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Twitter Is Still Recovering From Black Thought's Blistering Hot 97 Freestyle
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Today, Black Thought took to Hot 97 and freestyle over Mobb Deep's classic "The Learning (Burn)."
WATCH: Black Thought Absolutely Spazzes In Hot 97 Freestyle Over Mobb Deep's "Burn"
The freestyle was such an unexpected but welcome surprise that social media could not help but chime in, with plenty of fans of The Roots MC speaking on the rapper's untouchable lyrical wit.
So, in honor of Thought dropping a nine-minute freestyle and remind us all why he is considered one of the greatest to do ever do it, here are the best freestyle responses from Twitter.
\u201c\u201cPre-Kardashian Kanye my rhyme play immaculate, same cadence as D.O.C pre-accident\u2026\u201d\u2014Black Thought.\u201d— A Phizer A (@A Phizer A) 1513290347
\u201cBLACK. THOUGHT. JUST. DROPPED. THE BEST. HIP-HOP. VERSE. OF. 2017. IN. ONE. TAKE.\n@blackthought WHAT DID YOU DO I'LL BE DISSECTING THIS FOR HOURS https://t.co/Ukl4KQLW7z\u201d— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin-Manuel Miranda) 1513284619
\u201cWhen you\u2019re an 80s baby or older and you see Black Thought trending\u201d— Matthew A. Cherry (@Matthew A. Cherry) 1513291174
\u201cWe're not worthy, Black Thought... we're not worthy. https://t.co/CracOmHsf8\u201d— Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid \ud83d\ude37 (@Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid \ud83d\ude37) 1513290462
\u201ci cant stop watching this gif of funk flex from the black thought freestyle\u201d— Christian (@Christian) 1513284093
A couple of months back Black Thought traded bars with Method Man on Sway in the Morning. While promoting the HBO TV series The Deuce (a show in which they both star in) the rappers ended up going back and forth for five straight minutes on the over the second portion of J.I.D’s "Never."