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The Real Hip Hop (Freestyle)

Release date: 24th December 2007

From No Sleep ’Til NYC

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About This Track

"The Real Hip Hop (Freestyle)" is a track by Ab-Soul, from the album No Sleep ’Til NYC, released 24th December 2007. Full lyrics are available below.

Lyrics

The Real Hip Hop (Freestyle)

[Verse: Ab Soul]

Did you meet Rock from Cali to Italy?

It'd be like something you've never seen, literally

Soul brother, this rap shit is like a cult

But I don't give a shit, I'll wear it like a coat

You know, I'm so hip hop I love it to death

From a DJ Scratch to graffiti on yo set

B boys that could spin on they head, you know the best

I had the karaoke machine, recording cassettes

Fill up my cup like support for breasts

I reflect back like when niggas used to flow for respect

But its all marketing now, if you ain't got a gimmick

Know what’s his name, or you ain’t got an image

Probably won't last a minute

Then you wonder why these old-heads, wonder whats happening with it

Back in the day, when a album came out, yo you had to get it

Prior to iTunes my room full of LP's

Like a Ma and Pa shop

All thanks to my mom's pawn shop

Boppin' on it since birth

And I'm all in on hot

More cuts than a club sandwich

Here to cause all you industry thugs damage

Live from the 310, and we wan't more

Like eeeny miney, serve anybody

Hand me they keys, I'm only trying to unlock my dreams but

Ha ye Ab Soul

Top Dawg E-N-T

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Track details

From No Sleep ’Til NYC

2007

Album

No Sleep ’Til NYC

Release year

2007

—Top Dawg Ent.
—DJ Warrior Outro
—Halfway Crooks
—Dead Presidents III
—Cali's Finest
—C.R.E.A.M.
—Enjoy Life
—The Real Hip Hop (Freestyle)
—Can't Be Faded
—Death Around the Corner
—OG Julio G
—Gangsta Party '08
—I Ain't No Joke
—Intro
—It Ain't Hard 2 Tell
—Kick In The Door
—New Pimpin'
—Preach
—The Show
—Smooth Operator

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Ab-Soul — INFINITE 2026
Ab-Soul — HAVE A NICE DAY.
Ab-Soul — GROUND ZERO.
Ab-Soul — DA OUTKAST.
Ab-Soul — NU-GEE-LA.
Ab-Soul — SWAP SERMON.
Ab-Soul — HERE WE GO AGAIN.
Ab-Soul — WACCED OUT RAPPERS.
Ab-Soul — CHRIST'S CAKE.
Ab-Soul — PERFECT 9.
Ab-Soul — AMBITIONZ AZ A WRITER.
Ab-Soul — ONLY ONE, THERE IS.
Ab-Soul — DA COAT & DA BOAT.
Ab-Soul — 3RD EYERONY
Ab-Soul — NEVER ENOUGH MONEY.
Ab-Soul — FIRST DAY OF ETERNITY.
Ab-Soul — TIMES UP.
Ab-Soul — STILL
Ab-Soul — UDK.
Ab-Soul — STOP HATIN ON ME.
Ab-Soul — SPAR 002
Ab-Soul — Be That As It May
Ab-Soul — . . .
Ab-Soul — SPAR 003
Ab-Soul — Norbit
Ab-Soul — SOUL BURGER: The Odyssey
Ab-Soul — Runnin' All Fades
Ab-Soul — Rap Camp
Ab-Soul — P.O.P Hold It Down
Ab-Soul — LIL HERB.
Ab-Soul — Real Prophet$
Ab-Soul — I, Myself & Me
Ab-Soul — California Dream
Ab-Soul — B.U.C.K.O. JR
Ab-Soul — 9 Mile
Ab-Soul — Dnd
Ab-Soul — The Sky Is Limitless
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Ab-Soul — Don Julio 70
Ab-Soul — Righteous Man
Ab-Soul — Peace
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Ab-Soul — Crazier
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Ab-Soul — Soul Burger
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Producer: Big Mike, DJ Envy, DJ Skee, DJ Warrior