The art of freestyling has been diluted in recent years. Artists are reciting pre-rehearsed verses that may appear on future tracks or released freestyles, using aids like iPhones to read off bars or even using unreleased material to pass off as a freestyle. Even with this noted dilution, it is still expected for rappers to make appearances and freestyle on radio shows or at random public appearances and be prepared to spit 16 bars off of the top of their head. One of the mid 2000s most successful rappers, The Game, has been put in that situation many times over his career and in recent years, some of his freestyles have been on camera and uploaded to the web. An enterprising individual or fan on reddit went through a bunch of his recent freestyles and noticed one disturbing trend - Game has been rapping the same lines over the past five years.
Game first used the verse back in 2011 on Power 106 in Los Angeles for their Breakfast Bars, molding it to the topics given to him. He has been using it ever since on appearances with DJ Skee, on various radio station and at shows.
What is worse - the fact that he has been using the same freestyle for the past four years or that it took four years for people to realize that he was doing it. If Kendrick, Kanye or even Action Bronson used the same verse in a freestyle twice, they would get called out immediately. This is not a good sign for the health of Game's career at the moment as he tries to make a comeback on the 10th anniversary of his platinum-selling album The Documentary.
This begs the question, why has he been using the same freestyle for the past four years? Let us know if you think this a nail in the coffin for his career? Is this freestyle hot enough to use for four straight years? Watch the examples below via Hot New Hip Hop.
