Milwaukee and Minneapolis talent come together for a new track, and this is definitely one to put on your playlists for the weekend. Lavish Mack and Yung Satori go in on the “Stamina” freestyle, produced by local artist Maajei Vu. Both Satori and Maajei Vu have experienced success outside of the city, and it looks like Lavish Mack could help
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For several years, Blax has flown under the radar as a Milwaukee artist making some serious moves behind the scenes, including working closely with Dame Dash. Currently, he’s putting the wheels in motion to release a new album, and in anticipation of this, we have a new freestyle, “Used To This”. Blax has picked up nationwide support in the past, and we’re
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Edubbs is relentless as of late, putting out music fairly regularly. The latest from Dubbs is “KiRBY”, a freestyle over Riff Raff’s “Brick Off The Balcony”. Mixed and mastered by Delaware artist King Kaii, the track is high-energy to say the least. The original track already carried a certain amount of hype to it, but Edubbs’ energy on the verses
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SAFS Crew emcee Young Daa is back with more #FreeBars, this time over Young Gunz’ “No Better Love”. Daa attacks the beat with this loosie, coming in anticipation of his upcoming single and later a full project. Coupled with the smoothness of the beat, his delivery makes the freestyle sound effortless, and once again showcases his lyrical ability. Keep an
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The talent pool that makes up Milwaukee’s SAFS Crew has been responsible for some of the city’s most memorable hip hop over the past several years. Yesterday, Young Daa, one of the group’s quieter members musically, released a new freestyle that shows off the natural ability that each SAFS emcee possesses. In a minute and a half of a freestyle
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So… we started something the other night on Twitter. Story time, everyone: As the Milwaukee Bucks picked Thon Maker with their first round pick in the NBA Draft, we jokingly quipped: *Waits patiently for "Thon Maker (Freestyle)" submissions* #BucksDraft #MILPick — Breaking & Entering (@BreakinNEnterin) June 24, 2016 Little did we know that we put the seed in BKnitts’ head,
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The definition of a freestyle (to some) is to purely rap over a beat, written or not, and to be “free of style”, meaning that it’s just bars on bars on bars. By this definition, The Boy Illinois just dropped off a true freestyle, and completely knocked Outkast’s classic “So Fresh, So Clean” beat out of the park. Nobody should
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Teddy Ted is determined to prove that he can put his name among Milwaukee’s elite hip hop artists, and the new visuals for “Drip Freestyle” are part of that plan. The production brings the heavy bass in, and Ted does his part with the bars. Mixing a little bit of trap and a high-energy flow, this is a track you
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Welp, we didn’t win the lottery, and you likely didn’t either, so at least we have this Wale freestyle to check out. Luckily, this also sounds like it could be the soundtrack for whoever did win to throw money around his or her room too. This is also a really smart move by Wale, because anybody trying to find that
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As part of his “SUN16 Freestyle Series”, Myles takes on a very familiar song, flipping Adele’s “Hello” on its head. The beauty of “Hiii There” is that it takes on a completely different feel from the original track, while still utilizing the same piece of music. Myles contributes a dynamic, solid flow, and definitely does his thing on this one.
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Milwaukee emcee Alexzander is debuting some new music for us today, with the release of his “Kung Lao” Freestyle. With a smooth, jazzy beat from Birocratic as his backdrop, he kicks some lyrical flow with ease, bouncing from metaphor to metaphor. With slick lines abound, this is definitely a track to add to any playlist, and you’ll probably have to
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Without a show to shoot on Friday night at SXSW, I decided to throw together a cypher on 6th St. and film it. However, from that, it was also decided that there should be a second cypher at the Pearl St. Co-Op later that night. I walked into a full on college rager, and the cypher only made things crazier.
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Kendrick Lamar’s next album should just be called “How I Broke The Internet by Kendrick Lamar”. In his latest feat of Internet-crushing material, K Dot freestyled for six minutes straight on LA’s Power 106. It’s incredibly hard to do, especially with that many people in the room, and the cameras on you, and knowing that the world is going to
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For a second, it appears that Wale has reverted back to the 100 Miles & Running/Mixtape About Nothing emcee that we all really, really liked as he was blowing up. With a wrestling inspired freestyle over Razor Ramon’s entrance music (some of you may need to Google that reference… I’m old.), Wale name drops like crazy, and it’s awesome if
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I would highly suggest remembering the name Jhené Aiko. Known for her hit single, “The Worst”, she followed that up with an impressive performance at Coachella. Then, on top of that, she released “Comfort Inn Ending”, a freestyle with a music video to accompany it. With release on top of release, she continues to impress, and I wouldn’t be surprised
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I’m admittedly late on this (I get tired, sometimes, okay?), but word is Childish Gambino and Chance The Rapper crushed their recent Chicago show. One of the highlights that everyone was talking about the day after (except me, ’cause I was tired) is this crazy freestyle session, where the duo plus Childish Gambino’s brother Steve trade verses over the live
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Oh gawd! Big Sean unleashed a verse, coupled with production from Key Wane and Travi$ Scott. It’s looking like Sean isn’t playing around at all. While I doubt that it’s a true freestyle, he went hard on this beat. The interesting thing is that it sounds like these are some leftover bars from Finally Famous, according to his adlibs at
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The Cranberry Show recently got back from a trip to New York City, where they signed a management deal with a division of Violator Management. On the way through the city, they stopped at ThisIs50.com’s headquarters and shot this interview. Check out the ridiculous freestyles in this thing. Oh, and if you want to see them live, they’re at The
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Denku is back at it, once again inside the Miramar… sort of. He performed at Stage Right (adjacent to the Miramar) as part of the Border Clash series, and well, this happened. Watch and try to keep up:
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Last night was Grassroots’ 100th show at the Miramar Theatre. While I was in the building to see RockzSolid and Annie Mae’s set, I also was pretty eager to see Taiyamo Denku perform. He was scheduled to go on at 10, but didn’t get to actually go on until around 1 AM. I have to say that this was one
Read moreFor all of you who didn’t get to see Lupe at Marquette (or didn’t hear he was coming, or had class, or work, or go to a different school, or in the instance of one friend who will not be named had NEVER HEARD of Lupe), here’s a little snippet of what you missed. I um… borrowed this video from
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