Mike Love Presents - The Best of Bad Boy Radio Freestyles (1997-2007)
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)
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May 31st, 2009 at 8:12 pm
worth the download for the juice freestyle alone. that dude is like the most incredible freestyler i’ve ever heard.
May 31st, 2009 at 11:38 pm
I was hoping that these were Shyne/G-Dep/Puff freestyles. Guess Bad Boy is the name of his show or something.
May 31st, 2009 at 11:54 pm
Ye of little faith: Mark Curry, Black Rob, Loon, and yes, Shyne all make appearances.
June 1st, 2009 at 6:47 am
“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.
June 1st, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Kevin Love Presents The Best of Rashad McCants Poetry Jam hopes to be so well received.
June 1st, 2009 at 9:04 pm
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