Remember When Eminem Could Freestyle Like a Motherf**ker? (Video & Download)

Posted by Nathan S. on 09/16/11 | Filed under Top Stories, Refined Picks, Downloads, Eminem, Freestyles

I saw this classic Dilated Peoples (Rakaa & Evidence) and Eminem track on the house of dope and it set me off on a three hour Eminem freestyle binge. Listen, I'm genuinely glad the man's sober now, and that he's the only rapper who can make legitimately dope music and outsell Lil Wayne, but honestly? I miss the old school, freestyle like a motherfucker Em. Listen, watch and download...

Grab Your BK Knights, Turn Your Pants Backwards & “Jump” With Dee-1 (Listen & Download)

Posted by Nathan S. on 09/15/11 | Filed under Downloads, Freestyles, Dee-1

All these dudes like to front like they hated Kris Kross when they dropped back in the day, like they were strictly playing Gangstar and studying Premiere's scratches at ten-years-old. Get the fuck out of here man. I'm an '80s baby too and everyone bumped "Jump, Jump", even if they didn't want to admit it. Listen and download...

Jones Andrews Crushes Writer’s Block on “Tunnel Vision (All Black Everything)” (Listen & Download)

Posted by Nathan S. on 06/27/11 | Filed under Downloads, Freestyles, Jones Andrews

Damn, two freestyles in the past week? Either I'm getting soft or these rappers are getting better. Either way, despite my frequent vows to avoid posting the endless stream of "freestyles over the hot beat of the moment" that so frequently invade the hip-hop blogosphere, "3 Stax Back" was just too dope to ignore, and so is Jones Andrews' "Tunnel Vision (All Black Everything)".

Hey Look, It’s a “Tupac’s Back” Freestyle That Doesn’t Suck (Listen & Download)

I dig ForteBowie, his "Thesis" was a dope track and we're presenting his "Something About Bowie" mixtape on July 8. But I'll admit that when he emailed me his "Tupac's Back" freestyle I was wary. Regular readers know I almost never post freestyles over the hot beat of the moment cause, well, they usually all suck. So imagine my surprise when it turned out that "3 Stax Back" was actually pretty dope.

Shyheim Breaks Down the Greatest Freestyle Ever (Video & Download)

The good folks over at Media Gasface recently caught up with Shyheim to talk about his arrest history and new music, but what the Rap Nerds out there will really be interested in is his mention of the Big Daddy Kane x Scoob x Biggie x Pac x Shyheim Madison Square Garden freestyle, also known as the greatest freestyle ever. Listen and download....

Kanye, Lupe & Mos Def Get Back to Just Rhyming on “Blue Note Freestyle” (Listen & Download)

Posted by Nathan S. on 03/01/11 | Filed under Top Stories, Downloads, Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, Freestyles, Rap Nerdery, Mos Def, Votes

It's the same story every time. You hear a new rapper in the background at a party, in a friend's car or on your favorite hip--hop blog and they become your new shit. Then they blow up and even if you're still digging their new work it's just not the same. Maybe that's why I've been mildly obsessed with this Kanye West, Mos Def and Lupe Fiasco "Blue Note Freestyle". Listen and download...

Oh Sh*t: Eminem Fires Shots at Jay, Kanye on Leaked “I Get Money” Freestyle (Listen & Download)

Posted by Nathan S. on 02/28/11 | Filed under Top Stories, Downloads, Eminem, Freestyles, Beef, Votes, Unreleased

In interviews to the lead-up to "Relapse" Eminem mentioned that he had recorded material that took shots at some of the biggest names in the game, but then he sobered up and realized it'd just be pointless drama, so he buried the tracks. Well consider it unburied. On recently leaked freestyle "I Get Money" we hear the kind of swaggering, boasting Em we've almost never heard before. Listen and download...

Could 50 Cent be Coming Back With “When I Come Back”? (Listen & Download)

Posted by Nathan S. on 02/21/11 | Filed under Top Stories, Downloads, 50 Cent, Freestyles, East Coast

Over the last couple weeks I've started thinking maybe, just maybe, if he gets back to the core of what made him so heavy in the first place, he could still regain his spot among rap's elite. First there was the beef heavy "Old 2002 Ferrari Freestyle", and now he's dropped a "When I Come Back" freestyle that's exactly the kind of gritty music his loyal fans have been missing. Listen and download...

50 Cent Fires Shots at Wiz, Kanye on “Old 2003 Ferrari (Freestyle)” (Listen & Download)

Posted by Nathan S. on 02/03/11 | Filed under Top Stories, Downloads, 50 Cent, Freestyles

For a man everyone still seems to treat as being invincible, 50's taken his fair share of losses lately. Fiddy may have won some battles, but ultimately Rick Ross won the war, his business investments haven't been going well and he picked the exact wrong time to jump on the Soulja Boy bandwagon. No wonder then that he's longing for the good ol' days on "Old 2003 Ferrari (Freestyle)". Listen and download...