Were this a truly inspired collection, Mike Love would’ve embraced his Beach Boys nomenclature, and forced the rappers in question to rhyme over “Surfin’ Safari,” “Surfin U-S-A,” and “Be True to Your School,” to say nothing of the 2Pac contrast implied in “I Get Around.”
Still, the Chicago hip-hop radio staple did rap nostalgists a great service by unleashing this must-download compilation of freestyles from Kanye, Common, Juvenile, Q-Tip, Pun, Outkast, Busta, et. al. Impromptu sessions that hearken back to the days when “freestyles” were actually free-styled. Of course, Fat Joe is spitting writtens, but it’s not like he actually wrote them himself, so there’s that.
Download:
MP3: Big Boi-”Outkast Freestyle”
MP3: Big Pun/Fat Joe-”Freestyle”
ZIP: Download: Mike Love Presents – The Best of Bad Boy Radio Freestyles (1997-2007) (Left-Click)
6 comments
douglas martin says:
May 31, 2009 at 8:12 pm (UTC -7)
worth the download for the juice freestyle alone. that dude is like the most incredible freestyler i’ve ever heard.
Tray says:
May 31, 2009 at 11:38 pm (UTC -7)
I was hoping that these were Shyne/G-Dep/Puff freestyles. Guess Bad Boy is the name of his show or something.
Passion of the Weiss says:
May 31, 2009 at 11:54 pm (UTC -7)
Ye of little faith: Mark Curry, Black Rob, Loon, and yes, Shyne all make appearances.
Sach says:
June 1, 2009 at 6:47 am (UTC -7)
“Fat Joe is spitting writtens, but it’s not like he actually wrote them himself, so there’s that.”
In the words of Kent Brockman: Ouch.
goathair says:
June 1, 2009 at 1:12 pm (UTC -7)
Kevin Love Presents The Best of Rashad McCants Poetry Jam hopes to be so well received.
Berkeley Place » REGARDING THE OTHERS says:
June 1, 2009 at 9:04 pm (UTC -7)
[...] Passion of the Weiss has a collection of radio freestyles from the Mike Love show, featuring the likes of Shyne, Big Boi, Loon, Big Pun and Fat Joe, and many [...]