You’re off on your take about him not saying anything towards the end. Those lines where he says, “Every time we rock, yo they actin' like it's Mardi Gras 'Til the party stop, skirt off like she made that Ferrari drop Soul Cycle pumpin' that Earth, Wind & Fire “ba-dee-ah” Coolin' 'pon the dock, à la marina, hard body yacht … is one of my favorite parts of the freestyle.

Last bars were nonsense? 🧐🤔🙄😆 not even close… He levitated at that point…🔥👂🏾 You in the residency of the one they call King Dada, Ali Baba, the talented Mr. Trotter Inside of my right palm, the mark of the stigmata Big Poppa, wig chopper, emperor Jaffe Joffer, muhfucka I'm stronger than the coffee out in Kafka All y'all niggas vagina-hot, remind me of Icona Pop I step in the booth, I'm a bull inside a China shop Mollywhoppin', watch another cotton pickin' body drop Every time we rock, yo they actin' like it's Mardi Gras 'Til the party stop, skirt off like she that Ferrari drop Soul Cycle pumpin' that Earth, Wind & Fire ba-di-ah Coolin' 'pon the dock, à la marina, hard body yacht You seen another rapper cleaner, mami? Prob'ly not

Damn, Shaq caught that stray outta nowhere lmao

This freestyle alone puts him into alien status when it comes to emcees! One of the greatest verses of all time easily.

Black Thought has always been a top 5-10 MC for me.

That wasnt no freestyle it was a history lesson bebe 🙌🏾🙌🏾

Not many ppl are actually going on these shows freestyling. Originally freestyle didn't mean coming off the top. It just meant that your rap was free of a specific topic. But when I was out rapping I had up to 5 verses or more that that I called "free verses" that I wasn't doing anything with but if anyone would ask me to rap I would rap one or two of these free verses that I had ready to go at a moments notice. What Black Thought is doing is remarkable. He is actually piecing rhymes that he has together. He's just pulling them from his head and placing them where they fit. With a mix of bits of freestyle. A piece o a rhyme here and there. This is a master at work. Say a verse. Then pull another verse real quick and not miss a beat. Crazy!

Black Thought is always phenomenal. Every single time he touches the mic, it turns to gold

Black Thought is an all time great no one notices because he's quiet and part of a group with a TV gig.

Top freestyle of the century nobody topping that 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Real hip-hop!! This shit should be studied in universities. ✌️

So glad you went back for the Henrietta bar. For a split second, I thought it passed you. Another great reaction. Have a great day

Black Thought's one of da illest em cees in the game 😎

I know you were talking in the moment. But Black Thought shows the difference between what a rapper is and what a MC is. There is a difference.

Shout out to Black Thought ✊💐

I'm from NY, and Philly is where I knew "jawn" from.

What Flex said at the end was, most rappers come up there and do it over and over until they get it right. But Flex like MCs of the 80s-90s came prepared. That's what Flex saying about rappers doing so many takes before they allow it to go to air. Not manageed and prepped. To go live and 50 city concerts. That's why old school concert are still the number 1 attractions

this freestyle never gets old. top tier, one of the best if not the best... i know his freestyles are up there with locksmith imo

This is one of the real ones, let's go

glad you followed up on Henrietta Lacks....'we're like Henrietta Lacks up in the cells', as in people from his community are in jail/prison cells perpetually, like her cells are immortal...but also, researchers had her cells frozen/trapped and used to advance cancer research without her/her estate's consent...

"PhilaDELFWISH" seems to be an exert from that 80's action movie sequel, 'Death Wish' that featured Charles Bronson. Black Thought is a genius!!

Glad you finally got to see this masterpiece

Damn, shots fired at No Life Shaq. 😂 Leave him alone lol, he is a good dude

He just spit verbals with ideas he had prior. So it’s a freestyle of language and perfection in what HipHop is

Black Thought tha ill syllabus out tha Fifth.

On the list of the best ever caught "on tape" imo

Lmao your face at the end had me in tears 😭😅😂😂 he was doing WAYYY TOO MUCH!

DAMN the shots against NoLifeShaq 👀 and isn't the red black and green flag the panafrican flag? i thought i've seen it in connection with marcus garvey but i could be wrong

Black Thought, member of The Roots, Philly through and through!

I'm 42. I've been seeing live music since I was 14... I think I've seen the Roots about 15-18 times, and I can say without a doubt, Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter is the best lyricist/live performer on planet Earth. If you ever get a chance to see the Roots live, do yourself a favor and don't miss it.

Black Thought = G.O.A.T

He was legendary long before this. Bro been spitting fire since the 80s, and its only gotten hotter.

Great Reaction.... I am surprised you didn't catch the >>> "I'm a Free Man Like Morgan (Morgan Freeman reference) which is also linked to the "Sum of All Fears" (movie reference). But I understand..With every listen you will catch something new.... Again.. Great Reaction..

Jawn originated in Philly no other city says it if they do its from us

All Black Thought everything. This is the exact content im here for

I've never heard the Henrietta Lacks story before, I've listened to this freestyle many many times and that's always gone over my head. Thanks for sharing your knowledge about it. If you're looking for more "freestyle" suggestions I'd love to see you react to King Los on LA Leakers (2019) and Mysonne on Funk Flex (both times, first is by himself and the second time was with Fat Joe)

Black Thought is dropping BARS!!!! I love this freestyle. He is dropping BARS all the way through!!! The Best Freestyle

Jawn is a philly word that spread elsewhere.

The end was nonsense? Shots at no life Shaq and Obama? Some bizarre quotes on this one 🤔

You’re the first to actually over stand everything….it’s refreshing. You taught me a few things 🙏🏾

The cells reference is also a double: biological cells/ jail cells.

A human shouldn't be able to do this. Freestyle or not fukn hell

Changed your tune about eight minutes in. He the best ever

"Keep outta the hood, circumsized". Every one in reaction videos go crazy over that line.

Jawn was started in Philly.

Kendrick Lamar - "Opposites Attract" 🙏 💯

Nah man go over that end again if you think he wasn’t sayin anything

Buzz Bissinger wrote Friday Night Lights.

😂❤you got one of the best reactions to this freestyles, you face reactions and break down on bars was great. At first I thought the Henrietta lacks was going to get past you but you caught it and went all in. Salute to you, I enjoyed your reaction to this! 👏👏👏

Black Thought is one of my fav MC

The hardest bar is about Henrietta Lacks. Double meaning "like Henry Lacks up in the cells" meaning jail cell and Henrietta Lacks cells a black women who's cell are still used today in cancer research. Henrietta Lacks (born Loretta Pleasant; August 1, 1920 - October 4, 1951)[1] was an African-American woman[4] whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line[A] and one of the most important cell lines in medical research. An immortalized cell line reproduces indefinitely under specific

My man the word Jawn is philly’s. Nobody else’s

Ka - I notice, one of the best lyricists of all time

No Life Shaq Shots 😂

Elite tier artists! He needs more out

South Philly finest

How can you completely destroy the fun out of this masterpiece??!! He’s clearly running out of bars???? Then he proceeds with like 20 more 🔥🔥 bars!! And you have the nerve 2 come at someone else’s channel??

Whoa, whoa, not too much on No Life Shaq lmao

“Jawn” is Philly slang

Listened to ever reaction to this freestyle I can find... this is without a doubt one of - if not the - best. Thank you!

Talking to you from 17th and Diamond, N. Philly, 1970s. Jawn is a Philly word. I'm 62 and that was my father's word.

Black the celestial being has No equal. You need self knowledge to really catch all the bars

Bro shouted Chase Infinite, how did i never catch that!!

Rakim is my #1 of all time. But if I'm being real.... Thought surpassed him with the pen a while ago. And I'll bet Ra would be the first to tell you that. But I always put the pioneer first. Standing on the shoulders of giants. But the apprentice surpassing the master IS the formula.

The Henrietta line is a double entendre for black people always being in prison.

Drake 8 am in Charlotte

Im still with you, my guy! I seen your video on your main channel. Keep doing what you're doing and stay blessed my brother!

Philly is where jawn originated

The truth is that “HiHop” itself and the audience that call themselves followers of this genre of music need to begin a renaissance of sorts. I would even dare to say that as the beautiful Black People that created this art form. We need to take it back from the trillion dollar music industry. I’m that passionate because without listening to the real hip hop I grew up with I literally would not be the man I am today. Knowledge certainly is power. ✊🏿

One of my favorite things on the internet is people discovering this for the first time. It's maybe the greatest rapped verse ever. I'm not exaggerating. It's funny because your reaction to that Henrietta Lacks line was exactly mine like hold up.

You clearly don't know nothing about BARS or Philly. DMV says Joint. Jawn is a Philadelphia word. FACTS

Flex said at the end was that rappers come up there and can't get through a bar live without efing up. So they pre record, And have to do it over and over (That's why he said 50 takes) Again. Black Thought came up jumped right on The Mic without any lead-ins, Live. but he did pick The track to Rhyme on, "The Learning" Mobb Deep.

MAYBE Philly? JAWN IS PHILLY. Those other places say something different & if they are saying jawn, they're biting our lingo. Seriously though I almost dropped my phone when you mentioned Philly last & added insult to injury by saying you didn't know Philly said it. EVERYBODY except for you knows that jawn is Philly all day & everyday. EVERYBODY 😤. Now back to the reaction 😑.

Yeah they say “jawn” now, according to my 25 y o brother🤷‍♂️🤣

Jawn is Philly

Check out Daylyts funk flex freestyle, it's the best freestyle ever imo

I heard Jane in Philly back in 2004. It could be a lighter, bar, club, car pretty much anything.

You come across as a secret hater dude

20:30 your smile made my day not gonna lie

Black Thought is no joke. He's easily a top 20 rapper. With that said, have you ever looked into Ace Hood? He's highly underrated, and I'm sure you'd appreciate him.

God tier.

no he isnt talking about the group, the firm. he said behind it, the flags need soil.

Her name was Henrietta Lacks is her name.

Ooh 😲 No Life Shaq caught a stray lol😂

Jawn is a philly word, dmv stole that from us lol

THAT KING JAFFE JOFFEY BAR WENT OVER YOUR HEAD IM SUPRISE U DIDN'T CATCH THAT

Freestyle isn’t the same as “off the dome” a freestyle is just a free form verse not necessarily on a song Off the top is off the top and not written. This has been explained so many times. I’m so sick of people not understanding

I know you like rappers with this vocabulaire, check out another Locksmith Freestyle then.

Jawn is a Philly slang word not dmv. Specific to Philly and the surrounding areas

He’s out of bars . Then he said… panthimine:😂😂😂😂😂

This is top tier, please react to Black thought and El Michael's affair - The Weather

This is the greatest freestyle ever I only understand 50% of it

Thank you for acknowledging the fact it is not "freestyle" That said, amazing performance! Appreciate the tune for what it is.

Nas, Black Thought, Prodigy, Q Tip, and Big gotta be my top 5

He's my number one.

Can you please react to Royce Da 5'9 L.A. Leaders freestyle. Truly amazing

Great reaction sir... subscribed!

Yes, her family just recently received a settlement from Johns Hopkins

This is freestyle. Its not what they call "off the dome

I'm a massive fan of reactors like yourself, MrLBoyd. I also enjoy Knox Hill, Crypt, and No Life Shaq. It's great to have such a variety of reactors with various styles.