We were just testing the mics and Mr magic & kurtis blow recorded it....next thing we knew....they said it was so raw....we gotta use it...we called it Fearless Freestyle. ...so yes Not only were we the first hip hop group to sign with a major record company. ...we were also the first group to coin the word " Freestyle"....on a title...of a session....yup .....The Mighty MikeC. ..
DLB's rhyme pattern was complex and different than most in his era. He often made the words rhyme every other bar. Dope.This allowed you to convey more thought
like MARLEY MARL says ..."I feel sorry for these kids today, they got no classics"...long live the OLD SCHOOL. ..peace & luv ...DJNICE THE ORIGINAL OLD SCHOOLER
I love this, I lived for this, but there is a few classics today. I love the little ones too. I babysitted some of thes new superstars when they were kids. Hip Hop forever.
Full disclosure: I saw the Fearless Four when they opened for New Edition at Empire Skating Rink in Brooklyn. The show was dope, but when I saw Krazy Eddie rock the aftershow party, I said to myself, "I wanna do THAT!" He was in a glass DJ booth overlooking the rink and just put it down with a vengeance! That was my calling. He straight-up inspired me. That was in '83. To this day I'm still going! I hope by chance he reads this comment. All praises due.
I like the way rappers rapped in the early 80's. Many will view it as an "old" way of rapping. To me it was kinda unique. Their flows were very rhythmic.
@@therealmightymikecmikec4247 Inspired me. Used to play this for Biggie. Used to run down on DJs and get them to play it wherever I went. You all ripped it, but the 50000ccs, ice cream, split vidal sasoon's ends, and then competitive rice off the dome, crazy. You guys and Melle Mel were all I needed back then. Problems of the World is crazy as well. You performed psychoanalysis right on the track. Intelligent and concise.
I saved this song on my "favorites," and I have been giving it HEAVY rotation over the past month or so. I think Devastating Tito had the dopest verse.
Btw....i created that pass....i love musicals as a kid.....so i was thinking about the sound of music.....and came up with that....(a lil hip hop fact for you)
phenominal great post. Tito was my emceeing mentor, he took me to the old school. He said he loved it most when he heard his joints being played on the radio. The day I rocked the mic with him in Cincinnati will always be cherished by me. Word
WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT THE FEARLESS FOUR.. LOVED THEIR MUSIC FOR 35 YRS NOW.. FIRST TIME I HEARD ROCKIN IT I WAS LIKE OH SHIT. BEEN A HUGE FAN OF EVERYTHING FEARLESS FOUR SINCE.. I STILL BLAST OLD SCHOOL IN THE RIDE ALL THE TIME BUT THESE BROTHERS AT THE TOP OF THE ROTATION.. PEACE FELLAS THANKS FOR THE GREAT HIP HOP.. PEACE.
They were ahead of their time on this joint. This cut was transcending for a number of reasons. One it gave birth to the great posse cuts that would follow and also it was what they label now, the notorious B side to Problems of the World today. Amazing. I still can recite most of the lyrics like it was 1984 again.
Had this 12", incredible classic! I must admit to the world: I used to bite these rhymes outrageously. Especially Devasting Tito's verse, I impressed mad heads fronting like this was mine. "MC laywer, or an employer..." C'mon man! They were too dope. I sincerely apologize Tito, it was all out of love and respect. Big up!
“make felix come sloppy, and come to dinner late! make uncle ben’s say carolina is great! to all the knuckleheads to whom i must be precise, uncle ben’s and carolina are competitive rice!” i remember super rocking Mr magic paid homeage to that line on his radio show, saying that it was one of the best lines in hip hop! and Magic WAS NOT EXAGGERATING!
Yo Tito is one of my good friends!!!!!! I am 17 and I djed with him this passed Saturday. I saw him perform the mc lawyer verse I thought he made this up till I saw this. He went in when they were rehearsing!!!!!!!
(10-14-2020) This track was definitely one of my teachers. NEW YORK cats really started some shit! They battle between boroughs but the rest of the world doesn’t care which borough kicked it off. You’re all on the same level for teaching us all.
The Fearless Four were one of the most underated & uncredited groups in hip hop history. They were one of the groups that kept hip hop relevant when radio didn't play much rap during the daytime. Songs like "Problems of the World" and "Rockin' It" were too good to ignore for daytime radio. And DLB may be the most underated mc of all time! He was light-years ahead of virtually ALL of his contemporaries-"Any other m.c will regurgitate, 'cause they just can't swallow what I regulate...pure genius!
U always hear about "rockin it & its magic,f-4000,problems of the world" but I never hear abt this song...this song,IMO,is the "baddest" out of all of them.."FEARLESS FREESTYLE!!!"..i can't get enuff & now that the lyrics r "available" on "genius," i really can't get enuff...im more happier than a "pimp counting his $$"😉🙃🙂
I think I have an very old interview with them when they was on a College radio station back in 1982. I had called up and spoke to them and I did a little rap for them. I have to find it and convert it from tape to mp3 format.
I don't kno who "posted" the lyrics 4 this song on "genius" but I wanna take this tyme 2 "personally" thank u 4 takin the tyme 2 do it..this has been a long "awaited" prayer thats been answered.."God is great!!!"..again I say "thank u"...
It’s amazing what three gentlemen can do a bass guitarist one vocalist and one drummer guys were true talent still are in my eyes I’m just wondering did the beastie boys pay these guys I hope so
"yes got what it takes, not about heartbreaks - I got more juice than Tropicana makes" .......wow i'm glad to see this classic posted. I had an extra fly version of this joint... I recorded it live off a Mr Magic show on WBLS where they were in studio for an interview... and they dropped this on air - was a bit slower, and the beat was simple and sick (recall thunder sound effects or something? man I havent seen that cassette tape in over 15 years) anyone have that by some remote chance?
Make Brook Shields throw her calvins out in the cold and where DLB jeans till she's grey and old.....DLB Make Uncle Ben say Carolina is great for all the knuckles heads whom I be precise Uncle Bens and Carolina are competive rice......DLB DLB was that dude......ahead of his time!
"Like system after solar, coaster after roller, million best seller novel written by Zola. The way I crush MC's, I could be a molar, 'cause I'm the real thing just like Coca Cola. Backbone of the team, and I will make you scream. As versatile as a thing that they call ice cream: in a bowl, on a cone, a la mode, all alone. Slow rhyming funky beats on the microphone. If were a motorcycle 50,000 cc's, description of the power of rhymes like these..."
No doubt DLB was the backbone of the team and most responsible for the greatness of the FEARLESS. Tito was my rap mentor. Took my Emceeing to the next level to do a show with him and EZ Lee.
A MUMBLE RAPPERS NIGHTMARE! These rap gods was even eatin' you goony gogo mcs back in 1982 DLB Tito Mighty Mike C Peso DJ OC DJ Crazy Eddie #5ElementsCertified
What?! Man tell your cousin that he was one of the nicest emcees of all time!! I heard that he used to write most of The Fearless Four's rhymes: is this true? Man his verses in Fearless Freestyle and It's Magic made all of us in the neighborhood start rhyming. Your cousin is Hip Hop royalty!! Peace to you and "The Microphone Wizard- DLB!"
@@johnrobinson3273 We all wrote our own RHYMES 4 mcs 4 different styles......DlB wrote tito RHYMES for problems......thats it....he did not write our RHYMES.....and who told you that???
@@therealmightymikecmikec4247 aye Mayne a nigga was giving you your props now if I got the shit wrong that's cool but don't be trying jump down throat on no rap bullshit.it ain't that serious wit me homeboy.
We were just testing the mics and Mr magic & kurtis blow recorded it....next thing we knew....they said it was so raw....we gotta use it...we called it Fearless Freestyle. ...so yes
Not only were we the first hip hop group to sign with a major record company. ...we were also the first group to coin the word " Freestyle"....on a title...of a session....yup
.....The Mighty MikeC. ..
Michael Clee BIG UP MIKE CEE ALL THE TIME
Hey Mike ... whats up ... This is Dave Alexander II .
I had no idea this is how this song came about .. Thats dope for real !!!
what up, mighty Mike cee. fearless four was one of my favorite rap groups since 1982 when I was 11 years old then....peace f4ooo forever
my brother, this is pure & hard. thank goodness it was recorded.
shout out to the fearless 4 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fire in the hole!!!!
30+ years later and this is still better than the crap that's out now.
That's a FACT Jack!
FACTS
Fire
STILL one of my favorite rap jams of ALL TIME. Set the bar super high for that era
True is that ❤
in a bowl, alamode, on a cone slow rhymes and funky beats on a micro phone... this shit is fire!!!
DLB's rhyme pattern was complex and different than most in his era. He often made the words rhyme every other bar. Dope.This allowed you to convey more thought
Rakim was definitely influenced, friend.
Probably one of the Best freestyle rap sessions ever recorded
This song came out in 1983 and they sound this good. This is a life time classic. It will never end.
like MARLEY MARL says ..."I feel sorry for these kids today, they got no classics"...long live the OLD SCHOOL. ..peace & luv ...DJNICE THE ORIGINAL OLD SCHOOLER
I love this, I lived for this, but there is a few classics today. I love the little ones too. I babysitted some of thes new superstars when they were kids. Hip Hop forever.
The flow is insane! Especially for the early 80s.
Full disclosure: I saw the Fearless Four when they opened for New Edition at Empire Skating Rink in Brooklyn. The show was dope, but when I saw Krazy Eddie rock the aftershow party, I said to myself, "I wanna do THAT!" He was in a glass DJ booth overlooking the rink and just put it down with a vengeance! That was my calling. He straight-up inspired me. That was in '83. To this day I'm still going! I hope by chance he reads this comment. All praises due.
He will...
You the same Chilly E that got namedropped by Bobbito a few times? Respect!
"I will abolish, wax and polish, mc's in the place i will demolish"
Dooope
Bender Veloso C.R.F i need all the lyrics..who has them???!!!
DEFINITELY ONE OF THE BEST RAP GROUPS EVER!!!!
Factsbeyondfacts
I like the way rappers rapped in the early 80's. Many will view it as an "old" way of rapping. To me it was kinda unique. Their flows were very rhythmic.
1983 in full effect, in the walking around with a box listening to tapes all day around the hood days!!
it's gets no better than this.
i feel so sorry for this new generation.
they are lost.
95% greater than freestyles of today
one of the best old school rap groups ever!!!!!
Tito's verse was dope as hell
Yes I agree Tito lyrics was on fire hungry. Forever live 4
I like how towards the end of mike c jawn he bigged up the whole crew through rhyhmes. That was dope.
Yes, but DLB, wow.
@jasonbrenner7184 ..lol..Dlb did a 32 bar rhyme....and could have kept goin!!
@@therealmightymikecmikec4247 Inspired me. Used to play this for Biggie. Used to run down on DJs and get them to play it wherever I went. You all ripped it, but the 50000ccs, ice cream, split vidal sasoon's ends, and then competitive rice off the dome, crazy. You guys and Melle Mel were all I needed back then. Problems of the World is crazy as well. You performed psychoanalysis right on the track. Intelligent and concise.
Respect to the entire team fearless but DLB and Tito really went in on this lyrically.
For sure
I saved this song on my "favorites," and I have been giving it HEAVY rotation over the past month or so.
I think Devastating Tito had the dopest verse.
After All these years their rhymes still send chills through me !!!!!!!!!
2:08 Do Re Mi Fa So La TITO.... one of the pioneering Puerto Rican Hip Hop , rips it on this Classic track.
Btw....i created that pass....i love musicals as a kid.....so i was thinking about the sound of music.....and came up with that....(a lil hip hop fact for you)
DEVASTATING TITO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
phenominal great post. Tito was my emceeing mentor, he took me to the old school. He said he loved it most when he heard his joints being played on the radio. The day I rocked the mic with him in Cincinnati will always be cherished by me. Word
dlb ripped it!!!
#FACTSBEYONDFACTS
WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT THE FEARLESS FOUR.. LOVED THEIR MUSIC FOR 35 YRS NOW.. FIRST TIME I HEARD ROCKIN IT I WAS LIKE OH SHIT. BEEN A HUGE FAN OF EVERYTHING FEARLESS FOUR SINCE.. I STILL BLAST OLD SCHOOL IN THE RIDE ALL THE TIME BUT THESE BROTHERS AT THE TOP OF THE ROTATION.. PEACE FELLAS THANKS FOR THE GREAT HIP HOP.. PEACE.
They were ahead of their time on this joint. This cut was transcending for a number of reasons. One it gave birth to the great posse cuts that would follow and also it was what they label now, the notorious B side to Problems of the World today. Amazing. I still can recite most of the lyrics like it was 1984 again.
Had this 12", incredible classic!
I must admit to the world: I used to bite these rhymes outrageously. Especially Devasting Tito's verse, I impressed mad heads fronting like this was mine.
"MC laywer, or an employer..." C'mon man! They were too dope.
I sincerely apologize Tito, it was all out of love and respect. Big up!
Fearless 4 one of the best rap groups of all time....
That Bass line is sick
I still get the chills each time I hear this!!!
DEFINITELY ONE OF THE RAP GROUPS EVER!!!
OLD SCHOOL RULES: !!!
Many don't know this is the very foundation of Rap Music.....there other tracks but this crew is one of the originators ...One of the BEST
That fucking Carolina vs Uncle Ben bar is one of the dopest rhymes I have ever heard.
“make felix come sloppy, and come to dinner late! make uncle ben’s say carolina is great! to all the knuckleheads to whom i must be precise, uncle ben’s and carolina are competitive rice!” i remember super rocking Mr magic paid homeage to that line on his radio show, saying that it was one of the best lines in hip hop! and Magic WAS NOT EXAGGERATING!
classic...priceless
Yo Tito is one of my good friends!!!!!! I am 17 and I djed with him this passed Saturday. I saw him perform the mc lawyer verse I thought he made this up till I saw this. He went in when they were rehearsing!!!!!!!
FEARLESS FOUR
OLD SKOOL RULES!!!!
Tito ripped this!
Anthony Durham peace to the God!
(10-14-2020)
This track was definitely one of my teachers. NEW YORK cats really started some shit! They battle between boroughs but the rest of the world doesn’t care which borough kicked it off. You’re all on the same level for teaching us all.
I love my old school FEAR LESS FOUR!!!
Peso killed it.
True old school!! Timeless.. "I will abolish, wax and polish, MC's in the place I will demolish."
This and Melle Mel were it for me back then.
OLD SCHOOL RULES
DLB is highly underrated. BTW, nobody got shot, went to jail, or sold a single drug throughout the entire six minutes.
FACTZZZZ!!!!
Best comment ever! 👍🏼
DLB..." My rhymin momentum proceeds to elevate" Dude killed it with that... 100s ya heard
the great old days. farrock, nyc
THEY ALWAYS TALK ABOUT GMC,KOOL MOE DEE, MELE MEL RESPECT IS DUE BUT THE FEARLESS 4 SHOULD BE ON THAT LIST AS WELL AS SPOONIE G
Definitely DLB. Maybe Tito as well.
@@valjr7 Both. It came effortlessly to them both.
FACTS
Tito and DLB were that men!!!
In a bowl, on a cone, ala mode, all alone.
Chris Johnson slow rhyming funky beats on the microphone
tray boogie i know all the lyrics to fearless freestyle fearless is just one of my fav old school groups big up f f
Tray Williams I need the lyrics sir...theres so much I can't understand & figure out
dope i loved this back in84
The Fearless Four were one of the most underated & uncredited groups in hip hop history. They were one of the groups that kept hip hop relevant when radio didn't play much rap during the daytime. Songs like "Problems of the World" and "Rockin' It" were too good to ignore for daytime radio. And DLB may be the most underated mc of all time! He was light-years ahead of virtually ALL of his contemporaries-"Any other m.c will regurgitate, 'cause they just can't swallow what I regulate...pure genius!
Your commits almost identical to some of mines.
Classic Grant Projects Jam !
Tha Track is crazy too!!!
U always hear about "rockin it & its magic,f-4000,problems of the world" but I never hear abt this song...this song,IMO,is the "baddest" out of all of them.."FEARLESS FREESTYLE!!!"..i can't get enuff & now that the lyrics r "available" on "genius," i really can't get enuff...im more happier than a "pimp counting his $$"😉🙃🙂
Still playing this album 2021 & 2022
I think I have an very old interview with them when they was on a College radio station back in 1982. I had called up and spoke to them and I did a little rap for them. I have to find it and convert it from tape to mp3 format.
DAMN.I Haven't heard this Powerhouse Jam in about 40 Years.
the guy with the braids and black jacket is my cousin Daryll "DLB" Barksdale. He's an elementary school principal now.
Oakland California says your cousin DLB schooling all who ever touched the mic.
Only a cuestión... Your cousin sind song of Beatstreet?... 🤔
Wow! Hardly ever mentioned, but some of the greatest!!!!!-eva!!!
keep it moving through a new decade
I don't kno who "posted" the lyrics 4 this song on "genius" but I wanna take this tyme 2 "personally" thank u 4 takin the tyme 2 do it..this has been a long "awaited" prayer thats been answered.."God is great!!!"..again I say "thank u"...
I was born in '65 and I'm from Newark....I remember the first time I heard this joint!
I still have this album. I was curious if it made it to YT. 😎✌
Brilliant wordplay. DLB is the truth.
I remember buying this vinyl at the music factory record shop at 42nd street. The Deuce. NYC…..Wow….. what memories
Are you talking about the record store that was located in the subway mezzanine at 42nd?
@@mrpower328 no….. not that one. I’m
Talking about the one that was located at the corner of 42nd street Broadway. Where H&M is now.
@@leninmercedes6567 Ohhhhhhh Ok
It’s amazing what three gentlemen can do a bass guitarist one vocalist and one drummer guys were true talent still are in my eyes I’m just wondering did the beastie boys pay these guys I hope so
I just heard this on RocktheBells station...I was in heaven
Thank You Soooo much for this... Real hip hop/RAP.
Love rocking it, but this changed my life with problems and f 4000. So damn hott!!! Grant projects wbls Mr magic 😜
all with their dj's oc and crazy eddie they brought fashion into hip hop,
FEARLESS FOUR ALLDAY !!!!!
True rhyme master's on the microphone,they go by the name,The Fearless 4emcees,real hip hop this how it's suppose to be done...
Shit man im 23 an i think this is funky i like it makes me wanna start breakin again
This is hard!
"yes got what it takes, not about heartbreaks - I got more juice than Tropicana makes" .......wow i'm glad to see this classic posted. I had an extra fly version of this joint... I recorded it live off a Mr Magic show on WBLS where they were in studio for an interview... and they dropped this on air - was a bit slower, and the beat was simple and sick (recall thunder sound effects or something? man I havent seen that cassette tape in over 15 years) anyone have that by some remote chance?
They were way before their time no doubt!!!
Constantly playing back cuz what they say just spins fucking head around.
Smokin' Hip hop- Nuff said-
Make Brook Shields throw her calvins out in the cold and where DLB jeans till she's grey and old.....DLB
Make Uncle Ben say Carolina is great for all the knuckles heads whom I be precise Uncle Bens and Carolina are competive rice......DLB
DLB was that dude......ahead of his time!
make felix unger sloppy and come to dinner late make uncle ben say carolina is great
New York those lyrics r tite..i need lyrics 2 the whole song..where can I find them..somebody plz help
Dlb the best ever lite years ahead of his time y'all all on Tito nuts DLB put those lyrics down for him.
"Like system after solar, coaster after roller, million best seller novel written by Zola. The way I crush MC's, I could be a molar, 'cause I'm the real thing just like Coca Cola. Backbone of the team, and I will make you scream. As versatile as a thing that they call ice cream: in a bowl, on a cone, a la mode, all alone. Slow rhyming funky beats on the microphone. If were a motorcycle 50,000 cc's, description of the power of rhymes like these..."
Easily one of the dopest bars ever.
let me tell you these 4 brothers are true pioneers, the first mc's along with moe dee to rock the whole leather suit, the pants and the and jackets,
No doubt DLB was the backbone of the team and most responsible for the greatness of the FEARLESS. Tito was my rap mentor. Took my Emceeing to the next level to do a show with him and EZ Lee.
A MUMBLE RAPPERS NIGHTMARE! These rap gods was even eatin' you goony gogo mcs back in 1982
DLB
Tito
Mighty Mike C
Peso
DJ OC
DJ Crazy Eddie
#5ElementsCertified
What?! Man tell your cousin that he was one of the nicest emcees of all time!! I heard that he used to write most of The Fearless Four's rhymes: is this true? Man his verses in Fearless Freestyle and It's Magic made all of us in the neighborhood start rhyming. Your cousin is Hip Hop royalty!! Peace to you and "The Microphone Wizard- DLB!"
We'll put,DLB a fuckin genius they act like Tito Holdingthat shit down DLB wrote his shit.
DLB WROTE THE RHYMES FOR PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD.....
WE WROTE OUR OWN PERSONAL RHYMES......HE ALSO WROTE F4000
@@johnrobinson3273 We all wrote our own RHYMES 4 mcs 4 different styles......DlB wrote tito RHYMES for problems......thats it....he did not write our RHYMES.....and who told you that???
@@therealmightymikecmikec4247 aye Mayne a nigga was giving you your props now if I got the shit wrong that's cool but don't be trying jump down throat on no rap bullshit.it ain't that serious wit me homeboy.
This east Oakland giving NYC props something y'all niggas don't do.
Fresh!
sr8 mcin' !!!!!!!! reminds me of being on baychester ave with the old english 800 and the boom box!!!!!!!
awesome
wow this really takes me back :)))
wow!!Big up,DLB!!!
When they finally made double cassette boom boxes so u could make copies.......after u taped the album first
WOW. THATS A ERA!
Yes this is the best...
This crew came to my Home town, and turn it out
YEAH! THATS HOW WE DO IT AROUND OUR WAY BABY! 100S THIS ONE IS CLASSIC...SILVER FOX
REAL FREE STYLE
Still Fresh
Hes completely bald now. He always seemed like a very intelligent brother. He would always use big words. I spoke to them back in 1983.
Im so glad to hear hes chilin!!!
BBOY SHIT....MY ERA...DLB/TITO SUPER ADVANCED ON THAT MIC🎙🔥🎙🔥🎙🔥🎙🔥🎧🎧🎛🎛🎛🎛⚡⚡⚡⚡
The Bes to ever do it!!!! Devastating Tito, Wooooooooooooow!!!!!!