Sup gangstas and gangstettes? Now you might be thinkin, "Oh, he just bein' contrarian, tryin to stir the pot like the annoying little punk he is," but hear me out!
Let's take a look at the history of freestyles. The freestyle was created in 1995 when BIG L and JAY-Z appeared on the Stretch and Roberto show on WNYU. Thing was, it wasn't exactly really a freestyle. Both MC's rhymes were meticulously crafted and the only thing "free" about it was how free they were being with the definition of the word freestyle.
Real freestyles are mad awkward and unpolished. Peep dis '93 clip of Nas appearing on the very same Stretch and Roberto program. You can tell his first and last verses are true freestyles cause they so full of mistakes n stutters n shit. The second verse is perfectly phrased and, not insignificantly, later appeared on "Memory Lane" when Illmatic dropped. Either he came up with that verse on the spot, or someone's bein fast and loose with the definition of freestyle.
So Jigga is no different. I bet dude had an arsenal of writtens every time he appeared on the Stretch and Roberto Hip-Hop Program. Nothing wrong with that. But LIL B is the first rapper to actually take his real freestyles and put em on record as finished products.
Yeah, Jigga used to freestyle his verses in the studio, but they'd edit that shit to polish the edges. LIL B leaves his freestyles relatively untouched, blemishes and all. That's what Jigga does on dis new RICK ROSS joint and you know he's takin pointers from da kid.
I unno just my thoughts. Not like RICK ROSS didn't already steal LIL B's copyrighted "WOOP WOOP!" JAY-Z, you a swagger jacker and swagger jackers get jacked!
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