Ayo, Loveshaq’s rap DUAN reminded me how much I like ‘freestyle rap’. One of the best freestyle rappers I know is the late ‘Big L‘. I’ll embed the first three tracks from his 1995 debut album ‘Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous’.
‘Put It On is the first track (and lead single):
“MVP’ is the second track (and second single):
and ‘No Endz, No Skinz’ is the third track:
And here are the other 9 tracks of the ‘Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous’ (Jay-Z has a verse ‘Da Graveyard’):
R.I.P. Big L.
Thank you for your continued support of Deadsplinter.
Cool stuff Earendil! I actually was not familiar w/ Big L. I’ll have to check out some more of it. I’ve seen this guy freestyle & was pretty damn good at it. Del tha Funky Homosapien – Mistadobalina
> I actually was not familiar w/ Big L.
maybe/probably because he only released 2 albums before he was killed…. so much potential…
Nice to hear some old (young) Del!
At the Helm:
Put it on? Let’s put on the Ritz!
Um, excuse me, but…
RIIIGHT!
Nameless Frames – Put It Back
I wanted to love hip hop, I really did. I watched “Yo!” every day, sometimes twice. The problem was, I latched onto Public Enemy and they were so many light years ahead of everybody else(and frankly some 30+ years later they still are) that no one else could really suffice (Eric B and Rakim were a distant 2nd, sorry Chuck). That’s why I’ve come to the only reasonable conclusion: PE was metal as fuck and disguised it by rapping, as evidenced by their lifting this Slayer riff:
Awesome freestyle by Astronautalis in the 2000s about voting which is still relevant today (perhaps moreso?) over Ms. Jackson by Outkast beat:
Elvis Costello – Put Your Big Toe In The Milk Of Human Kindness
BB King – You Put It On Me
Put it in a Sack
J.C. Fielding
Put it in your pocket ’til I get back
Blackstar ft. Common — Respiration
I’ve heard it both ways.