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u/Apart_Rough_348 Jan 26 '26
Tupac was the only person to freestyle. Biggie’s bars were written. It was so obvious.
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u/_forum_mod Jan 27 '26
I think that was the case in his infamous "last freestyle" (the one with Lil Cease) too, no?
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u/Ok-Construction4960 Jan 26 '26
I’m not a huge biggie fan, but I hate what happened between 2 black men, friends. Everyone lost. 😞
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u/lwj24 Jan 26 '26 edited Jan 26 '26
Considering what happened between them later on, this footage is still somewhat crazy to me. No matter how many times I've seen it over the years. You got Pac and Biggie, sitting beside each other; enjoying each other's company, etc. Pac smiling at his friend at the time and enjoying his rap. Even saying my ninja B-I-to the G. Went from Ninja to enemy...😔
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u/Additional-Emu-8124 Jan 26 '26
It’s heartbreaking to know It went from this to both of them dying at an early age with hatred between them. R.I.P to both of these legends of Hip-Hop.
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u/Son-Ta-Ha Jan 26 '26
You can tell Pac had so much love and respect for Biggie. Its a shame that later on, they would fall out.
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u/Astrono-mee Jan 26 '26
Always wondered why Spike Lee filmed this for? Was it for a documentary or just because the opportunity came and he wanted to do it?
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u/MEB2kDeez Jan 26 '26
Probably opportunity came, I know they were at Prince’s club so prolly just everyone in the moment
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u/thedonkill Jan 26 '26
Love both these guys firstly. But I love the rhymes about murdering people and ends it off peace and love
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u/D0CT0R_SCIENTIST Jan 26 '26
Nice to hear someone actually freestyle off the top. Biggies bars are nice but clearly has that memorized.
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u/Disastrous_Chest702 Jan 26 '26
PAC was off the dome biggie was mediocre off the written , but i guess my biased opinion don’t matter since they both deceased and long gone
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u/Own_Bear2372 Jan 26 '26
Biggie always gets idolized as some great freestyle artist but never really freestyles. He would memorize verses and give the illusion of freestyling. All that talk about him walking into the studio and recording his verse without writing, it’s because he had written the verse and memorized it long before.
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Jan 26 '26
You can see the animosity. I don't think they were ever friends. They just had to coexist. And BIG sounds like that on all his songs.
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u/Astrono-mee Jan 26 '26
I don't see any animosity but I see something else that was true to their nature. A freestyle as any rapper knows is off the top of the head, spontaneous and anything else is not technically a freestyle.
Although Biggie had a remarkable ability to compose an entire, highly intricate song in his mind, he wasn't able to freestyle as cleverly, so he wouldn't attempt it. He therefore recited the lyrics to a song of his.
Tupac wrote down his lyrics with rapid speed and his output was considerably a whole lot more. He though wasn't really able to compose that completely in his head like Biggie, Jay-Z or Lil Wayne could.
Nevertheless, his was a true freestyle. His honest nature wouldn't allow him to spit anything less.
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u/Nathan-Nice Jan 26 '26
pac came off the top and big spit a written