Black Thought – J Dilla Tribute Freestyles
Lifted from the Tony Touch show’s J Dilla tribute audio.
Black Thought – Freestyle Part 1
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Black Thought – Freestyle Part 2 (feat. Q-Tip)
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Black Thought – Freestyle Part 3
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“Tell me I’m in the Top 5, they ain’t never lied…”
Previously: DJ Tony Touch’s J Dilla & Big Pun Tributes
February 10th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
damn nate, you can’t stream these jawns?
February 10th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
Why doesnt Nas use a live band? Lil homie has some shit from Illmatic to Untitled that would sound nice.
World Is Yours
One Love
Hate Me Now
Got Ur Self A
The Flyest
Get Down
I Can
I could go on, Id love to see that.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:58 pm
With the level of success Drake had independently, the features he had coming up with major artists, his clean-cut image, and everything else going on, he could have violently tipped the entire music industry upside-down and revolutionized the concept for others artists, both new and old, to follow, all while owning 100-percent of everything he did and building and owning his business exclusively on his own. Sprite even tapped him for a Super Bowl commercial that featured a song he did under the Interscope umbrella, not his own label.
^
fuuuuuck thaaaaaat. hip hop wack now, every man for themselves.
drake won.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:59 pm
GATTDAAAAMN tariq killed the 3rd freestyle!
February 10th, 2010 at 4:59 pm
btw: Who the fuck cares about all them Exhibit C live performances??
February 10th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
Seriously, who would have thought a Canadian half-Jewish singer-rapper hybrid who grew up in a wealthy neighborhood and played a disabled kid on a Nickelodeon show would get requests for features without an album, all while still being respected by the toughest critics in the hip-hop blogosphere.
^^
Sam Crespo of Atlantic Record said in 2007 that the future of hip hop lies in Canada.
*John Mayer shrug*
February 10th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
thought made a mockery of q-tip. he shouldn’t have even attempted.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
>> damn nate, you can’t stream these jawns?
ok will do
February 10th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
He possessed a unique mix being clean-cut enough to get the corporate brands drooling, while still credible enough in the streets to be respected.
^^
Roffle. What streets are these?
February 10th, 2010 at 5:07 pm
1974-1979 R&B/Funk Bands current hiphop
late 60s psychadelic rock > current hiphop
mid 80s keyboard based R&B (teddy riley-jimmy jam&terry lewis) > current hiphop
early 80s europop (The Police-Depeche Mode) > current hiphop
piano based jazz (Ramsey Lewis-Keith Jarret) > current hiphop
1963 – 1971 Motown > current hiphop
TV > current hiphop
February 10th, 2010 at 5:07 pm
^EDIT
bands > current hiphop
February 10th, 2010 at 5:08 pm
At least Jay Leno acknowledges the fact that he probably should have been styled on for that question.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
black blacked out
February 10th, 2010 at 5:10 pm
when a mediocre nigga like Drake can be in a serious discussion for best MC, you know the game is over…
real rap music finally died… at least it lasted longer than they oriinally predicted, when it was thought to be a passing fad… but for all original intents and purposes, shit is dead …
February 10th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
“i’m that insecticide pesticide genocide/you and the morgue definitely identify!”(c) tariq
damn!
February 10th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
He possessed a unique mix being clean-cut enough to get the corporate brands drooling, while still credible enough in the streets to be respected.
^^
Roffle. What streets are these?
^^^^^^^^^^^
da mean streets of Beverly Hills where white girls run the block. We might as well stop lyin tho, Drake gonna go at least double plat cuz he got white america salivatin. Kinda like Wayne did for Carter 3. “Best I Ever Had” for Drake is equivalent to Waynes “Lollipop”. Got em hooked
February 10th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
sad part is drake could be better.. but whats the point of runnin laps when your competition isnt even on the start line
February 10th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
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February 10th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
He possessed a unique mix being clean-cut enough to get the corporate brands drooling, while still credible enough in the streets to be respected.
^^
Roffle. What streets are these?
^^
i guess he has credibility in the sense that he’s a dude from toronto that did Degrassi high but till is more or less doin his own shit musically without labels tryna to manipulte him like they did with all Mickey Mouse Club kids.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
Drake gonna go at least double plat cuz he got white america salivatin.
———–
Drake IS white America
February 10th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
mid 80s keyboard based R&B (teddy riley-jimmy jam&terry lewis) > current hiphop
early 80s europop (The Police-Depeche Mode) > current hiphop
^ 80′s FTW
February 10th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
@RJ
Exactly what the fuck do you see in Charles Hamilton?I listened to this nigga on the strength of your co-sign and concluded that dude is horrible.He has a shitty flow,a pussy voice,and ??? subject matter.What’s good about him?
February 10th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
*sneak disses*
February 10th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
*daps D Billz,RJ,kev,Eastern,Harlem,etc*
February 10th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
while still credible enough in the streets to be respected.
———–
WTF?… hold up…
what Drake is yall talkin bout?…
i must have missed something here… my bad
February 10th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
# landlord Says:
February 10th, 2010 at 5:10 pm
when a mediocre nigga like Drake can be in a serious discussion for best MC, you know the game is over…
real rap music finally died… at least it lasted longer than they oriinally predicted, when it was thought to be a passing fad… but for all original intents and purposes, shit is dead …
^I agree with this but only on a mainstream level. Anytime somebody like Wiz Khalifa is doing shows for 10′s of thousands to a crowd of white boys with no radio spins, it’s still a viable market.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
i think drake gets respect because he reps what he is a half jewish rich kid…
more rappers should follow suit
February 10th, 2010 at 5:20 pm
*daps the recently rejuvenated Cavs center*
February 10th, 2010 at 5:20 pm
@D Block
Is Green Ghost fucking with Phantom Menace?
February 10th, 2010 at 5:20 pm
LF but….
yo D_Block….
i stan for dilla, thas no surprise. with that said you’ve been tryna make the argument that just blaze>dilla. all i wanna say to that is, when justin passes, no orchestra in the WORLD is gonna cover ‘live ya life’. nor would a music ensemble course be dedicated in his honor at berklee college of music. EVER!
now i may be irrational in my prediction but i don’t see justins talent going that far.
dilla won.
as you were.
^
If even Just never gets this love after he passes (god forbid), it still doesn’t prove Dilla was iller than Just. It’s all too subjective…
Just >
As you were.
Ps. I like how you used one of Just simple beats to present your argument. And even one of his simplest beats was a platinum single.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:20 pm
I see the Drake hate is rising up again. Me thinks it’s a great time for TML to drop.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:21 pm
*daps the recently rejuvenated Cavs center*
^^
this nigga here,lol
February 10th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
Jersey*made*me Says:
February 10th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
@RJ
Exactly what the fuck do you see in Charles Hamilton
————
he reminds of myself, no homo
February 10th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
# Cypher Says:
February 10th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
i think drake gets respect because he reps what he is a half jewish rich kid…
more rappers should follow suit
^What, being half jewish and rich?
*Punches mother for being black*
February 10th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
shit frosted cake>>>>drake
February 10th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
EDIT:
he reminds me of myself, no homo
my amount of typos lately is becoming a concern… WTF?
February 10th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
*latepass*
Corruption in third world countries directly affects its people. America’s corruption is on a scale where everyday people can still go about their daily business and not be affected by some corporate deal being made.
I’ve lived in both worlds and I prefer America by a landslide.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
“in 98 i rocked what you copped just now/i had dreams like a curica of sour/and realize my metoeric rise to power/they say my 220 miles per hour/16 bars 220,000 dollars!”(c)nat burner
jesus.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
*Is in South Central LA*
*Prepares for gang initiation*
*Listens to Best I Ever Had to boost adrenaline*
February 10th, 2010 at 5:25 pm
Is Green Ghost fucking with Phantom Menace?
^
I don’t even remember PM like that, the only SP mixtapes that stick out and that are classics are Ghost in the Machine and Ghost in the Shell
February 10th, 2010 at 5:25 pm
im a Dilla STAN, too… but there’s no way to say Dilla > JustBlaze or JustBlaze > Dilla….
both them niggas is too great to pick a conclusive winner… apples oranges type shit …
February 10th, 2010 at 5:25 pm
Why doesnt Nas use a live band? Lil homie has some shit from Illmatic to Untitled that would sound nice.
^^^
I think he does doesnt he?
he had one when i saw him live (n) at least
February 10th, 2010 at 5:25 pm
landlord Says:
February 10th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
EDIT:
he reminds me of myself, no homo
^^
So he watches niggas asses when they walk away?O.K.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
both them niggas is too great to pick a conclusive winner… apples oranges type shit
———–
That’s what I say when ppl try to compare J. Cole and Drake.
lol
February 10th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
i think drake gets respect because he reps what he is a half jewish rich kid…
more rappers should follow suit
^What, being half jewish and rich?
*Punches mother for being black*
__________________________
no being what he is. ppl get tired of rappers trying to be something they not
i mean how many rappers are actually a true reflection of there image?
February 10th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
November said yesterday that Just was overrated, at first i wanted to headbutt the PC but then a took a few breathes and calmed down.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
*daps* jers
d_block says:
And even one of his simplest beats was a platinum single.
^
#kanyeshrug
February 10th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
^
So he watches niggas asses when they walk away?O.K.
———
NO, im not familiar with those behaviors… i was simply speaking on his lyrical content and his annoying and self absorbed arrogance … mines is much more refined and self serving, though…
February 10th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
I don’t even remember PM like that, the only SP mixtapes that stick out and that are classics are Ghost in the Machine and Ghost in the Shell
^^
Say it ain’t so.Phantom Menace was Coca Leaf extraction.I spin that joint weekly.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
*Is trapping in ATL (ll)*
*Listens to Successful for motivation*
*Has a great day trapping*
February 10th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
2 small earthquakes in Central Jersey.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:30 pm
im a Dilla STAN, too… but there’s no way to say Dilla > JustBlaze or JustBlaze > Dilla….
both them niggas is too great to pick a conclusive winner… apples oranges type shit …
—–
at least dilla has a valid excuse for not putting his artist albums
February 10th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
2 small earthquakes in Central Jersey.
——
we had one at 4am in Northern Illinois
shoutouts to HAARP
February 10th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
to be fair, Dilla never enjoyed the financial support and steady work that Justin enjoyed while being down with Hov and DefJam… shits been real quiet past few years though for Justin and Dilla…at least Dilla has an excuse
February 10th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
Phantom Menace was Coca Leaf extraction
^
LOL i gotta gotta get to it then..
February 10th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
“clear the runway bay-bay, I get money from Sunday to Sunday lay-day, oh behave… I’m young rich famous…”
February 10th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
streams added
February 10th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
Chief Ali AKA The One Who Stay Building Says:
February 10th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
2 small earthquakes in Central Jersey.
——
we had one at 4am in Northern Illinois
shoutouts to HAARP
———-
2012 getting here early Fam…
daggone Native American prophecy FTL…
February 10th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
@ Jers
He had 2 mixtapes in 07
The Phantom (2007)
The Phantom Menace (2007)
You mean the menace right?
February 10th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
Speedboats, 3 tokes and pass it, grass lit
February 10th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
Chief
HAARP, or them underground cities.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
*Is trapping in ATL (ll)*
*Listens to Successful for motivation*
*Has a great day trapping*
____________
*is trapping in beverly hills*
* Listens to Thug Motivation*
*gets shot… twice*
February 10th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
*daps cypher for mind-melding dilla’s excuses*
February 10th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
Young obnoxious
hands on our crotches
swagger out of this world
call us diddy boppers
fuck the shit outcha girl
let the city watch us
February 10th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
nation Says:
February 10th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
streams added
^
my canucka! i had to save those to itunes as a rule of thumb tho.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
when a mediocre nigga like Drake can be in a serious discussion for best MC, you know the game is over…
^^^^^^^^^
Shit will never be the same… nigga i remember when at least every two months there was a hot cd out… from all regions…. it’s sad when i go on youtube and a cat like Mr Mike (south circle) circa 95-98 can out rap half these clowns these young cats call the best….
only thing i respect about drake is he not clamin bloods/Dope/coke Boss… and he can put bars together… but he is -6 as far as original and he Corny… nigga look as old as yayo and shit….
February 10th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
NO, im not familiar with those behaviors…
^^
lol. The battle footage i’ve seen on CH is tough.Dude can rhyme but I don’t think he can translate it to good records.I guess you and Jimmy Iovine see it differently.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
My heart goes out to the homeless right now. Real rap, if I was homeless I would save up enough bread for a one way trip to the South and be homeless somewhere else with better weather conditions. This blizzard is harsh.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
*daps cypher for mind-melding dilla’s excuses*
^
that shit was weird. lol
February 10th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
or them underground cities.
^*chuckles*
February 10th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
FACT
CHamilton is the one of the only people ive seen, more than hold his own against Serius Jones…
February 10th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
@D Block
The Phantom Menace.
Shit’s ill.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
My heart goes out to the homeless right now. Real rap, if I was homeless I would save up enough bread for a one way trip to the South and be homeless somewhere else with better weather conditions. This blizzard is harsh.
^^^^
This is when watchin episodes of Man vs Wild comes in handy[||]
February 10th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
*sees landlords post*
*stops drinking*
*closes shades*
*pulls out tinfoil hat*
February 10th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
FACT
CHamilton is the one of the only people ive seen, more than hold his own against Serius Jones…
^
are you speakin from a stan’s perspective? no shots… real question…
February 10th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
# landlord Says:
February 10th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
FACT
CHamilton is the one of the only people ive seen, more than hold his own against Serius Jones…
^Jones HAD to roast that nigga or be the battle champ that got sonned by C. Hamilton. THAT would be Wrist Music.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
gotta wonder how the homeless feel when they hear about the haiti fundraisers
February 10th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
landlord Says:
February 10th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
CHamilton is the one of the only people ive seen, more than hold his own against Serius Jones…
——-
I think CH would be a beast in a scribble jam type battle environment, dude is definitely witty off the top [ll]
February 10th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
i’m out niggas
peace, keep breathin
February 10th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
CHamilton needs guidance.. ya know some tweakin here or there and hed be straight. (oh and pause cause im sure theres somthing that could be seen as gay in there.)
February 10th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
i dont even know that Jones won… he was basically saying that same sonic shit that Soulja boy used… not original or particularly damning … Charles repeatedly took shots at his old age and his pea coat… clever shit, to boot …
Jones be winning shit also cause the nigga swag and delivery is physically imposing… Son be standing tall over his opponents looking down on them like they peasants … his delivery reflects that…
February 10th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
sounds like a stan to me…
February 10th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
shits been real quiet past few years though for Justin and Dilla…at least Dilla has an excuse
^
Just has had 2 platinum singles in the past 2 years, feats that some of the best producers never get to accomplish. Plus Exhibit A and C on the innanets…i’d say that isn’t quiet at all…
February 10th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
i dont even know that Jones won… he was basically saying that same sonic shit that Soulja boy used… not original or particularly damning … Charles repeatedly took shots at his old age and his pea coat… clever shit, to boot …
^^
True.Serious got up outta there with the narrow W.I had to respect CH for that,he didn’t cave.
BTW,the bitch that socked him was a cutie.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
Just has had 2 platinum singles in the past 2 years,
———
i meant relatively speaking…. shit, Just Blaze used to have 2 platinum singles off the first 4 songs on any given Rocafella CD from 1999 – 2003
February 10th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
Niggas doing barbituates if they think Just ain’t that nigga.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
Black Thought…your fav rappers murderer !!!!
February 10th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
,he didn’t cave.
BTW,the bitch that socked him was a cutie.
^
LOL!
February 10th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
Black Thought is better than your favorite rapper
February 10th, 2010 at 5:50 pm
later
1
February 10th, 2010 at 5:51 pm
black thought… jesus.. stoppit…
February 10th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
Jersey*made*me Says:
February 10th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
Niggas doing barbituates if they think Just ain’t that nigga.
———-
BTW
in case i was misoverstood…
Just Blaze is that nigga … forreal…
on the strength of ‘Hovi Baby’ and ‘What We Do’ alone …
and that aint even nearly the half of it …
not even a fraction …
February 10th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
Niggas doing barbituates if they think Just ain’t that nigga.
_____________
*puts on a D.A.R.E shirt*
Just isnt that nigga.. he’s just a nigga..
February 10th, 2010 at 6:11 pm
hearing this makes me really want
Black, Mos, Nas, Jay E vs. Jay-Z, Kanye, Lil Wayne and whoever the fuck else
*holds breathe*
*holds breathe untill 2012*
February 10th, 2010 at 6:21 pm
hearing this makes me really want
Black, Mos, Nas, Jay E vs. Jay-Z, Kanye, Lil Wayne and whoever
^^ u must to be equal
Black T, Mos D, NaS & Jay E
VS
Kanye, Jay Z, Common…
and lilWayne(lol)
February 10th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
sorry for tha link. cop that sade lp yall. peace
February 10th, 2010 at 6:31 pm
yo Tariq, where’s the solo jump with J Dilla production? We waitin’ playa.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:50 pm
Thought Blacked out!
February 10th, 2010 at 7:16 pm
Black Thought is so so fuckin underrated
February 10th, 2010 at 7:43 pm
thats classic shid rite thurr.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:35 pm
WHEN DOES BLACK THOUGHT NEVER FUCKEK BLACK OUT? FUCK THIS SHIT IS RAW!
February 10th, 2010 at 11:03 pm
“i don’t give a flying/n___a stop signifying/stop cowering, be a man and die dignified” <— thought is TOP 5 DEAD OR ALIVE
can anybody edit these so it’s just black thought straight through? no one else that spit should have came after him, seriously. sorry, tip.
February 11th, 2010 at 1:44 am
dilla would be happy to hear how thought rip that, if he not in your top 5 yall lying.
February 11th, 2010 at 2:07 am
Goddamn. Black Thought >>>
February 11th, 2010 at 3:29 am
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February 12th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
“You tryna tussle with the truth/ How about it then?”
LOL
BLACK THOUGHT IS BETTER THAN ALL THESE LIL BITCHES IN THE GAME!