Look man, the boys is rapping. In case you missed it – the East Coast and West Coast is getting at it. It’s all a friendly fade, as it should…
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After a year of reflection and creative renewal, REASON is stepping into 2025 with full force, releasing his highly anticipated project, I Love You Again. The former TDE signee has…
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Top Dawg Entertainment’s more recent signee, Reason, said that the label is going through a “weird time,” hence his album being the only project the label dropped this year. The Carson rapper also said that he is the “glue” that is holding the label together right now.
“I almost feel like I hold that place right now as the glue, and I’m always going to give that honesty,” Reason told HipHopDX. “I’m not saying it like I’m crowning myself, but n****s wouldn’t had no music from TDE this year if it wasn’t for me. ‘New Beginnings’ is the first TDE drop, and I gave n****s the Q verse, I gave n****s two ‘Soul’ verses, I tried to get diverse and gave you an Isaiah verse with JID.”
Reason went on to say that a variety of things have put TDE back this year, including COVID-19, Kendrick not dropping because of family obligations, and former president Dave Free leaving the label. “Everybody knows that, but with the mix of COVID, Dave Free leaving, Dot not dropping because of family things, and just all of that put us back a little bit.”
He also compared the label to the Golden State Warriors, by saying how people know they’re the best label, but next year they’re coming to take the game by storm. “Everybody knows we’re the best team in the league…To give some foreshadowing to it, I feel like the Warriors are going to be the best team in the league next year, and I feel the same way about us.”
Reason recently dropped his album New Beginnings on October 9th, and features artists such as Schoolboy Q, JID, Vince Staples and Rhapsody.
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Top Dawg Entertainment’s ScHoolboy Q and Reason aren’t waiting around for the country to fully reopen before delivering new visuals. Instead, the hip-hop pair have come through with their late night “Pop Sh*t” music video premiere.
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“This world will take your dream from you quick if you don’t stay locked in,” Boogie says on a cold day in Lower Manhattan. He is referring to a lesson intended for his young son, but it comes from personal experience. For five years, the Compton representative has been persistently pushing the line with his art. The MC and singer who used a student loan to purchase recording equipment has transcended from reaching out to blogs for posts to signing with Shady Records and going bar-for-bar with Eminem. In 2019, his dream seems to be manifesting in real-time. Boogie has already released one of 2019’s best albums so far in the form of Everything’s For Sale. It marks the Compton, California representative’s first drop with Eminem’s label and his first time on the charts. Twenty-nine-year-old Anthony Dixson is a different kind of act on the Shady roster. Although a cutting lyricist, Boogie’s music also offers melodic deliveries in many places. His sound and style pull from the church and Southern California’s gangland, in a cohesive way. On the microphone, Boogie shuns the cheap maneuvers so many rappers seem to rely on. He speaks his mind, confronts aspects of his personal life, and makes no bones about wishing to be remembered as a great. Although the presentation is quite different, the approach is not unlike that of Marshall Mathers some 20 years ago. Boogie Disrespects Eminem In The Most Respectful Way In His New Video
In speaking with AFH TV, Boogie unpacks the messages found on Everything’s For Sale. Along the way, he discusses his career, and his views about parenthood as well as love. He also details an emphasis on writing the kinds of songs that not only make him so easy to listen to, but someone that is relatable to so many. Before joining Shady in 2017, Boogie existed without the kind of cosigns that many emerging artists seem to seek and rely on. While he admits that he no longer cares, the MC notes, “It was irritating at a point for me, ’cause I felt like I was working so hard but was getting ignored. But I’m realizing that confirmation from another rapper or another man, period, that don’t define success. That’s just some stuff that was all just in my head. So now I don’t need they cosign, ’cause they’re competition at the end of the day.” By 2016, veterans and peers took notice. Boogie appeared on songs and projects by hometown heroes such as The Game, DJ Quik & Problem, as well as fellow sensation Buddy.< Boogie & J.I.D. Reject Industry Gimmicks In Favor Of Real Rap Now, Boogie’s latest single, “Rainy Days,” features Eminem’s first music of 2019. Asked how Shady’s founder discovered his music, Boogie says, “I have no idea.” Like Yelawolf, he was an Interscope Records act before inking with Shady. The label distributed some of Boogie’s prior releases including 2016’s Thirst 48 Part II. “I think [Eminem’s] manager, Paul [Rosenberg] got wind of me, maybe from the ‘Ni**a Needs’ video, ’cause Rihanna posted [it on Instagram]. I’m just guessin’; I have no idea. I just got a call one day that Em was interested. Then I was in Detroit like a day or two later.” Ahead of the 2017 Shady display for the BET Hip Hop Awards, Boogie showcased his skills alongside Conway The Machine and Benny The Butcher, following Eminem’s blockbuster political freestyle. Royce 5’9, who later put Boogie on 2018’s “Dumb,” watched in the background.
On “Rainy Days,” Boogie begins his verse: “So word to my idols and word to the GOATs / I ain’t sayin’ I like ’em, I’d kill all them ni**as, and wear ’em as coats.” He reflects on those bars. “At the end of the day, I’m not tryin’ to be nobody’s little homie. That’s just me tellin’ y’all I’m on your head; you can get the same sh*t that everybody else gettin’.” AFH TV asks Boogie about the lyrics’ context, given the collaboration. “Yeah, he changed my life; he put me in front of 80,000 people. I’m signed to him; that’s the big dog. He’s one of the greatest rappers of all time, if not the greatest. But my purpose in life isn’t to be second to nobody at the end of the day; my purpose is to be bigger than Eminem, bigger than anybody else who wants to step in my way.” Moments later, Boogie acknowledges that JAY-Z is his favorite MC. In addition to the “Renegade” MCs, he says he considers J. Cole, Tupac, and Kendrick Lamar to also be in that elite class.
Boogie Shows Why Eminem Signed Him With An Off The Top Freestyle (Video) In terms of Hip-Hop, Boogie also provides his definition for “Real Rap,” a term that can mean different things to different people. “[It means] honesty, emotions, and just not trying to avoid the fact that you’re human and you’ve got real feelings. That’s what it means to me.” In looking at his evolution as an MC, Boogie notes, “I think sometimes I just need to learn how to come off more subtle. I think if I want people to be open to what I’m saying I need to not be so aggressive when I’m doin’ it.” For an artist who regularly bemoans personas “on social,” he later admits he had to learn to put himself on display. “If you want to have change in the world and more impact, when you show people that you’re just like them, it’s easier for them to accept it so people know that I go through sh*t too.” While Boogie reps Compton, he was born in Los Angeles and raised in Long Beach. During adolescence, his mother got him involved with a church in the Hub City. While the move was intended to clean up his act, it became a pivot to the streets. “The church is the reason I started gang-banging. I wouldn’t have been in Compton in the first place if it wasn’t for this church, ’cause I wasn’t born in Compton,” he says. On his 2019 album’s artwork, Boogie is dressed in a red suit, carrying a casket outside of the church with red doors. “Everybody from that church just happened to be from this neighborhood. So after church, I was always in Compton streets. Just transitioning to that it was a super easy transition. The crazy thing about Compton, church and gang-banging, they go hand-in-hand. I don’t know why. It’s a dark thing though.” Like past collaborators Quik and Game, that affiliation also sticks with artists for life. Kendrick Lamar Details What Saved Him From The Streets Of Compton After becoming integrated with the CPT streets, Boogie’s musical direction changed from Gospel Rap to songs covering all aspects of his life. “I had to tell what I was really goin’ through in life. [I was not] just goin’ through Christian wars. I was really goin’ through street battles, and you can’t really talk about that in church. I had to talk about what I was goin’ through, like the gang-bangin’ stuff. It just happening like that.” While it may have introduced him to gang affiliation, Sunday services also contributed to his musicality. “That’s 100% from the church choir and me listening to R&B all day.” He notes that Lauryn Hill, Brandy, and Usher also reinforced those interests. Westside Gunn & Conway Explain What To Expect From Their Partnership With Eminem “I’m from Piru,” he confirms. Notably, neighboring Long Beach is known for its Crip sets. Boogie is asked if that presented any problems near his home. “It just worked out; I’m respected in Long Beach. Long Beach don’t get into it with Compton; Long Beach has their own issues [internally]. There’s not really a Compton vs. Long Beach war.” Carson, California’s Reason is another artist who has worked across gang boundaries and neighborhoods. Boogie, Reason, and J.I.D. have developed a friendship as three artists with similar principles. “People always put us in a box together, me, J.I.D., and Reason,” notes Boogie. Besides Em, Dreamville’s J.I.D. is a standout guest on Everything’s For Sale video single “Soho.”. He appears on “We [all are] rappin’, and not like on some corny back-packer stuff, but we got substance, concepts, and stuff like that—not sayin’ other people don’t. [People hear] similar vibes I feel like, even though we all rap so different. J.I.D. rap way faster than me. ‘Cause I got a lisp, I can’t rap that fast. Reason’s super punchline-head-ass, like I tell him all the time. I got more melodies than both of them. They’re my boys though.” Eminem Returns To His Battle Rap Roots With 2018’s Best Freestyle (Video) Elsewhere in the discussion, Boogie explains why he is intent on winning a Grammy. He also discusses the value in finding a partner who embraces flaws, and the importance of his son. The full conversation is available at AFH TV. We are currently offering free 30-day trials.
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Last month, Ambrosia For Heads revisited a 1997 conversation between LL Cool J, Redman, DMX, Method Man and MTV News’ Abbie Kearse. The interview unpacked the varying definitions of a freestyle, pulling opinions of the MCs from some different eras and backgrounds. As can be seen and heard by the definitions given from these early Rap veterans, the debate over what is and what isn’t a freestyle has been argued over and redefined since the beginning. To better understand the issue at hand, Justin “The Company Man” Hunte, takes a closer look for the first TBD episode of 2019, with some additional input from Papoose, Reason, and others.
Back in ’97, LL Cool J opined, “A lot of times, when people talk about freestyle, it’s interesting, because being a student of Hip-Hop and growing up on Hip-Hop, I learned that ‘freestyling’ back in the days, really, was when you write a rhyme, and then you say it.” Next, DMX offered his take, “It’s just talkin’ mess, not talkin’ about any particular subject, just talkin’ about how good you are. That’s freestylin’ to me.” And later, “Freestyle, to me, is a style—not speaking on any particular subject, just on how nice you are.” Although he is in agreement to the previous two MCs, Redman added, “Sometimes it’s off the top of the head, but sometimes it’s just lyrics that can be about anything. You can write a freestyle, just talkin’ about anything, any particular subject. You can jump from subject to subject.”
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Even as told some 20 years ago from the genre’s leading artists, freestyling still seems to have multiple definitions. Hunte asks Brooklyn’s Papoose, an artist who has proven himself to be highly capable of keeping the artform alive on mixtapes, by some definitions.
“In my opinion, there are two definitions of the freestyling. Hip-Hop is a culture… When you grow up in that culture, and you’re coming up [as] an MC, you might not be in the industry yet, but you consider yourself an MC – and those who know you, we all know each other. We consider ourselves MCs. Sometimes we have these things called cyphers. That was anytime you ran into another MC that was respected, y’all exchanged verses…Some guys had dope rhymes, and there were some guys who could just speak about what was going on at that current time off the top of they head. We reference them as ‘He’s a freestyler.’ When you’re coming from the core of this sh*t, that’s the definition of freestyling. Freestyle in that sense is coming off the head. Period. That’s one definition of a freestyle.”
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The artist who released You Can’t Stop Destiny a few years back continues, “But when it comes to the industry [and] the music business, the definition of a freestyle changes. A freestyle can be put on a beat, and I might kick an ill-ass rhyme that you’ve never heard before. Or a freestyle could be, I’m gonna jump on a [DJ] Kay Slay mixtape and do a verse they’ve never heard before – an exclusive verse, a freestyle. Or I might go up to Funkmaster Flex show, and he might throw on a beat and I might freestyle. The definition of freestyling changes when you’re in the streets, and you’re in the industry.”
Later, Hunte receives another definition from a far younger MC in the game. Top Dawg Entertainment’s Reason, who recently released his debut album, There You Have It, gave his thoughts on what a freestyle means to him.
“I consider a freestyle rapping over someone else’s beat, in a cypher format where there’s no specific content. Just rappin’, you can talk about anything, say anything freely, there are no rules.” The Carson, California MC continues, “It used to be it had to be off the top of your head, no prepared material. The Internet, in my opinion, has ruined that because now it’s too risky to do a wack freestyle on camera because it lives forever. So now people prepare material beforehand, but it’s still a cypher type format.”
Hunte also notes the difficulty of a true “off-the-top” rhyme and pays homage to the likes of rappers like King Los, who he remembers spitting off top for nearly 30 minutes straight. Hunte also gets Los’ definition of what a freestyle means to him.
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“Words not bound by restriction or imprisonments of other people’s perceptions but your true self personified through sound. As long as they fit the “free” criteria, it doesn’t matter [if they are written]. Many people confused “freestyle” vs. “off the dome” which is just a form of freestyle,” says the Baltimore, Maryland MC who had been signed by Diddy before releasing God, Money, War on RCA Records in 2015.
Hunte later talks to King Los about when he realized that people have been transposing “freestyle” and “off-the-top.” Los responded that people have been doing this “since the beginning of time,” and there may not be any more of an honest look into the confusion over the definition of the freestyle than Los’ realization, right there. As Hunte points out, the answers we received twenty plus years ago from LL, DMX, Redman, and Method Man are little to no different than the answers given by Papoose, Reason, and King Los.
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Hunte gives some historical context to add to the discussion. “What stands out most to me out of all of this is the first part of LL Cool J’s answer [from the MTV interview]. LL said, ‘A lotta times when people talk about a freestyle, it’s interesting because being a student of Hip-Hop, growing up on Hip-Hop, I learned that freestyling back in the day really was when you write a rhyme, and then you say it,’ which sounds like pretty much any and every kind of Rap—which makes sense if you consider the MC’s original purpose was to hype the DJ. Talkin’ about how great the DJ was. It wasn’t until later that the MC evolved into telling their own narrative, and when they did they found different ways to do so, whether freestyle or off the top. The point is this, as Hip-Hop continues to grow and expand, new generations add their legacy to the talisman of the culture. So, it makes sense that once agreed upon covenants take on new meaning.”
So, which do you find more impressive? A great off-the-top, or a great freestyle? And as Hunte asks in finality, “Does a great freestyler deserve more respect than a great writer, or vice versa?”
This video and other TBD episodes by Justin “The Company Man” Hunte are available on AFH TV. We are currently offering free 30-day trials.
Last month, Ambrosia For Heads revisited a 1997 conversation between LL Cool J, Redman, DMX, Method Man and MTV News’ Abbie Kearse. The interview unpacked the varying definitions of a freestyle, pulling opinions of the MCs from some different eras and backgrounds. As can be seen and heard by the definitions given from these early Rap veterans, the debate over what is and what isn’t a freestyle has been argued over and redefined since the beginning. To better understand the issue at hand, Justin “The Company Man” Hunte, takes a closer look for the first TBD episode of 2019, with some additional input from Papoose, Reason, and others.
Back in ’97, LL Cool J opined, “A lot of times, when people talk about freestyle, it’s interesting, because being a student of Hip-Hop and growing up on Hip-Hop, I learned that ‘freestyling’ back in the days, really, was when you write a rhyme, and then you say it.” Next, DMX offered his take, “It’s just talkin’ mess, not talkin’ about any particular subject, just talkin’ about how good you are. That’s freestylin’ to me.” And later, “Freestyle, to me, is a style—not speaking on any particular subject, just on how nice you are.” Although he is in agreement to the previous two MCs, Redman added, “Sometimes it’s off the top of the head, but sometimes it’s just lyrics that can be about anything. You can write a freestyle, just talkin’ about anything, any particular subject. You can jump from subject to subject.”
Locksmith’s State Of The Rap Union Address Is A Fiery Freestyle
Even as told some 20 years ago from the genre’s leading artists, freestyling still seems to have multiple definitions. Hunte asks Brooklyn’s Papoose, an artist who has proven himself to be highly capable of keeping the artform alive on mixtapes, by some definitions.
“In my opinion, there are two definitions of the freestyling. Hip-Hop is a culture… When you grow up in that culture, and you’re coming up [as] an MC, you might not be in the industry yet, but you consider yourself an MC – and those who know you, we all know each other. We consider ourselves MCs. Sometimes we have these things called cyphers. That was anytime you ran into another MC that was respected, y’all exchanged verses…Some guys had dope rhymes, and there were some guys who could just speak about what was going on at that current time off the top of they head. We reference them as ‘He’s a freestyler.’ When you’re coming from the core of this sh*t, that’s the definition of freestyling. Freestyle in that sense is coming off the head. Period. That’s one definition of a freestyle.”
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The artist who released You Can’t Stop Destiny a few years back continues, “But when it comes to the industry [and] the music business, the definition of a freestyle changes. A freestyle can be put on a beat, and I might kick an ill-ass rhyme that you’ve never heard before. Or a freestyle could be, I’m gonna jump on a [DJ] Kay Slay mixtape and do a verse they’ve never heard before – an exclusive verse, a freestyle. Or I might go up to Funkmaster Flex show, and he might throw on a beat and I might freestyle. The definition of freestyling changes when you’re in the streets, and you’re in the industry.”
Later, Hunte receives another definition from a far younger MC in the game. Top Dawg Entertainment’s Reason, who recently released his debut album, There You Have It, gave his thoughts on what a freestyle means to him.
“I consider a freestyle rapping over someone else’s beat, in a cypher format where there’s no specific content. Just rappin’, you can talk about anything, say anything freely, there are no rules.” The Carson, California MC continues, “It used to be it had to be off the top of your head, no prepared material. The Internet, in my opinion, has ruined that because now it’s too risky to do a wack freestyle on camera because it lives forever. So now people prepare material beforehand, but it’s still a cypher type format.”
Hunte also notes the difficulty of a true “off-the-top” rhyme and pays homage to the likes of rappers like King Los, who he remembers spitting off top for nearly 30 minutes straight. Hunte also gets Los’ definition of what a freestyle means to him.
Reason Demands His Place In Rap With A New Video Freestyle
“Words not bound by restriction or imprisonments of other people’s perceptions but your true self personified through sound. As long as they fit the “free” criteria, it doesn’t matter [if they are written]. Many people confused “freestyle” vs. “off the dome” which is just a form of freestyle,” says the Baltimore, Maryland MC who had been signed by Diddy before releasing God, Money, War on RCA Records in 2015.
Hunte later talks to King Los about when he realized that people have been transposing “freestyle” and “off-the-top.” Los responded that people have been doing this “since the beginning of time,” and there may not be any more of an honest look into the confusion over the definition of the freestyle than Los’ realization, right there. As Hunte points out, the answers we received twenty plus years ago from LL, DMX, Redman, and Method Man are little to no different than the answers given by Papoose, Reason, and King Los.
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Hunte gives some historical context to add to the discussion. “What stands out most to me out of all of this is the first part of LL Cool J’s answer [from the MTV interview]. LL said, ‘A lotta times when people talk about a freestyle, it’s interesting because being a student of Hip-Hop, growing up on Hip-Hop, I learned that freestyling back in the day really was when you write a rhyme, and then you say it,’ which sounds like pretty much any and every kind of Rap—which makes sense if you consider the MC’s original purpose was to hype the DJ. Talkin’ about how great the DJ was. It wasn’t until later that the MC evolved into telling their own narrative, and when they did they found different ways to do so, whether freestyle or off the top. The point is this, as Hip-Hop continues to grow and expand, new generations add their legacy to the talisman of the culture. So, it makes sense that once agreed upon covenants take on new meaning.”
So, which do you find more impressive? A great off-the-top, or a great freestyle? And as Hunte asks in finality, “Does a great freestyler deserve more respect than a great writer, or vice versa?”
This video and other TBD episodes by Justin “The Company Man” Hunte are available on AFH TV. We are currently offering free 30-day trials.
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J.I.D. is set to get on the Catch Me If You Can Tour. He will be bringing along Reason, Hardo and Louthehuman as his special guests to perform.
The Atlanta native is off to a hot start because of his recent project, DiCaprio 2, that is receiving acclaim across the industry. Dreamville recently announced the forthcoming Revenge of the Dreamers III album and stoked excitement with flyers that are circulating around on social media. You may have noticed many of the artist and producers have gotten an invite to the 10-day party. “151 Rum” rapper has made an attendance to share his lyricism to the compilation album.
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Top Dawg Entertainment artist Reason has proven that he has bars, but he’s also shown that he can use his lyrical ability to make great music as well. He showcased such ability on 2017’s There You Have It, an independent project which was remastered and re-released earlier this year by TDE. The yearning to freestyle hasn’t left the latest addition to the championship squad. H recently stopped by Los Angeles’ Power 106 to kick some bars for the L.A. Leakers.
After a short intro, the Carson, California native got busy, and quickly. He decided to being with going the braggadocio route. “Had to hustle with the quickest precision,” Reason raps over fellow Top Dawg MC Kendrick Lamar’s instrumental for “Element.” “Now it’s toast ’cause we made it ni**a, off them blocks in the hood / And now it’s Jill Scott, the top lookin’ good / From the bottom but headed high / A couple ni**as takin’ shots, we let it slide.”
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Later, the beat switched over to Jay Rock’s “Parental Advisory” and Reason decided to give his Rap crew some shine. “F*ck all that aimin’ for chest, we head hunters,” he raps. “TDE in your city got the industry scared of us / Look that ain’t braggin’ that’s just straight facts done leveled up / I got my pockets gaining weight back they blowin’ paper.”
Earlier this month, Reason dropped a video for his song “Colored Dreams.” In November, he was featured in a XXL magazine freestyle video as a part of their “What I Do” series and interestingly focused on women and his relationship with them. “Mom’s been preaching lately how I should respect women,” he raps. “But, mama, they don’t respect their own.” Reason was also a part of October’s BET Hip-Hop Awards cyphers, joining Flawless Real Talk of Providence, Rhode Island, Casanova of Brooklyn, Shawn Smith of West Philadelphia, and Phora from Los Angeles.
Top Dawg Entertainment artist Reason has proven that he has bars, but he’s also shown that he can use his lyrical ability to make great music as well. He showcased such ability on 2017’s There You Have It, an independent project which was remastered and re-released earlier this year by TDE. The yearning to freestyle hasn’t left the latest addition to the championship squad. H recently stopped by Los Angeles’ Power 106 to kick some bars for the L.A. Leakers.
After a short intro, the Carson, California native got busy, and quickly. He decided to being with going the braggadocio route. “Had to hustle with the quickest precision,” Reason raps over fellow Top Dawg MC Kendrick Lamar’s instrumental for “Element.” “Now it’s toast ’cause we made it ni**a, off them blocks in the hood / And now it’s Jill Scott, the top lookin’ good / From the bottom but headed high / A couple ni**as takin’ shots, we let it slide.”
Reason’s Video Shows The Nightmares That Come With Living A Gangsta Life
Later, the beat switched over to Jay Rock’s “Parental Advisory” and Reason decided to give his Rap crew some shine. “F*ck all that aimin’ for chest, we head hunters,” he raps. “TDE in your city got the industry scared of us / Look that ain’t braggin’ that’s just straight facts done leveled up / I got my pockets gaining weight back they blowin’ paper.”
Earlier this month, Reason dropped a video for his song “Colored Dreams.” In November, he was featured in a XXL magazine freestyle video as a part of their “What I Do” series and interestingly focused on women and his relationship with them. “Mom’s been preaching lately how I should respect women,” he raps. “But, mama, they don’t respect their own.” Reason was also a part of October’s BET Hip-Hop Awards cyphers, joining Flawless Real Talk of Providence, Rhode Island, Casanova of Brooklyn, Shawn Smith of West Philadelphia, and Phora from Los Angeles.
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TDE’s Reason formally introduced himself earlier this year with the re-release of his debut, There You Have It. Since its arrival through Top Dawg Entertainment, he’s been on the road in support of label mate Jay Rock’s Big Redemption Tour, earning himself the respect of some of Hip-Hop’s most selective fans. His appearance on the soundtrack to Marvel Studio’s pop-culture phenomenon, Black Panther, cast him alongside Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott, Anderson .Paak, SZA and others on what is arguably the most popular Hip-Hop soundtrack in a generation. The Carson, California rapper reached millions more through his October appearance in a BET Hip-Hop Awards cypher, where he showed off his clever wordplay. For his latest lyrical exercise, Reason visited XXL to deliver an a cappella freestyle for the outlet’s “What I Do” series. Shouting out his Del Amo stomping grounds, the 27-year-old MC and his signature gravelly voice leave little doubt as to his rightful place in Rap: Reason Describes His Journey From Hungry MC To TDE’s Next Top Dawg (Video) Sh*t gettin’ realer, the flow gettin’ sicker / They want spit and they know I’m the n*gga / I got b*itches and pressure, they both gettin’ thicker / But the pressure like Domino’s, they know I deliver / Reason gon’ do it for the soul of it / Ain’t scared of layin’ in dirt, n*gga we rose from it / The game’s mine, it’s not yours like nose runners / Swag drippin’ like water / So it’s ironic how these hoes runnin’ to a n*gga / Wait, hoes runnin’, swag drippin’ like water / Tryin’ not to become a hypocrite’s harder / ‘Cause I think about my unborn daughter / And how I never want to harm her / But I got b*tches callin’ me Daddy / Beggin’ me to f*ck ’em harder
Reason continues to focus on women elsewhere in the freestyle, rapping “Mom’s been preaching lately how I should respect women / But, mama, they don’t respect their own.” Last month, Reason dropped a music video for “Situations,” the latest single from There You Have It and one which deals with relationships with women.
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BET’s annual Hip-Hop Awards aired last night celebrating all of the big names in the musical genre that had a great year. One of the awards shows biggest draws is the cypher segment which highlights young gunners giving them an opportunity to flex their lyrical skills and in case you missed it we got you.
With Dj Premier and Dj Erykah Badu who also dropped some bars during the ladies cypher supplying the soundtrack Hip-Hop’s youngest and brightest took the stage. This years edition of the popular segment featured Casanova, Blocboy JB, G Herbo, Taylor Bennet, Nick Grant, Flawless Real Talk, Shawn Smith, Reason, YBN Cordae, Tobe Nwigwe, Bri Steves, Neelam Hakeem, Sharaya J, Chika and Vic Mensa who’s bars were believed aimed at the late XXXTentacion and is now catching heat for it.
The segment gives these artists an insanely bright spotlight giving them the opportunity to let Hip-Hop fans know that they definitely should be listening and adding them to their playlists. So you be the judge, check out the full cypher segments below and let us know who you felt brought the heat and who should reconsider this rapping thing and get a regular day job.
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