Today, we'll be breaking down eleven of the best Funkmaster Flex freestyles of the 2020's. While this freestyle show has been popular for over a decade, the past few years have been a special time for ...

You can debate all day about who has the best pen or greatest verse, but when it comes to freestyles, one of the most respected proving grounds is still Funkmaster Flex’s HOT 97 show. Especially when ...

Rowdy Rebel stopped by Hot 97 on Wednesday to drop a freestyle for Funkmaster Flex, beginning with some bars over Jay-Z’s The Dynasty: Roc La Familia track “You, Me, Him and Her.” First off in the ...

Even when Funkmaster Flex freestyles are bad, they’re still pretty good. It’s just fun to watch rappers doing their best while Flex, the New York rap-radio legend, sits next to them and makes ...

Grammy-nominated rapper GloRilla is one of the most charismatic new artists to burst onto the scene. As her debut major label EP, Anyways, Life’s Great, continues to gain steam online, the Memphis ...

Burgeoning Bay Area rapper Symba is having a bit of a moment right now as his profile climbs in the wake of his signing to Atlantic Records. After sharing the tracklist and release date of his ...

On Funkmaster Flex’s famed show, Joyner Lucas performed a backwards freestyle over the beat from “Nas Is Like” and the instrumental from “Realest N****s.” After Flex challenged Joyner to perform the ...

Kendrick Lamar may have earned the win on “Control (HOF),” but Big Sean also got busy with the bars. In fact, the Detroit rapper has been in a zone lyrically since his 2012 mixtape Detroit. He brought ...

Following the debut of his latest album Feed Tha Streets III, Roddy Ricch headed to Funkmaster Flex’s Hot 97 radio segment to deliver his take on a quick freestyle. On Hot 97, Ricch rapped over the ...

XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment: Feb. 11, 1997: Legendary Hot 97 radio personality Funkmaster Flex aka Funk Flex took the mixtape game to a new level by making mixtapes a ...

Funkmaster Flex’s recurring freestyle series has been particularly well tailored to rappers from New York, or in the New York tradition. Lloyd Banks did very well; Don Q had a breakout performance. In ...