Big L and Jay-Z - 7 Minute Freestyle (LYRICS)

R.I.P BIG L
Big L''s Lyrics
Yo, check it
Yo, I got slugs for snitches
No love for bitches
Puttin thugs in ditches
When my trigger finger itches
I got a rep that make police jet
Known to get a priest wet
I never beg for pussy like Keith Sweat
Is Big L slow? Hell no
Bitches get fucked on the roof when I ain't got no hotel dough
I'm known for yoking jacks
And beatin them with smoking gats
Leavin token blacks with broken backs and open caps
So with that bullshit, step to the rear son
The last thing you want with Big L is a fair one
Cause in a street brawl, I strike men like lightning
You see what happened in my last fight friend?
Aight then
I beat kids with lead pipes
I leave a trail of dead mic's
Where I'm from, niggaz jewels get ran like red lights
Old folks get mugged and raided
Crimes are drug related
And we live by the street rules that thugs created
Clowns get smoked about a thousand volts
For selling pounds of coke
Front in this town and get a tech stuck down your throat
I'm tellin you shit is about to get drastic soon
I'm quick to blast a goon
And break a motherfucker like a plastic spoon
I got the looks that make your hotty stare
I keep a shotty near
It's the nigga with notty hair who Gotti fear
Tracks I'm know to roast
Until the microphone is ghost
Props I own the most
I'm leaving niggaz comatose
Front and get your brain pinched
Big L will have your whole gang lynched
I started smoking dust and been insane since
This rap shit was a great gift
The other night some snake riffed
And got a hot lead face lift
All through high school I had braids
I kept mad blades
Stabbing teachers to death that gave me bad grades
I cook the mic like a beef steak
Cause my techniques great
And I'm the nigga police hate in each state
Cause I'm the neighborhood lamper
Punk brother vamper
Fuck around you'll find my silk boxers in your mother's hamper
Cops drop when my glock makes a pow sound
I'm from a whyle town
You know my style clown, so bow down
My crew be deliverin hot lead when gats are clenched
Rappers I jack and lynch
Nobody can fuck with the way I be killing the shit in rap events
Big L is the nigga you expect
To catch wreck in any cassette deck
I'm so ahead of my time, my parents haven't met yet
I'm feeling like Billy Bathgate
My rap style is past great
I love to fuck a bitch from the back and watch her ass shake
I probably got your mommy strung
Niggaz hear me and take more notes than Connie Chung
My clan plans to get Guillianni hung
Never had a gassed head
Got loot cause I stash bread
Try to tax and I'ma beat your fagot ass half-dead
I stomp white cops till the life stops
For a low price hops
Cause my blood is colder than an ice box
On 1-3-9 you don't want a block war
Cause my crew will kill a nigga from the lobby to the top floor
And every time a mack eleven bucks
I'm killing at least seven ducks
I never was a follower of Reverend Butts
The bitch type I dislike, I'm rougher than a fist fight
All chicks ain't shit, ain't no such thing as Miss Right
So we can never be a couple hun
Fuck love, all I got for ho's is hard dick and bubble gum
And clown emcee's I be attacking quick
I'm on some rappin shit and some car jackin shit
I ran up on this nigga name Mac in a black ac
And put the gat to his cap, click-clack
Sorry jack but get up out of that
My 38 works great, so make a mistake and hesitate
I can't wait to demonstrate this nickel plate
He didn't listen to what I was speakin
He started reaching
So I left him sleepin with his temple leaking

[@Beastaz]

can't believe that I was 12 when I uploaded this lol

[@ellpod]

you just had good taste as a young one that's all lol

[@ZalvadorZali]

We the same age fam. Old souls fr

[@FlyingMonkey208]

i was 8

[@steffan241]

i was 4

[@AndrewQuiroz24]

I was negative 2 at the time.

[@Beastaz]

For everyone asking, I’ll be 26 in a week. Time really flies. As a birthday gift, all I ask is that y’all spread love man. Always about the next person when you do and say things. The world needs it more than ever.

[@ryanlord24]

Damn you’re exactly the same age as me

[@MagnaflowYeti]

Keep up the great vibes👌 happy early birthday!

[@KingSB187]

God bless you brother

[@bennet2137]

Happy birthday big dawg

[@Madness801]

I don't anyone was asking 😂

[@grantparker6092]

Big L is by far the most slept on rapper of all time

[@JasonValentine011]

When I catch you it's wraps

[@emilioortega8881]

Big L is too advanced for yall

[@nicholasbragg8340]

@@JasonValentine011watch your back pussy

[@RossiB172]

Annoying when you see a top 10 and hes not there with yiur jay z drakes and nas😅. Nas said in the battle world L was a problem he was the best no 1 wanted to go against him. He died too young man. He was the best by lyrical talent by far. You can tell eminem was influenced by his style with the punchlines .

[@Follow.the.Leader]

@@RossiB172 you couldn’t help but to drag eminem into it, eminem corny punchlines not touchin L. “Your opinion is like a broken calculator, it doesn’t count” 🚮

[@alightthatnevergoesout]

Crazy that he died at 24. I enjoyed listening to his music at 16, I’m now at an older age than he ever lived to see. Crying shame. May God rest his soul.

[@theRealManDawg]

was just thinking the same shit. I’m 25 now was bumping this shit at 14 thinking 25 felt so far away

[@julianhernandez6457]

I'm 42 and was a kid when he was still around. Big l woulda been huge if he made it. Rip fr

[@chrisbatacan8520]

Sad how someone just walked up n capped him. You’d expect he’d have a group around him nearly everywhere he stepped

[@no565]

There was something very vintage and nostalgia about Big L's voice and style. What you hear here cannot be replicated, its like a throwback jersey.

[@AARONH85]

Makes you think about being a teenager in the 90s-early 2000s

[@yahboyx]

Mans said jersey , it’s Harlem bro

[@AARONH85]

He’s talking about a piece of clothing.

[@welldonebrainn]

No doubt. It brings you back to that time. He lives permanently in that mid/late 90s era. Which is unfortunate cause there’s no doubt he would have continued to kill it well into the 2000’s.

[@olivermarsden7560]

What’s the best behind this (I should know but I forgot)

[@vasudev6960]

Almost all Big L rhymes are multi syllables, combined with his smoothness in delivery, the mixture is unique cannot be replicated

[@ItsAllLuv]

Weeeaaaakkkkk

[@YungPhilosopher]

Causd they are written not off dome

[@bigreaper7587]

@@YungPhilosopher so were Jay-Z’s verses and damn near EVERY FREESTYLE YOU’VE EVER HEARD!!

[@v257to]

Faxx

[@jewellbell]

@@bigreaper7587 lol facts

[@hampinc6796]

Big L was 21 years old here and Jay Z was 24. Those type of skills at such a young age. Rare now ah dayZ

[@alanbooth2406]

@Memescience vines exactly but hova was really freestyling

[@XFader505]

@@alanbooth2406 no he wasn't lololol

[@NE_OutdoorClub]

Rare?? Try nonexistent

[@liamslaney4921]

I like big l

[@NotGeoWild_]

Not rare, unlike, he was 1 of a kind.

[@TheLazyP]

Big L rhymes schemes were far ahead of his time. He even says it in his second verse ;-) Spittin multi syllable fire 🔥🔥🔥

[@PhoenixxVT]

this will forever give me goosebumps. Big L outrapping JayZ is legendary

[@Matt.Savage]

Agreed

[@izxy1049]

Fr man hahaha I'd take big L over jay z any day

[@prosperitydwellings1208]

I don’t think he

[@shuan-ma]

There were only a few that could spit like l, he's just too good

[@untitled06]

he came with writtens to a freestyle. unlike jay

[@thetraveler9]

"The BLACK CAT with nine lives, get up off me, ITS BAD LUCK TO CROSS ME" that's heat. good wordplay

[@ItsOprahingtonBabe]

Hov been heat!

[@diablo2857]

"Even in dying couldn't be this death"🔥

[@jonathanbrown5922]

N pop okp

[@808mauna]

oof

[@bobbycutts2111]

me and me, great rhyme variety!

[@niallwatts789]

Can't believe Jay Z gets hate on this. His verse is amazing. Big L was just out of this world.

[@dash2946]

Nah son, Jay got fuc*in smoked

[@Pellemain]

Jay went hard as fuck, anyone would look weak next to L around that time...

[@anti-rehabrelapse5996]

He was good on this, just by comparison he didnt sound that good lol

[@khufukhafre1963]

A scoobidy doo bop/ a bopitty boo bang/ chiggity cha cha/ diddy Bahbah cant stop how my criggiddy crew bang!

[@WattsUpTez10mm]

His last verse was ass. I hope that wasn’t from a track

[@natefrm3rdnation332]

Big L first verse is a rapping master class… flow, bars, charisma.. everything man… Rest in Power to a Legend 😮‍💨🔥

[@ZOKI.SAVIC.0711]

❤

[@George-i7p]

😂😂😂💯💯

[@jaycordt8910]

“I’m so ahead of my time my parents haven’t met yet” he just killed every single modern rapper with one lyric. The greatest freestyle of all time.

[@yif217]

It's god tier level freestyle but black thought freestyle is better

[@LLIIVVEEWWIIRREE]

My favourite bar of all time. Nothing else comes close.

[@thaAMAZNblue1]

Lol freestyle have yall listened to his songs. Sane shit

[@ily____]

the line is so iconic i don’t think it’s ever been said before nor after he was truly ahead of his time

[@ily____]

@@thaAMAZNblue1 doesn’t he only have one album? and it was put together after he died which i can’t say counts much what other songs do you recommend? i do like is verse in the intro (the big picture) another iconic verse imo

[@robertfrost6421]

Big L speaks so cleanly and clearly it really allows you to appreciate his accent. Not to mention the lyrics

[@NOVAsteamed]

L's second vers was flawless.

[@jwoodzy3169]

That Skippy flow he uses then jay copy's ....to cold

[@blacksmithbeatz]

It should be in rap 101 class on how to rap

[@gilbertoisabot]

😂😂if he said that one word today nobody would be saying his Verse is fire no cap. and yall know what word I'm talking about

[@seangall5965]

@@gilbertoisabot times were different, although it’s no excuse I’m sure if L was alive today he wouldn’t be saying that word

[@gilbertoisabot]

@@seangall5965 yeah you right bro

[@JacquesByington]

Big l in my top 3 all day truly slept on

[@bennettharvey5162]

When you make Jay-Z sound like an amateur, you know you’re a legend. All the verses were dope, but goddam Big L goes hard. RIP

[@waxmaster-c]

he had better bars, but Jay-Z's jazzy flow was out of this world

[@wigsplitter777]

@@waxmaster-c what do you mean by jazzy flow

[@waxmaster-c]

@@wigsplitter777 His 2nd verse. Super unique flow. Melodic, almost scat-like. Never heard anyone do something similar before. I wish he would explore that style more.

[@amansizedduck]

@@waxmaster-c Feel that

[@animebrospodcast4577]

Written freestyle

[@FreakyBedro]

The strongest opening in history of rap 🤣 Big L was legit NUTS. Jay is my fav of all time but with Big L's first 4 lines you just know nobody can top that. Rest in peace. Super talent.

[@thefly1203]

Is big l slow, hell no

[@washawnburgess156]

They killed big L for jay to seem like that man naw Big L was soul rap

[@zayytesla]

jay verse still ode vibey

[@PapaSam_2]

Except big pun

[@devilSlayerdm]

🧢

[@garthybrookens4839]

As an Emcee and one of the best to ever do it Big L's Pen game isn't praised enough!! It's like every line in his lyrics are written to perfection, he was spitting hot bars with top notch delivery and cadence. Big L was a great writer, a wordsmith, an underrated story teller and an iconic punchline King. R.I.P Lamont Coleman. The Hip Hop industry owes you a Movie based on Your short iconic life. You will never be forgotten.

[@YeahhhhBuddddyy617]

Nail in the coffin brother needs more recognition REST IN POWER L

[@yusufmussa6386]

"My technique's great." Word. I'm still returning here to listen to L.

[@kpads1116]

🔥🔥🔥 wish rap was still like this. Real talent, real rap, metaphors, bars, and most of all, rap that is timeless and never dies

[@bigpeepeeboiz2801]

You mean when music has structure? It is sad nowadays what can pass for “genius” or “talent”

[@idoonotkno894]

yea i don't need a girl to twerk for 3 min straight while talking about her pussy 😒

[@James-uw2xh]

Rap is still like this. You just have to know where to look

[@9OX6]

you got it bro!@@James-uw2xh

[@RossiB172]

Tell me bout it. Makes me sick then weird ass voices wheres the grittyness the crackles the record the darkness of the streets heard though the tracks. Different times man i cant ajust to it drake and lil wayne was were it all fell off for me

[@cameltoeinspector6015]

Big L was a rare breed everyone of his bars were tight af

[@skyjackrecords8118]

if it weren’t for Nas, AZ, and Big L I wouldn’t have fallen in love with this hip hop shit. will forever listen to this

[@columbusohio72]

Facts

[@tncjscn7585]

listening to this all day every day

[@L.ATRAFFICNMADNESS]

Word up ! New York gave birth to Hip Hop and the greatest of all time are from the East Coast (specifically New York) I'm from Cali but I always bump East Coast shit on the regular

[@appelsin2821]

​@@L.ATRAFFICNMADNESS for sure... Nas, Biggie, Big L, Jay-Z, Rakim, Wu-Tang, DMX, KRS-One, LL Cool J, Kool G Rap, Fat Joe, Big Pun, Busta Rhymes, and the list simply goes on and on.

[@structlightning]

for me its NWA, Big L, Big Pun, and Biggie

[@funkysoundlvr]

2022, 51 years old, still lovin this REAL rap.

[@suspectx8585]

🔥

[@ste.c9970]

Yh man you change lad just not with time

[@Alleyesonme-vy4jq]

Same here bro 51,back in the day I live and breath hiphop

[@omarbatista7970]

@@Alleyesonme-vy4jq gang I'm 30 feeling 50 loving big brodi king von cool bug big l before drill. Making money selling dimes..

[@ZOKI.SAVIC.0711]

❤

[@yankeesrule6578]

Big L is the king of punchlines!

[@kyletwitty6638]

@@foresthead8 stop it

[@bhall__]

@@foresthead8 gdfo

[@nevermind-9630]

@@foresthead8 shame

[@THE_CHOSEN_11]

@@foresthead8 na MF DOOM is 2nd

[@user-kx7fc8bk6v]

@@kyletwitty6638 It’s true

[@pennywise1682]

Every once in while i come back to this track. 90s Rap is just different. Better, more ruggish, more raw. RIP Big L!

[@jwoodzy3169]

Every now and then I come here just to remind me what rap music is really about ...... It takes me back to the 90s for a lil minute .....if your here god bless you

[@mfundomkhize2337]

Joey Badass, Vince Staples, Harry Mack, NF, Token, Dax - Che-chec it out

[@StiLLFrEE702]

Legendary. Still here in 2024

[@704whatever]

RIP to Big L. I love to hear this type of stuff.. before all these rappers got fat, rich and happy. they were hungry and brought mad skills to the table.. this is incredible

[@kennethbrown-matthews5032]

Underrated comment🔥🔥

[@ClusiveC]

Jay z survived, barely, until Big L's second verse.

[@jazzswaziii1838]

You right

[@mrwhatever213]

Jay was all freestyle though. Credit.

[@victorwilliams2876]

Ductur Platypus Big L is better than Jay z.In my opinion people overhype Jay z to me he is decent rapper not a good one or even great which is blasphemous to say. His so called 'classic' as everyone says is simply a good album.Big L is far FAR superior.

[@andrewlemay2491]

Victor Williams the fact that that's not the popular opinion is sad and most people came to this video just because of L

[@johnmclean6010]

Jay killed big l

[@Kmakmizzle]

I can't think of anyone who spits slicker than Big L.

[@bigfranchise]

The Notorious BIG comes close.

[@Kmakmizzle]

Belethor I agree.

[@ASSman864]

yep biggie, big pun and big L and bone thugs and scarface is smooth asf

[@omarrenteria5214]

Slick rick lol

[@yeti433]

He is untouchable

[@christiancrocker62]

Big L is the hardest rapper of all time and Jay Z's last verse is one of the best verses I have ever heard still to this day and they both did it live on the radio I still come back to this a few times a year at least

[@Mandita1392]

It was a collaboration, not a competition. Beautiful work of art ✨

[@erickgoon4729]

Crazy how collaborating makes it pretty much unfair for anyone who’s listens to this freestyle . RIP Big L

[@George-i7p]

You definitely don't know anything about Big L huh?! You weren't alive it's always a competition there was no participation trophies back then!

[@Mandita1392]

@@George-i7p lmao I was very much alive. My comment was subjective.

[@TheLeoo117]

They both snapped! two rap legends blessing the ear with that golden era rap flow on a old school 90’s beat. This is a huge gem for golden era rap listeners

[@GrabThaMikeG]

I'm so ahead of my time my parents haven't met yet

[@franciscocastro8913]

M Sanchez boy if you dont get your asss out of your butt

[@50mgsofativan]

you dumb asf

[@spyor1]

I'm actually so confused. Isn't being ahead of your time means you were too early? So if he was so ahead of his time then he should've been born wayyy earlier not later right? This lyrics been fucking with my head

[@MrKorn46]

hes saying he was born even before his parents met, which would be being born earlier than he actually was

[@neilspawn]

Quote Rodney Dangerfield and many more before him too probably. Great line though

[@420_Emissary]

"...I raise hell till it's heaven..." props to Jigga, he stood by his word and stayed true to his agenda

[@Kikaheki]

You cannot win a freestyle, when Big L is around. R.I.P.

[@matthewjarvinen6549]

Back then? Absolutely. Nowadays... I'd have to disagree.. as there are some ABSOLUTE demons out there with some of the most incredible freestyles out. But, again, the good hip-hop we grew up on and got to cherish, is almost, if not, nonexistent these days.

[@josephk6136]

Your sentence doesn't need a comma.

[@yannikid]

Rs tho

[@alexjohncock6001]

2021: Big L's parents STILL haven't met yet.

[@VahidMusictx]

Lmao 🔥🔥🔥

[@arise2write131]

And will never

[@artifex2.080]

2022: Can confirm, his parents still haven't met

[@ashtonmanderscheid351]

2023 and they still nowhere in sight

[@papillon1861]

2024 I CAN CONFIRM IT STILL REMAINS THE CASE TO THIS DAY

[@Mumpitzify]

Jay Z was doing fine but L is just untouchable... Holy shit. That man made me learn English.

[@jewellbell]

Lmao

[@BestInTheWorld111]

L was so great in this that people forgot how dope Jays verse is. “Shit is eternal, I rock the heavens well, even if they don’t let me in heaven, I’ll raise hell, til it’s heaven” and “mcs tryin to be the best, but even in dyin’ couldn’t be this def.”

[@Two-ToneMoonStone]

The black cat line was crazy too

[@meekmill8938]

" I'm too cocky to stop ,u gotta kill me, even when I'm gone u can still feel me "-jay z the gift

[@khufukhafre1963]

A scoobidy doo bop/ a bopitty boo bang/ chiggity cha cha/ diddy Bahbah cant stop how my criggiddy crew bang!!!! -Deep

[@tawandamckinney3035]

@@khufukhafre1963 😂😂😂

[@FidoeFTW]

@@khufukhafre1963 LMAOOO I think Jay was trying to go off the top on the 2nd verse. Shit was ass though 😂

[@rapartist9309]

@@FidoeFTW u could tell his was more of a free style and big ls had been written

[@joshnazario2063]

This Pac line

[@trashboys8136]

WTF IS THIS??? LIKE HOW TF DID WE LOSE THIS MAN BIG L 😭 seriously has to be put in the top 10 of best freestyles ever did 🔥🔥🔥 both Jay and big l went insane.

[@BJ-gm8ez]

The 1st beat is one of the most iconic beat of hip hop history

[@xithebombace4931]

What’s the original song?

[@atribecalledquestisrealhip9234]

@@xithebombace4931 the original song bro is milkbone keep it real

[@poopstainhotdog1]

@@atribecalledquestisrealhip9234thank you!!!!

[@odb9671]

If you are here, you are a dying breed of a real hip hop head. 🔥 they don’t cook them like these no more

[@samfield3526]

Purely in the art of rapping and poetry, Big L is nearly flawless

[@Dilly-Winkus]

Big L went hard.

[@BobbyDigital562]

Everybody listening to big L's verses is looking mad and shaking their head(the universal sign of respect).

[@ThePurplePillPerspective]

I’m doing that while reading your comment.

[@BobbyDigital562]

@@labarbiegirl44 yeah. And unfortunately(or fortunately if you're a fan), it worked out well for him.

[@mirwaavy7783]

Doin this right now😭

[@YouKnowMySteez]

“Pullin R&B bitches, wearin hoodies” one of my favorite lines lmao

[@QuinnSmalls215]

Big L & Big Pun is on my TOP 5 lyricist of ALL TIME list. The cream of the crop 💯💯

[@kunalriblta4835]

Agreed!!

[@bobbycutts2111]

Fuck man, if they had both lived just a little longer the two of them collaborating was inevitable. Shit like that always haunts me

[@QuinnSmalls215]

@@bobbycutts2111 If they would’ve EVER collaborated it would’ve been LEGENDARY for Hip Hop

[@BOB-wx3fq]

Why is pun so slept on?

[@QuinnSmalls215]

@@BOB-wx3fq I have NO CLUE. But I don’t like it

[@C4nadian]

Had to come here after Iggy's vine to rehabilitate my mind.

[@FlunkGod]

C4nadian omg same

[@AK-bh2br]

C4nadian you discovered this thru Iggy?

[@C4nadian]

No.

[@AK-bh2br]

C4nadian aha ok, what a relief

[@jns6320]

C4nadian link?

[@rickyrichreacts9667]

As a Pac stan... L was on another level in terms of that freestyle/wittyness/punchline shit 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@yafiet7260]

Listen to black thought

[@yesno7586]

im also a Pac fan, one of the best one, but L’s punchlines are just on another level

[@amberwilliams1380]

To be fair to Tupac, he really wasn't a punchline rapper. That wasn't his style. Tupac's freestyles were actually freestyles, they weren't rehearsed like some of these other rappers. R.I.P. 🐐

[@amberwilliams1380]

One more thing: this shows how great Tupac is, this video has nothing to do with Tupac and yet he's brought up anyway.. Legendary.

[@UptownRepresentative]

@@amberwilliams1380 Can't talk hip hop without 'Pac. Plain and simple.

[@willyfischer5072]

“I’m on my peas & cues & …carrrots” - Jay is insane 🔥

[@leomcalary7320]

A buddy of mine introduced me to Big L and this freestyle he was a Hip Hop treasure. Rest in rhymes L!

[@lukeyoung7795]

I'm now 35 and this still blows my bloody mind....lyrical genius. 💯🎶🔥🎧🙏

[@gmjuve]

RIP BIG L...He is absolutely amazing on this. What a talent we lost :(

[@elockett4367]

Big L was/is the best lyricist ever in my humble opinion. One of one when it comes to rap.

[@Anthony-ci5tr]

He was way ahead of his time but what got him killed was he was stick up boy snd it caught up with him....

[@elockett4367]

@@Anthony-ci5tr Yea that’s allegedly true. I’m just speaking on his ability to rhyme well. His personal life was NOMB

[@joeszulborski-zg5sg]

That's not an opinion. It's a fact. Best ti ever do it

[@droomzy]

Jay Z was good, but not even near L's level.

[@gabrielleelliott4214]

Droomzy Daboy Dozi Hollaboss big l was so ahead of his time

[@khufukhafre1963]

A scoobidy doo bop/ a bopitty boo bang/ chiggity cha cha/ diddy Bahbah cant stophow my criggiddy crew bang!!!! -Deep

[@khufukhafre1963]

@@gabrielleelliott4214 "his parents had'nt met yet

[@Cameron-fo7df]

You’re comparing a goat to a god bro

[@apeshitclothing]

@@khufukhafre1963 lol you just can't appreciate the intricacy.

[@semuriko]

noone in the history of mankind will ever go harder on a freestyle than Big L on this trackkkkk!!!!!

[@saguirre0311]

Just want to give a big ups to my cuz Greg who passed away today. Greg, I remember when you came to LA in '00 and showed me and Chris the truth. You downloaded this off Napster and from that moment on, I was hooked on L. Thank you cuz, I will forever be indebted to you for showing me the G.O.A.T. Big L. R.I.P. Greg, love you my nigga.

[@OnanX501]

God bless.

[@codyscott1675]

❤

[@drogbambumalanga8894]

Will be 45years on Sunday 03 03 2024,how time flies.always stay real with your eyes constantly on the prize.bless up every one listening to this

[@GeminiJo]

Happy birthday!! 🥳

[@JukesMcGee]

"I leaves trails of dead mics" Holy crap I love this line so much. It explains so much by saying so little.

[@Sunnyb305]

Glad to see alot of youth here looking for that real essence of what we call hip hop!

[@PhyllisPhallus39]

I've never been too much of a Jay Z fan... I grew up listening to Big L, Kool G, Mobb Deep etc. but I could never find myself truly enjoying Jay's music

[@gabrielleelliott4214]

Joshua Gonzalez I only liked the black album of Jay z but Big l that's my fav rapper know he is so ill

[@Darduel]

His ryhmes are deeper than usual and the word game is strong but hi flow isn't as good as other top rappers like Big L or Mobb Deep (but still good), he is more like Nas in his style, for me he is the goat

[@harriso575]

“I’m so ahead of my time my parents haven’t met yet “ is crazyyyyyy 🤯🤯🤯🤯 so simple but so hard

[@earl-larsen]

BIG L THE GOAT

[@youngcitybandit]

Was amazing but can't beat nas

[@youngcitybandit]

***** mostly from db. i watch op too but ace meant something else. Lol

[@youngcitybandit]

***** aha. One question: are u somali?

[@youngcitybandit]

***** im assuming thats a yes. Btw i am too lol

[@youngcitybandit]

***** ye ikr thats strange lol

[@tamb5688]

23 years since Big L passed and even this video is 14 years old and he still fuckin blows my mind every time. RIP

[@AgarthaFan]

Big L just might be the single best freestyle rapper of all time.

[@mattihuhta7871]

+Night - Wing Big L was not a freestyle rapper (as you can hear from this recording), but a great rapper nonetheless.

[@mattihuhta7871]

+White Penguin To me, freestyle = off the top. L spits 100% written verses here.

[@juiceman104]

@@mattihuhta7871 Doesn’t have to be “Off the Dome”

[@Knowledgegod759]

and Half A Mill

[@TheXpertGenius83]

@@mattihuhta7871 Are you sure about that?

[@jadoe787]

First time hearing this in 2022... That boy L was amazing! Rip

[@Specter-ek9zo]

Shiiiittt welcome to real rap

[@80sHillValleyKidBTTF]

Jay Z's flow is like a semi automatic pistol flow big l's flow is like a freakin m60 smooth and crazy quick

[@khufukhafre1963]

A scoobidy doo bop/ a bopitty boo bang/ chiggity cha cha/ diddy Bahbah cant stophow my criggiddy crew bang!!!! -Deep

[@zeonhydro7722]

@@khufukhafre1963 and people got the nerve to say jay killed it…. 2nd verse was literal gibberish 🤣🗑🗑🗑

[@_SayitAintSo]

@@zeonhydro7722 its only gobberish because you want it to be

[@zeonhydro7722]

@@_SayitAintSo stay mad

[@ballardkid1]

Why y'all hating on Jay. His bars weren't ass, of course L's bars were better. But that doesn't take away from Jay's. It seems more like y'all are jealous of him than actually listening to him. Jay was Scottie Pippen on this freestyle, L was MJ. Scottie was good, but MJ was better.

[@q-m.o.e2003]

Agreed

[@jabobok786]

+Scottie Pimpin People are jealous of his success. Jays lines are alright but he fucks up his rhythm a couple times, and his later shit blows but the dude is mad famous. This alright freestyle by Jay was during his peak, people are just bitching because they don't understand that mediocrity sells.

[@thomasclark7592]

+Scottie Pimpin Tears Hears

[@MRdamiman97]

+Scottie Pimpin man u right people always talkin shit. L had great habilities freestyling and in the video we can see it but jay's part is also sick and no one can deny it.

[@TupacolypseNow]

fuk jayz he tried to bite big L's style on this. we don't respect biters. Jay-Z a bitch he ain't top five. no way. DMX is better, nas, tupac big L, styles p, 50 cent (the original 50). to name a few. big L in my opinion might be the best mc honestly. Jay z is ass. plus he's so fugazy I can't respect him how do y'all..

[@husseinbato996]

Two hip hop legends they don’t make them like this anymore Rip BIG L one of the greatest to ever get in front of the mic

[@levixusaelestraliss5736]

Gavrilo Princip!

[@advanceromance2656]

25 years today son! Lost one of the all time greats. Brutal loss. Big up L Corleone! Sorely missed Dun! Rest easy Harlems finest.💖💔

[@L.ATRAFFICNMADNESS]

one of the dopest freestyles ! R.I.P Big L

[@justinhicks7073]

Born in 98 and this is what I b bumpinn 💯

[@LichKingHappyPage]

Only if Big L was still alive. He was so beast. WHY DID HE HAVE TO GET BLASTED?!

[@micahburton6595]

Cuz Gay-z had to make mad sacrifices to get his spot... him, diddy, and dr. dre bitch ahh

[@LichKingHappyPage]

Heh. I see.

[@micahburton6595]

Yeah, all those murders, followed by a surge in stardom for these entertainers are no coincidence. its all sacrifices

[@sonickidd4]

Micah Burton he got killed because of his brother if his brother wasn't in jail big l would still be alive

[@micahburton6595]

What his brother got to do with it? sonickidd4

[@NOISEuchl]

man big L was the rapper we needed but didnt deserve

[@Joeshmofoshoyo]

I wish I could hear what Big L would have come up with through the years if he never got killed. L was so raw and had incredible flow, was witty and quick, a New York Legend...

[@MostlyDrew]

"I'm so far ahead of my time my parents haven't even met yet." ROFL

[@zip8327]

you don't understand what it means lol

[@DavidLee-vp3nr]

the rhyme is self explanatory

[@ASSman864]

+John cage fr

[@ASSman864]

+bornslippy8972 dumbass

[@armorking481]

I didnt understand that

[@patmahome]

it's been exactly 22 years since this day. My dad bought this tape for the house and it was slapping. We got a knock on the door and it was the firefighters. They said "we heard there was a fire, where is it ?" we pointed to the stereo.. Good times

[@joshuagonzales635]

lies lmao

[@Dae2Day]

@@joshuagonzales635 bald head lies at that

[@arduhyp]

@@joshuagonzales635 i think you don’t get the joke

[@Brobeans23]

It’s real I was the firefighter

[@tamb5688]

@@Brobeans23 I can also confirm this is true, as I was the stereo

[@ReggieT85]

Hear what Big L is saying. There's no lyricist like him today. He started reaching, so I left him sleeping with his temple leaking. It is so hard, and it's insane. I'm so ahead of my time my parents haven't met yet! BEST RAPPER OF ALL TIME! He's the 🐐!

[@Omarock]

Best freestyle ever.

[@jimbrown341]

Jay Z sounded like an amateur compared to the God MC. You know Jay had to be standing there thinking: "Don't pass me back the mic, you're going to make me sound like a fool". Then he did. LOL.

[@Skyhigh527]

Jim Brown haha around 3:55 I think the DJ tells Jayz to shut up because L is getting back on the mic. Jayz last verse isn’t bad but it’s still nothing compared to Big L’s

[@michaelvelotta4896]

Big Ls had been rehearsed before you can obviously tell that’s not an off the head freestyle lmao, jay z sounded more unscripted

[@mercymonrreal8768]

@@nahyeahwhatsahandle if a freestyle is flawless.. then it's obviously not a freestyle 😂 shits were rehearsed

[@mercymonrreal8768]

@@nahyeahwhatsahandle all I'm saying is on this song Jay z was actually freestyling off the top maybe he has some phrases and lines but the most part was off the top.. Big L sounds like he been practicing that shit for months 😂 still dope tho

[@daveypop]

Thats because he WAS an amateur when this came out smh

[@PanamaSabroso]

L still is is one of the best. A pure lyrical genius! Style, wordplay, flow, voice, sims/mets, he's got it all

[@Deji918]

Dropping in (again) on this classic from Big L and Jigga. RIP Big L. Timeless music.

[@bigmarty11288]

Big L is the John Coltrane of rap.

[@shawnauddette8199]

BIG L IS THE "BOSS OF ALL BOSSES" CARMINE GALANTE OF RAP.

[@theodoreduggan5917]

Gotta be one of the best unknown, unheard, unappreciated freestyles in the history of hip hop.

[@shawnauddette8199]

IT'S NOT TRUE BIG L IS UNHEARD OF AS PEOPLE WHO LEGITIMATELY POSSESS RAP KNOWLEDGE/ARE LEGITIMATELY AWARE OF HISTORY OF RAP GENRE IN GENERAL ARE WELL AWARE WHO HE IS/HOW HE IMPACT/INFLUENCED RAP MUSIC DURING HIS SHORT TENURE IN THE GAME BEFORE HE WAS VICIOUSLY MURDERED.

[@KontryBoy706]

Big L was light years ahead of Jay. Shit is crazy that Jay hasn't spit nothing better than L with his whole discography

[@BlackOwnedDollars]

Lmaooooooooooo. Best joke I read all day

[@youngcitybandit]

KontryBoy706 Theyre both better than Pac and I dont think you know Jay much.

[@KontryBoy706]

Get Rekt LOOOOL thanks for that really LOOOOOL damn my stomach hurts looool

[@jciq]

***** lol dont think jay is better than pac (at some point he was) but big l n nas are much better than pac

[@commando8088]

Ace Goku Forreal, Pac really was overrated...

[@omidboi8727]

“He didn’t listen to what I speakin, he started reachin, so I left him with sleepin with his temple leakin” is one of the craziest bars I’ve ever heard in my life

[@vDriFFF]

Big L the best rapper ever.

[@saucesidious2182]

Big L is overrated... one of the illest but you all know damn well lyrically he is not even coming close to Pun

[@ChungaLunga123]

Sauce Sidious Big l is underrated man very underrated

[@bobdabuilder4075]

Big L was about to say the same, heaps underated not much people have heard of him. had a mate who thought iggie smalls was the best freestyler lol

[@ChungaLunga123]

bOB dAbUILDER it's a shame that not much people heard of him because stupid people rate rappers by their views and the just listen to 2pac, 50 cent...

[@bobdabuilder4075]

true true

[@leighyazzie9266]

I've grown old at 32 and still no one can top his lyricists verse because this shit is flawless

[@dr_redbanRL]

"You never see me stress, in a GS, on the prize, my greedy eyes, cant see no less." FUCKING FIRE

[@reidbtable]

Say WORD!

[@user-fk8tr5ev8q]

pity?

[@Maasonj8h]

I’m ten and I still like this bro

[@championmilembamane1711]

rip 90`s

[@YaTuSabes__]

"Big L is that ni**ga you expect to catch wreck - on any cassette deck. I'm so ahead of my time, my parents haven't met yet" Truer words have never been spoken. His flow is flawless and unmatched. RIP

[@kgray5005gmail]

And we lived by the street codes thugs created 🔥

[@morrisburton5708]

“I make moves , cause bowels to move when I’m creep thru ya way wit a thousand little dudes “. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@VinceBond-ky2zt]

All i see is Jayz quotes on the comments yet people claiming Big L owned it lol

[@Migzy0151]

The greatest ever, full stop. I’m grateful for the music we got when he was here. RIP Big L 🕊️

[@BlackAlbino2000]

Big L was the most respected MC back then, his style was just too cool no one could get near him . Too much respect .. may you rest in peace L 🫡

[@cheekiestofcheekz6214]

Jays flow on his second verse is possibly my favorite flow of all time. Here I come a g-g-gain

[@lesaczv8072]

Mine too

[@UppurMGMT]

As a Brooklyn native I must say this is crazy listening to this in 2021 with my older ears knowing all this history between these two. Big L was untouchable in this freestyle point blank period! The dead president Brooklyn’s finest hov would of flamed this shit. Big L was so fucking ahead of his time man smh

[@seanlavender1336]

Funny how Jay Z never mentions anything about BIG L ?

[@drewkid3358]

You kno why right?

[@seanlavender1336]

+Drew Kid naw why

[@XxOneShotTwoKillsxX]

in his first verse jay said to L for him to throw in 3gs

[@seanlavender1336]

im just saying Jay Z never mentions anything about big L in 2016

[@XxOneShotTwoKillsxX]

+I.T. Life word 💯💯