Freestyle rap

Freestyle is a style of hip hop where an artist improvises an unwritten verse from the head, with or without instrumental beats, in which lyrics are recited with no particular subject or structure.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] It is similar to other improvisational music, such as jazz,^[6] where a lead instrumentalist acts as an improviser with a supporting band providing a beat. Freestyle originally was simply verse that is free of style, written rhymes that do not follow a specific subject matter, or predetermined cadence. The newer style with the improvisation grew popular starting in the early 1990s. It is now mainly associated with hip hop.

^ Kevin Fitzgerald (director), Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme, Bowery, 2000.
^ T-Love, "The Freestyle", in Brian Cross, It's Not About A Salary..., New York: Verso, 1993.
^ Gwendolyn D. Pough, 2004, Check It While I Wreck It, UPNE, p.224
^ Murray Forman, Mark Anthony Neil, 2004, That's The Joint!, Routledge, p.196
^ Raquel Z. Rivera, 2003, New York Ricans From The Hip-Hop Zone, Palgrave Macmillan, p. 88
^ Edwards 2009, p. 182.

[Freestyle_Documentary-1] Kevin Fitzgerald (director), Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme, Bowery, 2000.

[2] T-Love, "The Freestyle", in Brian Cross, It's Not About A Salary..., New York: Verso, 1993.

[Check_It-3] Gwendolyn D. Pough, 2004, Check It While I Wreck It, UPNE, p.224

[Joint-4] Murray Forman, Mark Anthony Neil, 2004, That's The Joint!, Routledge, p.196

[Ricans-5] Raquel Z. Rivera, 2003, New York Ricans From The Hip-Hop Zone, Palgrave Macmillan, p. 88

[FOOTNOTEEdwards2009182-6] Edwards 2009, p. 182.

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