You know it's real rap when the rapper is louder than the beat

That look in his eyes. He ain’t looking at anything in our reality. He’s watching the words his mind produces. Fucking genius.

"But Im more towards dropping an acapella to chop a fella into mozarella worse than a helicopter propeller" is an earth shattering bar

Rhyming "ambulance" with "they ass ripped out of they pants" is fuckin wild

Eminem set the game on fire. White boys trying to rap at this time was laughable and he stepped in and showed mfs he was not to be played with. To step into a genre controlled by black folks and do what he did has to respected

I have to tell this story about this video. Back in 1998 I went to San Jose California from Houston Texas for a week. While I was there I stopped at a music store. I saw this Sway and Tech in the morning videotape that had a bunch of rappers rapping on it so I bought it. This is something that wouldn't be in Houston. I brought it back and let everybody watch it. I remember fastforwarding over Eminem without ever listening to him. That just shows you how people thought of white rappers back then. My friend Nick Tuskowski asked to borrow it for a night. I let him borrow it and he called me and ask me if I listened to the white dude that was rapping on the tape and I said no, I just fast-forward through him. He said he wasn't giving me the tape back until I watched him. I went over there and watched this performance here and was like "Dog, that shit was crazy" Nick told me "I promise you this dude is going to blow up in a few years" I was like we'll see. Then a year later Hi my name is came out and I remember being with Nick when it came on the radio. He looked at me and smile and said "I told you"

It's... like he raps so clean and sixth sensibly. He's weirdly so knowledgeable with terms and metaphoric experience. He formulates bars way ahead of time in his head before he even says them. It's like a electric current with a rechargeable battery.

So this man can rhyme entire sentences with each other on the spot over and over without stopping, and still have them form a coherent narrative. Not only that, but the fact that he delivers it so smoothly means that he's doing all this faster than he can speak.

Back in this time no one was rappin like this.

Idk how his brain processes these words this fast Damn had no idea this comment had this many likes lmaoo i thought it was only like 10

Got possible placement as a hospital patient. That’s a five syllable rhyme. That’s super difficult to create and making it work with a beat. He did that effortlessly in a freaking freestyle. That’s insane talent

I knew Eminem was something special when I first heard him back in the 90s. What I didn’t fully understand was how smart, clever, and QUICK he really was/is. The creativity of his style is immediately apparent, as well as his unique rhythm, but some of his lines are so smart and offer all kinds of interesting perspective. Like, imagine sitting down and writing some of his better lines…it definitely takes a special kind of mind to do. I’m no expert on hip hop or rap whatsoever, but there’s no denying clever wordplay and smart writing

“Go to bed with a keg wake up with a 40, mix it with alka seltzer and formula 44D” one of the dirtiest bars ever

It was a demo tape that Dre heard,... you title is for views and is incorrect

In his prime he truly was the punchline god. Truly incredible.

Bro Em didn’t even blink. That’s how focused he was

Young Eminem had more imagination and creativity than 99% of all hip hop rappers will ever attain their entire career.

1:19: _"But I'm more toward dropping an acapella to chop a fella to mozzarella worse than a helicopter propeller"_ 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

It’s amazing when you can watch someone enter the zone as seamlessly as Eminem while he’s rapping

I love how you can hear him lock himself into a corner and juust about scrape his way out with "20% chance of living". Like he almost lost it, kept his cool, and navigated out of it like a boss. Also shows its all genuinely freestyle, no cheeky written segments

A style never heard before .. dude a living legend

This is real rap..hands down the best.😈😈😈

I keep coming back to this clip. Unmatched flow, unmatched lyrics. Pure fire.

The second beat is: Wordplay by The X-ecutioners

Fuckinh insane flow.. we all miss this em...

The look in his eyes while he raps is so fascinating

This freestyle alone would kill today's rap 💯💪🏾🔥

Thanks to whoever recorded this dope moment in hip-hop history-

“I’m doin drive byes in tented corvettes on Vietnam war vets “ omg

Do you think any of the people there actually realized what they were witnessing... the last minute of the video is insane.

Those first lines killed me 🤣🤣🤣 he’s a lyrical genius, imagine a life without Eminem! No thanks 🙏❤️

His vocabulary is incredible. The way he rhymes words together is crazy

95 dislikes from a kid named Greg

"You better call the fire department I've hired an arsen to set fire to carpet and burn up your entire apartment"

The second is my all time favourite freestyle. I used to listen to it age 12 breaking it down visualizing it and it sticked. It's was a perfect blueprint for how I wanted to rap and write

He was already with Dre when this happened.

It's so cool that Eminem was making the crowd laugh while freestyling

I love being able to listen to em's freestyles over and over again and seeing new rhymes I haven't seen before every time

I need this Eminem back.

You can hear the inspirations from the greats whilst putting his own style forward, i miss this time in music man it was different

Fake title, lmao.

Proof that Em has been kicking ass since the dawn of time

Eminems style is phenomenal. Allows to spit thousand rhymes and words And he owns it

I can't believe how good this dude rhyms. This is SO long ago, but this feels like this was yesterday. God DAMN!

“Storing their dead bodies in grandmas little basement” Lmfaoo

This is incredible I give this a 10/10

Dr Dre is a genius! !!! He saw Em and it opened a whole new world leaving NWA behind ! a modern rap for a modern world without Dre we don't have Eminem can you imagine how grateful we are to him 😎

Dude i couldnt read a script and say it normally. This dude looks into the abyss and pulls out his own lines then turns it into a full blown story

This man is really too good 😭 he wants to rap so fast and his tongue, and mouth and kind are all on the same pace! No breathe, no warm up, no hick up, nothing. Just smooth bars from beginning to end

Look at his eyes, this man is zoned into a whole new world you aren't ready for🔥

Wow I never saw this footage before!! ❤❤ Amazing!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Awesome stuff big up old Em,what a delivery on that beat lol,pure class.

This is a good example of Ems skills early on but this is not the part that got him noticed by Dre

This is after Dre signed him thats why he mentions Dre's record label aftermath

Thats the thing I feel like people forget - eminem was FUNKY. Like he had a super clean, laidback flow back then. Somewhere along the way he lost that or gave it up. And so people will say ‘you cant bump em tracks in your car’, which is true for anything hes made the last 20 years. But before that, plenty of bangers

i love the freestyles with the kick in the door beat. matches em really well

"I'm as good at keeping promises as nostrdamus" very intelligent bar right there kids

He's freestyling on 92.3 the beat, a major radio station inn LA especially back in the day so he was already signed with Dre.

His eyes. Look at the mind control. His locked in stare is what has made him. All heart

This is the most impressive thing I’ve ever watched… there’s a lot of things I can’t do but wow this is close to the top of that list

Man the early slim shady was nasty, and with time and experience he became even better with his lyrics and timing

this man takes random words that rhyme and creates a story we can all follow, but on a superior level

Still no one is like him… amazing

I wonder if he could even find this old flow within himself again if he wanted. This sound is so iconic everyone would go wild if he tapped into his old flow on a new single.

Em is on an entirely different realm. jesus

“I’m as good at keep a promise as Nostradamus” , that shit clever as fuck how does he even come up with that

His words are like music so satisfying how they are said

“Warlord of Rap” -Eminem

The lyrics t's only fair to warn I was born with a set of horns And metaphors attached to my dang umbilical cord Warlord of rap that'll bash you with a 2 by 4 board And smash into your Honda Accord with a four door Ford But I'm more toward droppin' an acapella To chop a fella to Mozzarella worse than a helicopter propeller Got you locked in a cellar With your skeleton showing Developing anorexia while I'm standing next to ya Eating a full course meal watching you starve to death With an IV in your vein feeding you liquid Darvocet Pumping you full of drugs Pull the plugs on the gunshot victims full of bullet slugs Who were picked up in an ambulance and driven To Receiving with the asses ripped out of they pants And given a less than 20 percent chance of living Have a possible placement as a hospital patient Storing the dead bodies in Grandma's little basement Doctor Kevorkian has arrived To perform an autopsy on you While you scream "I'M STILL ALIVE!" Driving a rusty scalpel in through the top of your scalp And pulling your Adam's apple out through your mouth Better call the fire department I've hired an arson to set fire to carpet And burn up your entire apartment

‘.. but I’m more towards droppin’ an acapella to chap a fella to mozzarella worse than a helicopter propeller’. Well by damn...

I could listen to Em freestyle all day.🔥🤘🏼

How he can freestyle and tell a complete story from beginning to end is insane!!!!

I love how old school and lofi it feels!

Dr Dre & Eminem together in the studio is world destruction.. 👍🔥🔥🔥

I love how he doesn’t even laugh bro he just says “ha ha”

It’s just amazing someone this dope came out in the fuckin 90s man I wish I could’ve seen people’s reaction to him back then

I replayed this 15 times!!!

The reason why he will always be the greatest 💯💪🏼

I've seen this guy before, he was at the Rap Olympics in Detroit. He's got mad talent, I hope he goes far.

This guy's flow is fire I bet he will blow up in a few years

"And I'm as good as keepin' a promise like nostradamus". Goodness MC Em

2020 and still fire

The best thing about this video is when you listen to the first part you think, this is why he is the greatest Hip Hop Lyricist of all time. Then you watch the second part and its god tier.

How he says that many syllables and manages to stay on beat is mind boggling

Now that's freestyles. Wow!

The amount of confidemce he gained after getting,signed was,outrageous! He was just different before

This might be my favorite Eminem video. Perfect combination of clever and playful

Eminem is a great artist and a comedian. Sometimes Em has me dying with laughter.

Those freestyle been on my Em playlist since I can remember. 🔥

"im doin drive bys in tinted corvettes on Vietnam war vets" OH MA GAWD NEVER HEARD SOMETHING LIKE THAT!!!!!

One of the best punch lines i've ever heard !!!

His brain was clearly wired for rhyming. His vocabulary and how he breaks down syllables is the best I’ve ever seen.

Eminem is definitely one of the greatest scrolling threw comments trying find words to his freestyle man is a withflow genius 💯

His rhyming skills are freakin' insane !

Remember this from way back in the day powerful eminem#1

Heard these freestyles when he was on stretch Armstrong and bobbito 89.9FM I used cop 2 120min cassettes and tape the entire show on Thursday nights from 1am to 5am those where some of the best hip hop on the airwaves!!!

Six nine be shittin' his pants hearing this He's just a screaming skittle

Speechless!

man that be some FIRE 🔥🔥🔥

I burst out laughing on the very first line, I'm not mature enough for this