Dude don't even write his own battles, he sits with his crew and spends months rewriting his verses, you can't expect him to freestyle when he never has.
Brett Robbins first off u can't spell second of all off the top and off the memory all combined goes to one part the brain so when u say off the memory u are saying off the dome witch also means out the brain and off the top also saying off the brain but some people use different words to say that so u are wrong
Off the top is when you come up with rhymes on the spot you and off the memory is when you already have written a verse before but you're just rhyming it on a different beat you dumb fuck.
Don't understand people hating on Arsonal, written or not these lyrics are absolutely unreal majority of you people couldn't produce this type of lyricism if you tried. He killed it, full respect to Arsonal.
So basically you have legends Sway, Lux & Heather B who are obviously impressed by Ars here. And on the flip you have 20 year olds here on UA-cam who don't even know the origins of the word "freestyle" hating on him. I'm going to have to side with the people in the video here, sorry.
"There are two types of freestyle. There’s an old-school freestyle that’s basically rhymes that you’ve just thought of on the spot that may not have anything to do with any subject or that goes all over the place. Then there’s freestyle where you come off the top of the head." - Kool Moe Dee. There is NOT ANYONE in the youtube comment section that is more qualified than Kool Moe Dee to answer a question of hip hop culture.
What this means (for those who dont understand it), is that there is two forms of freestyles, one is FREE of STYLE in which you scribbled quickly on no particular subject, and another form created off the top of the head at that second that is explicitly referred to as a freestyle OFF THE DOME.
Kool Moe Dee suggests the change in how the term is used happened somewhere in the mid to late ‘80s, saying, "until 1986, all freestyles were written," and “before the ‘90s it was about how hard you could come with a written rhyme with no particular subject matter and no real purpose other than showing your lyrical prowess." "A lot of the old-school artists didn’t even respect what’s being called freestyle now... any emcee coming off the top of the head wasn’t really respected. The sentiment was emcees only did that if they couldn’t write. The coming off the top of the head rhymer had a built-in excuse to not be critiqued as hard".
Wombosity no there's two types of freestyles. ONE is an actual freestyle with new lyrics that have never been written & are from the mind sporadically... And the other type of freestyle is PUTTING A WRITTEN VERSE on a random beat. If that's the case, battle rappers could take a verse they spit to someone, put it on a Drake beat & call it a freestyle. You don't read a freestyle. You also don't memorize a freestyle. #StopReaching2017
And sidebar... That Kool's OPINION not a fact. My opinion is freestyling is what Charron does in most of his battles. And I can understand the FREE OF STYLE explanation but when I freestyle I make new shit up. When I got asked to spit some shit I wrote, that's what I did
LL cool j mentioned the same thing freestyle was a verse with no particular subject wether it was written or off the head it was rhyming without making a song that was the name of freestyle. LL Cool j mentioned this in his 1998 MTV interview with DMX Redman n Method Man for his 4,3,2,1 song on LL's Phenomenon album.
Sean Hogan Yes it is so fucking annoying off the top of the head off the top of the head off the top of the head easy easy easy easy where you dumb niggas wanna give dumbass reasons to justify that wack shit is so fucking annoying and first off ffod is there to showcase off the top of the head but if you read from a fucking phone its not a free style and before you mention about the beats its its still a free style no beat is acapella still a freestyle you expect him to to showcase his talent and he reading a fucking phone and yo dumbass justifying it
@@seanh2424 that's the dumbest shit I've ever heard. Bro the whole concept of a freestyle is to be an improvised off the top performance with or without a beat
This technically is a freestyle. He probably wrote it in 10 minutes not knowing what beats Sway had for him. & the last beat was straight off the top ,I think That's what y'all is confusing a freestyle with.
Fjólubláa Brauðristin No...A freestyle is a verse off the top of the head. You don't have to have a beat to be a freestyle. Ever heard of Acapella? That means no beat. No clearly have no idea what a freestyle.
Phyuck Yiu Freestyle is not only raps "of the top of the head." That is the common misconception that kids promote these days over the internet. Lets start by breaking down the name free-style it indicates that your style is not limited . If you were forced to spit "of the top of the head" then that is not FREE STYLE anymore since you would be limited not to spit anything you already have memorized . Freestyle is anything you decide to spit at the given beat or acapella spontaneously at the moment. Also freestyle where you are spitting a already memorized verse or reading bars off your phone is even harder to spit on beats then the "off the top" and your flow has to be a lot sharper . Second thing if you were actually a rapper or somebody that really understood what he was talking about here, you would understand that it's a lot harder to sit down write a decent verse ( with punches and wordplay) than to sit and rap about random bullshit just chasing the rhyme.
he's on the phone, yes, but this is one of the best 5 fingers of death i've heard, so good getting into these beats and that's from an artist coming off acapella most of the time. Amazing.
Tyrone Kuleman first off just because someone does something all the time doesn't mean it's OK or right a lot of rappers do this yes but it's not a real freestyle it's fake people do it so much the definition changed if you go to a real rapper a true artist and ask him to freestyle his instinct is to think "oh off the top" also no it can't be written you know why? CUZ YOU WOULD CALL IT A WRITTEN why would a freestyle be a written if they already have a term for it that's like saying off the top can be written because it's off the top of the brain freestyle is freestyle written is written the moment u switch between the two ur not doing one of them yes u can spit a written in ur freestyle BUT at that moment ur not free styling that's basically saying every song is a freestyle cuz they didn't read it when they recorded it
ThatNewKid no rapper ever freestyles "off the top" everything they're spitting is already in their head if they really spat off the top their shit would come out mad sloppy thats the truth
People don't know the real definition of freestyle. Lol. He is freestyling cause he uses a random verses or written lyrics to a beat. He didn't write those lyrics for them pics.
who cares if he read it? most of the rappers on here have their material memorized beforehand anyway. Which is different, but essentially the same thing. Either way he killed it just like he does in all his battles
I hit the stop button before he even started. Make it a rule that if they can't freestyle then go home sway!. I'm gonna go back and watch Wayne Brady and common now.
when he was reading off the phone it was fire even though it wasnt off the dome but the last beat he went off the dome at the 5th beat he put his phone down and went off the dome MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Josh Varughese That is not the point if your doing "five fingers of death" it is supposed to test your "lyrical stamina" if your reading all the lyrics hows that testing your tank hes the only one ive seen do this on five fingers. If this wasn't the five fingers i wouldnt be a problem.
dam why arsenal got his phone out to me hes one the best battle rappers of all time and ive seen him really freestyle in other videos man im disappointed right now.
+elice05 freestyle doesn't have to be top of the dome. freestyle stems from free rhymes, as in it doesn't have the content structure of a song, its just rhymes that are put together that flow
arsonal killed that shit. just because you have the lyrics written down doesn't mean that there's a rhythm to it. you constantly have to find your rhythm when the beat keeps changing
Lots of people mistake freestlye for something else. Back in the day when hiphop was born freestyle is actually just free of style. Having fun with what your rapping.
Many people read off their phone on Sway, the only difference is Ars is crucified for it. Andy Mineo read off his phone for 5 minutes straight and no one had anything bad to say about it, but let Ars do it and folks cant stand it, it is easy to see this for exactly what it is.
man idc what he did, if those lames knew any better they would know, no matter how much bars you write down you have to be a real mc to be able to flow on 5 different beats that change in the middle of you flowing so that alone makes him dope as hell plus the lyrics were sick too so he gets ALL my respect
+okolie joachim Check out his battle raps, he's pretty deadly in the UK and Canada circuit. I recommend his first battle with Shotty Horroh and I highly recommend his battle with Caustic.
he destroyed dis shyt..readin or not he destroyed it..whether he wrote the bars or not, they are still his bars..regardless..give credit when credit is due...
even though it wasnt off the top its still MAD hard to adapt to the beat with whats already been PREWRITTEN they could be reading and rapping and still fuck up in the middle of the instrumental props arse
Idc about him reading off a phone. He killed it and does this for a living w/o a phone.
He's used his phone during battles before...Ars has no shame
He used his phone in only one battle. Not multiple times.
+MrBoommer1 relax
Dude don't even write his own battles, he sits with his crew and spends months rewriting his verses, you can't expect him to freestyle when he never has.
+MrBoommer1 One time too many still
people don't understand how to make those rhymes compatible with the beat so even if he is reading off the phone it don't matter still hella good.
Break it down brotha for those who don't know what a 4/4 is. Give an example please...
the devolution of freestyle:
off the top
off the memory
off the cell
U dumb ass nigga off the top and off the memory are both the same
Brett Robbins first off u can't spell second of all off the top and off the memory all combined goes to one part the brain so when u say off the memory u are saying off the dome witch also means out the brain and off the top also saying off the brain but some people use different words to say that so u are wrong
I'm late but you killed me with that
+Naim Robinson you inbred fuck off the top means nothing written... by memory means you remember what you wrote... how fucking dumb are you
Off the top is when you come up with rhymes on the spot you and off the memory is when you already have written a verse before but you're just rhyming it on a different beat you dumb fuck.
Don't understand people hating on Arsonal,
written or not these lyrics are absolutely unreal majority of you people couldn't produce this type of lyricism if you tried.
He killed it, full respect to Arsonal.
James P. They not understanding
He could have memorized his own shit
Facts🔥🔥🔥🔥
It’s suppose to be a freestyle. But he’s reading off his phone. No hate just observation
NO PHONES ALLOWED. call that shit out
difference with him is that unlike someone like troy ave, who also read off his phone, arsonal actually has bars
So basically you have legends Sway, Lux & Heather B who are obviously impressed by Ars here. And on the flip you have 20 year olds here on UA-cam who don't even know the origins of the word "freestyle" hating on him. I'm going to have to side with the people in the video here, sorry.
I’m 19 and you dumb asf
"There are two types of freestyle. There’s an old-school freestyle that’s basically rhymes that you’ve just thought of on the spot that may not have anything to do with any subject or that goes all over the place. Then there’s freestyle where you come off the top of the head." - Kool Moe Dee. There is NOT ANYONE in the youtube comment section that is more qualified than Kool Moe Dee to answer a question of hip hop culture.
What this means (for those who dont understand it), is that there is two forms of freestyles, one is FREE of STYLE in which you scribbled quickly on no particular subject, and another form created off the top of the head at that second that is explicitly referred to as a freestyle OFF THE DOME.
Kool Moe Dee suggests the change in how the term is used happened somewhere in the mid to late ‘80s, saying, "until 1986, all freestyles were written," and “before the ‘90s it was about how hard you could come with a written rhyme with no particular subject matter and no real purpose other than showing your lyrical prowess."
"A lot of the old-school artists didn’t even respect what’s being called freestyle now... any emcee coming off the top of the head wasn’t really respected. The sentiment was emcees only did that if they couldn’t write. The coming off the top of the head rhymer had a built-in excuse to not be critiqued as hard".
Wombosity no there's two types of freestyles. ONE is an actual freestyle with new lyrics that have never been written & are from the mind sporadically... And the other type of freestyle is PUTTING A WRITTEN VERSE on a random beat. If that's the case, battle rappers could take a verse they spit to someone, put it on a Drake beat & call it a freestyle.
You don't read a freestyle. You also don't memorize a freestyle.
#StopReaching2017
And sidebar... That Kool's OPINION not a fact. My opinion is freestyling is what Charron does in most of his battles.
And I can understand the FREE OF STYLE explanation but when I freestyle I make new shit up. When I got asked to spit some shit I wrote, that's what I did
LL cool j mentioned the same thing freestyle was a verse with no particular subject wether it was written or off the head it was rhyming without making a song that was the name of freestyle. LL Cool j mentioned this in his 1998 MTV interview with DMX Redman n Method Man for his 4,3,2,1 song on LL's Phenomenon album.
The phone kills the vibe. Dope verses tho.
A free style is not off the top ..ppl need to realize thay
Sean Hogan Yes it is so fucking annoying off the top of the head off the top of the head off the top of the head easy easy easy easy where you dumb niggas wanna give dumbass reasons to justify that wack shit is so fucking annoying and first off ffod is there to showcase off the top of the head but if you read from a fucking phone its not a free style and before you mention about the beats its its still a free style no beat is acapella still a freestyle you expect him to to showcase his talent and he reading a fucking phone and yo dumbass justifying it
That last beat was a real freestyle dude can go off top he probably wanted to show off what he wrote instead
@@seanh2424 that's the dumbest shit I've ever heard. Bro the whole concept of a freestyle is to be an improvised off the top performance with or without a beat
@@akeemhimself it is true
This technically is a freestyle. He probably wrote it in 10 minutes not knowing what beats Sway had for him. & the last beat was straight off the top ,I think That's what y'all is confusing a freestyle with.
Loaded Lux look like Master Splinter lol
Hashtag Dead
lol why did you type out hashtag
I guess it seemed funnier at the time haha
Lmaoooo
Freestyle? This nigga looking at his phone...
LLS is that Neil Degrasse Tyson???
Shane Miles Lol yea it is..
Freestyle is a verse on a beat freely.
Fjólubláa Brauðristin No...A freestyle is a verse off the top of the head. You don't have to have a beat to be a freestyle. Ever heard of Acapella? That means no beat. No clearly have no idea what a freestyle.
Phyuck Yiu Freestyle is not only raps "of the top of the head." That is the common misconception that kids promote these days over the internet. Lets start by breaking down the name free-style it indicates that your style is not limited . If you were forced to spit "of the top of the head" then that is not FREE STYLE anymore since you would be limited not to spit anything you already have memorized . Freestyle is anything you decide to spit at the given beat or acapella spontaneously at the moment.
Also freestyle where you are spitting a already memorized verse or reading bars off your phone is even harder to spit on beats then the "off the top" and your flow has to be a lot sharper .
Second thing if you were actually a rapper or somebody that really understood what he was talking about here, you would understand that it's a lot harder to sit down write a decent verse ( with punches and wordplay) than to sit and rap about random bullshit just chasing the rhyme.
Sway! Get that boy back on the mic and make him earn it. Asking if he survived, he looked like drake the way he was reading his lyrics.
Whenever I hear Ars spit he reminds me of Royce. They have the same flow and their bars are both dope and they always go for punchlines
Arsonal is the best battle rapper on beats. His flows are so fucking mean.
He's reading off his phone but it's still BARS!
Reading from his phone😂😂 "come prepared whack rappers"
he's on the phone, yes, but this is one of the best 5 fingers of death i've heard, so good getting into these beats and that's from an artist coming off acapella most of the time. Amazing.
freestyle is not just off the top it can also be taking writtens and spitting them to a random beat cause you have to adjust the flow
A true freestyle is off the top. Period
no rapper freestyles off the top all the bars are already in their head they just spit it to the beat
and tbh i'd rather hear shit like this than listen to a rapper spitting some unorganized bars with no consistent flow anyways
Tyrone Kuleman first off just because someone does something all the time doesn't mean it's OK or right a lot of rappers do this yes but it's not a real freestyle it's fake people do it so much the definition changed if you go to a real rapper a true artist and ask him to freestyle his instinct is to think "oh off the top" also no it can't be written you know why? CUZ YOU WOULD CALL IT A WRITTEN why would a freestyle be a written if they already have a term for it that's like saying off the top can be written because it's off the top of the brain freestyle is freestyle written is written the moment u switch between the two ur not doing one of them yes u can spit a written in ur freestyle BUT at that moment ur not free styling that's basically saying every song is a freestyle cuz they didn't read it when they recorded it
ThatNewKid no rapper ever freestyles "off the top" everything they're spitting is already in their head if they really spat off the top their shit would come out mad sloppy thats the truth
People don't know the real definition of freestyle. Lol. He is freestyling cause he uses a random verses or written lyrics to a beat. He didn't write those lyrics for them pics.
Ars is the best out ! Wow!
who cares if he read it? most of the rappers on here have their material memorized beforehand anyway. Which is different, but essentially the same thing. Either way he killed it just like he does in all his battles
I hit the stop button before he even started. Make it a rule that if they can't freestyle then go home sway!. I'm gonna go back and watch Wayne Brady and common now.
when he was reading off the phone it was fire even though it wasnt off the dome but the last beat he went off the dome at the 5th beat he put his phone down and went off the dome MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
freestyle off a damn smartphone
all these battlers are great writer!!!!
Would rather listen to a dope prewritten than a shitty off the top
Josh Varughese That is not the point if your doing "five fingers of death" it is supposed to test your "lyrical stamina" if your reading all the lyrics hows that testing your tank hes the only one ive seen do this on five fingers. If this wasn't the five fingers i wouldnt be a problem.
Ars did his thing for real. A lot of rappers choke over the 5 fingers.
dam why arsenal got his phone out to me hes one the best battle rappers of all time and ive seen him really freestyle in other videos man im disappointed right now.
he did on his last verse during the last beat
A lot of "freestyles" are usually pre written and just memorized or they just have topics and words before hand.
Wow! He killing them beats hard thou! Ars skilled
He's looking at his phone I can't believe this wow Ars!!!
why not? he is all around hot real talk...
This nigga Arsonal needs to make a mixtape with the 3rd beat on there.. That shit was clean.
i like Ars but man that hurt me seeing him flip threw his phone
READING OFF THE PHONE OR NOT HE WROTE THAT JOINT & ITS FIRE..... HE HAD DOPE BEATS & KILLED ALLOF THEM.
Lol, hes on his phone.
So he is still skilled
Have you heard anyone rap to these beats ? Come on. He’s the goat
Off the dome vs freestyle.. most rappers have prewrittens anyway
yeah some ppl got to wright or type in their phone all ppl cant rap off top..arsonal came with that fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥salute my bro Jersey in the house!!!!!
SWAY WHY HE AIN'T FREESTYLIN!!
+Da Knockhound the shit was still dope
he keeps his rhymes on his phone, probably opening lines to get the ball rolling.
They need to get Crank Lucas for the beats. Only good one was the first one.
Sway face at the end when Ars asked him "Did I survive" Sway had that look like "nigga no"
it's official. rappers are shameless now.sway should've stopped the beat & told ars to make like a banana
+Flurry Jo (ARTISTropeAdope) ..2 rappers are up there but you call all rappers shameless, you hating fool.
*****..I don't have a mother and I've never been a fool. LOL
you sniff a bowl of coke before you type don't you?
+Kareem Brown split
He goes harder off the dome. Phone killed the vibe. 2nd best was bussin too
I hate people reading off of phones....and he thinks he can fuck with Cassidy. Give me a fuckin break.
Cassidy is average as hell now.. This isn't 2004 anymore, give it up.
Every body writes may it be a phone or a pad....fuck outta here
Memorization is part of the game.
lmao DJ Wonder funny as hell for playing that club song
yall actin like them aint his rhymes tho. stfu and enjoy. haters.
even doe it wasnt off tha dome Ars still ripped dat jawn like crazyy
They need to fire that dj, always playing some wack ass beats,
That's the point, lol
To make it challenging
Very rare that people actually go off the head nowadays. In the industry when you hear people say it's a freestyle it's just a verse.
is it freestyling if he looking at his phone
In english writing freestyle is theme less its a written freestyle. Off the top or improv freestyle is shit arsonal can do though
Tundra its freereading now
"Taking shots at the vets backwards ain't it I take shots at pets"- nicccce in loso voice
this is supposed to be a freestyle but he reading off his phone
That 3rd and 4th flow was craazzzyy mad, go hard ars
Arsonal got bars, nothing wrong with reading off the phone if its not a cypher or battle but dont label it a freestyle
Steve Flemming ironic how he read the off the top part
There's is when you do it in a battle... Lol...Arsonal vs Rich Dollars
he already hit the same freestyle off the top before this?? highly doubt its off the top ness
Steve Flemming a freestyle is a song with no theme to it (free of style) no concept. it doesnt have to be off the top
Anthony Isnt that just art?
Ars killed it😚...who cares if he read it off his phone,,its his lyrics nobody else's..u gotta have talent to do what he did
Ars is using a phone! Come on bro!
What if I told you that Ars is so comfortable with freestyle that he was playing Angry Birds on his phone through the entire session.
That's not off the dome. That's off the phone! Not a freestyle.
+elice05 freestyle doesn't have to be top of the dome. freestyle stems from free rhymes, as in it doesn't have the content structure of a song, its just rhymes that are put together that flow
suuuuuuuurre
elice05 so what the fuck? does that take away from your talent??
dj premier first beat, greatest producer of all time !
Haha, this guys rappin bout sex fo the last romantic beat haha
people are complaining about how he was looking at his phone, he still went off holy shit
did nice as hell with the 3 to 4 transition..shit was perfect
Ars went in hard! Straight up murdered this shit
arsonal killed that shit. just because you have the lyrics written down doesn't mean that there's a rhythm to it. you constantly have to find your rhythm when the beat keeps changing
the last beat he freestyles n killed it.....ARS!
Lots of people mistake freestlye for something else. Back in the day when hiphop was born freestyle is actually just free of style. Having fun with what your rapping.
HIS PHONE THO!!! BOO THIS MAN!!!..... BBBOOOOOOOOOOOO
Many people read off their phone on Sway, the only difference is Ars is crucified for it. Andy Mineo read off his phone for 5 minutes straight and no one had anything bad to say about it, but let Ars do it and folks cant stand it, it is easy to see this for exactly what it is.
He straight murdered this
It's how you adjust yourself to the beat , keep the flow
man idc what he did, if those lames knew any better they would know, no matter how much bars you write down you have to be a real mc to be able to flow on 5 different beats that change in the middle of you flowing so that alone makes him dope as hell plus the lyrics were sick too so he gets ALL my respect
This was so dope ... reading off the phone or not it was awesome
Shame about the phone, but he's spitting straight fire and flowing to every beat perfectly.
He killed that party beat tho
Arsonal still goin overtime
" I spit it off the top ", he says reading his iPhone
I was literally clapping. This guy is on another planet
+okolie joachim Check out his battle raps, he's pretty deadly in the UK and Canada circuit. I recommend his first battle with Shotty Horroh and I highly recommend his battle with Caustic.
+Obvious Malware I'll be checking those out thnks brother
Even tho he wrote all that on his way there he still went the fuck in !!!
Arsonal and lux, 2 of the best battle rappers.
Arsonal went OFF !
I might be in the minority but this was fucking incredible salute to ARS and Lux
Best 5 fingers of death freestyle
he destroyed dis shyt..readin or not he destroyed it..whether he wrote the bars or not, they are still his bars..regardless..give credit when credit is due...
ars killed it switched his flow up every beat salute
Ars should get Most Improved Writer Award....Ars def killed this shit
this was SICK!!!! From start to finish! If he never wrote bars to what he was going to hear today then call it a freestyle
Ars is sick!
Arsonal the realest!
I don't even care what yall say his flow and lyrics are dope
I like how he said hes doing it off the top of his head as he reads it from his phone lmao
ARS WENT THA FUCC IN ON THAT LAST BEAT RAW FREESTYLE THIZ NIGGA DOPE AZ FUCC....
I would never talk in front of heather b like DAT...but these two are tha best
PUT THE PHONE DOWN BIG FELLA
THIS SUPPOSED TO BE A FREE STYLE BIG FELLA
GIVE IT UP BIG FELLA
GO HOME AND PRACTICE BIG FELLA.
best five fingers of death ive ever heard
"I spit it off the head sway!" As he reads from iPhone hahahaha
This Guy is all That ! Plus a box of Chocolate Cookies...
even though it wasnt off the top its still MAD hard to adapt to the beat with whats already been PREWRITTEN they could be reading and rapping and still fuck up in the middle of the instrumental props arse
He handled the last beat proper. That was dope
Yooooooo he smashed that 3rd beat!
Phone or not. Bars were fire!!! And the flows!
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS GOT BARS THAT WAS FIRE HOMIE. 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌