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From the Brewsta Million music archives, Dave East steps up for a Funk Flex freestyle in this “Block Work” appearance originally featured on the site in August 2020.

Dave East – Funk Flex Freestyle

Freestyles have long been an important part of hip-hop culture, giving rappers an opportunity to put the focus directly on their delivery, wordplay and presence behind the microphone.

Radio and online freestyle platforms have also given fans a different way to experience artists outside of their traditional singles and albums. For listeners who appreciate bars, these performances can become memorable pieces of an artist's catalog.

Watch Dave East – Block Work

Freestyle Culture in Hip-Hop

Freestyle performances remain one of hip-hop's simplest formats: an artist, a beat and the opportunity to rap. That stripped-down approach puts more attention on the performance itself and gives listeners another way to judge an MC beyond polished studio records.

Brewsta Million has featured freestyles, mixtapes, music videos and independent releases throughout its history. We're preserving worthwhile performances like this while improving older pages that originally contained little more than an embedded video.

From the Brewsta Million Music Archives

Explore more of the Brewsta Million music archives for hip-hop freestyles, videos, mixtapes and releases spanning more than a decade.