Dante Higgins – Primetime
For the second installment of his #HigHeadWednesdays series, Dante Higgins chooses as his next victim freestyle instrumental the underappreciated track “Primetime,” off of Kanye and Jay-Z’s Watch The Throne album. On Watch The Throne, “Primetime” served as a laid-back track leading into the album’s final couple of songs. Higgins’ version is a completely different monster. Where the [...]
Chamillionaire – 4AM Freestyle (f. Lee-Lonn)
During an apparent studio session in LA, King Koopa and the “young talent from Houston with that voice” (as Cham describes him), Lee-Lonn collaborated once again for the Melanie Fiona freestyle over 4AM. The tracks slowed down tempo, echoing snare, and spacey vocals make it remnant of a Weeknd record, but Chamillionaire’s southern brand of [...]
The 2012 XXL Freshmen Freestyle Cypher (f. Kid Ink, Macklemore, Don Trip & Iggy Azalea)
We gave the first cypher to Danny Brown (which was almost by default) and now the second one has arrived on our viewing doorstep. True, Iggy Azalea did what you thought she would but Kid Ink did his thing and Macklemore … pulled a Macklemore by being overly serious and mentioning Seattle’s music culture heavily. [...]
The 2012 XXL Freshmen Freestyle Cypher (f. Hopsin, Roscoe Dash, Machine Gun Kelly, Future & Danny Brown)
The list everyone loves to hate now has an extended page to it as XXL put on the little red light and made five of its newest Freshmen kick a little freestyle. We already knew Danny Brown was going to steal the show but that’s beside the point. Watch Hopsin, Machine Gun Kelly, Roscoe Dash [...]
Joe Budden – Stay Schemin Freestyle
With Valentine’s Day officially over, Jump Off Joe Budden returns to the studio with Rick Ross’ “Stay Schemin” in hand and does us all a favor by taking our minds off of Cupid. Thanks Joe. DOWNLOAD: Joe Budden – Stay Schemin Freestyle
Propain – Stay Schemin Freestyle
On a day where most would celebrate love, Propain the ever engaging and aggressive member of Houston’s blooming rap class slings barbs and cutthroat lyrics over the already beaten into the ground “Stay Schemin” instrumental. Timely lyrics in the vein of Joe Budden, obviously Pro felt the need to get his thoughts out as soon [...]
Joe Budden – No Church In The Wild (Freestyle)
Using his favorite medium as an outlet to stream a new freestyle, Joe Budden tackles The Throne’s latest single with a wide range of current event references in the vein of the Old School Mouse days. Joe Paterno, Kyle Williams of the San Francisco 49ers, Billy Cundiff, the Drake/Common beef all get used for the [...]
A Slightly Comprehensive Look At The Drake/Common “Beef”
All it takes is one media run for everything to finally come out in the open. Common came Sway & Dev’s spot on Shade 45 to finally name the intended target for his not-so subtle shots on “Sweet”. Those jabs were meant for Drake as Lonnie addressed as such, adding to an already well established [...]
Kirko Bangz – Daddy Freestyle
Kirko Bangz goes in over the beat from Juelz Santana’s “Daddy” in this latest leak of his. Bangz joins the trend of rappers entering into emotionally-charged reflections about their family (see, Don Trip’s “Letter to My Son,” J. Cole’s “Breakdown,” and Drake’s “Look What You’ve Done”), using the mic to aurally write a letter back to [...]
Meek Mill – Faded Too Long
Using Drake’s “The Ride” as a muse, Meek Mill gets some things off of his chest from racist judges to doing the right thing for the kids. DOWNLOAD: Meek Mill – Faded Too Long
