Arsonal Freestyles Over the 5 Fingers of Death on

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[@positive_vibes_2427]

Idc about him reading off a phone. He killed it and does this for a living w/o a phone.

[@Streamz323]

He's used his phone during battles before...Ars has no shame

[@MrBoommer1]

He used his phone in only one battle. Not multiple times.

[@iamjp1]

+MrBoommer1 relax

[@headwrinkle9896]

Dude don't even write his own battles, he sits with his crew and spends months rewriting his verses, you can't expect him to freestyle when he never has.

[@secretagentbrewsky]

+MrBoommer1 One time too many still

[@SuperHNDRXX]

Freestyle? This nigga looking at his phone...

[@afrosamurai5588]

LLS is that Neil Degrasse Tyson???

[@SuperHNDRXX]

Shane Miles Lol yea it is..

[@Braudristin]

Freestyle is a verse on a beat freely.

[@SuperHNDRXX]

Fjólubláa Brauðristin No...A freestyle is a verse off the top of the head. You don't have to have a beat to be a freestyle. Ever heard of Acapella? That means no beat. No clearly have no idea what a freestyle.

[@antunuras9394]

Phyuck Yiu Freestyle is not only raps "of the top of the head." That is the common misconception that kids promote these days over the internet. Lets start by breaking down the name free-style it indicates that your style is not limited . If you were forced to spit "of the top of the head" then that is not FREE STYLE anymore since you would be limited not to spit anything you already have memorized . Freestyle is anything you decide to spit at the given beat or acapella spontaneously at the moment. Also freestyle where you are spitting a already memorized verse or reading bars off your phone is even harder to spit on beats then the "off the top" and your flow has to be a lot sharper . Second thing if you were actually a rapper or somebody that really understood what he was talking about here, you would understand that it's a lot harder to sit down write a decent verse ( with punches and wordplay) than to sit and rap about random bullshit just chasing the rhyme.

[@avantgardenovelist]

the devolution of freestyle: off the top off the memory off the cell

[@naimrobinson6568]

U dumb ass nigga off the top and off the memory are both the same

[@naimrobinson6568]

Brett Robbins first off u can't spell second of all off the top and off the memory all combined goes to one part the brain so when u say off the memory u are saying off the dome witch also means out the brain and off the top also saying off the brain but some people use different words to say that so u are wrong

[@dominiquebatty0990]

I'm late but you killed me with that

[@HollandsHopeGrow]

+Naim Robinson you inbred fuck off the top means nothing written... by memory means you remember what you wrote... how fucking dumb are you

[@BluRay8o4]

Off the top is when you come up with rhymes on the spot you and off the memory is when you already have written a verse before but you're just rhyming it on a different beat you dumb fuck.

[@mekersf1]

NO PHONES ALLOWED. call that shit out

[@Bigheadedwon]

So basically you have legends Sway, Lux & Heather B who are obviously impressed by Ars here. And on the flip you have 20 year olds here on KZbin who don't even know the origins of the word "freestyle" hating on him. I'm going to have to side with the people in the video here, sorry.

[@zakloncar6304]

I’m 19 and you dumb asf

[@shamlanhasawi311]

people don't understand how to make those rhymes compatible with the beat so even if he is reading off the phone it don't matter still hella good.

[@Naz958]

Break it down brotha for those who don't know what a 4/4 is. Give an example please...

[@DennyVMusic]

The phone kills the vibe. Dope verses tho.

[@seanh2424]

A free style is not off the top ..ppl need to realize thay

[@DORCEX8]

Sean Hogan Yes it is so fucking annoying off the top of the head off the top of the head off the top of the head easy easy easy easy where you dumb niggas wanna give dumbass reasons to justify that wack shit is so fucking annoying and first off ffod is there to showcase off the top of the head but if you read from a fucking phone its not a free style and before you mention about the beats its its still a free style no beat is acapella still a freestyle you expect him to to showcase his talent and he reading a fucking phone and yo dumbass justifying it

[@jodagoat92]

That last beat was a real freestyle dude can go off top he probably wanted to show off what he wrote instead

[@akeemhimself]

@@seanh2424 that's the dumbest shit I've ever heard. Bro the whole concept of a freestyle is to be an improvised off the top performance with or without a beat

[@mjg6233]

@@akeemhimself it is true

[@Wombosity]

"There are two types of freestyle. There’s an old-school freestyle that’s basically rhymes that you’ve just thought of on the spot that may not have anything to do with any subject or that goes all over the place. Then there’s freestyle where you come off the top of the head." - Kool Moe Dee. There is NOT ANYONE in the youtube comment section that is more qualified than Kool Moe Dee to answer a question of hip hop culture.

[@Wombosity]

What this means (for those who dont understand it), is that there is two forms of freestyles, one is FREE of STYLE in which you scribbled quickly on no particular subject, and another form created off the top of the head at that second that is explicitly referred to as a freestyle OFF THE DOME.

[@Wombosity]

Kool Moe Dee suggests the change in how the term is used happened somewhere in the mid to late ‘80s, saying, "until 1986, all freestyles were written," and “before the ‘90s it was about how hard you could come with a written rhyme with no particular subject matter and no real purpose other than showing your lyrical prowess." "A lot of the old-school artists didn’t even respect what’s being called freestyle now... any emcee coming off the top of the head wasn’t really respected. The sentiment was emcees only did that if they couldn’t write. The coming off the top of the head rhymer had a built-in excuse to not be critiqued as hard".

[@venomusic22]

Wombosity no there's two types of freestyles. ONE is an actual freestyle with new lyrics that have never been written & are from the mind sporadically... And the other type of freestyle is PUTTING A WRITTEN VERSE on a random beat. If that's the case, battle rappers could take a verse they spit to someone, put it on a Drake beat & call it a freestyle. You don't read a freestyle. You also don't memorize a freestyle. #StopReaching2017

[@venomusic22]

And sidebar... That Kool's OPINION not a fact. My opinion is freestyling is what Charron does in most of his battles. And I can understand the FREE OF STYLE explanation but when I freestyle I make new shit up. When I got asked to spit some shit I wrote, that's what I did

[@madant22]

LL cool j mentioned the same thing freestyle was a verse with no particular subject wether it was written or off the head it was rhyming without making a song that was the name of freestyle. LL Cool j mentioned this in his 1998 MTV interview with DMX Redman n Method Man for his 4,3,2,1 song on LL's Phenomenon album.

[@iamjp1]

difference with him is that unlike someone like troy ave, who also read off his phone, arsonal actually has bars

[@RoyalsFc11]

Don't understand people hating on Arsonal, written or not these lyrics are absolutely unreal majority of you people couldn't produce this type of lyricism if you tried. He killed it, full respect to Arsonal.

[@hewhowillavenge242]

James P. They not understanding

[@OneTastyMf]

He could have memorized his own shit

[@downsouthn.o.1537]

Facts🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@joshuagomez3459]

It’s suppose to be a freestyle. But he’s reading off his phone. No hate just observation

[@NBAbeastProductions]

Loaded Lux look like Master Splinter lol

[@Alr1ghtyThen]

Hashtag Dead

[@MNNACE]

lol why did you type out hashtag

[@Alr1ghtyThen]

I guess it seemed funnier at the time haha

[@zonebpgrk]

Lmaoooo

[@treyviontrevino3539]

This technically is a freestyle. He probably wrote it in 10 minutes not knowing what beats Sway had for him. & the last beat was straight off the top ,I think That's what y'all is confusing a freestyle with.

[@coolinced8685]

People don't know the real definition of freestyle. Lol. He is freestyling cause he uses a random verses or written lyrics to a beat. He didn't write those lyrics for them pics.

[@kquiriconi]

who cares if he read it? most of the rappers on here have their material memorized beforehand anyway. Which is different, but essentially the same thing. Either way he killed it just like he does in all his battles

[@JoshV_TX]

Would rather listen to a dope prewritten than a shitty off the top

[@billythaskid]

Josh Varughese That is not the point if your doing "five fingers of death" it is supposed to test your "lyrical stamina" if your reading all the lyrics hows that testing your tank hes the only one ive seen do this on five fingers. If this wasn't the five fingers i wouldnt be a problem.

[@dopekidd831]

They need to fire that dj, always playing some wack ass beats,

[@cmo8888]

That's the point, lol To make it challenging

[@Dec2707]

freestyle is not just off the top it can also be taking writtens and spitting them to a random beat cause you have to adjust the flow

[@ConsciousRaps]

A true freestyle is off the top. Period

[@Dec2707]

no rapper freestyles off the top all the bars are already in their head they just spit it to the beat

[@Dec2707]

and tbh i'd rather hear shit like this than listen to a rapper spitting some unorganized bars with no consistent flow anyways

[@New2YC2]

Tyrone Kuleman first off just because someone does something all the time doesn't mean it's OK or right a lot of rappers do this yes but it's not a real freestyle it's fake people do it so much the definition changed if you go to a real rapper a true artist and ask him to freestyle his instinct is to think "oh off the top" also no it can't be written you know why? CUZ YOU WOULD CALL IT A WRITTEN why would a freestyle be a written if they already have a term for it that's like saying off the top can be written because it's off the top of the brain freestyle is freestyle written is written the moment u switch between the two ur not doing one of them yes u can spit a written in ur freestyle BUT at that moment ur not free styling that's basically saying every song is a freestyle cuz they didn't read it when they recorded it

[@Dec2707]

ThatNewKid no rapper ever freestyles "off the top" everything they're spitting is already in their head if they really spat off the top their shit would come out mad sloppy thats the truth

[@atm6887]

I hate people reading off of phones....and he thinks he can fuck with Cassidy. Give me a fuckin break.

[@Mr2FlyDesmond123]

Cassidy is average as hell now.. This isn't 2004 anymore, give it up.

[@coryfrazier-el388]

Every body writes may it be a phone or a pad....fuck outta here

[@atm6887]

Memorization is part of the game.

[@michaelmurillo6920]

Sway! Get that boy back on the mic and make him earn it. Asking if he survived, he looked like drake the way he was reading his lyrics.

[@JamesPeach]

Lol, hes on his phone.

[@sethpreston5907]

So he is still skilled

[@alldae_bigbzstreams2291]

Have you heard anyone rap to these beats ? Come on. He’s the goat

[@oso3202]

Off the dome vs freestyle.. most rappers have prewrittens anyway

[@backgroundni99a]

They need to get Crank Lucas for the beats. Only good one was the first one.

[@kershleycharles9990]

Arsonal is the best battle rapper on beats. His flows are so fucking mean.

[@kyleboyer9548]

i like Ars but man that hurt me seeing him flip threw his phone

[@robj6692]

yall actin like them aint his rhymes tho. stfu and enjoy. haters.

[@JohnMarshsplus]

I hit the stop button before he even started. Make it a rule that if they can't freestyle then go home sway!. I'm gonna go back and watch Wayne Brady and common now.

[@Tundraisgod]

is it freestyling if he looking at his phone

[@walkwithshadows]

In english writing freestyle is theme less its a written freestyle. Off the top or improv freestyle is shit arsonal can do though

[@isaiahbrown1179]

Tundra its freereading now

[@charliebrown316]

dam why arsenal got his phone out to me hes one the best battle rappers of all time and ive seen him really freestyle in other videos man im disappointed right now.

[@anthonymontanez4429]

he did on his last verse during the last beat

[@Genetekks]

A lot of "freestyles" are usually pre written and just memorized or they just have topics and words before hand.

[@youtubeuniversity9098]

Many people read off their phone on Sway, the only difference is Ars is crucified for it. Andy Mineo read off his phone for 5 minutes straight and no one had anything bad to say about it, but let Ars do it and folks cant stand it, it is easy to see this for exactly what it is.

[@vodoundeity1236]

freestyle off a damn smartphone

[@ATL_NINO]

PUT THE PHONE DOWN BIG FELLA THIS SUPPOSED TO BE A FREE STYLE BIG FELLA GIVE IT UP BIG FELLA GO HOME AND PRACTICE BIG FELLA.

[@FlurryJoe]

it's official. rappers are shameless now.sway should've stopped the beat & told ars to make like a banana

[@SuperTruthful]

+Flurry Jo (ARTISTropeAdope) ..2 rappers are up there but you call all rappers shameless, you hating fool.

[@SuperTruthful]

*****..I don't have a mother and I've never been a fool. LOL

[@FlurryJoe]

you sniff a bowl of coke before you type don't you?

[@delademjude7732]

+Kareem Brown split

[@qaqokb7185]

Whenever I hear Ars spit he reminds me of Royce. They have the same flow and their bars are both dope and they always go for punchlines

[@kevinlunsford2763]

SWAY WHY HE AIN'T FREESTYLIN!!

[@AP-ox5dd]

+Da Knockhound the shit was still dope

[@bisonx1335]

Freestyle is not just shittin out bars out your head there sometimes prewritten if they know they gotta rap

[@jameseastland7154]

this is supposed to be a freestyle but he reading off his phone

[@MolenTV]

he's on the phone, yes, but this is one of the best 5 fingers of death i've heard, so good getting into these beats and that's from an artist coming off acapella most of the time. Amazing.

[@henryball6767]

Reading from his phone😂😂 "come prepared whack rappers"

[@iamjustamazin]

I do not really care if some of the freestyles are pre-written. Just don't read it off the fucking phone! ;)

[@schmitt012345]

Ars is the best out ! Wow!

[@KingBaggz]

Make sure yall check out Arsonal & M Dot Baggz - Pain Is Temporary

[@shelno100]

Haha, this guys rappin bout sex fo the last romantic beat haha

[@KazenoniKakuremi]

Ars got the worst beats i ever heard on 5 fingers LOL....that was some f8kked up sh88

[@elice05]

That's not off the dome. That's off the phone! Not a freestyle.

[@jax8714]

+elice05 freestyle doesn't have to be top of the dome. freestyle stems from free rhymes, as in it doesn't have the content structure of a song, its just rhymes that are put together that flow

[@drewschneider7045]

suuuuuuuurre

[@jayfly3356]

elice05 so what the fuck? does that take away from your talent??

[@QBee240]

He's reading off his phone but it's still BARS!

[@ionzine384]

He's looking at his phone I can't believe this wow Ars!!!

[@blakricanwitlocs]

why not? he is all around hot real talk...

[@koilk]

What if I told you that Ars is so comfortable with freestyle that he was playing Angry Birds on his phone through the entire session.

[@spitfiresr]

Ars is using a phone! Come on bro!

[@xhantimtwa5584]

Now I'm confused......freestyle while reading your raps on your phone. Sway should have talked his shit on this one, about wack azz rappers. What the fuck

[@yungjoker8376]

Arsonal got bars, nothing wrong with reading off the phone if its not a cypher or battle but dont label it a freestyle

[@imani828]

Steve Flemming ironic how he read the off the top part

[@savageshawn10]

There's is when you do it in a battle... Lol...Arsonal vs Rich Dollars

[@imani828]

he already hit the same freestyle off the top before this?? highly doubt its off the top ness

[@zolphdiggler]

Steve Flemming a freestyle is a song with no theme to it (free of style) no concept. it doesnt have to be off the top

[@imani828]

Anthony​ Isnt that just art?

[@sherrybeckley4740]

Wow! He killing them beats hard thou! Ars skilled

[@tyrickhairston3255]

yeah some ppl got to wright or type in their phone all ppl cant rap off top..arsonal came with that fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥salute my bro Jersey in the house!!!!!

[@803Sha]

he destroyed dis shyt..readin or not he destroyed it..whether he wrote the bars or not, they are still his bars..regardless..give credit when credit is due...

[@Cj_walton_]

Ars did his thing for real. A lot of rappers choke over the 5 fingers.

[@Dqson]

This nigga Arsonal needs to make a mixtape with the 3rd beat on there.. That shit was clean.

[@poloboy3184]

Chris Brown a singer and he even kills different beats without writing Shit smh

[@oluwoleowolabi2538]

dj premier first beat, greatest producer of all time !

[@martineznoel849]

how's this a freestyle he's reading off a phone a freestyle is off the top of the head

[@Lorenzo3K]

I might be in the minority but this was fucking incredible salute to ARS and Lux

[@Simonsaysboxing]

Hella wak. Prewriter. Mistah fab never stopped in between beats plus they couldn't holla out subjects to this dude cause he couldn't hang.

[@tarikidrizovic4674]

Arsonal had to freestyle off a phone, really? As if battles weren't enough to look through his phone for rebuttals... I'm just surprised he didn't drop a dead relative line about Lux or Sway

[@rexjohn2]

if only my man arsenal can read this comment and feel my disappointment at the sight of that mobile phone.

[@ntnnot]

The moment I saw the phone brought out, lost interest.. the art is in a ventilator..

[@561NKTATTOO]

whats that instrumental that played before he started rapping

[@ericrodriguezz215]

Papoose murdered the 5 fingers better than anyone, straight demolished that shit, but Ars went in tho. His shit was fire too.

[@hip2thabone_da_sticky1]

People like arsonal discredit the word freestyling! If u can't freestyle then don't bother showing up to these so called hip-hop shows. It is disgusting! I wonder what biggie, big l and big pun make of this?????

[@damarine1]

Empty Rhymes though, check the Lecrae one its the best one of all these

[@iamjp1]

papoose

[@kylebartlett797]

+Chandler Bing thats a fact papp put them beats in a bodybag

[@noblenotes001]

Arsenal its called a freestyle not reading off your phone and to keep flowing not stopping so the tracks keep going (Duh!) I am a fan of Arsenal that's why I am mad at this because He kills euro's and most in U.S at the shows....TakeNotes....

[@450Flamezz]

man idc what he did, if those lames knew any better they would know, no matter how much bars you write down you have to be a real mc to be able to flow on 5 different beats that change in the middle of you flowing so that alone makes him dope as hell plus the lyrics were sick too so he gets ALL my respect

[@UrboyJDH]

Lololol straight up reading from his phone though xD! Fuck trying to make it look subliminal aye Arsonal?

[@PokinStaR]

5:44 he even messed up.... not a freestyle if its written, change the label.. not even close to his real killer bars.... watch DNA vs Arsenal then you'll know...also pretending and acting like he didnt know the beats or saying "is that all" and you gotta go harder than that is just lame since he read all along...

[@kingofpendragon]

Not a FREESTYLE!!!!! Very DISAPPOINTING.

[@deanivan3951]

You mistaken freestyle with off the top of the head! Relax.

[@Mcdashiznit]

Nice .but freestyles is spur of moment an if u choose to slip an old punch or 2 in of a written then back to freestyle its a freestyle.but freestyle is off the top over alll good work ars

[@DoubleYT]

You can tell y'all 18 years old. Go back to Country music cause y'all don't know what freestyling is

[@Raviolis213]

Somebody post a list of the beats

[@IamTROY15]

He snapped but I thought the 5 fingers of death was a freestyle... Not a written that you read off an iPhone. Smh

[@ignatiusmagnanimous]

I under stand not ever rapper can't freestyle. No one is Papoose or Lupe

[@dseer13]

ignatiusmagnanimous lol youre thinking backwards.

[@ignatiusmagnanimous]

your correct

[@StarBirdOfficial]

Don't Listen to these. With All the Respect I Have for BDK.. "FREESTYLE" is off "the top." Now if You Want the HISTORY of where it all changed.. the Monumental Cypher with DMX, BIG PUN, JON FORTE, CANIBUS, & MOS DEF. They ALL Spit A written Rap Except for one guy. Written Wasn't EVER Considered Nor RESPECTED As "FREESTYLE" until this Generation. ..& that's SCIENCE AmeRiCaMonROE. StAR☆BiRD OfFiCiAL NewMOVeMENtMUsiQ

[@cesarescamilla7660]

Gayest fucking beats ever.

[@kainanp08]

This is ridiculous. I dont care what anyone says, you don't visit sway in the morning and rap on the 5 fingers of death from your phone. WOW is all i have to say. there are thousands of artists across the country (me included) who's dream is to be on SWAY. and you on his show reading lyrics from your phone? WOW. and you supposed to be a battle rapper??? HA. dope lyrics but its the principle. Come to sway prepared. Come ready to spit without lyrics in front of you. NOTHING WRONG WITH SPITTING WRITTENS BUT FOR GODS SAKE AT LEAST KNOW IT BY HEART AND NOT READ OFF A PHONE IN FRONT OF A CAMERA. Shaking my head at arsonal.

[@hasanxpatel]

If you don't think this is impressive, u don't understand :D

[@StonerBill420]

the five fingers of death is not about freestyling... Sway says it himself... "off the top, written, even lyrics from other artists... you just have to keep going through all five beats".... it's about flow... A.K.A. PERFORMANCE!!!

[@SuperR-uh5cx]

I have NEVER, seen a singer rapper come up on Sway In The Morning and rap off his phone. That's some Dizaster/Canibus BULLSHIT. What little respect he had left is gone. "Oh thas it?? Thas it [stfuArs]???" Freestyle my ass, After 5 fingers nigga never would've made if not for his phone. Fkn cornball.

[@sal2417]

but those beats are wack no wonder locksmith doesn't go there anymore y'all trying sabotage

[@wbsfoo]

a battle rapper that needs to read of his phone, radio freestylers may not be of the top but thats pretty pathetic for a battle rapper.

[@el_mal_de_ojo]

Shame about the phone, but he's spitting straight fire and flowing to every beat perfectly.

[@FlyFreshTaDef]

haha aight im kinda checkin for Arsenol now because of this! He did snap on that 3rd one fa sho,but I give him props for gettin off on the Bjork instrumental a lil bit too!"I need some questions answered and I mean this,Lux can I make Serena cum if all women come from Venus?"(what niggas know bout dat Bjork?? lol) That last beat actually made me laugh out loud tho! lol I honestly couldnt do it I be crackin up rappin sum siilly ass shit on that last beat! But he killed that,good shit Arsonal!

[@andstillyaya7704]

Now ARS I'm a fan from day 1 but I know u know the definition of freestyle is not reading from your phone. It coming from the DOME........SMH

[@TheKogutek]

lux look so weird without suit

[@il100374]

Easy when your phone is out...

[@Robdee999]

You guys defending the phone is like defending a murder who was caught on a clear HD camera. No matter what you say or what Ars said he still had his phone out. Put it like this, If Canibus's notebook doesn't get a pass, or Drake's phone doesn't get a pass then Ars's phone doesn't get a pass. Point Blank Period.

[@TheUltimateRage]

What does it matter if he read it off the phone or not? If anything it takes considerably more skill to read the lyrics, recite them, stay on beat as the beats are switching while scrolling on the phone. Plus, if hypothetically there was no video, you would have had no idea he was reading off the phone anyway; it's still not off the top at the end of the day......

[@simfballcritic]

But I will say reading off the phone is some corny shit. I don't even read off of phone or paper when I'm in the booth. When you record you're suppose to know your music.

[@jamesspan1791]

He killed that party beat tho

[@santostracey93]

Reading rhymes off your phone and try to pass it off as a "freestyle" is like cheating on a test. You are being tested on your free styling skills, to see how much you can spit off the top of your head. And if you just read the lyrics off your phone, regardless of what you think is a freestyle, it was still WRITTEN! It don't matter how great the lyrics, if you can't spit it off the top, it's not a freestyle.

[@jaydendavids]

I liked this but it isn't Free styling. only reason I wanted to watch arsenal FREESTYLE, not rap on 5FOD off his writtens off his phone

[@hotboy76522]

This is not a freestyle smh I'm very disappointed👎

[@boxingsm.v.p8714]

It's crazy yall on here debating what freestyle is pretty sure everybody on here was taught that it's rhyming straight from the head,nothing written down or rememberized,the only think that gives Big Daddy Kane's definition a lil validity is that you don't really know if it's memorized or not only the person rapping knows that,no rap is free of style cause when the beat drops how you catch it and flow on it is the birth of style.May not be your personal style but style non the less...gone!

[@danjuhl80]

how the fuck can anyone call this a freestyle?? All respect for ur freestyle/battlerap and all of your youtube views,- nah mean, but nah dogg, this aint freestyle over 5 fingers.. this feels more like like a highspeed chase, ended in cop stingers

[@dutchsmooth1]

Y'all youngins don't realize....freestyling is off the top.....what hes doing is spitting to a beat...and his flow on the last 2 songs was trash.....I went to college wit dude and I can tell u.....this wasn't good.......hot bars here n there but overall......thumbs down.....

[@tommyhui4419]

Um..... hes cheating lmfao.... canibus would have been proud!!! Let me get that notepad/phone/whateverittakes to help me rap it through.