Narrated by Chuck D, Freestyle 101: Hip-Hop History explores the genre's early days through the lens of freestyle rap, f | dG1fVDBvblNLY0VxTWM
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00:00 [GUNSHOTS]
00:03 [GUNSHOT]
00:07 [BIRD CALLS]
00:11 [CROWD CHEERING]
00:20 Life is like freestyling.
00:22 You know, you don't have a set goal.
00:25 You don't have a set journey.
00:26 And sometimes you do, and you still get hit with a speed
00:28 bump, you may stumble, and it may change your whole
00:30 trajectory, but your end goal is to win.
00:33 This is the story of Open Mike Eagle and Iron Solomon,
00:36 bound together by hip hop.
00:38 Raised in the era of freestyle, each MC is
00:42 struggling to make their way in the modern music business,
00:45 and freestyling their way through life.
00:48 [MUSIC - IRON SOLOMON, "FREESTYLING"]
00:49 [MUSIC - IRON SOLOMON, "FREESTYLING"]
00:58 Freestylers have the ability to think on their feet.
01:01 And as they rhyme, they're making the rhyme up as they go
01:05 along.
01:05 [MUSIC - IRON SOLOMON, "FREESTYLING"]
01:06 I'm in a place in the business such where I travel around
01:17 and am more and more gaining a footing in the independent
01:21 aspects of rap music.
01:23 [MUSIC - IRON SOLOMON, "FREESTYLING"]
01:24 I mean, you're going to mess up.
01:27 Sometimes you're going to not rhyme.
01:29 Sometimes you're going to inadvertently diss yourself.
01:32 [MUSIC - IRON SOLOMON, "FREESTYLING"]
01:33 It's a lot like a sport.
01:36 Right now, it's most like boxing.
01:38 [MUSIC - IRON SOLOMON, "FREESTYLING"]
01:40 Off with the dome, spontaneous homes.
01:43 Pick a word or a tone and jump on it down.
01:46 Skateboard, slide, grind, and I kick.
01:48 Well, come back with some gangstas.
01:49 You'll see walk on in.
01:51 Back on the board, keep going around.
01:53 Go kick, push, do your flip and go.
01:56 [MUSIC - IRON SOLOMON, "FREESTYLING"]
01:57 101, freestyle, 101, freestyle, 101.
02:03 P-A-C-E is legend.
02:04 You know where I got it from, from freestyle, 101.
02:08 Freestyle, 101.
02:10 Freestyle, 101.
02:13 Let me explain freestyle, 101.
02:16 Can you freestyle your way through life?
02:19 Just like music, life is about taking chances.
02:22 And if you fall off, then you get right back up.
02:25 Grab the mic and rhyme again.
02:28 Let me explain freestyle, 101.
02:31 (audience cheering)