big L with Lord Finesse freestyle Yo! MTV raps

[partyrockasupreme]

THIS is hiphop.

[lwauntv]

Check out L waun mtv freestyle

[youngherbsman]

L was 17 or 18? Fuck he was hard as shit! This guy didnt play around

[MrPowbitch]

What the fuck eli g what I told you

[esbeidygenesis]

Who the fuck would dislike this?

[MerciAye]

there we flow



[MerciAye]

2mins in still nuttin



[lukelibunao]

Wtf that nigga stop lord finesse for man.

[ELEKWENTFOLK]

personally im way more into lord finesse than big l

[assplash15]

The real MTV, not the 16 and pregnant bullshit

[unbornbum]

THIS IS HOW MTV SHOULD STILL BE

[breezwonder]

Hip Hop is Black Music/Culture

[SheLookedLegal]

@breezwonder No. You're wrong.

[breezwonder]

@SheLookedLegal No I'm right! Hip Hop was created by Kool Herc and Africa Bambatta In the South Bronx IN 1972. Hip Hop was all Black before any one else got Involved In it

[SheLookedLegal]

@breezwonder Definitely No. How old are you?

[jointsmokinsamari]

@breezwonder Not even close, Hip Hop was created as an outlet for the poor (which in turn was minorities at the time, but there were poor whites, blacks, latinos, etc). When Herc started the movement, it was primarily to help keep the youth out of gang violence and the other troubles of the era. Hip Hop Culture is UNIVERSAL, it claims no color, politics or bigotry. It's about coexisting. It's power for the people. If you only see in black and white, you still got a lot to learn, man

[breezwonder]

@jointsmokinsamari Not even close. "The Poor" people you are referruing to were Black people bro. I thinkk you are tryingt to call Hip Hop Universal because of the Impact opf It and what its become. But you can never change the foundation. Hip Hop Is a Black movement that we started. NO one never said their are not poor people from other races but It does'nt mean they created Hip Hop, they just have embraced It.

[jointsmokinsamari]

@breezwonder Poor has nothing to do with color "bro". Everything I said went in one ear and right out the other. I'm not going to argue it. The majority was black that started it, but hip hop has never claimed a color EVER. It is like I said, you're only seeing it in black and white, hip hop is bigger than that. It bridges cultures, genres, and people. Your statement is just pure ignorance

[breezwonder]

@jointsmokinsamari I never said poor had anything to do with color. Your argument stated that "poor people" made it and I am said the poor people you are referring to were Black which is our culture

[TerritorialPissings7]

Slider Mos Def (or whatever he calls himself Now) is the best non underground I've heard when it comes to off the cuff freestyling.

Finesse is tight but will bite from some of his other songs. Big L could produce ill freestyle but more was pre-written and Nas as well (same story though pre written and that)

Def just gets into a little flow and he's off.

[earlmccormick88]

@TerritorialPissings7 Thank you. Eminem also used mostly per-writtens in his freestyles. He had pocket written lines to use in battles just in case he was fucking up, but I never let the fact that an artist can't freestyle deter me away. Being able to freestyle just shows how fast your brain can generate rhymes like the video where Mos Def is outside freestyling, smoking a blunt, around a crowd of people. It was simply amazing.

[SupaRude]

lol whats the instrumental

[slider4life]

lord finesse the best off the top freestylers period. who else freestyle off the top with a sick flow

[earlmccormick88]

@slider4life Sir, I applaud you for being a Lord Finesse fan like myself...but you are very wrong. He CANNOT freestyle. This is NOT a freestyle. He spit these bars on the track Lord Finesse - Set It Off Troop. Mos Def freestyles off the top...and is legit...and he is easily, if not, one of the best freestylers. You can find a couple of his freestyles here on youtube. I nominate Mos Def for best off the head freestyler. I'm not trying to stir an argument. I'm a huge Lord Finesse fan

[HardMod67]

I would shit a brick if mtv played ANYTHING remotely like this in 2012.

[magua4]

big L probably killed someone on his way there... hahah

[MonstaMob]

I love this video... damn - I wanna rewind the time back to 88' and live it one more time -til' 98' - and when 98' is over, I don't care what's next, take my ass to hell, bust a whole clip in my ass, I don't care - just let me repeat that amazing decade one more time. :))

[mutedmakequiet]

I don't get why finesse didn't blow up like a mothefucker. like he's some underground artist, he's worked with the greatest and his style is dope as fuck

[HeWuzDedWenIGotThere]

the man with more wild flavas than mutha fuckin now n latas

[TheErs1969]

Lord Finesse destroys it, its too bad Big L had to die RIP Big L

[earlmccormick88]

@TheErs1969 Lord Finesse need to come back and lay some new tracks. He is very skilled. I take him over those Young Money goofballs any day.

[producerprogress]

Lord finesse was an amazing dude. I love it. Yo what up out there. Hit me up at my channel for new beats. Holla

[phenohunter]

are you kidding me? lord is the man!

[no0neiv]

3:00 wtf is going ?

[deathsimm]

Big L is Ok but CANNOT FREESTYLE, Lord Fineness was destroying tons of cats battling he would have killed L

[420International]

@deathsimm mmmm. I've never heard big L freestyle live... BUT!... "OK" Is an understatement. Big L Is Viscious... Dare i say... LEGENDARY?

[luxwutang]

@deathsimm

you sir are an idiot

[RCBeker]

@deathsimm LOL big L can not freestyle, are you sure? hes the best freestyler and rhymer of all time--he could take biggie, tupac n big pun on a battle

[TucksArtist]

@RCBeker tupac can't freestyle

[OzzyTing]

@deathsimm Loooooooooooool

[Mark1988B]

i know Big L is more of a legend and has better albums but i really like Lord Finesse's rapping better. always liked him better

I always used to think Big L had a nerd-voice. yeah, yeah, his lyrics... i know

[Wh0zYorDaddy]

Did you notice lord finesse ''calling'' big l for a verse on 3:11

[Ki3rann]

@Wh0zYorDaddy no i did not ?

[lcovati]

Ditc!

[earlmccormick88]

Without this man, there would be no Big L.

I hate that people mention Big L like Lord Finesse doesn't exist. Lord Finesse lyrics are amazing!

[BNEHipHopMensa]

@earlmccormick88 respect, Big L got his whole style from Finesse...but Big L just took it to another level. Much respect that YOU know this! Most heads dont!

[earlmccormick88]

@BNEHipHopMensa OMG My words exactly. They have the same style but Big L did take it to another level.

[XxFourTwentyxX]

@earlmccormick88 I nearly slapped myself when I stopped listening too lord finesse instrumentals and listened too his style. This man was like the jesus of hip hop. It all started without him, but without him the late 80's and 90's wouldn't of ment shit to me. He made hip hop history, sittin down and listen B.4 you mention Big L, just know this. F i n e s s e is who thought this MC!

[TheGuyThatSpysOnYou]

@earlmccormick88 Finesse made L, and L made Jay-Z.

[BxLxUxExxAxNxGxExL5]

@earlmccormick88 Hell yeah Lord Finesse has some of the sexiest punchlines and metaphors i think i ever heard

[skiesthelimit9]

Finesse would've kept on rhyming if he wasn't stopped

[iAmOker7]

and they all reppin the Raiders. Whats up.

[623koolaid]

"Wanna battle I'm all for it, When it comes to this I've been through more shit than a toilet" "Now it's the dictator whose style's greater, It's the man with more wild flavas than motherfucking Now & Laters, And rappers I hit 'em well They automatically go to heaven fucking with me, I give 'em hell" tell me yu wuddnt shit yur pants if Lord Finesse called yu outt on a battle ?

[623koolaid]

how kud no one like lord finesse's rhymes or tha way he rhymes ? this nigga will have yu thinkin like wtf did he say ? so yu hafta put tha rhymes 2getha 2think about what tha metaphors ment like: "Wanna battle I'm all for it, When it comes to this I've been through more shit than a toilet" "Now it's the dictator whose style's greater, It's the man with more wild flavas than motherfucking Now & Laters, And rappers I hit 'em well They automatically go to heaven fucking with me, I give 'em hell"

[terntablreka]

Lord Finesse was one of the illest, always liked his joints

[RichardDukie]

LMFAO, they act like "lord finesse" is better than big L, i've never even heard of that kid before, this sihit should be centered on big L, and that was so funny at the beginning when the host was like "thats big L over there in the corner grimacing at the camera like he wanna kill something, idunno why" that was hilarious

[alphamale227]

@RichardDukie Lord Finesse was Big L's mentor. At this time everyone did think Lord Finesse was better than Big L, and honestly he probably was, Big L didn't come up with his best rhymes yet. Don't disrespect Finesse, he's somewhat of a legend. Boy you have a lot to learn... The fact that you would call Lord Finesse a "kid" explains it.

[RichardDukie]

@alphamale227 thats you're opinion not mine, but I suppose you're right, at that point in time Lord Finesse was better but at the end of the day Big L > Lord finesse, I wouldn't say he was Big L's mentor. Big L met Lord finesse on a whim at a autograph session for Lord finesse, I believe anyway. I wouldn't say he mentored him. And personally I dont like Lord finesse's rhymes

[graffitiproof]

@RichardDukie you just admitted you've never heard of him before, you did 5 minutes worth of research and now you act like you're an expert on the situation. stop playing yourself. no one cares what you would say, the fact is finesse mentored L and helped him come up, and L has said that and paid his respects to finesse many times. don't talk if you don't know.

[alphamale227]

@graffitiproof THANK YOU... Lol who is this guy?

[tousenx555777]

it was all about yo mtv raps fuck rap city and i wan't even born yet

[nolantrowe]

all up on lord finesse jock...idk why they got big l in the corner hes the bomb shit my neeega!

[KobeWouldBeatJesus]

Everytime I hear this nigga I get pissed. Who shot this nigga? Why he have to die? Of all the Rappers who coulda died they had to shoot this nigga? Yet niggas like Plies and Waka Flacka Flame still walk this earth making CD's.

God Damnit. RIP Big L. Len Bias of the Rap game...

[kingofcotted]

@KobeWouldBeatJesus He was killed over beef. plies and waka flaka still around because their fake like 99% of other rappers out today

[12njessi]

two of the best lyrical fitnesses ever made. I miss this so much :( big l and lord finesse is bes!

[blazed12many]

how many of yall were hoping for big l to kick a verse ?

[drastikjnx]

@blazed12many Big L would have ripped him up! 

[blackoil911]

@drastikjnx

big l feat gunit would be dope

[sweatyshorts]

Sick of whiny, nostalgic comments. OK, we get it: you miss the past. 15 years from now someone will say the early2010s were "the best" or some shit.

[ncsu24fan]

@sweatyshorts Ok, you are officially retarded for saying we'll miss the 2010's.

[RoncaBaixo]

Hip Hop isn´t the same since Big L was killed. The motherfucking retarded dude who killed him, killed Hip-Hop to. If Big-L was alive, most of the rappers like Wayne, Gucci mane, Rick Ross, Pitbull, and others faggets like those..were working at KFC right now.

[ThaGoodOlBoomBap]

golden classic!

rip to the good times!

[LittleCR]

MTV should take some notes and help bring back the hip-hop renaissance, like this freestyle demonstrates, right here.

[kmcroomsfuneralhome]

RIP BIG L ITZ A SHAME THA REAL ALWAYS HAS TO DIE

[PillZtelevision]

Damn...they're wearin some fresh-ass jackets.

[loloeterno1]

i used to have a syndicate jacket just like this one back then!

[B0ULLIE]

Lord Finesse is skilled man but I was

hoping to hear Big L rip that beat a new one.

[QMF100]

Haha this must have been when Big L was just now coming up

[bLunTmAstaa430]

fkng sikkk freeeestyle

wishh L got a chance on that micc id love 2 hear that

[susielayhe]

they probably regretted not letting l get on the mic that day

[cazpa36]

look at big l grimacing at the camera menacingly about to kill something

[C3WISE]

LORD WAS ALWAYS ONE OF THE GREATEST

[PoOpEePaNtZ73]

r.i.p



[eyesmayshine]

i'd love to kill whoever disliked this shit.

[blackworldonline]

@eyesmayshine same here. shit!!

[SuperBrett89]

i cant believe MTV used 2 have things like dis on istead of shit like the hills on nower days bring back mtv raps

[joswc1]

BIG L REST IN PEACE

[octobersorange]

Yo! MTV raps knows how to have a good time.

R.I.P Big L

[ALIENSHADZ]

i was 2 when this was happenin woow ! :O

[alecboi84]

Big L aint spit nothing,stop lying in the titles deceiving brothas

[demonlink10]

@alecboi84 "with Lord Finesse freestyle"

[OldSchoolFlow9423]

dam dis man is dangerous on da mic

[Metallideth34]

finesse reppin the raiders. yeah buddy.

[statenis33]

man ed lover slipped that hammer diss right the fuck in there, didnt he?

[yjakez]

how cute, dre in the background

[3therock3]

what shirt is finesse wearing? ITS ILL

[shaolinkin]

yo, what is the beat in the background???

[hiphopcrisis]

Grew up on this right here.

[nikeu905]

slowed down instrumental of Rakims: Don't sweat the technique...

[realgrifote]

jaajajajja como si se atreve a quitar a lord finesse de su silla !!! cabron

[biggiejadax]

At this time MTV was Music Television, today its called Mainstream Television...

[youngwarriorpopocaca]

@biggiejadax NO! Its Called eMpTyV

[Diabolicnop]

What the fuck, why didn't they let Big L rap?

[rakimkoolgrapwutang]

@Diabolicnop big l was more of an upcomer then. finesse was a lot more respected

[HotnessTV]

Lord Finesse -. One of the reasons Big L was so great. He had a great sparing partner. Somebody to compete friendly with you know.

[TheIntalexMusic]

i heard doctor dre wanted to buy the rights to this show, but mtv would not sell it...bunch of faggs!!

[civicdoc]

@MrBaphomet616 Agreed but it never manifested itself into record sales and this guy is true talent. it's too bad the truly gifted hip hop artists never get the recognition they deserve from the main stream. They only get it from true hip hop heads.

[civicdoc]

i remember when this guy first came out. He's one of the most illest under rated rappers of all time. Lyrically I would rate him in the top 10. It's too bad he never had the production to match his lyrical talents.

[graffitigods]

i wish this dude was still at it

[punkfunk212]

wanted to see big l freestyle

[massshysteria]

what does the syndicate mean on Lord's raider letterman?

[3therock3]

R.I.P Big L

[kabeyz]

ed lover showed big disrespect to homie hammer!!!!lol

[get2thechawpa]

yo L was like 17 he wanted 2 jump in there and kick his shit so bad

[0194D]

3:05

he look like he wants to say "nigga get the fuck off of me"

[rerockking]

follow @38special_TCF

[BillKiernan]

NOT off the top of his head. 

[AhmazingLove1317]

@BillKiernan ur fuckin stupid that wasnt even that tight, it was a freestyle. He goes way harder.

[BillKiernan]

@AhmazingLove1317 i'm stupid? it's from his album, with like 4 words adlibed. i'm guessing you've never even listened to his albums.

[XiuTheFeared]

Damn,  I want FInesse's jacket. So tight.

[jackieblam]

big l didn't even spit smh

[4play38]

BIG L R.I.P

[Nukkisk8]

Damn... MTV passing music...

[Dirtymoney8]

I see lord finesse all the time in my hood in the bronx, he a real cool ass dude! All i can say is this he damn sure ain't broke because it seems like he got a different lexus, bimmer, or benz for everday of the week, real talk!

[AllWorldKaL]

All hail the Lord!! ..half of you niggaz only know about L because of his death. You're nobody till somebody kills you I guess. I bought Big Ls shit the 1st day it came out. It dropped the same day as OBD "Return of the 36 Chambers" I copped both...what a great day in hip hop!!

[Olddirtytiger]

Big L rest in peace

[seldomsceen]

L had that flow tho...he wasn't about all the fame tho..L was a real nigga..I never really been a fan of Lord Finesse, he could rhyme, but idk..we all have our dabs..Big L was ahead of his time

[ahmad312]

@seldomsceen lookup No Gimmicks Remix with KRS One and OC. Tell me what u think Finesse after that song haha

[XiuTheFeared]

@seldomsceen You're insane if you don't think Finesse had that flow. Finesse was Big L's mentor. Without Finesse Big L wouldn't be at the level he was at.

[Uprising771]

finesse ripped it

[Streetskatin1000]

look at big ELL over there look at big ELL

[milhouseloc]

3:02 whats up with that gay shit man

[Tomas1morales]

ohhh wow i thoughy L was gonna freestyle.  but finnese killed it

[xIHarrison]

I Wanna see the commercials too yo !

[tnthomas88]

Big L ain't shook

[tnthomas88]

don't watch me watch tv? oh wait that was juelz

[CRAZYASFUK1]

187 views!

[TheMrgreentoker420]

he could have gone for days if he wasnt stopped lol

[TheUnsung1]

smooth

[omd0]

mah nigga l is a legend BUT o is lord finesse he is mad ill two of the best to ever touch a mic!

[lostfloor]

i watched for L, then went Do' on Finesse

[ImtheCrazyest1]

Thumbs up if u watched for Big L

[authentic718]

lol its funny how hes like "waddup big l" as if hes just some regular dude...little did he know, he was addressing a legend

[rakimkoolgrapwutang]

@authentic718 he wasnt big then lord finesse was a lot more known then

[authentic718]

@rakimkoolgrapwutang yea i know thats why it seems kinda funny now lol

[ValyenFluff]

Big L was 16 here, there is also a video with only Big L on MTV raps .. youtube it

[suaved]

Lord Finesse's rhyme style is so fluid and precise. I don't see how anyone can diss him and say he's "weak." Dude is nice.

[wackness55]

lord finesse killed dat shit

[SoulofRevolk1]

(Big L enters)

"this is the illest kid in the world!" lol

r.i.p Big L one lovee!

[Z32Pimpin]

Wow.....a lot of hugging going on.....

[mesymes1]

Its funny how these young cats ask about dr dre. lol they dont even knowwwwww thumbs up...

[xnmc916x]

is that ed lover ??C'mon Son!

[jemjustice]

WTF big l didn't freestyle?



[ZatoSama]

rip L

[playboyx85]

Btw what is the instrumental Lord Finesse was freestyling on.?

[playboyx85]

Ed Lover clowning on MC hammer. HA 3:28

[EazyE275]

these 2 are both in the list of the GREATEST lyricist ever !!

RESPECT.

[iDontKnowOfficer]

DAM I WAS ONLY 1