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Top 10 Best Freestyle Rappers

October 1, 2008 by Tom 

A lot of people are good at rapping when they take their time to write rhymes but some of those people aren’t as good off the top of their head when freestyling. Well, I’ve compiled my list of top 10 freestyle rappers in my eyes. If you disagree, let me know who you think are the best!

My list (no particular order):

1. Canibus – Probably one of the sickest lyricists out there and his freestyling ability is off the chart. He may have fell off due to the battle he had with LL Cool J years back but let’s face it, LL Cool J had someone ghostwrite his lyrics anyways. Besides, just because someone gets beaten in a battle doesn’t mean they’re bad. For instance, Jay-Z got ripped by Nas but it doesn’t mean Jay-Z isn’t a good rapper.

2. Big L – The late, great underground emcee was one of the best freestyle rappers out there. He was overlooked by some but you can’t deny his ability to freestyle off the top of his head. I’m not the only one who thought this but he was better at freestyling than writing songs and hits. It’s the truth and you guys know it!

3. Eminem – Yes, believe it or not but Eminem is a good freestyle rapper and he came up as a battle rapper so that’s a dangerous mix. Before he started doing goofy songs and semi-singing, he was freestyle battling his way up to stardom.

4. Jin – He’s probably best known as Jin from Freestyle Friday on BET’s 106 & Park show but this underrated Asian rapper rips emcees with his freestyle battle raps better than anyone out there. I wouldn’t go with the Asian jokes either because he’ll just flip the script and use it against you.

5. KRS-One – One of the originators, KRS-One never made it big but his freestyling and battling made him one of the greatest emcees of all-time. His punch lines would just have you thinking like “damn, that’s sick!”

6. Jay-Z – Yup, the Hawaiian shirt wearing Jay-Z was once a freestyler like would rip most people. Matter of fact, he still is! I mean, he basically freestyles his entire songs anyways because he spits it all on one take. If that isn’t skill, I don’t know what is! Look at all his platinum albums!

7. Snoop Dogg- Before he was spittin’ that mellow style, he was rippin’ and flippin’ it. He came up on gangsta rap and he is one of the best freestyle rappers on the west coast! Don’t get that doggystyle twisted, I bet he’ll rip most rappers out there in a freestyle battle now.

8. Notorius B.I.G. – Not only does he fight for the crown of greatest rapper of all-time but if you never heard Biggie freestyle, well, you’re missing out. The late, great rapper takes his distinct flow from his songs and he does the same with freestyling.

9 .Immortal Technique – One of the best underground rappers and one of the best political rappers out there now, Technique mixes crazy knowledge with punch lines and sticks it all into his rhymes. Believe me, he won’t sell out and go commercial and he’ll still be one of the sickest emcees underground… EVER!

10. Lil’ Wayne – I know, I know, most people think he’s too commercial now but if you ever listened to his underground mixtapes, he freestyled most, if not, all of that. Even when he was with the Hot Boyz, he was the lone star holding that group up, then he went solo and took over the rap industry.

Those are my picks and I’m sure it was different 5-10 years ago and I’m sure it’ll be different next year, but right now, those are my top 10 best freestyle rappers.


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73 Responses to “Top 10 Best Freestyle Rappers”

  1. Jason on October 2nd, 2008 10:04 pm

    Pretty good article, but one thing I noticed - who gives a shit if they’re commercial or not? I know rappers don’t, because they jump at the first chance to sign a contract - that’s why all of them start rapping in the first place.

    Why are people against going “commercial” (or as some like to call it “selling out”)? I think a better word for “selling out” is “success”.

    If you had the chance to take a deal, and pass, then you sir, are a first class retard.

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  4. Chris on October 19th, 2008 8:31 pm

    I though that was a good list till I saw lil wayne there?You lost all cred with that one cause DMX actually beat jay-z in a battle so you know he could beat wayne in a bettle.Plus if you compared lil waynes freestyleing skills to loe louis freestyling skills you would be blown away and even cassidy is a better freestyler than wayne.Wayne repeats himself way to much and sounds like he got a sock in his mouth when he aint got that filter to clean up his voice.You heard of eyedea he could rip lil wayne to shreds he basically freestyles everything.
    Including lil wayne?Come on you should no better lil wayne is okay and all but he aint a elite freestyle rapper or even a good one.

  5. Chris on October 19th, 2008 8:39 pm

    and weezy was juvaniles hype man with the hot boys not the boss.Even B.G was ranked ahead of weezy and juvi used to write all of lil waynes lyrics on the hot boys album and juvi wrote more than half of “the block is hot”.So hell no weezy was not the lone star holding up the hot boys it was juvi wayne was the weed carrier back then.c1 is good and c2 is good but c3 was as bubblegum as it gets plus lights out is the most pathetic piece of medical waste I have ever heard.Hot boys sucked anyway thank of it like D12 if eminem wasnt in D12 and they replaced him with a guy who I ranked 93 spots below him on my greatest rappers list (juvi) and thats about what the hot boys were they were there just to keep juvis profile high between albums.Lil waynes slightly better than proof from D12 who was the only decent member of that group not named eminem.But I like lil wayne he just aint top 10 good or even close he got some skills though no doubt he just needs to focus a little harder on his work and stay on subject and he would shoot up all the way to 98 or 100 on my greatest rapper list.

  6. Desmon on October 21st, 2008 7:15 am

    Heard of loe louis?He would eat lil wayne alive and have him cryin back to his daddy.There is a diffrence between a well rounded emcee and being a amazing battle rapper.Theres lots of well rounded emcees that aint battle rappers,but those underground fans get annoying they always gotta talk shit if the dude isnt some unkwon battle rapper that you talk about they trip out and dont recognize them as good.Now Lil wayne is only average and most people have figured out that lil wayne hires writers and has always had a writer.With the hot boys juvanile wrote for him and when juvi left then gillie wrote for him.Hard to take him seriously and he aint an elite battle rapper and if he was to straight up battle alot of people he would get murdered.Plus you can tell that his mixtape freestyles had already been written you can always tell a pre-written freestyle or one off the top of the dome.Jigga used to battle around new york and had alot of sucess he even beat busta rhymes and nearly all these broke ass nobody freestylers those back packers bring up.Im am so damn glad you didnt mention pac though,you have no idea how happy I was when he wasnt ranked in the top 10,he used to battle with some success but he was never an eltie battle rapper.

  7. bABYKEN on October 28th, 2008 2:47 am

    U ARE RETARDED FABOLOUS AND CASSIDY R DA BEST FAGGOT

  8. bABYKEN on October 28th, 2008 2:48 am

    I PUMP CARCK U WEAR MY CHIAN FOR A MONTH UD BE HUNTCHBACK

  9. joey on November 13th, 2008 12:59 am

    wtf are you serious??wheres chamillionaire he would kill any of them in a freestyle contest listen to mixtape 1-4 and 5 coming out soon

  10. BIG KEM on November 28th, 2008 2:11 am

    First of all , you must have , fallen in bump your head ! To say Whack Ass wayne is one of the best. May be you need to dig in the crate little bit, or ask somebody. Just a few of many you left out. Grand Puba , Jada , Joell Ortiz ,Kool G Rap , DMX, L L Cool j ,Grand Master Caz , Redman , The Game , Nas , Get the point

  11. jnak on December 7th, 2008 3:55 am

    I agree with Canibus and a lot of your list. You know your hip hop pretty well.

    But “9 .Immortal Technique – One of the best underground rappers and one of the best political rappers out there now, Technique mixes crazy knowledge with punch lines and sticks it all into his rhymes. Believe me, he won’t sell out and go commercial and he’ll still be one of the sickest emcees underground… EVER!” says absolutely NOTHING about his ability to freestyle WHATSOEVER. He probably writes all his rhymes, also.

    You also need more old school rappers, such as Big Daddy Kane, and KRS-ONE needs to be ranked higher. Your last 2 are the weakest on your list and need to be get rid of.

    But you do know something at least, your list is probably better than 90% of people’s lists out there.

  12. green man on January 12th, 2009 9:27 pm

    uhh no tupac…?

  13. eric on February 1st, 2009 6:11 am

    No lloyd banks…….ur joking rite…..banks rips everything from 2003 to 2009…most freestlyes….for proof he got a few mixtape artist of the year awards….dumbey

  14. Temivream on February 7th, 2009 9:16 am

    This list is about half true. Lil Wayne is definately not good at freestyling. Nas is better than Jay-Z at freestyling. C-Rayz Walz beat Immortal Technique in a battle. And Killah Priest is the best rapper right now. Jus Allah might be the best freestyler. Virtuoso beat Jin.

  15. shami on February 11th, 2009 11:52 am

    how come 2pac is not in the list…..eminem….2pac…snopp…..jay z…..game……banks and buck………r the best…….

  16. emmet on February 12th, 2009 10:41 pm

    serously proof should be in there the only people that would be a challenge for him freestyle wise is big l and eminem

  17. Jim on February 19th, 2009 3:48 am

    Weezy was like the worst in the Hot boys. His past with them was riddled with struggling style…………. I dont know where you get how he was holdin them up. He was never the best in Hot Boys…..

  18. mg on February 22nd, 2009 9:08 am

    damn i don’t agree with this list, cham and nas will murder just about anyone especially lil gayne but its tough to come up with a top ten list of all time there are a lot of good emcees out there

  19. eric on February 22nd, 2009 7:30 pm

    Speak ur mind if u think lloyd banks shouldn’t b on tha list….let me kno

  20. dude on March 4th, 2009 1:55 am

    how are juice and supernat not on this…their def both above eminem

  21. Dre on March 15th, 2009 3:08 am

    Ludacris is the best freestyle rapper, and Serious Jones killed Jin, and where is Jadakiss on this list.

  22. slow p on March 18th, 2009 12:41 pm

    y list bulshit wanye should b t wackest y in the list

  23. Lekoade-LV on April 16th, 2009 7:56 pm

    Check this out yah people don’t understand really wat freestyling is…Im not talken about that Im on Rapping Lil Wayne the best just becuz he makes his own stuff up and he even does Rock to show people he can do more that just rap. H eeven brung Cash Money Records from the Ground up BY HIMSELF who brings a compy form the ground by themselves you gots to be the most sickest rapper ever walked the planet

  24. j flash on May 1st, 2009 6:47 am

    I thought this list was good at first but then I realized you didn’t have spome of the best freestylers on there let me point some out;
    1.cassidy.. possibly the best freestyler ever he’s unbeaten and his punch lines are absurd and his metaphors are crazy he’s definatly better than most of the people up there.
    2. Papoose, you can’t sleep on pap he’s like a little big l but his flow is sick.
    3.cyserro, my boy cys is coming up quick he’s usually doing undergroung shit but he’s also a good emcee.
    4.fabolous, if you even listen to fabs songs let alone his freestyles you would’ve put him up there he can spit hot shit to any beat and to make my point ill tell you that he once spat a freestyle to the eye of the tiger beat.

  25. CAPITAL P on May 6th, 2009 1:36 am

    YUP U GOT SOME OF THEM RIGHT BUT I THINK U MISSD A FEW,LIKE METHOD MAN DAT NIGGA KILLZ WIT HIS SKILLZ NO DOUBT!N WAT ABOUT 2PAC U CANT 4GET BWT HIM!C IM ABIT OF A FREESTYLA MYSELF N I APPRICIATE SHIT DAT IZ OG ORIGINAL BUT 4REALZ COMMERCIAL IS A DIFFERENT ARENA THAN UNDERGROUND U CANNOT COMPARE THE 2.UNDERGROUND STR8 KILLZ IT OFF 4 EXAMPLE WAT ABOUT THE X 2THA
    Z STR8 GANGSTA THAT NIGGA!

  26. better than most on May 15th, 2009 8:23 pm

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40MA0pl7Oa0&feature=related

    eyedea and abilities ugly ass can flow and he aint gonna back down to any of these dudes. This list is decent, hard to make a top ten list with so many different styles but take squinty (jin) off the list what a homo. Supernatural and Juice are just plain NOT good. Their style is wack and if you say them I can tell you don’t listen to music. They say the same stuff over and over in a different way bout how they gonna pull out a tec and blast, and their opponent is wack, man fuck them. Get educated and listen to the music, then you’d know wayne is lyrically one of the best out there and is intelligent. Anyone sayin put tupac on here should be lit up like he was. if you say ludacris you are about 12 years old and like his corny lines about gettin laid like fritos………lame. Get someone intelligent that isn’t mainstream and he would beat any of these guys. Eyedea and Abilities or Slug would dominate these guys all day……..maybe not Slug…….except on a good day.

  27. Moolah47 on May 25th, 2009 2:58 am

    Yo,
    Mos def is the best freestyle rapper of all time. period. check him champs ;)

  28. HipHop fan on May 26th, 2009 12:35 pm

    To all your people.
    THIS LIST IS IN NO ORDER SO COOL IT WITH WHO SHOULD BE HIGHER
    secondly TUPAC is never gonna be considered a freestyle MC…just never period..
    THIS LIST is not about who is the best MC or most influential blah blah……
    Its about who he thinks is the 10 best freestylers…..
    Also to the guy who said Serius jones killed jin. Two weeks later, Jin defeated all contestants in the Fight Klub Championship held in the Bahamas for $50,000 (Serius Jones also entered the contest, but was defeated in the 1st Round by U.K rapper Professor Green). Jin challenged Serius that same night to a rematch after the tournament was over for $10,000, but Serius was disappointed with his loss and “lack of crowd” and therefore, did not participate in the battle.
    So i think you should rethink your comment.

  29. Dylan kchoad on June 2nd, 2009 9:22 pm

    Fuc thiz list it iight but y aint REED DOLLAZ up there???????????????????????

  30. SluGz on June 4th, 2009 12:41 am

    you got it twisted holmes the best freestylers are Big L,Cannibus,Rhymefest,Eyedea,Eminem bak in da day,juice,mos def,reed dollaz,brother ali,Aceyalone,Self Jupiter and sage francis so get it right also GZa ghostface raekwon n meth r nice

  31. Dunwstchme on June 12th, 2009 5:24 am

    Cassidy should be around 5. Good job not putting PAC there, nigga can’t really freestyle.

  32. Trickstar on June 15th, 2009 6:19 am

    Your list is okay-but looks like u r scared of lil wayne?else how d f**k do u say lil wayne is good at freestylin?D.M.X and Nas shuld also have spots on dat list.(xcept uve neva heard em freestyle).Generally ur list is okay.i’ll give u an 85/100.i have a whole freestyle album of Jay-z and that guy could actually rip shit out of any freestyle M.C.neva heard 2pac freestyle so wont even put him on ma top 20.keep it up!

  33. Trickstar on June 15th, 2009 6:22 am

    looks like u r scared of lil wayne?else how d f**k do u say lil wayne is good at freestylin?D.M.X and Nas shuld also have spots on dat list.(xcept uve neva heard em freestyle).Generally ur list is okay.i’ll give u an 85/100.i have a whole freestyle album of Jay-z and that guy could actually rip shit out of any freestyle M.C.neva heard 2pac freestyle so wont even put him on ma top 20.keep it up!

  34. Trickstar101 on June 15th, 2009 6:27 am

    looks like u r scared of lil wayne?else how d f**k do u say lil wayne is good at freestylin?D.M.X and Nas shuld also have spots on dat list.(xcept uve neva heard em freestyle).Generally ur list is okay..i have a whole freestyle album of Jay-z and that guy could actually rip shit out of any freestyle M.C.neva heard 2pac freestyle so wont even put him on ma top 20.keep it up!

  35. Trickstar101 on June 15th, 2009 6:30 am

    looks like u r scared of lil wayne?else how d f**k do u say lil wayne is good at freestylin?D.M.X and Nas shuld also have spots on dat list.(xcept uve neva heard em freestyle). ur list is okay..i have a whole freestyle album of Jay-z and that guy could actually rip shit out of any freestyle M.C.neva heard 2pac freestyle so wont even put him on ma top 20.keep it up!

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  37. Austin on July 15th, 2009 7:47 am

    Diabolic is hella sick too, also Rhymefest and Juice.

  38. Jarvase on July 20th, 2009 10:43 pm

    how in the world yall dont Tupac on here in the top 5 not even number one Tupac would murder all them mc’s probably other than biggie an lil wayne up there he just started to get hott recently just sold over a million copies last year an sayin that he spit harder than pac please an no im not hating trust me it im just upset cause Pac aint even in the the 10 he sold over 60 million copies over his legendary career an i know selling records aint got nothin to do with it but dang still lol yall know pac was the illist rapper of all time what the world lol i can’t even describe how i feel im basically laughing over here cause it’s amazing how lil wayne on the top an not even 2pac an i think luda spit harder than wayne when he be future on a couple tracks well on other rappers song just like wayne well im done cause this crazy NOT TO HAVE 2PAC ON HERE THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME THIS LIST IS WRONG VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY WRONG NOT TO HAVE PAC UP THERE GO TO LYRICSFIR.COM AN GO TO THE # THING AN CLICK ON PAC ALBUMS ANYONE AN READ HIS LYRICS YOU’L BE LIKE DAMN PAC IS LYRICALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

  39. Jarvase on July 20th, 2009 10:45 pm

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  40. pete zuhut on July 29th, 2009 2:28 am

    fuck everybody this list is wack wtf lil wayne?? snoop?? eminem?? jus put vanilla ice n 50 cent while ur at it 2

  41. HaHaHA on August 4th, 2009 2:34 pm

    Wat a silly list of ova rated weak ass rappers. When 2pac was shitting on NewYork all yaLL kept yr freestyling punk ass mouths shut except sicklecell mobb deep(who were scared shittless when Pac’s homies were sceaming Thuglife @ a Mobb Deep concert) & Albino called Chino XL who looks like my dogs breakfast.

  42. HaHaHA on August 4th, 2009 2:42 pm

    i actually have seen a video on You Tube of 2pac & Biggie freestyling. Pac goes 1st & does a authentic freestyle, rapping bout things around him and stuff on him and wat his drinking. U can c he’s making it up as he’s rapping. Whereas BiG does wat for all we kno was a written accapala coz he doesnt refer to anything to do wit the moment. So therefore freestyling= Pac > Biggie

  43. Chris G on August 6th, 2009 7:51 am

    Well I’ll put down my Top 10 Freestyle Artists In No Particular Order

    Joell Ortiz

    Jadakiss

    Styles P

    Cassidy

    Big L

    DMX

    Can-I-Bus

    The Game

    Young Chris (yall are really sleeping on my dude)

    Immortal Technique

  44. deadly sin on August 18th, 2009 3:51 am

    fuck lil wayne!!! where the fuck is DMX, nas, fabolouse, canibus, cassidy, and redman you dumb shit! i cant beleive you didnt put DMX, and nas thats crazy you fuckin idiot!

  45. MufFinn Man on August 27th, 2009 8:36 pm

    Dude all of you are fools. Lupe Fiasco. Lupe Fiasco. Lupe Fiasco. Should I say it again. And stop hating on Wayne! I’m sick of this RUMOR shit about ghost writing! Prove that shit mother fuckers. And I’m not saying show me some fucktard’s statement about writing for him cause that holds no water anywhere. Show me a video of some mother fucker either writing the lines, TIMESTAMPED, before their release, or fuck off with that rumor shit. Other than that it’s a decent list with some holes.

  46. Jew'Dah Radical aka JacthaBillionDollerBABY on September 10th, 2009 4:53 pm

    I dont knock the list Big, snoop, and i really didnt notice jay for his freestyling, wayne they talk about him often, KRS one im not surprised, Canibis herd bout em, IMMORTAL TEchniQue name sounds like he;s serous, Jin yeah he is good, I wana TOP THIS LIsT I fREesTYLE ALL DaY eveRYdaY

  47. DNS on September 18th, 2009 7:47 am

    And Lil Flip?

    he´s da “freestyle king”…

  48. dakid_mratl on October 4th, 2009 2:05 am

    mang i only gotta say one thing where in da hell is royce da 5′9″

  49. Proctor on October 5th, 2009 10:47 pm

    what about papoose

  50. Proctor on October 5th, 2009 10:54 pm

    pappoose is better than most these rappers trust me.. id check hussein fatal.. hes dope

  51. Freestyle Rapper on October 18th, 2009 8:47 pm

    wat????? little wayne??

  52. basik520 on October 22nd, 2009 11:15 pm

    Top 10 freestylers : in no particular order

    Mos def
    lloyd banks
    krs one
    method man
    big l
    dmx
    chamillionaire
    big pun
    old eminem
    canibus

  53. basik520 on October 22nd, 2009 11:16 pm

    oh yea and lupe! so eleven total

  54. Akwetey on October 25th, 2009 1:25 am

    I think a guy in ghana can be rated the best freestyle rapper,he is SARKODIE known to be the fastest rapper with incredible lyricise,he is so sick and can do everything you can never think of….sarkodie forever

  55. Big Josh on October 30th, 2009 11:23 am

    1.cassidy
    2.Eminem
    3.jadakiss
    4.biggie
    5.papoose
    6.Canibus
    7.krs one
    8.juelz santana
    9.styles p
    10.Dmx

  56. thePO3T on November 17th, 2009 9:57 pm

    Lil Wayne is midget punk, what about Diabolic. He would tear most everybody on that list.

  57. Lingle on November 19th, 2009 6:50 pm

    man i agree wit some jin, em, immortal, krs all should be on there but u got to add mos def

  58. Justin on November 24th, 2009 3:21 pm

    eminem has some pretty sick freestyles.

  59. J SABO on November 28th, 2009 9:01 pm

    lil wayne, no argument on his popularity right now? but cmon! half his lyrics are made up words! casue his vocab is so damn weak he doesnt ahve another word to rhyme it with! so me makes up some slang word cause hi slack of vocab and all the kids get off on that new word for something there is already 5 names for! he is weak!! besides half of his songs beign made up, listen to other half? they dont even rhyme with the other? biggie never had to make up a word!! few slangs but no 50 of them a song! i know pac not the best free stylist, but no doubt he could if he wanted! best vocab of them all besides maybe KRS-ONE, you dotn write 10 songs aday liek pac would do and not be able to fee style? shock g (D.U.)

  60. J SABO on November 28th, 2009 9:09 pm

    said he wrote the verse for “same song” in 5 minutes? so no doubt he could! but no big deal that you left off? (even though best rapper ever - all th areally matters!) but lil wayne? pleasssssse! funny his biggest hit of 2008 “lollipop” was helped written by static (r.i.p.) and 3 other guys! lil wayne sucks! not freestyle if half the lyics are words u just made up? think i can even do that?

  61. GreatWhite Ninja on December 4th, 2009 1:19 am

    I think most of you guys are misunderstanding what freestyle is:
    My List Top Ten just off my dome (as Guru would say) … kinda like what freestyle is, not written..: anyway
    NO PARTICULAR ORDER

    1. Eyedea (1997 national freestyle battle champ .. first white guy to win)
    such lines as “I was with your mom last night, in fact thats the reason your sista’s half white”

    2. Biggie the NOTORIOUS BIG - most of his top hit ‘Juicy’ allegedly was freestyled while taping in the studio. If you’ve never heard him spit, you’ve missed out on rap all together. Some fav lyrics ”cuz hunnies give me h’cups scuse me flows just blow through me like trees to branches cliffs to avalanches, im the prayin mantis’ now tupac is good, but the man was a poet. not a rapper.

    3. Eminem - always thought this guy was just a good mainstream writer but if you listen to his freestyles they work.

    4. Brother Ali - Best known for ‘forest whittaker’ but his battle to take the crown from Eyedea was some of the dopest shit I’ve ever heard.

    5. KRS ONE - Gotta Agree

    6. Pharoahe Monche — Ask any rapper who that is if you don’t know. Take a listening to “oh no” with mos def and nate dogg, his is the last verse.

    7. Murs (OF LIVING LEGENDS) god damn for people who think they know rap.. how can living legends not fall into some category.

    8. Benefit - just listen to “so sick” / Aceyalone on there also non related though

    9. Aesop Rock (OF LIVING LEGENDS oh my god) / guess i’ll throw a bone to slug cuz that is related

    10. Guru from Gang Starr (The Best Lyricist of all time) Hands down.
    Take a listening, no buy, no better yet illegally download Moment of Truth the entire cd not the god damn song. Now that is a fuckin rapper.

    11** J Foxx + Knowmad from Class Project — Grew up with knowmad, kid can freestyle and when he does, you feel dumb, even if you’re good you’ll feel dumb.

  62. Ghost BangN on December 4th, 2009 1:38 am

    Where’s ,Cassidy
    Jadakiss, papoose ,and
    Luda. Before u make a list on such a topic… u might want to do your homework. Go to youtube or go online purchase some mixtapes .DO SOMETHING…then comeback with another list.

  63. D-514 on December 4th, 2009 6:49 am

    What about Wyclef Jean, i know he doesn’t rap so much anymore, but his freestyle is off the charts and not only that he can do it in like six different languages… if you don’t believe me check out some of his stuff.

  64. Rydeen on December 4th, 2009 9:00 pm

    #1 Lupe Fiasco

    there is no one else that deserves to be on a list with him

  65. Justin on December 6th, 2009 8:05 pm

    I just downloaded canibus’ discography and he has a big album dedicated to just his freestyles. They are pretty sick imo. You guys should look into him

  66. mello on December 18th, 2009 8:57 pm

    weezy doesnt belong cassidy proved his freestyle capability by stompin anotha great freestyler u put lil wayne n a battle wit the 9 in front of him including jadakis cassidy and dmx you will see how truly dumb he is
    jadakiss cassidy and dmx belong on this list you also lost cred. with me when you put krs so hi yes he’s a legend but he’s still not betta then biggie or jay get outta hear listen to more REAL rap maybe you’ll form an i dea of what freestylin is really about…………BEAING THE BEST AND SHOWIN NO MAN CAN BEAT YOU IN A BATLLE!!

  67. realhiphop88 on December 24th, 2009 8:11 pm

    weezy????? wat a bad ass list they didnt even put Papoose let me show u some bars “I spot the rachet got the habbit got to have it cock the rachet lots of clackin cock it bakc and watch the action

    now that i got the matic glock for static lots could happen pop his attic knock his back in lots of laughing while im blastin

    blowin a proper matic stronger passion lots of lavish —-and also rabits bars of passion”

  68. mike b on December 29th, 2009 9:08 pm

    i feel like if you talkin battles..wayne? ..wha bout jae millz..young but a straight battle rapper..n also cassidy..thats what they known for..freestyle be betta than songs

  69. chris hill on January 1st, 2010 8:36 am

    dis list is out of date…. HERE IS A NEW ONE
    1.CASSIDY(no question bout it #1 not on his dick,… BEST!!)
    2.JADAKISS
    3.LUPE
    4.EMINEM
    5.PAPOOSE(need more hype)
    6.BIGGIE
    7.HOVA
    8.ORTIZ(would be higher but not many mixtapes to prove himself)
    9. FABOLOUS(most of lossos way was wrote)
    10…..UP FO GRABS BOOSIE WOULD BE NUMBER ONE BUT DAT NIGGA WRITE ND GUCCI DO IT TO..GAME DONT FREESTYLE HE WRITE..ND BANKS DAT NIGGA WRITE MO DEN GAME JUST LISTEN TO 300 BARS..ND CANNIBUS LOST A MATCH TO A MOVIE STAR EVEN IF GHOST DID WRITE HIS RHYMES ND NAS WOULD HAVE IT BUT HE AINT PUT OUT NO KILLA MIXTAPE IN A WHILE.. MEAN WHILE LUDA AINT BOUT LYRICS HE JUST BE TALKIN NONSINCE OUT HIS ASS SHIT.. BUT LOOK FO CATS LIKE JOE BUDDEN ND HIS CREW DEY COOL ND WHEZZYS CREW HE WAC BUT DAT NIGGA TYGA NICE..

  70. scotty on January 5th, 2010 3:09 pm

    #1.Lord Finesse - he culd rime all day smooth and never came off wack, udisputed p4p, ryme 4 ryme freestyle champion
    1..big L
    2. krs one (overall #1 of all time)
    3. Notorious B.I.G
    4. big pun
    5. percee p
    6. jay z
    7.kool g rap
    8.rakim
    9.Tupac
    10.big daddy kane
    Honrable Mentions - Phife Dawg, Q Tip, RZA,GZA, method man, raekwon, inspecter deck, Freestyle Kingz, E, PMD, Canibus, Nas

    This is the real list, majority of rappers from 1999 onwards forgot how to be nice, these mc’s above had the best lyrics, meanings in lyrics, flows, punch lines and timing, you raley see that today. really depends what you like yourself but for true hip hop, in terms of REAL hip hop these guys are the best. you couldnt touch mc’s from 1985-1998. the majority of stuff you hear today on the radio isnt hip hop period.

  71. scotty on January 5th, 2010 3:22 pm
  72. goldchainbullet on January 8th, 2010 5:59 am

    ight chech this freestyle people….fuck critics i so political writing rimes from the top of my minde fuckin with criminals im from that 208 aint now fait but this is my trait i slice your ass up like a peace of cake dont front on top of it got it lade back catalack boucin like a 6-4 inpolla dont holla back you aint the best i be swingging slugs to your chest fucking with the best goldchain from the top to the flow hit it up when i flow goldchain is out this demo

  73. edub on January 20th, 2010 8:24 pm

    come on ppl. ever heard of supernatural??

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