Wheel of Freestyle with Common

Common and Tariq from The Roots take turns receiving three random words they've never seen before and working them into a freestyle rap.
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Wheel of Freestyle with Common
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[@mdfletcher5431]

Black Thought is one of the most underrated rappers of all time.

[@nicka6161]

Malik Fletcher PERIOD.

[@starxhilmie]

agree, he is underrated, pretty common statement

[@peachesandpoets]

His name is Black Thought.

[@_Maxten]

my favorite roots song feat. common lmao underrated lyricists and definitely more than that, they're true entertainers lol

[@Chaase]

He is underated ur right but when u talk about GOATs his name still ends up coming up

[@tostitosboi513]

Cheeseburger cheeseburger cheeseburger

[@arcanask]

Cheeseburger cheeseburger cheeseburger

[@SofiaExclusive]

I did not get this line...not an english native speaker :s

[@ChutneyCity]

The goal of the game is to mention the words at least once in the freestyle. But Tariq said he will "take it three further, cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger", meaning he mentions the word 3 times instead of one.

[@ChutneyCity]

Oh yea dude, forgot about that bit.

[@JustPete781]

That line was so clever especially being on NBC

[@ramkazma5]

It's crazy how underappreciated Black Thought is, but you can tell whenever the real hip hop heads are on the show, they know what the man is. Legend.

[@artisticskillz01]

Trust

[@TEETHclothing]

Streams of Thought, Vol. 1 was just fire!

[@aksay.3823]

@@TEETHclothing I wish it was longer. I mean more joints

[@abdulraheem415]

Man u ain't never lied....I can listen to him rap about anything all day!

[@liooeyabie]

@MrCactus Not underrated actually, he's already famous as a member of The Roots.

[@marneshapowell2190]

I love how Common showed love for Tariq even before he began freestyling.

[@seanojones8487]

They go way back

[@1fes323]

They homeboys The Roots should get Common to join or at least feat.

[@Dee_Nice89]

@@1fes323 Common & Black Thought would make a dope ass rap Duo, call them 'Common Thought'

[@JonahIsrael]

@@Dee_Nice89 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@simbarashemaboreke343]

@@1fes323 they got like 3 songs together

[@kislay1999]

"Sometimes I battle, sometimes I straddle, formality, before malady, I'm the realist in virtual reality!" Yoo that line was so dope

[@NicoleReign]

Salesi Akauola I was dead😖

[@kislay1999]

Yoo, line was way too hot to handle, common blessed us bruh for real 😇

[@magloresaleh3992]

Salesi Akauola if u wanna know why he so solid like that..go back & listen to his three classics

[@itsnevertolate2shine82]

Yeah he killed that challenge he was hype up after the first freestyle and black thought freestyle fr Real!

[@scarfaace]

You knew Common was about to snap when he started shaking his hand 😂

[@iAmTonySaint]

Susanoo YOU RIGHT

[@r7nero]

"The baddest rapper she's hearda, matter of fact I'll take it three further. Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger." What a beast lol

[@love23music1]

Lmao 😂

[@adwowaafful3617]

Kendrick who?

[@tropical9913]

@@adwowaafful3617 I like Kendrick but man, Black Thought is a pure MC. Might be the greatest.

[@Eddycoolbiscuits]

Kna what I'm saying, word up, Tariq Trotter. That's how he ended it. BEAST!

[@owkrikki]

@@tropical9913 they’re both greats, Tpab is a masterpiece and Things Fall Apart is a hip hop classic

[@GODEMPERORWOO]

Common is a good rapper and these days good rappers aren't common.

[@mastamind7100]

KOKO RICE nice

[@vaslim80]

Well played

[@linayejones4710]

Nice

[@weaq84]

Nice chiasmus.

[@darklyger64]

It's all about auto tunes nowadays

[@freshstylin]

Lol at Common pronouncing 'snowplow' the wrong way round. both killed it, didn't expect any less

[@TheClarkchris11]

Sel Tuupo that shit was funny. Rapper do it all the time. Em does it a lot.

[@shilpapierponthale.shilpa2170]

Snawplow lol had me weak

[@loganleatherman7647]

Watch Em's shit when he rhymes words with "orange". It'll make more sense how rappers manipulate annunciation to fit the rhyme. Fuck, Canibus does that shit left and right. He even has a line, "Off page these words shouldn't even rhyme" or some shit like that in his "100 Bars" track. Idk, I'm drunk as fuk right now.

[@thisismusic5105]

Common had a nice flow. Especially that last one, damn

[@imacsmusic2581]

Yea, he was just warming up in the first one. He KILLED IT on that third verse. I had to listen to BT's verse and that third one like 10 times in a row lol.

[@sophside9931]

Common seemed to genuinely enjoy himself

[@theobuniel9643]

Common and The Roots are very good friends; in fact Common and Questlove were once part of an R&B/hip hop collective called _The Soulquarians,_ which also included Erykah Badu, Mos Def, D'Angelo and the late J Dilla.

[@ynorb9573]

@@theobuniel9643 p sure the roots are also friends with the lox and Wu Tang clan

[@tawhidemtiazjahangir621]

@@theobuniel9643 James Poyser, the keyboardist of the Roots, was also part of the Soulquarians

[@Whitefright]

snaw plo

[@jjonezy504]

Whitefright 😂😂😂word...like wtf???

[@lonewolf3564]

White people just don't understand

[@kamekami4879]

@@lonewolf3564 im black and i dont understand

[@lonewolf3564]

@@kamekami4879 yeah, no offense but I highly doubt you're black... If you can't understand how common and black thought twist pronunciation of words to rhyme for hip hop then I don't know what to tell you. Anyone who knows underground hip hop knows what's going on with the "snow plow" thing. Also I was actually just making a joke about how Fallon said he just doesn't understand in the video. It wasn't that serious. Like I said, I've got a hunch you're just saying you're black, but if you really are then, it is what it is.

[@kamekami4879]

@@lonewolf3564 i know rappers twist pronounciation, but I've never heard one twist it so much that its not even a word any more.

[@muddasirkhan1431]

"Ill take three further, cheeseburger cheeseburger cheeseburger" best line ever lmfaoooooooooo

[@malcommasvikwa7769]

Bro please explain this to me

[@dominikelser7847]

@@malcommasvikwa7769 There's a famous SNL sketch, where that line was the punch line. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqatloN3eKeif9E

[@ArMiNiSfUCkinRedicK]

@@dominikelser7847 😂😂😂 i just thought he was being catchy

[@stacieharris]

🍔, 🍔, 🍔.

[@helpme7471]

@@dominikelser7847 whoa okay i did not expect that line to be that deep jeez

[@daniel69620]

the way he pronounced snowplow was UNcommon

[@brandystevens9861]

Daniel Afolabi damn look at you

[@m.status1898]

Bars🔥🔥

[@merrymaniac4549]

Daniel Afolabi it was Snao plow

[@KoladeKehinde]

Some really deep talent here bro

[@carynrene1121]

LMFAO! I've been laughing at this comment for the past 10 mins - Damn Daniel

[@petergriffin1689]

This is fucking hip hop man. You could see Common didn't like his first freestyle as much and when Black Thought went and absolutely KILLED it the competitive juices of Common came out and he also KILLED that second freestyle to end it off. 2 legends man...I love hip hop...

[@blougras]

"Let me put this brick to mortar..." I'm like, this is gonna be good!

[@LeNguyen-lf2tg]

The Falcons blew a 25 point lead.

[@AA-uv9te]

Le Nguyen AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE

[@nolasoul71]

Le Nguyen hahaha

[@MOMO-ux4hh]

you just fucking made my day lmfao

[@juliuskwak1263]

So relevant!

[@500phenom8]

+Le Nguyen cheeseburger cheeseburger cheeseburger

[@Ishmaelgaynor]

Am I the only one that wanted another black thought verse.

[@blacknightz2011]

you ain't the only one shit was so good I had to curse.

[@ThatMisterHartsss]

Ishmael Gaynor I was angry. You know for a last freestyle he would've went hard

[@RequiemBDF]

Black Thoug is a beast

[@Ishmaelgaynor]

Réquiem Tony Prayers I've watched this at least 200 times

[@TheoneQ]

Ishmael Gaynor hell nah

[@Reinindiereuse]

Black thought is a beast for sure, but common is so underrated today. The second freestyle proves just how good he really is. Also you can tell, how much he appreciates black thought, really likable guy.

[@jonzee9190]

Yea you can tell after that second verse Tariq got him hyped.

[@Hyperpandas]

They're both pretty incredible. Roots and Common have both put out some amazing music.

[@Adam-kx2tp]

"The maddest rapper she's heard'a. Matter of fact I take you three further..." this dude is officially #1 on my list.

[@marva4763]

Philip J. Fry the baddest rapper not maddest.

[@ahs2888]

Welcome to the club. LoL!

[@leftclickhere4956]

"Com sense I'm the realist in virtual reality" that shit was actual flames

[@bhiden6460]

"im the realest in virtual reality" wow, well played

[@mylesteller]

i really love how Common called him "riq" just shows how cool the legends are with each other

[@sadiqpanti]

this is kinda better than some rappers entire album

[@shaehansen8956]

SADiQPANTi what do you mean kinda

[@davecub1459]

Sho is

[@Culex51]

Holy shit yes!

[@landonbutler93]

Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger

[@dkd7670]

Not some, its better than most of the punks these days who call themselves rappers

[@JustPete781]

Wow.......Black Thought and Common free styling on NBC is a win for the 80s babies

[@akabuca96]

whoah and the late 90s babies

[@user-xg1vb4dx7i]

And early 2000's kids

[@mattgalloup294]

So right Pete. It’s sad but hip hop has evolved into what the industry wanted. No one will ever know what it feels like to have late 80’s and early 90’s hip hop in their life. We been blessed with a gift that we took for granted. It’s sad but I don’t ever seeing real hip hop come back to it’s true form.

[@mattsullivan9991]

Lol facts

[@RomeoXXIX]

Pete lol

[@VanRocCarMor]

Common and Black Thought. Two of the best non swearing, upper level thinking lyricist in the game.

[@meowphantom5725]

VanRocCarMor Black thought definitely swears

[@davidlee4712]

no doubt. two ill ass lyricists

[@prolifik5]

And so does Common!

[@6darren6]

They both swear😂

[@imacsmusic2581]

Damn that shit was sick. The verses got better and better. Both of these dudes are living hip-hop legends. Respect!

[@alexarbor4917]

4:41 - "Riq nigga!" lmaooo

[@filipjovanovic937]

hahaahha legend

[@goldyrecords1700]

"but im not a rapper"

[@anthonyjeitani730]

the way Common said snowplow lol

[@lisapetrilli9929]

I love Common’s bringing in a Chicago reference with “Green Limousine”

[@carltonwilliams2622]

"common sense im the realest in virtual reality " i got out of my chair for that line

[@EddyxDiaz]

This was DOPE! Do more do more

[@jslick8885]

how often do you get someone as talented as Common when it comes to freestyling on the show

[@KingMeeqs]

Black Thought is literally right there.

[@hectoracosta9665]

ItsEdBro nice back ! Swole

[@EddyxDiaz]

Hector Acosta thanks!

[@Pannemat]

4:32, "COME ON!" ( * reconsiders pronunciation * ) 4:37, "COMMON!"

[@akshaymurthy4955]

Lmao

[@hassenhath3110]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💰😂 Hilarious

[@MrElfGamer1]

Yo this is the funniest shit

[@lakep7798]

🤣🤣🤣

[@liljeuce]

I Love Common But Let's Not Forget How Underrated Black Thought Is! He is A Killer!

[@lazyworkaholic7011]

In which world is Black Thought underrated? This guy is a legend since the crew dropped Illadelph Halflife. Period.

[@MrBlonde2222]

Two absolute legends of rap, right there. I still think both are criminally underrated when the 'best ever' debate comes around, especially Black Thought.

[@SamMasghati]

i love how tariq builds up those rhymes #beastmode

[@tristanzegethm.n7649]

Sam Masghati True indeed. Coherent. Cohesive. Common nice with it too nah

[@melvingeorge2191]

Quest laughed cuz he knew "cheeseburger3×" was coming

[@pokemoncrazy8198]

#cringe

[@RunningRiotRich]

Sam Masghati love the build up

[@yadunandanpillai2899]

Bro this shit is child's play for him. Have you heard his real freestyles?

[@auatinmoon5540]

Next time they should do this with Eminem

[@auatinmoon5540]

Jarvbs Jones you obviously haven't seen eight Mile

[@the18thbam17]

Jarvbs Jones say what? 😂😂😂😂😂

[@auatinmoon5540]

Jarvbs Jones you got white boy right but defiantly not suburban

[@the18thbam17]

Jarvbs Jones mate, he can freestyle alright. He's an emcee first, then a rapper and there's a big arse reason he's respected by other emcees.

[@auatinmoon5540]

Jarvbs Jones naw bruh he's the goat

[@finley3780]

I like how when he said, “Imma take it three further” some guy in the back laughed because he already knew what Black Thought was gonna say 😂 (2:42)

[@benthadragon]

Common spits without swearing like a monster!!!

[@obiwashere]

Black thought killed that

[@mkadoza]

Commons last freestyle was fire. You could see he got motivated.

[@Go0ofygoober]

As always

[@industryfuck]

Yah yah

[@harryhipperson1280]

He’s an animal

[@ericsanchez7426]

N dats why I say NMW we go thru, she gon always be ma mo'fkn nigga. Ma day 1 Gucci da only 1 dat told me Happy Thanksgiving...Well my babe just txt me so.....Wat y'all thankful for?

[@Dweebix]

wtf is a SNAUPLOW? lol.

[@kin6cody]

Dweebix that's what I said

[@obieo3474]

Dweebix white boy always gotta point out the negative

[@EvanTrace]

I think he had forgotten the pronunciation of the word in mid rhyme and had already set the previous few lines up to rhyme with the word you just wrote, so he went with it.

[@theonlyone261]

Good rappers sometime bend a word and syllables to fit within the bars and rhyme scheme. Eminem does it with oranges all the time lol

[@VintageSpaceTime]

Poetic license

[@MuhdArai22]

The levels of brilliance here is just soo underrated. Black Thought just said at the start of the freestyle, “ Let me put this brick the motar, 3 words in that particular order” Cos the freestyle generators look like actual bricks.. speechless

[@nyhiphopheadd]

I love how Quest Love laughed mad hard before he finished that last verse. He knew lmao

[@Riggpoppa]

a lost art in this mumble rapping era

[@TheGodNC]

lol shut up

[@JustPete781]

Riggpoppa FACTS

[@BermanTV]

born in le wrong generation

[@FuckThePolize]

word up

[@timallen7490]

Dude there's like 5 mumble rappers out. All the others at least rap clearly.

[@SoloStudiosOfficial]

"snaoploh"

[@QueSaRahNYC]

SoloStudios Common may have dyslexia... that makes him even awesomer IJS

[@seandafny]

+QueSaRahNYC yea. A rapper who professionally reads and recites raps, turned actor who professionally reads and recites scripts may possibly have dyslexia.

[@emilianomendez5845]

my sister has dyslexia and is an following a career where high level of reading and comprehension is needed, and she is balling out at it so what is your point?

[@SoloStudiosOfficial]

Snaoploh. The answer is always snaoploh.

[@xXPuppyPowuhXx]

He meant to do it. Switched the emphasis on the "ow"s to make it rhyme, clever af

[@Grnvolpe]

I'm so starved for new Black Thought verses I'm listening to this for the 3rd time

[@harryhipperson1280]

Common must have been like “you’re really gonna make me rap with Black Thought...”

[@js-jay1uno]

And this is why Tariq stays in number in my rap books. Common held down nicely too. Such a joy to see OG's flexing rhythm and poetry so effortlessly

[@InnerMagnetismEarth]

CheeseburgerCheeseburgerCheeseburger. He stole that line from John Belushi. ;)

[@nomimalone7520]

Black Thought is amazing. I keep rewinding and watching his portion again and again.

[@Flyhr]

When you have arguably the greatest lyricist on your side for your show. Jimmy's so lucky to have Black Thought and The Roots crew as his band.

[@TheRealBCP]

Black Thought the GOAT! Keep these freestyles coming because everyone needs to see him flex this muscle. Glad Common came back hard on that second one!

[@CedXify]

Yo Tariq is fucking amazing

[@ForrestPump]

Black Thought did that so effortlessly

[@benjamm1nn]

If you actually try to freestyle, it's so f'n hard to do. The fact that these guys both just saw the words and then instantly worked them into a rhyme is crazy. The talent of these two guys is so underappreciated

[@divyalala3653]

Roses are red Violets are blue I love Jimmy fallon and so do you

[@PolishPowerFilms]

roses are red, snaoplow snaoplow. snaoplow snaoplow, snaoplow.

[@blulouwoohoo2272]

+PolishPowerFilms love this !!

[@Vanessajbee]

Common on the last one. He gets his hand going and it's a wrap! So good!

[@groundswelllegitcoffeeandb3810]

I love the mutual respect between common and black thought! They've been in it together for years and every bit of that respect earned.

[@SherifOsamaMusic]

These were some epic bars from Black Thought, they just prove that he's literally the most underrated lyricist of all time, the fact that he started his freestyle and ended it with the same syllable is amazing to me.

[@Prettygirlcn5]

That last one was really good ☺️

[@GTanya07]

hope more guest that can freestyle like this 👏👍

[@gkus7008]

Tanya Sparrow its not gonna happen

[@ianlewis5575]

Common is one of hip hops greats

[@JaiFaraji]

😄 When Common starts waving that hand you know hes about to go off lol

[@philevans6395]

Tariq's understanding of close rhymes always kills me. He's so good.

[@radiospines]

Tariq raw on the mic "On cloud 9 with it ... Girls reaching their climax I'm larger than life ... I'm like the IMAX"

[@cutandspin]

They both killed it. I didn't expect any less though.

[@karenwalters1211]

Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger! 😂😂😂😂 love it!

[@karenwalters1211]

😂😂😂😂

[@Roomer645]

Common just Killed it !! Straight up talent, just like Black thought.

[@longandwindingroad]

He makes it look so easy, I couldn't freestyle to save my life.

[@benjamm1nn]

I always wonder what is going through his head when he sees those three random ass words appear on the screen. His mind must be moving a million miles a minute, it's unreal

[@gwiltl]

That's because he's practised.

[@ivanriobla]

2 of the top 10 GOAT´s No question......

[@ochukotubie6849]

ivan riobla um no...

[@mkadoza]

Who else. How is Black Though and Common not in the top 10.

[@Crashtest_Fetus]

Hmni Kadoza Rakim , Pac , Pun, Andre3000, Big, the Wu, NWA etc.

[@reljacabarkapa363]

Really? Pun has one album, Biggie has two and they're top 10, meanwhile Tariq's sitting on 11 albums of greatness and he's not?

[@Yaser-ih2cx]

Crashtest Fetus nwa was good but they only had 1 good album and it was their first. Also, cube was the only real rapper in the groups and wrote for Dre and e. They did a lot for the game, but I would argue that the roots did more and really evolved it with The Soulquarians. Not only have they continued to drop quality, album after album, but that whole movement brought back consciousness in hiphop. They deserve to be part of the discussion.

[@eugene188]

Both of them killed it. That is legit skill.

[@TheBlazicans]

"I'm the realest in virtual reality" that's that real Chi-town flow.

[@airanator1212]

Goddamn that was unexpectedly lit

[@korykent5645]

right?! lol

[@TheOriginalRevolt]

i want like a whole hour of that!! pure fire.

[@ThatMisterHartsss]

TheOriginalRevolt for real

[@terrencehick15]

TheOriginalRevolt This is done all the time on Sway in the morning show with all kinds of rappers in studio(Common being one of them in the past).Its called five fingers of death,look it up on youtube.

[@shakirhenderson5629]

Common's lyricism would just make you appreciate the beauty and power of the human mind even more. He's a legendary genius, in the world of hip-hop.

[@robkendy677]

Goats. I watch this with smiles on my face till the end.

[@TheHehe1223]

Common is a top ten rapper of all time

[@danyhatake97]

Like Common is pretty good, but Tariq is Godlike. The best

[@pokadotty3554]

Dragonferius they're both a apart of the Soulquarian troupe if musicians and producers they've been in the game together for YEARS

[@skineyemin4276]

Both brothas are D-O-P-E.

[@ohhShinxx]

Both top 15 imo. It’s just Black Thought is a lot higher. (#2 for me)

[@jontiruell1934]

Common is insane and Black Thought is even more insane

[@lxxanderfans267]

i just want this on repeat forever

[@misheleclipper5545]

The beautiful minds of freestyle flowing.... Talent uninterrupted 👑👑

[@bakerXderek]

Common is beast

[@AldyVG]

"Truthfully I Wanna Rhyme Like Common . . ."-JAY Z

[@benjamm1nn]

But I did 5 mil, I ain't been rhyming like Common since

[@kiwikudos555]

So much love for this. ❤️

[@Guimeauve92]

You know it's good when you shiver

[@Xstine888]

This makes me reflect on the fact that I...can't even form a half coherent sentence 50% of the time in real life. Weed is fun.

[@iffy9096]

When Jimmy copied Common and said, "Yeah..he's a bad boy, man." It did not sound as dope as when Common said it. :D

[@gkus7008]

ifka it was cringe worthy

[@zoeharris234]

OMG I said the exact same thing. I cringed so hard.

[@zoeharris234]

J. Saaaid Lol okay, I won't.

[@gkus7008]

Zoë Harris the hell is up with this bae shit

[@AS-yo2xz]

G Kus you too young go back to cat videos

[@Gio-512]

I saw "Common freestyle" and I was like "yup"

[@christopheraquino6437]

THIS IS STILL ONE OF THE MOST EPIC MOMENTS IN COMPLETE ON THE SPOT FREESTLYE LOOL

[@brandonnye2697]

Not even a Common fan particularly. That being said, this dude killed it. Always a Big fan of Roots/Guest Symbiosis. Jimmy always keeping his guests cool calm and collected, nothing better than that. Triple play team!!!

[@loganleatherman7647]

Brandon Nye, he definitely killed this the second time!

[@erichades1]

Common went in on his last freestyle and Black Thought is underrated. They are both talented.

[@TrevyTrevDen2Pit2Atl]

The mark of a real Emcee. The ability to genuinely free-styling. 🔥🔥🎤🎤🔥🔥

[@ericsanchez7426]

Happy Thanksgiving to my peeps...It ain't blood, but loyalty dat makes u family.

[@Figs3]

Damnit Jimmy, you can't even call him Black Thought when he's rapping?!

[@-comment]

Unbelievable. It would be so cool to have that talent. Any party, any hangout with friends, it would be the go to thing to do that will make you MVP in any social engagement.

[@Vilmantas3580]

Shoulda been longer. Two greats of hip hop

[@pemdechen6300]

That was insane! So talented!

[@Knil11]

I've never been this early to a video

[@jumpstart55million]

That is how you fucking rap!!!..This whole video was nothing but bars..These two are so skilled it takes them no effort to get into the zone and Freestyle off the dome..Its so refreshing hearing these two legends spit..Especially after hearing all the mumble rap bull shit they all ways play on the radio nowadays.

[@SoleStash87TV]

Freestyles just off the hook, common & black thought are legends!!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@frankiesheff]

been obsessed with common for years. he's awesome