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party record with a siren
It's pretty obvious when something is a true freestyle - it's usually awful and contains lots of padding.
There's a UK MC who keeps popping up on Channel U, touring the streets of the US and challenging MCs to freestyle battles... the one battle I remember is the one where he gets stuck starting every other line with the phrase "I'm about to tell these guys...", while he struggles to think of punchlines with which to diss the other MC's mum or whatever. That's freestyling.
99% of the time, when the word "freestyle" is used in either Hip Hop or Grime, it refers to pre-written bars being performed over someone else's beat. The only aspect that might be called "free" is the process of MCs choosing which pre-written bars will best suit whatever beat is thrown in front of them. This is by no means straightforward, but it's much more straightforward than making up everything you say on the spot.
There's a UK MC who keeps popping up on Channel U, touring the streets of the US and challenging MCs to freestyle battles... the one battle I remember is the one where he gets stuck starting every other line with the phrase "I'm about to tell these guys...", while he struggles to think of punchlines with which to diss the other MC's mum or whatever. That's freestyling.
99% of the time, when the word "freestyle" is used in either Hip Hop or Grime, it refers to pre-written bars being performed over someone else's beat. The only aspect that might be called "free" is the process of MCs choosing which pre-written bars will best suit whatever beat is thrown in front of them. This is by no means straightforward, but it's much more straightforward than making up everything you say on the spot.