I concur

Me as well , but now I think I pretty much know it all , I'm able to kinda rap along with him and I'm proud asf how I've gotten 😊 !

This like when Vince Carter dunked on the world except. Thought the greatest emcee

Nope…its not a freestyle. Freestyle is off the top of the head…this is clearly written. If he was ever put on the spot and given random topics to rap about it would sound nothing like this! If you wanna hear REAL mind blowing freestyles off the top of the head look up Harry Mack!

@@user-qc6wi3dw5x I get it technically speaking it’s not. But at the end of the day for him to do this in like 5 breaths was still amazing!!!!💯

@@user-qc6wi3dw5xfreestyles can be written. Still a freestyle

@@user-qc6wi3dw5x Completely and utterly wrong. This may not be off the dome but it also NOT a “written” freestyle. Black doesn’t write lyrics down; he has an entire library of lyrics stored in his head that he can draw from and spit at will. This shit ain’t unheard of either; Biggie, Jay Elect, Jigga, Kool G, BDK, Wayne, Mos Def, etc can all do this. Quest himself said Black coulda done this for an hour if he wanted to.

@@user-qc6wi3dw5xfreestyle and freestyle off the top are 2 different things,freestyle just means not in song format,off the top means just that

Yeah that was on point

They was top notch for sure. In my opinion was black thought on flexi is this far the best. THUS FAR! Stay tuned if we live long enough black thought might bless us with another one. And think about this out of all these " freestyles on flex la leakers etc. Wich one has multiple people saying it's the best they ever heard?🤨

Ill add this to the list of things I learned from this along with who Henrietta Lacks is, and that slaves were branded with a Flor-Di-Lis in NO.

Stop that

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Nah this the funniest shit I’ve read all year

Top 10??? Try top 1.

Completely and utterly wrong. This may not be off the dome, but it’s NOT a “written” freestyle either. Tariq doesn’t write lyrics down; he has an entire library of lyrics stored in his head that he can draw from and spit at will. It’s not unheard of either; Biggie, Kool G, BDK, Jay Elect, Wayne, Jigga, Mos Def, etc. can all do this. Quest himself said Black coulda done this for an hour if he wanted to. And to compare Harry Mack to BT should be a felony.

@@Mpc333k well of course any rapper could do that…I know hundreds of classic rap verses that are stored in my head that I could spit at anytime…includijg Black Thought verses. Im not saying BT isnt talented, he’s an insane lyricist. But theres dozens of insane lyricists…how many people can do what Harry Mack does? Black Thought is no doubt the better rapper, but Harry Mack is no doubt the better freestyle rapper which is a more rare and mind blowing skill. I hate that the word freestyle has went from one meaning to another without any clarification…theres a big difference

@@user-qc6wi3dw5x Wrong again. Not “any” rapper can do what these dudes did. Read their names again; they’re literally all elite or bonafide legends my guy. You being able to remember someone else’s verses because you listened to their joints or read them off rapgenius isn’t even CLOSE to the same thing as Black Thought conjuring up lyrics from inside his head that he HIMSELF has created without ever writing them down in the first place. Off the dome freestyles were already popular in the mid 80’s all the way to the 90’s. I went to the same high school Busta went to where he/DMX/Jigga/Biggie were known for battle rapping. That shit was always off the dome. Supernatural could pick up a mic and rhyme for hours n hours on end. Big L battled off the dome against other unknown up and comers who would show up with prewrittens and still wax em with personals. Jay walked in the booth with Saigon, heard the beat they were boutta collab on for the first time, created a verse on the spot and spat it in real time in one take without writing it down first, then promptly left. I could go on and on. It’s just y’all youtube aficionados who find that rippity rappity weak ass form of freestyling that Harry is known for impressive for some goofy ass reason. Black Thought is on a whole different level: not only can he create and draw from lyrics inside his head without ever writing them down but he can also mix and match em IN REAL TIME to generate actually meaningful, thought-provoking verses that could rival high form poetry. Harry Mack could NEVER do that even if he had an encyclopedia sitting in front of him. I don’t give a fuck what you hate; freestyles have always been classified as free form spitting; whether it’s off the dome, or prewrittens, or lyrics stored in your head - it doesn’t matter. You could make that distinction, but at the end of the day they’re still all freestyles. Even in other genres, this same form of freestyling carries over. You think Buddy Rich ripping drum solos on the spot was all 100% improv?? No, they were drawn from practice sessions he had performed for days and days on end and had them stored in his memory banks that he would put together live. I can tell you’ve never seen The Roots perform on stage. Tariq been spitting like this over Quest drum solos since he was 19. There’s a reason why he’s considered to be one of the greatest live performers of all time. And he did this shit ad infinitum for all the classics The Roots put out. Comparing Harry to BT is like pitting the karate kid against Thanos. Put sum respeck on the GOAT’s name.

@@user-qc6wi3dw5x Wrong again. Not “any” rapper can do what these dudes did. Read their names again; they’re literally all elite or bonafide legends my guy. You being able to remember someone else’s verses because you listened to their joints or read their lyrics somewhere isn’t even CLOSE to the same thing as Black Thought conjuring up lyrics from inside his head that he HIMSELF has created without ever writing them down in the first place. Off the dome freestyles were already popular in the mid 80’s all the way to the 90’s. I went to the same high school Busta went to where he/DMX/Jigga/Biggie were known for battle rapping. They were always off the dome. Supernatural could pick up a mic and rhyme for hours n hours on end. Big L battled off the dome against other unknown up and comers who would show up with prewrittens and still wax em with personals. Jay walked in the booth with Saigon, heard the beat they were boutta collab on for the first time, created a verse on the spot and spat it in real time in one take without writing it down first, then promptly left. I could go on and on.

Any rapper could do that? Lol, read their names again; they’re not your average spitter my guy. You rapping somebody else’s verses because you listened to their songs or read their lyrics isn’t even close to the same thing as Tariq conjuring up lyrics from inside his head that he himself has created without ever writing them down in the first place.