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I would assume practically everyone here has been part of a cypher of some form. Back in middle school we used to put down beats on the poles outside or on the lunch table and do freestyles every day, that’s how I got started rapping in the first place. It was never my forte but I’ve never been afraid to be bad at something.

Freestyling is just a party trick though. It’s like battling is like street ball, actual song-making is the NBA, and freestyle is just a wild trick shot that people go nuts watching