james smalling Sure it does. You ever met someone who very mature and knowledgeable for their age? It means they're ahead of their time. Some people call them old souls.
james smalling "I'm so before my time my parents haven"t met yet". It doesn't have the same rhythm. Either way ahead means in front so technically it's the same thing.
Man people still don't understand how big of a loss Big L was to the game. He was the bridge from the Golden Era to the early 2000s. When we lost him, the writing was on the wall. The crown fell in Jiggas lap but evidence by this freestyle, Big L was the next to hold the crown. Just think how the game would be now.
Trinidad Onassis You think jay z would've have possibly beef with big l instead of nas because nas was in that slump until jay came out and diss him and reguvnizied nas, so instead of attacking him he goes at big l if he stayed alive of course
Trinidad Onassis+ Exactly!, this is exactly what I was thinking about!! If Big L was alive he would've changed the game, even tho Big L is often labeled as a hip hop legend, he only released two albums, alot of rap legends nowadays, needed more than 10 years mainstream rapping to be finally crowned rapping legends, Big L rapped only 5 year underground...what a loss to hip hop...
Trinidad Onassis just looked it up, jay was trying to sign l and l wouldve done if herb mcgruff couldve got a deal too, secondly jay was a well respected crack pusher and not the type to 'run around couches' even if ts did have it in for him (which they didnt, just one of jays affiliates)
Big L had Flamboyant Ent in 98, one year before he was murdered. Also, Pun and Fat Joe had Jay-Z running around the couch after bailing on a show and taking the money. It happened.
“My .38 works great, so make a mistake and hesitate I can't wait to demonstrate this nickel plate He didn't listen to what I was speakin'; he started reachin' So I left him sleepin' with his temple leakin” G.O.A.T
Never out of style because it is OBJECTIVELY GREAT. There is no argument against it other than admitting not understanding hip-hop or even music entirely! It is wild in 2022
789french5 Check around around 5:50. Listen for the part where he says "hear me." Note that he sped up a little bit to cram that part in so that it not only made sense but also flowed.
Exactly with that and " bigginig " up bigs bars .... over time he became a great lyricist .. but the contracts the artist signed on roc a fella changed things as well
Jay Z has given shout outs to L at his concerts saying "rest in piece Big L" on a few occasions. He also listed him in the list of rappers who he missed on a song called "missin you" where he says "pun we missing you, big l, we missing you..." And he has made references to his work throughout some of his albums in the past.
for me Big .l sounds like he is more street orientated, Jay-z just sounds like a guy with a good sense of rythm and good word play but with Big. l you can feel the street scene and attitude, usually the only ones to have a impact like Big.l had were real street kids...
+mobb s I'm not convinced. and plus jay z was never really physical in the streets but big.l is said to have knuckled up with many dudes. big.l's whole persona was raw, I have no doubt jay had some sort of relationship with the streets but he wasn't cut from the cloth Big L was.
+mobb s my point was never that big.l is a drug dealer. and just as you mentioned Jay z doing things Big.l had criminal ties too, even in his family so he could've been more active than you think. plus I believe they have different hearts, i see Jay z as moist. when I look at jay z old stuff he doesn't seem street to me more like a dancer or somethin, kinda nerdy. I don't get that same impression off L. to me anyway Jay z is a pagan but that's my opinion
+mobb s you saying he hasn't been in a fight isn't facts. because he has stabbed a guy it doesn't verify to me that he is more real than big. l. Jay z seems to me like the snaky type, your sorta guy apparently. fuck you and Jay z.
I'll admit, jay-Z killed this thing. Many of you will say he's nothing compared to L in this. BUT, BIG L IS THE FREESTYLE KING. You can't beat him, that was his specialty.
***** nahhh k rhino is good, but no big l, and for rappers still around celph titled, and apathy both destroy k any day of the week. Can't even argue that shit.
@@cartmanbruhh522 imo you didn't dig enuff, we just need two tracks from an artist to tell if he a menace Pun be the most 🔥 flow , delivery and punchlines I'd say he is the most complete rapper ever , Him & L Nas is neck&neck with Tupac when it comes to story telling ppl won't get it cuz the east coast style was so underground like ppl didn't get it 😆 but why does Nas rank higher than pac? lyrical ability , delivery 💁♂️ biggie got one of the finest 🌸 flows - vibey , story telling , many people copy this guy , why? it's because of internal rhymes with the flow , people don't get this, adding internals builds great flow now biggie is crowned the king of flows which is great i won't take it away Even though i think Kool G rap is the best rapper of all time I'll still give biggie his flowers Kool G da best rapper of all time (personally think no one tops this guy) his story telling is 🔥 outta this world , he is hip hop, the OG Godfather of Gangsta Rap , his rhymes aren't forced like Eminem rhymes or tounge flipped or sumn they are straight tuff and Hard hitting 💁♂️ all rappers rapping about guns and shooting are sons to Kool from those guys in the early 90's till now Kool fathered em some don't even know Rakim the God Emcee 😂 he is the West coast biggest rap influence the funky sounds , cleanest rap lyrics and space, this guy is undoubtedly the most untouchable when it comes to that cos he created it
Let's be real Jay Z verse was just as Dope as Big L.. I actually think it was better.. This is the Old School Jay -Z I grew up on.. Streets is watching Jay, can't knock the hustle..
jay z verse was good Big L verses out shines everything why u think jay recited a phrase from big l in one of his songs it's called paying homage to a legend
These two are the creators of a New generation of hip hop. So many artists built there foundation on the style and skills L and J possesed. Its a shame the game doesn't consist of hip hop artists of this caliber. Rip L.
Not giving that credit to j .... I don't really hear lyricist say they are influenced by Jay flow .. because he " bites" from others to much more folks from this Era was inspired by canibus before jay
Big L, Biggie, Jaz-O, Big Daddy Kane, you can diss Jay-Z all you want but man, the legends this dude has had the opportunity to rap with (if they were better or not) big respect to him. Dude done well in his career.
Im one of the many who heard this live and recorded it on cassette ....I never knew it would become as well known as it is.....my 17 year old step son asked if I heard it...lol....I took out the shoebox....and played it on my deck and he was like,"Wow you was listening that night?" Yop!! That let me introduce him to Stretch and Bobbito and now he stay playing my old tapes.........That was my plan lol
jay z had fire lines too! "Even if they wont let me in heaven, i raise hell, till its heaven" or "recognize, the black cat with the 9 lives, get up off me nigga its bad luck to cross me"
These are actually verses from Big L that we've all heard before at that time...Jay was truly freestyling...is why he started loosing his train of thought
😂😂😂 That’s your definition ? What about his 3rd verse?? “ I Hit em em en split em I Hit em en split em I”or that part he said “duh nuh nuh du nuh nuh nuh du nuh nuh” that’s what that is man I had it twisted. Coulda swore people told me it was called bombing? ? Thanks for saving me from embarrassment because he definitely is the most monstrous thing I’ve ever heard. Word
it's not hip hop I can't call today hip hop it's a different kind of breed then it was twenty and thirty years ago I don't even listen to the artist that's out today i'm stuck in the old 80's 90's era they should change the name to it TBH
"I ran up on dis nigga named Mac, in a black Acc, and put the gat to his cap; click-clack, sorry Jack....get up outta dat" "I stomp white cops till their life stops" I literally almost passed out when I heard L's second verse. Any fool saying JayZ bars was better than his doesnt understand English!
Hov did have some dope lines on this, but he also spit some nonsense. L got him on this one.plus it was wack of him to try to dis L when L brought him on the radio. Showed who he is tho, everyone should have seen the snaking of dame coming.
I think Big L set Jay up...he came in bullshitting, then heard Jayzs verse and was like oh shit...so he threw the entire kitchen sink on that second verse...jayz ran out of lines....and spat a written verse...lol
Uhmmm Big L and Jay weren't battling....Jay was actually trying to sign Big L...they had already battled in Harlem...Jay heard about Big L and he went to Harlem on L block and they battled...nobody ever speaks on who won that battle...that story hasn't been told....Jay was coming off the top of the dome...Big L was spitting WRITTENS THE WHOKE TIME...WRITTENS ALWAYS SOUND BETTER THAN FREESTYLES....
I noticed jay was a chameleon his whole rap career. He used these styles with his own twist: Jaz-O Big daddy kane Biggie smalls Big L that philly whisper flow from the Young Gunz , Eminem ,Kanye west. Its probably more but these the ones i can think of off the top.
No one understands how we lost one the of realest dude on the MIC man big L was ahead of his time better then jay z better then most rappers at his time much love and respect to big L Rip big homie texas rocking with you till this day 💯💯💯
I used to tape this show off the radio back in the day & took it to college with me. wow! you had to wait ALL DAY to hear your favorite songs on the radio back then.
Did you even listen to the freestyle? He's fucking up and calling big L by name. If it's a written, then tell me what album/song it's on. And stop wearing your emotions on your sleeve like this. I don't even know you.
The lyrics make a story and rhyme in complicated schemes and them the flow is dope af Real fkn hip hop real rap No way a rapper in 2024 could even imagine doing this
Anyone who thinks L couldn't hold up today, wow, hahaha, he is going toe-to-toe with Hov around the time Jay recorded Reasonable Doubt, and L isn't even going into second gear! Doesn't even care that he stumbled on a bar lol. The Jay stuff is just as good. Phenomenal. People gonna write him off because of the era, but be real, Big L would kill any beat. Let's not act like a guy with these skills would not be able to deal with so-called modern beats... yeah right... yup okay...
big L spit fire! but I think he says his first one is a new song he wrote. Jay was off top, but kinda lost. then big L second verse was fuckin insaaane!
6:26 big L said " all I got for chicks is hard dick and bubble gum".... Jay-Z spit that same line 2 years later on clue 4 President mixtape.... Rip big L, truly ahead of his time!!
Bro...that hard dick n bubble gum line was something we been saying in the streets since the late 70s....niggaz been saying that...Big L took that from slang on the streets...he didn't invent that
I was listening to that show the day it aired and it was the first time i heard Big L. I was smoking a blunt with my homey when we heard Big L freestyle we instantly knew we had just listened to something special.
Both artists did their thing. One is still living and the other is resting in peace. Two different styles to choose from but overall this is what Hip Hop is missing. Music with content and music artists with their own flow.
big L demolished this shit we all know this, but to say Hov didnt match him right on this shit is def hating. He went off, both of their deliveries were different stylish and so vintage new york ! RIP L #NUYAWKFLOW
Man what can i say. How did rap go from this, to this shit today they call rap? What a joke. This is a reminder of rappers today are trash. This is so FIRE!!!!!!!! 2 GOATS
Back when u needed skills to make it
black adam facts!!!!!
Akshat Brahamania That's complete nonsense.
Correct man
Man I prefer this hip hop or freestyle old school because now in this days are shitt man
From Bronx BX
black adam Yeah I.K.R. ↪??!!., Exactly!!., Exxxxxxactleighieiyé!!., You're Vxrry Wright!!., Exactly!!., Exxxxxxactleighieiyé!!.
"I'm so ahead of my time my parents haven't met yet"....Big L is a BEAST!
+Andy Moore yeah but when you think about it it doesnt make sense
james smalling
Sure it does. You ever met someone who very mature and knowledgeable for their age? It means they're ahead of their time. Some people call them old souls.
Andy Moore Yeah but his parents met before his time, not ahead of his time
james smalling
"I'm so before my time my parents haven"t met yet". It doesn't have the same rhythm. Either way ahead means in front so technically it's the same thing.
Love that line...
Man people still don't understand how big of a loss Big L was to the game. He was the bridge from the Golden Era to the early 2000s. When we lost him, the writing was on the wall. The crown fell in Jiggas lap but evidence by this freestyle, Big L was the next to hold the crown. Just think how the game would be now.
Trinidad Onassis You think jay z would've have possibly beef with big l instead of nas because nas was in that slump until jay came out and diss him and reguvnizied nas, so instead of attacking him he goes at big l if he stayed alive of course
Trinidad Onassis+ Exactly!, this is exactly what I was thinking about!! If Big L was alive he would've changed the game, even tho Big L is often labeled as a hip hop legend, he only released two albums, alot of rap legends nowadays, needed more than 10 years mainstream rapping to be finally crowned rapping legends, Big L rapped only 5 year underground...what a loss to hip hop...
obviously you dont understand that big l was only ever an underground mc, jay was actually going to sign big l to rocafella
Trinidad Onassis just looked it up, jay was trying to sign l and l wouldve done if herb mcgruff couldve got a deal too, secondly jay was a well respected crack pusher and not the type to 'run around couches' even if ts did have it in for him (which they didnt, just one of jays affiliates)
Big L had Flamboyant Ent in 98, one year before he was murdered. Also, Pun and Fat Joe had Jay-Z running around the couch after bailing on a show and taking the money. It happened.
This freestyle is so good that if this was all Big L ever rapped he'd still be one of the best MC's of all time lol
But he said it wasn't a freestyle. so…there's that. IJS
Bigga Don Freestyle could be "off the dome" or memorized....So it is a freestyle.
Bigga Don still dope af
L and Pun? On a track dropping bombs in your brain.There would be no fans alive to love it.
MrErnieHanks how about Big L Died so Notorious Big can Thrive!
Crazy thing is people don't even realize Big L took Lord Finesse blueprint and amped it to 100. The best example of a protege improving on his mentor.
“My .38 works great, so make a mistake and hesitate
I can't wait to demonstrate this nickel plate
He didn't listen to what I was speakin'; he started reachin'
So I left him sleepin' with his temple leakin”
G.O.A.T
4:49 "We could get down and split the wealth, thats when I found I could do it myself" that line describes Jay in a heart beat
FACTS! DAME eventually, found this out the hard way..LOL
Cut off the middle man and multiply your pay.
@@ejmiller2601dame was his own worst enemy
2024
90s was the golden age of hip hop
if Big L was alive, he would of been the greatest.
The Horse from 1964 Of that I have no doubt. He still is top 5 of all time. I've never heard better punchlines and a better flow than L.
No wouldn't have ...lol
He is the best already.. dead or alive.
He was nice but thats a hard no from me dog
Big l was better than big.
Yo this shit was rocking in 1995 and it's 2020 and this shit is still rocking( RIP BIG L)
Never out of style because it is OBJECTIVELY GREAT. There is no argument against it other than admitting not understanding hip-hop or even music entirely! It is wild in 2022
....Jay worked this beat, that flow was to real.
Big L was such a beast! His death hurt the rap game!
I would of loved to see big L today man RIP
Big L was 20 years old spittin' like this🔥💯 and dudes like Lil uzi and yachty complain about their age smh😒
When tf did uzi complain about his age???
@@younghova7657 one of his older interviews on hot 97 how he told Ebro he was 21 and that I can’t rap on “old beats”
@@classyy_one thats not complaining about age
Dam them Big L lines sent chills down my spine!
Big L was on another level. Dude was ahead of his times. RIP Big L.
There is no best! In those good ol' days everyone was fire!!!
Tomi Culjak GOOD MUSIC IS GOOD MUSIC IT AIN'T NO BEST ITS JUST WORST
Ksus Susk so Jay cant rap? Its 2018 bruh, take off the dwayne wayne shades already..
Every one wasn't 🔥
Tomi culjak well put.
This freestyle will forever be legend. L and Z killing it.
Ayyo Big L be like "I fucked up on one line", which line?? I seriously can't find where he paused or anything ??
Check the six minute mark
BFC YVSHUA I still don't see where he fucked up, I'm no rapper but the rhymes. flow and delivery are all usual Big L goodness
789french5 Check around around 5:50. Listen for the part where he says "hear me." Note that he sped up a little bit to cram that part in so that it not only made sense but also flowed.
the end of his first verse, fell back on the pow sound bow down flow
I don’t think he fucked up with his rapping I think he said something he shouldn’t have and that’s why the guy said wash your mouth out with soap
Jay wasn't ready YET. But he became one of the best over the years. He got better and better, from getting sharpened by Big L, NAS, and Big.
Exactly with that and " bigginig " up bigs bars .... over time he became a great lyricist .. but the contracts the artist signed on roc a fella changed things as well
Jay Z has given shout outs to L at his concerts saying "rest in piece Big L" on a few occasions. He also listed him in the list of rappers who he missed on a song called "missin you" where he says "pun we missing you, big l, we missing you..." And he has made references to his work throughout some of his albums in the past.
And Jay z also said he beat big l in a battle too
I think the Stretch & Bobbito show helped keep the balance in HIPHOP. The underground needs another great platform.
BIG L WAS NEXT FOR KING OF NEW YORK!...AND THE GOATS OF NEW YORK NEW IT!...SAD THAT THIS GREAT TALENT IS GONE!!...R.I.P MY MAN.
Big L murdered this.
RIP
for me Big .l sounds like he is more street orientated, Jay-z just sounds like a guy with a good sense of rythm and good word play but with Big. l you can feel the street scene and attitude, usually the only ones to have a impact like Big.l had were real street kids...
+mobb s I'm not convinced. and plus jay z was never really physical in the streets but big.l is said to have knuckled up with many dudes. big.l's whole persona was raw, I have no doubt jay had some sort of relationship with the streets but he wasn't cut from the cloth Big L was.
+mobb s my point was never that big.l is a drug dealer. and just as you mentioned Jay z doing things Big.l had criminal ties too, even in his family so he could've been more active than you think. plus I believe they have different hearts, i see Jay z as moist. when I look at jay z old stuff he doesn't seem street to me more like a dancer or somethin, kinda nerdy. I don't get that same impression off L. to me anyway Jay z is a pagan but that's my opinion
+mobb s you saying he hasn't been in a fight isn't facts. because he has stabbed a guy it doesn't verify to me that he is more real than big. l. Jay z seems to me like the snaky type, your sorta guy apparently. fuck you and Jay z.
+mobb s talking bout jay z stepped to someone and stab them lol prick. He didn't want it wid lox though.
mobb s these nighas dumb af bro u dead on the money Hov a OG it's verified
Big l murdered it...
I'll admit, jay-Z killed this thing. Many of you will say he's nothing compared to L in this.
BUT, BIG L IS THE FREESTYLE KING. You can't beat him, that was his specialty.
And people listen to Uzi Vert and Yatchy. Feel sorry for them!
Listen to who ?!
Kelley Taylor....#INDEED!!!
Kelley Taylor never heard of em, genuinely
I Said the Same Thing 💯
Uzi is okay
20 years later im still bumping this!!! 2018!! Big L will forever live on
Big L was ahead of his time. He is a legend. RIP!
Classic. Jay in prime, & the talent of a blessed mc! Rip big l
hhova29 that wasn’t jayz prime, that was early in his career, even had a different rap style/flow
The both killed it!
Nope. BIG L KILLED IT. Jay Z sounds as bad as he does today. JAYJOKE is what im calling him.
@Flaco None stfu... jay z was freestyling big l is great but this was a prerecorded song he's freestyling not from the dome
@@flaconone8226you and YOU ALONE 🤡 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
"I'm so ahead of my time my parents haven't met yet" ...damn.
The crazy thing is Jay did OKAY AT FIRST but even if he didn't fuck up no matter what he spit he was going to sound like shit compared to L.
He dreams of having Ls punch lines, I think ever rapper does.
Wierd sounded the other way around to me
joe morley It shouldn't have.
***** nahhh k rhino is good, but no big l, and for rappers still around celph titled, and apathy both destroy k any day of the week. Can't even argue that shit.
I thought Jay did damn good. he did miss a rhyme at one point, but big deal you know?
Immortal technique, not as a mainstream, but lyrically is an ANIMAL
Listen to this every morning, this is when MC's were using their voiceboxes like futuristic instruments
Punch lines- Big L
Lyricist. - Big Pun
Flow. - Biggie
Message and Soul- Tupac
Message and soul kendrick lamar
Eminem or Big L tbh for lyricist
Pun really didn’t release much for him to be known as greatest lyricist imo
And all of em combined is Jigga the JAY-Z
@@cartmanbruhh522 imo you didn't dig enuff, we just need two tracks from an artist to tell if he a menace
Pun be the most 🔥 flow , delivery and punchlines I'd say he is the most complete rapper ever , Him & L
Nas is neck&neck with Tupac when it comes to story telling ppl won't get it cuz the east coast style was so underground like ppl didn't get it 😆
but why does Nas rank higher than pac? lyrical ability , delivery 💁♂️
biggie got one of the finest 🌸 flows - vibey , story telling , many people copy this guy , why? it's because of internal rhymes with the flow , people don't get this, adding internals builds great flow
now biggie is crowned the king of flows which is great i won't take it away
Even though i think Kool G rap is the best rapper of all time I'll still give biggie his flowers
Kool G da best rapper of all time (personally think no one tops this guy)
his story telling is 🔥 outta this world , he is hip hop, the OG Godfather of Gangsta Rap , his rhymes aren't forced like Eminem rhymes or tounge flipped or sumn they are straight tuff and Hard hitting 💁♂️ all rappers rapping about guns and shooting are sons to Kool from those guys in the early 90's till now Kool fathered em some don't even know
Rakim the God Emcee 😂 he is the West coast biggest rap influence
the funky sounds , cleanest rap lyrics and space, this guy is undoubtedly the most untouchable when it comes to that cos he created it
Big L talked about guns/violence too, but his life was actually all about that.
Big L was a MONSTER!!!!
Pull your cars and argue all day who is the best mc, biggi. Jay z. Nas or big l
No argument bitvh
Let's be real Jay Z verse was just as Dope as Big L.. I actually think it was better.. This is the Old School Jay -Z I grew up on.. Streets is watching Jay, can't knock the hustle..
jay z verse was good Big L verses out shines everything why u think jay recited a phrase from big l in one of his songs it's called paying homage to a legend
Oml...
E Styles FOH
E Styles no it wasn’t big L verse was way better
E Styles BIG L WAS WAY BETTER THAN J.BIG L DEFINITELY HAD A BETTER FLOW AND PUNCHLINES JS SHIT WAS BASIC AND SIMPLE.
These two are the creators of a New generation of hip hop. So many artists built there foundation on the style and skills L and J possesed. Its a shame the game doesn't consist of hip hop artists of this caliber. Rip L.
Not giving that credit to j .... I don't really hear lyricist say they are influenced by Jay flow .. because he " bites" from others to much more folks from this Era was inspired by canibus before jay
Jay-z was great on this ! The beat is a killer! Big L is just a genius ! Find this super dope.
Big L, Biggie, Jaz-O, Big Daddy Kane, you can diss Jay-Z all you want but man, the legends this dude has had the opportunity to rap with (if they were better or not) big respect to him. Dude done well in his career.
Big Jaz aka The Jaz aka Jaz-O is 1 of My Favorite MC'S Straight up.
Im one of the many who heard this live and recorded it on cassette ....I never knew it would become as well known as it is.....my 17 year old step son asked if I heard it...lol....I took out the shoebox....and played it on my deck and he was like,"Wow you was listening that night?" Yop!! That let me introduce him to Stretch and Bobbito and now he stay playing my old tapes.........That was my plan lol
legendary Salute Big L,Big Pun da Realest 🙏🙌🎤🎼🎵🎹Harlem
Big l was a lyrical assassin.
jay z had fire lines too!
"Even if they wont let me in heaven, i raise hell, till its heaven"
or
"recognize, the black cat with the 9 lives, get up off me nigga its bad luck to cross me"
Real hip hop Big L was the real deal miss 1995 Jay Z killed this beat KEEP IT REAL '''''''''''''''''''''
his flow was shit though, he tried to rhyme so bad.
These are actually verses from Big L that we've all heard before at that time...Jay was truly freestyling...is why he started loosing his train of thought
2022 and this still an underground classic
Omfg, Jay's flow was so monstrous back in the day.
😂😂😂 That’s your definition ? What about his 3rd verse?? “ I Hit em em en split em I Hit em en split em I”or that part he said “duh nuh nuh du nuh nuh nuh du nuh nuh” that’s what that is man I had it twisted. Coulda swore people told me it was called bombing? ? Thanks for saving me from embarrassment because he definitely is the most monstrous thing I’ve ever heard. Word
Big L owned him though
@@scottlynch4771 yes he did say those things but he still held his own
ahh what happened to hip hop
Charls Cheese it got better
Jake Wallace Really? "rick rolled" right
+Jake Wallace nigga what?
Y'all just became deaf. Nothing that came out in this era sounds as good as To Pimp A Butterfly or My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
+Charls Cheese moved to the UK my man
Big L was , and still is s monster!!!
Jay z held his own though.
Both was fire 🔥 🔥 🔥
Im so ahead of my time my parents haven't met yet...Big L
I have heard all of this...but much love for the upload. Big L is just too phenomenal.
Yoo hip hop needs to come back fuck all this hip hop 2016 I kno it ain't doing us good but shit wat can we do ... 😒
it's not hip hop I can't call today hip hop it's a different kind of breed then it was twenty and thirty years ago I don't even listen to the artist that's out today i'm stuck in the old 80's 90's era they should change the name to it TBH
"I ran up on dis nigga named Mac, in a black Acc, and put the gat to his cap; click-clack, sorry Jack....get up outta dat"
"I stomp white cops till their life stops"
I literally almost passed out when I heard L's second verse. Any fool saying JayZ bars was better than his doesnt understand English!
Loved that line too!
big l was so much ahead of his time if he came out with this shit today he'd be the illest.. very slept on and underrated
Even if they don't let me in heaven, I'll raise hell...til its heaven. Everybody who's sayin jay z didn't go off is a bunch of haters lmao
Corey Martin yea that's a slick ass line
even before he had a son he knew how to raise a gun
Hov did have some dope lines on this, but he also spit some nonsense. L got him on this one.plus it was wack of him to try to dis L when L brought him on the radio. Showed who he is tho, everyone should have seen the snaking of dame coming.
Sean MacDonald wat?
yeah L spit written rhymes on here while Hov was freestylin thats why L sounded better or had the better verses.
Big L's voice always makes me cry for real son, I miss his voice and everything about L 😭👆🎤
So much jewels in each bars of their raps. Two masters going at it.
Enjoy the lyrics, stop comparing these MCs. Both are ill! Its a sick joint cause both of em came through..shiet
Stitch I swear , too bias to even listen.
Stitch #Facts
Facts man
L eats him up with dem punchlines
Oh man, I also wondered what rap would look like if Big L , Pac and Big never died 😪
I think about that all the time especially when I'm listening to my music. 😥😥😥
Would of been CRAZY era to live in now because they would of morphed it
This is the track that I'll always remember hip hop since '77 lucky LeNEXT salute
I think Big L set Jay up...he came in bullshitting, then heard Jayzs verse and was like oh shit...so he threw the entire kitchen sink on that second verse...jayz ran out of lines....and spat a written verse...lol
GQ Moe I disagree big l first verse was better than his second
GQ Moe it was all written
Uhmmm Big L and Jay weren't battling....Jay was actually trying to sign Big L...they had already battled in Harlem...Jay heard about Big L and he went to Harlem on L block and they battled...nobody ever speaks on who won that battle...that story hasn't been told....Jay was coming off the top of the dome...Big L was spitting WRITTENS THE WHOKE TIME...WRITTENS ALWAYS SOUND BETTER THAN FREESTYLES....
R.I.P Big L, good one from both, but L is 100 times better tjan JAYz. peace
I noticed jay was a chameleon his whole rap career.
He used these styles with his own twist: Jaz-O Big daddy kane Biggie smalls Big L
that philly whisper flow from the Young Gunz , Eminem ,Kanye west. Its probably more but these the ones i can think of off the top.
Laron Jackson forgot Nas
sitijja herath nah he didn't copy or ever sound like Nas😂😂😂ski beats sampled Nas' voice, and thats the extent how copied Nas
No one understands how we lost one the of realest dude on the MIC man big L was ahead of his time better then jay z better then most rappers at his time much love and respect to big L Rip big homie texas rocking with you till this day 💯💯💯
I used to tape this show off the radio back in the day & took it to college with me. wow! you had to wait ALL DAY to hear your favorite songs on the radio back then.
Stretch & Bobbito show!!! Legends !!
Rip Big -L
Rip Big L
this is when Jay-Z used to spit real bars.. not bullshit like he does now
***** He's not bad but he's not the greatest. The difference is that it sounds like Jay z is actually freestyling off the dome a little bit here.
he wasnt going in too much tho wit all that boo boo bam stuff. that was some bill cosby shit
I don't like Jay but clearly this isn't at his best. He hadn't started sounding like Nas , Big or Wu-tang yet.
SMBeatss you can say that again bro 💯
Jay z spit hot garbage big l murda jay
Big L's verses were better but I think Jay Z's were actually off the top. Not all of it, but a lot of it.
None of them spit off the top dumbas listen to it and they both say they're gonna spit something they haven't for a while
Ricardo Renteria Yeah, except he's referencing Big L throughout the verse. Stop being so sensitive, Ricky.
Naw just probing you wrong reject
Did you even listen to the freestyle? He's fucking up and calling big L by name. If it's a written, then tell me what album/song it's on. And stop wearing your emotions on your sleeve like this. I don't even know you.
I'm not sure it's on an album? I said I saw footage of him freestyling this
The lyrics make a story and rhyme in complicated schemes and them the flow is dope af
Real fkn hip hop real rap
No way a rapper in 2024 could even imagine doing this
Anyone who thinks L couldn't hold up today, wow, hahaha, he is going toe-to-toe with Hov around the time Jay recorded Reasonable Doubt, and L isn't even going into second gear! Doesn't even care that he stumbled on a bar lol. The Jay stuff is just as good. Phenomenal. People gonna write him off because of the era, but be real, Big L would kill any beat. Let's not act like a guy with these skills would not be able to deal with so-called modern beats... yeah right... yup okay...
big L spit fire! but I think he says his first one is a new song he wrote. Jay was off top, but kinda lost. then big L second verse was fuckin insaaane!
J killed it
6:26 big L said " all I got for chicks is hard dick and bubble gum"....
Jay-Z spit that same line 2 years later on clue 4 President mixtape.... Rip big L, truly ahead of his time!!
Bro...that hard dick n bubble gum line was something we been saying in the streets since the late 70s....niggaz been saying that...Big L took that from slang on the streets...he didn't invent that
Classic best radio rhymes off all time R.I.P Big L. That milk bone beat is so DOPE too.
Big L: I got my man Jay z here
Jay z: .....how tf am I supposed to flow behind that
This is the best quality version that I've heard.
Big L All Day!! Your music lives in me Gemini!
Back when excellent rap was just known as regular rap. 90's was just ridiculous for talent.
I was listening to that show the day it aired and it was the first time i heard Big L. I was smoking a blunt with my homey when we heard Big L freestyle we instantly knew we had just listened to something special.
Both artists did their thing. One is still living and the other is resting in peace. Two different styles to choose from but overall this is what Hip Hop is missing. Music with content and music artists with their own flow.
L's verse is insane. Jay's verse was good.
Not exactly written he just uses the same lines sometimes.
Sometimes when you go off the dome you will use line you had in your head before.
big L demolished this shit we all know this, but to say Hov didnt match him right on this shit is def hating. He went off, both of their deliveries were different stylish and so vintage new york ! RIP L #NUYAWKFLOW
Rashan Robinson No comparison. Big L forever
Real spit
My glock makes the pow sound
Im from a wild town
You know my style clown - so bow down
Jayz took that
Smooth flow
He knew where he was going to take it
🙏🙏🙏 so blessed thank you.
Big L’s 2nd verse.....sheesh
I've definitely heard Jay use some of Big L's lyrics in his songs...
Joshua Black jay z a bitch nigga
Paying homage likw with Biggie. Check Kingdom Come glow in the dark lyric
he paying homage.ppl dumb like Jay who’s the smartest cat out there won’t realize ppl gonna recognize the bar
ok but L bit mase multiple times when dude was in the same group, so what now
But died he copy L? Nah
RIP Big L. This guy was the BEST!!!!!!!!!!
the rap i grow up on it...... the mad skill era.......
jay did a good job to catch on L though L prevailed.....such an intense talent man
Lol Jay flow was crazy,
criminal minded crazzy
Big L was Better
Rolando Recinos this ain't a competition man
Lol, sleeping on jays lines in this.. wake up mayn.
His lines were trash
Jay-Z was dope 💪💯
In Jays defense it was off the top of the head...made up on the spot, and Big L's raps were written being recited from memory
Big L is the hoodie...jay is the mcm suit
Jay z runs out of shit to say and just makes sound effects lol wtf is that shit
Jay was okay, but L was a couple of flights above him
I wish these flows come back 😩😩
this is a very old freestyle i had this back in 2000, jay was pose ti sign big l b4 he got shot, but i still love listening to it
Man what can i say. How did rap go from this, to this shit today they call rap? What a joke. This is a reminder of rappers today are trash. This is so FIRE!!!!!!!! 2 GOATS