Supernatural Shatters Guinness Record for Freestyling
by Davey D
If you want to hear exceprts from this historic freestyle session as well as on the spot interviews featuring Key Kool of the Visionaries and Opio of Hieroglyphics hit this link:
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Supernatural came through and raised the art of emceeing to new heights. Before a packed room in the VIP section of the NOS Event Center, Supernat shattered the world record for Freestyling.
Back in 2003 (2003), Toronto rapper DO set the record at the Dark Nights Car show in Canada. He flipped freestyle for 8 hours and 45 minutes. He wanted to go for 9 hours, but he was losing his voice and had to stop. Both DO and Supernatural were forced to take 5 minute breaks after each hour. In the case of Supernatural, he was actually checked out medical personnel that were on hand.
Supernaturals record breaking freestyle session was sick. First he had the stage set up like a living room. Periodically he was joined by fellow rappers ranging from Key Kool of the Visionaries to Posdunus of De La Soul, Opio of Hieroglyphics and Mos Def to name a few.
Supernat also kept his rhymes continuously fresh. He changed up his flow. He flipped new routines and remained animated. He amazed the crowd by rapping off the dome about topics audience members would write on a chalk board. He also gave rhyming props to audience members as the came and left the room. Yours truly was blessed with a Supernatural lyric as I entered the room during his 5th hour.
When Supernatural shattered the record, he was ecstatic. He shouted into the mic that the record was broken and that he brought the title back home from Canada. He then rocked the mic for another 15 minutes or so and then went around and joined the rest of the concert which featured performances from Blackstar, Lauryn Hill and Wu-Tang Clan.
