When it comes to hip hop culture, we often talk about songwriting, lyricism, the bars. But one aspect and one

skill set that often gets overshadowed is the art of freestyling, which was at the root of the

genre when it first came out. People were really impressed by how quick an artist can, you know,

switch on a dime and bring in new flows, bring in new rhyme schemes off of the top of their heads.

And when we look at the genre today, you could argue that it's maybe not as prevalent, but to the real hip-hop heads, we know how important the skill set is.

So in today's episode, we wanted to highlight the top 10 best freestyles of all time that we've ever witnessed.

And for everyone that's listening

right now, head over to that Q&A section and let us know what do you think is the best freestyle

of all time. And before we actually get started, we are dropping new episodes of this audio

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But let me ask you, what's your relationship with Freestyles in 2024?

Do you still enjoy checking them out?

Do you feel like they're maybe not as prominent as they once were?

It depends the artist. I feel like it really depends the artist, right? Because if I'm going to get a Polo G what you're trying to say. It's a certain type of pedigree of rapper that has to come on to the mic and that, you know, should be delivering these freestyle. So for example, you know, one that didn't make my list that kind of just got edged out was Joey Baddows on early leakers. You know, that freestyle that he dropped in 2017 over the mask off beat. You know, that was used as promotional material before all American badass.

And it kind of gets the viewer, or should I say the listener, depending on, you know, how you're consuming the content, hyped for the next release.

And I think that it's a good indicator of where you're at with your skill or, let's say, form before you get into a studio album.

So do you feel the same way where, like, you're about to get a studio album, a rapper

usually does like an LA Leakers or let's say a funkmaster flex freestyle and then boom,

you're right away engaged in the studio album depending on what you get?

That's definitely like the traditional method.

But I just, I miss those days where like a rapper just for the fucks of it, just for the passion

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