Tags for this video have been changed from 'subway, crazy, Im President Charley, Im President Charley' to 'subway, crazy, Im pressing charges, soulja boy, freestyle, rap, screaming' - edited by Eklek

whoa, wait... what?! she was freestyle rap battling AT that old lady?

I think it's good work, but I don't think he's the "best" there is -- he's got a flow with rhthm and rhyme, sounds more like freestyle slam than "poetry" in a formal sense.

Dupe: http://www.videosift.com/video/Canine-Freestyle-most-famous-duo
*discard

I've been watching this video alot and everytime I find something new that I missed that was funny. Which makes me wonder if this is actually staged because, comedy wise, this was executed so perfectly.

Obvious examples are the host bromance massaging the judge, Eli's long pause after he says "I'm the best mayne, I did it" (timed perfectly), horrible and dated camera work and effects.

But what makes this so good are the little things which you only notice after multiple viewings. Such as, white text being overlayed on top of Marv-O's white T shirt make it impossible to read, Envy's erratic "hiphop" hand jestures, Eli's multiple view split screen and picture-in-picture (which is pointless since its of the same person,lol), the quick camera tilting upward due to bad camera man and LOTS of perfectly awkward pauses before camera transitions.

And so much more, not to mention the freestyle lyrics and general banter making this the perfect storm of comedy.

So it makes me wonder, is this pure comedic genius or really just some mentally challenged kids putting on a rap battle show?

Tags for this video have been changed from 'Bad Rap Iron Mic Competition' to 'hip hop, Bad Rap, Iron Mic Competition, freestyle, this cant be real' - edited by uhohzombies

:Look at the realted videos:
A jelly donut freestyles his way to the top
Lady SOV got owned by a Jelly Donut
How Jelly Beans are made

wtf???! tHAT'S A LOTTA jELLY!

fixed.thanks.

In reply to this comment by Sarzy:
Hmmm... this appears to be dead.

SG,

You've misunderstood. Your criteria for disliking something may be rational or irrational. Disliking something doesn't make you irrational.

On Country

You don't like 'modern' country, but you do like country, which means you haven't written off an entire genre of music (I'm not judging, it's just an observation).

I happen to agree with you on country, but there is some decent stuff out there if you look for it. If you don't already know Abigail Washburn, then she is soon to be one of your favorites. Other acts to look for are Old Crow Medicine Show, Wilco and Nickel Creek. None of it but the AW stuff really stack up to Patsy Cline or Johnny Cash, but it's a helluva lot better than the drivel on the radio.

In general, music on commercial radio is horrible.

Jazz and Hip-Hop

Jazz and Hip-hop are actually more similar than you think.

-They both use the same types of rhythmic syncopations. This point is made clearly by an excellent mashup of an Eminem song and an old piano rag. The track is called 'Snookered' by a DJ named Freelance Hairdresser. You can follow these syncopations from ragtime to Dixie Jazz, to Swing, Rock, Bop, Soul, Funk, and eventually Hip-Hop.

-The co-opting of popular tunes is also shared between the two genres. Rappers are much maligned for their use of samples and get little credit for the creative ways in which they reconstruct the source material. Jazzer's would also co-opt the popular standards of the day, tweaking the harmonies/ melodies and adding their own improvisational ideas.

-Both types of music place a large emphasis on improvisation. In Hip-Hop it's called freestyle.

-Like Hip-Hop, Jazz was an outlet for a culture largely shut out of the mainstream. Both styles of music were marginalized, maligned and generally considered lewd, crude and disgusting.

-Jazz was eventually co-opted and accepted by whites, which is happening as we speak in the hip hop world. This isn't a bad thing, as white folks had/have some nice things to add.

Finally, I must say that your characterization of Hip-hop as negative is as bad a generalization as saying all Christians are as lame as Pat Robertson. There is plenty of positive Hip-Hop out there. I'd suggest MeShell Ndegeocello, Eryka Badhu, Outkast and M.I.A. for starters.

The media spends much time attacking Hip-Hip, and buying into media distortions don't make you a racist.

The racism I speak of is subtle and internalized. If you were to recognize this racism in yourself, it would evaporate instantly upon recognition. I'm not trying to brand anyone with a scarlet R, this is just a plea for folks to be introspective and constantly in a state of self improvement.

We are all a product of our time, and although things are getting better, we have a long way to go before we are free from racism/sexism/classism/homophobia to name a few isms (and one phobia). If it exists in culture, it exists in you too.

Finally, I know I pissed many people off with this thread. It was intended to be light-hearted. I have arrived at these ideas after doing quite a bit of thinking, and didn't bother to fill in the space between A and B. In other words, I blurted out some unconventional, controversial ideas without telling you how I got to them.

Some of got it right away, but apparently others thought I was calling them Klansmen, and apparently others still ACTUALLY ARE KLANMEN (just kidding you know who.)

It probably would have been better to present these ideas as things I've discovered about myself, without forcing anyone to have to take a critical look inside their own soul. Forcing introspection is not polite.

Still, I think this discussion will be rattling around in sifty heads for some time, and at the very least, we've breached that most taboo of American taboos, racism. Maybe we should move on to classism..........

SG,

Oh, and it's so funny to call someone irrational if they dislike something that's somehow tied to a particular culture

You've misunderstood. Your criteria for disliking something may be rational or irrational. Disliking something doesn't make you irrational.

On Country

You don't like 'modern' country, but you do like country, which means you haven't written off an entire genre of music (I'm not judging, it's just an observation).

I happen to agree with you on country, but there is some decent stuff out there if you look for it. If you don't already know Abigail Washburn, then she is soon to be one of your favorites. Other acts to look for are Old Crow Medicine Show, Wilco and Nickel Creek. None of it but the AW stuff really stack up to Patsy Cline or Johnny Cash, but it's a helluva lot better than the drivel on the radio.

In general, music on commercial radio is horrible.

Jazz and Hip-Hop

Jazz and Hip-hop are actually more similar than you think.

-They both use the same types of rhythmic syncopations. This point is made clearly by an excellent mashup of an Eminem song and an old piano rag. The track is called 'Snookered' by a DJ named Freelance Hairdresser. You can follow these syncopations from ragtime to Dixie Jazz, to Swing, Rock, Bop, Soul, Funk, and eventually Hip-Hop.

-The co-opting of popular tunes is also shared between the two genres. Rappers are much maligned for their use of samples and get little credit for the creative ways in which they reconstruct the source material. Jazzer's would also co-opt the popular standards of the day, tweaking the harmonies/ melodies and adding their own improvisational ideas.

-Both types of music place a large emphasis on improvisation. In Hip-Hop it's called freestyle.

-Like Hip-Hop, Jazz was an outlet for a culture largely shut out of the mainstream. Both styles of music were marginalized, maligned and generally considered lewd, crude and disgusting.

-Jazz was eventually co-opted and accepted by whites, which is happening as we speak in the hip hop world. This isn't a bad thing, as white folks had/have some nice things to add.

Finally, I must say that your characterization of Hip-hop as negative is as bad a generalization as saying all Christians are as lame as Pat Robertson. There is plenty of positive Hip-Hop out there. I'd suggest MeShell Ndegeocello, Eryka Badhu, Outkast and M.I.A. for starters.

The media spends much time attacking Hip-Hip, and buying into media distortions don't make you a racist.

The racism I speak of is subtle and internalized. If you were to recognize this racism in yourself, it would evaporate instantly upon recognition. I'm not trying to brand anyone with a scarlet R, this is just a plea for folks to be introspective and constantly in a state of self improvement.

We are all a product of our time, and although things are getting better, we have a long way to go before we are free from racism/sexism/classism/homophobia to name a few isms (and one phobia). If it exists in culture, it exists in you too.

Finally, I know I pissed many people off with this thread. It was intended to be light-hearted. I have arrived at these ideas after doing quite a bit of thinking, and didn't bother to fill in the space between A and B. In other words, I blurted out some unconventional, controversial ideas without telling you how I got to them.

Some of got it right away, but apparently others thought I was calling them Klansmen, and apparently others still ACTUALLY ARE KLANMEN (just kidding you know who.)

It probably would have been better to present these ideas as things I've discovered about myself, without forcing anyone to have to take a critical look inside their own soul. Forcing introspection is not polite.

Still, I think this discussion will be rattling around in sifty heads for some time, and at the very least, we've breached that most taboo of American taboos, racism. Maybe we should move on to classism..........

Unfortunately, this is a dupe. http://www.videosift.com/video/Canine-Freestyle-most-famous-duo

^yeah that's it, but there's another clip around from a different show with a different american, and he does different jokes. i would guess it's like a freestyle rapper, you have a big library and the ability to pull stuff out fast, so it looks like freestyle but it's really remixingonthefly.

the guy "steve" he is singing "God Save The Queen" with was previously identified as a pianist. Al does a lot of freestyling and audience stuff, you can find a lot on youtube.

karaidl, it's a french word, could you stop dropping the "u" ffs?

as a brit i can certify the authenticity of this video... he's really very good when you consider the fact that he can do ALL these accents, and pretty much freestyle some comedy at the same time. his "urban" london accent was not "too ali g"... i mean younger people really do talk like that, yuh get meh? ali g copied us, not the other way around.

btw, my favourite american accent is that thing meg ryan does in top gun. where's that from? some kind of southern state i'm guessing, but not texas i think. it's soooo hot. take me to bed or lose me forever.

wow! contrived!
including faggot joke!
advertising beer!
bombs on saddam!
pretending to freestyle!

this is what your telly was made for!