My guy just freestyled a Ted Talk!!! Holy smokes!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@true_plays_games

3 ай бұрын

This is not a freestyle

@finchisneat

2 ай бұрын

Hahaha that comment fire bruh

@finchisneat

2 ай бұрын

​@true_plays_games right, it's a free verse tho.. and some lines might have been in the moment.. Just enjoy that brain gravy baby!!

@bigink190

Ай бұрын

All day!

@richiestu8223

Ай бұрын

​@@true_plays_games was there a hook?? No one said it was off the top... y'all need to breathe and relax over the use of terms

Sways reaction is perfect. No interruption, no gassing; just silence, attention, and respect

@obedience7641

4 ай бұрын

My reaction exactly!

@slizobreeze2571

4 ай бұрын

Big facts

@HokiePitcher22

4 ай бұрын

funk flex could learn a thing or two from sway....dude doesn't stfu 😂

@gbengaodugbemi

4 ай бұрын

I see what you’re trying to say there, lmao. No hitting the table or going on Snapchat and shit

@thanduxolojamela9581

4 ай бұрын

That's coz sway is THE BEST

“Niggas dont want to be free. They want to be comfortable.” is such a fantastic bar; Locksmith’s flow is insane.

Never in my 26 years seen Sway watch someone in silence while in utter awe. This is so beautiful.

@Mule-chezedek

3 ай бұрын

I'd say Locksmith is probably in Sways top 3, Sways really put him on more than anyone🤷‍♂️. Lock is one of dudes that'll never have the numbers...but definitely a top tier MC for the real heads!

@lyricismlover8345

3 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/hq6frJZpitLUcdI.htmlsi=ubiQ_4pkRpvKoUm2 Ehh, id say he was more fascinated by the white boys going in and out while actually coming off the top. Not up here just spitting writtens. Black thought was much more prolific with the word play and thought provoking social analysis. This is good, don't get it twisted, but I'd rather hear Tsu Surf or Arsonal spit where you can actually hear the emotion and hunger in their voice. I think Mysonne's latest freestyle was more quote "conscientious".

@Mule-chezedek

3 ай бұрын

@@lyricismlover8345 I get what you're saying. But lock is consistently prolific.

@Andreas-iv8ym

2 ай бұрын

I would say maybe when Token was on.. those were incredible

@thinkr04

2 ай бұрын

Agreed but Token is on the same level too!

This is not a freestyle, it's a Speech For The Nation

@masterofceremony3728

4 ай бұрын

And the dumblind

@ItsKing_Rabbit52

4 ай бұрын

Definitely not a freestyle...... Just another mf using a written verse & Cappin!! It's disrespectful to Juice, J.Cole & all the the MCs left

@nitnesto9195

4 ай бұрын

@@ItsKing_Rabbit52 agree definitely. idk where they get the arrogance to put "freestyle" on stuff like this. since when is freestyle just stuff that you didn't put out?

@AK-ug1md

4 ай бұрын

@@nitnesto9195 yalll sound like player haters must be from NY

@user-by6yc8yl7v

4 ай бұрын

​​​@@ItsKing_Rabbit52Youve made it obvious how little you know. A freestyle is spitting bars over a beat for the first time, off the top is something else. Do you know how difficult it is to spit 300 bars nonstop without a break over a beat for the first time and not fall off once? That's a freestyle.

“The Gospel is the Gospel regardless how you receive it” - TRUTH

@cbas7499

4 ай бұрын

WOOOH

@elliotsober7042

4 ай бұрын

The God spell is the truth 😮!

@tflynn3685

4 ай бұрын

Crazyyy

@J86_918

4 ай бұрын

That one was.. 😮‍💨. 💯 2024 we sayin what needs to be said this year 🗣️

@jedwing

4 ай бұрын

Great line. This is edutainment.

Why is this young brotha not fully funded? I have never heard a freestyle more real, factual, smart, truthful and full of cultural nuggets of honesty! Best Freebie I've ever heard!! This young man is the next IT!

@channilydyard8601

4 ай бұрын

You literally just answered your own question in the next sentence.. hahha And Locksmiths been killing it for 20 years 🔥🔥

@tvaughn8005

4 ай бұрын

Too positive

@alvinphillips8573

4 ай бұрын

They not try inspire men the trying motivate to bring the hate.

@jezebulls

3 ай бұрын

He’s been in the game for at least 20 years because I use to go to his shows in the Bay Area. I guess he never blew up.

@Jay59kt

3 ай бұрын

thats da real shit

"We're content with content and not art" Finally, someone said it 🔥🔥🔥

This what true Hip-hop sounds like🔥💯

@devotheambivert9875

4 ай бұрын

Word

@YoKKJoni

4 ай бұрын

dude..

I’m visiting from the year 2034. This is still the best one on Sway

@JustRegular.ThatsWildRegular

4 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/aYWexKuRqsayndI.html

@thomasleethem8711

4 ай бұрын

My brother 😂

@MuayThaiDreadlock

4 ай бұрын

that was a good one

@aimmortalslegacy2189

4 ай бұрын

You clearly have bumped your head.

@helderfreitas4198

4 ай бұрын

Hahahahaha 😂

Entire room stayed quiet pretty much throughout! That’s dope! 🫡

@jamesproulx5356

23 күн бұрын

a day ago

“Those who don’t believe in nothing, believe everything” 🔥🔥

That man literally just spit for 11 min straight without a hiccup. Insane.

@ChefSheefluciano

4 ай бұрын

I was just saying the same thing brah🤦🏾💯💯

@aaronmiller7954

4 ай бұрын

Didn't have to recatch the beat once. No filler. The only freestyle I've had I rewind Several times just hear a line a couple times to figure out how deep the metaphor is. Crazy

@jefferymorton9704

4 ай бұрын

Because he's well rehearsed

@braddiem4585

4 ай бұрын

It's because he memorized it dude because he was coming on Sway in the Morning

@chunkin9799

4 ай бұрын

​Id give you a month to memorize this and you wouldn't be able to do this live on the radio​@@braddiem4585

LOCKSMITH IS THE TRUTH!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

This might be the best freestyle I've personally heard

This verse is why Locksmith is the truth and won't get mainstream play.

@JustRegular.ThatsWildRegular

4 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/aYWexKuRqsayndI.html

@roosevelthurdle301

4 ай бұрын

BIG FACTS 🔥🔥🔥

@ojc8203

4 ай бұрын

Off course

@straightfacts5575

4 ай бұрын

Real rappers cannot get air time only guys that wear female clothing get play

@lp211_

4 ай бұрын

that whole freestyle and thats your take away? ironic

They posted this 7 days ago. 7 years from now this will still be legendary.

Damn son. Been watching freestyles on every platform for years on end. This was the smoothest one I’ve ever heard and it ain’t even close.

jada's kiss broke his will now she beggin smith to change the locks. unbelievable

@ikeman2027

18 күн бұрын

tryna' eavesdrop, when a woman wants to stray then there's nothin' you can say to try da d-block.

"Each pen stroke is cardiac arrest"🧨

@jaysolo237

4 ай бұрын

That was 🔥 asf

@Lemaforthewin

4 ай бұрын

I shook my head when I heard that one, had to relisten that 5 times

"They don't even write their shit, ChatGPT." 😂

"You can't only expect facts when it's convenient; the gospel is the gospel regardless how you receive it."

The man who put even Dizaster in his place and Eminem shouts out repeatedly..A real GOAT.

"Those who don't believe in nothing believe everything. " FACTS!!!

@AhmedMohamed-hh9iv

4 ай бұрын

Doesn't make sense

@FL6K0

4 ай бұрын

​@AhmedMohamed-hh9iv Niggas who don't believe the truth tend to believe all the lies they are fed is what he is saying. People who say "conspiracy theories" aren't real and they don't believe it are the same ones who believe all the lies the government tells them. They listen to people who don't care about them but listen to their own "Brother" and call him crazy.

@topdhen

4 ай бұрын

You believing that, proves the point

@N8.the.Gr8

4 ай бұрын

This one stood out to me as well💯

@Hegotsomesauce

4 ай бұрын

It’s fax, look at the demographic of people who took the Jabs based on nothing but fear. Huge trend in who they vote for as well. Every month it becomes twice as clear too.

He spoke so much truth, no fact checking needed. He’s a real lyricist. One of the best freestyles EVER! 🔥 🎤 🚀

@obedience7641

4 ай бұрын

Sir YES sir. I agree …100!

@matthewstevenhunt

4 ай бұрын

Truth. One of the best ever.

@KeepItReal213

4 ай бұрын

🔥🔥

TOO DOPE!!! nothin but real talk!!!!

Whenever anyone says “hip hop is dead” or “conscious rap is corny” send them this…❤️🖤💚🔥🔥🔥🔥

@dylsensei

2 ай бұрын

Whoever says conscious rap is corny is room temp IQ anyways, so fuck em. They don’t have the ability for their mind to be changed.

@maxfieldnelson

Ай бұрын

hip hop isn't dead, it just lives underground

@herculesmclovin

27 күн бұрын

💯 agree with ​@@maxfieldnelson

@herculesmclovin

27 күн бұрын

Or.. Lupe Fiasco, "Murial" (visual lyric breakdown) kzread.info/dash/bejne/k3qm286maZfelKw.htmlsi=l7rT0npjhc4duJvU

“Those who don’t believe in anything, believe in everything” Woooooo 🔥

Is this a triple entendre?? "Look how they framed us in a box. Jada's kiss broke his Will, now she beggin Smith to change the Lox. Tryin to eavesdrop, when a woman wants to stray, there's nothing you can say to try to D-Block. Just cut her off, keep movin and weigh it later. Where I'm from, we had to learn to keep it player." 🔥🔥

@yusufmussa6386

4 ай бұрын

My Goodnesssss!!!

@ericgomez9216

4 ай бұрын

Let’s play “rapping deconstructed”.. “Framed”= in a box [square] “Jada broke his will”= Fresh Prince humiliated himself front of world cuz Jada “broke his will”= broke non disclosure agreement Jadakiss= member of “The Lox” “Change the lox”= locks of hair (Jada’s alopecia) “When women stray”= Jada bashing August Alsina “Nothing you can say to try to D-Block”= Hancock propensity to allow wife to cheat “D-Block”= Jadakiss member of D-Block “Just cut her off, keep moving and weigh it later” - divorce her and move on “Keep it moving and weigh it later”- copping a sack expeditiously and weighing later”

@totalbliss1

4 ай бұрын

@@ericgomez9216 Nice. Here's how I break it down. Triple entendre first interpretation: It's about the entanglement The LOX went through with Puff and Bad Boy and how he had them framed in a box wearing shiny suits and dancing. Jadakiss and the rest of the group wanted out of their ironclad contract (which Puff wasn't willing to do so easily) so they could sign with Ruff Ryders and eventually changed the name that Puff gave them (he shortened their original name from The Warlox to The LOX) to D-Block. If Puff had kept it player, cut them off and kept movin, he would've never invited such bad publicity and constant ridicule from them for jerking them off and not paying them or all the other artists on his label. See 🤣 🤣 skit "Jay Jerkin." Second interpretation: How Jada's entanglement with Alsina broke Will Smith's will. Even though he tried every which way to get her to not stray, there was nothing he could do to block her from getting that D. He should've cut her off from that instant he caught her and weigh his options with his lawyer, saved face and kept it player. His life would've been a lot better. He would've never been caught up at the Oscars like he did. Third interpretation: Was just a simple play on his own name Locksmith, mixed in with the entanglements. 😉 Pretty clever wordplay. 💯

@JGoodMagaMorons

4 ай бұрын

This is a Master Class

@izzo4185

3 ай бұрын

Wordplay for sure One bar alone would need to have three meanings

Damn!!! Thats the type of HipHop I've been missing for a long time!!!!!

"With all these dead rappers ask yourself who benefits from it?" Deep 🔥🔥

The last of a dying breed... Respect an thank you for spitting this flow Locksmith.

@ttdanimations1231

4 ай бұрын

i wouldn’t say the last but he’s one of the best

@kotababy411

4 ай бұрын

King iso is keeping lryical rap alive

@superaquatic2853

4 ай бұрын

K-Dino is too

@lawrenceshdow

4 ай бұрын

@@superaquatic2853 K-Rino?

@arthurolmos5826

4 ай бұрын

Unfortunately can't be the best when your first up lol

"You can't put tribe before truth and if you do you become what you despise at the roots," Straight facts.

@raiolyth

4 ай бұрын

Israel

@jedwing

2 ай бұрын

@@raiolyth Facts.

That jada to kiss to d block connection bar was 🔥

There is so many bars and lines I can’t pick just one. My only question is how is this not everywhere? So powerful. Share share share 🗣️

@justincharles6585

2 ай бұрын

The majority of population don't listen to music in depth.. They hear music with a catchy beat, some audio effects and surface level words and hop on it like the hottest thing out. They don't want real rap with messages. They want twerkin and guns.

More content in 11 minutes than most rappers put in an entire album.

@coldfish817

4 ай бұрын

Hell yeah

@BENPOTV

4 ай бұрын

💯

@joli7860

4 ай бұрын

Career** 😅

@jeffbryner5355

4 ай бұрын

Real shit!!!

@user-lh1ys6wk7g

4 ай бұрын

Classic kzread.info/dash/bejne/c5ql29KhZsngedo.htmlsi=wM8xeUSU81auB4fm

This dude knows how to articulate a message with complete coherence. No wasted words, and a tasty flow. One of the best.

@BluntClutch

4 ай бұрын

ZERO wasters words. Agreed

@Fiyahh24

4 ай бұрын

Tasty flow? Ayooo ⏸️ U out of pocket for this 1

@outofbody6797

4 ай бұрын

AYO PAUSE

@Lewopenot

3 ай бұрын

Ayoooooo, Pause 😂 I agreed up until “tasty flow”. You got crazier wording than buddy…

@jordanolafson80

3 ай бұрын

​@@Lewopenot😂

I already know this is going to be dope. Proactive thumbs up.

😮 he just taught more in 10 minutes that most can teach in 10 years

Lock paints such a vivid picture with his art. Been following him for 10+ from battling to making records. Give this man his true flowers 💐 a true pioneer in the culture

@Merkayout

4 ай бұрын

what picture did you see lool

@RichSoundsGM

4 ай бұрын

I still remember that car freestyle when he was nobody man .. hes so dope

@jordanolafson80

4 ай бұрын

Same bro do you remember the final Locksmith had with Reign Man now known as Rj Payne I think Locksmith got done dirty he won that in a lot of people's opinion most of the judged were from the East Coast yes a couple of the rounds were close but Reign Man won of course he's from Philly what more can I say someone from the West Coast isn't going to win in that situation

@PreacherJenkins

3 ай бұрын

​@@jordanolafson80 and then Diz brought it up in his battle with Lock before getting chopped in half

Locksmith is a modern day activist for exposing all deception layed upon our people, A Modern day hero.

@HigherKaiju

4 ай бұрын

I discovered him when he battled on grind time and killed dizaster been a fan since. Wish he'd come back to battling at least one more time lol

@matthewstevenhunt

4 ай бұрын

@@HigherKaijuyeah, and he ain’t going out like Canibus.

@totalbliss1

4 ай бұрын

Here's the prime example. Why is it they are constantly running a negative campaign usually filled with innuendos, rumors, negative stereotypes and conspiracies against everyone of the super rich and successful entertainers of ours that's making moves. If you don't believe me, look up any of the powerful ones. They have a video for every one of them, usually backed up by some washed up celebrity or other. See if they have any for theirs.The 🦀 in the 🪣 mentality is strong with us and we unwittingly play into their hand.

This is what mastering the craft sounds like

Locksmith, that definitely was the Key! 🔑 👌 Hail 2024! The Keeping It Real, and Exposure Year!

Lock, you set the bar VERY high in 2024. Bring the bars back.

"One man's treasure is another man's garbage. One man's leather is another man's carpet. One man's mansion is another man's apartment. Regardless on where you're at we don't rap in the same department. " God Lock never ceases to leave me speechless.

@Lemaforthewin

4 ай бұрын

Damn

@carlosnajar9154

4 ай бұрын

Finally someone speaking some real real like 2Pac. People forget how smart and educated rappers could be....

@carlosnajar9154

4 ай бұрын

Finally someone speaking some real real like 2Pac. People forget how smart and educated rappers could be....

These bars restore my faith in the future of rap

@herculesmclovin

27 күн бұрын

Then so will Coast Contra! 🔥 trust 🤜

This should be called "The Wake Up"

Locksmith is the hip hop Yoda. Genius!

This man don’t need the mainstream he’s allways going to be top lyricist master

The fire in these bars is amazing. The message is what you supposed to feel.

I had to pulled over listening to this on Sirius Xm When it was live. Too much real

An absolute genius. The pure embodiment of earthly angelic teachings.

This is up there with Black Thoughts freestyle, A true masterclass 🔥🔥🔥

I love that he has kept true to him and the message he wants to put out there. He's not on mainstream because truth is what they fear.

@timphalen9182

4 ай бұрын

He also not about blowing industry executives or hoopin’ naked at puff’s guys-only slumber parties either…if I saw hov, diddy, or the flesh prince anywhere? My eyes would immediately identify the closest exits

@DREPR0787

4 ай бұрын

@@timphalen9182For real. These guys getting exposed for who they really are. It amazes me how much shit they’ve done and what scary is that I am sure that’s just the top of the iceberg.

@dsrree

4 ай бұрын

He's not mainstream because most people don't like these lame "spiritual lyrical miracle" type of flow. This is the type of music dudes with headphones and a backpack listen to on the subway while thinking they're on some mentally higher level than the people around them.

I have to put in a monocle for these bars. Daaaamn.

Its been years since I rewinded a track I come here and im like wait what he just say? that was fire!!!!! im learning from this guy he dropping knowledge and exposing fakes at the same time I can only respect the real much love to locksmith

Some make sidewalks others build skyscrapers. This guy has the mind of an audible architect, perfect lines.

Forget 2024 this might one of the top 10 best verses of all time

Those who dont believe in nothing belive everything, thats the bar i was waiting on 🔥🔥🔥

@Aaron-ul6cu

Ай бұрын

"If you don't stand for something then you'll fall for anything"-Nas

I agree with the title on this one ... takes many rewinds to understand these bars..

He's one of the kings of multisyllabic rhyming and one of the kings of alliteration. Straight up..

Locksmith = click immediately!! HOW BOUT WE MAKE THIS GO VIRAL!!

First guy to make people feel the message above this beat.

gave me the chills too sick!!!!!! WOW

No producer, no writer, no autotune, no gun bars. Lock makes it so obvious that the mainstream rappers are not the best rappers alive. He makes it so clear that we are being fed garbage.

@gbaby1372

4 ай бұрын

Exactly 💯

@gbaby1372

4 ай бұрын

That fact that it's more folks similar who can actually spit on dope beats also should have puzzled on why they can't get spins when they literally have better music than most artists on mainstream

@TALKTAMEEE

4 ай бұрын

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Mic skills, unmatched. Thank you for keeping Hip Hop alive, truely.

Poetry at it's finest.

‘We never see you with a ‘bad dame’, like a Roc Nation brunch’ Sheeeeeeeeeeshhhh 🔥🔥🔥

How are we starting off 2024 with first Katt Williams, then Coast Contra, and now Locksmith. It's just January and the best stuff this year (or the next 10 years), has already dropped. 🔥

Locksmith and Coast Contra are keeping rap alive. This is straight fire.

@justincharles6585

2 ай бұрын

I'm glad u mentioned coast

Those who dont believe in nothing, believe in everything! 🔥🔥🔥

Give a free pass to every community that ain't us. That's deep

"Until we fix Us, we remain corruptable" 💯🔥

@codyrigg9102

4 ай бұрын

I aint never met a black dude named dylan 😂😂😅😅

Lock. One of the best ever. Yay Area stand up for one of our Legends!

@aloc311

4 ай бұрын

Yeeee!!!

Poplockwordsmithrock Da House!!!

Merk'd it, werk'd it, as Sway Smirked it in awe.... went hard on all of ya'll

He makes me mentally tired, just too much truth, history and realness…it’s hard to digest, he’s one of the artists you have to replay multiple times to catch everything, keep on keepin on Lock!

@aaronmiller7954

4 ай бұрын

Truth. I've been rewinding lines 3 and 4 times just to fully grasp how clever the metaphors are. Stupid bars, im so dead. This is the first time I've even heard of this dude. What an introduction!

@kmiiican6914

4 ай бұрын

It’s called hip hop - it died years ago and was really nice to listen to

@roblars9252

4 ай бұрын

naaa it still there. Listen to the real onez Black thought just dropped a whole album in a record amount of time with content like this@@kmiiican6914

Its a gift to have clarity , cadence, and a critical thinking message. Hands Down Hip Hop Royalty.

Locksmith the truth !!!

Locksmith has always been Future Truth Barz ahead of the Past Rappers!

The VIBRATIONS & FREQUENCY is high with this one

@FL6K0

4 ай бұрын

Yes sir !

A moment of silence for those listening to LS for the first time, and mostly those who don't know him. Fan from Zambia 🇿🇲🙏😊

My man told Sway,,, do not interrupt I'm about to lay down some real s***.

Good Lord he murdered it dug it up and killed it again

“Entire budgets are spent to inspire lower desires”🔥

That Jada/will line was CRAZY!

Very impressed. He zoned out with his own lyrics. 🎉

Best appearance on sway.... EVER!! that Boy went in on em!!

@aaronmcmurray1

Ай бұрын

Every time I listen to it I catch new bars. Straight fire!!

Locksmith been killin freestyles since forever! 💯 Richmond what up!

@emanuelcook5275

4 ай бұрын

Yeeeeeeeee!

@jezebulls

3 ай бұрын

It’s crazy how I was going to clubs when I was 18 just to watch him and his partner perform. Dam that was 20 years ago.

Locksmith is a dope emcee one of the illest on the West Coast

He preached. 🔥🔥 If churches spoke this much truth I'd very much attend.

Bars!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💪🏾💪🏾

Replayed this 3 times with my lady dissecting this on sway in the morning, just stopping by to leave love. ❤

Never In my life would understand why true lyrics like this isn't on everyones wish list. Real RAP... BTW GET THOSE DAMN THUMBS UP👍👍👍

@jaysolo237

4 ай бұрын

You cant dance to it. Lol😂

@richjim74

4 ай бұрын

@@jaysolo237 good shit 😂😂

The goat of free

This guy is crazy!!!!

I know I'm not the only one here that was hanging on every word. 11 minutes of dropping knowledge, no filler. Much respect.

@greyghostinfinite

3 ай бұрын

This is corny to say, but I don't care: It made me realize that I've never desribed any other freestyle as if I were a movie critic. This shit was "gripping." Barely even noticed how much time had past until it was nearing its end.

Locksmith just has his own flow and his own level. It's cold in our house but I'm turning off the heating after listening to this fire.

First time hearing this cat,... certainly won't be my last!! This is how you learn the craft and use it to be a voice for educating !

Locksmith rips apart the entire industry in 11 minute freestyle