The LOX & Mase - Hot 97 Freestyle

rare throwback 1996 or 1997

[@dee5015]

When Mase was spitting he was one of the best to ever do it

[@dani_nothavingit8719]

My childhood when you ain't have cable the radio was everything
Partying/Chores & homework

[@pedrogates3189]

Word up

[@jamesknight2300]

I had cable n hundreds of movies, yet the radio and cassette tapes still was everything to me so I could only imagine how you felt

[@hectorsanchezz8696]

facts !!!!

[@HARLEMHEFNER]

That mase and lox era was everything. I remember being around them just being star struck

[@Es74256]

Sheek Louch mad underrated smh

[@ebonix33]

Mase had dat swag bro...

[@kumi-nessatu7278]

Did the orackle bring u back?

[@ebonix33]

Kumi-ne ssatu kinda.... im a super mase fan

[@ebonix33]

Kumi-ne ssatu check my reaction and story time on mase and cam!!!

[@bxboro4662]

ebonix33 Always! He carried Bad Boy after B.I. died!

[@goergeclinton7909]

He did styles and Jada had bars but mase had that star quality

[@Nemesio609]

Styles p was the jewel that could spit with biggie

[@kadiraydukureh7680]

I think is Jadakiss he’s has the best flow from the lox

[@ethanbiglurch8921]

@@kadiraydukureh7680 don't sleep on sheek

[@TruckGod601]

All 3

[@aerialpenn8849]

Yup. I have felt the same way for a while just listening to the BIG and Lox joints.

[@MrMathematics00va]

P’s definitely my favorite emcee out The LOX

[@johnh3641]

Mase was fire. My favorite rapper.

[@lamaraldero7074]

He was so bad he became a preacher though

[@jjbomer6179]

Stack bundles

[@johnmoyarbmg5845]

​@@lamaraldero7074 I laughed. U should do stand up. Im sure you'll make it far

[@TangySeedling]

​@@lamaraldero7074il fight you

[@GhettoArabSage]

​@@jjbomer6179Lu

[@Cheeks1l]

90's WAS THE BEST ERA EVER IN HIP HOP! AND AIN'T NO OTHER ERA AFTER IS GONNA TOP THAT ERA EVER!

[@MCDonta3911]

Jazz Bennerman this is the year 2000

[@donpedro35]

Don90s hiphop this is 1997

[@robinwhite8023]

@@MCDonta3911 that's not the year 2000. Lox went on their leave badboy campaign in 99

[@RASHAD321979]

AIGHT!

[@nickrobles6716]

Hell yeah it seemed like everything that dropped was dope

[@TommyLee1010]

"Why ima playa hate when im the one the playas hate" pssshhh.... Crazy line, neva gets old to me

[@BlackOcelot0095]

I remember when I was listening to this live. All of NYC was at a halt while this was on the radio.

[@jamesgaine1985]

Miss those freestyle Fridays on Hot 97.

[@stevenlightfoot6413]

Word

[@mauricesegar3626]

fact!!!!!

[@poppopoff6513]

Damn I’m from Syracuse so we had to wait til a mixtape dropped so imagining this shit live. Whewwwwww. Respects!!!!!

[@thomasburr9244]

@@poppopoff6513 this was bout 8 years before mix tapes. This is 96 97 . Freestyles on radio were the exclusives

[@watchnofacee]

Idgaf what anyone says young styles P is 🔥🔥

[@enorb_art8211]

Duh?

[@ashleymorton3440]

Classic.....the new era of rap can't compare at all

[@lukekokta8762]

Yo mase spazzed at the end

[@thomashester2]

floated on that. "Know that's the way uh huh we like it"

[@tadmartin223]

Mase at the end, I remember this coming on the radio and me & my brother recording it. Killllllled it.

[@fairplayterrific147]

"Stephen King Tapped Your Pockets Made Em Thinner" Jadakiss Killed That Line I Laughed True Punchline.....

[@nickdiamante4939]

Same 😂

[@TruckGod601]

Ma$e last verse was the hardest

[@user-nj4kj1jo1h]

One of the hottest freestyle joints when it comes to groups

[@Infamous_Cam]

Bring real rap back 🔥🔥

[@alistent21]

1996

[@kendallbrown2624]

This is EXACTLY how I LOVE my HIP HOP

[@charlita25]

What an incredible time to be alive 💥🌪️🌪️🌪️🌪️💥💥 #nostalgia

[@WESTSIDEPARLE]

Y’all don’t even realize how crazy Styles went … “ engineered to cock back n boom, in the visiting rooom wit spoons and balloons “ too crazy

[@R34L100]

Nah FR tho !!!

[@djtrakakadrunkpoet8598]

Forreal soon as he spoke . Nothing but fire

[@DoNColey456]

Had this in my tape deck all day back then. Styles/Kiss 💪

[@TommyLee1010]

Bad Boy's best line up, to much to handle for non-lyrical listener's. Salute to whoever dropped this video cuz Throwback's are very refreshing for the 90's fans & these youngster need it 👌

[@dre8082]

Mase nice

[@SDSOverfiend]

Styles from 96 to 2004...... That Nigga was Nicer than Jada to ME on everything i love. Him, Canibus and Prodigy was EVERYTHING to me.

[@andrerobberts6892]

Word up dun

[@robertmzee1027]

😂😂better than Kiss

[@SDSOverfiend]

@@robertmzee1027 BETTER‼️

[@mikeofdc]

​​@@robertmzee1027 Styles P & Jada r equal. If yu think Jada is Betta name a track dat Jada outshine Styles P on.. I will w8.

[@kimbroughaj]

This shit here should be in the history books of hip hop !!!!!

[@anaalvarado6284]

Mase is fire!!

[@deedavis5star]

Blessed to witness the dopest era of hip hop! 51 and still loving it!🙌🏾🔥

[@iKiTTYxX]

7:40 Legendary

[@iKiTTYxX]

Came back to this damn this shit still go hard couldn’t imagine listening live

[@blackpeoplespeaks]

They had to get Ma$e off that Biggie beat asap bc he was snapping. Can't let you make Big look mediocre Mason Betha, no can do. Dat Boi a Goat

[@AT-ts1se]

They kept him on Biggie's beat for a while though

[@welegends2111]

Ma$e could never make BIG look mediocre

[@blackpeoplespeaks]

@@welegends2111 he just did you heard him on Big Beat. Stay off that shyt bro

[@Parishdollaz0419]

@@blackpeoplespeaks mase was definitely flowing especially when the beat changed to the remix lol

[@kadiraydukureh7680]

@@welegends2111 Jadakiss was the second best rapper on bad boy after big Mase just had swag that’s it

[@anthonymack5794]

I was a teenager when this came out......some of the dopest years I had I philly

[@blackpeoplespeaks]

Sheek SNAPPING 2

[@Getpape444]

I wasn’t even alive when this came out. i’m highly upset about that🔥🔥

[@Jetanium]

Thanks for the reupload. Thought this was gone forever.

[@travelinman]

Man I miss the 90’s.

[@MCDonta3911]

I miss this hiphop

[@mvxxderxnxx3078]

Hardest freestyle of all time frfr 💯💯 one of my favorite from lox & ma$e

[@MisterCee41510]

Almost forgot how cold Jada's flow was on that last verse.

[@jamaledmond4081]

Everybody ripped it🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@bxboro4662]

I remember listening to this live on Hot 97 with my tape on record with my headphones blaring back then!

[@richdollabill305]

U n me both cuzo

[@90srapclassics]

got this on an original bad boy vinyl press. proud of it :)

[@nosyargerdna]

Howww???

[@90srapclassics]

@@nosyargerdna bought it back then in a record store ... :)

[@donpedro35]

Upload it 😭

[@dagmantv]

People in the comments sound surprised about how good Mase was... #Confusing...

[@andrerobberts6892]

Word up dunny! M*rder Ma$e was a problem

[@shamillie7220]

WORD!!!!! THAT BOY GREW UP ON THE SAME BLOCK AS BIG L

[@dexenationgracey1979]

They only know pop star Mase, not Murda Mase.

[@wilbrich30]

Ma$e = beast

[@goergeclinton7909]

Dam this music take me back to that time

[@josemerino7894]

Too too talented,,i will listen to the LOX TIL IM 110 YRS OLD !!RIP BIGGIE RIP BIG PUN RIP BIG L

[@robtroy258]

Jose Merino has always had the m Set

[@bali8583]

"I be bossin, bosess around, horse head on head on the bed with dead men on the ground' - SP The Ghost!!!!

[@chazwolfe220]

That part 🔥💯

[@Sega_is_all_i_cd]

Im a simple person, I seen the lox n mase in the thumbnail…I click! Love this freestyle! Mase wearing my favorite player n team Jersey! 🔥

[@jamalmitchell348]

classic hop 🔥🔥🔥 should be alot more comments

[@Cheeks1l]

Jamal Mitchell FACTS

[@Killm33]

super classic !!!

[@MrWaynecherry]

This took me right back to the 90s ahhh man i miss the golden era

[@PoloCortes]

They had to cut Mase off at the end, it wasn't fair😆

[@Pronounced_Love]

I always listen to this i dont understand how ppl left this shit i just dont understand nowadays

[@healthyman101]

Why did they cut Mase off at the end?? he was spazzing 🔥🔥🔥

[@andReChristosHelios]

Too many curse words ...

[@Zabach12]

MASE DEFINITELY HELD HIS OWN!!!

[@pedrogates3189]

Zabach12 hell yeah ... mase was nice people just think it’s cool to dislike him so they downplay how dope he was

[@godsson7787]

@@pedrogates3189 top 5. If only he carried on his career.

[@pedrogates3189]

@@godsson7787 ah idk I
Think he land in the top 10-15 it’s hard to say if he kept going would he have been better than guys like hov nas or a kiss …because mase was never a better rapper than those dudes to me but he was hot and he was a very good rapper not great but very good

[@godsson7787]

@@pedrogates3189 he wasbiggerthan jay and jada tho

[@pedrogates3189]

@@godsson7787 yeah I know he was bigger than them he was never a better rapper tho mase had the look and the swag he was a lot more marketable at that time then those guys …to be honest X changed all that pretty boy shiny suit shit

[@akiljamalshabazzxiamaru-xa2776]

I’m ah fly guy, why lie, why even say I date. Why I’mma playa hate, when I’m the one the players hate.

[@jasongrant5563]

Greatest group to ever do it.

[@djtrakakadrunkpoet8598]

Mase was went like a playa

[@russellcarter8709]

Mase was top rapper in the world before he retired. Ahead of Jay Z and everyone thats a fact.

[@SlapSoCold]

COC shit

[@anthonymack5794]

I was 17 in when this mixtapes came out....this changed my life r.i.p to both of my niggas I use to listen to this shit with....I miss yall #remenicing

[@gman8578]

OMG! I Can't believe I found this. 😎

[@globalubuntufoundation6244]

Missed these days...

[@mikeofdc]

This iz Murda Ma$e spittin b4 the shiny suits frum Bad Boy

[@infinite_amp36]

We in 2018 and I still love this shit

[@naseeb2b]

2024 loving it. First time hearing and I'm shocked

[@shamahyahlevi5233]

Mase had the edge it's hard to call it but he had verses plus swag plus star power that's what put him above kiss back then my opinion

[@j2k325]

Shamahyah Levi true!! I respect kiss but mase had the whole appeal and his flow is smoother than jada. I believe when it comes to straight raw ness, jada May have a slight edge but mase had a more audience appeal flow!! #facts 💯

[@Markbru766]

Mase had everything. Super underrated

[@kadiraydukureh7680]

@@j2k325 jada have that street stuff

[@illusoyun]

Clearly

[@JahSol.777]

@@kadiraydukureh7680 facts man mase had the swag

[@ilijahprince]

Straight 🔥🔥🔥🔥 my gosh I miss these days they all killed it

[@waxandwayne]

Jadakiss is one of the GOAT.... challenge that

[@ebonix33]

waxandwane mase was better...he just put that swag bro

[@ChaplinCo]

waxandwane it was both written and freestyle I always believed

[@joepolanco9141]

Na... Mase went in hard.....

[@occasiothompson3652]

Mase killed everyone including the beat lol

[@jhall700]

Mase iite he too commercial

[@jhall700]

Jadakiss.....

[@densincomprehend8879]

@@jhall700 mase was 🔥

[@shadeedmccall3797]

He went in. I don't think he killed them tho

[@DBG_bhandz83]

Mase verse was his first verse to his song “feels so good” lol that was written lox was freestyling cooking shit not sheek best but he get busy!

[@whoodyGPonder-fj6hq]

That was A mase verse from one of songs

[@DontGetMadGetMoney]

Mase over that one more chance beat🔥🔥🔥🔥 fly shiii

[@bronxbully6261]

Mase rocking spurs tim duncan rookie jersey the year is 1997

[@jahjohnson31]

This verse came out before the song

[@lo2smooth647]

Making crabs move over like sliding doors? 🤦🏾‍♂️🔥🔥🔥🔥💯

[@alistent21]

best of lox mix tape

[@mitchthompson6060]

Remember Playing this when I got off the porch 02”

[@ZakiesWorld]

I member when dis came out this was epic n still is

[@Nemesio609]

96 this the freestyle that flex and clue beef over till this day 😂😂

[@offthebackboard_thepodcast7235]

Mase definitely had that verse ready. Lox spit a freestyle

[@murdaratimarlo922]

Off The Backboard_The Podcast it was the first verse off feels so good

[@KingAuthor83]

People really think this shit is off the top still? People are really gullible.

[@elpolloloko1126]

King Author freestyle don’t mean off the top only

[@elpolloloko1126]

Jamal McC no it doesn’t big daddy Kane and others already explained this. But y’all go head keep thinking these niggas actually be rapping off the top and nothing’s pre written lol. U could actually tell when someone rapping off the top cause they not always on topic

[@costacreekblvd6702]

They all had them ready fucking wit puff

[@rzn2258]

They didn't call him "Murder Mase" for nothing

[@michaelajayi8546]

Feel so good lyrics track as a freestyle

[@Honorolkid1]

Salute the DJ for keeping that loop

[@Mistah-Lokee]

Styles Pinero 🔥🔥🔥

[@anthonyarcanumsanctumregnu9551]

So in 97 I had already been a full blown Hip Hop Head for 12 yeas. Damn it flew fast with Hip Hop has my soundtrack for almost 35 years so far

[@user-kz2op2ge6u]

Mase in my tape deck

[@LateefhGoodson-fn8ed]

Sheek been that guy 🔥🔥🔥

[@mccraejoey82]

This when bad boy had the illest team if mase stayed rapping he would have been a goat

[@redcee5247]

Ma$e was Drake before Drake

[@marcuseversley3334]

Mase was Fab before Fab also

[@camronshean1758]

1:40 Ma$e is rapping his first verse from his song Feel So Good
3:04 Sheek Louch is rapping his verse from The Lox's song 1,2,3,4 even tho Puff Daddy says "That's freestyle right there"
7:31 The next year Fabolous & Ma$e used that as the chorus in Dj Clue?'s song That's The Way

[@jsok6390]

NO ONE HYPES BETTER THAN PUFF.. BAD BOY DIS BAD BOY DAT

[@newjerseygiant3454]

Mase was nice

[@The1DarkBoy]

Styles P killed this

[@laquanshipman4100]

Mase verse was writing it’s from the song Harlem world

[@karikarisworld2693]

Forget Eminem and all those mumbling sound bites this was the era. Mase lox biggie Tupac to name a few so much better than Eminem and co

[@nirajlal9469]

Ma$e is Em's favorite rapper!

[@user-os8sq3uh4n]

Not many more lyrical than Kamikaze. MF Doom. But Em has more appeal.

[@robinwhite8023]

@@user-os8sq3uh4n there are plenty more. Pharoah monch, prince po, and godfather don are all better

[@robinwhite8023]

@RIP Jimma that's the dumbest shit I've ever heard. Listen to his children of the corn shit before you say some stupid shit like that

[@docjeezlilrozi2163]

Still listening

[@tybeentrill3748]

This viddeo is heaven

[@chazwolfe220]

They all bodied this…I Miss Hip Hop 😒

[@2damneasy215]

classic

[@dtrizzy6386]

The good old days

[@richardsimmons9952]

Sheek Louch the shit for real

[@May5871]

Don Gorilla is that work!! Cats were sleep, for real...

[@katrostorm3075]

Str8 HEAT Str8. 🔥🔥🔥💯!!!

[@jeancadet5862]

Before the cancer in hip hop end radio