I love the culture of freestyle rap, it’s so inspiring to see how people can create such rich poetry riddled with allusions and puns on command. Last week I got to meet Harry Mack and see him improvise live and it totally makes sense that he has a jazz drums background. If you’re not familiar with Harry Mack, this is a good example of him taking three words: Imported, Lurking, Automatic and freestyling with them. (BTW, if you noticed, we finally got the domain spelled correctly.)
There is a video chat site called Omegle that paired you with random people, and Harry would record these encounters, such as this cute one with girls from Sweden who gave him the words Cartoon, Titan, Death. It’s awesome to see him meet Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.
For some fun WordPress rap history, check out when Childish Gambino referenced me in a rap he performed on Tim Westwood back in 2012.
I will forever be amazed by the creativity of freestyle rappers.
If you’re looking for more inspiration and YouTube channels to follow, Ari at Home is another great source of freestyle rap. He roams the streets of New York with a portable DJ rig and a microphone. Anyone can ask for a beat and collaborate on some freestyle rap with him. Watching his YouTube channel makes me feel like every other person walking the streets of New York is a talented freestyle rapper. 🙂
Harry Mack’s flow is incredible love how he weaves words together on the spot. Cool to see freestyle and WordPress culture cross paths here!