The customer freestyled, and then Pitbull performed his own verse.
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"50 On My Wrist," everything was freestyled in the crib.
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Limb also scanned the brains of rap artists as they freestyled.
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I was excited when Shaq came over with Tigger, and they freestyled.
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They laughed and started to beat box, so I freestyled about Sunshine.
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In June 2017, MATHERS freestyled comments that were threatening in nature towards POTUS.
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I had freestyled the melody, and then I just kind of felt it.
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Some time ago, when the Earth was still young, Migos freestyled about potato chips.
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Jean, an earnest English woman, once bore her testimony in song, which she freestyled.
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" And after Ma was released from prison, she freestyled over Minaj's 2014 hit "Truffle Butter.
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Ed Whelan freestyled a harebrained theory about mistaken identity on Twitter right in front of everyone.
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The track was such a success that Kendrick Lamar freestyled over it on the Divergent soundtrack.
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Miranda then freestyled with the President in the Rose Garden, performing spontaneous melodies inspired by cue cards.
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Sometimes he freestyled with his grandma, whom he and his mom lived with for a few years.
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Jay Elec: He snorted a line of coke and Adderall and just freestyled that in the booth.
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He freestyled for Harvey -- unclear if this is on any of the tracks -- but super fun to hear.
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Also, as true ballers would do, they freestyled over the "Bad and Boujee" beat to Steph Curry highlights.
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The difference in tone and affect between the parts he read and the parts he freestyled was almost comical.
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On a visit to Tim Westwood's influential British radio show last month, he freestyled for more than an hour.
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She freestyled some rhymes from the perspective of the girl in the song, punching back with force and style.
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Stanfield still raps, and recently freestyled homophobic slurs in a video he posted to Instagram, deleted and then apologized for.
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Jason Paige was outside the Rockwell in L.A. Thursday night when he freestyled a possible remixed song for the current craze.
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In a segment on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, the in-house band The Roots freestyled songs about audience members' lives.
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President Barack Obama flipped through cue cards as Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of Broadway musical sensation "Hamilton," freestyled in the Rose Garden.
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The song was freestyled in about 20 minutes, then uploaded—without Sheck's knowledge—to SoundCloud a couple days later by co-producer 16yrold.
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Eminem freestyled an impassioned litany of grievances against President Donald Trump in a new video that aired during the BET Awards Tuesday night.
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But last week I freestyled a recipe for barbecued shrimp in the New Orleans tradition, and now it's all I want to eat.
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He freestyled with fluorescent orange and yellow tape over black satin paint and wound up creating one of the most photogenic backdrops in the space.
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Obama did town hall meetings with young people (including one in Vietnam where a woman freestyled a rap for him) and he did speeches at universities.
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The Jimmy Carter that millions of people around the world respect and cherish isn't the President who freestyled about malaise or admitted that he occasionally gets horny.
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That random dude, who ran up to Kanye West and freestyled for him, no longer has to spit bars on the street -- he's recorded his first album.
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After a few songs, Will Smith joined him on stage and grabbed the microphone to rap "Men in Black," but promptly forgot the words and freestyled instead.
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Lil Uzi Vert's return to music is now shrouded in controversy ... his new single is getting yanked from digital music services because he freestyled over someone else's beat.
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It's impressive that a lot of people freestyled [off-the-top] but all that leads to is a lot of filler lines—unless you're Lupe Fiasco or Eminem.
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G-Eazy didn't take long to fire a huge shot back at Machine Gun Kelly, responding with an all-out diss track after MGK freestyled about banging Halsey.
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When he freestyled over Nas's "Ether," he was insistent he was cool with Jay-Z, and he seemed to back it up by rapping over Jay's beats over the years.
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We don't know for sure whether or not Markle used an actual mesh donut or sock to achieve her look (or if she just freestyled with a scrunchie), but we're obsessed.
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Since the year has started, the Atlanta superstars have dressed like office managers to perform "Bad and Boujee," freestyled to highlights on Sportscenter, and hopped on a track with Frank Ocean.
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According to Peng, Radford was so enamored of the freestyled chicken creation that he demanded to know its name, whereupon Peng blurted out, "General Tso," in honor of Zuo, who was also from Hunan.
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When the comedic Instagram personality Shiggy freestyled a routine to Drake's Scorpion standout "In My Feelings" in the middle of a street with oncoming traffic he couldn't have imagined how far it would travel.
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We already had that Oxide & Neutrino track couched in a slowed-down sample but if Kano hasn't freestyled over the original I'm going to need that to happen immediately so it can get an eternal reload.
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The comedian Eric Andre was among many on social media who have criticized XXXTentacion's behavior, and the rapper Vic Mensa freestyled a verse at the BET Awards rhyming "loser" with "domestic abuser" in a taped clip.
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He was versatile, schooled in pop and emo, and he had the most solid hip-hop fundamentals; in one of his most memorable videos, he freestyled for more than an hour on a British radio show.
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In the days leading up to the festival, I attended unofficial MANANA pre-parties featuring local artists like Wichy De Vedado and a dreadlocked Santiago-via-Barcelona MC, Kumar, who freestyled about the difficulties of finding Wi-Fi.
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Mr. Higgins had jumped from the underground world of D.I.Y. teenagers on SoundCloud to the pop mainstream last year with the success of his melodic, freestyled rap songs including "Lucid Dreams," which reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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" Minaj, who reportedly freestyled 90 percent of "Barbie Dreams" in one take, dropped a few bars on the spot which had the audience in raptures: "I might f**k Stephen after the show/He gonna come back to work with a magical glow.
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Not unlike 21 Savage, whose song "No Heart" Wopo freestyled over to viral acclaim, or Detroit's Tee Grizzley, Wopo is part of a wave of new stylists who go for blunt force lyrical directness and embrace more stripped-down sounds than the maximalists of rap radio.
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Now, it's on Barkley to get even ... Of course, it's not the first time Shaq went off on an NBA star in a nightclub -- back in the day, he freestyled the infamous "Kobe, tell me how my ass tastes" verse during his rift with his Lakers teammate.
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Since a slew of successful sets opening for T-Pain, Kid Ink and Salt-n-Pepa (and with Cader having freestyled onstage to an enraptured A$AP Rocky), Times x Two are now firmly part of a world-class scene that is starting to get noticed globally.
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Desperate to show that the the working world hadn't turned me into a desiccated corpse, I quickly downed both of my 40s, smoked both blunts, freestyled poorly with my roommate Davey Crockett, and then destroyed half of a frozen pizza and some cornbread topped with chili.
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The best moment for me was during our set, I talked about how ICP inspired me to be a rapper when I first saw them when I was 16, and then I freestyled about people's various shirts and ICP-related suggestions on the "Chicken Huntin'" beat.
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"They are three unique spaces that challenge artists and that lend themselves to unique stories, and we should be able to welcome in other artistic groups more," said Niegel Smith, the current artistic director, who will direct the first show at the Sam, a freestyled hip-hop coming-of-age story called "Syncing Ink," by NSangou Njikam, which begins performances Sept. 25.
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The first reference came in 2005 when Kanye freestyled on the YouTube channel Tim Westwood TV ("I ain't no clown like Ronald / Uh, more like Donald / Trump, with the way I get it crunk"), then in 2009's "Flashing Lights (Remix)" ("You fired mothafucka Donald Trump ni**a"), and then in 2010's "So Appalled"("Balding Donald Trump taking dollars from y'all / Baby, you're fired, your girlfriend hired").
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The first reference came in 2005 when Kanye freestyled on the YouTube channel Tim Westwood TV ("I ain't no clown like Ronald / Uh, more like Donald / Trump, with the way I get it crunk"), then in 2009's "Flashing Lights (Remix)" ("You fired mothafucka Donald Trump ni**a"), and then in 20163's "So Appalled" ("Balding Donald Trump taking dollars from y'all / Baby, you're fired, your girlfriend hired").
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The first reference came in 2005 when Kanye freestyled on the YouTube channel Tim Westwood TV ("I ain't no clown like Ronald / Uh, more like Donald / Trump, with the way I get it crunk"), then in 2009's "Flashing Lights (Remix)" ("You fired mothafucka Donald Trump ni**a"), and then in 2010's "So Appalled" ("Balding Donald Trump taking dollars from y'all / Baby, you're fired, your girlfriend hired").
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The winner of two of the 2018 BRITs' major awards, Best British Male Artist and Best British Album, took the stage to close a ceremony during which various figures had attempted vague political statements but little of real weight, and freestyled the following: He continued by calling out the Daily Mail, celebrating black visibility in British culture, and praising the black women who raised him before zipping joyfully into a performance of "Big For Your Boots" which subsisted without frills, and solely on his own glorious energy.
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New York rapper Papoose, freestyled over this song in memory of Sean Bell entitled, "We Shall Overcome".
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On January 25, 2014, Tinie Tempah freestyled to the song for Charlie Sloth's Fire in the Booth on BBC Radio 1.
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The official remix features Chris Brown, Young Jeezy, Problem, French Montana & Red Cafe. Rapper Tyga freestyled the song on his Well Done 3 mixtape.
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West collaborator Consequence freestyled his version of the song under the title of "Cons On Sunday (Remix)" on February 11, 2020, sampling the original's guitar over more urgent percussion.
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I'm a huge Barry White fan, so I had to pay homage. I wasn't like, "This is the one!"—I freestyled the whole thing. It's probably my 400th record.
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"Diamond in the Back" peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at #94. On the Hot Rap/R&B; chart it reached #51. Lupe Fiasco has also freestyled over this instrumental.
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"Blazin'" is a song by American hip hop artist Nicki Minaj that features Kanye West, from her debut studio album Pink Friday (2010). The hook was freestyled by Minaj in the studio.
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The official remix is the video version with an alternate Young Jeezy verse. Rapper's Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, and Brisco freestyled over the beat on Lil Wayne's mixtape 'Lil Weezy Ana Vol. 1'.
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Schoolboy Q revealed Rocky was originally on the album, however the song's producer, Pharrell Williams, had given the instrumental to another artist. Schoolboy Q also revealed he freestyled all the lyrics to "John Muir".
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The official remix was released featuring additional verses from Big Sean and Rick Ross. Rapper Lil Wayne released his own remix. Nasty C and A-Reece freestyled the song at Sway in The Morning.
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Many artists took part in freestyling this track including, Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Roscoe Dash and King Los. Wiz Khalifa's freestyle is titled "Don't Lie". Lil Wayne freestyled this track on his mixtape Dedication 4.
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The official video for "Kick It" premiered on 18 August 2013, at a total length of 3 minutes and 41 seconds. An acoustic A64 of the song was filmed for SB.TV in which Scrufizzer also freestyled.
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2 Chainz freestyled over the instrumentals to the song. Chamillionaire did a freestyle over the song called "I Think I'm in Love". Singer Trey Songz also did a freestyle to the song. Rapper Mysonne did a freestyle to the song.
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Extempo, or extempo calypso, or calypso war, is a lyrically improvised (freestyled) form of calypso. An annual competition is held at the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival for the title of Extempo Monarch. The art form was first recorded in the 1940s in Trinidad.
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The official remix features Drake and was performed at the 2010 BET Awards. This version features a verse by Drake replacing Plies verse. The second remix features Trae. Rapper B.G. and R&B; singer Teairra Mari have freestyled over the instrumental of this song.
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YG and Reem Riches collaborated for their version of the song along with a music video. Angel Haze and Iggy Azalea also remixed the track for a live show. In 2019, YBN Cordae freestyled over the instrumental during his Funkmaster Flex freestyle on Hot 97.
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Slim da Mobster has freestyled over the beat. Mike G of OFWGKTA released 707 over the instrumental. Dr. Dre, along with Akon and Snoop Dogg, performed this song at the Grammy Interscope Party along with "The Next Episode", "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang", "Gin and Juice" and "Still D.R.E.".
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Producer Purps from 808 Mafia states that he was aiming for a more "happy pop" sound when composing the tropical-influenced beat. After Purps played the beat by accident during a recording session, Juice was impressed by the beat and freestyled the lyrics to the song in 40 minutes.
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After that he continued to promote YOTS by releasing a bunch of freestyled tracks. It was during one of these freestyles ("Throw It Up") that he confirmed the release date for his long-awaited album. On October 2, 2015, Robb Banks released Year of the Savage through 300 Entertainment's Dorian Distribution.
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Atlanta-based rapper and owner of Grand Hustle Records, T.I. would later hear one of Webster's productions, titled "Lights (Love Sick)". While in Los Angeles, T.I.'s representative contacted Webster, asking him to attend a studio for a meeting. During the meeting, T.I. freestyled over "Animal", one of Webster's productions.
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On May 11, rapper Ace Hood released a freestyle over the beat of "John," which was off his "Body Bag Vol. 1" mixtape. Another rapper Wiz Khalifa released a remix to "John" titled "Chuck". Rapper Chamillionaire freestyled a verse along with the original lyrics on his Badass Freemixes 2 mixtape.
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Malone released his debut mixtape, SwaggaMan, in 2010. He began freestyling for northern grime YouTube channel KODH TV on their series Spray Out Freestyle. He then freestyled on popular urban YouTube channels including Grime Daily. In 2011, Davis released his second mixtape Why So Serious, inspired by Batman: The Dark Knight Rises.
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While there, Souleye freestyled with Michael Franti, and was invited to play with Bassnectar. Following the Jamcruise, he performed extensively with Bassnectar. Souleye wrote and recorded the song "Amorphous Form" on Bassnectar's album Underground Communication. In 2007, Souleye joined the San Francisco-based electronic band BLVD, with whom he recorded the album Music for People.
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With Ninja, the live band became a "separate entity" to the original studio vision, as their performances became radically different from their recordings, particularly due to Ninja's freestyled vocals contrary to the sampled vocals present on the album. Parton acknowledged that Ninja had become the "face of the band" in an interview with Erik Leijon in September 2007.
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Young Money rapper Tyga has a freestyle to the song on his 2012 mixtape, 187. Lil Wayne freestyled over the beat on his Dedication 5 mixtape along with Kidd Kidd and Euro. Other freestyles and remixes to the song have been done by Rick Ross (with Stalley), Trey Songz, Joell Ortiz and Kevin McCall, among others.
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He was also DJ and MC for Bieber's "Believe Tour." James contributed scratching to the track "Right Here" on the Justin Bieber album Believe, which peaked at #1 on the US Billboard 200. He and Bieber also freestyled on the 2010 joke track "Omaha Mall," a webisode of We Know the DJ, which now has five seasons.
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The song includes a sample of 1985 recording "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds. Minaj revealed via Twitter in March 2017 that she had beg West to not be on fellow album song "Right Thru Me", as he really wanted to get on it, and also that the hook on "Blazin'" was freestyled by her in the studio.
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British drum and bass duo Sigma created a remix of the song entitled "Nobody to Love" featuring vocals from Daniel Pearce which was officially released on April 6, 2014. It topped the UK Singles Chart upon release, with sales of over 121,000 copies in the first week. Rick Ross freestyled over the instrumental of "Bound 2" on January 1, 2014.
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Ludacris rapped over the beat on his mixtape The Conjure Mixtape: A Hustler's Spirit. Two years before his death, labelmate Slim Dunkin freestyled the song in his Built 4 Interrogation (Hosted by Waka Flocka Flame) mixtape over Gucci Mane's first verse. Waka Flocka Flame was featured on the second verse, and Gucci Mane rapped his third verse and chorus from the original song.
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On May 6, 2013 the song's official remix was released, featuring hip hop acts Wiz Khalifa, T.I., Meek Mill, French Montana, 2 Chainz, Future, DJ Khaled and Birdman. The song’s remix made an appearance in Grand Theft Auto V. The remix is included on the deluxe edition of Ace Hood's Trials & Tribulations album. Lil Wayne freestyled the song along with Boo on his mixtape Dedication 5.
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Rap battle on the street in Japan, 2017 Battle rap (also known as rap battling)Edwards, Paul, 2009, p. 25. is a type of rapping that includes bragging, insults and boasting content. Battling can occur on recorded albums, though rap battles are often recited or freestyled spontaneously in live battles, "where MCs will perform on the same stage to see who has the better verses".Edwards, Paul, 2009, p. 27.
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Nurses toured with the Swedish folk musician The Tallest Man on Earth in 2010, and Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks in February 2012 A$AP Rocky and members of A$AP Mob freestyled over Nurses' track "You Lookin' Twice" for Pitchfork's Selector in December 2011. "Yours to Keep" will be the closing track from Naughtyland, their latest album, which is due to be released on October 6, 2017.
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The song was leaked in May 2019. Kelly stated in an interview with Zane Lowe that he was worried about including Barker on the song, in fear that the song might sound more like Barker's music style. According to Kelly, Yungblud freestyled and recorded his verse in 10 minutes. In the song, Kelly and Yungblud sing about the usage of substances and personal demons, while Barker handles the percussion.
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In 1996 hip hop group The LOX freestyled over the instrumental to "Touch Me, Tease Me" on Hot 97. The song was later covered by Welsh boyband 3SL in 2002 and reached number 16 on the UK Singles Chart, ten places higher than the original. In 2009 50 Cent recorded an abbreviated version titled "Touch Me". In its music video, he is seen wearing the same attire as Case in the original version.
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To make this clear, he recorded a song titled "I Quit", produced by the Golden Child. The announcement was widely misunderstood to have marked the end of Jin's rap career. However, he later re-emerged under a different alias, The Emcee, and freestyled over such songs as Jay-Z's "Dear Summer." He released a single called "Top 5 (Dead or Alive)" in which he explored the history of hip-hop's greatest artists, using lyrics.
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Shapiro and Resnick are originally from New York and New Jersey, respectively, but began to perform for the first time in Boston in 2007. The two currently reside in Los Angeles, after recently moving from New York. Timeflies includes elements of hip-hop, pop, electro, R&B;, and rap in their music. Attending Tufts University, the pair met in fall 2007 at a college party where Shapiro freestyled over Resnick's beat boxing.
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It began with Monson playing its bassline and putting a snap on it before Michaels freestyled the opening lyric, "I'm on my 14 carats". Her lyrics were influenced by her boyfriend who told her, "Julia, you never write any happy songs for me. It's kind of sad," to which she responded: "Fine, I'll write a good song about you, shut up!". Tranter's lyrics were inspired by his ex-boyfriend who preferred him to dress femme.
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Since its release, "Black Skinhead" has appeared in various media. The song was first featured in a trailer for the 2013 crime film The Wolf of Wall Street. A mashup of it with "The Beautiful People" by Marilyn Manson was played by American DJ Girl Talk at a North Carolina show in July 2013. American rapper Angel Haze freestyled over the song in October 2013 as part of her 30 Gold series.
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Nicky Spesh is a rapper from North London, England. A member of the emerging British hip hop and Grime scene alongside the likes of Sway, Nicky Spesh first became recognised when he freestyled over DJ Kool Herc's set at The Scala in London in 2002. Spesh also promoted and performed at his own club nights 'GMBeats present GMBeats' at the Bug Bar, in Brixton and WKD in Camden with his eponymous pirate radio crew.
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On July 20, 2010, an orchestrated version of "Run This Town" created by E.S. Posthumus was officially released to US iTunes under the Roc Nation imprint, in its studio format. This was eventually played before Super Bowl XLIV and Nashville Predators playoff games. Metalcore band Miss May I covered this song for the compilation album Punk Goes Pop Volume 03.. Lil Wayne freestyled "Run This Town" on his highly acclaimed mixtape No Ceilings.
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The song gained further recognition when fellow rapper Lil Wayne freestyled on his version "Sky Is The Limit" for his "Da Drought 3" mixtape. On January 31, 2007, Jones announced an upcoming EP and a movie, both titled The American Dream. On April 21, 2007, Jones released the second single from the EP, titled "My 64", featuring Bun B and Snoop Dogg. The single debuted at #1 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
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"Let Me In" is the debut single by Young Buck, from his debut album, Straight Outta Cashville. It features 50 Cent and is produced by Needlz. The music video features cameo appearances by Lloyd Banks, Juvenile, Olivia, Stat Quo, David Banner, Slim Thug, Daz Dillinger, C-Note and D-Red from Botany Boyz and Lil Scrappy. B-Real from Cypress Hill freestyled to the song's beat for his song "Let Me Blaze" on his debut mixtape "The Gunslinger".
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In 2003, k-os collaborated with The Chemical Brothers on their single "Get Yourself High". The track was nominated for "Best Dance Recording" at the 2005 Grammy Awards. k-os said, on the show "profile" on mtv, that The Chemical Brothers sent him 5 tracks and he picked the one they wanted him to pick ("Get Yourself High") and he freestyled to it. In the same year, the song "Freeze" was featured in the songlist for SSX 3.
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Battle rapping, which can be freestyled, is the competition between two or more rappers in front of an audience. The tradition of insulting one's friends or acquaintances in rhyme goes back to the dozens, and was portrayed famously by Muhammad Ali in his boxing matches. The winner of a battle is decided by the crowd and/or preselected judges. According to Kool Moe Dee, a successful battle rap focuses on an opponent's weaknesses, rather than one's own strengths.
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Rapper Ransom also freestyled to the song. Los Angeles rapper Kid Ink, who is a member of the 2012 XXL Freshman Class has also done a remix to this song called "Stank in My Blunt". Tyga did a remix called "Ready to Fuck" from his "Well Done 3" mixtape. Rapper Redman did a remix called "Smoke, Drank and Fuck," in which he kept part of the original chorus and Bangz's second verse from the original song.
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J. Cole freestyled over the song in "Back to the Topic," included on his 2010 mixtape Friday Night Lights. It was also sampled by Snakehips on their version titled "Miss U Always," and by producer Rupert Taylor, otherwise known as xxxy, on "I Know This Can't Be Love," from his 2012 Everything EP. Producer Ed Flis known as Duran Duran Duran released a remix that same year. Riton also shared his remixed version of the song in 2013.
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To promote this mixtape, Bradshaw appeared on the Hot 97 radio show Ebro in the Morning where he freestyled live on air. Throughout the interview, Bradshaw's sexuality kept being a topic of discussion, with Ebro calling him a "gay rapper" and Bradshaw correcting him to call himself "a rapper that happens to be gay". In 2015, Bradshaw released a 5 track EP titled #IMF (In My Feelings), which chronicled a modern-day tale of star crossed lovers from inception to resolution.
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Shortly after the release, Grefe returned to his hometown, where he started writing his second book and autobiography The Life of Cliff G: DOG. The artist and webmaster published his progress live to his website for several months. Beef delivered the first set of tracks for his largely freestyled, multilingual Chapter III: God album on January 31, 2019. He continued to add records to the project after the initial release date, and produced over 500 songs for the one project.
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UK rapper Kano has freestyled over this song on his mixtape MC No.1. The song also appeared on the trailer for the videogame Top Spin 4. In 2008 "Stronger" was featured in the movie Never Back Down, when the main character, Jake Tyler, enters the "Beatdown" tournament. "Stronger" is featured in (and is on the soundtrack for) for the 2011 film The Hangover Part II. In 2013, on the HBO show Girls, Allison Williams's character performed the song at a slower tempo.
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A cover version of "Touch the Sky" was played by eight-piece American brass ensemble The Soul Rebels that included horns and was released on their mixtape Power = Power in 2013. American hip hop group The LOX, which consists of Sheek Louch, Styles P and Jadakiss, freestyled over the song in 2005 with a feature from Ace Hood. Urban Noize released a remix in April 2012 that includes vocals from English musician Florence Welch alongside their interpretation of West and Lupe Fiasco's vocals.
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Television shows such as MTV's DFX and BET's 106 and Park host weekly freestyle battles live on the air. Battle rapping gained widespread public recognition outside of the African-American community with rapper Eminem's movie 8 Mile. The strongest battle rappers will generally perform their rap fully freestyled. This is the most effective form in a battle as the rapper can comment on the other person, whether it be what they look like, or how they talk, or what they wear.
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The EP discusses themes of body positivity, self-love, and the trials one faces to achieve those ideals. The opening track, "Worship", contains mambo-inspired horns and a showtune- like chorus, creating two very different syncopated dance rhythms. “Phone” has been described as "pure MPC and bassline magic" that lyrically discusses the loss of one's phone and friends at a club. Lizzo freestyled each lyric to the song. “Scuse Me” contains "twinkly" opening keys before breaking into long bass drops and frantic drum sequences.
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The album's promotional single "Don't Waste My Time" rose to fame in January 2014, with notable artists such as French Montana, Wretch 32, Chip, G FrSH, Double S, Lady Leshurr, Yungen, Sneakbo MNEK, Dru Blu, Jacob Banks and Dot Rotten all contributing to remixes of the track. Tinie Tempah also freestyled over the beat on Charlie Sloth's Fire in the Booth. Winning Best UK Newcomer at the 2013 MOBO Awards was one of the big breaks the duo had. With low promotion compared to other artists.
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American musician Raury covered the song during his appearance on Hot 97 in September 2014. A version titled "Blood on the Leaves (DOGMA remix)" was released in June 2013, which includes Nina Simone's vocals being mashed. American rapper Waka Flocka Flame freestyled over the song's instrumental in May 2014 as part of his weekly series of freestyles every Monday, leading up to the release of his third studio album Flockaveli 2. A remix of the song was shared by Nicolas Jaar in February 2016.
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Double Down Showdown: All of the Showdown competitors came out for a donut performance. Racing: Neil Elliott came out in the Monster Jam 25th Anniversary truck and did a forward momentum backflip over Son-uva Digger. All competing and non- competing trucks came out on the track to salute the fans for being a part of Monster Jam for 25 years. Freestyle: Adam Anderson, Ryan Anderson, Krysten Anderson and the rest of the Grave Digger team came out and freestyled for Grave Digger's 35th Anniversary.
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Minaj made several television appearances and live performances in support of the album. On May 13, 2018, Minaj performed "Chun- Li" live during Future's set at Rolling Loud Festival in Miami. She also performed the song during her Saturday Night Live season finale appearance on May 19, 2018. On June 23, 2018, she performed a medley of "Chun-Li" and "Rich Sex" at the BET Awards. On August 13, 2018, she appeared as a guest on The Late Show, and freestyled a personalized verse from "Barbie Dreams" dedicated to Stephen Colbert.
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While on tour with the group he did everything from carrying the group's bags to coming out on stage and doing rap freestyles. In 1990 at an EPMD show in New York, Redman was invited onstage by Erick Sermon where he delivered a rap freestyle that changed his life. He freestyled a song describing himself as a rapper using every letter in the alphabet, from A to Z. After this, Redman was an official rap artist and began production with Erick Sermon on his first major label album, Whut? Thee Album.
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On March 16, 2018, G Herbo made an appearance on the K-104 radio station, and freestyled over the Who Run It instrumental. The freestyle soon went viral, and G Herbo released a full remix of the song on March 22, at the request of Drake. It has since inspired a popular freestyle challenge, spawning remixes from several rappers including ASAP Rocky, 21 Savage, Chief Keef, Cupcakke, Dave East, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Yachty, Trippie Redd, and Young M.A. Original Three 6 Mafia members DJ Paul and Juicy J also released their own remixes.
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Since he was new to recording, he freestyled a couple of lines of what would then become, "Love Mi Gun", a popular tune. He soon became an in-demand performer for numerous producers, including Bobby Digital, and hits followed with "Could a Deal" (produced by Winston Riley) and "Girls Hooray" (Steely & Clevie). A series of well-received singles followed, many included on his debut album, Jack It Up (1994). This success led to a deal with Capitol Records, who issued his second album, Uncommonly Smooth, in 1995, featuring duets with Chevelle Franklyn ("A-1 Lover") and "Spanish Harlem" (with Ben E. King).
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In 2008, Atlanta-based rapper Rocko released a song titled "Dis Morning", from his debut album Self Made, which interpolates Kweli's "Get By". Also in 2008, "Get By" was featured in the comedy film First Sunday, as well as the film's soundtrack. In 2009, North Carolina-bred rapper J. Cole, freestyled over the song's production, which was featured on his 2009 mixtape The Warm Up. On the December 12, 2016 episode of the American satirical show Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Kweli and writer Ashley Nicole Black modified the lyrics of "Get By" to one that touts the benefits of online encryption.
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In the late 1970s, the term emcee, MC or M.C., derived from "master of ceremonies", became an alternative title for a rapper, and for their role within hip-hop music and culture. An MC uses rhyming verses, pre-written or ad lib ('freestyled'), to introduce the DJ with whom they work, to keep the crowd entertained or to glorify themselves. As hip hop progressed, the title MC acquired backronyms such as 'mike chanter'Hebdige, Dick, 1987, Cut 'n' Mix: Culture, Identity and Caribbean Music, p. 105. 'microphone controller', 'microphone checker', 'music commentator', and one who 'moves the crowd'.
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Fetty Wap, a native of Paterson, New Jersey, had been rapping and recording music locally as a member of the Remy Boyz 1738 rap troupe, which includes Montana "Monty" Buckz. Wap conceived "Trap Queen" in late 2013 and recorded the song the following March after hearing what would become its backing track, which had been produced by Tony Fadd of the Paterson-based RGF Productions. It was the first recording on which Wap had sung, as he had been anxious to try "something different". The original studio recording consisted of three sung verses that Wap had freestyled in the melody he had written.
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The official remix was released on February 18, 2010 and features rappers Game, Gorilla Zoe and Busta Rhymes. A "West Coast Mega Remix" begins with a new verse by Jay Rock, followed by guest verses in the following order: Eastwood, Omar Cruz, Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Glasses Malone, Crooked I, Nipsey Hussle, Sinful, Ya Boy, Roccett, Terry Kennedy, Problem, Keno, Spider Loc, 2 Eleven, Bangloose, Mistah F.A.B. and Roscoe Umali (K-Dot is listed but does not actually appear). Nipsey Hussle freestyled over the beat for his mixtape Bullets Ain't Got No Name, Vol. 3, as well as Wiz Khalifa for his Burn After Rolling mixtape.
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In June 2004, Ian Parton recruited a band to play the Accelerator Festival in Sweden after having been asked to play when no band existed. The live band is a "separate entity" to the original studio vision, as the performances became radically different from the recordings, particularly due to vocalist Ninja's freestyled vocals over what had been instrumental studio tracks. The band's popularity increased with the re-issue of "Ladyflash" in the UK, resulting in national primetime airplay on radio stations such as BBC Radio 1, Xfm and the Atlanta, US based 99X. The song "Get It Together" from Thunder, Lightning, Strike was featured in trailers for the video game LittleBigPlanet.
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Although, at the time Slum Village were hailed as successors to A Tribe Called Quest, Fan-Tas-Tic shares little in common with Tribe's earthy, cerebral brand of Hip hop. The lyrical content of the album, which dealt with acquiring wealth and the attention of women, later became commonplace among mainstream hip-hop artists. The group received much praise for their seemingly freestyled approach (which they later admitted to), and also for the production style of the then-upcoming producer Jay Dee, who subtly used low end frequencies, intricate basslines, and offbeat drums, behind the "tag-team" rhyming of his partners, T3 and Baatin.
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Chipmunk released a freestyle over the woo riddim, where he mentioned a line about rapper Dot Rotten. In June 2010, Lowkey posted to Twitter that "If Dot Rotten doesn't duppy Chipmunk with a riddim, I might have to, Baghdad style."Lowkey VS Chipmunk – The Sage Continues The LALA Report Wednesday, 16 June 2010 Chip's response highlighted that he was not aware of who Lowkey was whilst also tweeting that "(he) shouldn't be allowed to tweet (him)." This consequently led to a series of tweets between the pair which eventually led Lowkey to release a diss track towards Chip titled The Warning, it was freestyled over Puff Daddy's Victory.
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Chipmunk released a freestyle over the instrumental Woo Riddim, where he mentioned a line about rapper Dot Rotten. In June 2010, Lowkey posted to Twitter that "If Dot Rotten doesn't duppy Chipmunk with a riddim, I might have to, Baghdad style."Lowkey VS Chipmunk – The Sage Continues The LALA Report Wednesday, 16 June 2010 Chip's response highlighted that he was not aware of who Lowkey was whilst also tweeting that "(he) shouldn't be allowed to tweet (him)." This consequently led to a series of tweets between the pair which eventually led Lowkey to release a diss track towards Chip titled The Warning, it was freestyled over Puff Daddy's Victory.
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Calvin "Snoopzilla" Broadus and Damon "Dâm-Funk" Riddick met in Los Angeles on February 16, 2011 at the opening of The Dogg House—an exhibition of Snoop-inspired artwork—when the latter performed at a gallery party thrown for Joe Cool, the illustrator behind the cover artwork to several Snoop records including his semminal 1993 debut album, Doggystyle. Impressed by Dâm's P-Funk-inspired beats, Snoop grabbed the microphone and freestyled for more than an hour. "It felt like magic," Snoop recalls. After the initial meeting, the two paired when the rapper invited the funk musician to play keyboard and keytar onstage for a performance at Funk n Soul Extravaganza at the SXSW Music Festival on March 19, 2011.
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Around the time of West's third studio album Graduation being released in September 2007, American record producer Jeff Bhasker started to play keyboards for West's band due to them needing someone to fill in on keyboards. Originally, Bhasker met West through the rapper's DJ A-Trak and was trying to increase name recognition for himself as a producer by working with West; Bhasker called him "awesome." He contributed writing to multiple songs on 808s & Heartbreak, including "Love Lockdown", which was co- written by West, Esthero, Malik Yusef, and Starshell. Bhasker recalled that all of the songwriters "deciphered what" was being said on the song's demo, shortly after it had been freestyled by West.
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Prior to recording "Go", The Kid Laroi and Juice Wrld were already familiar with each other; Laroi considered Juice Wrld, who was his mentor, his "big brother" and had opened shows for Juice's final tour in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, in 2019, and was subsequently signed by Juice's managers, Grade A Productions. On the night of Laroi's 16th birthday in August 2019, Laroi played Juice a demo, and Juice freestyled a verse, which would end being the verse heard on "Go". The song leaked a while before its release, and was described as "the first taste" of Laroi's debut studio album Fuck Love, which was released on 24 July 2020. "Go" was released as the seventh track out of fifteen on the album.
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Given the stage name "Machine Gun Kelly" by his fans due to his rapid-fire delivery, he released the mixtape Stamp of Approval (2006). The release of the mixtape allowed for his reputation and profile to grow, which allowed Baker to begin performing at local Cleveland venues. In March 2009, while he was on the verge of getting evicted, Baker traveled to Harlem's Apollo Theater, where he had consecutive victories, making him the first ever rapper to win at the Apollo Theater. He recorded music in his home studio which he refers to as the "Rage Cage", and started to gain exposure when he was featured on MTV2's Sucker Free Freestyle, where he freestyled numerous verses from his "Chip off the Block" single.
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Oladotun teamed up with one of Nigeria's top DJs to create a groovy Friday evening every week for the last couple of years, Oladotun has relied heavily on his much talked about hyping skills dishing out hypes and musical hits on radio. The show ahs a massive following in the country and has hosted some of the longest rap freestyles on radio with, one such occasion saw known rapper Vector come on in November, 2014 and freestyled for over an hour. The show has also featured renowned British DJ and TV host, Tim Westwood. Chevrolet Football fan Time American Automobile firm, Chevrolet sponsored a football show to allow football fans talk about their teams and share their emotions live on air, it was hosted by Dotun and of course it helped that Dotun is a passionate supporter of Arsenal football club.
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The live audience is critical to a battle as each Emcee (MC; Master of Ceremonies) must use skill and lyrical ability not only to 'break down' their opponent, but to convince the audience that they are the better rapper. Appointed judges have been used in formal contests, but even when no winner is announced, the rapper who receives the best audience response is viewed as the victor. In addition, it is considered by some to be an act of dishonor to recite written and memorized raps in a freestyle battle, because it shows the rapper to be incapable of 'spitting' spur-of-the-moment lyrics. Currently, talents such as Hollow Da Don uses various elements of battle rap that include reciting a written format created through months of preparation mixed with freestyled lines as means to attacking his opponent or creating an image of himself as greater that his adversary.
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