15 Freestyles from 2015 You Need to Watch

By brokencool

We're not even three months into 2015, yet already emcees—both known and unknown—have flooded the internet with freestyles. Radio shows, camera phones, webcams, driving in their car—anyway and anywhere, rappers will find a way to spit off the top bars (well, occasionally off the top).

Whether it's Bronson crushing Hot97, an unknown, Biggie look-a-like delivering punishing bars on a street corner, or someone hilariously trying to freestyle over "Only One" here are 15 freestyles from 2015 that you need to watch.

There are a lot of impressive Lupe Fiasco freestyles out there, and he did his thing again—off the top of course—on Sway in the Morning. There aren't many big name rappers who even try to do this anymore, so enjoy it while it lasts.

What distracted driving laws? Here is Devon Guy spitting over Troy Ave's "All About the Money" while driving. Don't be turned off by the long intro, as this dude has got some bars. "Pussy boys sayin' Versace, Versace / they soundin' like carbon copies, I'm only sayin' this 'cause I'm cocky / I'll cook you up like hibachi." Peep 1:30 for when dude really hits his stride. Sidebar: great country scenery.

Who says freestyles can't get creative in their presentation? Here is an eight-minute freestyle from legendary Oakland rapper Mistah F.A.B. accompanied by a beat boxer and a violinist. Settle in as F.A.B. spits socially conscious bars over a hypnotizing backdrop. At 1:07, F.A.B. comes with the realness: "When you different, the world never understand... this for black kids growin' up in white America / for white kids growin' up in black America / it's different all over yo / this for the Muslims hated by the Christians / the Christians thats hated by the Muslims."

Earlier this year, Action Bronson stopped by the Funkmaster Flex show at Hot 97 and bruised and battered mics with twisted bars like, "Spent your advance on one trip to Six Flags with a handicap class, with your candy rap ass / bitch you singin' like Frankie Lymon / fuck around you might break a hymen."

But don't let the shock bars fool you, Bronson also gets serious and makes some great points that all rappers should take note of such as, "I only deal with people that invent shit / 'cause after rap there ain't no pension." Realest bar spit in 2015? Maybe.

And he went so hard his headphone fell off too.

How dope is this freestyle by this Biggie look-a-like spitter? One line tells the story: "It's ova / Hova outdated like Motorola on a cheap date with a cheese steak and Coca-Cola." What?!?!? In fact, the entire 2:37 freestyle is easily one of the best of 2015. At 1:57, dude says "that's word to Biggie." No doubt B.I.G. would find this freestyle worthy of his name being dropped.

Watch it go down here.

The 2015 Juno Awards (that's the Canadian Grammy Awards) rap nominees combine for a BET Awards style cypher. Tre Mission, Saukrates, Naturally Born Strangers, and Marco Polo give us the best the North has to offer. It's no surprise that Canadian hip-hop legend Saukrates takes the cake on this one with smooth wordplay. Kudos also to Tre Mission.

This here is one of 2015's must-watch freestyles so far for a number of reasons:

- 90% of rappers would straight choke if asked to spit for Kanye

- Justin Bieber asking for "bars" is kind of ironic, and

- Cameron Grey turned an impromptu freestyle with Kanye West into a possible job opportunity

All that being said, given 'Ye put young Cam on the spot the dude had some solid moments and some funny ones too, like when he takes a dig at Kanye's expensive A.P.C. tees at 1:04 of the video.

At the height of the season, NBA All-Star and Portland Trailblazer Damien Lillard stopped by Sway's show and absolutely murdered the "Dead Presidents" beat. This ain't Kobe Bryant rappin' here folks—this is real bars.

Lillard begins spitting at 2:48 and... alright... okay... this guy's got skills.

The fact that rapper Harold Taylor attempted to freestyle over "Only One" is reason enough to include him on this list. The fact that the freestyle has a couple of good bars is a bonus.

This is blink and you'll miss it length, only clocking in at 0:36 but Taylor manages to pack some punchlines un. Check for this gem, "I smoke, you can smell it from my odor / the weight that's in my pocket is heavier than a boulder / I don't even like the chick, but that's not what I told her / 'cause when I showed her my dick it was laying right on her molar."

Actually, don't tell Nori about this one.

Drake affiliate P. Reign steps into Westwood's Crib Session to go in over Big Sean's "Blessings" and Lil Durk's "Dis Ain't What U Want." Reign goes braggadocios with lines like, "Where I'm at n*ggas hardly be / where I've been n*ggas hardly see / not bad for some common thieves." When the beat flips at 1:57, P. Reign really seems to find his groove—"it's that OVO and that R-E-P."

Early in 2015, Dipset reunited on the Funkmaster Flex show and laid down some bars. Jim Jones is on point but no one comes close to Cam's Jay Z jabs: "Jay said he made me millions, had to think about it / thinkin' like, why he still thinkin' 'bout it?"

This group of dudes are steadily making a name for themselves with their "Mmm" freestyles. Think of it as comedy one-liners as the crew passes the virtual mic back and forth. MMMMMMM!

In what looks like a hood version of Can't Hardly Wait (Google it, youngins), a rapper (who calls himself "Light Skin"), unloads some bars for the house-party. After watching this, you'll be surprised that "light skin, livin' lavish" hasn't become a more popular catchphrase in 2015.

Earlier in the year, hip-hop legend and Brand Nubian member Sadat X, along with MC Chris Rivers, stopped by the Sirius XM RapisOuttaControl show to lay down a few bars. And while Sadat sounds out of breath at the beginning, he eventually finds his groove with bars like.