These tracks reveal how Childish Gambino sharpened his lyrical edge across different eras of his career. The list includes deep cuts and freestyles that highlight his technical skill and wordplay.

Last Week, Black Thought set the rap internet on fire when he blazed a ten-minute master class in improvised rap over the instrumental to Mobb Deep’s “Burn” on Hot 97’s Funkmaster Flex show. The ...

Rap City. The title alone evokes countless memories of tuning into the beloved BET series, where rappers across the country would make an appearance to talk about their music and, more importantly, ...

Three 6 Mafia's influence on rap has been apparent throughout the 2010s. Their gritty and lo-fi aesthetic served as a blueprint for A$AP Rocky when he made his debut ...

A key component of hip-hop has largely been forgotten these days, due to oversaturation more than anything else. The freestyle used to be a major thing, from lunchroom tables to recording booths and ...

When JAY-Z released his thirteenth album, you probably didn't think you needed anything else from the rapper. Yet, when news broke a week later that the physical album of 4:44 will feature a bonus ...

Mike Eagle might be in the car or the shower or on stage when it hits him. A thought evolves into a freestyle rap and the rapper, better known as Open Mike Eagle, follows the lyrical trail. Freestyle, ...

Hip-hop likes staying true to the culture. It then becomes important to document that culture so it doesn’t get diluted by false tales. The term 'kill' became a Hip-hop colloquialism to define ...

Rap battles are serious business and K-pop idols know this very well. Whenever vocalists of K-pop groups decide to have their own little diss battles, we can’t help but get excited. Their freestyle ...