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A freestyle battle is a contest in which two or more rappers compete or battle each other using improvised lyrics. Each competitor's goal is to " diss " their opponent through clever lyrics. As hip-hop evolved in the early 1980s, MCs gained their fame through live battles with other MCs.
In the book How to Rap, Big Daddy Kane and Myka 9 note that originally a freestyle was a spit on no particular subject – Big Daddy Kane said, "in the '80s, when we said we wrote a freestyle rap, that meant that it was a rhyme that you wrote that was free of style... it's basically a rhyme just bragging about yourself."
She has also developed social projects that use rap as a form of social intervention. [3] [11] In 2018, she and Sara Socas gave workshops for teenagers at risk of social exclusion in high schools in the Community of Madrid. [9] She has also promoted the Cypher School project to promote tolerance through rap, poetry and freestyle in La Parcería ...
Minaj appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on December 20, 2023, and performed a freestyle over the beat of FTCU, "battling" Colbert. [9] A remix of the song entitled "Sleezemix" featuring rappers Travis Scott , Sexyy Red and singer Chris Brown was released on April 19, 2024.
Epic Rap Battles of History (ERB) is a YouTube web series and music project created by Peter "Nice Peter" Shukoff and Lloyd "EpicLLOYD" Ahlquist. The series pits historical and pop culture figures against one another in a rap battle format. The characters portrayed are often determined by suggestions from viewers in the comments sections of the ...
During a sketch for SNL entitled "Kyle vs. Kanye" on February 13, 2016, West engaged in a freestyle rap battle with Mooney. [5] [34] [35] The rap battle started with Mooney freestyling against West, which he replied to by using "I Love Kanye" as a freestyle.
"F64" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. It was released on 19 January 2023 through Asylum and Atlantic Records as a single. Sheeran wrote the song with producer Fred Gibson, alongside rappers Dave and Jae5, and Daniel Benson and Vata Sonzi.
Eyedea is widely known and praised for his battle rap skills. LA Weekly listed his 1999 Scribble Jam battle with P.E.A.C.E from Freestyle Fellowship as one of the greatest rap battles of all time. [14] Despite the aggressive nature of MC battling, his music is often described as thoughtful and philosophical, yet it still provides a live aesthetic.