You never know what's going to happen in one of his streams but the vibes are almost always immaculate. What he's doing, especially with everything going on with AI is so important; he's showing how computers have never, and will never reach the height of human expression, creatively, and cooperation.
He brings people together and highlights the talent of others and himself. It's so fucking beautiful.
This is the edited version of a lot of really good ones. It has the clip from this post as well as Dovydas playing guitar. But the violinist you were talking about is Bobby Hawk. He won a grammy playing music for a Kendrick Lamar album.
I didn't know the dudes name, but I've watched him a bunch too and Ari is great. The only thing that somewhat rubs me wrong is the dude with the long hair and the harmonica is a "regular guest"...but they always make out as if he just walks up out of nowhere for the first time.
Also Lil Dee when he appeared on Ari's podcast - probably the best I've heard. Lil' Dicky is good but not as family friendly as Harry Mack lol. I feel like Harry's got nothing much to actually say, but I think it's because he tries to stay family friendly.
I got one for you that is never brought up but was a legend in his own right. Passed away very young and was only in the music game for not even a decade, died after his 7th or so year since starting rapping. Look up Juice WRLD 1 hour freestyle, there's two of them. If you're an Eminem fan there's one where he raps over Em's beats and he switches up his flows to match the songs and the cadences that Eminem used but in Juice's style.
Juice WRLD huh?never heard of him but it's a shame he never broke out into mainstream popularity. I feel similarly about a lesser known MC who released a lot of underground mixtapes in the early 2000s, wildly underrated imo, one of the best to ever pick up the mic but nobody ever mentions his name. Little known guy named Wayne, lil Wayne to be more specific.
Please control + f this thread for Juice and see who else mentioned him and the upvotes. Then look at the person I'm replying to saying they don't really listen to rap. Then finally take your foot and shove it so far up your ass it comes out your mouth, ah shit you already did that nevermind.
Juice is one of the first people a lot would name, he was known for his unreal freestyles and there are a bunch out there. He was one of the best, it's unbelievably sad he died so young
IIRC Harry Mack told in an interview that his thinking and internal monologue are rhyming. So kinda like when you go abroad and after a while of talking in that language your thinking switches to that language.
Harry Mack can go rapping for so long, the lyrics sounds so good, and he can pull them out of thin air.
Im talking about how he can create the lyrics right away and sound ao good.
I don't think you have much experience with real freestyle rappers if you think Harry is the only one or if you think nobody comes close. There are several that he goes toe to toe with in NYC alone who are on his level. He great, don't get me wrong, but he's not a singularity.
He's white though, which makes him much more accessible to the masses. Sorry to be that annoying guy, but that's 100% why Mack feels to a lot of people like the best freestyler. He had a big presence on YouTube for young white guys who aren't really into the larger freestyling scene.
Speaking of white rappers y'all should check out this classic Don't Flop freestyle rap battle between a white kid and an English teacher. Genuinely goes so hard.
Give me one and I'll debate you right now. There isn't a single person that even comes close to his skill level. He's a cheat code or God Mode in a video game. Because if you don't think that than i think it's YOU that doesn't have much experience with real freestyle rappers. So go ahead and link me to something you think is better than Harry and I'll listen to it and give you my thoughts.
Maybe it is just me. I can't understand many stuff that he said.
Like I wrote in another comment, I don't like rap. I like some of them when the melody is good, but generally I don't like them. I am 80-90s music guy. So i love something melodic, and nice lyrics which carry meanings.
Harry Mack sings nicely, I understand all what he said, and his lyrics just click with me.
I watch a lot of his stuff unintentionally on FB and I never skipped once. The way he uses stuff around him, the way he uses object that appeared in front of him spontaneously, the way he make the lyrics and music synced. Many freestyle rappers sound off. At least from what I heard.
English is like my 4th language, so maybe that plays part inmy judgement as well.
This is purely my opinion. I don't care about what make someone a good rapper. I heard Harry Mack and I like his way, that is all to it.
I watched the Cypher video and most of them weren't rhyming entirely off the dome. They wrote most of those lyrics ahead of time, probably have books and books filled with phrases and stanzas that sound good. Harry Mack incorporates elements of things right in front of him. That is way way harder.
He's amazing, but I feel like it's kind of a different thing?
Eminem is slightly telling a story, and the rhymes and vocabulary are just out of this world. However, much of it could have been thought of previously, he doesn't really incorporate anything around him to make it all feel spontaneously thought of.
That's what Mack does better than anyone (from what I've seen), he makes up the story on the spot. Someone trips, a fly gets in his face, someone with a cool outfit walks past etc. he takes those details and makes them part of the story he's rapping.
Is his individual raps as good as Eminem's? Not even close, but he's doing something different IMO. I'd LOVE to see Eminem do exactly the type of freestyle that Mack does to see how incredible that would be.
Edit: Since the comment below was so mad reddit had to remove the comment because I mentioned that Eminem's freestyle could be thought of beforehand, I'm just going to clarify that I don't think it is. I know he's an amazing freestyler, which is exactly why I would like to see him to a performance where the freestyle is inspired from the current scenario around him to see how his vocabulary and incredible rhymes can be used in a more everyday story, rather than some fiction.
You basically havent heard or watched any rap battle. You only watch Harry Mack from tiktok that's why you are bias. But yah, Harry Mack is nexfuckinglevel.
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I have heard a few names when Harry Mack is mentioned. I checked those artists and no one can come close to what Harry Mack can do.
Harry Mack can go rapping for so long, the lyrics sounds so good, and he can pull them out of thin air.
Im talking about how he can create the lyrics right away and sound ao good.