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Gist a.k.a The Essence - Be This Way (Freestyle)
Artist: Gist a.k.a The Essence
Producer: Nottz
Album: Little Boxes Mixtape
Label: Unsigned
Most children aspire to be firefighters or ballerinas when they grow up, but New York City emcee Gist, a.k.a. Essence, wasn’t like most kids. Beginning to rap at the age of four, the professional emcee has been grinding ever since. Now, he expresses his dreams in the Nottz-produced freestyle Be This Way, from his brand new mixtape, Little Boxes. His sluggish delivery during the introduction, interrupted by glimpses of old-school soul, heats up into a fierce rhyme scheme as he divulges his struggles to maintain his identity in the rap game. Others might not like the person he has become, but Gist maintains that he’s always going to be him, no matter what he’s up against. To hear more from this out-of-the-box emcee, pick up his new mixtape, Little Boxes, available now.
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 201 |
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Wow dude got flow, I'm really enjoying this one. I deff. want to hear more
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| Posted on Sep 15, 2008 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 2281 |
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I agree! Although this seems badly recorded this is a nice freestyle. I enjoyed it
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| Posted on Sep 15, 2008 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 2130 |
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I've never heard of this guy, but I like his old school flow. He spit some true lyrics on here. People always be talking about everything BUT the song (people usually do it a lot here on DJBOOTH, commenting on the person's appearance or picture...so superficial). I agree the engineering is a tad low quality, but that's sort of irrelevant since it's just a freestyle track. I like this guy. I'm going to check out "Little Boxes" and check more for this guy in the future.
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| Posted on Sep 15, 2008 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 3212 |
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This song has a really good production, love the music and the beat. He has a good flow, too! It isn't boring and repetitive, it's kinda enjoyable...I've never heard of this dude but I guess he'll do fine. I only have to look for the lyrics, I understood only something :P
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| Posted on Sep 15, 2008 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 11662 |
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Great point, MH. I would greatly appreciate if more of our dedicated every-day members led by example and provided quality feedback and comments that revolve around the track itself (flow, lyrics, substance, production, etc...). Gist had lots of talent and showcases a portion of it on this mixtape cut. Jury is out, they will be returning soon.
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| Posted on Sep 15, 2008 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 502 |
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Gist kinda has a Lupe feel to me, good vibe, and the hook reminds me of 50 Cent, This track isn't bad pointing out lyrics and production, It's a GREAT freestyle,
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| Posted on Sep 15, 2008 |
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uhhh iduno itz actual-e aight but prob-le mor lyk a 1.5 type of aight.
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| Posted on Sep 15, 2008 |
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