Video: Jay-Z – Grammy Family Freestyle (from 2006)
I been crushing the building since Izod socks
I’m so independent shit I might buy Koch
I might not stop, places to cop
76 floors you could call me the Doc…
I live on top of the Trump, I trumped Donald
It’s a Beautiful Day, I’m the new Bono
Smoking Cubanos, doing donuts in the leer
I’m no zero, though I throw up smoke zeros in the air
I have never seen these videos in my life. I always asked if there was ever any footage of this, but was led to assume that Hot 97 was too archaic for it. Props to Big Dennis though. This was the night Jay went up to Hot 97 to promote Kingdom Come and ended up talking to Flex about a slew of topics (like, Jimmy for example – and coined the expression “we need a board!”) This was also one of the first times I helped out at Nah Right (that’s 2006! catch up Nahggers!!)
If you listen to the interview (the link might be dead now,) Jay discusses the downloading generation and the kids getting music “however they get it.” Although he said it quite confidently, and might even seem like a leak afficionado in this recent video, I wonder if he really had a clue. Hell, the zSHARE links to the freestyle & full interview links lasted maybe 3 years until zSHARE cleaned up house.
Since he didn’t freestyle on Flex’s show tonight this is a pleasant surprise. Props to KLEP ONE for sending me this. You already know what’s after the jump. Yup!
I know the “Corporate Takeover” portion of it came out as a song on a Green Lantern mixtape, but whoever is in posession of “Most Kings” (the first part of the freestyle) or even a remix of it (Green?) needs to come up off that. For hip hop’s sake.
September 9th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
Tong Po Flo > Jay-Z……in terms of wearing all black everything
September 9th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
MAJOR UPS FOR THIS SHIT!
September 9th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
You only coin an expression if it becomes commonly used after said coining.
Great find though!
September 9th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
probably the most overrated freestyle ever
September 9th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
My World is the best track on MOTM
September 9th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
Hova is on Letterman tonight..Not performing, he is the guest.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
Top 5:
1. Big L
2. Big Pun
3. Biggie
4. 2Pac
5. Jay-Z
Honourable mentions:
Raekwon
Ghostface
Common
Rakim
AZ
Nas
September 9th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
I swear I just saw Skyzoo in a box at Yankee Stadium during Jeter’s last at bat.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
I got sum cash in my palms, i call it hand C.R.E.A.M. ( C ) DRIZZY DRAKE
September 9th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
Danielson a.k.a. My Blog Game Proper™ Says:
September 9th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
Top 5:
1. Big L
2. Big Pun
3. Biggie
4. 2Pac
5. Jay-Z
Honourable mentions:
Raekwon
Ghostface
Common
Rakim
AZ
Nas
^^^^^
Nas > Pac
Pac isnt even in my Top 25
September 9th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
Allen Iverson to the Memphis Grizzlies. He will stunt/stop the growth of Rudy Gay and OJ Mayo.
Like he stunt/stop the growth of Melo and JR Smith in Denver.
It wasn’t AI’s fault in Philly, It wasn’t AI’s fauly in Denver and It wasn’t AI’s fault in Detroit.
And I know for sure that it won’t be his fault in Memphis, because that team is garbage, the worst team in the NBA.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
# blaze22 Says:
September 9th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
Hova is on Letterman tonight..Not performing, he is the guest.
^ ^
Jay is a good talk show guest.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
If u listen to twitter 16 charles hamiltons manager tells him he needs to get beat up by sum 1 to be famous, then later on in a song he confirms it was a publicity stunt
September 9th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
1. Big L
2. Big Pun
3. Biggie
4. 2Pac
5. Jay-Z
^
no sign
but this list says just about all that needs to be said about Jigga.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
*Listens*
*Tosses BP3 in the garbage*
September 9th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
A.I.s career is over he should’ve went to the
knicks- He can get the team 2 the playoffs, then wait for Lebron next season
clippers- He couldve been F’ing people up with Baron and Blake
warriors- it wouldve been cool
If grizzles got rubio this mightve been big
September 9th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
Hova is on Letterman tonight..Not performing, he is the guest.
^ yawn, Letterman should have Drake on at least his cornballness is entertaining
September 9th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
i swear, whenever i hear Cudi i picture Shia Lebeouf in the booth… i think its because of that Transformers trailer shit he did.
either way, this MOTM album solidified me not being a fan of dude. i never really cared for him but i thought i’d peep his album out anyways to see if he had something to change my mind… nah.
some cool songs on there i guess, but dude just sounds horrible. i’d pick up an instrumental album and zone out to that though. beats sound like some shit you’d listen to just floating out in space lol
September 9th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
probably the most overrated freestyle ever
^^
you lost.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
need those freestyles…(huh songs)..most kings/corporatetakeover/etc
go green lantern.. Most Kings!!!
ps:
NAS
BIGGIE
BIG L
PUN
JAY
RA
KANE
GRAP
KRS
FACE
CUBE
PAC
September 9th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
1. Rakim
2. Pac
3. NaS
4. Common
5. Mos Def
^ These are the cats I grow up listening too
September 9th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
Lelan Says:
September 9th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
If u listen to twitter 16 charles hamiltons manager tells him he needs to get beat up by sum 1 to be famous, then later on in a song he confirms it was a publicity stunt
^^^
i’m happy that dude has been on the low for a minute… cant stand ‘em.
i’m sure he took a cue from people expressing their annoyance and Speed Dashed through a wall somewhere.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
jay,nas,big,pac,ra. pac,bigl,kane round it out. fuck wit it. blueprint3 is official fuck what ya heard. rae’s album is like classic status. besides that what album is really fucking with bp3
September 9th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
[...] classic…props to nahright [...]
September 9th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
besides that what album is really fucking with bp3
^ Attention Deficit??
September 9th, 2009 at 10:22 pm
# Tong Po Flo Says:
September 9th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
besides that what album is really fucking with bp3
^ Attention Deficit??
^
I’m a Wale stan and I don’t believe that.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
one of many nights Flex lost his virginity to Hov
September 9th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
# Tong Po Flo Says:
September 9th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
besides that what album is really fucking with bp3
^ Attention Deficit??
^^^^^^^^^^^
in 2009…
DTR
Blackout 2
Relapse
SH
Cuban Linx 2
Last Kiss
Ecstatic
shall i continue?
September 9th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
PHENOMENON Says:
September 9th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
# blaze22 Says:
September 9th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
Hova is on Letterman tonight..Not performing, he is the guest.
^ ^
Jay is a good talk show guest.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
thank you cause u know im a stand. i guess i will miss sienfield tonight
September 9th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
I like listening to eclectic music from time to time, but Cudi’s lp is almost totally devoid of any real displays of talent, that would counterbalance its eccentrism… It’s just amateurish, cosmic gibberish…
September 9th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
thats one of the illest freestyles. One of my personal fav. from jay. Its fuckin wit that 9/11 freestyle. bootleggers bombin…
September 9th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Any audio from the interview tonight? I just missed it
September 9th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
NovemberEnd aka What Do You Mean Teenager What Age Are We Talking About Says:
September 9th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
# Tong Po Flo Says:
September 9th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
besides that what album is really fucking with bp3
^ Attention Deficit??
^^^^^^^^^^^
in 2009…
DTR
Blackout 2
Relapse
SH
Cuban Linx 2
Last Kiss
Ecstatic
shall i continue?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
im not trying to be racial but only a white person would put re;apse on that list.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
i guess i will miss sienfield tonight
^ I still can’t watch that show, bitch ass Kramer ruin that shit fo me
September 9th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
Relapse was a total creative flop… Listening to his first two LPs, and then listening to Relapse, you can barely tell its the same dude… His fall off is startling… And quite fun to watch…
September 9th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
Tong Po Flo Says:
September 9th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
i guess i will miss sienfield tonight
^ I still can’t watch that show, bitch ass Kramer ruin that shit fo me
^^^^^^^^^^
true true true but life is too short for me to let my distain toward him prevent me from laughing. us colored folks need to turn the other cheek like jesus did
September 9th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
Ok Brother Louis Farrakhan…we know you hate white people….people are going to look at Relaspe like they did Kingdom Come
September 9th, 2009 at 10:51 pm
no sir i dont hate white people. last week i gave told this white man the time. but i liked kingdom come, relapse not so much.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
the only song i fucked with on Relapse was ‘Underground’ the rest was forgettable imo.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
im such a jay-z stan tomorrow im going to a resturant that serves quail.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Sleep = Brother Baines
RJ = Elijah Muhammad
September 9th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Relapse was a total creative flop
^
this.
but if he brings that “forever” flow on the next album, watch the fuck out.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
everybody screaming they want the old Hov/But the new improved Hov hit like Albert Pujols
-only line worth mentioning from this freestyle
September 9th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
true true true but life is too short for me to let my distain toward him prevent me from laughing. us colored folks need to turn the other cheek like jesus did
^ I tried George always brings me back (ll) but as soon as I see his face I turn the channel, some things you can’t get over
September 9th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
im such a jay-z stan tomorrow im going to a resturant that serves quail.
^
LOL
September 9th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
everybody screaming they want the old Hov/But the new improved Hov hit like Albert Pujols
-only line worth mentioning from this freestyle
^
You really are a crack baby.
(STANS HARDER FOR THIS FREESTYLE)
(daps Nate for liberation)
September 9th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
# ridalen Says:
September 9th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
probably the most overrated freestyle ever
^^
you lost.
^
this… i swear THESE niggas… i can only PRAY to GOD i get this much success in life… when niggas love to hate me.. yet pay close attention to my moves… and im not even a hov stan its just funny how people hate this dude for ANY reason at all… if you aint a fan then cool.. im not a fan of brittany spears… you think i know anything about that broad?.. nope…
AIMIN FOR THE TOP! FEEL FREE TO HATE ON ME (c) katt williams
September 9th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
“Hov got flow, though he’s no Big and ‘Pac, but he’s close, how I’m supposed to win, they got me fightin’ ghosts”
September 9th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
bp3>>>>>>obama health care reform
September 9th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
“Hov got flow, though he’s no Big and ‘Pac, but he’s close, how I’m supposed to win, they got me fightin’ ghosts”
^ Shoo the fuck ain’t….no shots
September 9th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
# sleep AKA I’M 2 COOL 4 U DUDES 2 RIDICULE Says:
September 9th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
bp3>>>>>>obama health care reform
^
thats funny…
September 9th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
My TOP 10 JAY-Z ALBUMS
(RD, BP, AG, BA, V2, V3, BP3, BP2, DYN, KC)
September 9th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
and Relapse was pretty dope, in my opinion…………I put money on the fact that if Eminem had dropped a more Eminem/Marshall Mathers style LP, people would have said “No, we want him to be Slim Shady and kill shit again”, so that’s what dude did, I swear, Eminem & Jay-Z cannot win in the eyes of the modern rap fan
September 9th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
Coogi Down Says:
September 9th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
“Hov got flow, though he’s no Big and ‘Pac, but he’s close, how I’m supposed to win, they got me fightin’ ghosts”
^^^^^^^^
ofcourse hes not them hes just better
September 9th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
# DavidJuaquin Says:
September 9th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
My TOP 10 JAY-Z ALBUMS
(RD, BP, AG, BA, V2, V3, BP3, BP2, DYN, KC)
^
i see what you did there…
September 9th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
i mean, do people really think those bars typed out are hot? i never got the Jay appeal.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
kingdom come>>>>>>volume 2
September 9th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
@ Remixznflow
easy scrappy…i think the shit is overrated i didnt say it was wack….Hov still aGOAT…..hiphop procrastinators these days…shit if i think something is overrated or wack..im a “HATER”….FOH its my opinion…sorry if im not joining the Hov dick licking fest that is the main stream hiphop community
September 9th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Attention Defecit is going to b the third best album of 09 behind BP3 and OB4CL2…..i’m willing to put whatever on that.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
sb Says:
September 9th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
i mean, do people really think those bars typed out are hot? i never got the Jay appeal.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ol middle age woman mentality
September 9th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
# sb Says:
September 9th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
i mean, do people really think those bars typed out are hot? i never got the Jay appeal.
^
to each his own.. i certainly couldnt do that on the spot or written… i respect everyones talent.. and if i dont like it.. then i dont fuck with em…
September 9th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
TheCo!!inB Says:
September 9th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Attention Defecit is going to b the third best album of 09 behind BP3 and OB4CL2…..i’m willing to put whatever on that.
^^^^^^^
including to exsistence on nah
September 9th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
# NovemberEnd aka What Do You Mean Teenager What Age Are We Talking About Says:
September 9th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
@ Remixznflow
easy scrappy…i think the shit is overrated i didnt say it was wack….Hov still aGOAT…..hiphop procrastinators these days…shit if i think something is overrated or wack..im a “HATER”….FOH its my opinion…sorry if im not joining the Hov dick licking fest that is the main stream hiphop community
^
see? then you get defensive.. my point was if you dont like it.. how come you know so DAMN much?.. i dont listen to artists i dont like.. and i couldnt tell you SHIT about em.. if someone is overrated wouldnt that mean that you dont like em? its really simple.. dont be mad… imo you’re a hater if you dont agree/like/listen to an artist but take the time to pop shots… and i would say that for ANY artist.. not just jay
September 9th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
# sb Says:
September 9th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
i mean, do people really think those bars typed out are hot? i never got the Jay appeal.
^^^^^^^^^^
JayZ 96-01 is probably the greatest Jay era…then agian you can probably say that about every rapper’s first 5 years being their best years….rappers hardly get better when they get older…its rare
September 9th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
[...] longer belongs to you. This is it. The rare video footage. Applaud Big Dennis for the footage and nation for the [...]
September 9th, 2009 at 11:19 pm
arguing with Stanleys causes retardation…sympoms include excessive uses of CAPS and posts that either contredicts itself or makes no sense…if you start to ehibit symtoms Please Call a Doctor
im out ……1……
September 9th, 2009 at 11:19 pm
new 50 single
baby by me feat nyo
http://www.zshare.net/audio/65333138e0fd4ef0/
September 9th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
“niggas’ll tell you that im nice w/the blah, blah, blah.”(c) canibus
good Lord that last post took me back there on so many levels.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
JayZ 96-01 is probably the greatest Jay era…then agian you can probably say that about every rapper’s first 5 years being their best years….rappers hardly get better when they get older…its rare
^ This is truth but some rappers be in benjamin button status, start off extra wack but over time get better and better
September 9th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
is chillin, girls ab that shit with jazmine sullervan gonna be on wale album cause those 3 songs sucks
September 9th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
NovemberEnd aka What Do You Mean Teenager What Age Are We Talking About Says:
September 9th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Sleep = Brother Baines
RJ = Elijah Muhammad
————–
LOL… OK then…
Novmber End = Uncle Ben
Gravity = Aunt Jemima
September 9th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
The only problem people have with Jay is he raps about honesty and what he is dealing with in life. Most people can’t connect with his raps nowadays like they used to. I don’t find this to be a bad thing however.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
Jay-Z can’t win, once the only thing they can compare your albums to are other albums in your catalog, that’s a whole other category…only a select few artists can you say that about….Kanye, Em, Nas, etc.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
either way, this MOTM album solidified me not being a fan of dude. i never really cared for him but i thought i’d peep his album out anyways to see if he had something to change my mind… nah.
———
THIS
September 9th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
i would laugh but i dont know who brother baines is
September 9th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
for the record… i dont hate white people …
one of my favorite commenters is white … (c) Rex Hussla
i hate evil people …
it just so happens that European History has a well documented, inescapably and inherently, evil legacy …
but there are many black devils too… and i hate them even more for being traitors against their own kind …
September 9th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
ATL is holding Jay down 4 real. Damn BP3 sold out already!
They need to go back to shippin platinum like it’s 99′ dammit.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
I just got BP3 this evening and just finished listening to it in it’s entirety.
Is it just me or is BP3 loud?? Nothing is wrong with that at all but. . .
September 10th, 2009 at 12:13 am
the last kiss > BP3
September 10th, 2009 at 1:37 am
real talk… i def don’t think that relapse was his best, but ya think it was wack? For real? I must’ve heard a diff album than ya cuz i am sure that although the voice got annoying at some points his lyricism was still witty and hilarious at points. “I’ll give hannibal lecter a nectarine, sit him in the fucking fruit and vegetable section and gave him a lecture” c’mon… it wasn’t a bad album. and it was definitely better than encore. I think he’s shaking the rust off and by the time relapse 2 comes out all the old fans will be satisfied. His forever verse was ridiculous afterall. and he freestyled like the old em on respect my conglomerate
September 10th, 2009 at 8:40 am
jay went out of his comfort zone … he usually has 14 tracks on an album .and 1 extra if that . 3 tracks were meant to be cut off . take out all the timbo tracks and the swiss . he shoulda never gotten rid of when the money goes , and he had a certified anthem in broklyn we go hard . perfect bonus cut or second track on the album …
relapse wasnt wack at all . infact its his fist real album conceptually . its the album that shoulda come after eminem show . BUT LIKE BP3 it fell short of expectations . Unlike cl2 . fuck im still stuck on 1-11 . smetimes i flip thru it to here a particular verse. or a particular beat . this will sound wierd but the album is 4.5 the UK version is 5 mics to me just cause it has walk wit me on it .
September 10th, 2009 at 8:40 am
jay went out of his comfort zone … he usually has 14 tracks on an album .and 1 extra if that . 3 tracks were meant to be cut off . take out all the timbo tracks and the swiss . he shoulda never gotten rid of when the money goes , and he had a certified anthem in broklyn we go hard . perfect bonus cut or second track on the album …
relapse wasnt wack at all . infact its his fist real album conceptually . its the album that shoulda come after eminem show . BUT LIKE BP3 it fell short of expectations . Unlike cl2 . fuck im still stuck on 1-11 . smetimes i flip thru it to hear a particular verse. or a particular beat . this will sound wierd but the album is 4.5 the UK version is 5 mics to me just cause it has walk wit me on it .
September 10th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
flow for days…
September 10th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Haters enjoy your slow living deaths. Figure it out before it’s too late.
March 18th, 2010 at 6:52 pm
i need a link