[[ UMM..**JAY-Z'S FUNKMASTER FLEX "GRAMMY FAMILY (FREESTYLE)" APPRECATION** ]]

[flatbushfiyah23]

Wow @ this thread being bumped considering it was started in late '07.

 

[deepinthajeep]

Best radio freestyle EVER?! I think so...



He kinda borrowed the Caesar/ Brutus -- Jesus/ Judas line from Lauren Hill.

 

[DVMNXK]

Not really a fan these days but dude did murder this track.

Hov got flow, though he's no Big and Pac, but he's close
How I'm 'posed to win? They got me fighting ghosts...

 

[hypebeast mcstreetwear]

I love how this thread is from 07

 

[deuce king]

I just listened to this track today before I even revisted this post. This freestyle is simply amazing, he truly is the best in the business.

 

[King of Trash Style]

The Thread Lives!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[seymore cake]

#@%# it... z share

????

 

[zsong]

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What's this about a "Dear Summer" blend over Black Rob's "Can I Live" instrumental????
Let me know!!


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[true 3 blue]

I got it for whoever want it, PM me.

And damn who the F bumped this???

A worthy bump though.

 

[illwill8710]

sig check

 

[dj entendre]

Originally Posted by Seymore CAKE

#@%# it... z share

????

I been lookin for this zshare for 2 whole years lol

 

[bballah3]

I find it more amazing he produced this freestyle .....


.....and then like 4 years later we hear part of it on his verse for Coldplay's "Lost" Remix

 

[bballah3]

Originally Posted by DJ Entendre

Originally Posted by Seymore CAKE

#@%# it... z share

????

I been lookin for this zshare for 2 whole years lol

someone should up it an post...I dont think it is illegal to do so since its a rip off of the radio....its not like its actually a song.

 

[awwsome]

Originally Posted by avitale8

I been crushin the buildin since Izod socks
I'm so independent sh.. i might buy Koch
I might not stop
Places to cop, 76 floors you can call me the Doc

Inspired by Boesky, got my chariots of fire
Everybody took shots, hit my body up, I'm tired
Build me up break me down to build me up again
They like "Hov we need you back so we can kill ya as. again"
Hov got flow, though he's no Big and Pac, but he's close
How I'm 'posed to win? They got me fighting ghosts...

Same sword the knight you they gon' good night you with
Sh.., Thats only half if they like you
That aint even the half what they might do
Dont believe me ask Michael
See Martin, see Malcolm
You See Biggie, see Pac, see success and its outcome
See Jesus, see Judas, see Caesar, see Brutus
See success is like suicide
Suicide is a suicide
If you succeed, prepare to be crucified
Media meddles, ni..as sue you, you settle
Every step you take, they remind you, you ghetto
So its tough being Bobby Brown
To be Bobby then, you gotta be Bobby now
Now the question is, "Is to have had and lost
Better than not having at [all]?"

Everybody wanna be the King then shots ring
You layin on your balcony with holes in your dream
Or you Malcolm X'd out, get distracted by screams
Everybody get your hand off my jeans!
Everybody look at you strange say you changed
Uhh! Like you work that hard to stay the same

I had to leave the room

 

[jomitm]

+ Grammy Family Freestyle +


I be crushing the buildings since Izod socks
I'm so independent, %#*% I might buy Koch
I might not stop, places to cop
76 floors you can call me the Doc…

Inspired by Basquiat, my chariots of fire
Everybody took shots hit my body up I'm tired
Build me up, break me down, to build me up again
They like Hov we need you back so we can kill your @#% again
Hov got flow though he's no Big and Pac but he's close
How I'm 'posed to win they got me fighting ghosts…

Same sword they knight you they gonna good night you with
%#*% that's only half if they like you
That ain't he even the half what they might do
Don't believe me ask Michael
See Martin, see Malcolm
You see Biggie, see Pac, see success and its outcome
See Jesus, see Judas
See Ceasar, see Brutus
See success is like suicide
Suicide, it's a suicide
If you succeed prepare to be crucified
Hmm, media meddles, they pursue you, you settle
Every step you take they remind you, you ghetto
So it's tough being Bobby Brown
To be Bobby then, you gotta be Bobby now
Now the question is is to have had and lost
Better than not having at all?

Everybody want to be the king til shots ring
You laying in the balcony with holes in your dream
Or you Malcolm Xed out getting distracted by screams
Everybody get your hands off my jeans
Everybody look at you strange, say you changed
Uh, like you work that hard to stay the same
Uh, game stayed the same, the name changed
So it's best for those to not overdose on being famous
Most kings get driven so insane
That they try to hit the same vein that Kurt Cobain did
New dangers, so aimless, invited to the inner sanctum of your chambers
Low chain them, the enemy's approaching so raise your draw bridge and
drown him in the moat
In spirit I'm a Vulcan…

Everybody screaming they want the old Hov
But the new and improved Hov hit like Albert Pujols
Everybody wanna hear me talk that money like Phil Rizzuto
But my mind is on Pluto
Bills that I do fold
I now invest on
Trying to find some loopholes in the IRS
That's where I used to have a few *@++ I am just
Concentrating on making a new Hov through sex
I've awaken just to try to school those putos
Trying to follow in my shoes with jewels froze
Better adhere to this text 'fore you go
Broke spending more than you applude on silly baguettes
I know silly begets silly you learn on your own
At least my conscience is clear, I'm no longer steering you wrong
Ain't nothing wrong with baguettes after you get a home
Take care of your home, you can go back and um…

I'm getting courted by the bosses, the Edgars and Doug Morrises-sss
Jimmy I's and Lyor's-sss
Gotta be more than choruses-sss
They respected my mind now, just a matter of time now
Operation take over corporate
Make Oval offices-sss
Than take over all of it
Please may these words be recorded
To serve as testimony that I saw it all before it
Came to fruition, sort of a premonition
Uh, uncontrollable hustler's ambition
Alias superstitution
Like Stevie, the writing's on the wall like my lady, right baby?
Saw it all before so they all thought I was crazy
Maybe like a fox I'm cagey
Ah, ah, the more successful, the more stressful
The more and more I transform to Gordon Gekko
In the race to a billion, got my face to the ceiling
Got my knees on the floor, please Lord forgive him
Has he lost his religion, is the greed gonna get him?
He's having heaven on earth, will his wings still fit him?
I got the Forbes on my living room floor
And I'm so dope to the core, @@+$!$ I want more
Time's most influential was impressive
Especially since I wasn't in the artist's section
Had me with the builders and the titans
Had me right with Rubert Murdoch
Billionaire boys and some dudes you never heard of
Word up on Madison Ave is I'm a cash cow
Word down on Wall St. homie you get the cash out
IPO Hov no need for reverse merger
The boy money talk no need to converse further
The baby blue Maybach like I own Gerber
Boardroom I'm lifting your skirt up
The corporate take over….

 

[DsLee]

My favorite part was the line about the traitors as well...and how their names just connect...it's crazy

See Jesus, see Judas, see Caesar, see Brutus.

Classic.

 

[mcflyyy]

that's an ode to lauryn, she said something similar on forgive them father

"like cain and abel, ceasar and brutus, jesus and judas, back stabbers do this"

but this freestyle is the realest %%*# jay spit since his first retirement

there's a couple pieces in the freestyle i don't think most people caught

"...or malcolm x'd out, getting distracted by screams
EVERYBODY, GET YOUR HANDS OUT MY JEANS!"

unless you watched the movie malcolm x, you couldn't get that line

when the nation of islam was trying to kill malcolm, they'd send people to his lectures

and they would randomly scream, "GET YOUR HANDS OUT MY JEANS!" to create a diversion within the crowd

so somebody could go up and kill malcolm

"...in spirit, i'm a vulcan" is a star trek reference

vulcans were always emotionless and lived by logic

and "the enemy's approaching so raise your draw bridge and drown him in the moat" is strictly logical

"the more successful, the stressful
the more and more i transform into gordon gekko"

another movie reference, this time from "wall street"

gordon gekko was a wealthy investment banker in the movie, who was greedy and stressed out to say the least

and there's a mistake in the lyrics above where he says:

"better adhere to this text 'fore you go
broke spending more than you accrued on silly baguettes"

"ipo hov, no need to reverse merger" is a stock market reference

an ipo is when a company releases its stock/shares of the stock to the public for the first time

reverse merger is also known as a reverse takeover, which is also known as a reverse ipo

which is when a private company buys a public company in order to go public a lot faster

so hov is basically saying he's rich, in geek speak

damn, this and the superman references on kingdom come made me realize hov is a nerd

and i'm an even bigger one for getting all of this

 

[metrokid26]

Originally Posted by MetroKid26

Listening to it now (that i saw the post

)

There is not a better rapper than this man. this freestyle = dropping 100pts in one half

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Okay maybe not 100points....

......81pts?

But I still think not even Biggie nor Pac is better thanHov. this is no rapper better than Hov and im willing to stand by that statement

 

[remi23]

This why HOVA is one Of the greatest this better than most songs that %!$%%% write.

 

[illionaire]

Originally Posted by bballah3

Originally Posted by DJ Entendre

Originally Posted by Seymore CAKE

#@%# it... z share

????

I been lookin for this zshare for 2 whole years lol

someone should up it an post...I dont think it is illegal to do so since its a rip off of the radio....its not like its actually a song.

Posted above.

 

[downtown43]

didn't somebody make a mixtape that has all Jay's freestyles on it, including this one?

...


and this was tight, but

*can of worms*

if NAS spit this none of ya'll would be calling him the GOAT.

just because Jay usually raps about bling and cash, he spits some intelligent *!## for once and he has all you guys floored

 

[ravagebx]

Originally Posted by DOWNTOWN43

didn't somebody make a mixtape that has all Jay's freestyles on it, including this one?

...


and this was tight, but

*can of worms*

if NAS spit this none of ya'll would be calling him the GOAT.

just because Jay usually raps about bling and cash, he spits some intelligent *!## for once and he has all you guys floored

First of all, Nas ain't gettin on the radio and airing it out like this ever. Second, have you heard any of Jay's albums? He's beenknown to spit a thought-provoking verse or two.

 

[cquan05]

Originally Posted by DOWNTOWN43

and this was tight, but

*can of worms*

if NAS spit this none of ya'll would be calling him the GOAT.

just because Jay usually raps about bling and cash, he spits some intelligent *!## for once and he has all you guys floored

 

[illionaire]

lol..

 

[only 2three]

excuse me for my ignorance, but which Michael is jay referring to? Can't think of any michaels who's stories would fit well with those other dudes...

"Dont believe me ask Michael
See Martin, see Malcolm
You See Biggie, see Pac, see....."