I'll admit, I wrote Hurricane Chris off as your typical LCD rapper after "Ay Bay Bay" and that ignant "Halle Berry" song. No, he isn't saying anything particularly enlightening here, but he's clearly going off the dome. On Shade 45 the other day I heard this guy go for a solid 20 minutes without even needing to pause for breath.
Hate all you want, but subject matter aside, that's talent.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
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damn; damn; damn.
flow like a deluge,
make you holla 'scatter, fools..'
And of course it took me 20 times as long to come up with 1% of what this brotha could. ;-)
Umm...ok.
I've done a cursory search via Amazon and I've yet to see anyone come up with a serious book on the psychology of freestyle like Malcolm Gladwell style.
But, yeah Hurricane Chris gets props for this.
I think when it comes to freestyle, I don't hold lyrics quite in the same esteem.
But, you see how he kinda got "caught up" after the music went off---yeah, I've been MORE than interested for a very long time about the art of freestyling from the streets to that of the pulpit. Ya know some preachers freestyle.
Iono...
Port City's finest
Do da Ratchet!
Amazingly enough, I hold freestyle to a higher degree of lyricism. If it's something mainstream and on the radio, I expect a certain amount of fluff. Freestyle--to me-- should be more compelling, enthralling and entertaining.
@ Missy,
I put freestylers in the same pantheon as the greatest jazz soloists or scat singers (Ella). To riff coherent phrases and thoughts is off-da-chart linguistic intelligence (Howard Gardner, 'holla) that only a few outliers (Malcolm Galdwell, 'holla) can achieve.
@adinasi
Agreed!
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