Exclusive Gift of Gab (Blackalicious) Freestyle

[101bensmith]

Gift.of.Gab is one of the emcees that

put down a ton of science in a book

thats out, preserving the art...entitled ..

H :;'O ..W'' ...:::..T.O. ;:..:..R'..A.::.P..

insanely dope

boook, well worth a read...

[gdwhat]

He needs Biz Markie freestylin' a beat in the background. I would die. Huuh Pruuuuffft ahhhonetwo...

[Gunbarrelguru]

Gift of Gab never kicked a whack word

[SylvanaForrester]

I would love to have dinner with him. Just sit across a table from him and talk for a long time. Maybe some hookah afterwards. He just seems like a great person, super-talented, striving for self awareness. So good for hip hop and the culture.

[DemzLABK]

LIL WAYNE CANT DO THIS DRAKE NEITHER FUCKTH MAINSTREAM

[gdwhat]

@DemzLABK Add about 43 other names to that list and we're almost there...lol

[TheB0HICA]

He does own battles <3 I LOVE Alphabet Aerobics and Chemical Calisthenics

[gdwhat]

@TheB0HICA Yeah who needs to battle someone else when you can just batlle yourself? He's already one of the top in the game, who else does he have to beat in a battle other than himself to prove he knows what time it is? It's like Mix Master Mike says sometimes in interviews, sometimes when you're out there it's LIKE a 1992 DJ battle, you're just Battling yourself out there, trying to top what you just did 6 minutes ago. Why not? The best have to keep elevating their style somehow. haha

[crowecanada]

that was fucking incredible

[godman5]

chuck steaks thesaurus basicly anyone top tier grindtime wud murder him fuck id murder him

[dnbjedi]

mc conrad and DRS could give him a good fight

[TAKENSPAZ]

Hopsin would fuck him!

[omzdog]

@TAKENSPAZ Hopsin doesn't do freestyle like that

[TAKENSPAZ]

sucks shit!

[fudsickle]

hes fat



[FlareTheUncalled777]

@fudsickle Not only is he fat, his vocab, his skills, his mindset and his rap is fat, fat with Badassery

[jbotos1]

best most mellifluous sonorous rapid rapper/freestyler/battler of all time was Eyedea RIP you are dearly missed....why won't eminem die? seems the axiom proves itself 'only the good die young' suppose those manufactured performer fake studio dre. babies will persist eternally; Fame is not talent, you've never seen him battle in reality have ya, kid is a joke and a marketing gimmick sorry to inform ya 8-mile was not a documentary, Gift is also a REAL MC not a character! keep it us NIA is sick!

[youngwikid1ne]

HELL YEH!!!!!!!!!!!

pleeeaassee check me out bro...im tryin to come up....we can collab!!!



[ProductiveBeats]

He's a poet, not a rapper.

[losdachoppaholikk]

Notice he didn't say, "Bitch, Nigga" or "Shootin' some type of gat".

If everybody tried to be like this guy, There would be no wack rap

take notes!

[digflo]

If you are feelin this, you will love akua naru's new album "The Journey Aflame." pure dopeness. Real Hip Hop, yall.

[RudeboyUT]

and that my friends is the art of rhyming

[PUROBROWN818]

ooh wee...if the microphone could speak, it would be speechless

[skateandcreate1234]

this is real hip hop to the fullest i want lil wayne to go to a gift of gab concert, he would probably piss his $300 jeans then go and accidently shoot himself in the fucking head, FUCK mainstream music if you want to poison your mind then listen to that crap but if you want to enhance your thinking process listen to real music.

[sage333obama]

@skateandcreate1234 hahaha

[jmikes1derboy]

Gab and del the funkee homosapien should an album together...their flows just competely compliment each other and i think it would make a great album. also let dangermouse produce it because anything he touches turns to gold.

[brandonbeyer]

@jmikes1derboy Fuck yeah I'm gonna make this happen

[nickodemus84]

@jmikes1derboy I just came my pants at that idea.

[BoBtheparrot7]

AESOP ROCK + GIFT OF GAB

Could possibly be the best album EVER....

[BoBtheparrot7]

GIFT OF GAB= CRAMMIN' IT IN LIKE A SANDWICH

[rykertcowpeople]

@FreestyleFletcher I remember youre the one who hates on all MF DOOMS videos. Get out

[letskillyoko]

i like how he uses not having a beat to his advantage by changing the tempo

[GorillaMicLA]

Subscribe to GorillaMicLA for hip-hop cyphers from young talent in the LA area. Show some love and support Gorilla Mic. Peace.

[Wordtoyamom]

Gift of Gab!

[chipowskip]

That is real freestyle. on the spot! Cali has the best MC's. no question.

[wassamatu]

id love to see gab and del the funky homosapian battle it out lyrically man thatd jus make dreams come true right there hahaha

[Staip83]

:OOOOOOOOOOO

[OwnerElmo]

this guy is the definition of "unfake mainstream rapping", (i.e 50 cent, kayne west)

he is true to his words and he knows what his is bloody talking about, not just blabbing on about girls, cars, clothes and how much money he has.

we need more rappers on the big stage that have brains like blackalicious!

[Common211]

now thats freestlying, nuk the premeditated shit

[abcrane]

he's rap battlin' the cosmos!

[KeeperLRG]

I would love to see him in a rap battle

[BlackIzak]

Unstoppable.

[label1177]

HOLY SHIT. He didnt sware or use the N word once. What a talented guy

[Raneygirl1]

Omg can't get enough of Gift of Gab. Anyone know what gift of gab actually means? To have the gift of gab means to have the ability to talk anybody into anything. He talks me into lovin his rhymes even without askin me to.

[LetTheBeatFlow]

@Raneygirl1 gift of gab is literally freestyling fast random grammer

[tftmc]

One of the best Emcees on the planet right there. Gab and Xcel make a hell of a team.

And I'm a NY cat

[iLO80]

@tftmc 'and im a NY cat'

That shouldn't matter? What you only listen to NY emcees? GofG is one of those emcees you can't put a coastal label on. I certainly don't compare Snoop to Chali 2na. No way. Yeah they're both from the West but you that is apples and oranges. People wanna associate gangster rap (west) with traditional hip-hop just to make it a regional thing but the truth is....there are some emcees that you have no idea where they belong because of their universal style. HipHop.

[tftmc]

@iLO80 I agree with you man 100%, but I can't avoid the fact that a lot of people think City, Region like East, West or South. So if I can get my point across better by saying I'm in NY, so be it. I can't change their thinking pattern, but I know that the East-West BS is just a media invention that sold magazines & CDs.

Brethren, "Emceeing, Beats, Art and Dance. The Hip Hop way of life & it's anywhere you want it to be." That's what the person who brought hip-hop into my life said. RIP -Meta-

[tftmc]

@iLO80 And By "It's anywhere you want it to be" he didn't mean necessarily any state or city. He meant anywhere in life, if you're broke, Grab a pen and paper & you got Hip Hop. If you're in the plains of TX or on 169th in Jamaica, black, white, purple or green. You can create rap & think in the Hip-Hop mindstate

He talked about it like it was a religion formed back in the 80s and early 90s. Not on MTV but in the streets

With that East-West(-South) shit, what can I do? But show love for all

[40oztahfreedom]

gift of gab is da best!!!

[TransverseWaves]

I love gift of gab, and blackalicious, but 'acapella' freestyling is proof that an emcee is only a fast poet with out his beats. You don't get the same feeling from a flow you do from a flow and a dope beat

[durs117]

Gift Of Gab is sick on this one !!! Totally crazy,

but the interviewer is WACK haha

[shadowh4ck]

mos is ill but i dunno if he would destroy gift.. gift is .. uhh. nasty as fuck

[DJLiftOne]

freestyling is hard imo. i think gob did great

[imnotthatshort]

tbh that wasnt good, maybe another freestyle?

[TheBlackBirdShow]

Mos would destroy Gift in a cypher

[tsdcX]

Mad wrong.

[Yoman1634]

@tsdcX so is your life.

[LuCaRiOfan94]

I'd like to see Gift of Gab vs Mos Def freestyle battle

[FASDAGG]

Mos is fucking dope, but Gab would rip him.

[zzzzombie1914]

great

[grange169]

That's real MC'ing ladies and gentlemen.

[conceptual0theorist]

that is real cming ladies and gentleman mc ing even gentlement. smartass. who me what?

[galept]

Check out his freestyle with Tom Green. Yes, I mean Tom Green.  It's not his best but it's its fun and he throws it down with a buddy which is always cool.

[Zmw192]

Gift the gab is hella good his shit with tom green was really dope

[dr764]

siiiiick

[chevy33191]

this is y the mainstream will never touch the underground. HipHop lives in the underground

[Dapker111]

and in the hearts of fanatics

[Saenaralol]

fuckin amazin' love this mc man

[PooterTime420]

Thats Pretty good for an acapella freestyle

[thomasdashed]

not his best but he has some good lines

[spankyyyyyyyyyy]

this is sick. i can understand it it rhyms and its at the perfect speed to listen too i think gift of gab if fucking tight... if he was raised in the hood or the ghetto are like pushed weight then he could have a more hardcore style kinda like biggie

[desbiens14]

that was really good considering he rhymes...and in this case freestyles really fast..but not the best there is though

[drjones087]

He sticks to the rhyme too much, it actually hurt the overall freestyle.

Also check out some the '99 scribble jam vids if you want to see some fast freestyles (eyedea and p.e.a.c.e. mainly).

[piranha55x]

haha peace freaked out in the final round that was hilarious

[chevy33191]

speed isnt everything. its about what your freestyle contains and how you present it.

[drjones087]

Speed isn't everything, but in the comment I responded to the poster implied this was fast freestyle. It was not. I also supplied other criticism of Gab's freestyle in the same comment...maybe you missed that part?

[taylormauck]

That is legit

[slamminhole69]

it was meh....but i still love gift of gab!

[nasty1k3]

was good.. but not "impressive"

however i respect all material when its live off the dome, so kudos to you

[dkaroun]

best freestyler there is

[SwampMutant]

his problem is he's going to fast and running out of breath, you should try going slower and he'd be even a little better

[jaytonbye]

Speed has nothing to do with breathe control. He'd be more coherent if he slowed down, but it's a give and take, speed sounds good.

Gift of gab is SICK.

Peace

[calbaker]

no wonder hes rapin bout food ... fat bastard

[noobie64]

He is 3 verses ahead in his mind of what his mouth is spittin'.

Amazing.

[calbaker]

get a grip hes shit

[jaytonbye]

No he's not, he's totally in the moment.

[Freeourmind]

WHEN I SHOOT THE GIFT I SHOOT!

[josephmfg]

dude

he gets down so hard

i love it how he changes tempo

and dosent use stupid words

he would rape in a battle

[ViceJam]

@josephmfg You're so right when you say that he uses real words! That's why like @grange169 says "That's real MC'ing, you MC with real words! haha

[qwooshbag]

whoa wtf soccerkid420 im fuckin suscribed to you haha

[soccerkid420]

Fuckin mad crazyness right there!

Gift of Gab..... YOU ARE THE SHIT!

[soccerkid420]

gift of gab all the way

[Shroctopus]

haha the divine lyrics ;)

[drinmaster]

he's fucking dope he trips people cause they don't come with their minds prepared to handle something so different.

[valalupe1]

gift of gab is awesome..

Now you try freestyling like that lets see i freestyle and i choke sometimes i go so far in one direction that i can't turn back onmy words you know what i mean...

[hydoken123]

that means you need more practice

[ESCOXTC]

this dude is mad corny.

[northtownkingpin]

dont hate that shit was dope give it up !!!!

[ad1000z]

probably one of the most underrated lyricists of our time.

[Nintendee]

Learn english.

[MysticKoolaid]

Eat dick.

[bleezy17]

ya but not every freestyle is gonna be sick, gab is one of the best.

look up freestyle 101.

[corporatetool]

bettr writer than rapper, but that shit was tight

[ganstaaaaaa]

he thinks hes pretty good

[mcko13]

u stink

[BiGDras]

dog this is an ill freestyle...this is the art of freestyling..not what these other rappers do..this is strictly off the top

[r3mi012]

he spat some shit from his songs,

but that was tite!

[errorn]

hey look at this stupid faggot who has no idea what he's talking about

[T3HTRuTH]

i don't think he did.....but even if he did usually things that come up in freestyles go onto the artist's songs Lupe Fiasco does it in a couple of his freestyles

[Deazel57]

Haha yeah sorry Gift but that was a whack freestyle..seent em in concert though..sick as fock.

[niggatronix]

wack ass freestyle but gab is definately an incredible writer

[shinooijuana]

yeeea that was sick!

[defuse73]

Undisputed heavyweight lyrical southpaw.

[clotus]

He can go on forever great I love Blackalicious.

[atlscribe]

this freestyle is wack....but he is definately a good writer.

[danchinoxl1]

straight up and down

[plisb]

a little lol popped out of my mouth

If u're from sweden and for some reason are named "Laki", that becomes quite funny.

Apart from that posting-spam, gift of gab is the shit

[ArtGarfunkelfan1]

This guy is great!

[heavydeathmetalwaits]

That's from Blackalicious' "Alphabetic Aerobics", which Gift of Gab is in. Only true fans would understand, ya knowwww.

[bfish420]

i didnt hear any part of that from aa, but thats just me. plus im fuckin blazed right now.

[heavydeathmetalwaits]

Imitators idolize, this guy intimidates.

[dabigkid]

"heavydeathmetalwaits" <-- Oh, I see.

[aneeley]

this man knows how to freestyle.

[Mcgooey]

If that's off the dome then he the best I heard off the dome yet.

[plexus]

this is definatly 'off the dome'