THIS is what the term freestyle actually means.. Notice how at times Rocky stumbles or stutters, everything he's saying is completely off the dome at that very second. Who cares if he isn't spitting the deepest verse? At least he maintains a flow and displays impressive free-styling talent..
Him and K. Dot are my favorite to watch freestyle. They really come off the top of the head and have fun with it. Shout out to Sway always coming with the fun interviews.
A$AP Rocky is just a likeable cat. And he's absolutely right about the freestyle shit. People are scared to go off the top, because they don't want to get embarrassed. But that's wack. Yeah, he fucked up a few times, but he also had some dope moments. And cats like me don't remember the mess-ups. We remember the dope shit, and the fact that he had the balls to go for it. Besides, he's too swaggy to let a sub-par freestyle fuck up his shine.
+Kambui Bomani Agreed. It was 100% a freestyle. I honestly don't think he even mixed in a single pre-rehearsed line (which rappers often do when they're "for real" freestyling).
DonKrieg95 It definitely can help. It just depends on the mood of the rapper or his style. Rocky definitely seems to do well when thrown words, as do a lot of the more skilled freestylers.
I like it a lot t, even if he tripped up a bit. I've seen like two or three of these, and all of the comments call the artist out for using pre written lyrics. No one did it on here, because he's actually doing this off the top of his head, which is hard.
this is my favorite freestyle on Sway. Rocky doesn't have the best bars, but he is the most entertaining to watch for sure. You can tell he is really enjoying himself
***** i never said his freestyle wasn't fun, it's just the fact people are saying it was 'fire'. Like lupe and king los created a 'fire' all asap did was fail to lit a match. That doesn't mean i didn't enjoy it, it was fun and he admitted it wasn't great but you always have sheep jumping on bandwagons and claiming that rhyming 'name' with 'shame' is fire. FOH bruh
Huge respect for actually freestyling. Cats these days too scared to seem weak so they just spit writtens, A$AP don't need to front he knows his fans are with him.
I have mad respect for someone that freestyle straight off the top of their head, that shit is mad difficult. ¡Mas dificil! Lol. But really, big ups for Rocky having the balls to go total free style on air.
Why is this one of the most under viewed videos on sways channel I've seen ones with higher view counts and this is by far one of the best, straight off the dome
Damn! A real freestyle! Damn! Impossible for that performance to be fake. This is real freestyle rap. So happy for having seen that. This guy has a real and rare talent.
Rocky is right, hip-hop is gravitating back towards the love of being able to spit bars. It is gravitating back towards real genuine hip-hop. There are guys and girls coming up in the game that are kicking it old school. Things are starting to shift around and I'm glad it is on the rise.
speaks the truth, freestyling is supposed to be fun and free and A$AP does it amazingly, idk why more rappers aren't cool with just coming in and going off the top, like its kinda what you're supposed to be able to do if you wanna call yourself a rapper
1:47 This struggle is too real. This mans spit of the dome shows you dont have to be the best freestyler to be a pro rapper. We all know hes great and he kept it simple. Real dope
FALUKYOURMOM I didn't know that.. Him and sway were quite chummy in they're vid tho so I'm sure sway could pull a freestyle out of him. You have to wonder how well asap would have coped with the 5 fingers
This was so much better than so many of the other freestyles on Sway. You can see him thinking about his lines and it's insane that he's able to drop these bars straight off the top. So many other rappers just bring writtens and its boring as shit. I come here for freestyle's not some fkin rehearsed shit that's why this is one of my favorite vids on the channel
A$AP right you don't see many rappers freestyling anymore, because of how it make affect their rep if they mess up. He was humble and he got my respect and I actually liked he's freestyle
Rocky and the whole asap mob always sound like they freestyle of the top of the dome. Which makes them stand out to me more than other rappers in the game since everyone else sounds like they spitten writtens.
This “bad” freestyle makes me respect him much more actually. He never was a “great rapper” to me. But he always knew how to catch the energy. Get the feeling and he made the most out of his “limited” talent. This isn’t a diss. it’s a compliment. And I generally like his music .
Lmaooo Asap had me geeking for a majority of this video. He's definitely one of the chillest rappers- you can't fake that kind of charisma. No debate over his freestyle because that was actually off the top and you have to respect it. I wish his album (though I liked it) had more of this kind of style on it.
This was lowkey pretty good, love Rocky's attitude towards freestyling. Knows he ain't the best but he still kept a flow going and just had fun with it!!
Out of all the rappers that are In the "a- list". I am super glad that it was rocky that did LSD. Because he is one of the most influential hip hop artists of our time. And he knows how to express himself within his creativity without nibbling over his thoughts and words. I respect him for that.
Respect he actually freestyled this
Aye Quad when you gonna freestyle on Sway 👀
You need to freestyle here Quad
Quadeca lox
Hey
Lipe King why you so salty my guy
Dude dropped a couple good bars, and when he was acting stupid at least he admitted it and made it funny lol gotta love Rocky man
foxking39 exactly man! hahaha.
foxking39 Because he's ACTUALLY going off the top, unlike every other "freestyle" videos haha
ThatRapperGuy Paris Lupe does it off the top
+ThatRapperGuy Paris King Los absolutely destroyed it ACTUALLY off the dome.
Xs1Nz But at least he's actually off the top instead of saying something he wrote and claiming it's off the top
"Man..the prettiest girl in the game, I forgot her name"-Rocky
Real G's never slip
THIS is what the term freestyle actually means..
Notice how at times Rocky stumbles or stutters, everything he's saying is completely off the dome at that very second.
Who cares if he isn't spitting the deepest verse? At least he maintains a flow and displays impressive free-styling talent..
incorrect.. freestyle means any rap thats bout a variety of different topics. Written or not. Off the top means it aint written
4switchblade STOP SPREADING STUPIDITY
No bro. A freestyle could be a pre-written verse, or, off the dome. But, off the dome is definitely a lot more impressive and takes a lot of practice
Pay Dough A freestyle in its purest form is off the top nigga. Stop sayin written shit is freestyle niggas like you killin the fuckin game
Free styles used to always be off the dome it changed to being written in the mid 2000s
asap is a perfect example of a new generation rapper that respects the game and has fun with his career at the same time
A$AP Rocky has one of the best personalities of modern hip hop. Can't hate this dude.
I do
@@carltonwhite1661 Why though?
@@stevenflores7405 D:
Damn he humble, I'd find it hard to hate Asap
Slacker not hard for sway apparently, he thinks rocky is overrated
Humble?
@@henokygzawhow is he not?
DAMN... I never knew Rocky was this good off the top.
SWAN WTH I never thought I would see you here
Plz reply
swan you should spit a little something for a video
Ayy Swan
why you here 😂
when u have watched half of this video with creepy smile and realise that u are turning into sway
Travis33 LOOOL
fml you nailed it
Travis33 oh my😂
Fuck this is true
Travis33 😂😂
Flacko so underrated as a lyricist.. He actually freestyles every time
Him and K. Dot are my favorite to watch freestyle. They really come off the top of the head and have fun with it. Shout out to Sway always coming with the fun interviews.
954FTL watch lupe fiasco's freestyles. they are off the dome. and watch king los
true k.dot & asap ! 😈
if you think they go hard off the top, then you need to check out Los. by far the illest freestyler.
+Arrrr whats goin' on guys it's Jev shutup
+954FTL if you guys really want to hear dope freestyles and really off the top, check out the Rhyme Sayers and Eyedea.
Rappers are scared to go off the top because they might look stupid.
LOL Respect to a$ap. "we not cutting the camera off til i look good" haha
Uncle Bernard haha respect
Rocky has been my favorite rapper since the Live Love A$AP Mixtape, one of the best rappers of this generation
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I second that!!
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i disagree, hes a mainstream shit bag :/ he cant even freestyle lol
How is he mainstream?
A$AP Rocky is just a likeable cat. And he's absolutely right about the freestyle shit. People are scared to go off the top, because they don't want to get embarrassed. But that's wack.
Yeah, he fucked up a few times, but he also had some dope moments. And cats like me don't remember the mess-ups. We remember the dope shit, and the fact that he had the balls to go for it. Besides, he's too swaggy to let a sub-par freestyle fuck up his shine.
ThatUncutRaw yeah this was a true freestyle. U could tell by the mess ups. It didn't seem rehearsed but it was still cool
+Kambui Bomani Agreed. It was 100% a freestyle. I honestly don't think he even mixed in a single pre-rehearsed line (which rappers often do when they're "for real" freestyling).
ThatUncutRaw
ThatUncutRaw I actually would think that having topics thrown at you would help. I think at the beginning of the vid, ASAP ran out of ideas.
DonKrieg95 It definitely can help. It just depends on the mood of the rapper or his style. Rocky definitely seems to do well when thrown words, as do a lot of the more skilled freestylers.
This was funny as fuck. Yeah the lyrics weren't great but this was probably the most entertaining freestyle I've watched. He went at it hahahahha
I like it a lot t, even if he tripped up a bit. I've seen like two or three of these, and all of the comments call the artist out for using pre written lyrics. No one did it on here, because he's actually doing this off the top of his head, which is hard.
KazR Karma Agreed man. It was solid
+TheGusBus97 You haven't seen Riff Raff yet... lol
+TheGusBus97 Dude was having a blast..no hater can take that away from him
TheGusBus97 wtf I'm Gus, I was born in 97 0.o
"I've been eating my wheaties" I'm done lol
lmao
A$AP Rocky might not be the gratest rapper, but no one can deny that he is a GREAT ENTRETAINER AND ARTIST
yeah he's good for sure
Greatest** Entertainer**
Twistt HD hshs
Miztah3 it's fine
+Miztah3 false, Rocky is one of the better lyricists of our time. This is just a freestyle. Off the top too.
This was dope. Wasn't the most lyrical earth shattering rhyme, but it was FUN to see and hear.
I miss Hip Hop...
Foh
Chris Calculating not understanding your misplaced aggression, explain?
Rodney Thomas I feel what you mean man.
Rodney Thomas Ignore Chris. He plays Megaman and uploads it to the internet.
Zander Was Here lol
this is my favorite freestyle on Sway. Rocky doesn't have the best bars, but he is the most entertaining to watch for sure. You can tell he is really enjoying himself
besides bino, astro, shia, cass 4real
Hell yes! 👍
schoolboy qs one is ill too
What about joey bada$$
Dame dolla?
They cut the music like 50 pay the bills. lol
lol he does
Eminem does ^ lol
Rocky is unreal truly genuine
His teeth are whiter than the walls of gods bedroom
+Mr Mr God's not real.
You must be really fun at parties
Sometimes the truth is fucked up.
+USA! Patriot 😂😂😂
grillz
Fucking fire
Aatrixx wow, the standard of hip hop is pretty low if that's fire :/
Ado S hip hop has been wack for years on in
***** i never said his freestyle wasn't fun, it's just the fact people are saying it was 'fire'. Like lupe and king los created a 'fire' all asap did was fail to lit a match. That doesn't mean i didn't enjoy it, it was fun and he admitted it wasn't great but you always have sheep jumping on bandwagons and claiming that rhyming 'name' with 'shame' is fire. FOH bruh
Aatrixx trash
Dope Cash you just proved my point.
Dude is a monster. Off the top so easy, you can tell it's genuine
''We aint cuttin the camera off till I look good''
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
his freestyles are always entertaining as fuck lol
Huge respect for actually freestyling. Cats these days too scared to seem weak so they just spit writtens, A$AP don't need to front he knows his fans are with him.
he didnt just freestyle rap kid made a whole song with a chorus and all
+Parker M He flipped the "If you think I'm jiggy" hook. So dope.
When talented rappers freestyle they use chorus's to give themselves time to improvise
Logan Wendt ik what ya saying im sayin the way he flowed it pieced it like a song
Parker M He's just good at it
+Logan Wendt thats whst im trynna say sorry for misunderstanding
This nigga is hilarious I fucks with Rocky to the fullest
Respect, An actual freestyle, He's a genius. I don't know wtf this years XXL Cover was no freestyling just trash ; Except for 3 artists in it.
Not being lyrical doesn't mean they're trash
Andrew Wang it does
Not many people can freestyle like this. People here are saying "At least he tried". What? He nailed it
That shit about 50 was hilarious.
"I been eating my Wheaties"
Rup Tratin to nice
the freestyle was dope , gotta love the part while he "dissin" 50 haha
You HAVE to appreciate someone who's willing to get on a big radio show and really freestyle(like off the top type)
I was grinning the whole video, that was a fun freestyle and pretty good for being off the top.
Was it a Sway grin?
In these current times it is a RARE SKILL for rappers to be able to freestyle off the top of their head. I respect him so much.
Gambino tho. Amazing
I have mad respect for someone that freestyle straight off the top of their head, that shit is mad difficult. ¡Mas dificil! Lol. But really, big ups for Rocky having the balls to go total free style on air.
LOL he had to say "THAT'S THE HOMIE, I DON'T NO PROBLEMS" before 50 fucks him up
***** yeah, hes respecting str8 up.
Why is this one of the most under viewed videos on sways channel I've seen ones with higher view counts and this is by far one of the best, straight off the dome
that chris rivers freestyle doe is pretty dope too
Damn! A real freestyle! Damn! Impossible for that performance to be fake. This is real freestyle rap. So happy for having seen that. This guy has a real and rare talent.
Just had fun with it, don't care what anyone says, I'm always gonna be a fan. Asap Rocky!!
Rocky is right, hip-hop is gravitating back towards the love of being able to spit bars. It is gravitating back towards real genuine hip-hop. There are guys and girls coming up in the game that are kicking it old school. Things are starting to shift around and I'm glad it is on the rise.
Fucking sway loves putting rappers on the spot you can see it in that smile😂
you got 61 likes
SO. GOOD.
+Meghan Hughes Love you meghan!
meghaaannn hey. luv u
+Meghan Hughes meg!! woooo
must be refreshing for sway to listen to rappers that aren't wack off the top
Sway got all scared when he was dissing 50
Nobody’s scared of 2016 50 Cent unless you’re his ex with a sex tape or some shit.
Real freestyler. Other dudes with prewritten shit might as well not freestyle if we wanted to hear u write we would just listen to ur songs 😑
True dat
unwritten freestyle is called off the top
a freestyle doesn't have to be made up on the spot btw
+Anthony Oo Check out King Los freestyle
+EnEyeCeeKay nah mah boi papoose
Rocky's a real one💯...can't name 10 rappers that can rap that long Off the dome.
Not a big ASAP fan, but I've gained a new respect for him after watching this video.
i'm like rick ross with less weight man
i need love and less hate man
At 2:22 Sway's face at the 50 Cent line ha ha ! Sway looked like ohh hell nah you're not involving me in this - the entire room went funny !!
speaks the truth, freestyling is supposed to be fun and free and A$AP does it amazingly, idk why more rappers aren't cool with just coming in and going off the top, like its kinda what you're supposed to be able to do if you wanna call yourself a rapper
Rocky actually snaps off the top! There are too many rappers that can't do half of what he did, and are making too much money for being fake
@desiigner
+I can't think of a name 😭😭killed it
LOL this is weak. Go listen to Logic, King Los, Lecrae, Lupe Fiasco, Andy Mineo, and even Shia LaBeouf.
DeeDeeBeatz lot of those spit written only real one I know that’s off the top out of those is Los but he’s a freestyle god
@@kingdeedee Logic does not spit off the dome lmao
Love this, True freestyling doesn't have to be perfect. As long as you're having fun and you don't stop.
This dude always talks about Lindsay Lohan lmao
And g unit
1:47 This struggle is too real. This mans spit of the dome shows you dont have to be the best freestyler to be a pro rapper. We all know hes great and he kept it simple. Real dope
He said, “give me a topic” that proves that he’s a beast. He’s a legend!
mad respect for rocky, at least he tried off the top unlike most other rappers. he spit some good bars and kept me entertained the whole time. PROPS
You all underestimate Rocky. He is so smart!
funny, entertaining, amazing freestyle and rapper hands down. cool dude imo
That speech at the end was deep, and the freestyle was dope as always. Asap stay rapping "off the top of the motherfuckin dome nigga" llss
I give this man mad respect for what he just did on that video. Best sway freestyle ever made
Gotta give it to him, he's entertaining at the least. Love to see you get Lupe back on for some bars.
The boss Geezer I thought lupe was not doing interviews?
FALUKYOURMOM
I didn't know that.. Him and sway were quite chummy in they're vid tho so I'm sure sway could pull a freestyle out of him. You have to wonder how well asap would have coped with the 5 fingers
This was so much better than so many of the other freestyles on Sway. You can see him thinking about his lines and it's insane that he's able to drop these bars straight off the top. So many other rappers just bring writtens and its boring as shit. I come here for freestyle's not some fkin rehearsed shit that's why this is one of my favorite vids on the channel
my house burned down cuz all this fire coming out my phone
lol
My house actually burned down from all this lightning coming down
Rocky so chill..damnnn
Props for the freestyle! LOL His album was pretty dope too. Just posted a full review on my channel. Salute to him & the A$AP Mob!
Yeah just watched ur review, dope !
Thanks man, I appreciate it!
BMOCTV The album was a little to slow for my taste.
For real? Yea he did have some slow moments but it had some turn up joints too. LOL
It sounds like the Only You Remix beat.
Rocky is just full of positive vibes...love him
A$AP right you don't see many rappers freestyling anymore, because of how it make affect their rep if they mess up. He was humble and he got my respect and I actually liked he's freestyle
I fucking love that he legit freestyled. People don't do that shit anymore.
Off the dome. I respect the hell out of that. I'm just pissed nobody goes off the top on Sway In The Morning
Off the top this is impressive as hell.
Finally someone who's having fun with it, most rappers are way too scared. You can tell it's a freestyle when the artist smiles after a nice bar!
After watching this it’s hard to dislike this guy
i fucking love how sway just smiles and head nods, like you can really tell he loves his job.
I love how he actually freestyled off the top of he's head and it sounded dope
NOBODY ever begs sway to keep flowing haha. You can usually tell how the flow will be by their reaction when sway lays the beat
i love watching this I love rap and freestyling. seeing ASAP enjoying it is dope in it self
Rocky and the whole asap mob always sound like they freestyle of the top of the dome. Which makes them stand out to me more than other rappers in the game since everyone else sounds like they spitten writtens.
Dope shizzle love asap
This “bad” freestyle makes me respect him much more actually. He never was a “great rapper” to me. But he always knew how to catch the energy. Get the feeling and he made the most out of his “limited” talent. This isn’t a diss. it’s a compliment. And I generally like his music .
lol Sway was getting the burn farts when ASAP was talking about 50
Asap be going harder in freestyles than his songs tbh
True
lmao this is lowkey true and im weak from it
truss
True
true asf lol
He makes it look so easy just kicking words in a instant so effortlessly!
That was top 5 freestyles ever imo. Without a doubt. Deff the most enjoyable to watch, I could show my dad and he'd have fun watching
I love rocky. He really is charming and super funny. Also hilarious
Lmaooo Asap had me geeking for a majority of this video. He's definitely one of the chillest rappers- you can't fake that kind of charisma. No debate over his freestyle because that was actually off the top and you have to respect it. I wish his album (though I liked it) had more of this kind of style on it.
He killed it. He freestyle better than a lot of popular rappers written
Rocky’s definition of freestyle is straight up
This was fun to watch. I had a smile on my face the whole time
hahaha. bet that was fun. you can tell he love what he does. definitely skilled
I love this ! He's legit off the top and it's all
Good to fuk up that's what makes it genuine ! This is what it should be about !
and also damn asap in his prime. this dude is fucking legend.
Most entertaining freestyle I've ever seen. Rocky's definitely underestimated.
this guy is funny as hell "we don't cut the camera until I look good" 😂😂
This was lowkey pretty good, love Rocky's attitude towards freestyling. Knows he ain't the best but he still kept a flow going and just had fun with it!!
the best one yet (entertainment wise)
Sway looks like Wario every time somebody's freestyling
Out of all the rappers that are In the "a- list". I am super glad that it was rocky that did LSD. Because he is one of the most influential hip hop artists of our time. And he knows how to express himself within his creativity without nibbling over his thoughts and words. I respect him for that.
Smiled through this whole freestyle