what's real and what's not!!
Born in 94 so by this time i was consciously listening to hip-hop (it was always around in my house) but being able to actually appreciate the craft was so important. Dipset set the standard for me personally in regards to Swag, Culture only a few others did the same for me Kanye, Lil Wayne and of course the great Jay-z salute to the LEGENDS !
In case you haven't heard Dipset before now, this cypher highlights the MASSIVE gap in talent between Cam and everyone else. Bro carried the hell out of this group.
Woulda been super cancelled if they made this freestyle in 2022 😂. "Young Mohamed Atta no plane lessons, cocaine lessons to supply the towers" This is back in the days when hip-hop didn't have to follow the mainstream discourse.
There was another version of this exact video (same intro and everything) that was uploaded a few years before this one and it had over a million before it got deleted. But you still right.. this is arguably the most legendary freestyle in the basement history. It should’ve been at 50 mil
Cam is just ridiculous, i would say this is hiphop hall of fame shit. Definitely in the top five freestyle of all time with this. delivery, rhymefrequency, rythm, everything is over the top.
One of the best moments in hip hop history. Damn wish these guys stayed together like the lox. Literally history in the making when they worked together
I’ll always find my way back to this freestyle year in and year out. True lyricism and it’s a walk down memory lane when bars were prevalent and your wordplay was everything. Salute the real MC’s 🫡
Best rapcity freestyle ! Not even close. Cam is a wizard with the word play. “Weed and a four wheeler F Mike till you seen me you never saw thrilled “ 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
My AK was my AKA Before my ABC's and had me A' Ok I'll show u how to make 2 million out ya deal For the right price I could get you out ya deal Smack ya CEO That's when the teck is soarin $4 mil from Def Jam & I ain't sold a record for 'em
Sounds like the mixtapes we used to pick up at the liquor store off 95 - which is a 🔥 place to find music by the way. lil Wayne and dipset came to me that way - the old raw real shit like this. Those were the days
This Is My Favorite Hip-Hop Freestyle - SammyP25 - Dipset Freestyle - The Diplomats Feat Cam'ron Juelz Santana & Jim Jones [Year: 2003] On Black Entertainment Television Networks 🖥
Whenever I wanna hear real shit I go to this freestyle to hear Cameron part other two went off but Cameron came on it smooth plus the beat just bring back so many good memories
In case anybody wants to argue that Cams ain’t off top, here’s the description from Genius: “This highly acclaimed track has variously been dubbed the best Rap City freestyle ever, as well as the best Dipset freestyle. While Jones' verse and a part of Santana’s verse appear elsewhere - on “Beautiful Noise” and “Okay Okay” respectively - Cam'ron’s now-iconic contribution is completely “off the dome.”
It comes down to your definition of freestyle. Some people think it's off the top which is dope but I say it's adjusting a verse to whatever beat you're flowing on. But there is fair arguments on both sides
@@thugger-vandrossis clearly not off the dome homes, it’s still beautiful but he just ain’t use it in no song that don’t mean it’s not written, he was reciting
everytime this song come on im transported back to my corolla cruising the backroads with this on full blast, screamin that cam verse out loud will all em fucking windows down lol good times
My AK was my AKA before my ABC's and had me A OK. I'll show u how to make 2 million out ya deal for the right price I can get u out ya deal. Smack ya CEO that's when the tech is soaring $4 million from def jam and I aint sold a record for em!!! DAMN cam murdered it SHIT!!!!! Killa
@@EECErik is that why he said "thats when the tech is soaring" stocks. I get he ripped off Def Jam but without a stock trade it seems foolish to burn a bridge, but hey, camron hasnt gave a f in awhile.
I’ve been watching this for the last 20 years. Never gets old 😂😂😂
Nostalgia at its finest
Me too big Dog
My AkM was my AkA till I learned my RPK’s and PKM’s
ah ah same thing, stone cold classic.
Same
It's Jan 31, 2025 & I still have to come back to visit this classic hip-hop moment every once in a while. . . . . DIPSET!!!
Cam countin money while freestyin is crazy as hell
Killaa
@@KendrallHooks Dipset All Day!
I been saving bread so I can bump.this while thumbing Benjis
@@Jay.Jay.Clarkeyo good idea I’m doing the same
Was a teen in this era. Cam’s verse is still unrivalled. Fresh from the arch Dioces
me to homie. what a time to be alive
Deadass
Cam's verse was the best part of the freestyle when I heard this when I was a teenager in the early 2000 and 23 years later it's still the best part of the freesstlyle
I like jimmys verse the best.
who was a teen?
I love this era of hip hop so much - tight flows, baggy clothes, and actual punchlines and wordplay. what a zeitgeist
For punchlines today I recommend Cash Kidd and BabyTron… but i agree with you 100%
There's still real spitters out there today, you're just not looking hard enough. The Griselda cats, Ka, Roc Marciano, Your Old Droog, Ransom, Mach Hommy, etc etc.
Well said homie. We were blessed
Best thing I love about this era was the competition between all the artist. Any one of them weren’t scared to go at each other. Something you don’t see these days
@@el_mal_de_ojo J. Cole, Rapsody, Kendrick Lamar, Joey Badda$$, and legends such as Nas, Cypress Hill, Meth, Killer Mike, Banks, Planet Asia, Elzi, Pusha T. Jack Harlow, RJ Payne, Tyler, 38 Spesh, Phonte, Sa-Roc, Big KRIT, Che Noir, Freddie Gibbs.
Killa Cam!! I wish kids today knew how dope it was for your fav rapper to come on the basement and freestyle every week.
I think I can imagine
No fr
im 16 and i cant lie this is definitely the rawest time of rap
@@MS2K512same im 16 and this sound better than most current rappers
@@Dailyclips1300we was checkimg this shit on mtf tmv etc the box even faking cartoon network back in the day in 02 03 04
The dipset era was small but was definitely one of the greatest eras of hiphop imo they started so many trends in hiphop that they dont get love for
The swag level on this has to be maxed out.
Harlem always had swag
Harlem is so awesome. Ive been Harlem World since 97
Ong bro
2023 n we still come to listen to this boy cam one more time..
U damn right
2024
4 mil from Def Jam and ian sell a record for em
Dipset Swag was crazy back then
Those are throwbacks now lol.
@@icebreaker5021 yup considered retardation if seen wearing this shit today 😂
@@icebreaker5021these the real throwbacks
Coogi baby! 90’s isshhhh
Dipset g unit and the lox ran the rap groups in 00s.
Who's still bumping their heads to this in 2023?
Seen all islands--Caymans to Rikers.
DAMN
Hardest bar EVER!!!!!
That line was torch! Prison cell to the beach
I wish DipSetr can go back to these dayzs-
They have magic 🪄✨ together!
Killa Cam definitely SPAZZED on the beat!!!
This dude Cam just took the shit to another level b.
Juelz killed it.
Cam killed it
Juelz wasnt even old enough to drink when this was recorded
One of the greatest beats in hip hop
What is it?
@@nobackwoodzoneMy Block by Scarface
scarface my block instrumental, one of the finest ever made.
Took me years to find where this sample/beat was from 😅
M.O.P. World Famous beat*
Donny Hathaway n Roberta flack be real black for me “
Cam invented swag at that moment
Soulja boy did my boi
The confidence Cam has in this was always an inspiration for Me in life. His energy is hard to match. Good Guy...but don't fuck around
Still one of the greatest freestyles of all time!!! Killa Cam really brought that heat whilst Jurors Juelz just really repped the block big time and uncle Jimmy just solidified why they were they hottest squad out at the time!!! LEGENDARY SHIT!!!
gotta respect how Cam is busy counting stacks whilst putting down what's real and what's not!!
The era when drip meant being able to match shoes and hats with any sport jersey. Bring me back.
If only this was on Spotify😭
Beautiful Noise - The Diplomats
@ that’s not the same song
@@guacysock its the same jim verse
the instrumental is my block - Scarface
@@khari3133so the weakest verse?
We need an HD quality video for this classic dipset video!!
One of the greatest instrumentals of all time 🤘🤘🤘
What is the instrumental??
@@Patsworldbaby "My Block" by Scarface of Geto Boys
facts
one of kanye’s finest
Was in middle school when this came out.. was such a fan... Seen so much n 37 now it don't move me the same... But as a kid I believed every line
Born in 94 so by this time i was consciously listening to hip-hop (it was always around in my house) but being able to actually appreciate the craft was so important. Dipset set the standard for me personally in regards to Swag, Culture only a few others did the same for me Kanye, Lil Wayne and of course the great Jay-z salute to the LEGENDS !
Thanks to Cam I’m Harlems new Anchor Man.. yes chump you should shake my hand! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Cam made the beat go night night
He was on dat rico from paid in full timing 😂😂
One of my favorite cyphers ever. Brings me such an inexplicable sense of peace
Grew up like 13 years old wit Purple haze boooyyy. Classic album. Cam 🔥
I remember watching this live when i was in highschool! Miss those days!!!
Me too! The Basement followed by 106 and Park with AJ and Free!
I was in 5th grade, on the days I didn't go to school I got to see most of rap city, I'm on the westcoast, rap city came on at 1pm out here
Same. Miss them days!
In case you haven't heard Dipset before now, this cypher highlights the MASSIVE gap in talent between Cam and everyone else. Bro carried the hell out of this group.
this was my favorite freestyle growing up
💯💯💯🥶
100%
Funny it's number 1 freestyle on rap city basement
Tony Yayo & Lloyd Banks second. (off that Hood Hop beat)
I need to watch this every year and I don't know why.
Woulda been super cancelled if they made this freestyle in 2022 😂. "Young Mohamed Atta no plane lessons, cocaine lessons to supply the towers" This is back in the days when hip-hop didn't have to follow the mainstream discourse.
said that when ny was fresh from experiencing 9/11 LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
man that always tripped me out lol.
@@wais_45 they even called themselves “Dipset Taliban”😂😂😂
That shit was 🔥
You don’t think a group of New Yorkers knew the discourse around 9/11 ? Are you fr ?
Man they need to bring the "Rap City " and the basement back I miss it. Camron killed it on here Killa!!!!!
My all time favorite freestyle by The Diplomats with Cam'ron as Ruler from 2003 back when they 3-0'd each song with some bars 😊
Santana rocking the throwback Miami Dolphins Zack Thomas will always resonate with me, being from South Florida!
This freestyle was SO epic, all 3 of em did legendary verses like shit was fire
This Shit should have millions of views!!!! 🔥 🔥 🔥
My generation don't know how real rap supposed to go
No publicity and not media oriented
There was another version of this exact video (same intro and everything) that was uploaded a few years before this one and it had over a million before it got deleted.
But you still right.. this is arguably the most legendary freestyle in the basement history. It should’ve been at 50 mil
It does on other channels
When Cam starts with the letters it's game over
Cam is just ridiculous, i would say this is hiphop hall of fame shit. Definitely in the top five freestyle of all time with this. delivery, rhymefrequency, rythm, everything is over the top.
Cam and juelz were fiyahhh back in the days 🔥🔥🔥🔥
One of the best moments in hip hop history. Damn wish these guys stayed together like the lox. Literally history in the making when they worked together
Cam murder this 💯...man memories of high school
I love how even this upload is a throwback 🤣🤣
ayo look dog
you had to be there! this era! 😩❤🔥🔥🎶🎵🤟
This a classic but never will be forgotten about 🔥🔥🔥
I’ll always find my way back to this freestyle year in and year out. True lyricism and it’s a walk down memory lane when bars were prevalent and your wordplay was everything. Salute the real MC’s 🫡
Juelz been talkin crazy! I miss these days
Classic Dipset Freestyle one of the Best Basement Freestyles EVER!! 🔥🔥🎶🎶
This a classic my era of real hip hop and rap
“I’m Anfernee I do things the hard-a-way” 🔥 🔥
Best rapcity freestyle ! Not even close. Cam is a wizard with the word play. “Weed and a four wheeler F Mike till you seen me you never saw thrilled “ 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
*thriller*
@@demetriaywas5913 mistake chill hoe
Iller
Classic 🔥
Dipset's freestyles be legendary on the low
This is a rare clip of what hip hop used to be, in its truest form💯
Going into 2023 playing this.
hell yeah
My AK was my AKA Before my ABC's and had me A' Ok
I'll show u how to make 2 million out ya deal
For the right price I could get you out ya deal
Smack ya CEO
That's when the teck is soarin
$4 mil from Def Jam & I ain't sold a record for 'em
#Drake said in his song #BS featuring #21Savage
I jump on your song and make a label think they need ya, for real .. 😮
“F Mike, till you saw me, you never saw Thriller”
Killa Cam a bad dude 😂
Mf such a legend
@@thugger-vandross I'm anfernee I do things the Hardaway
Idc what nobody say that was crazy
@@codis5722 bars 😮💨
Im here for at least the 1000th time! This the best rap city freestyle ever 🍀💪🏾
Big Tigga looking really proud of his young bro Killa Cam
Golden era 🗽🔥🔥🔥
always a good day after listening to this
The best basement freestyle
Cam was levitating here, everyone in the room knew they just witnessed something special
This is drop, thank you Juelz, Cam, "Dipset Anthem" is a classic
I listened to it going to work, drunk off E&J
N jones
Dip was the best 2002-2006
Sorry, The Unit was lava at that point and there was no water to cool it off
Gunit
Getting ready for school watching this before i get on the bus hits different
2023 still listening 🎶
Dip-Set Every Day ‼️
Cam got in the zone at the end. Classic shit.
Sounds like the mixtapes we used to pick up at the liquor store off 95 - which is a 🔥 place to find music by the way. lil Wayne and dipset came to me that way - the old raw real shit like this. Those were the days
No one did it quite like Dip Set. To me, they did the rap game perfect
This Is My Favorite Hip-Hop Freestyle - SammyP25 - Dipset Freestyle - The Diplomats Feat Cam'ron Juelz Santana & Jim Jones [Year: 2003] On Black Entertainment Television Networks 🖥
Cam aura here is crazy
Holy i remember watching this when it first was on BET....those were the times
Cam bodied this ! 😂
YOU HAD TO BE THERE!
I be listening to this like it's an actual song 🔥 wish it was on streaming
Me too
Whenever I wanna hear real shit I go to this freestyle to hear Cameron part other two went off but Cameron came on it smooth plus the beat just bring back so many good memories
Best rapper of all time ill. thorw ina no kap to know its 2022
Counting a stack while dropping mad bars off the dome only KILLA!
YEARS LATER! Jim starts us off 2025
Cams Coogi gear has always been a shirt and bucket hat I always wanted. Bout time I go get that 💰
They all killed that Scarface beat‼️ This was the early 2000s in a nutshell ‼️💯✅
Jimmy was spitting 🔥
I love this freestyle
That rhyme that jimmy spitted is the first verse from the song "beautiful noise" on the diplomatic immunity album
You messing with a Gangsta boy, You messing with some Gangstas Boy, DONT DO THAT!
They all killed it by flowing so well on Scarface’s beat but Cams was the only legit freestyle… and that shit was fye 😮💨
In case anybody wants to argue that Cams ain’t off top, here’s the description from Genius:
“This highly acclaimed track has variously been dubbed the best Rap City freestyle ever, as well as the best Dipset freestyle.
While Jones' verse and a part of Santana’s verse appear elsewhere - on “Beautiful Noise” and “Okay Okay” respectively - Cam'ron’s now-iconic contribution is completely “off the dome.”
It comes down to your definition of freestyle. Some people think it's off the top which is dope but I say it's adjusting a verse to whatever beat you're flowing on. But there is fair arguments on both sides
@@thugger-vandrossis clearly not off the dome homes, it’s still beautiful but he just ain’t use it in no song that don’t mean it’s not written, he was reciting
@@Knx3kI mean either way it’s a freestyle I get what you sayin though but if it was never recited again did he really write it ???
He wrote this for the basement , killed it, then threw it in garbage like Rico
These were them days
Top freestyles of all time period.
This gets slapped at least 5 times a day pure memories as a jit
4 mil from defjam and i aint even sell a record for em, salute to cam
❄️
We was like 8 years old watching this ish don’t at me
Best in the basement freestyle of all time
everytime this song come on im transported back to my corolla cruising the backroads with this on full blast, screamin that cam verse out loud will all em fucking windows down lol good times
This is my anthem crazy crazy crazy
My AK was my AKA before my ABC's and had me A OK. I'll show u how to make 2 million out ya deal for the right price I can get u out ya deal. Smack ya CEO that's when the tech is soaring $4 million from def jam and I aint sold a record for em!!! DAMN cam murdered it SHIT!!!!! Killa
Whats that mean. He used his advance to make stock $ and gave it back?
@@randomguy-xp7se he got 4mil and didn’t do shit for the label yet pretty much
@@EECErik is that why he said "thats when the tech is soaring" stocks. I get he ripped off Def Jam but without a stock trade it seems foolish to burn a bridge, but hey, camron hasnt gave a f in awhile.
I've always loved Cam's flow and wordplay. He was ahead of the game.