BLACK THOUGHT FREESTYLES ON FLEX |

[@alphaamigo9688]

This isn't your last time listening to this.

[@jasontodd201]

Fact

[@lawrenceakuffojnr.3127]

Factss

[@swanandv]

Factss

[@madvadyogi8624]

More like 420th time just this week.

[@DeriveDjMC4]

Got me I think it’s the 20th

[@obrey__]

This isn’t a good freestyle, this is an “adjust your goat list” freestyle

[@RConn55]

Literally adjusted my list after hearing this lol

[@apollyon1]

I couldn't be arsed arguing over the order and just put him in at number zero.

[@dreampopwavestudiob7282]

Yes this is telling you rethink about your every action of writing

[@LnyMts]

lmao yup, I know who my new favorite freestyle rapper is

[@alexpearn8507]

Facts!

[@wildheart5502]

That bit between 0:00 and 10:54 was awesome

[@dimondjak]

Fact

[@javimercado-pf5tz]

It checks out.

[@drinkmorecocacola]

i checked to see if you meant the whole thing POLICING THE COMMENTS HATING lmaooo this was posted 6 years ago we still enforcing

[@sweetscience82]

Yea i caught that too

[@chiralhome]

yup, that part was good.... i agree it was the best part

[@prandle967]

"I am a walking affirmation, that imagination and focus and patience gets you closer, to your aspirations"

[@donbarnes3026]

That part right there💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

[@larkingresham8696]

I can't even read that out loud as well as he spits it... all hail the king

[@winterwarz07]

jesus christ

[@daboss3116]

That line alone is better than drakes entire career

[@breeshaspratley7187]

​@@daboss3116 ong my nigga 😅

[@laurenceaustinc]

Every time he pauses and points at his head, he’s actually just downloading more bars.

[@kemetazubuike8958]

Lol

[@josephblanchard6248]

Lmaoooo this literally got me loling

[@fowlkeskm]

Lol.

[@Tys_Conspiracy_Corner]

Now I see it all the time and think that lol

[@DLSC2374]

lol

[@maximum_hedro0m136]

2024 and we still here.

[@michaelpollard1735]

Never leaving.

[@davethekid08]

Word!!!

[@miskwainini]

2044

[@kevthepoet]

WORD

[@TANK201]

Have too unless it's a diss track smh

[@MIILKEYS]

This freestyle is greater than most artists entire discography.

[@davidmercado9785]

FACTS

[@dirtyjamaica]

True story bro!

[@dharambhrasht]

More than an entire discography*

[@wiseword8825]

😂😂😂😂

[@bigsheed9003]

This freestyle is a legendary moment in Hip Hop that never will be forgotten. Black Thought left Earth on that beat!

[@jasonpalermo8679]

Pause. Google search historical reference. Play. Pause. Google search geographical reference. Play. Pause. Google search literary reference. Play. Pause. Scratch my head. Google Historical Geopolitical Revolutionary reference. Play. Pause. Google slang term. Play. Pause. Marvel. Lets start from the beginning. Play. Repeat.

[@Los150]

The influence hip hop is supposed to have! 👏🏽🔥

[@elliotselmon7581]

​@@Los150EXACTLY!!

[@shallomsoyombo8849]

factssss lmaooo

[@adukeken861]

Don't mind me, I'm just back here January 1 2020 paying my yearly homage.

[@dwightgayle7126]

Yup! Yup! My Daily Dose of Lyrical Excellence... Where Talent & Love meets > Focus & Raw Dedication = #NoLimts 👌🎯👏👍🙌❤️💯👊💥💎💣🌪️🎙️🎤🔞☢️🌋🔥🔥👀👀👑

[@hakimhudson9917]

Only yearly? Im back at this jawn at least twice a month

[@natashablack2317]

Mee 3 💥💥☺️☺️

[@keithsaunders74]

Jan 7 still FIYAH

[@benjaminfloman2663]

Just a thought 👍 yep

[@TheRealNinoBrown]

LISTEN TO THIS ONCE A MONTH. LIKE A VITAMIN.

[@evilbug555to666]

Like Eminem said invite'em in(vitamin) like one a day....🔥🔥🔥

[@djlee6169]

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

[@donkorleone1142]

I've showed so many people this freestyle, I swear they're speechless when they hear this. Thought it redicoulois with hi bars.💯💪💪

[@LETSGOSABS09]

yesssir its needed

[@naturalmystic108]

You listen to vitamins?

[@kevinochieng9867]

I was a fan but after listening to this, am now an air conditioner

[@truckitwitbox9059]

Kevin Ochieng 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@BlacKBastahD]

I see what you did there!🧐

[@dantegood2195]

Dog...you crazy for that line

[@fattymudd2413]

Kevin Ochieng thats dope. Lol good one

[@Overskilled1]

Word!!!!💯😂💀

[@CAW757]

October 22nd 2024 and I’m back again for this fire. 🔥

[@UwgAllDay]

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

[@leogibbons400]

"MC"s make it to the top and get complacent. Black Thought been there for years and never stopped perfecting his craft.

[@marzazor5626]

Big facts

[@swan9716]

Erin Smith lol please,That was no exaggeration,this freestyle is easily one of the greatest ever in history

[@joepipisitoface3380]

Erin Smith “Minds” well, huh. 🤣😂🤣

[@c0der1020]

It's the most impressive freestyle I've ever heard. So fucking good!

[@Terrapin47-s8y]

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.

[@tomayousif108]

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.

[@theekaleeb6268]

Wow facts, well said

[@8yearsleft]

good ear

[@8yearsleft]

@@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.

[@nckgreever150]

I didn't even catch that... good one 👍

[@ricsmith5730]

This freestyle has officially been banned in California, they can't afford any more fires

[@elashanti9774]

Ric Smith i like that 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@temitopeadesanya3252]

lol

[@needmoreguwop9381]

W

[@malmal3003]

Best comment on the internet 😂

[@JerSwaby]

Ric Smith that’s hilarious

[@absoul1295]

This freestyle SHITS on 99% of rappers' entire discographies

[@ZackMaddox-gd1zk]

This freestyle could make up for the entire history of the genre of mumble rap 😂😂😂

[@BigDogg-1]

100%**

[@Ch1ldofG0d704]

Shits? Nah, it treats them like a sewage plant

[@solomon6693]

Listen to more rappers

[@solomon6693]

@@BigDogg-1someone has not listened to Kendrick Lamar

[@ismail10_02]

Who else listening to fire freestyles during lockdown 😂🔥

[@deondagoat]

Me I'm bored outta my mind😂😂

[@schematicb5393]

Hell yeah

[@rubinturner8233]

Yessir

[@Mike-zp8hm]

Hahahaha all day brotha all day!

[@ashadel6902]

🥺😬

[@adamjohnson5307]

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.

[@rasheedshakur8468]

Adam Johnson . I agree. 100%.

[@martinstaton1240]

Wordsmith

[@codymcdowell9944]

royce Da 5'9 raps for 11 mins straight on funk flex also and he was just as nice you should check it out

[@michealparrish2572]

Cody McDowell will do

[@draenation265]

Royce definitely snapped too, but it wasn't 11 minutes straight. It was a lot of breaks. He still spazzed though

[@captaincaveman2400]

Black Thought was subsequently awarded his PHD in lyricism

[@georgioskarampampas480]

More like his Nobel prize

[@YeshuaLivesInUandMe]

Lololo

[@mrcountdowncity1006]

Check out his Freestyle at Harvard

[@nmagain24]

Rap on a doctrine level.

[@knightshousegames]

He wrote his thesis years ago, this was just an acceptance speech.

[@TEG-uk2ps]

yo Who’s still watching in 2024?

[@tonywright5254]

Best freestyle all time

[@5TVodcast]

One of the best of all time

[@gildasroyet6620]

Few secs ago

[@gee8048]

Me 😀❤😅

[@karimd88]

We here bruh. Can’t not be

[@rickyymoss]

Everybody's Top 5 lyricists of all time changed after this.

[@ethanej6]

in my top 3

[@BonesSaw1979]

Feel like this is where he’s at his best. 👊

[@clarenceandersoniii9306]

Facts. For me in no particular order: 1. Biggie 2. Pac 3. Busta 4. Black Thought 5. Jay

[@johnjames8103]

Is now im my top 3

[@westside98]

Everybodys!!!!!

[@9300yt]

Flex: How many bars you got? Black Thought: All of them.

[@luqmanshabazz4347]

Мирослав Стефанов Flex: How many bars you got? Black thought: yes

[@ctaylor798]

Luqman Shabazz i was hoping someone said this😂

[@natashablack2317]

YES

[@gntlmn47]

Why did I read that in the voice of Thanos? 😂

[@sydneyaj19]

😂😂😂😂

[@danwilley3911]

This freestyle needs to be studied and taught in universities

[@epicon6]

All great freestyles are memorized but whatever.

[@titan9663]

@@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.

[@TheBluntizm]

For real brv

[@blizzaad]

Titan Mellor harry mack bro harry mack. Greatest freestyler of all time. No cal

[@IvefoundthetruthonMay]

@@blizzaad Harry Mack is not that impressive.

[@lovelaj0149]

I don't think people understand how great a freestyle has to be for Flex to finally shut the hell up and sit back.

[@ricorogers9319]

This is literally one of the most historic displays of lyricism......

[@cheeba_bxgpo1459]

Indeed

[@adibabdullah6633]

Facts

[@paulsletten8985]

Gon a have to violently agree with you there, boss.

[@toddrickjones9540]

LITERALLY

[@ricorogers9319]

@S D That's a fact 😂😂

[@NniicckkHigham]

If you’re watching this for the first time; I’m jealous of you. For everyone else; welcome back. 🙌

[@jaysonavocado]

First timer

[@princeandrewsajenes7851]

Haha. Welcome back bruh 🤣

[@LondonStockholm]

back every few weeks... Also Im also in Brighton haha

[@radellcombs471]

STG I hate to but it's like a hip hop transfusion

[@stantoncagle8185]

lmao if I have over 4 beers I always come back this 😂

[@MrKlthompson973]

Bro did 10 minutes straight without falling off and it all made sense #legendary

[@tbarfield4963]

And he also started rappin less then 10sec once the best came on it’s was like 3 seconds Bananas

[@kaussstorm]

Where that dude that be writing out the lyrics in the comments at? I think that dude finally bowed out on this one.

[@thomaswilliams5321]

Best freestyle I ever heard but wtf is malganism??

[@jvinson]

He said "amalgamism". It means to put things together or combine something.

[@magicalbeans2716]

Ummm this is all written and remembered. This is freestyle.

[@madadisr]

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.

[@soskmjwkz]

js say he is from the roots

[@mrD66M]

Man is a hidden boss in hiphop

[@1TreeStudio]

Thats how you know they aren't your people.

[@kevingarris198]

Rick Strom on TYT always says Black Thought is his # 1 all time.

[@mocal989]

Ditto 😂😂😂

[@daninwangabia6270]

This freestyle deserves a Grammy and a Guinness world record

[@ernestduba46]

True

[@cheesecakecartel5022]

How would we get that done ?

[@hiawathaclemons]

FACTS

[@markelliott6850]

This dude can go! I never heard a free style laid down like that before..

[@RobertHarris-dc6vu]

Jesus Christ 😮

[@capturedbyken2936]

at this point ...I come back and listen to this like an actual song

[@eulogist8120]

facts!!!

[@IndefiniteMark]

lost count of how many times I've replayed now

[@JMBEATZ___]

Me too!

[@drmikesmith6262]

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

[@RomesDogs]

lol me too

[@brandoncrockett9266]

A ten-minute freestyle that gets even stronger in the second half…crazy

[@melvinsantos3763]

Indeed🫡.🔥🔥🔥

[@joeyperry3931]

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

[@alidre2335]

@@joeyperry3931 Art thou verrückt in the Gehirn mein Bruder?

[@mitch5944]

​@alidre2335 lol it's bars from the freestyle at 6:40

[@VONidas]

The look of complete SHOCK and HORRIFIED AMAZEMENT on Funk Flex's face immediately at 5:29 summed up this historical, LEGENDARY HEAT that was recorded!!! I'm STILL speechless and blown away every time I listen to this!

[@TsunamiJMG]

He just spit perfection for over 10 mins. 🔥🔥🔥

[@TexStylesDSP]

Tsunami JMG 🤣🤣😂😂 facts tho

[@big_vladi]

And topped it off with a couple bars off the top, just because.

[@videomaster5437]

spitting perfection ever since

[@videomaster5437]

The Roots - What they do

[@atum497]

This is the final level of hip hop

[@elliotselmon7581]

EXACTLY!!

[@0xmedicineman]

😂 😂 😂

[@eggshell4683]

Hopefully not the final level but the standard for new rappers to live up to

[@atum497]

@@eggshell4683 Interesting comment

[@Ismael-kc3ry]

@@eggshell4683 ideally but that’s wishful thinking.

[@creativechau]

His breath control is on elite status. Philly go hard 🔥

[@BiggLesane]

It seems almost impossible... His Flow just shredds and still he‘s breathing. He has to have like 6 lungs

[@michaelmchugh631]

Taylor Chausky It’s rare that someone notices the breath control. Very well said. 🙌

[@Drupp12]

@Stephen atr&ruk 2019 go troll somewhere else

[@Drupp12]

@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

[@muggztv]

It aint strenuous to come from a continuous breath!!!

[@Obv1ousTr0ll]

This is a musical piece of history, a milestone for hip hop, a testament to the element of the raw art of the freestyle. The truest way to test the skill of any rapper is the ability to freestyle and Black Thought just raised the bar.

[@baJR5721]

Anyone notice how his breathing is ridiculously skilled. I got winded for him. Skills.

[@BakersDozenOfficial]

Circular breathing, I think Quest said it’s a similar technique that trumpet players use

[@harrytubman7947]

Facts. That alone makes this amazing. The lyricism just takes it to another level

[@salvatore7942]

"The mic I spray resemblin' the sickle of death It ain't strenuous to come from a continuous breath"

[@ReallyWinterz]

@@BakersDozenOfficial nah, you can hear him breathing every few words. I think K.A.A.N circular breathes when he raps, his flow is almost nonstop, the listeners RARELY him him breathe, and it doesn’t seem like he punches in because the flow is so fluid

[@JonReynoldsESQ]

This s__t is impossible. He must have an extra lung.

[@jayhank6492]

Everytime he put his finger to his head he loads more bars into his brain 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@aaronwilliams1227]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 I was thinking the same!

[@demetriuscosby8717]

jay hank ME TOO!!!😂😂😂

[@sydneyaj19]

RIGHT😂😂😂😂😭😭😭

[@yayokaine3857]

Ahhhhhh hahahahahahahaha

[@Suge8263]

Stephen ssr&rtv2020 hell yeah lol

[@el_ra]

“ i am walking affirmation that imagination, and focus and patience will get you closer to your aspirations “ Too many jewels in this written thesis

[@cockheadprod5051]

FIRE FIRE FIRE

[@FreshhCutz]

7:20

[@xlxl9440]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@keesha78]

Okay

[@awon6518]

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.

[@tonystark4709]

Absolutely !!! Well said !!

[@brothadarkness84]

He has the 7th infinity stone, HIP Hop

[@ssjraikage7874]

Bruuuuuh

[@SaynTrades]

222 likes been seeing that number everywhere

[@brothadarkness84]

@@SaynTrades google meaning

[@SaynTrades]

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

[@LifeCreator]

Facts! Sorry daylyt black thought took the last 3 stones 😢

[@chadd3299]

Came out 4 years ago today and still the single greatest display of emceeing in hip hop history.

[@SHAOLINSLUMSS]

spot fucking on. this should be studied in schools

[@robertbrownjr.3802]

100% AGREED

[@jaywilliams8767]

Facts💯

[@mrdragontoyou689]

You aren't wrong

[@persona7-7-7]

Canibus is.

[@BidoWT]

This is literally the rap equivalent of the Thanos snap

[@brillparks3296]

Wow u are so right bro

[@teegray6158]

When Cap grabbed Mjolnir

[@JeromeProductions]

Yup

[@edwinzuniga123]

I’m glad to be the 500th like on this comment

[@allen8595]

Yep 🤣😂

[@samfisher3304]

THIS IS ARGUABLY THE GREATEST FREESTYLE OF ALL TIME, LET'S GET TO THAT!!!!!

[@mastersplinter8546]

Damn almost forgot to watch this today

[@cjcrockett3308]

fire

[@donaldhalverson3120]

This made me laugh because it's too true!!

[@dukemypants]

Master Splinter love the username bro

[@kevinwatsonjr713]

I start my morning with this

[@ilovehiphopilovehiphop7191]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4StZHyni7mnrNU

[@brendencrypto9264]

"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

[@taybel3687]

A bruh his level of thought Is way beyond!!! I been rocking wit my dog for a long time. Lyrical genius!!!

[@TravlingNow]

I KNOW RIGHT?!?!?!

[@mighty9100]

Frat house not trap house. This is for people that read.

[@BobbyOrding]

This whole Freestyle is more worth than some career's

[@dustingardy2693]

This is exactly the part that stood out to me as well. This particular bar added fuel to my soul.

[@SPM-tv]

He sweats when he raps, his lyrics actually increase the temperature in the room.

[@joshuaflorczak2478]

Real Heat!!!

[@domnel3981]

That mic had to have melted

[@coolb8545]

Excellent analogy!!!

[@ElHijoDeTere3]

Hahaha classic!

[@udspeedracer]

Most would hear this and say it was just ok because they simply didn't comprehend the majority of the words that came out of his mouth. This man didn't just freestyle, he shared actual, factual, knowledge.

[@colmdiniho]

"I am a walking affirmation, that imagination and focus and patience gets you closer to your aspiration"

[@edmonix6457]

the way he pronounces that bar is so insane, you can tell that hes' spitting his life.

[@mrp4235]

colmdiniho u did that bro.....

[@ericajackson7017]

My ears stood up on that verse too. Nice way posting that gem to highlight that genius!

[@AyeeCoach]

7:20

[@darrinboone8851]

Cold blooded.....

[@jayhag5481]

His breathing, and his pacing was impeccable. Over 10 mins, and he emphasized every word. That’s elite level.

[@damiensantana9804]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3W7i5dradF1m68

[@hugoalmeidalima6363]

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.

[@mathulizagoba2103]

Legendary!

[@YouGotOptions2]

He said it aint strenuous to come a countious breath!

[@garydee69]

James Hagley 100% agree. His cadence was sick. Non stop for over 10 minutes

[@biglia4562]

A PHD degree level Rapper. This freestyle should be considered as UNESCO World Heritage.

[@LiviesLovelies]

Word

[@rhyno8644]

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

[@jurzeeslugga5270]

@@rhyno8644 its many that didn't catch that and those that caught it didnt reallly catch it.

[@user-nr8jr7ih6c]

UNESCO ......DYIN LAUGHIN YO

[@armantamjidi9161]

yes indeed

[@ndeamonk24]

When you let yourself go and listen, it's really overwhelming. That's how you know it's art

[@tonystark4709]

RIGHT BRO … every time I listen I just shut every thing off and vibe out to this shi and mind is blown every time … it’s like I was in outer space listening to these concepts

[@Bc-ow1ir]

"I am a walking affirmation that imagination, focus and patience will get you closer to your aspiration" 🔥🔥🔥

[@YourUnorthodoxEducator]

Bryan Crosbie that one I felt l in my bones...

[@CoolTableGhost]

That bar was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@sonwil705]

Bryan Crosbie one of the deepest bars in this freestyle.

[@georgedennis9319]

#Bars

[@jonathansantana9041]

My favorite line, besides the Henrietta Lacks bars.

[@nah4285]

This man really just put out an entire EP worth of rhymes in one freestyle

[@AllEyezOnMeTMC]

In under 11minutes

[@D2RLIVETV]

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

[@samiavci3080]

@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

[@mkmmkm9103]

@Chris Paul start b4 then...from....do you want more????? Like '93

[@aaronjernigan9715]

@@mkmmkm9103 start b4 that with organix. Been down with roots crew since 94. The illest irregardless.

[@JacobSauers]

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

[@DylanP27]

I can't imagine even switching stations after hearing that!

[@veebran7845]

I can't imagine switching stations

[@Ynotmeansbusiness]

I KNOW THATsRIGHT!!!!!

[@TheDeewell]

why changing stations in the first place when you hear this lolll

[@xlxl9440]

I get your point though.

[@matthewsfoley]

This isn’t your last time listening to this legend! 2024 still listening

[@blackbuddha7731]

The bars, the flow, the delivery, the breath control, the content, the vocabulary, the professionalism. He displayed the art flawlessly in this freestyle. THIS IS HOW YOU RAP!!

[@shaunreed9727]

No... This is how HE raps! This is how other people act like doesn't exist so they don't have 2 try 2 live up 2 it🤣🤣

[@johnnyringo2695]

​@@shaunreed9727stop crying

[@OG_Loudermilk]

The breath control is insane

[@ChvckMarshallMusic]

Period!!

[@reclused]

I remember when every rapper rapped like this.

[@dipoyomi]

“I am a walking affirmation that imagination and focus and patience get you closer to your aspiration.” - Black Thought

[@yuriinecia2851]

🔥

[@moloitheriso1011]

7:10

[@DeauxTheGreat1990]

Fuckin insane bruh

[@FlashNorton]

Just randomly came past this comment while he was spitting it. Cosmic

[@JoeTraxx]

Who’s still jams this on the regular 2 yrs later😁, I know I do🖐🏽

[@Kloppsserialbottlers]

Yessir!

[@TheMcpeak]

Joe Traxx weekly

[@cashbone3770]

i play this joint at least once a day when i need that detox 😂

[@igna383]

Every day homie

[@shawnchillzin9000]

Joe Traxx YUP

[@DakaloMakuhana]

I am a walking affirmation that imagination and focus and patience gets you closer to your aspirations

[@obiwanjermobi]

“I am a walking affirmation that imagination and focus and patience get you closer to your aspiration” I got chills during this line

[@dipoyomi]

Me too! I stood with both hands on my head, shouting... Lord!

[@djstarsign]

obiwanjermobi 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@gifted14sho]

Yes!

[@iveywebb]

lmao

[@EdRowe84]

Same here! Had to play that part back a few times

[@finnisaacson2253]

This dude really fit more content into a 10 minute freestyle than 99% of artists do in entire albums. Mad respect.

[@richardmuir2366]

Entire catalogues

[@dustinalbers8160]

you mean their entire lives.

[@jaredrice354]

Entire discographies man

[@slantz49]

For real ...🔥 🔥 microphone done

[@ahmadsam6460]

You mean fit more content in 1 minute

[@micahjohnson3901]

I come back frequently to remind myself what a Lyricist is

[@doudymac]

Facts...🔥💯

[@JayK07]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpC8iWubdr-tsMk

[@Chefpenne]

10M likes

[@micahjohnson3901]

@@Chefpenne let's change this to infinitive likes ✊🏿😆✊🏿

[@jaybranches2733]

Yes. Yes.

[@AnthonySteinghart]

My kids will listen to this when they’re older. A real poet. Black Thought is your favourite rappers’s favourite rapper.

[@jonescurtis1970]

Rap on a doctorate level!

[@SmoKeFella70804]

So F Scott Fitzgerald

[@dreapolllomusic5231]

Jones Curtis classic 📢

[@robertcherry7190]

Nah...Post Doc...

[@MrTantriq]

As a headline, that lyric stands alone.

[@StraightSuccess]

#facts

[@georgyfontaine5623]

This is more than a freestyle. This is a masters degree in Hip Hop with honors

[@papa-ua]

he literally says it is "Rap on a doctorate level" :P

[@amillieshub4136]

georgy fontaine say NO more 👊🏾

[@BlowTorchDrizy1]

"You mean 5 PHD's in Rap" 😂

[@jarrodbeatty4084]

From Harvard.

[@patrickwilcox4420]

Jarrod Beatty Oxford

[@goldplatnium]

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.

[@reginaldbstewart395]

Chris Blue woooooooo

[@willt5195]

Thomas Sankara facts people sleeping on that line

[@willt5195]

Thomas Sankara eh that ones rly nice too but personally I like thoughts better both are great tho

[@nmagain24]

Nahh this is the embodiment of African griots

[@gloriouss6352]

@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

[@MrFasida]

i always come back here to recalibrate and remember what greatness sounds like.... cadence is hypnotic.. lyrics are space bound... god mc.. salute

[@willpatterson6378]

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.

[@l-dogthegreat4746]

Will Patterson FACTS ...NO LIKE HE REALLY SHOULD OF

[@ervingreen1368]

Will Patterson facts yuongbol lol

[@winsy3138]

Lmfao hard facts

[@prayermadepatna8439]

Its time to frame that mic

[@calvinblack6948]

u damn right

[@cotathemc4797]

Black Thought just gave a dissertation, lecture and death sentence at the same time!! Student/Teacher/Killer of the game GOAT

[@masonwabemredlana1088]

This is an inferno .

[@doublec4431]

He didn't kill the game ya see G because I'm still out here.

[@elena6516]

your line clever and on the same level

[@mokdadmokdad5526]

The only thing underneath black thought’s fedora is more bars

[@RedBlackGreenAK]

Mokdad Mokdad 😂😂😂

[@martymardb7878]

Mokdad Mokdad moooooooorrrreeee barzzzzzzzz beeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!

[@ant7018]

Love it!

[@cjcrockett3308]

Mokdad Mokdad 😂😂🤣🤣🤣 BIG FACTS

[@smokeylowkey420]

That brain matter contains too much data

[@farenzeks437]

everytime I come to the gym for the last 4 years I play this all the way thru on the stair master to start, never fails to get me goin for the day 🫡

[@HundoHands]

Soon as he was done they should've unplugged that mic, and encased it like a museum artifact never to be touched again

[@infinitecontent8001]

I'm still confused how it wasn't melted down like Chernobyl...

[@pickyvickys5774]

💯

[@mandlasithole7689]

I concur

[@MykealB]

Salute

[@theobuniel9643]

Donate that mic to the Museum of African-American History in DC, stat!

[@JuanLopez-jz9fi]

I've watch this so much, that I've memorized Funk Flex's parts

[@marcusdarden1535]

At all. At all!

[@charlotte7567]

@@marcusdarden1535 cringe every time but i get why hes excited lol

[@sifisombatha2210]

am on route!!

[@henryviiifake8244]

😭😭😭

[@dankestranch8738]

At allllll

[@donteroddy4264]

Black Thought didnt freestyle..he gave a PHD Dissertation.

[@Roseyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

😂😂😂💀 I’m surprised that 🎤 is fully functional to be honest #he’sABEAST

[@yarapah]

This man spoke an entire thesis

[@tonystark4709]

EXACTLY !!!! I was saying he str8t took mfs to school with history lessons to do homework on , but YES you put in better terms fr

[@ScorpioBeauty]

Facts 😂

[@kentmarquez4929]

not even PhDs can do this

[@shawnsimmons8268]

6yrs, 3.9 million views, and im still here listening to this for thousandth time. Black Thought is INCREDIBLE!

[@kieferroche1995]

Rest in Peace to that Microphone .

[@bastlake]

This is literally the epitome of doing something your whole life

[@samuelreed2994]

Right, like a skilled tradesman

[@shanghaishark11]

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.

[@Mister006]

25+ years. The Roots got signed in 1993 .

[@MarquelPartee]

shanghaishark11 True

[@trinitylegacygroup1177]

Yes!

[@shanghaishark11]

I considered that, then brought it to when the Roots had a few albums under their belts.

[@garymcginnis8511]

The Roots are basically my favorite band ever. Seeing this freestyle kinda blow up makes me so happy :D

[@UkDubstar]

Nov 2024. And this is me, listening while starting my work day. Perfect. This is incredible. Black Thought is outstanding.

[@thebigheadteacher8209]

This is proof Lyricists lasts forever and are able to be around in multiple generations. Rap is about skill and if you have it you can always come back and win

[@kingprince8011]

Kadeem he never left

[@changechanged6732]

True

[@erickford1624]

92 The Square Roots

[@ministerstayfly9213]

STRONGEST DOSE OF WORD PLAY I'VE EVER SEEN

[@octagonocologist]

you need to listen to more hip hop then

[@DatFuzzyFeelin]

octagonocologist haha fr this was mostly straigh bars dude trippin

[@mo5tdope2000]

I watch this freestyle every week to remind myself what the top looks like

[@encouragingasset9060]

📠

[@JeromeProductions]

Yup

[@pipedownandeatyourpudding2986]

Yuh

[@Funasenbaer]

me with pretty much every harry mack video though

[@onstone2628]

No 🧢

[@QTymatic]

2024!!! Never gets old.. 6 years later still sounds brand new…..

[@tonyrichengod9280]

07:19 - " I am a walking affirmation that imagination, and focus, and patience get you closer to your aspirations." TRUTH!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@rashinemckoy6782]

Word bro!,, that did it for me..I was in my room going Craaaaaaaaaazy!!!! But wit a humongous smile on my face...Salute to Black Thought for this!!!!

[@timothywright2152]

Naw!

[@mikeconway867]

300th like!

[@zude1100]

Wisdom right here

[@davidmauro8947]

You could just write every lyric... and then say TRUTH

[@tystevens456]

He took me thru 4 years of college in 10 minutes

[@rexkwondo21]

❤

[@rexkwondo21]

💯💪

[@eleonthereal]

and a doctorate

[@pierrederenoncourt3224]

knowledge.....

[@jdoes1991]

😂😂🔥🔥

[@76shogun1]

Flex needs to bronze that mic and donate it to the Smithsonian.

[@anthonyalcala2850]

chris melendez agree

[@XXxMakDeeZiLxXX]

🤤...along with putting this audio recrding in a timecapsule with "earths best of hip hop to 2017" imprinted..😤...and blast this off to space to share with higher intellect species...this freestyle wasnt meant for earth

[@76shogun1]

MakDeeZiL you............may be on to something my friend.

[@XXxMakDeeZiLxXX]

chris melendez WAT a GREAT TIME to be alive man..i truly feel honoured n blessed to witnezz such GREATNESS 👍

[@Bamboo-uk3cq]

True alien wit it

[@ToTheDangerZone]

still listening to this in 2034 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥

[@firasa60]

My third eye opened while listening to this.

[@sonwil705]

Dough Boy Boy, I'm three optics far from your binoculars #bars

[@jovantalbert7325]

Dough Boy welcome to the world

[@hifinesse]

Lmaooo

[@ydub3765]

First listen = phat beat and this guy can rhyme words for ten minutes! Second listen = ten minutes? One take? Woah...he ain't just flexin throughout. This makes sense. Third listen = Jeez there are some salient points here about history and things to be learned for the future. Fourth listen = I'm gonna have to Google some of these references and imagery. Fifth listen = someone put a glass case around that mic. Relocate the radio station. This is now a hip hop museum.

[@lilyofthenilewhippedsheabutter]

THAT IS CALLED HIP HOP. IT ENLIGHTENS.

[@ToneOh]

Major W

[@ericpowell8130]

😂😂😂

[@gsup5]

Bruh I had too look up "War and peace"

[@cyhuggins8079]

I truly believe this is one of if not the greatest freestyle of all time.

[@tislamic7]

It is

[@SK-le1gm]

Dizzy on felle fel tho

[@collt091]

It is

[@johncooper8912]

What freestyle is better? Don’t worry... I’ll wait...

[@KingJamesNephew]

Check out Arsonal

[@ms.nelson7852]

The coldest bars I ever heard in over 15 years 2024 wake up people this man is speaking more than just words 🔥🔥

[@KorbyWaters]

Keep it 100... *you are listening* for more than the 10th time...

[@MrEpyc]

Let's be real I've listen to this over 100

[@oJaeRoc]

Korby Waters I bump this regularly lol

[@ericponce8388]

I've memorized this whole thing. Infinite playback value

[@randyhaywood9083]

I saw this live at the Fillmore in Silver Springs. Mind blowing.

[@michaelhedgemond603]

yep!

[@emjay1845]

This one verse is better than a lot of other rappers entire career

[@duanecollings2828]

Miguel Jacobo Truth! 🙏🏼

[@BeeMusic2024]

Miguel Jacobo huge facts

[@motoipearson2538]

Miguel Jacobo damn it’s crazy cause it’s not even a joke

[@nysquash]

Hell yeah!

[@mehdi1163]

lol thats so true

[@bigjdub13]

Almost forgot to listen this today

[@r0yalew1thcheese]

nice job on starting the great war.

[@silentpilot833]

Resonate so much

[@raymondbrown753]

Hahahahaha nice try,.....no you didn’t!!!

[@robertzawasky545]

hahaha I also built this freestyle into my daily routine

[@hamishhill3993]

🤣🤣🤣

[@hmonsta1189]

This was voted for and named the number one freestyle of 2017, I argue this is the best of the 21th century so far.

[@simonmarshall4985]

"I am a walking affirmation that imagination and patience get you closer to your aspiration"

[@audiman7484]

Wow!!!

[@drehardin]

Potent

[@bondzo7184]

So dope

[@JuicySmoothieFruityBoy]

Yeah that line caught me as well :D Like so many other lines. Boss! It was "imagination, and focus and patience" though.

[@corbo2765]

Soon as he said it I read this comment.

[@roryelliott8689]

"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" 🔥🔥

[@CATHERINEALSTON-b2b]

fire

[@BlvckPvnthv]

The element he’s talking about is Vibranium from Black Panther movie

[@roryelliott8689]

@BlvckPvnthv He's incredible, not alot of people would have picked up on that reference 🔥👍🏿

[@Seattlefan77]

Pantomime/Panther mind wordplay lol To go with both the "element" and Shakespeare, also combining the elements of high class entertainment with a blockbuster movie

[@naplzt4k]

​@@Seattlefan77yep there's multiple levels to most of the lyrics... he plays on words in ways most people miss

[@MillionaireHoyOriginal]

We're not worthy

[@terrytrolls3995]

Millionaire Hoy - we suck

[@micah4029]

This is the kind of rap we need, but not the kind of rap we deserve.

[@terrencesteele753]

No we are not, but we used to be

[@MillionaireHoyOriginal]

*you're... still not worthy

[@JustBreakingBreadTV]

No we not bra.... we're not worthy .... we're not worthy... Spare us. Black Thought is now immortalized... God status.

[@papadre70]

Thought had a Outer Body experience. This is a All time Classic. I haven't heard a Better Freestyle ever.its as if the Ancestors stepped in and He was a Vessel for them.we will veiw this in 2034 and be like wow.